Worcestershire | Archive | 2000 | November
Gas Consumers' Council, West Midlands Region (Hereford and Worcester more...
Cats Protection League: Worcester and District Branch (01905 454181). more...
WORCESTER AND DISTRICT HEALTH AUTHORITY more...
Collection Gallery: 13 The Southend, Ledbury (01531 634641). more...
Institute of Management (Hereford & Worcester): Mrs G Jones, Doverdale Manor Farm, Doverdale, Droitwich (01905 797739). more...
Amnesty International Malvern Group: N Churchill, St Gabriels, Worcester Road, Hanley Swan (01684 310465). more...
MALVERN more...
C R Burrows: 29 Hampden Road, Malvern Link (01684 561168). more...
E C Merry & J Long DC: Worcester Chiropractor Clinic 102 Bromyard Road, St John's (01905 428956). more...
WEST AND SOUTH WORCESTERSHIRE more...
Council for the Protection of Rural England: Sec Miss J Chamberlain (01684 540293). more...
COUNTY COURTS more...
Dental Services Manager: Mr R McAndrew (01905 763333). more...
Malvern Community Hospital: Lansdowne Crescent Malvern (01684 612600) more...
Colwall: Drs J C Pearce & E N Smith, The Surgery, Stone Drive, Colwall (01684 540323). more...
POLICE more...
Ledbury Ploughing Society: Sec Mr P Smith, The Nortons, The Downs, Bromyard (01885 482357). more...
H Handley: Little Hereford Street, Bromyard (01885 482216/483364). more...
DSS LOCAL OFFICES more...
MALVERN DIVISION more...
Abbeyfields (Malvern) Society: 1 St Andrew's Road, Malvern (01684 562138). more...
Beacon Camera Club: Thursdays, Sept to April. Sec Mrs Jean Straughan (01684 572316). more...
Dr M R Draper: Avenue Road, Malvern (01684 576657). more...
Bromyard Floral Art Club: Chairman Mr E Howe, 127 Winslow Road, Bromyard (01885 483368). more...
Evesham Cottage Hospital: 01386 502377. more...
Malvern: Sec Mrs C Vilven 40A Peachfield Road, Malvern WR14 4AL (01684 574340). more...
Malvern: Jenny Regan (01684 566382). more...
(Solicitors who give legal advice under the Legal Aid Act 1974). more...
Leadon Vale: Feathers Hotel, Ledbury. President Mr Gager (01531 633502). Meet 1st and 3rd Mondays in month. more...
Manor House: Grange Road, Malvern (01684 892002). more...
The Council House, Avenue Road, Malvern (all departments 01684 892700). more...
Wyre Forest: Mr D Mark, Lab (01562 827007). more...
ATSA: North site (01684 892781). more...
Aldwyn Consort of Voices: Artistic director, Mr P W Smith, 42 Worcester Road, Malvern (01684 569721). more...
OPHTHALMIC MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS more...
Age Concern Malvern & District: The Pavilion, Mon-trose Hotel, Graham Road, Malvern (01684 560666). more...
I R Elias, DOMRO, and Miss H Yeoman, DO MRO: 8 Tibberton Road, Malvern (01684 575379). more...
Malvern Hills College Creche: Chris Durham (01684 561234). more...
ABBERLEY: Mr P G Leopold, Highlands, Wynniattes Way, Abberley (01299 896802). more...
S R Montgomery BSC MCSP: Malvern Hills Physiotherapy and Sports Injuries Clinic, 127 Church Street, Malvern (01684 574053). more...
ALMONRY MUSEUM: Merstow Green Evesham. Local history. Open every day, Mon-Sat 10-5pm, Sun 2-5pm (01386 446944). more...
West Mercia Constabulary: Headquarters, Hindlip Hall, Hindlip (01905 723000). more...
Herefordshire Labour Party: 01981 550355. more...
Abberley: 01299 896213. more...
Malvern: Graham Road (01684 561223). more...
Wyche & Colwall: Secretary Mrs Y Williamson, Lyndhurst, Jubilee Drive, Upper Colwall (01684 562051). more...
Malvern more...
Ascension Playgroup: Ascension Church Hall, Somers Park Avenue, Malvern Link. Mrs P Palmer (01684 567220). more...
Bromyard: Births, marriages and deaths, Registrar J R Tringham and Supt Reg Mrs G Dovey, 1 Rowberry Street (01885 482730). Mon, Wed, Fri, 9.30-11am: births and deaths; Mon, Wed, Fri 11.15am-1.15pm: marriages. more...
Colwall: Meets Colwall Park Hotel, Wed evenings. Secretary Mr R Hunt, Silverdale, 28 Peters Road, Malvern (01684 505926). more...
Malvern Hills: Gulab Chauhan, Laurel Bank, Westminster Road, Malvern (01684 561910). more...
County Field Officer - Herefordshire and Worcestershire: Responsible for welfare and fund-raising, including the Poppy Appeal - Mr A H Hartley-Woolley, 30 St George's Square, Worcester (01905 29614). more...
INDEPENDENT more...
MALVERN DISTRICT more...
Angling more...
Malvern Combined Cadet Division: Supt Miss B Holl-and, 178 Pickersleigh Road, Malvern (01684 567239). more...
Colwall Amateur Dramatic Society: Chairman Angela Meredith (01684 540401). more...
Malvern: 21 Church Street (01684 892289). more...
Rural Transport Adviser: Madeleine Sumner, Comm-unity Council of Hereford and Worcester, Gt Malvern Station, Station Approach, Malvern (01684 573334). more...
(Homeopath) Mrs A D Morris: Prospect Cottage, Kempsey Common (01905 820185). more...
Paul Damari Weather Comm-unications International: 10 Northwick Walk, Barbourne, Worcester (01905 28888). more...
Meridian - women's business networking organisation: President Miss P Sayer (01905 612347 or 01746 780531). more...
WORCESTERSHIRE more...
COUNTY YOUTH SERVICE more...
HEREFORDSHIRE more...
Hereford and Worcester Ambulance Service NHS Trust. Ambulance Headquarters 01886 834200. Central Control 01886 834244. Eastern Divisional HQ 01905 763344. Western Divisional HQ 01432 353525. more...
Allsorts Dog Training Group: Mrs Dot Kyte, 58 Wolsey Close, Newtown, Worcester (01905 354207). more...
Bevere Vivis Gallery: Bevere Lane, Worcester WR3 7RQ. Exhibitions of paintings, artwork and cards. Framing, art publishing, eight-week courses, one-day workshops, pottery and stencilling parties for children and adults. (off A449 3 miles north of Worcester). (01905 451291). more...
Alliance of Independent Retailers: Bank Chambers, 5-9 St Nicholas Street, Worcester WR1 1UW. (01905 612733/613106). more...
Age Concern: County Group: 6 Sansome Street, Worcester WR1 1UH (01905 726652). Droitwich and District Group: The Spinning Wheel Shop, Droitwich, WR9 8DY (01905 772126). Malvern Group: The Grange, Grange Road, Malvern, WR14 3HA (01684 560666). Worcester City and District Group: Alfred Taylor House, 43-49 St John's, Worcester WR2 5AG (01905 428889). more...
INTERNET companies are often talked about in terms of how "internetty" they are. Firms are divided into pure internet start-ups, existing companies trying to come up with a serious web strategy, and "clicks-and-mortar" retailers attempting to keep up with the latest fads in the industry. more...
ACCORDING to MSN, Microsoft's internet portal, the UK internet population is growing in the same sort of way that rabbits reproduce - in other words, very fast. more...
The fight-back against Napster has begun. Last week, rock band Metallica began a legal battle which the rest of the global recording industry will be watching very closely indeed. more...
There are 300 people for whom last week was not a good one. They were the ones who were working at boo.com when the company went into liquidation. more...
Anyone who owns a digital camera or a scanner will know the excitement of putting their own pictures on the internet. It's a great way of sharing pictures with friends and family - and indeed with total strangers. more...
A long time ago, when the web was young, there were What's New pages where web surfers went to find out the latest web news. more...
If you've recently changed your ISP to LineOne, the chances are you're feeling pretty annoyed with them at the moment. more...
DIY chainstore Homebase took the wise decision to spend some time - and considerable money - building an online store. Now it has gone live, and initial impressions are pretty good. more...
ROOTS masters Carmina arrive in Worcester next week as they put the finishing touches to their new album. more...
Alcester stands just the other side of the Warwickshire border, at the confluence of the rivers Arrow and Alne, on a site which archaeological evidence suggests has been populated for over1 2,000 years. more...
IF you fancy a walk but prefer to avoid over-exuberant rivers and soggy fields, this country stroll in the city could be right up your street. Much of it is within Worcester Woods Country Park, but Leopard Hill, Ronkswood and Newtown feature too. more...
LANNIE has been the name synonymous with ice-cream in the Worcester area for the past century - and to many, this family brand has always been a lick above the rest! more...
WORCESTER'S new multiplex cinema centre, between Friar Street and the City Walls Road, is partly occupying the site where a one-time Mayor of the city was in business for 30 years. more...
ADMIRAL Sir William Tennant, a famous son of Worcestershire and a great naval hero, played a key role in the Dunkirk evacuation of exactly 60 years ago. more...
THE consuming passion of recent years for John Houghton of Colletts Green has been collecting photographs taken down the decades in and around the villages of Powick and Callow End. more...
HARD times but happy days living among the poor of Worcester's Hylton Road and Tybridge Street area between the wars and in the 1940s are remembered vividly by 78 years-old Bill Weston. more...
WE ARE APPROACHING the 50th anniversary of a dramatic rail crash near Worcester which left two steam locomotives on their sides across the tracks at Fernhill Heath. more...
FOR much of the 20th Century the name Tansell was almost as familiar on the roads of Worcestershire and of the nation, as are today those of Taylors of Martley and Eddie Stobart. more...
DURING the recent May Bank Holiday, I caught up again with headteacher Barbara Dunn, working away at her school while the pupils were enjoying the week's break. more...
WALKING through a lush and colourful back garden, I recently came upon a wonderland in miniature, offering visitors a nostalgic and vivid insight into the bygone Age of Steam. more...
A PAST Worcester Mayor well remembers a valuable lesson he was given in the intricate art of eating trout - by the Queen Mother! more...
MORE infromation is being keenly sought about the life and exploits of the Royal Navy destroyer which proudly carried the Faithful City's name on the high seas - HMS Worcester. more...
A PAST mayor's homage to a big-hearted Worcester coal merchant of yesteryear has brought an emotional response from the coalman's family. more...
A SUPERB family group photograph, taken nearly 90 years ago, forms the keystone to fascinating memories of Claines village in Edwardian times, sent me by former Worcester Mayor, H J (Bert) Evans. more...
THE first people to open an inn at the British Camp, Malvern, more than 150 years ago and the wife of the famous founder of the British Medical Association in 1832, are among the forebears of a Malvern man who has traced his family tree back to 1474. more...
AN insight into the Curtler family and their wide influence in church and legal circles in Worcester through Victorian times and the early decades of the 20th Century is to be found on the Worcestershire History Encyclopaedia website. more...
A COMPREHENSIVE community history of Worcestershire is fast appearing on the internet, thanks to John Stafford, a senior librarian at the City Library in Foregate Street. more...
EARLIER this year, Memory Lane featured Worcester dental surgeon Bruce Maher in his leisure-time pursuit as a steam railway enthusiast. more...
AN old photograph rekindled memories of "a most wonderful childhood" for 65 years-old Mrs Devorie Lockyer of Checketts Lane, Worcester. more...
NEVER before had I seen a photograph of Sir Edward Elgar's funeral until reading the excellent new book, Elgar in Love by Malvern Wells author Kevin Allen. more...
THE horror of war became a painful reality for Worcester people for a few fleeting but tragic minutes in the autumn of 1940. more...
THANKS to Memory Lane readers and others, John Sanders, chairman of the Worcester Sea Cadet Unit, is piecing together a comprehensive record of HMS Worcester, the former Royal Navy destroyer. more...
IT'S great when the chance comes up to interview one of your great local sporting heroes - and such was the case when I recently went along to the Worcester home of Martin Horton. more...
THE Faithful City's present Mayor, Councillor Mary Drinkwater, considers herself very much "a Worcester woman" having spent her first 21 years living in the shadow of the Cathedral. more...
THIS autumn marks the centenary of the first performance of, arguably, Elgar's greatest choral masterpiece, The Dream of Gerontius, but it was a disastrous baptism. more...
CAMPAIGNERS fighting to save the rural environment say businesses should be banned from green field sites and encouraged to grow within towns and cities. more...
BELFAST construction experts have visited a Worcestershire building firm to see best practice in action. more...
REGENERATING Worcestershire's market towns could be the key to lasting rural prosperity. more...
ONE of England's leading model railway experts, John Webster of Kempsey, is overjoyed with the "absolutely brilliant" response he has received from Memory Lane readers in the wake of my feature on him a few weeks ago. more...
ANOTHER of Worcester's coal merchants of yesteryear is remembered affectionately today through the recollections of his two grandchildren. more...
FOUR SUBSTANTIAL locomotives have so far proudly carried the name of Worcester's most famous son, composer Sir Edward Elgar on the railways of Britain. more...
MEMORY Lane raises the curtain in homage this week to the theatrical Wyatts of Worcester, who have now been delighting local audiences for more than a century and through three generations... so far! more...
He's 88 years-old Wilfrid (Tom) Widdows of Droitwich, who, under the byline Checkmate, has been writing our chess column for no fewer than 55 years! more...
WILFRID Widdows - another old boy of Worcester's Stanley Road School - has sent some personal recollections to be included in the Millennium Book being compiled on the 85-year life-span of the school. more...
FRANK Greatwich of Malvern, who died recently at the age of 93, had a clear influence on the first decade or so of my 47 years to date with the Evening News and Berrow's Journal. more...
ONE of Worcester's oldest surviving family firms still enjoys a flourishing business both in the Faithful City and throughout the county. more...
TWO long-lost Worcester schools are fleetingly back in the picture today through the memories of an "exile" of the Faithful City. more...
A RECENT e-mail to the Evening News offices has brought back in focus a freak and tragic million-to-one accident which befell a Worcester man more than half-a-century ago. more...
CALLING all surviving members of the Class of '51 at the former Worcester Technical High School! more...
A WORCESTER club which quietly celebrated its centenary last year is delightedly catching up on its "lost" history! more...
FOUNDER members of a Worcester working men's club were begged at its opening a century ago never to gamble when playing cards or billiards, however small the stakes. more...
THIS year has marked the centenary of the completion of arguably Worcester's most impressive and imposing piece of Victoriana - the Hopmarket block. more...
THE help of Memory Lane readers is again being sought, this time in the hope that someone can provide detailed information about a worthy local benefactor who lived at Hallow. more...
DURING the last year or so, Memory Lane has, from time-to-time, carried readers' recollections of their childhood days at Worcester's Stanley Road School. more...
ANOTHER milestone falling this year is the 40th anniversary of one of Worcester's biggest blazes of the 20th Century. more...
ALMOST certainly, Worcester's oldest surviving business is Armstrong's, now in its 234th year in the Faithful city. more...
POLICE are becoming increasingly concerned for the welfare of a Drakes Broughton teenager. more...
A SOUTH Warwickshire village has been selected to pilot a new £10,000 scheme which aims to get communities more energy efficient and do their bit to protect the environment. more...
BUILDERS could be coming back to the Cotswold School at Bourton if a bid for more money comes off. more...
I AM intrigued by your headline "Evil Killer's On The Loose" (Evening News, November 13). This would seem to imply that there are some killers who are not evil. more...
LIFE is full of disconcerting facts. I've just read that more than 50 million Indonesians earn less than £1.50 a week. I get roughly 57 times more than that. more...
A FRIEND of mine was lamenting the other day about her wasted school days. more...
THE headteacher of Dines Green Primary School Marlene Cooper is what I call a "tracksuit manager" and I don't just mean that she wears the school's polo shirt instead of a suit, but also in her hands-on approach. more...
In generations past, dyslexic children could all too often easily be spotted in the classroom - they were the ones sitting in the corner wearing the dunce's cap. more...
REGULAR readers of this page will be well aware of a drive to ensure that all schoolchildren in Worcestershire continue to receive free milk. more...
SUPPORTERS of troubled Elbury Mount Primary School have continued to level criticism at the Local Education Authority this week, following the news that it has been taken off Special Measures, writes Paul Stammers. more...
SO Oxford University is the latest soft target for a government desperately trying to portray itself as waging war on the class system. more...
THE hopes raised by England's Test triumph over Zimbabwe could be short-lived with the future of cricket under threat in our schools. more...
IN a week which saw David Blunkett announce new measures to cut red tape and give more powers to headmasters, a Conservative spokesman has claimed Worcestershire pupils are among the worst off in the country. more...
CONGRATULATIONS to the PC brigade which has managed to get musical chairs removed from our classrooms. more...
HARD-UP students could be in for a fresh blow after an `expert' called in to study Britain's top 19 universities said undergraduates should pay top-up fees. more...
DAVID Blunkett has announced his latest initiative to liven up life in the classroom by planning to fine schools which expel too many teenage terrors. more...
THE continuing uncertainty over the fate of Christopher Whitehead High School is causing understandable concern for parents. more...
ANOTHER week, another victory for the PC brigade, but surely they are taking the mickey with their latest barmy ban. more...
A BIG thumbs up for primary school pupils who say they would rather walk to school with their parents than go by car. more...
AT last! Someone has had the sense to reveal details of Tesco's bid to build on Christopher Whitehead High School. more...
IF there's one thing guaranteed to make a class full of teenagers breathe a huge sigh of relief it's the news that their next lesson will be taken by a supply teacher. more...
CASH-strapped budgets, Government initiatives that come along every 10 minutes like buses, disaffected teenagers, the pressures of league tables and inspections and low wages are all things we associate with the teaching profession. more...
IT'S that time of year again. No doubt thousands of teenagers up and down the country are experiencing butterflies in the stomach as they anxiously await their exam results. more...
THERE are cynics out there who'd have you believe that the youth of today isn't what it used to be. more...
IN an ideal world, I would assume that a school system would provide equal opportunity for children from all kinds of backgrounds. more...
LAST weekend I spent a surprisingly warm July Saturday at a close friend's wedding. more...
THERE can be few more notorious education stories than that of the Worcestershire boarding school rocked by the skinny-dip teacher scandal. more...
6 OVER the last few weeks, we have been subjected to flooding in many areas of England with much of the blame being apportioned to global warming, despite the fact that similar floods were experienced across England 47, 100, 200 and 400 years ago. more...
AS an old political veteran may I offer June Longmuir and her colleagues some impartial advice. more...
RATHER belatedly, I reply to Ann Marshall's letter concerning the cross-legged knights on tombs in Worcester Cathedral (Evening News, October 9). more...
J ALLAN Hurst continues to pluck figures out of the air. In fact, Britain's "input" to the European Union exceeds "benefits" by around £26 per annum. However, this could easily be reversed within a few years. more...
OH, how right is E J Martin (You Say, November 14). more...
6 I READ Joy Turner's views on our NHS system with interest (You Say, November 1). more...
6 IN today's society with car ownership rising, and cars seen as status symbol,we are breeding a culture of selfish drivers who don't slow down, don't give way, don't give a thought. more...
I READ with horror (Evening News, November 13) that yet again, someone has been assaulted in a walkway. more...
ALL those people who believe a European superstate is such a good idea should pack their bags and go and live in one of the member states and take Tony Blair and Robin Cook with them. more...
THERE will be a white Christmas in a Worcestershire town this festive season, thanks to a multitude of white light bulbs. more...
MEDICAL staff battling to provide a service at Worcester Royal Infirmary have been praised for keeping going under incredible pressures. more...
A FATHER who raced from his Malvern home to hospital in Worcester after an allergic reaction spent hours on a trolley. more...
A WORCESTER mother claims the city's Ronkswood Hospital was "in chaos" when she took her son in for treatment. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE'S new £91m PFI hospital is proving a magnet for top-quality consultants and nurses, the health authority has revealed. more...
STRESS levels are rocketing among nurses at Worcester Royal Infirmary as the hospital is swamped with a never-ending stream of patients. more...
ELDERLY "bed-blockers" are being blamed for the "appalling" crisis sweeping Worcester Roy-al Infirmary. more...
CHRONICALLY-ill asthmatic Bill Withers receives emergency treatment in the back of an ambulance - one of three patients forced to wait more than an hour for an A&E bed. more...
A TOURISM strategy for Worcestershire has been panned - because Worcester's hotels are "awful" and the county lacks crowd-pulling potential. more...
A view of the Sabrina foot-bridge from the Evening News' office this morning! more...
A view from the Evening News' office this morning! more...
A YOUNG depressed Malvern woman died after a combination of paracetamol and methadone led to liver failure, an inquest has heard. more...
Severnside North, Bewdley. more...
