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Post by jupu on Jul 12, 2009 20:33:29 GMT
If you read Alan Coleman's comments it would appear that it's the City Council who are moving he goalposts by deciding that the one scheme should be considered before the other, not the Football Club.
But clearly getting Nunnery Way anywhere near the Planning Committee is a long way off, I do think supporters are entitled to more than a two sentence explanation, be it from the Club or St Modwen's.
As to how long the delay will be, "In due course" could mean anything , where did Steve Carley get September from I wonder?
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Post by jupu on Jun 17, 2009 20:53:25 GMT
Those who can remember the first three or four years of Nobby Clark's reign as manager will recall that he was hugely successful in generating optimism off the field, which helped to transform what happened on the pitch. That was 30 plus years ago of course, and times change, it may never happen again, but some of us have seen this "transference of optimism."
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Post by jupu on Jun 16, 2009 17:39:55 GMT
As I said no-one can ever know if a new signing will be "terrific," whether manager, supporter or whoever. It doesn't mean they can't say or think it though.
And we might each define terrific differently – a great individual performer, an asset to the team, a "name" who can put bums on seats even if the move doesn't work out?
Some of those 30 people who post here (and others who don't) may want to be optimistic about next season, and hoping that a new signing will be an asset is a natural and optimistic reaction.
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Post by jupu on Jun 12, 2009 19:54:22 GMT
None of us know if Wayne will be a good signing - we can but hope. In recent times I can think of players such as Martyn Bennett, Martin Hicks, Martin Weir and Paul Carty that all came to us with a successful reputation and did well for City. Strangely all defenders, and obviously being called Martin helps a lot. Don't think we've ever had a player called Keith Scott though.
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Post by jupu on Jun 12, 2009 19:44:19 GMT
Just to say that the programme for this game sold out on the day, however I have been able to get the printers to do me a few reprints. If you want a copy email me - jupugh@tiscali.co.uk
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Post by jupu on Mar 15, 2009 23:36:22 GMT
As regular readers know I've done a "What the Fans Said" feature in the programme this season when I've had some photos from Hannah. She wasn't able to get any comments after the game oon Saturday but if anyone who went wants to send me a review at jupugh@tiscali.co.uk I'd be happy to include it in the programme for the Eastleigh game.
Incidentally we'll be re-using the programme that was printed for the postponed Maidenhead game on 10 Jan tomorrow night with an insert to update it.
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Post by jupu on Feb 8, 2009 23:12:44 GMT
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Post by jupu on Feb 8, 2009 23:00:35 GMT
Any comments submitted must relate to planning issues if you want them to be taken into consideration.
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Post by jupu on Jan 28, 2009 1:17:14 GMT
He went to Solihull in November, obviously didn't last long there then!
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Post by jupu on Jan 28, 2009 0:44:12 GMT
Does anyone know if and where he's playing this season? I thought he'd gone to Hinckley, but he hasn't appeared for them. Leon Kelly has left Hinckley for Solihull Moors, incidentally.
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Post by jupu on Jan 17, 2009 22:03:25 GMT
It was the Millwall game that was shown on a programme called Sportsview and yes, the chairman Tom Smith was interviewed. But the footage almost certainly no longer exists.
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Post by jupu on Jan 15, 2009 22:42:25 GMT
The BBC have about 50 seconds worth of footage from the Liverpool game, which I guess means that pretty much all of it was shown tonight.
The same clips were shown on MOTD prior to the Huddersfield game in 2005.
I am trying to find out what other footage exists in the BBC archive, for example I know the Millwall game was filmed. I doubt if it remains, and even if I find out it does, I don't hold out much hope of getting hold of any copies. Even if I did, I believe it would be illlegal to copy it or show it in public!
However, I do know there is some footage in the ITV archive of the FAC game against Aldershot at Birminghan in 1957 that it may be possible to purchase, although it won't come cheap - something like £6 per second!
Some years ago Tony Moore told me he'd seen some film of the Liverpool game that a man from Pershore had shot - I would think in Super 8 so probably not good quality - and it might be possible to trace the source via the Worcester News. I'll ask them.
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Post by jupu on Jan 14, 2009 23:53:02 GMT
I understand we are due a new home kit for next season. I think this is a good opportunity for the Club to engage the Trust and the supporters - ask us what we'd like to see. After all the main purpose of changing kits is to make money through sale of replicas. I think the time is right to go for simple blue and white stripes/white shorts/blue and white socks - make it similar to the 58/59 kit by way of acknowledgement of the 50th anniversary of the Cup run.
