As with any new football club owner, supporters want to know if their club is in the right hands and with someone capable of setting out achievable goals.
Derby County’s plight in 2022 had become so desperate in administration that they were days from oblivion.
David Clowes’ decision to take the step from North Stand season ticket holder to the Pride Park directors box was one of heart and head.
At the time he told BBC Radio Derby: “I would never have forgiven myself if I had the means to save the club and didn’t do it.”
Fast forward to the two-year anniversary of saving the club he grew up supporting, and he has shown an intent to do right by those who support it.
An investment of £55m has seen the Rams stabilise financially and repair all of the relationships so severely damaged when the club was heading into its downward spiral.
The pursuit of Paul Warne as head coach was a masterstroke by Clowes, who’s football knowledge as a chairman and owner is not to be sniffed at.
If you need to get yourself out of a fix in double quick time, who do you call?
Some fans have called Warne the ‘League One Guardiola’ and his achievement to get Derby promoted back to the Championship last weekend has underlined that phrase.
It is Warne’s fourth promotion, having had success with his former club Rotherham United on three occasions.