AN apparently healthy 32-year-old Malvern man collapsed at his home and died later that day, an inquest has heard. more...
Lil Andrews, aged 88, is rescued from her Diglis home by firefighters Adrian Farmer, left and Adrian Mayhew. more...
New Road (Worcester) and the floods of 1947 when the Severn rose to 17ft 9in above summer levels. more...
Judith Robbins with her dog laddie on her doorstep in Hylton Road Worcester. more...
Christine and Martin Deakin are rescued from Lax Lane Bewdley, in an inflatable boat. more...
Rob Barton is forced out of his Bewdley home with only a few belongings. more...
An aerial view of Powick roundabout on Wednesday November 1st, where the River Teme flows into the River Severn. more...
The scene of devastation in the centre of Worcester. (Picture by News Team International) more...
On foot Worcester commuters in New Road this morning. more...
Police and the Army block off Worcester Bridge after gas problems. more...
A soldier surveys New Road from the top of his vehicle just before Worcester Bridge was closed to pedestrians. more...
Patients evacuated from the Castle Street site of Worcester Royal Infirmary. more...
Patients evacuated from the Castle Street site of Worcester Royal Infirmary. more...
The Severn View Hotel, Worcester completely cut off by floodwater and the Newport Street car park totally submerged. more...
Tony Blair talks to flood-hit residents on Bewdley bridge. more...
The Prime Minister in Bewdley town centre. more...
The main entrance off New Road under at least eight feet of water more...
Worcester's only amphibious car takes to the road! more...
Lickhill Manor, Stourport, Friday morning. more...
Friday November 2nd more...
John Prescott in New Street, Upton-upon-Severn, yesterday (Friday). more...
John Prescott meeting the media in Upton-upon-Severn. more...
A canoeist on the forecourt of the garage in Hylton Road, Worcester. more...
Army vehicles ferry people along New Road as the main river bridge remained closed to traffic more...
Steve Yeomans delivering grocery to the trapped residents of New Street Upton-upon-Severn more...
The river in flood in the heart of Worcester with the Cathedral towering above the scene. Friday evening November 3rd. more...
Landlocked jet skiers took advantage of the record floods to jet around the racecourse yesterday (Sunday). more...
The water logged view from Andy Haugton's garage at his home in Severn Stoke as the swans visit for breakfast! more...
Diglis Lane under flood waters. more...
An aerial view of the ring road on the outskirts of Worcester where the River Teme flows into the River Severn. more...
FLOODED Worcester as seen from the Cathedral tower. more...
Another view from the Cathedral tower. more...
The flooded River Severn, on a late sunny afternoon looking downstream, taken from the College Green walkway in Worcester. more...
A security guard checks the ticket barriers in Worcester's Crowngate Shopping Centre car park. more...
Barr and Jane Pritchard, owners of Ostlers restaurant, check the sandbags in Worcester's Severn Terrace. more...
Come hell or HIGH WATER! copies of the Evening news were delivered by tractor as floods swept the city. more...
A caravan site between Bewdley and Bridgnorth submerged by the Severn flood waters. more...
An aerial view of Bewdley as the flood waters reached peak levels. more...
Neil Culley carried his friend's dog Girlie who is 18 years-old, blind and deaf, through the floodwater at Upton-upon-Severn. The dog's owner, Peter Emms, follows behind. more...
Traffic warden Sharon Webb still reported for duty despite conditions being somewhat challenging. But if these scenes near Brown's Restaurant in Worcester, are anything to go by, she surely must have found herself putting in a shorter working day! more...
A view of the Severn Bridge in the city centre from the cathedral tower. The bridge was once again closed yesterday (Monday) at 3.30pm and remains closed today. more...
BUSINESSES on a Stourport industrial estate were left deluged by up to four and a half feet of water after the floods swept onto the site. more...
FLOODED-out resident of Beales Corner Gillian Holland had also engaged Mr Blair's attention on the bridge. She talked to him for well over a minute in full view of TV cameras. more...
MEMBERS of Wyre Forest Friends of the Earth have been contemplating flooding in Bewdley and Stourport in the run-up to the sixth world summit meeting on climate change starting in The Hague, Holland, on Monday. more...
THERE are plenty of opinions flying about in the wake of the Rover debacle, not least the serves-them-right school of thought. more...
IT'S the same every springtime. The first bright day with real heat in the sun's rays and off goes old Phillpott, his eyes set hard on the horizon and mind racing with schemes. more...
IT took a while to start the old word machine going for this week's File. More often than not, an idea occurs and the rest just happens. Fingers on keys... not a problem. more...
UNCLE Norman's death came abruptly without warning one grey, cold Friday afternoon a year last February. more...
MAY, seemingly the only month that appears on the folk singer's calendar, must surely be the most celebrated time of all. more...
NO, no, this cannot be," said I, stepping groggily into the lounge still bleary-eyed and deprived of sleep after a late return from La Belle France on a decidedly jittery hovercraft. more...
IT'S a total wonder how I passed my English Literature `0' level exam, taken in that lost, long, hot summer sometime in the middle 1960s. more...
ONE of the fundamental flaws in contemporary society - that is, apart from our legendary self-loathing for British history and culture - is the denial of the role religion has played in forming this nation. more...
IN Greek mythology, the Gorgon was a creature that had snakes instead of hair. more...
WORCESTER MP Mike Foster is, I am told, a keen match fisherman. And good luck to him - for I would guess that the weary reality of hours spent in the House of Commons is enough to fill a person with a yearning for the great outdoors. more...
A QUICK glance at the faces of the other passengers as the mighty jet engines roar is the final act before we hurtle skywards. more...
THE Italian youth directly in front of our umbrella and loungers has a truly fascinating hairstyle. more...
THE British lie glued to their books, heads down like so many donkeys feeding from stalls. more...
EVERYONE who's been a regular at the Upton-upon-Severn Oliver Cromwell Jazz Festival will know this person. more...
HE traffic roars along this stretch of the Brussels main highway through an underpass and on to the Belgian capital. more...
THE horse chestnut tree in the Belfry Gardens high above the town of Mons has begun to swell with those fruits of late summer so familiar and beloved of small boys. more...
OLDER readers will recall that in a time before computers, gridlock traffic throughout Worcester and Michael Barrymore on the television, the days of the week each had their separate culinary identity. more...
IN the scheme of things, Worcester's still a fairly small place, a pleasant cathedral city set on England's greatest river within sight of some truly remarkable hills. more...
SAD tidings have arrived through my letterbox in the shape of an envelope bearing a Warwickshire postmark. more...
WORK in the world of provincial newspapers does not reap immense financial rewards. more...
SEARCHING for one's ancestors has become something of a national obsession these days. It seems that everybody knows somebody who has discovered, courtesy of a county records office, that they are related to a foot soldier or earl who came over with William the Conqueror. more...
TWO kingfishers perch on willow branches far away on the opposite bank of the river. A pair of turquoise eyes, staring across the dark mirror calm of the Severn, mocking me in my fishless plight. more...
MOST men of around my age have at least a passing interest in the First World War. The post-1945 babyboomers, the sons and daughters of those who endured the second great conflict, were surrounded by its echoes. more...
THERE'S no doubt feathers will be ruffled all round Worcestershire by the panning the county's tourism strategy took yesterday. more...
YOU just might be seeing the end to that quaint British custom of queuing. Yet, who would have thought we would mourn its demise. more...
AN inquest has been opened on a Birmingham woman whose body was found near Droitwich on Remembrance Sunday. more...
DRIVER had to be taken to hospital when his car careered off the road and hit a tree after a smash with a truck. more...
POP star Martine McCutcheon has pulled out of her planned gig in Worcester this Thursday. more...
CONCERN is growing for the welfare of a teenager who vanished from Worcester city centre a week ago. more...
A WORCESTER teenager who tried to rip off an electrical store to the tune of £60 was caught out by its security system. more...
WORCESTER MP Mike Foster is confident that legislation allowing lollipop ladies to help people across the road will be on the statute books within a month. more...
A DISTRAUGHT nursery nurse is appealing to "mindless" thieves to return a set of photographs of her unborn child. more...
NEARLY 100 workers at a Worcester factory are facing a bleak Christmas after bosses warned of imminent redundancies. more...
A FATHER who took the law into his own hands after his daughter was slapped in a long-running dispute has been jailed. more...
A WOULD-be attacker is being hunted by police after targeting a teenager as she walked through Warndon Villages yesterday. more...
WORCESTER'S hotels are doing a good job - but the city could do better, former Mayor Derek Prodger has said. more...
TONY Bird has emerged as the latest transfer target for Nationwide League new boys Kidderminster Harriers. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club have poured cold water on stories that All Blacks legend Jonah Lomu is set to sign a Sixways contract. more...
LEFT-ARM paceman Alamgir Sheriyar is well on course for his most productive wicket-taking season for Worcestershire -- but he's not taking anything for granted. more...
ROB Elmes and Chris Lane are the latest players to commit themselves to Hereford United next season. more...
AMBITIOUS Jan Molby would love to reach the top rung of the managerial ladder. more...
WORCESTER lock Dave Sims and scrum-half Bruce Fenley have accepted invitations to play for the Barbarians against a Combined Services XV. more...
FORMER apprentice electrician Chris Liptrot wants to be a live-wire for Worcestershire. more...
ROB Elmes and Paul Fewings ended the season as Hereford United's joint leading scorers. more...
MANAGER Jan Molby accepts that Kidderminster Harriers will be linked with a variety of players during their preparations for life in the Nationwide League Third Division. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club have turned down a request from Kendal to switch their Tetley Bitter Cup round three clash to a Sunday. more...
STEVE Rhodes believes that Worcestershire's future looks rosy -- thanks to some of the best up-and-coming youngsters he has seen at New Road. more...
JOHN Snape is the latest player to commit himself to Hereford United next season. more...
JAN Molby has been honoured for masterminding Kidderminster Harriers' Nationwide Conference title triumph. more...
UP-and-coming left arm spinner Matthew Rawnsley has been a regular wicket-taker in one-day cricket for Worcestershire this season. more...
PLANS for new stands at Sixways plus a £250,000 sponsorship deal have been put on hold until Worcester gain promotion to Premiership One. more...
TOM Moody will pull down the curtain on his illustrious New Road career at the end of the season convinced that Worcestershire are heading for an "exciting period". more...
PAUL Webb has agreed a two-year full-time contract with Kidderminster Harriers. more...
TONGAN World Cup star Sateki Tuipulotu joined his Worcester team mates in training for the first time today after gaining a work permit from the Home Office. more...
VIKRAM Solanki is a man who knows exactly what he wants - and that's to help Worcestershire return to trophy-winning ways. more...
FORMER Worcester City defender Mark Shail is to sign for Football League newcomers Kidderminster Harriers. more...
FULL-BACK Sateki Tuipulotu has revealed he turned down the offer of Premiership One rugby to become part of Worcester Rugby Club's promotion-chasing dream. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE are beginning to reap their re-wards for cultivating a healthy crop of up-and-coming talent. more...
MANAGER Jan Molby has signed a new four-year contract after leading Kidderminster Harriers into the Football League in his first season in charge at Aggborough. more...
TONGAN full-back Sateki Tuipulotu will make his Worcester debut at Sixways tomorrow night against Oxford University. more...
WORCESTER'S latest signing Sateki Tuipulotu is among four injury victims from last night's laboured 29-18 victory over Oxford University. more...
THE "little bug" which has infested Worcestershire's first innings' batting performances this season has left them a mountain to climb in their bid to be in the first division of the County Championship next year. more...
A WORCESTER team based largely round the club's under 21 side ran in 11 tries as they overwhelmed Oxford University II 73-19 at Sixways las night. more...
THREE of Worcester Rugby Club's injured players will start in a strong second team line-up against Exeter tomorrow. more...
WINGER Simon Morris has left Worcester to join Gloucestershire side Cinderford in South West One. more...
TIM Smith would like to make an apology . . . and it's not for a dropped pass, missed kick or a fumbling knock-on. more...
CECIL Duckworth said Worcester are still in the hunt to sign the biggest name in world rugby -- Jonah Lomu. more...
INTERNATIONALS Sateki Tuipulotu and Marco Caputo will enter the cup cauldron by making their full Worcester debuts at Kendal tomorrow. more...
BACK row forward Dave Merlin is enjoying a brand new challenge after threatening to quit rugby during the summer. more...
WORCESTER have been handed a mouth-watering home tie against Premiership One London Irish in round four of the Tetley's Bitter Cup. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club progressed into today's fourth round draw of the Tetley's Bitter Cup with a 44-17 victory over a tenacious Kendal side. more...
LONDON Irish coach Dick Best is taking nothing for granted as his side suffer a bout of déjà vu with a cup draw at Worcester. more...
TONGAN scrum-half Sililo Martens has finally gained clearance to play for Worcester some four weeks after agreeing terms with the club. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club's chief executive Geoff Cooke has launched a stinging attack on rugby's ruling bodies for blocking automatic promotion to the top-flight. more...
DIRECTOR of Rugby Les Cusworth today warned his table-topping Worcester players to be on their guard against Waterloo Drummers in tomorrow's Allied Dunbar Two clash at Sixways (3pm). more...
WORCESTER have confirmed they will play London Irish in the fourth round of the Tetley Bitter Cup on Monday January 3, kick-off 2.30pm. more...
FULL-back Rohan Hoffman has left Worcester after playing for just 20 minutes in a pre-season friendly. more...
WORCESTER City midfielder Andy Ellis could miss the rest of the season after breaking his leg. more...
SATEKI Tuipulotu will cast aside a warm Yorkshire welcome to gun down his former club Leeds on Saturday. more...
WORCESTER City midfielder Andy Ellis has conceded that he is unlikely to play again this season. more...
ED Orgee and Rich Tomlinson have turned down a chance to play competitive rugby with Stourbridge. more...
WORCESTER City are planning to run the rule over a former Leeds United striker. more...
TONGAN international Sililo Martens is aiming to help Worcester become one of the top clubs in England. more...
WORCESTER City Football Club's total debts are now approaching £500,000. more...
SAM Bowen will make his first start for Worcester City in almost three months in tomorrow's Dr Martens League Premier Division home clash with Newport County (3.00). more...
SCRUM-half Steve Powell has ended a 13-year association with Worcester Rugby Club by signing for Premiership Two rivals Moseley. more...
PAUL Davies has quit as assistant manager of Worcester City. more...
THE broken leg suffered by Andy Ellis against Tamworth on Monday could not have come at a worse time for Worcester City. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club's proud unbeaten record was shattered with a 20-9 defeat in a ferocious game at second-placed Leeds. more...
WORCESTER City manager John Barton has saluted Steve Lutz's role in the club's recent revival. more...
AN OUTBREAK of influenza at Sixways has forced Worcester to ring the changes for tomorrow's Premiership Two clash against struggling Orrell. more...
WORCESTER City are setting their sights on six holiday points to lift them clear of trouble in the Dr Martens League Premier Division. more...
WINGER John Goodwin grabbed an injury-time try to give Worcester Rugby Club's second team a dramatic 31-24 victory at Cinderford last night. more...
WORCESTER City's Sam Bowen has been warned about his future conduct by manager John Barton. more...
LES Cusworth described Worcester's narrow 35-32 victory over struggling Orrell as one of the worst performance in his two-and-a-half year reign. more...
WORCESTER will give an outing to trialist Tom Richardson when they take a strong second team to Leicester Tigers tonight (7.30). more...
WORCESTER second team found themselves outgunned for pace and power as they went down 59-7 to Leicester Extras last night. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club make three changes for tomorrow's crucial Allied Dunbar Premiership Two match at Exeter (3pm). more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club are on course for a 5,500 sell-out for their Tetley's Bitter Cup fourth round clash with London Irish. more...
BROMSGROVE Rovers chief executive Pat Bannister is still confident he can complete his takeover of the club -- despite the resignation of his chairman. more...
NOT so long ago it was certainly the Holy Grail but Sunday's disrupted launch of the North Midlands Cup poses a question. more...
STRUGGLING Bromsgrove Rovers are set to introduce another new signing in tonight's must-win game at Racing Club Warwick (7.45). more...
LES Cusworth is backing his under-pressure Worcester Rugby Club players to recover from a mini-crisis which has seen them lose two of their last three games. more...
FITNESS doubts have caused Worcester Rugby Club to put their players through an extra training session today ahead of tomorrow's crucial derby at home to Moseley. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club have welcomed plans to overhaul the structure of the English game despite the threat of promotion being stopped for four years. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club survived a scare before scoring a crucial 30-22 victory against Midlands rivals Moseley at Sixways. more...
CECIL Duckworth is putting his weight behind Rob Andrew's plan to revamp English rugby. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club have the luxury of a virtual full-strength squad to face London Irish a week on Monday. more...
WORCESTER City midfielder Andy Ellis could miss the rest of the season after breaking his leg. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club today added two new signings to their squad. more...
WORCESTER City midfielder Andy Ellis has conceded that he is unlikely to play again this season. more...
WORCESTER City are planning to run the rule over a former Leeds United striker. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club's experienced coach Phil Maynard is urging the players to believe in themselves to score an historic win on Monday. more...
SAM Bowen will make his first start for Worcester City in almost three months in tomorrow's Dr Martens League Premier Division home clash with Newport County (3.00). more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club's bid for a major cup upset were scuppered at Sixways as a streetwise London Irish secured a 12-8 victory. more...
THE broken leg suffered by Andy Ellis against Tamworth on Monday could not have come at a worse time for Worcester City. more...
INJURIES and illness are hampering Worcester Rugby Club in the build-up to the biggest game of the season so far against Leeds on Saturday. more...
MARTIN Weir looks almost certain to miss Worcester City's crucial Dr Martens League Premier Division game at Burton Albion tomorrow. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club will delay naming their side until tomorrow for their crunch Allied Dunbar Premiership Two title clash with Leeds at Sixways (3.00). more...
STRIKER Mark Owen is poised to return for Worcester City in tonight's crucial Dr Martens League Premier Division game at Burton Albion (7.30). more...
WORCESTER'S new signing Andy Currier rates his new side as the best in the division after gaining first hand experience of the Premiership's top three. more...
WORCESTER City chairman Dr Michael Sorensen has admitted that the club made a "major error" in appointing Graham Allner as manager. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club's promotion bid has been dealt a near fatal wound with a 12-6 defeat against one of their main rivals Leeds. more...
WORCESTER City will check the fitness of defender Martin Weir at training tonight to see if he will be fit for Saturday's FA Umbro Trophy second round tie against Bromley. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club's millionaire backer Cecil Duckworth said there will not be wholesale changes following Saturday's devastating defeat against Leeds. more...
MARTIN Weir is poised to give Worcester City a massive boost for tomorrow's FA Umbro Trophy third round clash with Bromley at St George's Lane (3pm). more...
PHIL Maynard's long and distinguished service to Worcester Rugby Club has been recognised with a prestigious national award. more...
CLUB captain Bruce Fenley and leading points scorer Tony Yapp both return for the trip to Orrell on Saturday as Worcester bid to get their promotion hopes back on course. more...
FEW people have made a bigger impact during Worcester City's recent revival than Steve Lutz. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club's Ladies first and second teams bid to make history tomorrow with their biggest ever cup clashes. more...
WORCESTER City manager John Barton is urging his players to put thoughts of FA Umbro Trophy glory aside tonight and concentrate on a crucial league game. more...
WORCESTER City boss John Barton says he is determined to keep faith with crocked defender Chris Greenman. more...
CHRIS Raymond has plenty to think about on a Saturday -- leaping to claim line-out ball ten feet in the air and helping to shove backwards over 100 stone of opposition scrummage. more...
CLUBS interested in buying Worcester City's star striker Mark Owen could have to fork out £50,000 or more. more...
WORCESTER scored a one-sided 41-3 victory over struggling Orrell on Saturday to ease the pain of last weekend's defeat against Leeds. more...
THE broken leg unfortunately suffered by Worcester City midfielder Andy Ellis has handed Paul Carty an unexpected reprieve. more...
WINGER Rob Myler is set to use the frustration of missing Worcester's biggest game of the season as a spur to helping the side stay in the promotion race. more...
WORCESTER City manager John Barton is setting his side a minimum target of 50 points for Dr Martens League Premier Division safety. more...
STAND-off Tony Yapp is ready to bolster Worcester's stuttering promotion battle after shrugging off an illness which knocked his season sideways. more...
WORCESTER City manager John Barton is targeting a goalkeeper and a striker to boost his squad. more...
A TRY double from winger Nick Baxter gave Worcester Rugby Club a desperately needed 22-12 victory at Waterloo on Saturday. more...
WORCESTER City are poised to have first-choice strike pair Sam Bowen and Mark Owen back in harness for tomorrow's crucial Dr Martens League Premier Division game at Salisbury City (3pm). more...
WORCESTER full-back Sateki Tuipulotu is undergoing trial by video after an alleged off-the-ball incident with Waterloo's captain Wayne Morris. more...
