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The Official Website of the WCFC Supporters Club |
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Welcome to my page, this is where I shall post any personal views I have on the City or otherwise! The other’s whom help with the site will also post their views (hopefully!) I shall also put a few mini-reports on non-Worcester City games I go to! |
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| Alfreton Full Monty 0-2 Darrell | ||
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Saturday 22 September
I’ve finally redeemed myself – after the humiliating attempt at finishing off the Hawkie Burger (see below) I managed to salvage some pride and polish off not one, but two of the Alfreton Town Full Monty delights!! Pie, crinkly chips, mushy peas and gravy: £3.50. Yummy. Otherwise, it was a day to forget both on and off the field.
Wednesday 26 September Aston Villa 0-1 Leicester City League Cup Third Round
And you thought Kettering’s Stewards were bad?!
I went to watch a ‘big team’ tonight! Villa (not Pelsall, the other one) were beaten 0-1 at Villa Park by Leicester City in the League Cup Third Round. For the first time I can remember I arrived at Villa Park without a ticket. Assuming correctly, that I couldn’t pay on the gate, I made my way to the ticket office and asked for one. “Which stand?” asked the overly helpful man on the desk. “I don’t mind.” I replied. “But which would you prefer?” “Holte End or Trinity Road then.” “Will the Holte End upper be ok Sir?” “Yes.” “Will section K5 be ok?” “Yes.” “Will Row 4 be ok?” “Yes.” “Seat 131?” “Yes, that’s fine.” AS IF I GIVE A DAMN! I couldn’t give a toss whether it’s seat 131 or 132 – row 4 or row 10; the view is the bloody same! Just give me my ticket! “Can I have your postcode please Sir” “Eh?!” “Your postcode?” I obliged before being asked my name and address – when asked why he needed this the totally unsatisfactory response was that it was for ‘our database.’ Can you imagine the turnstile operator asking those questions to us lot at The Lamb on Saturday? Utterly bemused, I went into the club shop and bought a rather nice shirt before moving around to the Holte End where the Stewarding was – to say the least, baffling. Having learnt from my previous trips to Villa Park, I had hidden two spare bottle tops in the bottom of my rucksack so that when the idiots took the tops off the two bottles of Pepsi Max in my rucksack I had some spares. (Apparently, you can throw the full bottle of pop onto the pitch but not the bottle top!) I had even partaken in a pathetic, yet amusing pastime of mine that is shaking the bottles before going into the ground so that they fizz up all over the stewards! Alas, it was not needed. The Steward asked only to see in the perfectly see-through carrier bag containing the shirt I had just purchased yet was perfectly happy for my rucksack to remain unchecked! I’ll remember that one in future. They also appeared happy for Villa and Leicester ‘fans’ to throw glass bottles at each other – but that’s another story. Oh, yes – the game. Villa had lots of possession and did nothing with it Leicester had one shot and scored. The Villa defence’s policy of passing it between the back four deep into injury time without even a hint of urgency before the ref blew up was amusing even if it did irk the home faithful somewhat!
Tinpot moment of the day came over the P.A. system: “I’ve got the teams…….Mick……..MICK…..I’ve got the teams…….do you want them?………Yes……..have you got it?…………Oh……..Erm……Just play the music first………….” |
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| Hawkie Burger 1-0 Darrell | ||
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I admit it. Believe it or not, my eyes are bigger than my belly. I had to submit. I couldn’t finish off the Hawkie burger. A scrumptious concoction. A ¼ pounder, 4 sausages, bacon, egg, cheese and onion all in a bun. Having already sampled the delights of Havant & Waterlooville’s food hut I had noticed ISIHAC’s (some of you may remember him, he came to a City game last year) HAWKIE burger. I couldn’t resist. It was fantastic – but after 10 minutes of trying I couldn’t finish it off! I am thoroughly ashamed of myself and will certainly try harder in future! My mini trip away had already started off very well with Worcestershire’s cricketers winning in Chelmsford on Thursday. (we were able to sing “We are top of the league!”) We had a thoroughly enjoyable day out on the Saturday too, from the railway in Emsworth where I stayed on the Friday night after a few jovialities including bar billiards – which I was crap at, finishing in the Robin Hood in Havant with a few members of the Tinpot Terrace. As for the game, Salisbury won what was a typical Pre Season Friendly. An own goal gave them the lead in the first half which was doubled with a very neat finish mid way through the second before the hosts pulled one back late on with a tap in. An entertaining day was had by all with fans of Worcester and Tamworth in attendance along with the two sides playing – just what non-league is all about. Here’s a funny story about higher management while you’re reading: We’ve got a new Area Manager at work. She started the weekend before the severe floods hit. With me living on the West side of the river I decided that I wouldn’t be going in on the Sunday as both bridges were shut by the Saturday night. After telephoning her to tell her I was told that I ‘had to get there’. Have a guess what her final piece of advice was. Keep in mind that people were dying or losing homes because of these floods:
