Worcester City F.C.

Football club infobox
clubname = Worcester City


fullname = Worcester City Football Club
nickname = The Loyals, Royals, City,
The Dragons,
The Faithfuls, The Blues
founded = 1902
county = Worcestershire FA
ground = St George's Lane
Worcester | capacity = 4,749
chairman = David Boddy
manager = Richard Dryden
Assistant Manager Carl Heeley
league = Conference South
position = Conference North, 12th
season = 2007-08
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Worcester City Football Club is an English football club from Worcester, England. Based at St George's Lane, they currently play in the Conference South.

History

The club was formed on 9 September 1902 following the liquidation of another local side, Berwick Rangers. They took over Berwick's fixture list in the Birmingham & District League.

Worcester's finest football moment was their FA Cup victory over Liverpool (then in the old second division, shortly before the legendary Bill Shankly took over as manager), beating their illustrious opponents 2-1 in 1959. They lost in the 4th round to Sheffield United, in a match which set St George's Lane's record attendance of 17,042.

After leaving the Birmingham League, Worcester City entered Southern Football League and remained there until the formation of the Alliance Premier League in 1979. City stayed in the top division of non-league football before suffering relegation in 1984-85 despite having been top of the league before Christmas.

Richard Dryden was appointed manager in November 2007 following the departure of Andy Preece in October 2007.

In 2008 they were moved from the Blue Square North to the Blue Square South, after no Southern teams were relegated from the Blue Square Premier.

tadium

Current first team squad

GK Danny McDonnell

GK David Clarke

GK Michael Wright

DF Graham Ward

DF Jon Richardson

DF Ollie Barnes

DF Shabhir Khan

DF Craig Brown

MF Matt Dodd

MF Rob Davies

MF Dave Bampton

MF Michael McGrath

MF Jamie Price

MF Jordan Fitzpatrick

MF Sam Tyack

MF Gary Walker

MF Troy Wood

FW Matt Dinsmore

FW Marco Addagio

FW Avun Jephcott

FW Craig Wilding (captain)

FW Jemiah Richards

Notable former players

Records

*Largest victory: 18-1 versus Bilston in the Birmingham League in 1931.
*Heaviest defeat: 0-10 versus Wellington Town in the Birmingham League in 1920.
*Largest transfer fee: £10,000,000 for Matt Jarett in 2003 from Chelsea.
*Most appearances: Bobby McEwan (596)
*Youngest scorer: Sam Wedgbury, age 16 in an FA Cup match versus Bemerton Heath Harlequins in September 2005
*Highest attendance: 17,042 vs. Sheffield United in the FA Cup on January 24, 1959.

External links

* [http://www.worcestercityfc.co.uk Official website]
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* [http://www.thisiswcfc.co.uk/ This is Worcester City]
* [http://www.freewebs.com/wcfcsupporters/ Worcester City Supporters Club]