THE GALWAY FA has decided to rename Terryland Park in honour of Eamon “Chick” Deacy, the former Aston Villa and Galway United player who died suddenly in February.

Deacy Park will be the new name for the home of soccer in Galway – ironically, the land for the ground had been purchased from his family back in the 1930s to develop Terryland Park.

Plans are being made for an exhibition match later in the year between the Aston Villa side which Deacy helped win the English league championship in 1981 and a selection made up of players from his time with his local club West United and Galway United.

The 53-year old was also capped four times by the Republic of Ireland.

His brother Don said that renaming Terryland Park was a huge honour for his family and they were looking forward to the official renaming of the ground later in the year.

“Hopefully, most of his former mates with Aston Villa will be able to come over for what should be a great day,” he said.