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Post by jupu on May 14, 2020 18:44:00 GMT
This was written by the late Bill Cook, who was the Club Historian and co-author of the Official History book. It's good to read again but deserves its own thread as it's lost here. Incidentally I'm finding this all quite entertaining, nice to see some traffic here after so little activity in recent weeks. I admit i didn't know that Bill Cook was club historian. Is the Official History Book still available jupu? Is there anyone on the forum who could work on it to make it clearer and more visible? My IT skills are sadly lacking. Yes, via the club website: www.worcestercityfc.org/payments/official-history-of-worcester-city-47313.htmlAlternatively send me a personal message via this forum or contact me in Messenger.
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Post by jupu on May 14, 2020 13:29:34 GMT
This was written by the late Bill Cook, who was the Club Historian and co-author of the Official History book. It's good to read again but deserves its own thread as it's lost here. Incidentally I'm finding this all quite entertaining, nice to see some traffic here after so little activity in recent weeks.
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Post by jupu on Apr 2, 2020 19:28:40 GMT
That's what happens when people have too much time on their hands. Please don't enter into a childish spat, folks. Both sides have to learn to share.
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Post by jupu on Mar 1, 2020 11:05:24 GMT
Good question, but presumably not our call. We are tenants, WFA own the ground. They presumably have developed a business case, which takes into account an evaluation of the costs/benefits of grass versus 3g. It will be a major embarrassment and deeply disappointing if we are faced with endless postponements again next year and the prospect of 5 or 6 games a week on a poor pitch by the time April comes around. I don't think that's an exaggeration, the MFL had to extend the season by a week due to the weather two years ago and I suspect will be obliged to do the same again this time around.
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Post by jupu on Feb 25, 2020 13:10:06 GMT
That's correct, he went via Gloucester City.
Demetri is the first player to move from City direct to Hereford F.C.
In the Hereford United days, plenty of players made the move from Edgar Street to St. George's Lane. But I'm struggling to identify anyone since Trevor Jones who went in the opposite direction.
There were a couple of youngsters in the mid-90s who might almost qualify, but I'm not sure. Leigh Hall I think made the move via Ross Town. Ashley Wilkes was a youth team player who made one first team appearance for us then linked up with United, but I don't think he ever made the first team there.
I'll do some more digging.
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Post by jupu on Feb 15, 2020 17:26:32 GMT
This is all a bit worrying. So, even though the team put in as much effort as was possible, they still could not beat a team from the league below over 4 hours of football? The comments above make it sound like City were the plucky underdogs giving their all above higher grade opposition. It appears, on balance, that over two games home and away, Atherstone were indeed the better of the two sides, and that surely should not have been the case? So what went wrong? Was it a lack of preparation? This can happen when playing lower rated opposition, I imagine that Atherstone were sounded out a couple of times before the first game? Was it game plan? Or lack of? I agree with the above, a manager has every right to show passion and emotion , especially if being faced with negativity. And to be honest, there isn't a lot, if anything at all, that a manager can do during a match in the dugouts. I know for fact that players don't actually take any notice of instructions barked out at them (many a time Selb has told me that he just used to wave back and mutter "f**k off" under his breath and get on with his game!) So managers have a choice, either sit in silence and get pilloried for not shouting, or show a bit of passion, and that's not a problem. Anyway Vincent sounds like a pussycat! Jock Morrison raced up into the stands, and grabbed me around the neck........only it wasn't me, it was my brother!! Oooops!! I wouldn’t be too worried, the top teams in the MFL1 are as good as most of the Prem, it’s probably the strongest step 6 league in the country. If you look at teams who recently promoted from MFL1 Bromsgrove and Ilkeston went straight through the Prem and Walsall Wood, Heather and Cov Utd are all challenging this year. With four coming up this year it’s likely a few will be challenging for the Prem next year. Not that will impact Worcester with your likely sideways to the Hellenic, which is significantly weaker than the Mid Prem and I’d expect you to challenge with anything close to this years squad. Have the club announced that we're moving to the Hellenic League or is it no more than a rumour at this stage? Where does it originate from?
