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Worcester City
File:Worcestercity.jpg
Full nameWorcester City Football Club
Nickname(s)The Loyals, Royals, City,
The Dragons,
The Faithfuls, The Blues
Founded1902
GroundSt George's Lane
Worcester
Capacity4,749
ChairmanAnthony Hampson
ManagerRichard Dryden
LeagueConference South
2007-08Conference North, 12th

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 Conference North to the Conference South, after no Southern teams were relegated from the Conference National.

Stadium

Main article: St George's Lane

Current first team squad

GK Danny McDonnell

GK Michael Wright

DF Graham Ward

DF Jon Richardson(vice captain)

DF Ollie Barnes

DF Shabhir Khan

DF Craig Brown

MF Matt Dodd

MF Rob Davies

MF Dave Bampton

MF Michael McGrath (loan from Kidderminster)

MF Jamie Price

MF Jordan Fitzpatrick

MF Sam Tyack

MF Gary Walker

MF Troy Wood (loan to Evesham)

FW Matt Dinsmore

FW Marco Addagio

FW Craig Wilding (captain)

FW Jemiah Richards

Notable former players

Former defender Des Lyttle, who played for the club in 1991-1992 and 2005-2007.

Records

Template:Fb start Template:Conference South Template:Fb end

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