Worcester City chairman Dr Michael Sorensen believes the club's potential will not be realised until it leaves St George's Lane.

Ten years after stepping in as a stop-gap chairman, Dr Sorensen, is still at the helm, and convinced City can return to former glories.

"Given the right circumstances this club could be very successful. But I don't think it is going to happen until we get away from here because at the end of the day we can't generate enough income on this site," he said.

"You cannot progress in non-league or professional football unless you derive 75 percent of your income from off field activities. People love coming to St George's Lane but this is 1960s football."

Dr Sorensen believes Worcester is a football city and that, despite the onfield success of their Sixways neighbours, if they achieve success supporters will come streaming through the gates.

"The bottom line is that this is a football city not a rugby city and we would have no problem in getting crowds of three or four thousand if we were successful in the Conference," he said.

"Cheltenham have not got a tradition of football and are now getting crowds of three-and-a-half thousand.

"I have no doubt we would get bigger crowds than that and far more support than Kidderminster.

"The rugby club has been very successful and had a major financial benefactor responsible for that success but no one has turned up at Worcester City prepared to give that sort of financial backing.

"If they had Worcester would be in the Football League by now."

Dr Sorensen expects City to improve on last season's showing and believes John Barton is the man to bring success back for City.

"I would think John has players to mount a challenge," he said.

"John has done a brilliant job. He picked the playing squad up by the scruff of the neck and got them to perform.

"It looked like we were going to be relegated before he came here. He's done a fantastic job.

"He's Worcester City through and through - he cares about the club which is important."