CARL Heeley is aiming to leave Worcester City manager John Barton with a selection poser. more...
ALI McLaughlin has gone on loan to Stourbridge from Worcester Rugby Club. more...
DEFENDER Martin Weir looks set to miss out on Worcester City's FA Umbro Trophy fourth round tie at Stalybridge Celtic this Saturday. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club's seconds will play Moseley in a friendly at Sixways on Friday night (7pm). more...
WORCESTER full-back Sateki Tuipulotu will not face disciplinary action after allegedly being involved in an incident during Worcester's 22-12 win over Waterloo at Blundellsands last Saturday. more...
MARK Tucker looks set to win his fitness battle for Worcester City's FA Umbro Trophy fourth round tie at Stalybridge Celtic on Saturday. more...
WORCESTER players Nicola Crawford and Joanne Yapp have both been included in the England women's squad to face Spain in the first game of the Five Nations Championship. more...
THE manager of Worcester City's FA Umbro Trophy opponents admits his side will be up against it in Saturday's fourth round tie. more...
WORCESTER City have received a three-way fitness boost on the eve of their FA Umbro Trophy fourth round tie at Stalybridge Celtic (3pm). more...
MOSELEY have followed Wor-cester's lead by selecting strong second teams for tonight's friendly at Sixways. more...
WEMBLEY winner Keith Knight believes Worcester City can go all the way in the FA Umbro Trophy. more...
IT was easily the hardest decision of his rugby career -- but after hours of thought Ali McLaughlin has decided to swap his Worcester shirt for a Stourbridge one. more...
WORCESTER City winger Keith Knight says his form has improved because he is enjoying his football again. more...
WORCESTER went down 19-15 to Midlands rivals Moseley under the Sixways floodlights last night. more...
WORCESTER City are hoping a home draw in the FA Umbro Trophy will help keep them on the road to a money-spinning trip to Wembley. more...
WORCESTER'S teenage centre Andrew Higgins has been propelled into the international limelight after being chosen in the England Under 21 squad at the age of 18. more...
WORCESTER City manager John Barton admits his side face a tough test at Telford United in the fifth round of the FA Umbro Trophy. more...
WORCESTER'S teenage centre Andrew Higgins was due to meet up with the England U21 squad today ahead of his debut against Ireland on Friday. more...
IT will be a reunion of familiar faces when Evesham United entertain Worcester City in the Worcestershire FA Senior Cup second round tonight (7.45). more...
WORCESTER'S Australian hooker Marco Caputo has stunned the club by announcing his retirement at the age of 28. more...
WORCESTER City manager John Barton is confident his side can upset title-chasing Bath City tomorrow. more...
THREE Sixways stars were due to play for Bedford in a trial today before thrashing out loan or transfer deals on Monday. more...
SO could this be Worcester City's year for Wembly glory in the FA Umbro Trophy? more...
IT WAS the biggest game of the season to date and he was billed as one of the biggest players. more...
CONTRACT talks were due to be held at Six-ways today on the future of three Worcester first team players. more...
WORCESTER City manager John Barton is looking for his players to respond in the right way to the end of their eight-match winning streak. more...
A MIXTURE of Worcester's young guns, seasoned performers and first team stars will face Northampton at Sixways tonight. more...
WORCESTER City manager John Barton is calling for a repeat of their last performance against Burton Albion in tonight's Dr Martens Cup quarter-final tie (7.30). more...
WORCESTER City boss John Barton today defended star striker Mark Owen after his glaring miss cost City a place in the semi-finals of the Dr Martens Cup. more...
THREE of Worcester's first team squad were set to complete loan deals to Bedford today. more...
STEVE Lutz can play a key role for Worcester City as they embark on a crucial weekend -- says manager John Barton. more...
CENTRE Richard Tomlinson is considering quitting rugby after being released by Worcester. more...
WORCESTER City utility man Kevin Willetts says there is no connection between his return to form and John Barton's appointment as manager. more...
TWENTY-year-old flanker Brett Scriven has been thrown into the Premiership Two promotion race after being handed his first team debut for Worcester. more...
WORCESTER City boss John Barton has billed tonight's home clash against Merthyr Tydfil (7.45) as their most important game of the season so far. more...
FLANKER Ed Orgee could be joining the mass exodus from Sixways after opening contract talks with Moseley. more...
WORCESTER City gave themselves a huge double boost with their 2-1 victory over Merthyr Tydfil last night. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club's ladies have the biggest day in their history tomorrow with a cup semi-final against Richmond (2.30pm). more...
JON Purdie has more reason than most to look forward to Worcester City's FA Umbro Trophy fifth round tie at Telford United on Saturday. more...
TO be sent out on loan by the club that employs you sounds like a demotion in anyone's book. more...
YOUNG star Steve Lutz is backing Worcester City to pull off an FA Umbro Trophy upset at Telford United on Saturday. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club clawed their way back into the promotion hunt by moving two points closer to leaders Leeds with a 57-3 demolition of West Hartlepool at Sixways. more...
JOHN Barton says his Worcester City side will be going all out to win their FA Umbro Trophy fifth round tie at Telford United at the first attempt. more...
WORCESTER'S Under 21s put up a brave showing before losing 26-12 to England Under 19s at Sixways last night. more...
WORCESTER City manager John Barton is confident his side can upset Dr Martens League Premier Division title favourites Boston United tonight (7.45). more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club have cancelled a friendly against Bristol's development side due to injury problems in the front row. more...
TELFORD United manager Andy Mutch says that Worcester City winger Jon Purdie could be one of the biggest threats to his side tomorrow. more...
WORCESTER City have re-signed their former striker Anton Thomas from Burton Albion. more...
WHEN hooker James Richards packed down to scrummage against West Hartlepool he was the bridge across rugby generations. more...
ALL the hype around Worcester City's FA Umbro Trophy fifth round tie at Telford United today should not be allowed to distract City from their main aim this season. more...
A pulsating game at the Langland Stadium on Tuesday night saw ten-man Malvern Town come back from 1-3 down to earn their second successive draw in the new Banks Brewery League Premier Division season. more...
SAM Bowen has been dropped from Worcester City's squad for tonight's crucial Dr Martens League Premier Division home clash with Cambridge City (7.45). more...
WORCESTER City manager John Barton has swooped to sign young Stoke City striker Richard Burgess on loan until the end of the season. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club have bolstered their front row by signing Varsity prop forward Andy Collins. more...
WORCESTER City manager John Barton said that Sam Bowen's sending-off changed the course of the game in Saturday's 4-1 FA Umbro Trophy defeat at Telford. more...
MARTIN Weir is convinced that Worcester City will achieve Dr Martens League Premier Division safety with some comfort. more...
MALVERN Town suffered a heavy home defeat against Darlaston in the Banks's Brewery League Premier Division at the Langland Stadium on Saturday. more...
BACK row forward Simon Devereux is considering his future in rugby after becoming the latest casualty of the upheavals at Worcester. more...
SAM Bowen's uncertain future at Worcester City will be decided at a crunch meeting with manager John Barton tomorrow. more...
WORCESTER City manager John Barton is eyeing a top ten finish after seeing his side almost guarantee their Dr Martens League Premier Division safety. more...
BEN Harvey is drafted into Worcester Rugby Club's team for tomorrow's Allied Dunbar Premiership Two match against Wakefield at Sixways (3pm). more...
WAYWARD striker Sam Bowen has been slapped on the transfer list by Worcester City. more...
WORCESTER City boss John Barton has conceded that Carl Heeley is unlikely to play again this season. more...
MALVERN Town completed an unhappy weekend at Rotherwas on Monday afternoon, after losing 5-1 at home to Darlaston on Saturday, when Westfields clinched all three Banks's Brewery League Premier Division points. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club is planning a major restructuring to invite new investment and a bid for a Premiership One franchise. more...
IF Sam Bowen has kicked his last ball for Worcester City, the fans will still have plenty of good things to remember him by. more...
WITH Worcester City now very close to securing their Dr Martens League Premier Division safety, thoughts will soon be starting to edge towards next season. more...
WORCESTER have sign-ed some big name players and internationals this season yet have experienced the triumph and tragedy prop Andy Collins has witnessed at Twickenham. more...
WORCESTER City can take a huge step towards Dr Martens League Premier Division safety if they win tonight's derby clash with Halesowen Town (7.45). more...
WORCESTER City manager John Barton says his side still has work to do before they can be safe from relegation. more...
MALVERN Town secured their first victory in this season's Banks's Brewery League Premier Division at Brierley Hill on Saturday, and although Sean Cotterill's winning goal did not come until the 88th minute, this was a game Town should have had sown up by half time. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club are back in the promotion race after emerging unscathed from a ten-try thriller against Wakefield at Sixways. more...
WORCESTER City defender Kevin Willetts should be fit for Saturday's Dr Martens League Premier Division game at second-placed Bath City. more...
WORCESTER City manager John Barton says he will not be able to make wholesale chan-ges to his squad next season. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club have made their 27th signing of the season by signing super-sub Lee Denham from Leeds. more...
WORCESTER City's transfer-listed striker Sam Brown could face a further suspension for his sending-off in the FA Umbro Trophy tie at Telford United. more...
WORCESTER City have put promising winger Jamie Hyde on a contract. more...
MALVERN Town suffered a disappointing home defeat at the Langland Stadium on Tuesday night, when visitors Ludlow punished Town severely, particularly in the first 20 minutes, when two defensive errors gifted the away side a two goal lead. more...
WORCESTER centre Andy Higgins has been selected for the England Under 21s to face Wales at New Brighton on Friday. more...
WORCESTER City boss John Barton will not be afraid to give youth its head in the remaining weeks of the season. more...
NEW signings Lee Denham and Andy Collins are both set to start their first games for Worcester tonight in the friendly at Bristol (7.30pm). more...
Andy Ellis says he is bang on schedule to resume his Worcester City career at the start of next season. more...
WORCESTER City manager John Barton believes his side can finally clinch their Dr Martens League Premier Division safety over the Easter weekend. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club's young guns stuck to their task well despite going down to a 48-5 defeat against an experienced Bristol outfit last night. more...
ALDERSHOT Town and Forest Green Rovers have joined the race to sign Worcester City's transfer-listed striker Sam Bowen. more...
MALVERN Town turned in their best performance of the season when they despatched Gornal Athletic 4-0 at Langland Stadium in the Banks's Brewery League Premier Division. more...
KEITH Knight is set to boost Worcester City's quest for Dr Martens League Premier Division safety. more...
WORCESTER City boss John Barton is tracking two summer transfer targets. more...
TONIGHT'S friendly between Worcester Rugby Club's development team and Cheltenham at Sixways has been cancelled due to a waterlogged pitch. more...
FEW people are more delighted at John Barton's success as Worcester City manager than the man he replaced. more...
MARK Tucker and Jon Purdie are expected to line up in Worcester City's Central Confer-ence game at Tamworth tonight (7.45). more...
MALVERN Town were left kicking themselves having let two Banks's Brewery Premier Division points slip against a very ordinary Heath Hayes side at the Langland Stadium on Saturday. more...
FROM the moment anyone starts a new sport they start dreaming of the ultimate -- to represent their country. more...
YOUNG Jamie Hyde could have a role to play for Worcester City for the rest of the season. more...
MARK Owen is poised to return as Worcester City bid to secure their Dr Martens League Premier Division safety tomorrow. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club have named a 24-strong squad from which the team will be selected to face Coventry in the Allied Dunbar Premiership Division Two at Coundon Road on Saturday. more...
WORCESTER City hope to have both Keith Knight and Kevin Willetts back for tonight's Worcestershire Senior Cup semi-final against Solihull Borough at Redditch (7.30). more...
WORCESTER City could sentence their old rivals Gloucester City to relegation when the sides meet at Meadow Park on Monday (3pm). more...
MALVERN Town can consider themselves a little unlucky to have gone out of the Carlsberg FA Vase at Arnold on Saturday. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club's talented teenage centre Andy Higgins is celebrating a surprise England call-up. more...
SAM Bowen could be in line for a surprise recall to Worcester City's side for tomorrow's Dr Martens League Premier Division game at King's Lynn (3pm). more...
MARK Owen is poised to return to Worcester City's line-up as they bid to secure their Dr Martens League Premier Division safety tomorrow. more...
FLANKER Lee Denham could be handed a late birthday present by Worcester director of rugby Les Cusworth. more...
NATHAN Jukes says he is happy to play a `jack of all trades' role at Worcester City. more...
MARTIN Weir has scooped a double in Worcester City's player of the year awards. more...
MALVERN Town gave an excellent performance at high riding Wolverhampton Casuals on Saturday and should really have returned with all three points. more...
THE gateway to international stardom -- that's Worcester Rugby Club. more...
WORCESTER City manager John Barton is confident his side can upset Dr Martens League Premier Division title favourites Boston United tonight (7.45). more...
WORCESTER City could blood two teenage prospects in tomorrow's final Dr Martens League Premier Division game of the season at Clevedon Town (3pm). more...
The effect on Worcester Rugby Club of the most dramatic and possibly most far reaching four-and-a-half minutes of the season, was cataclysmic. more...
WORCESTER City have re-signed their former striker Anton Thomas from Burton Albion. more...
MANAGER of the year awards invariably go to those who have steered their clubs to championship glory. more...
MALVERN Town turned in a superb second half Banks's Brewery Premier Division display on Tuesday night to register a convincing victory against a Westfields side unbeaten in their previous seven games. more...
THE experienced half-back partnership of Ben Harvey and Sililo Martens are to guide a young Worcester development side through a tough fixture against the Army tonight. more...
WORCESTER City manager John Barton plans to finalise his retained list this week. more...
WORCESTER have promoted another of their young guns to the first team. more...
WORCESTER City manager John Barton has swooped to sign young Stoke City striker Richard Burgess on loan until the end of the season. more...
WORCESTER City manager John Barton is chasing four transfer targets. more...
CENTRE Shaun Woof will miss tonight's Premiership Two clash at home to Exeter after aggravating an injury in training (7.30pm). more...
MARTIN Weir is convinced that Worcester City will achieve Dr Martens League Premier Division safety with some comfort. more...
MALVERN Town extended their Banks Brewery League Premier Division unbeaten run to five games, when they recorded a well earned victory at a rain sodden Wellington on Tuesday evening. more...
WORCESTER City manager John Barton is eyeing a top ten finish after seeing his side almost guarantee their Dr Martens League Premier Division safety. more...
WORCESTER City manager John Barton has released four players and transfer-listed another in a summer clear-out. more...
NEIL Lyman may have the trappings of a professional sportsman's life -- but he has not forgotten the club which helped start his career. more...
WORCESTER City boss John Barton has conceded that Carl Heeley is unlikely to play again this season. more...
WORCESTER City boss John Barton hopes to tie up his second summer signing this week. more...
MALVERN Town increased their unbeaten Banks Brewery League Premier Division run to six games following this fairly comfortable win at home to lowly Brierley Hill on Saturday. more...
WORCESTER centre Andrew Higgins has received yet another England call-up after being drafted into the Under 19s squad for the FIRA Youth World Cup in May. more...
WITH Worcester City now very close to securing their Dr Martens League Premier Division safety, thoughts will soon be starting to edge towards next season. more...
WORCESTER City have taken midfielder Paul Carty off the transfer list. more...
LEE Denham will miss Worcester's home clash with London Welsh on Saturday because of a neck and shoulder injury. more...
WORCESTER City manager John Barton says his side still has work to do before they can be safe from relegation. more...
WORCESTER City have arranged two glamorous pre-season friendlies with Nationwide League clubs. more...
Walsall Wood 4, Malvern Town 1 more...
STAND-OFF Ben Harvey has been rewarded for his fine second-half display against Exeter with a call-up to the number ten berth for tomorrow's clash with London Welsh at Sixways (3pm). more...
WORCESTER City manager John Barton says he will not be able to make wholesale chan-ges to his squad next season. more...
WORCESTER City's retained list at the end of the season contained few surprises. more...
LAST week's game ag-ainst Exeter was a thrilling encounter which created a Sixways atmosphere not seen since the giant-killing exploits against Bristol. more...
WORCESTER City have put promising winger Jamie Hyde on a contract. more...
WORCESTER City manager John Barton says he is delighted to have snapped up highly-rated goalkeeper Danny McDonnell. more...
Halesowen Harries 3, Malvern Town 4 more...
WORCESTER comfortably dismissed London Welsh 23-10 at Sixways on Saturday to maintain their recent dominance over the Exiles. more...
WORCESTER City boss John Barton will not be afraid to give youth its head in the remaining weeks of the season. more...
WORCESTER City chairman Dr Michael Sorensen has hit back at the critics who have accused the club of lacking ambition. more...
STAND-off Tony Yapp, flanker Nathan Carter and centre Andy Currier will all play for Worcester's development side at Birmingham/Solihull seconds on Saturday. more...
WORCESTER City manager John Barton believes his side can finally clinch their Dr Martens League Premier Division safety over the Easter weekend. more...
STRIKER Micky Cotter has become Worcester City's third summer signing. more...
MALVERN Town returned from Kington on Tuesday night having recorded an excellent 2-1 Banks's Brewery League Premier Division success. more...
THERE are steady eddies and flamboyant mavericks and Ben Harvey is certainly the latter. more...
MANAGER John Barton was the key factor in persuading goalkeeper Danny McDonnell to come to Worcester City. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club have shuffled their pack to conjure up a mixture of youth and experience as they aim to break Rotherham's three-year unbeaten home run. more...
WORCESTER City boss John Barton is tracking two summer transfer targets. more...
FLYING Worcester winger Mat Walker returns to his former club tomorrow believing his new team-mates can spring a surprise. more...
MARK Tucker and Jon Purdie are expected to line up in Worcester City's Central Confer-ence game at Tamworth tonight (7.45). more...
MALVERN Town scored an emphatic victory at home to Wellington on Tuesday night, and in doing so maintained a Banks Brewery League run that has now seen them pick up twenty points from their last nine outings. more...
MARK Owen is poised to return as Worcester City bid to secure their Dr Martens League Premier Division safety tomorrow. more...
WORCESTER City could sentence their old rivals Gloucester City to relegation when the sides meet at Meadow Park on Monday (3pm). more...
MARK Owen is poised to return to Worcester City's line-up as they bid to secure their Dr Martens League Premier Division safety tomorrow. more...
MARTIN Weir has scooped a double in Worcester City's player of the year awards. more...
WORCESTER City could blood two teenage prospects in tomorrow's final Dr Martens League Premier Division game of the season at Clevedon Town (3pm). more...
MANAGER of the year awards invariably go to those who have steered their clubs to championship glory. more...
WORCESTER City manager John Barton plans to finalise his retained list this week. more...
WORCESTER City manager John Barton is chasing four transfer targets. more...
WORCESTER City manager John Barton has released four players and transfer-listed another in a summer clear-out. more...
WORCESTER City boss John Barton hopes to tie up his second summer signing this week. more...
WORCESTER City have taken midfielder Paul Carty off the transfer list. more...
WINGER Mat Walker believes Worcester can do what no club has managed for three seasons, beat Rotherham at Clifton Lane. more...
WORCESTER City have arranged two glamorous pre-season friendlies with Nationwide League clubs. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club are to miss out on promotion for the second year running after suffering a humbling 42-0 defeat at leaders Rotherham. more...
WORCESTER City's retained list at the end of the season contained few surprises. more...
LES Cusworth has been relieved of his coaching duties with Worcester Rugby Club today. more...
WORCESTER City manager John Barton says he is delighted to have snapped up highly-rated goalkeeper Danny McDonnell. more...
TWO trialists will play for Worcester's development side tonight in a friendly against Malvern. more...
WORCESTER City chairman Dr Michael Sorensen has hit back at the critics who have accused the club of lacking ambition. more...
GEOFF Cooke took his first training session at Sixways yesterday aiming to lift a squad rocked by the sacking of Les Cusworth. more...
STRIKER Micky Cotter has become Worcester City's third summer signing. more...
FORMER England coach Geoff Cooke looks favourite to take over Worcester Rugby Club's first team on a permanent basis following the sacking of Les Cusworth. more...
MANAGER John Barton was the key factor in persuading goalkeeper Danny McDonnell to come to Worcester City. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club have joined forces with their second division rivals to maintain their right to automatic promotion into the top-flight. more...
GEOFF Cooke will be without star centre Andrew Higgins for his first game in charge of Worcester's first team. more...
WORCESTER'S temporary coach Geoff Cooke has marked his first game in charge of by making six changes to the side which lost 42-0 at Rotherham last week. more...
LES Cusworth my have come and gone but the man who started Worcester on their A-road to the top is still at the heart of the club. more...
PHIL Weston's first one-day century and a stand of 149 with Paul Pollard gave Worcestershire Royals an impressive start in the re-vamped National League at a grey and gloomy Edgbaston yesterday. more...
