Kings Langley have paid tribute to a long-standing supporter’s son by renaming their stadium.

The club’s ground will be known as the CRY Community Stadium for the 2017/18 season, in tribute to Cardiac Risk in the Young.

Kings held a marketing campaign to give local companies the chance to pay £1,000 for a ticket to enter a draw for naming rights at the stadium.

Clement Estate agents won and decided on the name in tribute to Dale Tennent-Butler - the son of a supporter who died from cardiac arrest while playing football in 2007, aged just 18.

Kings chairman Jeremy Wilkins says it is the ideal way to pay tribute to the work done by Dale’s father, Ian Butler.

“Ian has done so much for our club and has also raised lots of money for CRY over the years, so we all agreed this was the perfect way to say thank you,” Wilkins said.

“We also felt it was very timely to use this initiative to help raise further awareness of CRY.

“As a club, we want to see young people take responsibility for their heart health, and we want to help them by providing support to those who are interested in heart screening.”

CRY chief executive, Dr Steven Cox, took the chance to praise Kings for their decision to rename their stadium.

He said: “On behalf of all of us at CRY, I would like to say a huge thank you to Jeremy and the local businesses and Kings Langley FC for their ongoing fundraising and support.

“It really is an honour for CRY’s name to have been chosen for the stadium and will be a poignant tribute to Ian’s work and Dale’s memory for years to come.”