Croydon Athletic's football stadium is to be renamed in honour of its former chairman, who passed away earlier this year.

Keith Tuckey died of organ failure in March at the age of 63, after falling ill while on a cricket trip to India.

Mr Tuckey, who was known as Mr Croydon Athletic' among the club's supporters, was taken ill while watching England beat India in the final test match of the series.

The club was shocked at his sudden death and has been in mourning. It has now decided to honour the man who gave his life to the game by renaming the ground after him.

Along with Ken Fisher, Mr Tuckey helped form the club 17 years ago. The pair merged Ken's Wandsworth FC with Keith's Norwood FC to create Wandsworth and Norwood, which became Croydon Athletic 12 months later.

Keith died after arriving home from India when it was discovered that he had an ulcer and a burst appendix, which were both removed. He suffered a heart attack and high blood pressure.

He was put on a life support machine but, as hopes were raised that he was to be taken off, he suffered complications. Within a couple of hours he had passed away through organ failure, which was a result of peritonitis.

Dean Fisher, the Rams' chief executive and club secretary, said: "Keith was Mr Croydon Athletic; he built the club up from nothing and this is our small way of remembering him.

"We are having some new signage prepared and this will be up at the ground within the next month. He would have been really pleased with this decision and his family have been involved all the way."