GEOFF Cooke's first match in charge of Wor-cester Rugby Club saw the team score a comfortable 30-8 victory over mid-table Henley. more...
A BATTLING bowling display and a century stand between David Leatherdale and Gavin Haynes failed to save Worcestershire Royals from a three wicket defeat in yesterday's National League Division One clash against Yorkshire Phoenix at New Road. more...
CECIL Duckworth has ruled out signing a big name coach until the summer despite the temptation of an array of star names. more...
BILL Athey made a shock comeback for Worcestershire -- and figured strongly in the Royals' magnificent win over National League title holders Lancashire Lightning. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club will have two teams playing in league rugby next season following the formation of a new amateur club. more...
COACH Bill Athey criticised the Gloucester Festival pitch rather than his beaten Worcestershire players after a 50-run National League First Division defeat by his old county. more...
GEOFF Cooke's fresh approach to the Worcester team sees 21-year-old scrum-half Chris Simpson-Daniel make his debut for the first team. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE left-arm spinner Mathew Rawnsley is getting a liking for the National League and earned an early birthday present in the shape of career-best figures in the 67-run win over Kent at Tunbridge Wells. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club will be without captain Richard Denhardt and Tongans Sateki Tuipulotu and Sililo Martens for the rest of the season. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE Royals stormed into second place in Division One of the National League thanks to a thrilling one run win over Gloucestershire Gladiators at New Road. more...
Saturday, July 17, 1999. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club have started to tighten their purse strings by axing three members of their first team squad. more...
TOM Moody, Graeme Hick and Stuart Lampitt joined forces to help Worcestershire Royals keep the pressure on leaders Yorkshire Phoenix with a seven-wicket win over Hampshire Hawks in the National League Division One clash at New Road. more...
Saturday, July 24, 1999. more...
GEOFF Cooke's Worcester Rugby Club side are aiming to finish their Sixways fixtures on a high and bury the memory of last week's shock defeat at Rugby. more...
GRAEME Hick illuminated floodlit New Road with a dazzling century to power Worcestershire Royals to the top of the National League Division One thanks to a nerve-jangling two-run win over Leicestershire Foxes last night. more...
Saturday, July 31, 1999. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club scrum-half Chris Simpson-Daniel is living on borrowed time - and he knows it. more...
LEFT-ARM seamer Alamgir Sheriyar pushed Worcestershire a step nearer the CGU National League Division One title with another impressive performance against his old club at Grace Road yesterday. more...
Monday, August 2, 1999. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club have completed their Sixways fixtures with a confidence boosting 39-15 victory over mid-table Manchester. more...
Monday, August 14, 1999. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club chief executive Geoff Cooke has denied reports the playing squad all are being put on part-time contracts. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE Royals are two points behind National League Division One leaders Lancashire Lightning after experiencing mixed fortunes in their Bank Holiday double-header against Essex Eagles and Warwickshire Bears at New Road. more...
Tuesday August 18, 1999. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE emerged from a thrilling CGU National League battle at Chelmsford yesterday with their sights firmly on the First Division title. more...
Saturday, August 21, 1999. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club centre Andrew Higgins looks set to miss Saturday's final fixture of the season due to a hand injury. more...
TOM Moody's cherished ambition to leave behind a trophy in the Worcestershire cabinet before departing for Western Australia was left in tatters in the gathering gloom at Southampton last night. more...
Saturday, August 28, 1999 more...
Worcester will have two men's sides next season following the formation of the amateur Worcester Wanders. more...
Monday, August 30, 1999 more...
CENTRE Andy Currier comes into the Worcester Rugby Club team for tomorrow's historic clash at Moseley (3pm) -- the last game at The Reddings after 120 years of rugby. more...
THE players who ran out at The Reddings today are the privileged few as the curtain falls on 120 years of rugby at the famous venue. more...
Saturday, September 4, 1999. more...
TWO of Worcester Rugby Club's loan rangers at Bedford will not be coming back to Sixways. more...
Saturday, September 11, 1999. more...
MOSELEY recovered from a nervous start to score a deserved 34-17 victory in their final game at The Red-dings. more...
Monday, September 13, 1999 more...
PHIL Maynard has poured cold water on rumours he is about to leave Worcester Rugby Club for Stourbridge. more...
Saturday, September 25, 1999 more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club have released England `Sevens' star Ben Harvey. more...
Saturday, October 2, 1999 more...
NUMBER eight Jim Jenner and centre Andrew Higgins have jointly won Worcester Rugby Club's Supporters' Player of the Year Award. more...
Tuesday, October 4, 1999. more...
TONGAN scrum-half Sililo Martens has ended a seven-month spell at Worcester Rugby Club by signing for Swansea. more...
Saturday, October 9, 1999 more...
Saturday, October 16, 1999 more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club's ladies first team will be playing in front of an expected crowd of 12,000 this weekend when they take to the field at Leicester Tigers' Welford Road ground. more...
Saturday, October 23, 1999 more...
CHRIS Raymond's return to Old Patesians means his rugby career has now come full circle. more...
Monday, November 1, 1999 more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club's millionaire backer Cecil Duckworth is threatening to sue the Rugby Football Union if the right to promotion is taken away from the second division. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club's influence in the sport has been boosted by chairman Cecil Duckworth being elected as chairman of English Second Division Rugby (ESDR). more...
Saturday, November 6, 1999 more...
BRUCE Fenley, arguably the most successful captain in Worcester Rugby Club's history, is leaving to become a player/coach at Stourbridge. more...
Saturday, November 13, 1999 more...
Saturday, November 20, 1999. more...
Saturday, November 27, 1999 more...
Saturday, December 4, 1999 more...
Saturday, December 11, 1999 more...
Saturday, December 18, 1999 more...
Monday, December 27, 1999 more...
Monday, January 3, 2000 more...
Saturday, January 8, 2000 more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers cruised to a 5-2 victory over Stourbridge in last night's Worcestershire Senior Cup second round clash at Am-blecote. more...
Saturday, January 15, 2000. more...
Saturday, January 22, 2000 more...
Saturday, January 29, 2000 more...
Saturday, February 12, 2000 more...
Saturday, February 19, 2000 more...
Saturday, February 26, 2000 more...
Saturday, March 4, 2000 more...
Tuesday, March 7, 2000. more...
CONTROVERSIAL ex-Birmingham City bad boy Robert Hopkins has signed for Bromsgrove Rovers. more...
Saturday, March 11, 2000. HIGH-flying Kidderminster Harriers had their wings clipp-ed when draw specialists Alt-rincham held them to a 1-1 deadlock in Saturday's Nationwide Conference clash at Aggborough. more...
BROMSGROVE Rovers have been handed a Worcestershire derby at Stourbridge in the preliminary round of the FA Cup. more...
PAT Bannister has appealed to Bromsgrove Rovers supporters to help him complete his takeover of the club. more...
Saturday, March 18, 2000 more...
A SEVERE electric storm abruptly ended last night's friendly between Bromsgrove Rovers and Northampton Town at the Victoria Ground. more...
Monday, March 20, 2000 more...
MATT Clarke could be set for a surprise Hereford United recall in tomorrow's Nationwide Conference home clash with Southport (3.00). more...
Saturday, March 25, 2000 more...
BROMSGROVE Rovers are set to boost their attack again in a bid to arrest their dismal start to the season. more...
Saturday, April 8, 2000 more...
BROMSGROVE Rovers are relying on the `old boy network' to help lift them up the Dr Martens League Western Division. more...
Saturday, April 15, 2000 more...
BROMSGROVE Rovers boss Steve Daley believes that a `clear the air' meeting has kick-started their season into life. more...
Monday, April 17, 2000 more...
BROMSGROVE Rovers will be hoping for a change in fortunes when they travel to take on Gresley Rovers in a Dr Martens League Western Division clash tomorrow (3.00). more...
Monday, April 24, 2000 more...
BROMSGROVE Rovers manager Steve Daley vows that his side will beat Halesowen Town in their FA Umbro Trophy first round derby tomorrow (3.00). more...
Saturday, April 30, 2000 more...
MANAGER Steve Daley is threatening to make more changes to shake up Bromsgrove Rovers' season. more...
Monday, May 1, 2000 more...
The memories will come flooding back for Evesham United boss Phil Mullen tomorrow when his side entertain Bromsgrove Rovers (3.00) in the Dr Martens League Western Division. more...
BROMSGROVE Rovers could have two new faces in their line-up for tomorrow's Dr Martens League Western Division game at Tiverton Town (3.00). more...
Wednesday, May 3, 2000 more...
GRAHAM Brown is the latest new recruit at Bromsgrove Rovers. more...
Saturday, May 6, 2000 more...
A FULL-blooded derby clash is the last thing Steve Daley needs at the moment as he tries to steer his Bromsgrove Rovers side away from the drop zone. more...
BROMSGROVE Rovers are confident they can fend off an approach from neighbours Redditch United for skipper Mark Bowater. more...
IN-FORM Bromsgrove Rovers are set for more transfer activity before tomorrow's Dr Martens League Western Division game at Rocester (3.00). more...
DEFENDER Mark Bowater has pledged his future to Bromsgrove Rovers. more...
BROMSGROVE Rovers play the first of two fund-raising friendlies tonight when First Division Wolves visit the Victoria Ground (7.45). more...
PREMIERSHIP outfit Derby County have snapped up Bromsgrove Rovers' teenage prodigy Patrick Bannister. more...
BROMSGROVE Rovers' future rem-ains in doubt despite their lucrative friendlies against Aston Villa and Wolves. more...
BROMSGROVE Rovers fans get their chance to have a say over the club's future at an open forum tonight. more...
BROMSGROVE Rovers are banking on a large turnout for tomorrow's Worcestershire derby with Evesham United (3.00) to help ease their financial problems. more...
BROMSGROVE Rovers have set a four-point target from their next two away games to virtually guarantee their Dr Martens League Western Division safety. more...
BROMSGROVE Rovers still need another £14,000 to stave off the threat of a winding-up order. more...
BROMSGROVE Rovers boss Steve Daley is backing his in-form side to secure their Dr Martens League Western Division safety with three successive wins. more...
BROMSGROVE Rovers are "80 per cent hopeful" they can secure their future today. more...
BROMSGROVE Rovers' future is secure -- for the time being. more...
THEIR financial worries over, Bromsgrove Rovers' players can now get back to the business of concentrating on their football for tomorrow's home Dr Martens League Western Division clash with Gresley Rovers (3.00). more...
BROMSGROVE Rovers look set to ring the changes for their Dr Martens League Western Division trip to Shepshed Dynamo tomorrow (3.0). more...
BROMSGROVE Rovers have released their former Wolves and Birmingham City defender Kevin Ashley. more...
STEVE Daley has set his Bromsgrove Rovers players a target of remaining unbeaten for the rest of the season. more...
BROMSGROVE Rovers expect their biggest crowd of the season tomorrow when Dr Martens League Western Division champions-elect Stafford Rangers come to town (3.00). more...
BROMSGROVE Rovers are planning a title assault in the Dr Martens League Western Division next season -- once they have a new board in place. more...
STEVE Daley has quit as Bromsgrove Rovers manager for the second time. more...
ADRIAN Skeggs has made four changes to the Worcester Rugby Club side facing Wakefield at Sixways on Saturday. more...
CARL Tranter put himself in the frame for a Worcester City recall by scoring four goals in their 5-0 Worcester Royal Infirmary Senior Cup first round win over Westfields last night. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club have won the race to sign highly rated centre Scott Barrow from Rugby League giants St Helens. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE'S nightmare season hit rock bottom yesterday when they were relegated from the Norwich Union National League Division One following a disastrous eight wicket defeat against Kent Spitfires at New Road. more...
AT the start of the season, many people hoped that Worcester City's final home game would turn into a day of celebration. more...
GLENN McGrath certainly didn't let the Worcestershire fans down when he finally displayed his world-class bowling talents at New Road. more...
FORTY-nine is likely to be Worcester City's lucky number as they chase Dr Martens Leag-ue Premier Division saf-ety. more...
YORKSHIRE exiles Richard Illingworth and David Leatherdale each captured three wickets against their native county at Headingley yesterday as Worcestershire Royals beat Yorkshire Phoenix by nine runs. more...
WORCESTER City manager John Barton is tipping Boston United to land the Dr Martens League Premier Division title. more...
PAUL Pollard was Worcestershire Royals batting hero when they opened up a four-point lead at the top of the National League Division One table with a 47-run win over Northamptonshire Steelbacks at New Road. more...
WORCESTER City are hoping to put their Saturday bogey to rest this weekend. more...
GLENN McGrath inspired Worcester Royals to a crucial Old Trafford win over Norwich Union National League champs Lancashire Lightning. more...
WORCESTER City's players can look forward to a rare event next week - no midweek game! more...
WORCESTERSHIRE Royals roared four points clear at the top of the Norwich Union National League Division One table thanks to a dazzling display by Glenn McGrath in last night's floodlit clash with Gloucestershire Gladiators at New Road. more...
WORCESTER City Foot-ball Club might not be here today but for the help of the late, great Sir Stanley Matthews. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE Royals are today standing eight points clear at the top of the Norwich Union National League Division One table following a Graeme Hick century in Saturday's tense four-run victory over title-rivals Somerset Sabres at Taunton. more...
ARRIVE early is the message to Worcester City fans for next Saturday's FA Umbro Trophy fifth round tie at Telford United. more...
TITLE-chasing Worcestershire Royals were saved by the rain after a poor batting display against Leicestershire Foxes in yesterday's Norwich Union National League Division One match at New Road. more...
WORCESTER City anticipate one of their biggest travelling armies in some years for Saturday's FA Umbro Trophy tie at Stalybridge Celtic. more...
WORCESTER City could be fielding a lot more local players in their first team in years to come -- if a new structure pays dividends. more...
ACTING captain Steve Rhodes was a ton-up hero for Worcestershire on Saturday - and yesterday was being branded a villian. more...
WORCESTER City have established themselves a unique place in the fourth round of the FA Umbro Trophy. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE Royals' latest floodlit experience turned out to be anything but illuminating as Northamptonshire Steelbacks inflicted a crushing seven-wicket National League defeat at Wantage Road. more...
WORCESTER City will be getting a feeling of deja-vu when they entertain Bromley in the FA Umbro Trophy fourth round on Saturday. more...
SOMERSET Sabres put Worcestershire Royals' Norwich Union National Lea-gue Division One title hopes to the sword by winning yesterday's top-of-the-table clash at New Road by 53 runs. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE'S National League season touched a new low at Canterbury when they threw away an excellent chance of regaining pole position in the race for the division one title, losing by 44 runs. more...
WORCESTER City will play host to the cream of non-league soccer talent next week. more...
FORMER table-toppers Worcestershire Royals are facing the threat of relegation from the Norwich Union National League Division One after crashing to a disappointing two-wicket defeat against Lancashire Lightning at New Road yesterday. more...
A 4-0 victory over Gloucester City on Monday continued our fine run of recent results. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE'S alarming slump continued at Grace Road last night -- and they now have to beat Kent in their final National League game to avoid relegation from Division One. more...
MICK Tuohy says he is delighted to be back at Worcester City -- after a six-month break. more...
WORCESTER City may be struggling on the field -- but they have moved into the big league with their new-look matchday programme. more...
WORCESTER City have another chance to nail their home bogey on Saturday when they entertain Clevedon Town in the Dr Martens League Premier Division (3.00). more...
CAN Worcester City put their league woes behind them and have a decent run in the FA Umbro Trophy? more...
JOHN Barton has become the 15th person -- including caretakers -- to sit in the Worcester City manager's chair since the late Nobby Clark left in 1984. more...
WORCESTER City are banking on a touch of star quality to help raise money for the club. more...
VISITORS to Worcester City are guaranteed a better reception than they've ever had before. more...
WORCESTER City have been honoured by the Football Association with staging a representative match in the New Year. more...
DANNY Hilditch had a brief spell in Worcester City's first team as a player - now he has been charged with unearthing young talent at the club. more...
REACHING the first round of the FA Cup could have a big effect on Worcester City's finances -- says manager Graham Allner. more...
WORCESTER City's new player-coach Kevin Willetts says he is relishing his new role. more...
CAN Worcester City's poor start to the season be put down to the presence of a large blue dragon? more...
TEAM spirit could not be higher at Worcester City at the moment - despite their poor start to the new season. more...
To be prepared before launch........ more...
THE 1998-99 season will go down as one of the more dramatic in Worcester City's re-cent history. more...
GRAHAM Allner believes that Worcester City can potentially be a bigger club than Nationwide League new boys Cheltenham Town. more...
WORCESTER City's new-found strength in depth will be put to the test during the next week. more...
DAVID Talbot hopes to put a frustrating season behind him and establish himself at Worcester City. more...
August 14, 1999, Nationwide Conference, Harriers 1, Dover 2 more...
JOHN McGrath must have thought his Worcester City career was over when he left the club three years ago. more...
August 17, 1999, Nationwide Conference, Yeovil 1, Harriers 0 more...
August 21.1999, Nationwide Conference, Rushden 5, Harriers 3 more...
VETERAN striker Paul Davies says he still wants to carry on playing -- even at the age of 38. more...
August 28.1999, Nationwide Conference, Harriers, 3 Woking 2 more...
THE words "Worcester City" and "fixture congestion" have rarely been used in the same sentence. more...
August 30,1999, Nationwide Conference, Forest Green 3, Harriers 2 more...
NATHAN Jukes is hoping to resurrect his Football Lea-gue prospects with his home-town club Worcester City. more...
September 4,1999, Nationwide Conference, Stevenage Borough 0 Harriers 2 more...
WORCESTER City have handed Jon Narbett a chance to get over a three-year in-jury nightmare. more...
September 11,1999, Nationwide Conference, Harriers 2 Scarborough 0 more...
NO player has reaped more benefit from Graham Allner's arrival as Worcester City manager than teenage midfielder Steve Lutz. more...
WORCESTER City are using the rewards of their FA Cup run to continue improving their St George's Lane home. more...
September 13,1999, Nationwide Conference, Harriers 1 Nuneaton B 2 more...
JON Purdie has linked up with Graham Allner for the third time after making a return trip to Worcester City. more...
September 18,1999, Nationwide Conference,Morecambe 0 Harriers 1 more...
HAVING waited patiently to win a regular first team chance at Worcester City, striker Mark Owen has grabbed it with both hands. more...
September 25,1999, Nationwide Conference, Harriers 1 Doncaster 0 more...
October 2,1999, Nationwide Conference, Hayes 2 Harriers 0 more...
IT'S very rare that ordinary people pro-gress from standing on the terraces to become directors of their favourite football club. more...
October 5,1999, Nationwide Macmillan Trophy round one, more...
October 9,1999, Nationwide, more...
To be prepared before launch........ more...
GRAHAM Allner must have thought his interest in this season's FA Umbro Trophy had ended. more...
October 16,1999, FA Cup fourth qualifying round more...
THE guessing game is almost over for Worcester City fans as the unveiling of their new manager draws ever closer. more...
October 23, Nationwide Conference more...
TROUBLED Worcester City have had the bonus of an early Christmas present. more...
November 1, Nationwide Conference more...
GEORGE Rooney has become the latest victim of the `Nobby Clark factor' at Worcester City. more...
November 6, Nationwide Conference more...
WORCESTER City's supporters' club has undergone another revamp this year - and the new committee is determined to get it right. more...
IAN Cottrill is celebrating becoming the latest member of Worcester City's 300 club in some style. more...
November 13, Nationwide Conference more...
TWO Worcester City players have been rewarded for their form with places in a Dr Martens League representative squad. more...
November 20, Nationwide Conference more...
MANY Worcester City supporters expressed surprise when the capacity for their FA Cup first round clash with Torquay United was set at just 3,000. more...
November 27, FA Trophy Round Two more...
WORCESTER City believe "fan power" can play a big part in steering them to a shock FA Cup victory against Torquay United on Saturday. more...
December 4, Nationwide Conference more...
INEVITABLY, the rain has provoked most comment as the new season has got under way. Comments about the foolishness of such an early start have abounded. more...
WORCESTER City's triumph over Langney Sports last night has fired them into the first round of the FA Cup for the first time in 11 years. more...
December 11, Nationwide Conference more...
LIKE an excited schoolboy, I was down at New Road to see Glenn McGrath bowl for Worcestershire against Yorkshire. more...
December 18, Nationwide Conference more...
MIDDLESEX will have been the visitors to New Road this weekend bringing about a number of potential clashes, not least between Angus Fraser and Elliot Wilson. more...
COULD Worcester City's FA Cup hoodoo be about to end? more...
December 27, Nationwide Conference more...
ONE of the most pleasing aspects of Worcester City's FA Cup victory over Falmouth Town on Saturday was the appearance of Carl Heeley as a spectator. more...
January 3, Nationwide Conference more...
WORCESTERSHIRE are going well. Dangerous to say it, I know, but they are playing good cricket. more...
