Stadium
The club plays at the Weaver Stadium at Kingsley Fields. The ground cost £4 million, and was opened in 2007 before the start of the 2007–08 season; previously the club had played at Jackson Avenue.
Although bad weather set back the opening of the ground, with Nantwich having to play the majority of their pre-season games away from home, the first match at the Weaver Stadium took place on the 7 August 2007 with League One side Port Vale the visitors for a friendly that ended 6–3 to the League side. Port Vale's Ross Davidson scored the first goal at the ground after just 3 minutes with Glyn Blackhurst becoming the first Nantwich Town player to find the net. The ground was officially opened before Nantwich's match on October 10, 2007 by Sir Trevor Brooking Moving to the new stadium coupled with success on the pitch has helped contribute to a dramatic increase in Nantwichs attendances from an average of 118 in 2005–06 to an average of 664 in 2008–09
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