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Swindon Town insist council-mandated County Ground safety upgrades will be complete prior to visit of Cambridge

The precise nature of the work required has not yet been publicly disclosed, though the council are expected to make a statement in the coming days explaining...

05.08.25, 17:30 Updated 25.10.25, 00:35 4 Minute Read

Sam Morshead

Sam Morshead

Swindon Town have insisted council-mandated safety work will be completed in time for this weekend’s opening home game of the League Two season.

Over the course of recent days, allegations were made by fan protest group The Spirit of 69 that Swindon Borough Council’s event safety advisory group had instructed the club to engage in infrastructure upgrades at the County Ground.

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Sam Morshead

Sam Morshead is the founder and editor of The Moonraker. He was previously the chief sports writer at the Swindon Advertiser, head of sport at Total Swindon, and has been a Swindon Town fan since 1994.

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