TWO points may have been squandered by Worcester City as they were held to a goalless draw by FC United of Manchester.

But the most important point of all was made by City’s fans, who came out in force to protest against the club’s exile.

With banners urging Worcester City Council to bring the Aggborough tenants back home covering most of the east stand, this was a day where Worcester’s disgruntled supporters made their voices heard.

More than 2,000 spectators turned out at Kidderminster Harriers’ ground – a place the Blue and Whites have had to call ‘home’ for almost three years.

And the 1,623 City fans will hope the message has got across to council leaders, who have recently agreed to scour the area to find a suitable site for the club to build a stadium.

With so much surrounding the game, matters on the pitch seemed almost irrelevant as the players walked out to the tune of ‘Bring City Home’ – a rousing song created by the club’s supporters.

But, once a ball was kicked, it was clear Carl Heeley’s and Matt Gardiner’s men were determined to give their fans reason to cheer.

And they should have come away with victory having had several opportunities in a dominant opening period.

United had Dave Carnell to thank for keeping them in the contest as he thwarted Amadou Bakayoko, Jordan Murphy and Shaun Donnellan.

With City firmly on top, veteran centre-back Wayne Thomas often joined the attack and he was presented with arguably the best chance of the half.

After being put through on goal by Murphy, Thomas managed to squeeze his shot past Carnell but the ball stopped agonisingly short of the goal-line.

Worcester were forced into an early change when keeper Nathan Vaughan picked up a groin injury inside the opening two minutes and they suffered further disruption when Thomas’ back seized up at the end of the first period.

With Shaun Donnellan moving into defence and Connor Gater dropping deeper, FC United, who were roared on by more than 500 fans, had more of the ball after the break.

But replacement keeper Ethan Ross still did not have a meaningful save to make as Sam Minihan, Tom Sharpe and Alex Gudger remained resolute.

The hosts were also boosted by a courageous performance from captain Danny Jackman.

Born and bred in Worcester, the midfielder is determined to see his side play in the city again and he wore his heart on his sleeve throughout.

City had further chances to win it as Lee Hughes failed to find a way past Carnell before the visiting keeper produced another fine save late on.

After latching on to a superb crossfield pass from Hughes, Minihan delivered a wonderful cross to Bakayoko, whose goal-bound header was palmed away by Carnell to deny Worcester all three points.