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Swindon Town consider state-of-the-art training facilities with help of Nigel Eady Trust monies

Swindon Town have revealed plans to consider developing a new state-of-the-art training centre facility at the former Twelve Oaks Golf Club at Highworth, which would also provide the club with a new headquarters base.

The planned new facilities, which will include gymnasium, treatment rooms and lecture and training rooms for the first team squad and academy players, will be vested in the Nigel Eady Trust who are partnering the club in the project.

Swindon Town chairman, Lee Power, commented: "Nigel Eady left a significant sum of money in his will to be invested for the benefit of Swindon Town Football Club and the community.

"We are therefore delighted that this could be used to develop facilities that will be of huge benefit not only to the football club but also to the local community. The facilities to be created at Twelve Oaks will be a great asset to Highworth.

“We are working closely with the Nigel Eady Trust and the local community. We will be developing our proposals in greater detail after further consultation with local people and clubs/organisations over the next few weeks.

"We want this new training centre and pitch facilities to be of benefit to the local clubs as well as Swindon Town Football Club.

"This will be the first time that Swindon Town Football Club have ever had their own state-of-the-art training centre.”

The new training centre will include up to seven new grass pitches and an all-weather 4G floodlit pitch which will be the main element for community use.

The training centre will be housed in a new building with the existing Twelve Oaks Clubhouse converted and refurbished to provide café/restaurant facilities.

An improved access and car parking facilities will also be provided. The new site will also feature extensive re-contouring and landscaping.