WORCESTER City’s new board of directors and St Modwen have been quick to emphasise their commitment to delivering a new stadium at Nunnery Way.

The St George’s Lane club and regeneration specialists have underlined their intention to press ahead with the scheme in the wake of the Shareholders Action Group unveiling rival plans for the Cinderella Sports Ground.

In a joint statement, both parties say a planning application for their stadium, between junctions six and seven of the M5, will be submitted to Worcester City Council “imminently”.

They claim the Nunnery Way site is the “best and only realistic option for the club’s new stadium, having been identified as such by Worcester City Council and the club and properly tested by government inspector at a public inquiry, which also assessed other potential stadium sites”.

The statement added “the new stadium at Nunnery Way would secure the long term future of the club and allow the club and the city to fulfill its ambition of hosting league football”.

New chairman Anthony Hampson said: “The new board members have been brought in to deliver some financial stability to the club and take it forward.

“The development of the new stadium at Nunnery Way is absolutely critical to achieving those aims.

“The submission of the planning application represents years and months of hard work and, if approved, will signal the start of a much brighter future for Worcester City Football Club.”