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Post by jupu on Feb 14, 2020 19:06:23 GMT
No, it's not worrying, just disappointing. The simple truth is that, even though they play one division below us, Atherstone are a decent side, as good as any in the MFL Premier. With better finishing we could have won both games against them, if we had then the best team would have lost.
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Post by jupu on Jan 24, 2020 9:07:31 GMT
I described him in the article as "the greatest City legend of all time." Always hard to find the right words but please leave your own thoughts and memories here. You're right, we'll never see his like again.
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Post by jupu on Jan 23, 2020 22:31:31 GMT
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Post by jupu on Jan 18, 2020 15:53:46 GMT
I didn't realise until looking at the planning documents that the original design has been compromised to the extent that the hockey people are now having to share their international standard facility with two junior football pitches.
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Post by jupu on Jan 16, 2020 8:12:51 GMT
Cold? It must be your age!
Seriously though a great team performance, there shouldn't be a Man of the Match as every City player played really well.
Coventry looked decent and had some chances in the second half, but we coped with everything that came our way.
We need to put the Vase to one side for a few weeks now, let's not get distracted or carried away.
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Post by jupu on Jan 13, 2020 0:30:30 GMT
Let's not get carried away, we're not in the next round yet, just in the draw for the next round.
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Post by jupu on Jan 12, 2020 12:35:16 GMT
Today's postponement highlights to me that the WFA will need to invest in improving the playing surface at Claines Lane. With two teams playing there we will be in a very similar situation to now. There's also an issue of primacy - if this were 12 months hence which club would have had priority for Saturday - us or Raiders? The fact that Sporting were at home yesterday must have had implications for the state of the pitch this morning.
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Post by jupu on Jan 6, 2020 8:31:03 GMT
Dominic Dell, who scored the first goal for Wulfrunians, played 5 times for City (2 starts, 3 as sub) during the 13/14 season. His last appearance was as a sub against Gloucester City in December 2013, a game which is best remembered for the infamous pie throwing incident.
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Post by jupu on Jan 1, 2020 18:41:26 GMT
Nathan Hayward and Brad Birch - now reunited at Stourbridge - were both sent off in this afternoon's 4-1 defeat at the VG versus Bromsgrove Sporting.
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Post by jupu on Dec 30, 2019 23:00:02 GMT
Thank you. Some research shows that he used to play for Boldmere, where the Highgate keeper was one of his teammates.
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Post by jupu on Dec 30, 2019 0:30:50 GMT
I have seen an allegation on social media that a spectator was verbally abused by a group of 4 City "fans" at the game. Is this true? Did anyone here witness what happened?
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Post by jupu on Dec 28, 2019 12:00:08 GMT
Sad to report that former City goalkeeper John Kirkwood has died at the age of 87.
Having started out playing junior football in his native Scotland, John signed for Reading at the age of 17 and made 31 league appearances in 4 and a half seasons there. He moved on to join Dartford in the Southern League for the 1954/55 season and signed for City at the start of the 1957/58 season. He began as deputy to former Welsh international Ron Howells who had signed at the same time from Cardiff City, but quickly became first choice ‘keeper.
John was one of the heroes of the team that defeated Liverpool in 1959 but early the following season John suffered a serious stomach injury and missed a large part of the season. He returned and had two further seasons at City before signing for Dover where he eventually hung up his boots in 1965.
John's funeral will take place on Wednesday 15 January at 12:45pm at Henley Road cemetery in Reading. I'll do a tribute to him in our next programme and there will hopefully be a minute's silence (or applause) prior to kick-off at the game v Wulfrunians on 4 January.
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City Map
Dec 27, 2019 12:19:49 GMT
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Post by jupu on Dec 27, 2019 12:19:49 GMT
Just to say these have all been sold now, thanks to all who bought one. If you get your copy put up on the wall share a picture of it on your preferred social media!
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City Map
Dec 24, 2019 17:04:27 GMT
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Post by jupu on Dec 24, 2019 17:04:27 GMT
Yes, I will distribute as many as possible on Boxing Day, so if you ordered one look out for me, or else meet me outside the office at the end of the game.
