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| Full name | Worcester City Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | City, The Blues, The Faithful | ||
| Founded | 1902 | ||
| Ground | Claines Lane | ||
| Capacity | 1,400 | ||
| Chairman | Steve Goode | ||
| Manager | Chris Cornes | ||
| League | Northern Premier League Division One Midlands | ||
| 2023–24 | Hellenic League Premier Division, 1st of 20 (promoted) | ||
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Worcester City Football Club is an English football club based in Worcester, Worcestershire. The club play in the Northern Premier League Midlands Division, the eighth tier of English football.[1] Established in 1902, the club play at Claines Lane.
Worcester City's most notable successes include an FA Cup First round victory against Coventry City[2] and a third round win, in the same competition, against Liverpool.[3]
- ^ "2024/25 National League System allocations". Coventry Sphinx Football Club - community non-league football in Coventry.
- ^ "Coventry City 1–2 Worcester City". BBC Sport. 9 November 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
Worcester City striker Sean Geddes struck twice as the non-leaguers pulled off a shock FA Cup first round win against 1987 winners Coventry City.
- ^ Broomy, Mark (29 June 2009). "No. 89: Worcester City 2-1 Liverpool – 1959". This is Anfield. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
The 15th of January, 1959 will always be remembered as one of the most embarrassing defeats in Liverpool Football's Club history when Worcester earned a distinguished place among the FA Cup giant-killers when they defeated Liverpool, of the Second Division.