THE manager of Worcester City's FA Cup opponents is confident his side can bridge the vast gulf in status between the clubs. more...
January 8, Nationwide Conference more...
THE arrival of the West Indies takes me back to 1991 when one Graeme Hick made his long-awaited England Test debut. more...
ANYONE with the slightest sympathy for Worcester City will, I am sure, join City fans in wishing Carl Heeley a speedy recovery from his horrific facial injuries. more...
January 11, Worcestershire Senior Cup round two more...
WORCESTERSHIRE'S NatWest victory over Gloucestershire was a big game for the County in more ways than one. more...
WORCESTER City midfielder Paul Chenoweth is determined not to see red with his new club. more...
I ENJOYED my playing return to New Road last weekend, albeit that the cricket was very much for fun and not for real. more...
WORCESTER City may begin their FA Cup campaign next week -- but it all starts this weekend for the club's ladies' team. more...
January 15, Nationwide Conference more...
THE lull provided by Worcestershire's non-involvement in the NatWest Trophy quarter-finals, provides a suitable opportunity for reflection on the season thus far and the County Championship system itself in its new, two division format. more...
WORCESTER City's reserves begin their Central Conference programme tonight with a new home matchday and a promise to do better than last year. more...
January 22, Nationwide Conference more...
I CAN imagine the scene prior to this last game with Northamptonshire. more...
WORCESTER City may have got their ground up to Football Conference standards -- but there will be much more work to do if they get there. more...
January 29, Nationwide Conference more...
IT'S Thursday lunchtime at Kidderminster, the second day of the four day game with Essex. more...
WORCESTER City's reformed youth team are out to turn local boys into stars of the future. more...
February 12, Nationwide Conference more...
WITH rain having washed out last Sunday's match with Sussex, this has been a blank week for Worcestershire until yesterday's crucial table-topper with Somerset. more...
EVRAN Wright is out to repay the Worcester City fans after causing them so much misery in recent years. more...
February 19, Nationwide Conference more...
The one bright spot to come out of the disappointing loss to Kent the previous Sunday was the opening partnership and, in particular, James Pipe's role in it. more...
February 26, Nationwide Conference more...
11/09/00 - WRITING this, Worcestershire's season hangs on a knife-edge needing a win from the final game in the National League to guarantee safety. Defeat at Kent will see them in Division Two next year. more...
March 4, Nationwide Conference, Harriers 3, Stevenage 1 1 more...
March 7, Nationwide Conference, Doncaster 1, Harriers 2 more...
I write whilst Worcester's fate hangs in the balance, but with it tipped pretty heavily in the wrong direction, at least in the four-day game. more...
March 11, Nationwide Conference, Harriers 1 Altrincham 1 more...
March 18, Nationwide Conference, Welling United 1, Harriers 2 more...
March 20, Worcs Senior Cup S/F, Harriers 1, Bromsgrove 0 more...
March 25, Nationwide Conference Harriers 2, Telford 0 more...
April 8, Nationwide Conference more...
April 15, Nationwide Conference more...
April 17, Worcestershire Senior Cup Final: more...
April 17, Nationwide Conference more...
April 24, Nationwide Conference more...
April 29, Nationwide Conference more...
May 1, Nationwide Conference more...
May 3, Nationwide Conference more...
May 6, Nationwide Conference more...
AUGUST more...
BROMSGROVE Rovers chief executive Pat Bannister is still confident he can complete his takeover of the club -- despite the resignation of his chairman. more...
STRUGGLING Bromsgrove Rovers are set to introduce another new signing in tonight's must-win game at Racing Club Warwick (7.45). more...
Monday, July 19, 1999. more...
Wednesday, July 21, 1999. more...
Saturday, July 24, 1999. more...
RUGBY'S top flight might be at least another season away for Worcester but three of their players have already started to rub shoulders with the likes of Lomu, Campese and Cullen. more...
WORCESTER have launched their season with high hopes and higher ambitions. more...
Tuesday, August 3, 1999. more...
IT'S not Suez, or Black Wednesday, the depression of the 1930s or the miners strikes. more...
IT HAS been the cause of many a sleepless night, produced stars of the future and draws a huge crowd every year. more...
Tuesday, August 18, 1999. more...
IF you want to avoid injury watercolour painting could be a suitable past-time. more...
Saturday, August 21, 1999. more...
WHEN it finally came it heralded a new dawn and expected golden age. more...
Tuesday, August 24, 1999. more...
AS British sport heads for a new millenium the debate of tradition against progress comes to the forefront. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club's phenomenal success in the past seven seasons can have done nothing but good for the region's rugby scene. more...
Saturday, August 28, 1999 more...
UNTIL two weeks ago there was a quiet revolution going on in rural Worcestershire. more...
Monday, August 30, 1999 more...
WORCESTERSHIRE spent a worthwhile three days in Cambridge despite being unable to secure victory over the University at Fenner's last night. more...
Saturday, September 4, 1999. more...
SATURDAY'S clash between Worcester and Bristol easily tops the bill for the biggest game of the season so far. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE are today reflecting on the plus points which emerged from their drawn game against the West Indies at New Road. more...
Tuesday, September 7, 1999. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE'S players are "champing at the bit" to entertain Australia on Monday after yesterday's World Cup warm-up match against Zimbabwe at New Road was ruined by rain. more...
THE debate raged on for days after the league's top two sides came head to head for the first time. more...
Saturday, September 11, 1999. more...
ADAM Gilchrist put a dampner on Worcestershire's rain-affected centenary celebrations by producing a match-winning innings in Australia's World Cup warm-up at New Road yesterday. more...
ALL sporting managers and coaches are cautious about making predictions involving their own team but Les Cusworth's target of a top six finish already looks conservative. more...
Tuesday, September 14, 1999 more...
A CENTURY stand between Graeme Hick and Stuart Lampitt failed to save Worcestershire from a three-wicket defeat in the one-day clash against a World XI at New Road. more...
EVERYONE might as well pack in now, why should anybody bother? more...
Saturday, September 25, 1999 more...
WORCESTERSHIRE'S players, officials and supporters have given a cautious welcome to short-form cricket. more...
NOT so long ago he was a super hero with the world at his feet, tearing up records and winning international honours. more...
Tuesday, September 29, 1999 more...
THE neck injury suffered by Malvern's 18-year-old winger Ben Ash rocked his club last week. more...
Saturday, October 2, 1999 more...
BEFORE a ball had been kicked this season there were certain junior sides who made no attem-pt at hiding their promotion ambitions. more...
Tuesday, October 4, 1999. more...
IF it's a strike rate your looking for then look no further than Worcester's Rob Myler. more...
WITH Worcester, Malvern, Droitwich and Kidderminster all chasing promotion Luctonians' mid-table showing in Midlands Two is unlikely to catch the eye. more...
Saturday, October 9, 1999 more...
THE turmoil surrounding the top-flight leagues has dominated the headlines and led to allegations of the RFU being incompetent. more...
Saturday, October 16, 1999 more...
Saturday, October 23, 1999 more...
BARRING a miracle and some exceptional results the dream has been put on hold for another 12 months. more...
Saturday, October 30, 1999 more...
ANY side which struggles to field a team on the opening day is likely to struggle all season and so it has proved for Tenbury. more...
THE Sky's the limit for Hereford United after their FA Cup second round clash with Hartlepool United was selected for live coverage by the satellite TV giants. more...
THE league season is finally into its final furlongs and the winning post is in sight but Worcester's fate is far from clear. more...
HEREFORD United midfielder Ian Rodgerson says he would like to see out his career with his home-town club. more...
A DREAM finally died on Saturday with a victory for a team of Midland rivals. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE County Cricket Club are the masterminds behinds behind a new nationwide grassroots initiative. more...
Saturday, November 6, 1999 more...
THERE are just 80 minutes of rugby left in the title race and still all to play for. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE are on the look-out for new players with a batsman being their main priority. more...
Tuesday, November 9, 1999. more...
Saturday, May 1, 1999 more...
MARTIN Horton has been re-elected to the Worcestershire committee for three years. more...
Saturday, November 13, 1999 more...
RUGBY union's most powerful figure has said the promotion system at the top of Division Two could be expanded from a solitary play-off position. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE have been drawn at home to holders Gloucestershire in the third round of next season's NatWest Trophy. more...
Saturday, November 20, 1999. more...
THIS week's visit of the All Blacks and the start of the eagerly awaited fourth World Cup poses an exciting question, how long before Worcester boast a squad packed full of internationals? more...
WORCESTERSHIRE are confident Alamgir Sheriyar and Vikram Solanki will sign new contracts despite failing to put pen to paper before flying out on the England `A' team's tour of Bang-ladesh and New Zealand. more...
SO Worcester Rugby Club's bridge to the smaller clubs in the shape of the Floodlit Cup is set to crumble. more...
Saturday, November 27, 1999 more...
MOST players would dream of a 90-second appearance which can change the course of the season and prompt heated debate for months. more...
Saturday, December 4, 1999 more...
Saturday, December 11, 1999 more...
UPTON and Droitwich both performed well in the NPI Cup at the weekend but should either be in the competition at all. more...
Saturday, December 18, 1999 more...
August 15, 1998, Football Conference: Harriers 5, Morecambe 2 more...
THEY might be fresh-faced debutants in league terms but Hereford Greyhounds are hardly newcomers to the game. more...
Wednesday, December 22, 1999 more...
August 18, 1998, Football Conference: Northwich 1, Harriers 0 more...
AS the ancient loudspeaker system crackled into action the press and public alike studied a list of 30 names for the anticipated team news. more...
August 22, 1998, Football Conference: Doncaster 1, Harriers 0 more...
BELIEVE it or not Worcester are going through a bit of a nightmare on Saturday afternoons. more...
August 24, 1998, Football Conference: Harriers 3, Telford 0 more...
THE paths to the top of Leeds and Worcester seemed irreversible entwined and are set on another delicious collision course this weekend. more...
Saturday, January 15, 2000. more...
August 29, 1998: FootballConference, Harriers 3, Woking 2 more...
MAKE no mistake we'll be the side that everyone wants to beat this season. more...
HOW far ahead do you plan your rugby? more...
Saturday, January 22, 2000 more...
August 31, 1998: FootballConference, Yeovil 3, Harriers 1 more...
LOSING Paul Holford to an ankle injury is bad news especially coming at a time when we've got three lads at the Commonwealth Games. But this isn't an ideal world. more...
HE'S here, he's there Duncan Hughes seems to play just about everywhere. more...
Saturday, January 29, 2000 more...
OUR result on Saturday raised a few eyebrows and Wakefield couldn't remember the last time they conceded 48 points at home. more...
BAD luck, bad refereeing and bad performances - most people have a theory about why Worcester's juggernaut has caught a flat. more...
September 5, 1998: Football Conference, Kettering 1, Harriers 1 more...
WE NEED to play better than we performed against Moseley on Saturday despite our third win. more...
LUCTONIANS' exit from the NPI Cup was via the worst route possible - expulsion because one of their players was cup tied. more...
Saturday, February 5, 2000 more...
September 15, 1998, Football Conference: Harriers 2 Farnborough 0 more...
IT WOULD be churlish to say we should have finished Leeds off early on Sunday. They are a very good side and their lives depended on winning. more...
MERGERS, financial crises and in fighting -- rugby union has seen them all in the past few days. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE paceman Alamgir Sheriyar is likely to escape punishment after clashing with an umpire during England's `A' tour of Bangladesh. more...
Saturday, February 12, 2000 more...
September 19, 1998: FootballConference, Hayes 2, Harriers 1 more...
THE players were very disappointed after the defeat at Waterloo and their performance was short of the standard we've become used to. more...
ENGLAND `A' must follow the example of Vikram Solanki as they seek to deal with the oppressive heat of Dhaka and come up with the goods in Friday's day-night match against Bangladesh. more...
Saturday, February 19, 2000 more...
September 21, 1998: Football Conference, Harriers 2, Forest Green Rovers 2 more...
TOM Robinson is disappointed by the points wrangle which surrounds his brief appearance at Wakefield --but it's not his fault. more...
IT might be hard to believe but the inquests on Worcester's promotion bid have begun in January. more...
THE West Indies will start their summer tour of England with a four-day game against Worcestershire at New Road. more...
Saturday, February 26, 2000 more...
September 26, 1998: Football Conference, Harriers 2, Stevenage 0 more...
THE weather at Fylde was atrocious but it's unlikely we'll have to battle through conditions like that again. more...
WITH good cup runs, long unbeaten stretches in the league and plenty of friendly victories over higher graded clubs, Kidderminster Carolians are enjoying a rapid rise. more...
VIKRAM Solanki has conquered Bangladesh and now faces fresh challenges with England `A' in New Zealand if he is to enhance his reputation further. more...
Monday, February 28, 2000 more...
October 3, 1998: Football Conference, Welling 0, Harriers 0 more...
THERE are some fearsome battles ahead in the next couple of months and we've got to be really positive. more...
WHEN Waterloo lock Chris Wolfenden crossed Worcester's line on Saturday it ended a defensive record Worcester had been building since be-fore Christmas. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE are preparing to step up their search for a new batsman for next season. more...
Saturday, March 6, 2000 more...
October 7, 1998: Endsleigh Trophy first round, Forest Green 2, Harriers 4 more...
SLOWLY the fog is lifting and the future is becoming clear for the hundreds of junior clubs. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE'S hopes of a triumphant 2000 season have been hit by news that Australian pace ace Glenn McGrath's appearances will be restricted because of international duties. more...
Saturday, March 11, 2000. more...
October 10, 1998: Football Conference, Harriers 0, Kingstonian 1 more...
I COULDN'T have asked any more of our players on Saturday, they showed more control than they have all season. more...
WHAT on earth has gone wrong down at Pershore and Evesham? more...
WORCESTERSHIRE have poured cold water on reports from Australia that they may have to re-negotiate their contract with Glenn McGrath. more...
Tuesday, March 14, 2000 more...
October 17, 1998: FA Cup 3rd qualifying round, Harriers 3, Blakenall 1 more...
WHEN you look back at the past 12 months, we've only lost one league game since the London Welsh game here at Sixways. more...
NOBODY could deny that Sixways is growing into a superb stadium and is fast becoming the envy of the land. more...
ENGLAND `A' and North Island played out their expected draw in freezing conditions in Christ-church today but not before Worcestershire's Vikram Solanki turned in another fine batting performance. more...
Saturday, March 18, 2000 more...
October 24, 1998: Football Conference, Hednesford 2, Harriers 1 more...
SATURDAY'S victory at Coventry was a cracker and a fantastic result for us. more...
Four years ago professionalism arrived and the young players who were set to be paid for their services seemed the lucky ones. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE are hoping to return to Kidderminster's Chester Road ground for a County Championship fixture next season. more...
Saturday, March 25, 2000 more...
IT'S time to take a deep breath and reflect on the season so far especially after the relief of winning at Orrell. more...
YARD for yard, stride for stride, the three heavyweights of Premiership Two remain locked in the tightest of battles. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE'S cricket committee chairman Martin Horton today tipped England A star Vikram Solanki as a top quality batsman destined for Test recognition. more...
October 26, 1998: Football Conference, Harriers 2, Southport 1 more...
Sunday's game with Bristol at Sixways is obviously a big one for the club. more...
IN a season of constant change number eight Jim Jenner has proved to be a rock in Worcester's back row. more...
Saturday, April 1, 2000 more...
October 31, 1998: FA Cup Fourth Qualifying Round, Harriers 2, Gloucester 1 more...
SUNDAY'S result was fantastic but we can undo all our good work last week by losing this week at Rotherham. more...
THE might of Premiership Worcester may cast a huge shadow over the area's rugby map but, despite the pull of glamour at Sixways, neighbouring clubs are flourishing. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE'S Vikram Solanki completed a fine half-century against New Zealand `A' today. more...
Thursday, April 6, 2000. more...
November 7, 1998: Football Conference, Harriers 0, Yeovil 1 more...
IT'S about time to reassess the injury problems which have ravaged the Worcester squad this season. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE'S new signing Glenn McGrath will have to pass an Australian Cricket Board fitness test prior to his departure for New Road. more...
Saturday, April 8, 2000 more...
November 14, 1998: FA Cup 1st Round, Plymouth 0, Harriers 0 more...
WE can hold our heads high for the way we played at Kingsholm on Saturday. Yet the players were disappointed after reviewing the game. more...
IT has been hailed as a victory for common sense and the words ring true. more...
Thursday, April 20, 2000 more...
NOVEMBER 28, 1998: Football Conference, more...
NOBODY needs reminding that this week's visitors London Welsh are the last side to take two points from Sixways. more...
FIRST it was Malvern, then came Kidderminster Carolians and now Droitwich and Stourport are at it -- they are all league champions in an incredible season for the area's rugby clubs. more...
Saturday, April 22, 2000 more...
December 1, 1998: FA Cup First Round replay more...
SATURDAY'S victory over London Welsh was a crucial result for us and I would have settled for a 9-6 win before kick-off. more...
NOTHING is left to chance in the constant strive for success and the video features prominently. more...
Monday, April 24, 2000 more...
December 7, 1998: FA Trophy 2nd round replay, Lincoln Utd 2, Harriers 1 more...
Read last season's reports in the 1999/2000 archive. more...
"How can a man paid to play football possibly be fitter and more skilful than a man who works in a chip shop all week and only plays football on a Saturday?" more...
Saturday, April 30, 2000 more...
December 12, 1998: Football Conference, Woking 2, Harriers 1 more...
WORCESTER'S victory over Moseley was extremely pleasing not just because of the 54-5 scoreline but how we achieved it. more...
Saturday, May 6, 2000 more...
December 14, 1998: Ensleigh Trophy round two, Harriers 1, Hereford United 2 more...
I'M NOW confident our team can go on to prove it's the best team in the league. more...
December 19, 1998, Football Conference, Southport 1, Harriers 1 more...
ONE of the most impressive parts of Worcester's win over Fylde last Saturday was the clean sheet. more...
INCH Perfect is worth waiting for in the last race at Wetherby tomorrow. more...
THERE'S one thing we can't afford to do at Worcester Rugby Club -- ease up! more...
PERSHORE Town are out to regain pole position in the Midland Combination Premier Division when they entertain Blackheath tonight (7.45). more...
December 26, 1998, Football Conference, Harriers 1, Hereford 0 more...
SATURDAY'S defeat at Exeter was a bit of a shock to the system but we are no different to any other sporting team in that we have no divine right to win games of rugby. more...
STRUGGLING Bromsgrove Rovers are set to introduce another new signing in tonight's must-win game at Racing Club Warwick (7.45). more...
December 28, 1998, Football Conference, Harriers 0, Cheltenham 1 more...
THERE are now three teams left in the Allied Dunbar Premiership Two title race -- Bristol, Rotherham and ourselves -- and the winners will be the side that wants it most. more...
NORTH Midlands 18-Group Schools maintained their unbeaten record this season with a 33-13 win over Staffordshire at Worcester's Sixways ground last night. more...
January 2, 1999, Football Conference, Hereford United 1, Harriers 3 more...
WORCESTER take a break from promotion-chasing action on Saturday - but it's still going to be a massive weekend for us here at Sixways. more...
BROMSGROVE Rovers chief executive Pat Bannister is still confident he can complete his takeover of the club -- despite the resignation of his chairman. more...
January 9, 1999, Football Conference, Harriers 1, Leek Town 2 more...
OUR last three encounters against Leeds have been thrillers and I'm sure it will be no different this weekend. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers' scheduled Nationwide League Division Three match at Plymouth Argyle tonight was postponed because of a waterlogged-Home Park pitch. more...
January 30, 1999 Nationwide Conference, Harriers 0, Hayes 1 more...
WE were bitterly disappointed with our defeat at Leeds on Sunday and it was the manner of defeat more than the result which hit us hardest. more...
CARL Tranter put himself in the frame for a Worcester City recall by scoring four goals in their 5-0 Worcester Royal Infirmary Senior Cup first round win over Westfields last night. more...
February 2, 1999 Nationwide Conference, Rushden & Diamonds 1, Harriers 1 more...
THE highs and lows of rugby reflect the highs and lows of life and we've experienced both this season. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club have won the race to sign highly rated centre Scott Barrow from Rugby League giants St Helens. more...
February 13, 1999, Nationwide Conference, Harriers 0, Rushden & Diamonds 0 more...
February 15, 1999, Nationwide Conference, Harriers 1, Kettering 1 more...
MOTIVATING the team will not be a problem on Saturday even though things have been taken out of our hands. more...
February 20, 1999 Nationwide Conference, Telford 0, Harriers 0 more...
WITH all the talk about our two-point appeal and the possibility of buying promotion it's about time to put forward the club's views. more...
February 27, 1999 Nationwide Conference, Farnborough 2, Harriers 4 more...
OUR recent bad run has nothing to do with a lack of effort from the players but it's still a bitter pill to swallow. more...
