Bailiff firm renames football ground the 'Debt Collector Stadium'

Fans slam 'unusual and unappealing choice' after sponsorship deal

- ADAM DUTTON News Reporter

A NON-LEAGUE football club has struck a sponsorship deal with a debt recovery firm who renamed their ground 'The Diary of a Debt Collector Stadium.'

Worcester Raiders FC have moved from their original Sixways Stadium for the upcoming 2025/26 season.

They were expected to play their home games at the Claines Lane ground in the city.

The venue has now been bizarrely renamed after the appointment of Adam Heighway, CEO of debt collection firm The Diary Of A Debt Collector Ltd.

Mr Heighway has joined the club as a non-executive board member.

Football fans in the city have been dumbfounded by the name change and have taken to forums to express their views.

Cllr and former mayor Mel Allcott says she feels the name is an unusual and unappealing choice that is "very distant from football."