“Ring 999 if you have to.” |
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| Another Piece from Mad Tom! | ||
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On The Road with Brian Kerrouac The Year So Far BANG! Off goes the phone in the middle of the night charging lines with energy turning voices into scrambled signals that only the ear of the hearer can hear and bring joy like Miles blowing deep, soulful, sorrowful saying Go Cat Go! and the whole room nods as one because they really get it, they really get every note and in that smoke filled arena the world makes sense. It was the Glorious Leader with plans for a new road trip, he was gone, real gone but he's got a heart of Aztec gold, dug out of the mountain by slaves later sacrificed. I didn't have to say yes, the road chose me and for too long I'd be kicking around with Mémêre at home, drinking too much liquor which ain't licked me yet. I met up with the players in the morning. I don't want players who could be mannequins in Harrods standing there all dumbfounded with blank faces that say life's canvas hasn't passed this way with its palette of rainbowed colors. I want players who fizz fizz fizz all over the pitch, who scream across the grass like Roman Candles, exploding with so much energy whose memory festers long in the collective. Of course, if the long ball is going to get results I'll make sure to include a few raw meat merchants in the squad too. The Forest of Nottingham arrived up this week, all fancy tricks and no soul like a tired New Orleans funeral band feigning caring. We diced with carrottops and lost by one goal scored by ourselves. We've got our own goalscorers but they're Wild Turkey whiskey to Jack Daniels himself. The stands were weren't full, the people were full, the fans were full of it and it was a beautiful thing I thought to myself as I watched the bills stack up in the counting room where the Glorious Leader was counting out his money. That's poetry, that's Robin Hood come to life, steal from the rich to give to the poor, that's a lot of Merry Men in the Cavalier with the Cavalier Attitude feasting après match. Whether there was any roasting I cannot comment. There are old clubs and there are bold clubs but there are no old, bold clubs—unless they're Odense Boldklub from Denmark. I wanna talk to these cats, find out what makes them tick, like old Hamlet playing his part in a tragedy with Ophelia by his side, like Soho Square on a quiet week when all the shutters are up and the blazers blaze a trail. It's all about the road, the unrelenting road… Burscough away |
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| Old Mad Tom's Blue Square Almanac | ||
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Thank You to Old Mad Tom for this contribution. While cadging 50p off me for a cup of tea and telling me about the attractive new grey anorak he's getting for the new season, Mad Tom passed on the first proper instalment of his Almanac, having spent the previous evening looking into his crystal balls... Old Mad Tom's Blue Square Almanac |
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| Here Comes the Summer | ||
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Well, you wouldn’t have thought it with this weather, but July is almost upon us and we are within a few weeks of the first Pre Season Friendly against our tenants, Evesham United. Other friendly matches include a trip to Bromsgrove and visits from Yeovil, Stockport, Forest and Walsall. With no football to watch, it’s been Sunday afternoons at New Road (like every other Summer) and what a fantastic season Hickey is having and a cracking win over the Bears in the Trophy too! Away days have consisted of a Sunday winding up the locals in Northampton and will be added to by next weeks trip to Edgbaston to hopefully see the Pears win the 4th West Midland Derby of the season and an August trip to Essex. I’ve also done a bit of Speedway as I watched Scott Nicholls’ Coventry Bees thrash Belle Vue 62-28 in the Elite League. I’d never been to Speedway before but thoroughly enjoyed it and I would certainly recommend it to those who’ve never been. Emeka Nwadike:
You only have to hear the reaction from the Alfreton Town fans to realise what an asset he’ll be: Macca was an asset that we cannot really afford to lose. Sorry to see Macca go ,always gave us 100%. It is a huge blow. You have signed a player who will give you 110% every week. While, I’m actually talking about football for once, some of you may remember Patto from Scarborough, who unfortunately went into liquidation this week. Can I welcome him as our first Scarborough based Supporters Club Member – pictured below with my old City Shirt! Painting at The Lane resumes tonight (Monday 25th) at around 6:30 although it looks like it will rain again so ring Phil on 01905 422085 if you’re planning on joining us – there will be a few more sessions between now and the first game of the season. There we have it then, I thought I’d spout some of my usual rubbish on here rather than boring my family and friends with it, as it has been a little slow over the ‘summer’ weeks. See you all soon: DB