THERE seems to have been as much action off the pitch as on it in the past month or so -- but I would not blame that on Worcester Rugby Club's form. more...
AUSTRALIAN pace ace Glenn McGrath has made an immediate impact at New Road - in more ways than one. more...
March 6, 1999 Nationwide Conference, Harriers 1, Hednesford 2 more...
LOOKING back on our season it's the defeats which unfortunately stick in my mind rather than our victories. more...
STEVE Rhodes will soon be leading Worcestershire into County Championship action in the absence of captain Graeme Hick -- and he's determined to make a good job of it! more...
March 6, 1999 Nationwide Conference, Kingstonian 1, Harriers 0 more...
THIS time last year I said a place in the top six was a goal for us and this time I would like to think we'll be in the top three fighting all the way for promotion. more...
ELLIOTT Wilson is determined to learn his trade as a cricketer with Worcestershire after putting his university studies on hold. more...
March 13, 1999 Nationwide Conference, Forest Green 5, Harriers 0 more...
WE might be just one game into the season but even so I would like to put a fair wager forward that no side all season will turn over Manchester like we did on Saturday. more...
A BUDDING Worcestershire star of the future -- that's rookie paceman Kabir Ali. more...
March 15, 1999 Worcestershire Senior Cup, quarter-final more...
IT doesn't matter what word you use but `ruthless' springs to mind with the way we at Worcester Rugby Club mauled Rugby Lions 73-0 last Saturday. more...
OPENING batsman Paul Pollard has put last season's injury nightmares behind him and is hoping to help Worcestershire complete a dream season. more...
March 20, 1999, Nationwide Conference, Harriers 1, Dover 0 more...
SATURDAY'S visit of the mighty New Zealand All Blacks is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and I would recommend to everyone not to miss it. more...
EVER-improving Ryan Driver is on the road to what he hopes will be a highly successful career with Worcestershire. more...
March 27, 1999 Nationwide Conference, Barrow 0, Harriers 4 more...
AT last the World Cup is upon us and my tip for glory is New Zealand but I expect England to go close. more...
DAVID Leatherdale is on course to reach a personal milestone for the second time in his long Worcestershire career. more...
April 3, 1999 Nationwide Conference more...
WORCESTESHIRE spinner Matthew Rawnsley is convinced the time has come to step up his career plans at New Road. more...
April 5, 1999 Nationwide Conference more...
THE lads showed a tremendous amount of character to win our game at London Welsh as it could easily have drifted away from us after we fell 12-0 behind. more...
GLENN McGrath jetted out to Australia at the weekend with a rallying call to his Worc-estershire team-mates. more...
April 10, 1999 Nationwide Conference Morecambe 2, Harriers 1 more...
TWO seasons ago, I commented on the strawberries and ice cream image of the fans at Worcester, but that's now changing, and fast. more...
April 12, 1999 Nationwide Conference Harriers 4, Northwich 0 more...
THE biggest problem we have at the moment is avoiding the hype and getting on with our rugby. more...
THE road to cricketing success can have its ups and downs -- as Worcestershire's Kabir and Kadeer Ali have found out. more...
SIXWAYS has been a much quieter place than usual this week as all the senior players have been given a week's rest from training. more...
GLENN McGrath is aiming to make up for lost time with Worcestershire following his 17-day break "Down Under". more...
April 14, Worcestershire Senior Cup semi-final Harriers 6, Bromsgrove 1 Attendance: 515 more...
FRANCE'S stunning victory over New Zealand should sound a warning across the bows of complacency at Worcester. more...
VIKRAM Solanki was obviously delighted when he became the first Worcestershire player this season to complete 1,000 first-class runs -- but he's convinced he should have done it quicker! more...
April 17, 1999, Nationwide Conference, Dover 0, Harriers 1, Attendance: 925 more...
CONGRATULATIONS to Australia on becoming World Champions but I feel some hard work needs to be done to improve the tournament. more...
11/09/00 - WORCESTERSHIRE are about to set off on the final lap of a season which has had its fair share of trials and tribulations. more...
April 19, 1999, Worcestershire Senior Cup Final, Worcester City 3, Harriers 2, Attendance: 1,019 more...
I DISCOVERED some interesting statistics at the weekend which put our Teteley Bitter Cup victory at Kendal in a much better light. more...
NEW Road cricket committee chairman Martin Horton has hit out at the central contracts system for England players which severely restricted Graeme Hick's appearances for Worcestershire this season. more...
April 24, 1999 Nationwide Conference Stevenage 3 Harriers 0 more...
The waiting is nearly over, we're just 48 hours away from the biggest game so far this season at second-placed Leeds. more...
April 27, 1999 Worcestershire Senior Cup Final Harriers 2 Worcester City 0 more...
we're bitterly disappointed to have lost the Leeds game because it was so important for us in terms of winning the league. more...
May 1, 1999 Nationwide Conference Harriers 1, Barrow 2 more...
SATURDAY'S Allied Dunbar Premiership Two game at Exeter is going to be another tough one for Worcester Rugby Club. more...
Saturday, July 17, 1999. more...
Monday, July 19, 1999 more...
THERE were a few sleepless nights on Saturday among the management and players after our defeat at Exeter. more...
Tuesday, August 3, 1999. more...
AS we've reached the half-way stage of the season it's an ideal chance to look back on the story so far. more...
Monday, August 14, 1999. more...
OUR brave cup showing against London Irish on Monday showed we can rub shoulders with the big boys and, with a bit more polish, we would have won it. more...
THE final of this season's Bayliss Cup competition will be between Inkberrow and Bishampton. more...
WE built up last Saturday's clash with Leeds as a shoot-out and unfortunately we're the ones who lost out. more...
Saturday, August 21, 1999. more...
DURING the last week we've had a chance to study the fixtures of our promotion rivals and judging by the games they face our chance is far from over. more...
Monday, August 23, 1999. more...
A FEW jaws may have dropped when people saw Rotherham had thumped Exeter 34-0 last weekend -- but I've been saying they are the form team for some three weeks now. more...
Saturday, August 28, 1999 more...
ONE of rugby's finest tournaments kicks-off this Saturday and I believe the Six Nations will be both fascinating and very difficult to predict. more...
Monday, August 30, 1999 more...
THERE'S never a dull moment in rugby union these days and on Tuesday I found myself at a conference of Premiership clubs where the new law changes were explained. more...
IT'S the big one this weekend for the Six Nations as England travel to Paris looking for their first ever win at the Stade de France. more...
Saturday, September 4, 1999. more...
ANYBODY who thinks we're in for another cakewalk against Wakefield on Saturday had better think again. more...
Monday, September 6, 1999. more...
Saturday, September 11, 1999. more...
SATURDAY'S game against Wakefield was a real treat for rugby lovers and I thought both sides played some inventive rugby with the ball in hand. more...
Saturday, September 25,1999 more...
MAKE no mistake about it Worcester Rugby Club are heading for a do-or-die spell in their battle for Premiership Two title glory. more...
Saturday, October 2, 1999 more...
THERE'S no denying Saturday's defeat at Coventry was a hammer blow to our promotion bid. more...
Saturday, October 9, 1999 more...
IN the hurly, burly of the promotion race it's easy to forget there has been some terrific rugby played and last week's match against Exeter was the third cracking game in a row. more...
Saturday, October 16, 1999 more...
With no first team match this weekend it's more relaxed at Sixways this week but as the squad have been at it for some nine months now it's important to leave something in the tank. more...
Saturday, October 23, 1999 more...
I CAN'T remember the last time we went into a game as underdogs but that's how most people will look at Saturday's trip to Rotherham. more...
Monday, October 25, 1999. more...
Saturday, November 6, 1999 more...
Saturday, November 13, 1999 more...
Monday, November 15, 1999. more...
Saturday, November 20, 1999. more...
Saturday, November 27, 1999 more...
Saturday, December 4, 1999 more...
Monday, December 6, 1999 more...
Saturday, December 18, 1999 more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers' scheduled Nationwide League Division Three match at Plymouth Argyle tonight was postponed because of a waterlogged-Home Park pitch. more...
Monday, December 27, 1999 more...
Monday, January 3, 2000 more...
Saturday, January 8, 2000 more...
Tuesday, January 11, 2000. more...
Saturday, January 15, 2000. more...
Monday, January 17, 2000. more...
Saturday, January 22, 2000 more...
Monday, January 24, 2000 more...
Saturday, January 29, 2000 more...
WHAT a warming sight it was this winter to see Gra-eme Hick batting with such power and authority. more...
Monday, January 31, 2000. more...
ONE idea discussed by the ECB this winter was doing away with the toss of the coin in Championship cricket. The visiting side would be allowed choice of innings to prevent the home side from benefiting from pitches prepared to their advantage. more...
Saturday, February 5, 2000 more...
So at last we had some cricket at New Road. Mind you, April 22 and the seventh scheduled day of first class cricket is still earlier than most opening days to a season which I have experienced. more...
Tuesday, February 8, 2000. more...
THE toss of the coin seems likely to be an early season theme this year. more...
Saturday, February 12, 2000 more...
NEW Road on Bank Holiday Monday looked a picture for the home debut of the National League. Amid the sunshine and the bonhomie the cricket almost seemed incidental. Yet a tight game was played out in which Worcestershire pushed Yorkshire hard before being forced to concede the points. more...
AS I write Alamgir Sheriyar has been responsible for 16 out of the last 23 wickets which Worcestershire have taken. This is a remarkable effort, not least in view of the stamina he has displayed in the process. more...
Tuesday, February 15, 2000. more...
BY the time the Glamorgan game finished, Worcestershire had played very few days of first class cricket at New Road this year. more...
Saturday, February 19, 2000 more...
THE sun is shining but Worcestershire are inactive; the other teams are catching up on the seven County Championship matches which Worcestershire have attempted in this rain-soaked start to the season. more...
Monday, February 21, 2000 more...
THE World Cup is over - and what a debt we owe to Australia and South Africa for their two matches this last week. It was pure cricketing theatre. more...
Saturday, February 26, 2000 more...
I am delighted to be back at Worcester City as manager. I played there in the past and being at Worcester gave me a chance to go into the full-time game. more...
Monday, February 28, 2000 more...
WE are hoping that Saturday's FA Umbro Trophy victory at Hayes will be the start of better things for Worcester City. more...
Saturday, March 4, 2000 more...
WELL, Hicky's touch as captain continues to bed sure and if, between him and Tom, they can secure the signing of Glenn McGrath, then he might have made his most significant contribution as captain yet. more...
THE victory over Clevedon Town last Saturday was the biggest of the season in many respects. more...
Monday, March 6, 2000 more...
DISAPPOINTING though last Wednesday's defeat against Surrey in the NatWest Trophy was, I don't think we should be too cast down. more...
OUR victory over Ilkeston Town at the weekend was another welcome three points. more...
Saturday, March 11, 2000. more...
SPORT is full of "ifs" and "buts," none more so than cricket. "If only he'd caught that catch" - "but for that dodgy decision." more...
IT was nice to receive the Dr Martens League Premier Division manager of the month award for December. more...
Saturday, March 18, 2000 more...
LOOKING back on Worcestershire's four-day match with Leicestershire, it was a wonderful effort to save the game, batting through four sessions to do so with Phil Weston making a fine 157. more...
WE are back on the FA Umbro Trophy trail on Saturday with a home tie against Bromley. more...
Wednesday, March 23, 2000 more...
COMPETITIVE cricket has been thin on the ground recently for Worcestershire. more...
So it's official now Glenn McGrath will be playing for Worcestershire next year. more...
THE picture at Worcester City is starting to look brighter - but there's certainly no way we can afford to ease up. more...
Saturday, March 25, 2000 more...
I WAS delighted when Mark Owen decided to turn down an offer from Burton Albion to stay at Worcester City. more...
May 2, 1998: Vauxhall Conference, Harriers 0, Slough 1 more...
Monday, March 27, 2000 more...
IT'S another big game for Worcester City on Saturday when we go to Stalybridge Celtic in the fourth round of the FA Umbro Trophy. more...
April 27, 1998: Worcestershire Senior Cup Final, Harriers 2, Solihull 1 more...
Saturday, April 1, 2000 more...
OVER the years you get some good moments in football and Saturday's FA Trophy win at Stalybridge was a great day for everyone connected with Worcester City. more...
April 25, 1998: Vauxhall Conference, Kettering 2, Harriers 2 more...
OUR eight-match winning run was halted with a 1-0 defeat against Bath City on Saturday. more...
April 18, 1998: Vauxhall Conference, Harriers 0, Halifax 2 more...
Saturday, April 8, 2000 more...
SATURDAY'S FA Umbro Trophy fifth round tie at Telford United will be a big day for everyone connected with the club. more...
Saturday, April 15, 2000 more...
THERE'S no doubting the talking point this week and that's Sam Bowen's sending-off in Saturday's FA Umbro Trophy defeat at Telford United. more...
April 13, 1998: Vauxhall Conference, Northwich 1, Harriers 1 more...
Saturday, April 22, 2000 more...
REDDITCH United manager Rob Smith is ready to wield the axe as his side welcome Paget Rangers to the Valley Stadium tonight (7.30). more...
WE have another chance to test ourselves against one of the top sides on Saturday when we travel to Bath City. more...
April 11, 1998: Vauxhall Conference, Harriers 2, Welling 1 more...
Monday, April 24, 2000 more...
Coming Soon..... more...
I THOUGHT Saturday's game at Bath City was our best 90 minutes for a good while. more...
April 4, 1998: Vauxhall Conference, Stevenage 3, Harriers 1 more...
Saturday, April 30, 2000 more...
AS soon as Worcester City can get to 50 points in the Dr Martens League Premier Division the better as far as I'm concerned. more...
March 24, 1998: Vauxhall Conference, Cheltenham 0 Harriers 1 more...
Saturday, May 6, 2000 more...
March 21, 1998: Vauxhall Conference, Woking 0 Harriers 1 more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers' scheduled Nationwide League Division Three match at Plymouth Argyle tonight was postponed because of a waterlogged-Home Park pitch. more...
SATURDAY was probably one of the longest days since I have had in non-league football when we went to Margate. more...
March 18, 1998: Vauxhall Conference, Gateshead 2 Harriers 0 more...
WE face an interesting home game against Dorchester Town on Saturday after failing to take any points over the Easter weekend. more...
March 12, 1998: Worcestershire Senior Cup, semi-final, Harriers 1 Halesowen 0 more...
IT is a big relief to finally know that we will be playing in the same division next season. more...
March 9, 1998: Vauxhall Conference, Harriers 1 Hednesford Town 1 more...
THERE were some encouraging signs as Worcester City rounded off the season at Clevedon Town. more...
February 28, 1998: Vauxhall Conference, Harriers 3 Yeovil Town 1 more...
February 23, 1998: Vauxhall Conference, Harriers 5 Stalybridge Celtic 0 more...
February 21, 1998: Vauxhall Conference, Welling 0 Harriers 3 Attendance, 613 more...
February 18, 1998: Worcestershire Senior Cup Quarter-final replay, Harriers 1, Stourbridge 1 aet - Harriers win 3-0 on penalties more...
February 14, 1998: Vauxhall Conference, Harriers 1, Southport 1 more...
February 7, 1998: Vauxhall Conference Telford Utd 1, Harriers 1 more...
January 31, 1998: FA Trophy Round 2: Hayes 5 Harriers 0 more...
January 27, 1998: Worcestershire Senior Cup Q/Final: Stourbridge 0, Harriers 0 more...
January 24, 1998: Vauxhall Conference: Harriers 1 Morecambe 4 more...
NB To be updated before launch........ more...
January 17, 1998: Vauxhall Conference: Hayes 1, Harriers 1 more...
January 10, 1998: FA Trophy Round 1: Harriers 4, Berkhamsted 1 more...
January 1, 1998: Vauxhall Conference: Harriers 1, Hereford 4 more...
December 26, 1997: Vauxhall Conference, Hereford Utd 1, Harriers 0 more...
December 20, 1997: Vauxhall Conference, Harriers 1, Leek 1 more...
December 13, 1997: Vauxhall Conference, Slough 2, Harriers 0 more...
December 6, 1997: Vauxhall Conference, Harriers 3, Dover 3 more...
November 29, 1997: Vauxhall Conference, Farnborough 3, Harriers 3 more...
November 22, 1997: Vauxhall Conference, Harriers 4, Kettering 1 more...
November 17, 1997: Spalding Cup Round 2, Harriers 0, Hednesford 2 more...
November 15, 1997: Vauxhall Conference, Rushden 4, Harriers 1 more...
November 11, 1997: Vauxhall Conference, Halifax 2, Harriers 1 more...
November 1, 1997: Vauxhall Conference, Harriers 1, Woking 1 more...
October 25, 1997: FA Cup, 4th Qualifying Round, Blyth 2, Harriers 1 more...
October 18, 1997: Vauxhall Conference, Harriers 1, Rushden 2 more...
October 11, 1997: Vauxhall Conference, Southport 1, Harriers 2 more...
A DRAW was the only result when Worcestershire's weather-affected Championship game resumed at Durham today. more...
Pace duo Chris Liptrot and Stuart Lampitt did their best to make up for lost time when Worcestershire's rain-ravaged County Championship match against Surrey finally got underway at New Road yesterday. more...
STEVE Rhodes has pledged Worcestershire will not feel sorry for themselves following their ten-wicket defeat at Trent Bridge and the loss of Graeme Hick for almost two months. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers today confirmed the appointment of Gary Barnett as assistant to new manager Jan Molby. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE coach Bill Athey praised pace bowler Alamgir Sheriyar after his weakened team had fallen as expected to Hampshire by seven wickets at Southampton. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers will kick-off their pre-season friendlies at Gloucester City on Saturday, July 17 (3pm). more...
BILL Athey drew some encouragement from Worcestershire's display against Warwickshire despite it resulting in his side's third successive defeat in the County Championship. more...
MANAGER Jan Molby is tracking two Football League players in a bid to strengthen Kidderminster Harriers' squad in readiness for their Nationwide Conference campaign which opens on Saturday, August 14. more...
ACTING captain Steve Rhodes believes Worcestershire can use their 48-run victory over Glamorgan at New Road as a launchpad to climb up the County Champion-ship table. more...
FOUR Danish trialists are set to arrive at Kidderminster Harriers -- while Dean Glover has parted company with the club. more...
GRAEME Hick compiled a masterly 134 to deny Sussex victory as Worcestershire fought back courageously on the final day of their Championship game at Horsham. more...
FORMER Stockport County midfielder Simon Travis is having trials with Kidderminster Harriers. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE shot up to 12th place in the County Championship table after beating Somerset by 26 runs at New Road yesterday. more...
NEW Zealand made a cautious start after being put into bat by England in the fourth Test at the Oval today. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE'S admirable never-say-die attitude reaped its reward at Wantage Road in the shape of an excellent 112-run victory over sorry Northamptonshire. more...
NOVEMBER could prove to be the most crucial month of Worcester City's season to date. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers manager Jan Molby plans to step his bid to sign Danish trialist Rene Petersen. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE skipper Tom Moody believes his side are on the right track following their third County Championship victory in four games. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers will have John Deakin and Mark Druce available for tomorrow's pre-season friendly with Evesham United at Common Road (3.00). more...
A CENTURY stand between ton-up star Philip Weston and Graeme Hick gave Worcestershire a chance of beating second-in-the-table Leicestershire in their County Championship game at New Road. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers manager Jan Molby has intensified his search for new blood and is to give trials to two more players in tonight's friendly at Halesowen Harriers (7.30). more...
WORCESTERSHIRE put up a much better fight at Headingley yesterday when they avoided the indignity of an innings defeat and then claimed a consolation wicket before Yorkshire scored the token four runs they required for their sixth win of the season. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE were on the receiving end of a whirlwind batting performance from Ian Blackwell when Derbyshire clinched a six-wicket win in the County Championship match at Kidderminster. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE'S hopes of a place in the first division of the County Championship next season are fading following their rain-ravaged draw against Lancashire at New Road. more...
GARY Barnett says ambition is the chief reason behind his move to Kidderminster Harriers as Jan Molby's right-hand man. more...
GRAEME Hick is confident Worcestershire's stay in the second division of the County Championship will be a brief one. more...
THE Premiership stars of Aston Villa will be out in force tonight to honour one of Kidderminster Harriers' most loyal servants. more...
PACEMAN Alamgir Sheriyar proved to be the only winner in Worcestershire's rain abandoned County Championship draw against Middlesex at New Road. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers are poised to sign Crewe Alexandra midfielder James Collins on a 12-month loan. more...
JAN Molby's slick Kidderminster Harriers outfit claimed another pre-season victory at Merthyr Tydfil, winning 2-1 despite trailing for much of the first 45 minutes. more...
FORMER Aston Villa defender Phil King has become Kidderminster Harriers' latest recruit. more...
