New name for the County Ground in 2024/25 as tribute is paid to contribution of Nigel Eady
26.07.24, 17:57 Updated 05.06.25, 20:02 4 Minute Read
Sam Morshead
The County Ground will be known as the Nigel Eady County Ground in 2024/25 to celebrate the legacy of the club's benevolent fan.
Eady's estate - left to Swindon Town upon his passing in 2012 - underwrote the £2.3million purchase of the stadium from Swindon Borough Council last year, with the club and Trust STFC entering into a joint venture to buy the ground.
Now, Town, the Trust and the executors of the Eady estate have come together to agree to a touching tribute to a man who supported the Robins through thick, thin and thinner for nearly 65 years.
"Our thanks go to the club for making this naming a possibility. Nigel would have been delighted," the Eady trustees said in a statement.
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