Patto explains his links to WCFC: Hello everybody!!! Patto here. Now some of you may know me, some may not. For those that do know me, skip to the next paragraph to avoid what you already know. For those that don't know me here’s a bit about myself. I am (some may say was) a Scarborough FC fan, of course I am sure you already know about us, we got in debt chasing promotion in 1998 (no thanks to John Russell). We didn't get promoted and then the next season with no money or good players we went down. From then on debt had mounted, till one day we played a team called Chelsea, which gave us some much needed money, which went to paying off debts. From then we looked at relocating from The McCain Stadium, selling it off to pay the debts and use the change for our new ground. This never happened and on the 20th June 2007 Scarborough FC closed its gates forever. So where do WCFC come into it???? Well last season on a cool November’s day Scarborough visited the city of Worcester. On the coach that day was me!!! Sometime before kick off Georgie was doing his usual walk around the pitch, I took this excellent chance to embrace him, I said hello and agreed a shirt swap. So after the game I was placing my drum back on the coach when Georgie came to me to introduce himself. It was at this point the bond between a Boro and City fan was born, in the form of a shirt swap. The swapping of emails followed and since then I have been in regular contact with a number of City fans. Then when Worcester visited Scarborough I made a surprise visit to the away end. At half time I made the trip round to the away end to be greeted by Leigh and Darrell, I was made to feel most welcome and within minutes we were in full voice. Now I was only planning on staying for half time, however I was having so much fun that I decided to stay with my mate Shaun in the away end. Despite the result (Boro 1-0 City) I had a great time and I hope I brought some fun to the trip for the WCFC fans. So anyway that’s a bit about myself. Just to finish off by saying thank you to Darrell, Kieran, Leigh and Hannah for making me feel welcome and keeping in touch with me despite the distance between us. I hope to see you all very soon and W.C.F.C will always be held close to my heart, it won't replace S.F.C but it will have to do. Thanks for reading Patto |
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| Atherstone Town 0-1 Boldmere St Michael | ||
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Saturday 7th October 2006, Sheepy Road, The FA Vase 1st round HT (0-1) Att:225...Henry (30) City playing Harrogate Friday night gave me a chance to visit Sheepy Road, home, of course, to Atherstone Town. After taking a train from Coventry to Nuneaton, my friend Donna (a student, on my course at Coventry University and very interested in my tinpot travels) and I took the ‘rail replacement bus’ to Atherstone. We arrived in Atherstone a little before 1pm and after a bit of exploring, stopped off at The Dolphin for a very good mini-fish, chips and proper mushy peas (you can always tell if it’s the tinned stuff!) at the slightly peculiar price of £2.83. A huge selection of pubs to choose from on the market square, but we opted for the Market Tavern and supped Golden Bear, even if I am supposed to be a ‘pear’! We moved onto the ground where upon paying the £5 entrance fee and £1 for the 20-page programme, which included a good article, named ‘Howards Way’ and a su-doku amusingly re-named ‘Adduko’ we moved onto the bar. Only cans of Carlsberg to be had in the clubhouse, on of which was consumed in the Andy Rammall stand, where I was under orders to remain for the first half while Donna got the best view of The Mikes’ left back, Craig Hancox. The Mikes’ first half lead was a deserved one, Dan Parker missed a free header on 5 minutes and Dwayne Henry should have done better after skipping past 3 defenders only to fire hopelessly over just before half time. However, he had already scored the winner with an exquisite lob 12 yards out bang on the half hour mark. ‘It’s just like watching Villa!’ moaned one disgruntled home supporter as the half time whistle blew. Half time brought more amusement – as the winning raffle tickets were announced – 2 yellow tickets took 3rd and 2nd place, with ‘Orangey-Salmon 496’ the winning ticket. It tickled me anyway! We moved to the opposite side at half time to view The Adders’ complete domination of the second half. They should have forced a replay at the least, Craig Civzelis headed over Cameron Stuart’s cross on 58 minutes and a minute later Chris Partridge fell over when clean through. Stuart’s free kick from 25 yards hung and hung in the air for an eternity and sailed over everyone into the net but was disallowed for a push on the ‘keeper and Michael Swan (Hancox’s only rival in the good looks stakes) headed wide with a free header from a corner with 20 minutes to play, a further Adders attack was thwarted by a goal line clearance 10 minutes from time which proved to be their last meaningful chance. All in all, in Atherstone we had a very enjoyable day, but perhaps most importantly, the day may have helped convert another football fan to the joys of non-league football, Donna has promised to come to St Georges Lane soon!