A NEW era is dawning at Kidderminster - but will it lead to a place in the Football League? more...
THE waiting is finally over for Jan Molby as he prepares to lead Kidderminster Harriers into Nationwide Conference battle. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers manager Jan Molby is telling his players to expect a backlash from Yeovil Town when the sides clash in tonight's Nationwide Conference match at Huish Park (7.45). more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers manager Jan Molby has not ruled out making a playing comeback - although he says it is unlikely. more...
Kidderminster Harriers midfielder Shaun Cunnington has been transfer-listed by manager Jan Molby. more...
JOHN Deakin is set to make his Worcester City debut in their Dr Martens League Premier Division game at Dorchester Town tomorrow (3.00). more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers manager Jan Molby says he will not be rushed into the transfer market despite his side's poor start to the season. more...
JAN Molby is urging Kidderminster Harriers fans to be patient despite their pointless start to the season. more...
"BE brave" will be the message from Jan Molby to his Kidderminster Harriers side for tomorrow's testing trip to Nationwide Conference leaders Stevenage Borough (3.00). more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers manager Jan Molby today hit out at the inconsistency of referees after being at the centre of a sending off blitz in Saturday's Nationwide Conference clash at Stevenage. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE neatly side-stepped a banana skin lying in wait for them at Exmouth to beat Devon by 45 runs and book a home tie with Surrey in the fourth round of the NatWest Trophy. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers' manager Jan Molby is warning his players to ignore the media hype which is surrounding their historic Nationwide Conference clash against Nuneaton Borough at Aggborough tonight (7.45). more...
COACH Bill Athey is urging his Worcestershire players to shake off yesterday's NatWest Trophy defeat against Surrey and step up their bid to move into the top half of the County Championship table. more...
DEPLETED Kidderminster Harriers recall goalkeeper Stuart Brock for tomorrow's Nat-ionwide Conference clash at Morecambe (3.0). more...
RYAN Driver celebrated his NatWest Trophy debut for Worcestershire with a match-winning innings in yesterday's tense three-wicket triumph over holders Gloucestershire at New Road. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers are boosted by the return of three key players for tomorrow's home Nationwide Conference clash with Doncaster Rovers (3.00). more...
DMW August 14 more...
DMW August 17 more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers boss Jan Molby is stepping up his bid to sign his two loan players on a permanent basis. more...
FAC preliminary round August 21 more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers have been rocked by major injury problems for their Nationwide Macmillan Trophy first round clash at Altrincham tonight (7.45). more...
DMW August 28 more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers goalkeeper Stuart Brock has gone on the transfer list at his own request. more...
DMW August 30 more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers casualty list is starting to shorten as manager Jan Mol-by prepares his side for tomorrow's Nat-ionwide Conference clash against high-riding Yeovil at Aggborough (3.0). more...
DMW September 11 more...
FORMER Liverpool ace Jan Molby is about to get his first taste of FA Cup action -- at non-league level. more...
HEREFORD United could be closing in on another new signing. more...
DMW September 14 more...
SCOTT Stamps is poised to complete a free-transfer move to Kidderminster Harriers this week. more...
THE chance of picking up silverware tomorrow will give a competitive edge to Hereford United's pre-season friendly against Stoke City at Edgar Street (3pm). more...
DMW September 18 more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers front-runner Mark Druce has overcome an injury scare and is set to line up against Welling United in tomorrow's FA Cup fourth qualifying round clash at Park View Road (3.00). more...
HEREFORD United could land their second piece of silverware this season tonight - with the start of their Nationwide Conference programme still 18 days away. more...
DMW September 25 more...
FORMER Danish international Jan Molby's high profile presence at Aggborough is gathering momentum - at home and abroad! more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers boss Jan Molby has escaped with just a ticking-off following his dismissal at Stevenage Borough last month. more...
HEREFORD United will eagerly await the return of striker Steven Piearce after their 2-0 defeat by Shrewsbury Town in a friendly at Edgar Street last night. more...
DMW September 28 more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers manager Jan Molby is learning the harsh reality of life in the Nationwide Conference when it comes to finding a striker. more...
HEREFORD United Director of Football Graham Turner fears that new striker Steve Piearce could miss the start of the season. more...
DMW October 2 more...
WORCESTER Table Tennis League champions, Redditch Roamers `A,' made a shaky start to the Division One season when they were held to a draw by newly-promoted Civil Service `A'. more...
FAT round one October 9 more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers midfielder Andy Brownrigg faces up to six weeks on the sidelines after a cartilage operation. more...
PAUL Sturgess could become the latest addition to Hereford United's squad. more...
DMW October 16 more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers could be heading for their lowest-ever Nationwide Conference attendance when they entertain Southport on November 13. more...
HEREFORD United's Independent Supporters' Association has bought a 10 per cent stake in the club. more...
NEW Road spectators saw ton-up Graeme Hick at his best when he blasted Worcestershire to a seven-wicket win in their County Championship Division Two match against Middlesex. more...
DMW October 23 more...
FORMER Birmingham City captain Ian Clarkson has agreed an 18-month deal with Kidderminster Harriers. more...
COACH Bill Athey was delighted with the all- round performance of his team after Worcestershire pulled off their second County Championship win in three matches. more...
DMW October 26 more...
IAN Clarkson is looking forward to resurrecting his career with Kidderminster Harriers. more...
HEREFORD fans can look forward to an improved season at Edgar Street -- but a return to the Nationwide League still looks a long way off. more...
WORCESTERSHIRE were denied the chance of a third Championship win by another wash-out at Bristol and no one was more frustrated than Vikram Solanki. more...
DMW October 30 more...
NEWCOMER Ian Clarkson is included in Kidderminster Harriers squad for tomorrow's Nationwide Conference clash at Telford United (3.0). more...
NEW star striker Steve Piearce is confident he can score the goals to fire Hereford United back into the Football League. more...
DMW November 6 more...
UNLUCKY Andy Brownrigg is facing up to a frustrating couple of months on the sidelines -- but he's already looking forward to the day he can return to action for Kidderminster Harriers. more...
HEREFORD United could hand a debut to defender Paul Sturgess in tonight's Nationwide Conference clash with Nuneaton Borough at Edgar Street (7.45). more...
GRAEME Hick rapidly began to make up for lost time when Worcestershire's rain-ravaged County Championship match against Glamorgan finally got under way at New Road yesterday. more...
DMW November 9 more...
MANAGER Jan Molby is hoping Steve Taylor can bounce back from injury to help cure Kidderminster Harriers worrying lack of fire-power. more...
HEREFORD United Director of Football Graham Turner is still not committing himself to a permanent move for defender Paul Sturgess. more...
COACH Bill Athey hopes that table-topping Worcestershire's two-day County Division Two defeat against Sussex at New Road is "just a blip in our progress." more...
DMW November 15 more...
STEVE Pope has recovered from injury to take his place in Kidderminster Harriers' squad for tomorrow's Nationwide Conference clash against Southport at Aggborough (3.00). more...
HEREFORD United's resources could be stretched to the limit for tonight's Nationwide Conference match at Morecambe (7.45). more...
WORCESTERSHIRE lost their the top of the table spot in the County Championship Division Two after going down by 81 runs to Glamorgan at Swansea. more...
JAN Molby's healthy progress at Aggborough since taking over the reigns at Kidderminster Harriers has started catching the eye of other clubs. more...
HEREFORD United's selection problems show little sign of easing before tomorrow's Nationwide Conference trip to Welling United (3.00). more...
Dr Martens' Cup round one, November 16 more...
Ten Kidderminster Harriers players and six from Worcester City are in the Worcestershire squad for the Midland Counties Youth Championship clash with Birmingham on Sunday (2.00). more...
HEREFORD United are hoping that the return of Ian Wright will help solve their defensive problems. more...
DMW November 20 more...
HEREFORD United Director of Football Graham Turner has called on his defenders to try and sharpen up their act. more...
GLENN McGrath powered Worcestershire back into the County Championship Division Two promotion race with a magical match-winning performance against Gloucestershire at New Road. more...
DMW November 27 more...
MANAGER Jan Molby wants his players to step up their Nationwide Conference title bid tomorrow by ending Northwich Victoria's unbeaten home record (3.00). more...
SKIPPER Ian Wright is poised to return to Hereford United's line-up for tonight's Nationwide Conference home clash with Forest Green Rovers (7.45). more...
WORCESTERSHIRE'S County Championship Division Two promotion hopes are sinking fast following their ten wicket mauling against Essex at Kidderminster. more...
DMW December 4 more...
CHAIRMAN Lionel Newton is threatening to sell Kidderminster Harriers unless the club receive more support from the community. more...
HEREFORD United have received a timely boost ahead of tomorrow's home Nationwide Conference clash with high-flying Stevenage Borough (3.00). more...
LONG-serving paceman Stuart Lampitt claimed a career-best 7-45 as promotion-chasing Worcestershire moved into second place in the County Championship Division Two table with a well-earned nine-wicket victory over rivals Warwickshire at New Road. more...
WSC R2 December 7 more...
STRIKER Ian Foster has been added to Kidderminster Harriers squad for tomorrow's FA Umbro Trophy second round tie against Telford United at Aggborough (3.00). more...
VIKRAM Solanki again confirmed his rich potential with another masterly unbeaten 57 in the rain-affected Championship draw against Warwickshire at Edgbaston. more...
DMW December 18 more...
MANAGER Jan Molby is convinced Kidderminster Harriers have a chance of Nationwide Conference title glory - provided they can get on a roll! more...
SKIPPER Ian Wright will return to the Hereford United line-up for tomorrow's Nationwide Conference game at Dover Athletic (3.00). more...
THE tremendous efforts of Glenn McGrath have failed to secure Worcestershire promotion from the County Championship Division Two. more...
DMW December 27 more...
UTILITY player Steve Taylor continues on the comeback trail to-night when he plays for Kidderminster Harriers in their Optimum Interiors Central Conference Lea-gue match at Hednesford. more...
GRAHAM Turner is backing his Hereford United side to rise to the occasion when Rushden and Diamonds visit Edgar Street in the Nationwide Conference tonight (7.45). more...
DMW January 3 more...
RENE Petersen and Steve Taylor have been added to Kidderminster Harriers squad for their top-of-the-table Nationwide Conference clash against Kingstonian at Aggborough tomorrow (3pm). more...
FORMER Hereford United boss Colin Addison is anxious to treat his return to Edgar Street tomorrow as "just another game". more...
DMW January 8 more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers' run of crucial matches continues with a testing trip to Scarborough tomorrow (3.00). more...
HEREFORD United Director of Football Graham Turner says he is relieved his side will not be facing Newport County in the FA Cup fourth qualifying round. more...
DMW January 15 more...
PAUL Webb believes he can still realise his burning ambition of playing for Kidderminster Harriers in the Football League. more...
HEREFORD United Director of Football Graham Turner admits his players are feeling the effects of a punishing start to the season. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers have midfielder Rene Petersen back in their squad for tomorrow's Nationwide Conference clash against title rivals Morecambe at Aggborough (3pm). more...
LEROY May could be in line for a Hereford United striking return in tomorrow's Nationwide Conference game at Woking (3.00). more...
Sunday, April 16, 2000 more...
DMW January 18 more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers manager Jan Molby is hoping Hereford United will be suffering from an FA Cup hangover when the sides clash in Monday's Nationwide Conference showdown at Edgar Street (1.00). more...
CUP success this season could be vital to Hereford United's future -- says Director of Football Graham Turner. more...
COACH Bill Athey admitted that Worcestershire were "bitterly disappointed" at being knocked out of the Benson and Hedges Cup in yesterday's ten-over thrash against Warwickshire at Edgbaston. more...
DMW January 22 more...
CASH-strapped Hereford United have received a vital boost. more...
DMW January 29 more...
TITLE-chasing Kidderminster Harriers could have defender Steve Pope back in their squad for Bank Holiday Monday's Nationwide Conference clash against Hereford United at Aggborough (1.00). more...
WORCESTER and Rotherham rugby clubs could mount a legal challenge that could see both promoted into the sports top division. more...
THERE will be no FA Cup slip-ups for Hereford United this year -- says star striker Paul Fewings. more...
DMW February 19 more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers go into tomorrow's top-of-the-table Nationwide Conference clash at Nuneaton Borough (3.00) with manager Jan Molby insisting: "It's a match we must win." more...
GOLDEN girl Julie Sharpe is the toast of Worcester after helping her country lift the European Lacrosse Championship in Manchester. more...
KEY defender Ian Wright is tipping Hereford United to make a strong challenge to regain their Nationwide League status. more...
DMW March 4 more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers boss Jan Molby had his first taste of the thrills and spills of derby matches against arch rivals Hereford United over Christmas and New Year -- and he admitted to being impressed. more...
DMW March 11 more...
MANAGER Jan Molby today underlined his determination to keep Kidderminster Harriers at the top of the Nationwide Conference. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club were due to announce the signing of two new players today. more...
PAUL Fewings is out to make up for lost time . . . by firing the goals to put Hereford United into contention for the Nationwide Conference title. more...
DMW March 14 more...
ANDY Brownrigg and Phil King are set to return after injury for Kidderminster Harriers' Worcestershire Senior Cup second round clash against Stourbridge at Amblecote tonight (7.30). more...
MALVERN mountain bikers Tracy Moseley and Liam Killeen are set to dominate the National Mountain Bike Championships this weekend. more...
GRAHAM Turner believes his Hereford United side can beat York City in Saturday's FA Cup first round tie -- but acknowledges it will be tough. more...
WSC SF March 20 more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers can open up a three point lead at the top of the Nationwide Conference table to-morrow when they entertain Hayes at Aggborough (3.00). more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club have signed two more players as they prepare for the new season. more...
IAN Rodgerson is backing his home-town club to write another chapter in their impressive FA Cup history. more...
DMW March 25 more...
IAN Foster believes table-topping Kidderminster Harriers can overcome the odds and beat favourites Rushden and Diamonds to the Nationwide Conference title. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club's two new boys have spoken of their ambition to lead the club to promotion this season. more...
MARK Jones is emerging from his brother's shadow to play a key role in Hereford United's revival. more...
DMW March 28 more...
RESPECT for manager Jan Molby is the key to Kidderminster Harriers impressive climb to the top of the Nationwide Conference. more...
HEREFORD United are in the running for a £75,000 windfall from Sky Television. more...
MANAGER Jan Molby believes Kidderminster Harriers can expect a three-pronged attack from sides determined to stop his table-toppers from being crowned Nationwide Conference champions. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club are due to kick off the new Allied Dunbar Premiership Two season with a trip to Manchester on September 4. more...
HEREFORD United's FA Cup hero Leroy May has a chance to establish himself in the side. more...
DMW April 1 more...
MIDFIELDERS Mike Marsh and Dean Bennett will be back for Nationwide Conference table-toppers Kidderminster Harriers when they visit Kingstonian tomorrow (3.0). more...
HEREFORD United's FA Cup hero Leroy May looks set to miss their Nationwide Macmillan Trophy second round tie at Yeovil Town tonight (7.45). more...
DMW April 8 more...
CECIL Duckworth said he is taking a back seat in Worcester Rugby Club's last-ditch attempt to secure a first division place. more...
HEREFORD United have received another cash windfall -- courtesy of their former player Gavin Mahon. more...
DMW April 15 more...
SKIPPER Paul Webb admits that high-flying Kidderminster Harriers' rapid upturn in fortunes has happened "quicker than in our wildest dreams." more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club have announced their ticket prices for next season despite their continued quest for first division status. more...
INJURIES will stretch Hereford United to the limit for tomorrow's Nationwide Conference clash with Northwich Victoria at Edgar Street (3.00). more...
DMW April 22 more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers table-topping campaign in the Nationwide Conference has been marked by top awards to boss Jan Molby and leading scorer Ian Foster. more...
Junior international hooker James Richards has become the ninth new signing at Worcester Rugby Club. more...
LIFE-LONG Hereford United fan Ron Parrott is preparing a second book on his Edgar Street heroes. more...
DMW April 24 more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers manager Jan Molby is happy to wait until the end of the season before discussing the offer of a new two-year contract at Aggborough. more...
THE owners of rugby's second division clubs were due to meet at Sixways today with a cloud still hanging over the new season. more...
HOLDERS Kidderminster Harriers have been drawn at home to Bromsgrove Rovers in the semi-final of the Worcestershire FA Senior Cup. more...
COACH Duncan Hall has stunned Worcester Rugby Club by quitting on the eve of the new season. more...
HEREFORD United's FA Cup hero Leroy May could be fit for Sunday's FA Cup second round showdown with Hartlepool United. more...
DMW May 1 more...
MANAGER Jan Molby believes the experience of war-horses Mike Marsh and Ian Clarkson holds the key to Kidderminster Harriers' bid to win the Nationwide Con-ference. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club are poised to unveil Simon Devereux as their 12th summer signing. more...
HEREFORD United striker Rob Elmes says Sunday's televised FA Cup second round clash with Hartlepool United is the biggest game of his career. more...
DMW April 29 more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers will be hoping to open up a wider gap at the top of the Nationwide Conference table when they take on Hednesford Town at Aggborough tomorrow (3.0). more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club's latest signing Simon Devereux has revealed his move to Sixways has not been motivated by money. more...
HEREFORD United are celebrating today after being drawn at home to mighty Leicester City in the third round of the FA Cup. more...
DMW May 6 more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers manager Jan Molby believes that all the pieces of the jigsaw at Aggborough are in place -- except one! more...
FORMER England coach Geoff Cooke is poised to join Worcester Rugby Club as their new Chief Executive. more...
LEICESTER City manager Martin O'Neill is warning his side to expect a tough FA Cup third round tie at Hereford United. more...
WORCESTER-born Neil Morris has become Kidderminster Harriers' latest `signing'. more...
THE flood of new players to Sixways has been matched by a wave of departures including several first-teamers from last season. more...
HEREFORD United's FA Cup third round tie with Leicester City will be played on Saturday, December 11 with a 1pm kick-off. more...
DIRECTORS at Kidderminster Harriers will be taking steps to turn around the club's poor financial performances off the field. more...
PORTUGUESE international Rohan Hoffman has become Les Cusworth's thirteenth signing of the season. more...
HEREFORD United's players have been urged to get their feet back on the ground before tomorrow's home FA Umbro Trophy clash with Barton Rovers (3.00). more...
DIRECTORS of Kidderminster Harriers are hoping for a "fav-ourable outcome" to talks with former Aggborough chairman David Reynolds over repayment of a £212,563 loan. more...
HEREFORD United's FA Cup hero Rob Elmes says he would relish the chance to become a full-time player. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club are continuing to boost their senior squad with the arrival of two junior England internationals at Sixways. more...
HEREFORD United will receive another windfall of almost £20,000 after their FA Cup third round clash with Leicester City on December 11 was selected for television coverage by the BBC. more...
NATIONWIDE Conference leaders Kidderminster Harriers will be aiming to sidestep a potential banana skin when they travel to meet Kettering Town to-morrow (3.0). more...
ROTHERHAM Rugby Club are to continue their legal action against the reduction of the top division following a fruitless meeting yesterday. more...
MATT Clarke could be set for a surprise Hereford United recall in tomorrow's Nationwide Conference home clash with Southport (3.00). more...
TABLE-topping Kidderminster Harriers manager Jan Molby is convinced that the race for the Nationwide Conference title will go right down to the wire. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club have denied that Duncan Hall's dramatic departure was to make way for their new chief executive Geoff Cook. more...
HEREFORD United still have around 1,000 tickets left for Saturday's FA Cup clash with Leicester City at Edgar Street. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers midfielder Rene Petersen has joined Danish First Division Hvidovre on loan until July. more...
UNLESS England captain Martin Johnson can lift the Webb Ellis Trophy aloft as a World Cup winner in November, Worcester's latest signing will remain the most successful England manager of all time. more...
TITLE-chasing Kidderminster Harriers will have a new on-loan striker in their squad for tomorrow's Nationwide Conference clash against lowly Welling United at Aggborough (3.00). more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club open their pre-season campaign with a friendly against Irish side Connaught at Sixways tomorrow (3.00). more...
ROB Elmes hopes to add his name to Hereford United's FA Cup hall of fame when they face Leicester City in Saturday's third round tie. more...
MANAGER Jan Molby believes midfielder Shaun Cunnington can put his injury plagued season behind him and play a part in Kidderminster Harriers bid for the Nationwide Conference title. more...
EXETER prop forward James Alvis could be the latest new arrival at Sixways. more...
GRAHAM Turner believes Hereford United have a chance of making more FA Cup headlines against mighty Leicester City tomorrow. more...
Saturday, September 4, 1999. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers utility player Steve Taylor is returning to Aggborough after a loan spell with Halesowen Town. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club's fight to get into Allied Dunbar Premiership One has been put on hold. more...