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City Map
Dec 23, 2019 13:09:33 GMT
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Post by jupu on Dec 23, 2019 13:09:33 GMT
It's a limited edition, not available in droves (not that droves of people come to watch us nowadays anyway), and there are now just two remaining.
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Dec 17, 2019 19:57:02 GMT
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Post by jupu on Dec 17, 2019 19:57:02 GMT
Send me a message with your contact details.
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Post by jupu on Dec 17, 2019 19:21:06 GMT
City fan Chris Lee has produced this fantastic City Map, showing the names of key players and memorable matches from City's past right through to the current season. I have one A3 poster size framed copy of the map which I am going to auction to raise money for the Trust. Starting bid is £5. Closing date for bids is 12 noon this Saturday, 21 December. If possible I will get the poster sent to the highest bidder in time for Christmas. Alternatively I have a limited number of unframed copies for sale, price £5 plus postage (I'll have to work out how much it will be), or you can collect from me. If you're interested let me know by commenting or messaging me. Happy Christmas!
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Post by jupu on Dec 13, 2019 11:15:24 GMT
There is a difference between raising funds and making a contribution from existing monies.
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Post by jupu on Dec 6, 2019 18:42:57 GMT
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Post by jupu on Dec 2, 2019 21:11:16 GMT
I'm undecided: I can see the obvious advantages in having the admin facilities, publicity machine and off-field support from the Warriors, but we have spent all this effort on becoming a fan-owned club, only to cast that all away. Football owners get bored unless there's success and go broke all the time, leaving the club they owned a mess - I can think of Darlington, Kettering and Rushden & Diamonds - and I'm sure those with a better memory than me will name a few more. So has anyone done due diligence on the two folk who made a bid for the club? I would hate for the parent club to go broke and leave us in a worse mess than we are now. All the above-mentioned clubs reformed and now play at a higher level than us.
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Post by jupu on Nov 27, 2019 13:12:06 GMT
Two local sides have parted company with their manager today. Carl Heeley's former assistant Ian King has left Redditch United and John Pemberton has gone at Kidderminster Harriers. By my reckoning Harriers have now had 6 managers - caretakers included - since the start of the year.
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Post by jupu on Nov 19, 2019 7:49:54 GMT
In fairness Hereford FC were attracting considerably more supporters when playing in the MFL than we are currently. So I can understand why they were getting more coverage. Luctonians get airtime because someone from the club is available on the end of a phone to speak to Trevor Owens.
The best way of following matches if you can't be there is via our Twitter account or via Andy Mitchell's live feed on the WN website.
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Post by jupu on Nov 18, 2019 13:23:36 GMT
Congratulations, you deserve a medal!
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Post by jupu on Nov 17, 2019 14:54:41 GMT
Here's a list of our biggest wins in competitive matches:
21 Nov 1931 BL Bilston United 18-1 28 Dec 1929 BL Stourbridge 13-1 21 Apr 1930 BL Wellington SG 12-1 7 Jan 1933 BL Colwyn Bay 12-1 15 Mar 1976 SL1NOswestry Town 12-2 9 Mar 1940 SLW Barry 11-2 9 Jan 1932 BL Shrewsbury Town 10-1 8 Oct 1932 BL Oakengates Town 10-0 5 May 1934 BL Colwyn Bay 10-1 22 Feb 1930 BL Hednesford Town 9-0 27 Sep 1952 SL Dartford 9-0 4 Sep 1937 FAC Sutton Town 9-0 16 Nov 2019 MFL RC Warwick 9-0 24 Jan 1925 BL Hednesford Town 9-2 5 Oct 1929 BL Bilston United 9-2 4 Jan 1930 WSC Redditch 9-2 12 Dec 1959 SL Bedford Town 9-2 16 Mar 1940 SLW Gloucester City 9-3
As you can see, this is only the fourth time since the war that we've scored nine or more. I wonder if anyone who was there yesterday also saw the games v Oswestry in 1976 and v Bedford in 1959?
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