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Post by jupu on Jan 10, 2009 12:17:15 GMT
The Worcester News will be doing a feature next week, on Wednesday or Thursday I think. So will BBC H&W.
There will also be something in the Worcester Standard. Talksport have been in touch and I've provided them with some more information about the game.
As you know I will be devoting as much of the programme as possible to the Liverpool game on 24 January.
It looks like we will be able to get Harry Knowles and Bernard Gosling to come down on 24 January, and there will be other former players coming as well.
Creaner - I've left you a PM - can you get in touch with me? Thanks.
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Post by jupu on Dec 21, 2008 21:51:30 GMT
So what was I wrong about?
We can all interpret words whichever way we want, the chairman's statement seemed clear enough to me.
Can you tell us what was in those emails that persuaded you to come down?
Of course we won't find £80,000 in the short term by just coming down to watch games.
But AH did make the point on Saturday that we have four home games in January which will be important revenue streams if we survive Monday's meeting.
Anyone else out there going to follow Jeremy's advice and forget turning up to matches from now onwards?
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Post by jupu on Dec 21, 2008 21:06:21 GMT
Jeremy - you accuse me of writing emotive crap. Why so abusive when I was trying to make some sensible points?
Anthony Hampson said: "The players' wages this week will be coming from the gate receipts."
Which is what I said in my post.
Was he talking emotive crap too?
What was your motivation for attending the game if not to respond to his request for support?
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Post by jupu on Dec 19, 2008 22:49:15 GMT
I sincerely hope that the contributors to the MB who have previously announced they will be boycotting SGL will put in an appearance tomorrow. You'll be responsible for our players' wages, you'll be doing your bit to keep the club alive, and you'll have the chance to quiz the chairman after the game. He appears to have told it like it is. Surely our energies now should be channelled into ensuring our survival, even if it's on a week by week basis.
Looking ahead, we've got a home game on New Year's Day. We can only hope that the weather doesn't intervene. There's an old saying - "Bring a mate and double the gate." But it's as relevant now as ever. If we put our minds to it, I'm sure we could all think of somebody else to bring with us to the Newport game.
Looking ahead into January, I've already mentioned that it's the 50th anniversary of the Liverpool game. I will put to Anthony that we need to mark the occasion in some way, but whatever we do will have to be at little or no extra cost. I think the game to focus on as the "anniversary" will be Havant & Waterlooville on 24 January. I have a few ideas of my own as to what could be done but I'd appreciate your thoughts. Obviously you can post here but if you want to talk through any ideas with me then find me out at the game tomorrow. Or PM me, or email me - jupugh@tiscali.co.uk
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Post by jupu on Dec 16, 2008 22:55:08 GMT
I've spent six years on your trail Six long years On your trail
It's a Smiths B side - Half a Person - back from the days when records really did have B sides and a good example of the B side being better than the song on the other side.
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Post by jupu on Dec 15, 2008 23:37:28 GMT
Both the games against Newport - Boxing Day and New Year's Day - are a 3p.m. kick-off.
There was a time - I think it's called the good old days - when clubs played on Christmas Day and Boxing Day. And as recently as 1997, when Boxing Day fell on a Friday, we played Tamworth at home then Merthyr away the next day.
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Post by jupu on Dec 1, 2008 1:02:37 GMT
January 2009 will see the 50th anniversary of the Worcester City v Liverpool F.A. Cup game. I’m hoping to produce either a special programme or a one-off publication to mark the occasion. If anyone out there would like to share their memories of the game so that I can use them in whatever I’m able to do, I’d be glad to hear from you.
Also if anyone has a clean copy of the programme can you scan a copy for me? Mine has seen better days.
If anyone has anything else that they can copy for me – newspaper cuttings, pictures or souvenirs – then likewise please get in touch. My email address is jupugh@tiscali.co.uk. Thanks
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Post by jupu on Nov 17, 2008 22:35:59 GMT
I think this certainly is a news item. It’s a fundamental issue – if the site can’t be developed as a football stadium, the idea is a non-starter. My first reaction when I heard about the possibility of developing the Cinderella Ground was – what are the relevant planning issues? The report tells me that.