HEREFORD United's former FA Cup hero Ricky George is writing a book to recall his double sporting triumph. more...
Saturday, September 11, 1999. more...
JAN Molby believes the next four days could be the most crucial of the season for his table-topping Kidderminster Harriers side. more...
THE legal challenge that could see Rotherham and Worcester Rugby Clubs promoted to the Allied Dunbar Premiership One is to be heard in the High Court. more...
PAUL Parry reflected on the moment when he came within inches of writing his name into FA Cup folklore. more...
Saturday, September 25, 1999 more...
EXPERIENCED midfielder Mike Marsh is convinced Kidderminster Harriers have the right credentials to clinch Football League promotion. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club will be battling it out against Welsh Premiership side Bridgend at the first ever Sixways Open Day. more...
CLUBS are queuing up to take a look at Hereford United's teenage sensation Paul Parry. more...
HOT-shot Ian Foster will return to table-topping Kidderminster Harriers' starting line-up for tonight's Nationwide Conference clash at Doncaster Rovers (7.45). more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club have kept faith with the old guard as they step up their pre-season programme with Sunday's match against Bridgend. more...
HEREFORD United have been allocated 3,400 tickets for their FA Cup third round replay at Leicester City next Wednesday. more...
Saturday, October 2, 1999 more...
MANAGER Jan Molby believes Rushden & Diamonds are still favourites to win the Nationwide Conference -- despite his side storming into a four point lead at the top of the table. more...
THOUGHTS of their FA Cup replay with Leicester City will be banned for Hereford United's players tomorrow. more...
Friday, October 8, 1999 more...
ROTHERHAM Rugby Club believe their High Court challenge is not being taken seriously -- even though they are ready to pay a £100,000 security charge. more...
HEREFORD United's teenage star Paul Parry says they can still pull off an upset in tomorrow's FA Cup third round replay at Leicester City. more...
Saturday, October 16, 1999 more...
A FORMER chairman of Kidderminster Harriers is prepared to wait four years for the Nationwide Conference leaders to pay him back a loan of £212,563. more...
EXETER prop forward James Alvis will be on trial for Worcester as part of the club's first Open Day at Sixways on Sunday. more...
YOUNGSTERS Paul Parry and Gavin Williams have been pinpointed as the key men as Hereford United bid for more FA Cup glory tonight. more...
Saturday, October 23, 1999 more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers will be bidding to open up a seven points gap at the top of the Nationwide Conference table tomorrow when they entertain Altrincham at Aggborough (3.00). more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club have confirmed they have parted company with former rugby league utility back Phil Hassan. more...
AN injury to England striker Emile Heskey has boosted Hereford United's hopes of Cup glory at Leicester City tonight. more...
Saturday, November 13, 1999 more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers manager Jan Molby is running the rule over a young centre-half who is on Premier Division Southampton's books. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club are set to decide whether Exeter prop James Alvis can solve a mini crisis in their front row. more...
DEFENDER Ian Clarkson believes Kidderminster Harriers need have no fears about what to expect in the Football League if they clinch promotion from the Nationwide Conference. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club are fielding a mixture of trialists and newcomers in their friendly at home to Llanharan tomorrow. more...
GRAHAM Turner reflected today on how close his Hereford United team came to another £300,000 FA Cup windfall. more...
Saturday, November 20, 1999. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers midfielder Thomas Skovbjerg is expected to be out of action for at least eight months. more...
ROTHERHAM Rugby Club are confident of victory in their High Court case against the game's ruling bodies. more...
PAUL Sturgess is confident Hereford United can shake off their FA Cup blues in time for Monday's Nationwide Conference derby with Kidderminster Harriers at Edgar Street (1.00). more...
Saturday, November 27, 1999 more...
TABLE-topping Kidderminster Harriers will have defender Scott Stamps back in their squad for tomorrow's Nationwide Conference clash at struggling Welling United (3.0). more...
WORCESTER will be playing Second Division rugby this season after Rotherham lost yesterday's High Court case against the game's ruling bodies. more...
JAMES Wall is set for a rare starting appearance for Hereford United at Kidderminster Harriers on Monday. more...
Saturday, December 4, 1999 more...
EXPERIENCED goalkeeper Tim Clarke is convinced ambitious Kidderminster Harriers can hit back from their title-chasing stutter against Altrincham last Saturday and go on to secure a place in the Football League. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club have included 13 of their summer signings for the training weekend in Cornwall. more...
HEREFORD United have the rare luxury of a Saturday off tomorrow. more...
Saturday, Decmber 11, 1999 more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers will parade a number of players who have been on the fringe of the first team for tonight's Worcestershire FA Senior Cup semi-final clash against cash-strapped Bromsgrove Rovers at Aggborough (7.45). more...
THREE members of Worcester Ladies' rugby team are setting off to Europe to represent England on a Summer development tour. more...
A WEEKEND free of games provides an opportunity to assess Hereford United's season so far. more...
Saturday, December 18, 1999 more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers' Nationwide Conference showdown with title rivals Rushden & Diamonds at Aggborough on Saturday, April 8, will now be an all-ticket affair. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club are facing a problem at full-back less than two weeks before the start of the new season. more...
INJURIES and illness are threatening to leave Hereford United decimated for tomorrow's FA Umbro Trophy third round tie at Billericay Town (3.00). more...
Monday, January 3, 2000 more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers manager Jan Molby is hoping to have a new player in his table-topping side for Saturday's Nationwide Conference clash against relegation-threatened Telford United at Aggborough. more...
HEREFORD United Director of Football Graham Turner is backing at least one of his players to get an England call-up this season. more...
Saturday, January 8, 2000 more...
WORCESTER stepped up their pre-season warm-up with a comfortable 43-14 friendly victory over a Cornwall President's XV in Redruth. more...
GRAHAM Turner has admitted that Hereford United's shock FA Umbro Trophy exit may prevent him making any more new signings this season. more...
Saturday, January 15, 2000. more...
NEW signing James Alvis is included in Worcester Rugby Club's squad to face National Cup champions Wasps in a pre-season warm-up match at Sixways on Saturday (3pm). more...
HEREFORD United's Director of Football Graham Turner has given his backing to fresh plans to redevelop Edgar Street. more...
Saturday, January 22, 2000 more...
LAWRENCE Dallaglio is a possible late inclusion for the London Wasps squad to play against Worcester at Sixways on Saturday. more...
HEREFORD United Director of Football Graham Turner believes his players are still suffering from the after-effects of their FA Cup run. more...
Saturday, February 12, 2000 more...
CENTRE Duncan Hughes has been asked to fill Worcester Rugby Club's problem full-back berth for tomorrow's final pre-season game at home to cup holders Wasps. more...
WORCESTER lock Dave Sims will miss the start of the league campaign with a foot injury. more...
HEREFORD United's FA Cup run has saved them from having a serious cash-flow problem over the next few weeks. more...
Saturday, February 26, 2000 more...
WORCESTER'S boy wonder Andrew Higgins will make his full debut as the Gold `n' Blues start their league campaign at Manchester tomorrow. more...
HEREFORD United are set for a double boost in tomorrow's Nationwide Conference match at Northwich Victoria. more...
Saturday, March 11, 2000. more...
LOCK Richard Denhardt has become the first Worcester Rugby Club player to be sent off in five years. more...
HEREFORD United Director of Football Graham Turner has not ruled out further expeditions into the loan signing market. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club's new chief executive Geoff Cooke described Saturday's 36-7 victory at Manchester as a "dream performance". more...
THREE of Hereford United's talented youngsters have signed two-year extensions to their contracts. more...
Saturday, March 25, 2000 more...
PROP Tony Windo said he will be playing for the whole of Worcester Rugby Club when he takes on England's World Cup hopefuls tonight. more...
TONY James is ready to give Hereford United Director of Football Graham Turner a selection headache tomorrow. more...
LES Cusworth has described Worcester Rugby Club's new stand as boasting one of the best views in the land. more...
HEREFORD United must get used to home comforts again when they entertain Dover Athletic in the Nationwide Conference tomorrow (3.00). more...
Saturday, April 15, 2000 more...
HAVE any of Hereford United's talented youngsters got what it takes to make a name for themselves in the game? more...
Saturday, April 22, 2000 more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club sailed to the top of an embryonic league table with a 73-0 demolition of Rugby Lions. more...
HEREFORD United have appointed Grenville Smith and Steve Bayliss on to their board of directors. more...
Saturday, April 29, 2000 more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers are now unlikely to make a new signing before Saturday's home Nationwide Conference clash with Telford United. more...
DAVE Merlin has been drafted into Worcester Rugby Club's squad for their Allied Dunbar Pre-miership Two clash at Henley Hawks on Satur-day. more...
HEREFORD United are confident they can extend the loan deals of goalkeeper Scott Cooksey and defender Tom White. more...
Saturday, May 6, 2000. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers will be bidding to step up their Nationwide Conference promotion push tomorrow when they go on a revenge mission against relegation-threatened Telford United at Aggborough (3.0). more...
NICK Baxter has been ruled out of Worcester Rugby Club's Allied Dunbar Premiership Two clash at Henley Hawks tomorrow (3.0). more...
HEREFORD United have at last brought their board of directors up to full strength with the election this week of Grenville Smith and Steve Bayliss. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers have missed out on the chance of signing former Wales captain Barry Horne. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club are set to play a major part in the preparation for the World Cup with the news that a second international side is using Sixways as a training base. more...
MANAGER Jan Molby admits to being surprised by the speed of Kidderminster Harriers progress this season. more...
THE New Zealand All Blacks have confirmed that they will be performing an open training session at Worcester Rugby Club. more...
ON-loan pair Scott Cooksey and Tom White have joined Hereford United for a second month. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers have had their lead at the top of the Nationwide Conference table trimmed to four points. more...
LES Cusworth believes Worcester's victory over Henley Hawks may prove crucial in the fight for promotion this season. more...
HEREFORD United's title dream is still alive, insists Director of Football Graham Turner. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers manager Jan Molby was hoping to beat today's Nationwide Conference transfer deadline by snapping up striker Neil Midgley on loan from First Division Ipswich Town. more...
FLYING winger Mat Walker is looking to turn the tables on his old club Rotherham by repeating his sensational Sixways hat-trick. more...
HEREFORD United Director of Football Graham Turner has joined the growing number of calls for increased promotion places in the Nationwide Conference. more...
STRIKER Neil Midgley will join up with his new Kidderminster Harriers team-mates tomorrow for a special training session. more...
WORCESTER'S try-scoring king Nick Baxter will be firing on all cylinders as title rivals Worcester and Rotherham go on a collision course at Sixways tomorrow. more...
HEREFORD United have handed Andy Quy the chance to re-establish himself in goal. more...
MANAGER Jan Molby believes Kidderminster Harriers are strong enough to be at least as successful as Football League newcomers Cheltenham Town. more...
WORCESTER have drawn first blood in the psychological league championship battle by beating their main rivals Rotherham 21-10 at Sixways. more...
HEREFORD United midfielder Ian Rodgerson is all set to pick up the `magic sponge' when his playing career finishes. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers boss Jan Molby has received a massive boost ahead of his side's Nationwide Conference title showdown with Rushden & Diamonds on Saturday. more...
JONAH Lomu has hinted he could be joining English rugby for good after the Rugby World Cup. more...
IN-form Hereford United have a chance to make it 12 games without defeat in the Nationwide Conference when lowly Woking visit Edgar Street tonight (7.45). more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers are odds-on favourites to clinch promotion from the Nationwide Conference. more...
SKIPPER Ian Wright and striker Paul Fewings could return to Hereford United's starting line-up for tomorrow's Nationwide Conference game at Forest Green Rovers (3.00). more...
WORCESTER lock Richard Denhardt is available for selection again after serving a three-match ban for the punch that saw him sent off in the opening match of the season. more...
EVER the optimist, Hereford United's Director of Football Graham Turner is still not throwing in the towel on their Nationwide Conference title chances. more...
RUSHDEN and Diamonds manager Brian Talbot has admitted that the destiny of the Nationwide Conference title is now out of their hands -- on the eve of Saturday's showdown at Kidderminster Harriers. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club have delved into the transfer market yet again to capture centre Shaun Woof from Waterloo. more...
HEREFORD United can do rivals Kidderminster Harriers a huge favour tomorrow if they can upset fellow title-chasers Rushden and Diamonds tomorrow. more...
FORMER Liverpool and Danish international Jan Molby hopes his big match pedigree will rub off on his Kidderminster Harriers players for their crunch match with Nationwide Conference title rivals Rushden and Diamonds at Aggborough tomorrow (3pm). more...
SIMON Devereux is to play his first match for 11 months after being named in Worcester Rugby Club's second team this Saturday. more...
SOME of Hereford United's greatest names of the past will be doing battle with showbiz stars and ex-England heroes in a charity fundraising match next week. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers midfielder Thomas Skovbjerg is recovering from a second operation on his badly injured right knee. more...
LEAGUE leaders Worcester have kept faith with the side which beat promotion rivals Rotherham despite the return of lock Richard Denhardt. more...
MANAGER Jan Molby is looking for on-loan striker Neil Midgley to add the final touches to Kidderminster Harriers' bid for Nationwide Conference title glory. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club are at the forefront of a new league to develop the international superstars of tomorrow. more...
HEREFORD United will be out to maintain their third position in the Nationwide Conference table when they entertain Morecambe at Edgar Street tomorrow (3pm). more...
TRIUMPHANT Kidderminster Harriers manager Jan Molby is convinced his table-toppers can go on and clinch promotion to the Football League. more...
ARGENTINA are to become the second World Cup team to train at Worcester's Sixways ground. more...
HEREFORD United have come to the aid of one of their smaller neighbours by letting them use Edgar Street as a home ground. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers take on Solihull Borough in the first leg of the Worcestershire FA Senior Cup final at Redditch United's Valley Stadium tonight (7.30) more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club maintained their perfect start to the season with a superb comeback which gave them a heart-stopping 20-19 victory at London Welsh. more...
HEREFORD United Director of Football Graham Turner has hit out at Nationwide Conference fixture planners after being forced to play twice in three days. more...
MANAGER Jan Molby is urging Kidderminster Harriers fans to turn up in their thousands during his Nationwide Conference side's crucial end of season promotion push. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club have dismissed Coventry's scheme to buy Premiership One Bedford as a scheme destined for the Rugby Football Union's dustbins. more...
MOVES to increase the number of promotion places in the Nationwide Conference have not come before time -- but Hereford United must be wishing it could have happened this season. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers have had their lead at the top of the Nationwide Conference cut to three points. more...
SIXWAYS played host to its second World Cup side when Argentina rolled into town yesterday. more...
HEREFORD United Director of Football Graham Turner has scotched suggestions that winger Paul Parry is poised for a big-money move. more...
BOSS Jan Molby has fired up his Nationwide Conference promotion favourites for tomorrow's trip to Southport by declaring: "We've no time to relax". more...
INJURIES to locks Steve Lloyd and Chris Raymond have dealt Worcester a double blow as they prepare for Friday's Allied Dunbar Premiership Two clash with Coventry. more...
GOALKEEPER Scott Cooksey has joined Hereford United on a permanent basis. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers midfielder Thomas Skovbjerg has started on the long haul back to fitness after suffering a nightmare knee injury. more...
HEREFORD United have hit out after being forced to play three games in five days. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club go gunning for revenge at Sixways tonight against the team which ended their promotion dream last season. more...
HEREFORD United complete a daunting programme of three games in five days when they entertain Kingstonian (3.00). more...
PAUL Webb is expected to overcome a bruised ankle in time to play for leaders Kidderminster Harriers in tomorrow's Nationwide Conference match against Northwich Victoria at Aggborough (3.0). more...
ON the surface nothing has chan-ged for Bruce Fenley, he is Wor-cester's regular scrum-half, he captains the side and Worcester keep on winning. more...
HEREFORD United Director of Football Graham Turner is determined not to let their season peter out. more...
WHEN Cecil Duckworth looks around the fabulous Sixways stadium his money has helped to build, he cannot fail to see the irony which is staring him in the face. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers hope to tighten their grip on the Nationwide Conference title when they travel to Dover Athletic on Monday (3pm). more...
LEAGUE leaders Worcester Rugby Club have signed former Australian international hooker Marco Caputo. more...
HEREFORD United could end the season with a unique claim to fame. more...
BILL Smith left Orrell without going for his normal pint of bitter at the clubhouse on Saturday. The life-long fan, who had watched in the early 70s as his heroes famously knocked Harlequins out of the Pilkington Cup, had had enough. more...
MANAGER Jan Molby is to have talks with Kidderminster Harriers millionaire chairman Lionel Newton about how much money will be made available for new players. more...
NEW signing Marco Caputo could become Worcester Rugby Club's first regular international after receiving clearance to play for Italy in this season's Six Nations championship. more...
WHEN William Webb Ellis first took a ball in his arms and `showed a fine disregard for the rules of football' back in 1823, few would have believed a country which was host to thousands of convicts would eventually rule the game of rugby. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers hope to celebrate the biggest day in their history tomorrow by clinching promotion to the Football League. more...
JAMES Lofthouse could fire across the bows of Worcester's promotion push by lining up against his old club for Wakefield on Saturday. more...
"I'll love it if we beat them, love it!" -- the immortal words of Kevin Keegan wound up into a frenzy after falling victim to the now legendary mind-games of Sir Alex Ferguson. more...
MANAGER Jan Molby is to be offered a new four-year contract after taking Kidderminster Harriers into the Football League. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club have denied reports that new signing Marco Caputo is still a Bedford player. more...
FOR governing body, read shambles. For organisation ability, read cock-up. And for integrity, read "sorry, what's that again?". more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers midfielder Dean Bennett has been included in England's semi-professional squad to face Wales in their annual international on May 16 at Llanelli. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club have been drawn away to National League Kendal in round three of the Tetley Bitter Cup. more...
BRACE yourselves for a brave new world. Rugby is set to be revolutionised in the next five years if we are to believe the voices from various figures in union and league. more...
JAN Molby is to sign a four-year contract as Kidderminster Harriers manager next week. more...
LES Cusworth's men sent out a resounding message to the rest of the league on Saturday -- catch us if you can! more...
THERE was a delicious irony in the Premiership clubs' threat to breakaway from the Rugby Football Union last week. more...
CHAMPIONS Kidderminster Harriers are aiming to finish the most successful season in their 114-year history on a winning note when they visit relegation-haunted Altrin-cham tomorrow (3pm). more...
TWO Tongan World cup stars have joined Worcester's promotion race in Allied Dunbar Premiership Two. more...
THEY don't do themselves any favours do they. more...
JAN Molby is today still basking in the glory of taking Kidderminster Harriers into the Football League. more...
KENDAL Rugby Club have described their draw at home to Worcester in the Tetley Bitter Cup as `wonderful'. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers boss Jan Molby is to meet chairman Lionel Newton to thrash out a budget for players for next season's campaign in the Third Division. more...
COACHES in any sport will tell you that the dressing room is the sanctuary for any team and it's manager. more...
LES Cusworth has warned that his Tongan signings remain in the balance while the club wait for work permits. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers manager Jan Molby described last night's civic reception for his Nationwide Conference title winners as "one of the proudest moments of my life." more...
HOOKER Marco Caputo has been given the all clear to make his debut for Worcester at West Hartlepool on Saturday. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers boss Jan Molby is to hold further talks with former Welsh international midfielder Barry Horne. more...
WORCESTER lock Steve Lloyd returns to action this weekend after a three-week lay-off with a bruised back. more...
FRAN Tierney could become Kidderminster Harriers' first summer signing. more...
SCRUM-half Ben Harvey makes a giant leap into the unknown by playing his first ever league game at stand-off for Worcester tomorrow (3.00). more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers' latest signing brings with him top-notch experience from spells at Wolves and Nottingham Forest. more...
JAMES Lofthouse was faced with a stark choice, a career in business or a career as a professional rugby player. more...
HEREFORD United Director of Football Graham Turner is urging his side to finish the season on a high. more...
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers will warm up for their first season in the Nationwide League Division Three with a four-match tour of manager Jan Molby's native Denmark. more...
WORCESTER Rugby Club recovered from a laboured first-half to record a 58-9 victory against a gritty West Hartlepool who remain bottom and pointless after eight games. more...
PHIL Weston believes he broke through a barrier when he became Worcestershire's first century-maker of the season. more...
FULL-time will still be the way to go for Hereford United for the foreseeable future. more...
TWO more Kidderminster Harriers players have agreed full-time contracts for next season's campaign in the Nationwide Conference Division Three. more...
WORCESTER'S Les Cusworth is calling for a merger of union and league to create a new free-scoring version of rugby for the new millennium. more...
PACE newcomer Jason de la Pena believes he has come of age and can play a major role in Worcestershire's quest for success this season. more...
PAUL Fewings and Mark Taylor are the surprise names among four players released by Hereford United. more...
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