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Surgery delays 'an NHS scandal'
MORE than 160 patients in Worcestershire are being forced to wait months for life-saving operations, claims Wyre Forest MP Dr Richard Taylor. But the independent MP has stressed the situation has not been created by Worcestershire Health Authority, and
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Driver 'should have been given 10 years'
A PENSIONER who was left critically ill and widowed after a maniac driver smashed into his car believes the man should have been given a stiffer sentence. Robert Chance was left with life-threatening injuries and his wife Joan was killed when Roy Pope
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Easy does it on the hills
A NEW easier access path in the Malvern Hills should ensure panoramic views for everyone. The route, which begins in town at Black Hill, Jubilee Drive, is due to be officially opened on Friday by Simon Barnes, head of fund-raising and communications for
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Kicked, punched by her husband
A MAN who kicked his WPC wife until he broke two of her ribs has been jailed for six months. Droitwich magistrates heard how Philip Payne Jones kicked and punched wife Laura in a field behind the Farmer's Arms in Kempsey, where the couple kept horses.
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City folk step back in time
TRADITION proved to be a big hit when people flocked from all over Worcester to the St John's Mediaeval Fayre. Stallholders and visitors donned mediaeval dress, and juggling and uni-cycling were just some of the attractions of the day. The fayre was officially
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And finally ... TV detective is a knockout at charity day
TOP TV cop John Nettles was in St John's to open a special charity version of It's a Knockout. The star - known as Jersey legend Jim Bergerac, and more recently as Tom Barnaby from ITV's Midsomer Murders - is a long-time supporter of NCH, a charity which
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Malvern Town FC - Fixtures/Results - 2001/2 season
FIXTURES EXPRESS & STAR LEAGUE - West Midlands (Regional) League Tuesday, September 11 Premier Division: Westfields v Malvern Town (7.45). Saturday, September 15 Premier Division: Malvern Town v Gornal Athletic (2.45) Division One (South): Wyre Forest
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Should pupils blow the whistle?
TODAY we ask you to take a step back to that time which some readers might describe as the best time of their lives and others one of the worst - schooldays. Imagine, if you will, what would have happened if you had been given the chance to write reports
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6/9/01 - Baxter back to stir the romantic illusion
WHEN Nick Baxter revisits the stage he lit up so spectacularly during his six years at Worcester, he may well reflect on the transient nature of the sporting hero. Sixways' prodigal son returns to his spiritual home on Saturday with a Birmingham &
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STUART BROCK - Goalkeeper. 26/9/76, 6ft 1ins. Squad number 1.
Released by Aston Villa, Brock signed for Harriers in September 1997 after a short spell at Northampton Town where he failed to make an appearance. He made his Harriers first-team debut in November of the same year and has proved himself a fine shot-stopper
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CRAIG HINTON - Centre-back, right-back, midfield. 26/11/77, 5ft 11ins. Squad number 5.
Versatile Hinton began his career at right-back before reverting to a centre-half role during the Conference championship-winning season. The change of position proved the making of the former Birmingham City trainee who is now rated at £1 million and
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ADIE SMITH - Centre-back, right-back, midfield. 11/8/73. Squad number 6.
Another Mr Versatile, Smith signed for Harriers in 1997 for £19,000 from non-league rivals Bromsgrove Rovers. Smith's performances in non-league earned him selection for the England semi-professional team as well as a Nationwide Conference team of the
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PARFAIT MEDOU-OTYE - Right-back, midfield. 29/11/76, 5ft 10ins. Squad number 2.
Cameroon-born Medou-Otye was playing in France with Le Havre and Le Mans UC 72 before he tried his luck overseas. The ulta-competitive defender spent a short period at Scottish League First Division strugglers Greenock Morton last season, playing 10 games
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Bromsgrove Rovers 6 Rushall Olympic 0
Saturday, September 8, 2001 FORMER Worcester City striker Sam Bowen hit a hat-trick to make it nine goals in six games as his new club Bromsgrove Rovers thumped Rushall Olympic 6-0 in the Midland Alliance. Rovers had to wait until the 31st minute before
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IAN JOY - Left-back, left midfield. 14/7/81, 5ft 10ins. Squad number 25.
