WORCESTER City have the chance to make the most of a special moment in their history on Sunday when they take on League One Coventry City at the Ricoh Arena.

Special moments have been few and far between for the Blue and Whites in recent seasons as the struggle for survival has been the most important victory they have had to win.

That situation is on-going, but they have surprised many people, their fans included, as they have made the most of their switch to Kidderminster Harriers’ Aggborough ground since their former headquarters at St George’s Lane was sold for housing development.

That was a finale to a long-running saga. It started full of optimism with thoughts of a purpose-built stadium at Nunnery Way, but ended in a face-saving exit from a deal with developers St Modwen.

Much has been said and written about the reasons for the collapse of the ‘dream’ move, but one thing is for sure — it was a missed opportunity for City to make the most of their biggest asset.

The club is not new to missing the moment when everything was in place to take a step up the football ladder.

Back in the late Seventies and early Eighties, Worcester were one of the top non-league clubs having been the last winners of the old Southern League and then finishing third and fourth in two of the first three seasons of the newly-formed Alliance Premier League, which later became the Football Conference.

City were then so close to making it into the Football League, but they failed to come to terms with winning election when Football League clubs voted on which clubs should survive or be promoted to the competition.

Since then relegation from the top tier of non-league football in 1985 has seen Worcester bobble around in the next level down without ever really mounting a realistic promotion challenge.

It means that there is a generation of City fans who, apart from a rare run in the FA Cup, have never tasted success.

It is to their credit that so many supporters have stuck by the club — even now when they have to make the trip to Kidderminster for home games.

But Worcester now have the chance to repay some of that loyalty by giving supporters something to remember against the Sky Blues.

There is no doubt the Faithful City is crying out for some football glory, highlighted by the fact that more than 1,000 fans are likely to make the trip to Coventry plus hundreds more of armchair supporters who are waiting in the wings to jump on the bandwagon.

City have the chance to make a big impression and also boost their hopes of a stadium return to Worcester — all they need to do is grasp the moment.