Romulus 1-0 Shifnal Town Sunday 8 October 2006, the FA Vase 1st Round, Coles Lane HT(0-0) ... Hamilton (48) Sunday saw me visit Coles Lane again; this time Romulus’ opponents were Shifnal Town in the FA Vase in front of just 98 supporters, they could maybe have expect more after the interest shown in Monday nights game. More ‘rail replacement buses’ took us into Sutton Coldfield, and a very nice cod and chips in the Station pub with homemade tartar sauce. I paid the £1 for a programme (was it a half price sale?) and looked up in time to see a header disallowed for offside for Shifnal, they should have had another moments later but Matthew Harris saved well. In fact it was his heroics which kept The hosts in the game, a triple save on 35 minutes with his feet, hands and knees meant the scores were somehow level at the interval. Seb Hamilton fired The Roms in front 3 minutes after the break and they ultimately held on despite being reduced to 10 men for an elbow a quarter of an hour from time. Another decent day was had, and a chat with Redditch fans, Telford fans, and some ground hoppers including one on an FA Vase trail. |
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| 2006/7 Season | ||
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The A.G.M. of the Football Conference Board on 3rd June 2006 decided that Scarborough should be deducted 10 points for an undisclosed breach of the rules and after the financial and ground information requested of them in a bid to retain their Football Conference status was adjudged inadequate for them to retain their position in the Football Conference. The points deduction applies to the forthcoming 2006/7 season. Scarborough finished one place above bottom-placed Altrincham but the board also decreed that the Seadogs should be relegated to Conference North in place of Altrincham. The Robins had finished bottom after an unsuccesful appeal to the F.A. on 23rd May against an 18 point deduction for fielding James Robinson without having gained his international clearance. Our previous league meetings with the Seadogs were during our Alliance Premier League days from 1979 to 1985. At home we managed three wins, one draw and two defeats and away we notched up one win, two draws and three defeats. We also had a home draw and an away defeat in the Bob Lord Trophy in 1982-3. Given the twists and turns so far in the saga of who is going to be playing in Conference North next season it is likely that the situation is still not finalised as it is likely that Scarborough will appeal against their demotion. If they do and if they are succesful then Altrincham would then be confirmed as the relegated side. We last played the Robins in Conference North's inaugural season of 2004-5 when we won at home but lost away. Our previous league meetings were also during our spell in the Alliance Premier League. At home we won three, drew two and lost one while away we won one, drew one and lost four. We also played them in the Bob Lord Trophy in 1980-1 losing both at home and away. Tamworth finished second-bottom prior to confirmation of Altrincham’s points penalty but the Lambs had already received a reprieve due to The relegation of only one side from the Football Conference also meant that Leigh R.M.I. had escaped relegation from Conference North despite finishing next to bottom. This too was subject to change depending on an appeal lodged by Carshalton Athletic who finished next to bottom in Conference South. The Robins (yes, another one!) finished the season with 40 points as against the Railwaymen’s 39 and claimed that they should be the beneficiaries of any reprieve because of their greater points tally. The appeal was heard on 6th June 2006 but was unsuccesful thus confirming the Railwaymen's retention of their Conference North place. Joining us from the Northern Premier League will be champions Blyth Spartans. We have never met the Spartans before. The 253 miles between Saint George's Lane and Croft Park must make this the longest distance that City have ever had to travel for a match with the likely exception of the trip to Belgium for a friendly against KSK Beveren on 19th July 2003. Also joining us will be the play-off winners from the Northern Premier League: Farsley Celtic. The Villagers will also provide brand-new opposition for us. A warm welcome goes out to all the newcomers to Conference North. Good luck too next season to Northwich Victoria and Stafford Rangers, who have left us through being promoted, and to A meeting of the Football Association's Leagues Committee on 11th May 2006 confirmed that the clubs to compete in Conference North 2006-7 will be Alfreton Town, Barrow, Blyth Spartans, Droylsden, Farsley Celtic, Gainsborough Trinity, Harrogate Town, Hinckley United, Hucknall Town, Hyde United, Kettering Town, Lancaster City, Leigh R.M.I., Moor Green, Nuneaton Borough, Redditch United, Scarborough, Stalybridge Celtic, Vauxhall Motors, Worcester City, Workington and Worksop Town. If this is the constitution of the division it means that no clubs have been swapped between Conference North and Conference South although it can be seen from what has been written earlier that there are still some possible changes. Every effort will be made to keep this website up-to-date with all matters relating to |
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