San Diego-born Joy began his footballing education at Tranmere Rovers but did not make the first team. After leaving Prenton Park, he moved to Scottish side Stirling Albion and made a couple of substitute appearances before joining Montrose last season
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DANNY WILLIAMS - Midfield 12/7/79. 6ft 2ins. Squad number 8.
After starting off as a trainee at Liverpool, Williams was released at the age of 19 to return to his native Wrexham. The Wales U-21 international played on-off for the Second Division club but made a good impression with many for his uncompromising style
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SAM SHILTON - Left midfield 21/7/78. 5ft 11ins. Squad number 11.
The son of former England goalkeeping legend Peter spent the past two seasons at Hartlepool before his free transfer move to Third Division opposition Harriers. An attacking midfielder who also filled in at wing-back, he moved from Plymouth Argyle to
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BEN DAVIES - Midfield 27/5/81. 5ft 7ins. Squad number 17.
The former Walsall trainee joined Harriers' youth set-up near the end of the 1999/00 season and has forced his way into the first-team reckoning. Birmingham-born Davies, an all-round midfielder who can win the ball and distribute well, was rewarded with
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DEAN BENNETT - Midfield 13/12/77. 5ft 10ins. Squad number 20.
Bennett was a then club record buy of £30,000 from rivals Bromsgrove Rovers in January 1999 and proved a goal-scoring menace to Conference opponents in the title-winning season. He signed a two-year deal at Aggborough in the summer of 2000 but was one
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TONY BIRD - Midfield, forward. 1/9/74. 5ft 11ins. Squad number 19.
Bird started off at Cardiff City and proved a good young Welsh hope, gaining youth and U-21 honours for the country. Scoring 13 goals in 75 games, he eventually ended up with League of Wales Barry under Harriers assistant manager Gary Barnett. The prolific
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DREWE BROUGHTON - Forward. 25/10/78. 6ft 3ins. Squad number 9.
Tall target-man who made an immediate impact with his aggression, spirit and goal-scoring on being signed for £50,000 from Peterborough in January 2001. Despite his disciplinary problems, Broughton is a first choice when fit and wins a lot of aerial challenges
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ANDREW CORBETT - Forward, wide midfield. 20/2/82. Squad number 22.
The Worcester-born teenager has worked his way through the youth set-up and reserves to get a handful of first-team chances. Showed enough with good movement and work-rate to earn a two-year deal at Harriers in the summer of 2001 but is now patiently
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10/9/01 - Worcester romp impresses Brain
JOHN Brain believes Worcester Rugby Club have already made giant strides from last year after a 53-3 mauling of Birmingham & Solihull at Sixways. The head coach was satisfied with his side's display on Saturday as they dismissed the challenge of their
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Robinson lifted by £12,000 pay day
EVESHAM golfer Jeremy Robinson is almost £12,000 richer after a fine finish to the European Masters at Crans-sur-Sierre, Switzerland. A final round of 68 gave Robinson a four-under-par total of 280 and a share of 16th place, his joint best finish of the
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Double delight for Evesham
EVESHAM United have bolstered their defence after signing former Worcester City player Matt Gardiner and Kidderminster Harriers' Steve Pope. Manager Phil Mullen is delighted to land the duo but admitted it would give him a selection headache. "Matty is
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Worcester romp impresses Brain
JOHN Brain believes Worcester Rugby Club have already made giant strides from last year after a 53-3 mauling of Birmingham & Solihull at Sixways. The head coach was satisfied with his side's display on Saturday as they dismissed the challenge of their
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9/9/01 - County set for Essex decider
WORCESTERSHIRE Royals will need to beat Essex Eagles in their last match of the season at New Road next Sunday to guarantee promotion to the First Division of the Norwich Union League. The County missed a golden opportunity to secure a top three promotion
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2/9/01 - County just two wins from promotion