The feature has highlighted the material planning considerations that the Club would have to address, should a new board be elected that identifies the Cinderella Ground as its preferred option. Planning legislation isn’t straightforward, but as Alan Coleman says, ultimately the Council would have to weight up the interests that the Local Plan seeks to protect against the interests to the wider community that would be served by Worcester City moving to the Cinderella Ground and developing ancillary activities on the site.
The officers aren't saying that the site can’t be developed, but highlighting some very significant issues that would have to be addressed and overcome.
What I think is apparent is that there’s a lot of work to be done to develop an idea into a firm proposition that can meet the necessary planning requirements. As Jeremy says, it’s taken the Club ten years to get to where we are today. But regardless of which site we're talking about, getting a planning application submitted and approved can be a lengthy and costly process.
So I think Steve Carley has done a good job here. It’s a factual report based on his investigations into the views of the City Council’s planning officers. And Alan Coleman is a football fan by the way.
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Post by jupu on Nov 16, 2008 23:23:45 GMT
Bill Cook has informed me that former City player Ernie Ward has died at the age of 71. Small in stature, but one of the quickest players ever seen at the Lane, he helped us to win the Southern League Division 1 championship in 1967/68. I'll do a feature on him in Saturday's programme. If anyone has memories of him that they want to share here then I can include them in my feature. Thanks.
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Post by jupu on Nov 5, 2008 7:46:52 GMT
Memory Lane
In over 40 years since the award began, Steve Crompton is the only winger ever to have been voted by City fans as the Player of the Year. In fact Steve lifted the title twice, in 1980/81 and 1984/85. Neither season was memorable for City supporters. In fact 1984/85 was about as bad as it can get – we were relegated from the Gola League (now the Conference) and we’ve never been back there since.
However, that’s no reflection on Steve himself. He was Nobby Clark’s first addition to the squad that won the Southern League Premier Division title in 1978/79 and he fitted in straight away. His skill, pace and effort on the right wing made him an instant hit with City fans and it was probably only a matter of time before Steve earned the ultimate supporters’ accolade.
I don’t have any details of how the voting went in either of the two seasons in which Steve won the title but in 1980/81 I think it’s fair to say that he was the most consistent player in a season which saw several players out for long spells through injury. City got as far as the quarter-finals of the F.A. Trophy that year, losing at Bishops Stortford, but in the league we struggled and finished the season in 12th place – our lowest ever placing during Nobby Clark’s reign as manager.
In 1984/85 is a more intriguing story. By the time that the winner was announced, Steve had played his last game in a Worcester City shirt after falling out of favour with manager George Armstrong, who transfer listed him. Things came to a head in the home match with Kettering Town on 9 March, when Steve lost possession of the ball and allowed a Kettering player a clear run through on goal. Bryan Mogford chased back and in an attempt to save the situation deliberately tripped the Kettering player, for which he was sent off. Despite playing with ten men, City took the lead through Malcolm Phelps in the second half, only to concede twice in the final ten minutes to lose the match 1-2. Afterwards the City manager implied that the result might have been different but for certain players and famously said: “We won’t get relegated.” He was wrong of course.
Steve went out on loan to Runcorn soon afterwards as Armstrong sought to bring in fresh faces in a desperate attempt to stay up and signed for the Linnets on a permanent basis in the summer of 1985.
In a further twist I recall that due to an error, voting forms for the Player of the Year weren’t handed out until the final match of the 1984/85 season, at home to Nuneaton Borough. The award couldn’t therefore be made on the pitch prior to the final home game, as was the usual custom, and I wonder just how many votes were actually submitted in the circumstances. I would suspect that as he moved on over the summer, Steve was therefore never presented with his award, but if anyone reading this recalls otherwise, please let me know.
For the record, Steve was signed by Nobby Clark from Hereford United in the summer of 1979 for what was then a club record fee of £4,000. He went on to make 287 first team appearances (64 goals) for City over the next six years and went on to play for Runcorn and Bangor City before retiring.
Update - Steve is now assistant manager at Bala Town. He only stayed a couple of seasons at Bangor, suffered badly with injury, and dropped into local Cymru Alliance football, he lives around Ruthin in North Wales. His son Sam Crompton was on the Shrewsbury Town academy for a couple of years but has since been released.
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Post by jupu on Nov 4, 2008 1:18:34 GMT
If you forward the email to me - jupugh@tiscali.co.uk - I'll forward the article I did on Steve in the programme a couple of seasons ago.
