I'VE always believed that sport is for the people and Saturday once again confirmed it for me.

The businessmen have their place, the sponsors and so on but it is the people who make a club what it is.

Worcester are a club in their infancy in this professional game, still finding their way and wondering about the supporter base.

The popular view at Sixways is if the club can make that final step into the Premiership then it would simply take off.

That opinion was underlined on Saturday as more than 5,000 people crammed into Sixways for a league match against Coventry.

Not Orrell, Rotherham or Leeds. This was one of National One's strugglers -- Coventry. The size of the crowd took everyone aback -- including the club who had only printed 4,000 tickets!

We've seen the big crowds before at Worcester for the title deciders against the big boys but we've never witnessed anything like we did when Coventry came to town.

For me it was an historic moment for the club, a time where they drew a big crowd for an 'average' game. It could certainly be billed as a local derby and, just after Christmas, you expect a few more through the gates but to get 5,000 plus illustrated just how far Worcester had come.

With the average gate of around 2,500, however, it begs the question of just where these people are on other Saturdays?

My message to them is make sure they get back down to Sixways for the next four months of the season, not just because it promises to be a critical time in the club's history but also to be a part of an evolution.

You don't want to just join up next season when the club are in the Premiership and be labelled a glory hunter. You want to say, in years to come, that you were there when they won promotion. You were at Sixways on that damp January day when they beat Otley and then went up to Orrell and won the showdown in Wigan.

Worcester are on the verge of something very special this season and for a supporter, there is nothing better than getting involved and feeling a connection with your club.

The adrenaline rushing through the veins in the 79th minute of that game on Saturday was something which comes about almost exclusively because of sport. It brings out emotions in you which you can rarely tap into on a normal working day.

Ben Hinshelwood's try -- Worcester's fourth which sealed the vital bonus point -- provided a marvellous climax to the game. The scenes of joy around the stadium, the noise, the emotion etched across every Worcester supporter provided a wonderful spectacle and was a privilege to be part of.

It's that feeling which should make people want to come back to Worcester game after game. Rather than worrying about the Saturday shopping in 2004, make it a New Year's resolution! Be part of history in the making.