WORCESTERSHIRE Royals' fight for promotion from Division Two of the Norwich Union League is heading for a thrilling climax following yesterday's rain-hit game with Glamorgan at New Road. The match which was washed out after Glamorgan had made 254-6. Both
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A case of priorities
I AGREE with Saffron Box (You Say, August 20) that we should end the barbaric killing of animals in our abattoirs. But surely our first concern should be to house, feed and protect from exploitation the countless Third World women and children now at
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They have my backing
I FULLY support Councillor Jo Hodges when at the Guildhall meeting on August 4 she stated her beliefs over the need for more, and not less, low-cost housing. Could this mean that Coun Hodges also supports Councillors David Bannister and Roger Berry who
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Namesakes... for Cumbria's sake
MANY of your readers will perhaps know that members of the tourist industry in Cumbria have joined together in a programme to help overcome the appalling after-effects of the foot-and-mouth disaster. We have launched this programme to tell the world that
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We've discovered abattoir horrors
VIVA!'S new investigation reveals that heavily pregnant animals are routinely sent to slaughterhouses. Each is goaded into the abattoir, stunned and hoisted up by one leg before having her throat cut. If the stun fails to work - which occurs frequently
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Oh, to be a child again
I want to go back to the time when... Nobody said "swear-words" on television, radio or in movies "Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest Neighbours let you climb their big trees You could walk anywhere in the whole town and be safe Money
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Criminalised... by order of the EU
ON April 9, 2001, Steven Thoburn was found guilty in a British Court of law of weighing his customers orders on imperial scales - in other words, for using the nation's traditional weights and measures. It is now a criminal offence to use imperial measures
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Faithful City needs to smarten up a bit
JUST for a change, let us forget supermarkets on the Westside and dwell on other things. Near the river, on Bank Holiday Monday, I overheard a lady visitor say to her friend: "It's a lovely place, but there is nowhere to eat!" I doubt if they will be
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New pitch for Captain Crazy
HE may have been down but legendary ex-Kidderminster Harriers matchday presenter Captain Crazy is not out. Roger Harris - known by thousands for his unique sense of humour and wacky style - will be back on the football pitch on Saturday when he makes
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1/9/01 - Town need to be more positive
MALVERN Town and Wolverhampton United fought out a scrappy 1-1 draw in the Express and Star Premier Division at the Langland Stadium on Saturday. MALVERN TOWN 1, WOLVERHAMPTON UNITED 1 Slow to start, Malvern gave away a number of early corners as they
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Kidderminster Harriers FC - factfile
Formed: 1886 Chairman: Lionel Newton. Vice-Chairman: Colin C. Youngjohns. Company Secretary: J. Richard Painter. Directors: Paul Byrne, Graham R. Lane, Barry Norgrove. Chief Executive: Neil Morris. General Manager: Geoff Butler. Administration Manager
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Worcester Rugby Football Club - 2001-2002 Fixtures
September 1 Manch'ster (H) 45-11 8 Birm'gham (H) 53-3 15 Henley (A) 22 Rotherham (H) 29 London W (A) October 6 Coventry (H) 13 Cup round 3 20 Wakefield (A) 27 Otley (A) November 3 Cup round 4 11 Bracknell (H) 17 Bedford (A) 24 Cup round 5 December 1 Rugby
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Stores offer hope to small breweries
MICRO breweries struggling to survive against pub chains are turning to the bottle, according to the Campaign for Real Ale. The organisation, which promotes small breweries, including those based in Worcestershire, has found that the ever-decreasing market
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Company strikes gold for its vinegar
A COMPANY which started on a kitchen table and now employs 30 people stands to win the ultimate accolade for its award-winning vinegar. Garners Foods, in Pershore, was started 12 years ago in Judy Garner's kitchen. Now the firm, based on Pershore's Racecourse
