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  • No talk of the drop — Eddy

    HEAD coach Anthony Eddy refuses to concede Worcester are in danger of being cut adrift at the bottom of the Guinness Premiership despite suffering their sixth league defeat out of six at Leicester. The 40-21 loss leaves Warriors rock bottom of the table

  • Boss bemoans City luck after a point at Hyde

    WORCESTER City boss Andy Preece believes his side's dominance at Hyde United deserved three points. City drew 0-0 in Saturday's Nationwide North clash at Ewen Fields but controlled the game for long periods and missed several chances to secure victory

  • Leicester shatter fragile Worcester

    Leicester 40pts, Worcester 21 WORCESTER are five points behind their closest rivals at the bottom of the Guinness Premiership after they were hammered by an understrength Leicester side at Welford Road. Three second-half tries from the visitors reduced

  • Wolves on Rocks in Scottish crash

    WORCESTER Wolves director of basketball Mick Donovan slammed his players for lacking commitment in the wake of their 109-69 mauling by the Scottish Rocks. The University of Worcester-based side, who were without James Noel, Matt Collins and Andy Harper

  • Williams double helps Bulls soar up to eighth spot

    STRIKER Andy Williams' two fine strikes kept the Bulls handily placed in eighth place in League Two. The Bulls' excellent win at their highly-fancied West Country rivals was their third in succession in a run which has seen them soar up the table. Hereford

  • Christie on the spot to save Harriers’ blushes

    IYSEDEN Christie's injurytime penalty spared Kidderminster Harriers' blushes as they salvaged a 2-2 draw at home to Forest green Rovers. Alex Meechan put the Gloucestershire side ahead before Christie, who is on loan from Rochdale, scored his first goal

  • Ball rolls Robins into next round

    NOT for the first time this season, Richard Ball popped up with a vital goal to earn United a place in today's FA Tropy third qualifying round draw. A replay appeared on the cards with two minutes of normal time left to play but Steve Luckett's presence

  • Rovers routed at home for season’s first defeat

    AN amazing display of clinical finishing by Cinderford Town's players smashed Bromsgrove Rovers' unbeaten start to Southern League Division One Midlands. Sitting pretty at the top of the table going into the game, Rovers would not have expected what

  • Gardiner leveller

    MALVERN Town were forced to settle for a 1-1 draw at home to Berkhamsted in Southern League Division One Midlands. The hosts started the game strongly and Jamie Hyde found Tom Hobbs in plenty of space, but the striker fired over. Then, Wes Joyce set

  • Dominant Worcester cannot see off Hyde

    WINNING matches from commanding positions has been one of Worcester City's failings this season. It is a subject player-manager Andy Preece has cited as his chief frustration in recent weeks, particularly in the wake of their FA Cup fourth qualifying

  • Time’s on our side

    Time's on our side SIR - Some people are once again saying we should adopt European Time. Well, let them go to work at European times and the rest of us will continue our normal pattern. ROGER MARTIN, Evesham.

  • EU claim unfair and inaccurate

    SIR - Anne Palmer (Worcester News, Saturday, October 21) is both unfair and inaccurate. She claims that the EU is undemocratic because speeches in the Parliament can only last 90 seconds before the mike is switched off. This is nonsense. First, the

  • Parishes face cuts in roads spending

    A COUNCILLOR has warned that maintenance work in Worcestershire parishes will be neglected if proposals to slash the parish lengthsman scheme budget by £35,000 go ahead. Tom Wells, a councillor for both Worcestershire and Malvern Hills district, has

  • Everything for baby at nearly-new clothes sale

    THE Worcester branch of the National Childbirth Trust is holding its next nearly-new sale of baby and children's clothing, equipment and toys on Saturday, November 18. Both the Droitwich and Worcester branches of the charity hold sales regularly. Items

  • Prayers for tragic children

    A FORMER rector at a Worcestershire church has been leading prayers for two children who tragically died while on holiday in Corfu. The Rev Clifford Owen has been taking services on the Greek island for Christianne Shepherd, aged seven and her brother

  • Labour took away the pension book

    SIR - Bearing in mind the similarity of rhetoric emanating from Councillor David Candler and George Cowley, I wonder whether they are from the same New Labour party that is, unfortunately, in charge of this country, or some other quite obscure party that