Worcester City F.C.

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Worcester City
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Full name Worcester City Football Club
Nickname(s) The Loyals or Royals, City,
The Dragons,
The Pears, The Patriots,
The Faithfuls,
Founded 1902
Ground St George's Lane
Worcester
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Chairman David Boddy
Manager Andy Preece
League Conference North
2005-06 Conference North, 8th
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Worcester City Football Club is an English football team, based at St George's Lane in the city of Worcester. They are currently playing in the Conference North.

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[edit] History

Previous leagues the club participated in include the West Midlands League, Midland Football Alliance and Southern League.

The club was formed on 9th September 1902 following the liquidation of another local side, Berwick Rangers.

Worcester City took over the fixture list from Berwick Rangers and remained in the Birmingham League for another 36 years.

The club is based at the St George's Lane Ground in Worcester where it moved to in 1905 from another site in the City of Worcester.

After leaving the Birmingham League, Worcester City entered the Southern League and remained there until the formation of the Alliance Premier League (now Football Conference in 1979).

City stayed in the top division of non-league football before suffering relegation in 1984/5 (the club had been top of the league before Christmas).

The manager is Andy Preece and the assistant manager is Andy Morrison. The current playing staff includes former Nottingham Forest full back Des Lyttle.

[edit] Current First Team Squad

No. Position Player
-- England GK Danny McDonnell
-- England GK James Coates
-- England DF Des Lyttle
-- England DF Adam Burley
-- England DF Dennis Pearce
-- England DF Shabir Khan
-- England DF Chris Smith
-- Canada DF Justin Thompson
-- England DF Danny Hodnett
-- England MF Tom Warmer
-- England MF George Clegg
-- England MF Chris Cornes
No. Position Player
-- Republic of Ireland MF Graham Ward
-- England MF Nat Bulmer
-- England MF Gary Walker
-- England MF Dale Watkins
-- England MF Nick Colley
-- England FW Mark Danks
-- England FW Adam Webster
-- England FW Troy Wood (on loan to Gloucester City)
-- England FW Craig Wilding
-- England FW Andy Preece
-- France FW Abderrahman Traore

[edit] Players In/Out 2006-07

[edit] In

No. Position Player
England MF Chris Cornes (free transfer)
Republic of Ireland MF Graham Ward (transferred from Tamworth)

[edit] Out

No. Position Player
Republic of Ireland MF Adrian Harper (released)
England MF Jay Sztybel (released)
England MF Jai Stanley (released - later joined Telford United)
Wales DF Steve Jenkins (transferred to Newport County)

[edit] Famous Players

1950s

  • England Bobby McEwan (DF)

1960s

1970s

  • England John Barton (FW)
  • England John Inglis (FW)

1980s

  • England Jim Williams (FW)

1990s

2000s

[edit] Records

  • Record win: 184-1 against Bilston in the Birmingham League in 1931.
  • Worst defeat: 0-10 against Wellington Town in the Birmingham League in 1920.
  • Largest transfer fee spent: too much for Jai Stanley in 2003 from Moor Green.
  • Record appearances for the club: Bobby McEwan who played for the club a total of 596 times.
  • Youngest scorer: Sam Wedgbury who scored in the F.A. Cup tie against Bemerton Heath Harlequins in September 2005 at the age of 16.
  • Record attendance: 17,042 when the club reached the fourth round of the F.A. Cup and lost 2-0 to Sheffield United on January 24, 1959.

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