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Rochdale 2 Kidderminster Harriers 0
Saturday, September 8, 2001 JAN Molby applauded Kidderminster Harriers' "best Division Three display of the season" but saw an old problem sentence them to a 2-0 defeat at league leaders Rochdale on Saturday. Big centre-back Gareth Griffiths twice met
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10/9/01 - Worcs pay the price for shortfall in runs
THE cricket season enters its final week with most of its winners and losers sorted out. Australia have The Ashes; Yorkshire the County Championship and Somerset the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. The Norwich Union Leagues remain to be decided together
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Find Stef's samaritan
A GOOD samaritan who raced to the aid of a sick schoolgirl on her 13th birthday is being sought by her grateful family. Stefanie Whitefoot collapsed and struck her head while walking to school with a friend. The 13-year-old was shaking on the ground near
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Petrol station protest
A PROTEST group campaigned outside a Shell petrol station in Worcester. The Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC) launched the peaceful protest at Bath Road yesterday, to highlight claims that Shell has links with the Huntingdon Research Centre in Cambridgeshire
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Book details fight for supremacy in skies
BATTLE of Britain enthusiasts flocked to Worcester Guildhall for the launch of a new book exploring local connections with the fight for supremacy in the skies. Worcester author Dilip Sarkar was at the city venue on Saturday for an official book-signing
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Theatre plans would be a boost
BOSSES at Worcester's Swan Theatre say they welcome plans to build a new venue at the Castle Street hospital site. Proposals are in the pipeline to convert the building - which will be left empty when the new hospital opens next year - into housing, offices
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OAPs told to beware crime callers
"INTIMIDATING" cold callers are pressurising elderly Worcester people into buying security systems by claiming there is a crime spree in the area. City police say there have been two reported incidents so far from concerned people who say the company
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Dressed for success at city cinema
STAFF at a Worcester cinema were dressed for success at the launch of the blockbuster movie Moulin Rouge. They donned 19th Century-style costumes of showgirls and their gentlemen friends to mark the opening night of the highly acclaimed musical starring
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Fixtures and Results - 2001/2002
AUGUST 18 H Weymouth DML 3-3 (Owen 3, inc 2 pens) 21 A Kettering Town DML 1-4 (Owen) 25 A Ilkeston Town DML 2-1 (Stant, Heeley) 27 H Hinckley United 4-3 (Owen 2, 1 pen, Middleton, Burrow) SEPTEMBER 01 A Newport IOW DML 1-1 (Owen) 03 H Moor Green DML 3
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10/9/01 - They're the greatest! Les makes his choice
WHO would you choose if asked to select 100 'greats' who have played for Worcestershire? It's a difficult task and one which is certain to provoke a vast range of candidates. Life-long County supporter Les Hatton (pictured below), however, has compiled
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IAN CLARKSON - Right-back. 4/12/70, 5ft 10ins. Squad number 12.
A broken tibia temporarily ended his professional career and Clarkson was forced to play outside the Football League, signing for Harriers in November 1999. But the break from full-time football allowed the injury to recover and he was allowed to return
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STEWART HADLEY - Forward. 30/12/73. 5ft 11ins. Squad number 21.
A bustling and hard-running striker, Hadley scored Harriers' first ever goal in the Football League against Torquay. But he has not scored as regularly as in non-league after signing on a free transfer from Mansfield in June 1998. Hadley started off at
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8/9/01 - Town's poor start continues
MALVERN Town continued their poor start to their Express & Star Premier Division season when they went down 2-1 away to Wellington last Saturday even after Neil Mogford gave them an early lead. - Full match report in this week's Malvern Gazette.