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Post by jupu on Oct 5, 2008 21:12:15 GMT
Tony’s remark was not appropriate and I’m pleased he has apologised, but I’m sure that to a large extent it was borne of frustration aimed at those who posted on here deriding the club regarding the segregation arrangements for this game.
Maybe it’s been overlooked that Wimbledon ask away clubs to segregate. No-one can deny that the arrangements put in place appeared to be a total success and for once maybe the club and those involved with crowd control on the day deserve some credit.
Tim – I don’t think it was ever intended to let 1,000 AFCW fans in through the Cavalier turnstile. I don’t think the original press release made it clear and was consequently mis-interpreted by some of the MB regulars. I asked Dave Boddy about this and I clarified in the Tamworth programme that standing AFCW fans would be coming in via the turnstiles at the main entrance.
Jem – I can understand you being miffed at Tony’s comment but I fail to see how yesterday’s segregation arrangements could have succeeded largely through the actions of WCFCST.
And Chris – fine to talk about the RESPECT campaign, and I’m sure many who post here will say come of their comments in this and other threads are borne of frustration too, but those who were quick to criticise Tony should look at some of their own posts over recent weeks.
I felt the “Biography Book Title” thread in particular was unacceptable – nothing to do with WCFC, just a way of letting people take cheap shots at Dave Boddy. I’m surprised our moderators have let it stay.
I’m glad that some have acknowledged a job well done, I believe in giving credit where credit is due.
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Post by jupu on Sept 12, 2008 20:02:18 GMT
A word of caution to those of you who seem to have knowledge of the SDA 1975. I understand the SDA includes a small number of exceptions that allow facilities or services to be provided on a single-sex basis. Different treatment of women and men is permissible where there is a legitimate aim and the different treatment is a proportionate means of achieving that aim. See www.equalities.gov.uk/publications/080408_Fact%20sheet_GD_final.docIt would also appear that the content of media and advertisements is excluded from the legislation. I think it could reasonably be claimed that there is a legitimate aim here, i.e. fewer women than men watch matches at SGL and the club is trying to encourage more women to attend; and the treatment is a proportionate means of achieving that aim, i.e. it’s free admission for one match only. And as for the club’s policy on equalities, if women were let in free every match, then yes, WCFC would be acting against its own aims and objectives. But you could equally argue that Worcester City Football Club is taking positive action where inequalities exist - which the policy states the club will try to do. It’s easy to knock this event and I too think the take-up will be minimal. I’m all in favour of attracting new supporters, but I’d rather to see more done to encourage children to attend. And for that matter more to show that the club is thinking about its existing fans. I notice that one of the stall holders is selling chocolates. When the first Fans’ Forum was held this time last year it was queried why chocolates, crisps, sweets etc. couldn’t be sold in a more visible place. Paul Curtis said this was something that could be addressed but as far as I’m aware nothing ever happened. This was potentially an easy gain and a lost opportunity.
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Post by jupu on Sept 1, 2008 21:23:25 GMT
Cogg - I don't know if Nike kits are cheap and, if so, why. I presume you're saying the company is unethical and/or the quality of the product is poor. Can you enlighten me?
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Post by jupu on Aug 31, 2008 22:36:02 GMT
Assuming there is a next season, I hope that through the Trust we can persuade the board to get the supporters to choose the design of the next home kit. Personally, I'd like to see us wearing Nike, several clubs do so already at this level, I'm sure more people would buy a "proper" label and I like the simplicity of their designs.
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Post by jupu on Aug 27, 2008 7:28:19 GMT
The next two games that I'm going to look back on in the Memory Lane feature in the programme are a friendly against a Stanley Matthews XI in 1951 and the 4-1 win over Burton Albion in 1990.
I can't imagine anyone remembers the former game but some of you must recall the Burton match.
If you have any recollections of this one that I could use in the programme can you post them here or else email me at jupugh@tiscali.co.uk? Thanks.
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Post by jupu on Aug 27, 2008 7:23:46 GMT
I've been sorting through some old programmes for the Memory Lane feature in the programme and discovered I had 2 copies of the programme for this game, played on 3 May 1951.
Does anyone want a copy? If so email me - jupugh@tiscali.co.uk - and it's yours. Price £8, which is the going rate for programmes of this vintage.
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