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10/9/01 - Chalmers the star in Sixways try spree
CRAIG Chalmers was delighted with Worcester Rugby Club's 53-3 demolition of Birmingham & Solihull which kept them on top of the fledgling National One table. The record-breaking Scotland fly-half was behind most of Worcester's best moments at Sixways
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County set for Essex decider
WORCESTERSHIRE Royals will need to beat Essex Eagles in their last match of the season at New Road next Sunday to guarantee promotion to the First Division of the Norwich Union League. The County missed a golden opportunity to secure a top three promotion
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Luctonians go top after baptism of fire
LUCTONIANS' baptism in Midlands One could not have gone better after a superb 43-6 victory over Camp Hill put them top of the table. The Herefordshire club, who were promoted last season with Malvern, swept aside the challenge of the perennial strugglers
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Rhodes and Liptrot dig in to defy Durham
WORCESTERSHIRE'S eighth-wicket pair, Steve Rhodes and Chris Liptrot, survived for 28 overs to deny Durham victory at Chester-le-Street. They came together with the visitors on 63 for seven but were scarcely troubled as the earlier accuracy of Durham's
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Binks the hero in final over win
WORCESTER finished their season fourth in Division One of the Birmingham and District Cricket League after a last-gasp win over Bedworth on Saturday. Visiting Bedworth came for Worcester's final fixture of the season and looked set to spoil the party
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Musical Heath in tune
IT could be music to the ears of punters if Musical Heath lands another impressive win at Lingfield tomorrow. The gelding's trainer Peter Harris will be hoping for something to sing about in the £10,000-added C & H Hauliers Stakes (Showcase Handicap
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News items down the years
1801: TO be sold by auction - A very desirable freehold estate called "Cleveload Farm" in the Parish of Madresfield. Being on the banks of the Severn and distant only six miles from Worcester and four from Malvern Wells, it enjoys a peculiarly desirable
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Why I'm trying to fight this terrible disease
I AM appealing to your readers to support the Spencer Dayman Meningitis Laboratories' Walk 2001. Eighteen years ago, I lost my 14-month-old little boy Spencer through meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia. Since that time, I have dedicated my life
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8/9/01 - Rhodes and Liptrot dig in to defy Durham
WORCESTERSHIRE'S eighth-wicket pair, Steve Rhodes and Chris Liptrot, survived for 28 overs to deny Durham victory at Chester-le-Street. They came together with the visitors on 63 for seven but were scarcely troubled as the earlier accuracy of Durham's
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Worcester 53 Birmingham & Solihull 3
Saturday, September 8, 2001 IF rugby is becoming overwhelmingly concerned with the power game, we saw on Saturday a glimpse of the past and possibly the future for Worcester Rugby Club. Ben Clarke, 33, and Craig Chalmers, 32, can hardly be described as
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KIDDERMINSTER HARRIERS FC MATCH FACTS - 2001/2002
Sat July 14 Bromsgrove Rovers (a) 4-0 Broughton, Hadley 2, Bird Mon July 16 Halesowen Harriers (a) 6-1 Middleton, Bird 2, Shilton, Shail, Ducros Wed July 18 Evesham United (a) 1-1 Faulds Sat July 21 Redditch United (a) 3-0 Hadley, Hinton, Middleton Tues
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Chance to invest in the future
WORCESTER businessmen and women who are looking to invest in up-and-coming projects may be interested in attending an "investment fair" in Birmingham. Aimed at individual investors and corporate venturers, the event will showcase around a dozen fledgling
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10/9/01 - Chairman in County squad vow
WORCESTERSHIRE are planning to strengthen their squad for next season. New Road chairman John Elliott has revealed that money will be made available for new players and that Director of Cricket Tom Moody is searching the market for potential targets.
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Worcester City 0 Havant & Waterlooville 0
Saturday, September 8, 2001 WITH the league's two most prolific strikers on display and an average of six goals a game at St George's Lane this season, it was Sod's law that Worcester City and Havant & Waterlooville would produce a goalless draw in
