CARETAKER boss John Snape believes relegation is a “wake-up call” for everyone at Worcester City and insists “egos” need to be put aside to move the club forward.

Worcester fell through the Vanarama National League North trap-door after losing 4-2 at champions AFC Fylde.

Snape said he and his players felt “numb” and described it as “one of the most horrible feelings in football” as City failed to avoid the drop for the first time in 32 years.

But he admitted it was a chance to “regroup” and work towards putting the club on a more “stable” footing off the pitch.

“It’s one of the most horrible feelings in football,” Snape said.

“There will be a review with the board and we will see what the plans are from there.

“I look at the support we had on Saturday and I could see they were there because they didn’t want to see us go down, not for any other issue.

“Egos and everything to one side, we need everybody pulling in the right direction now.

“We are in adversity and in a situation which we need to address quickly for the future of this club.

“I hope this (relegation) is a wake-up call not just for myself and the players but hopefully to the whole football club and personal egos so we can put things right off the pitch to give us a chance on it.”

Worcester have been in exile since 2013 and are running out of money as they play their home games at Bromsgrove’s Victoria Ground.

“I know what they need to do - they need to go forward, regroup and sort out our structure that will hopefully give us a stable background on and off the pitch,” Snape continued.

“That is not going to get done overnight and I think everyone will agree on that but we have all got to step up again from a starting position.

“We have got to sort out things off the pitch which I am not going to get involved in.

“My job is to worry about the players and staff at this football club but I want us to wake up and smell the coffee and start acting together.

“The club need to stand up, be recognised and deal with the situation in adversity. I hope that collectively we can all do that.”

Worcester needed to better Gainsborough Trinity’s result at FC United of Manchester to stay up on the final day of the season.

Ebby Nelson-Addy gave the visitors the lead within the first two minutes and Tyler Weir levelled at 2-2 from the penalty spot after the break.

But goals from Matt Blinkhorn, Danny Rowe, Andy Bond and Richie Baker condemned Worcester to relegation as they finished one point behind Gainsborough who lost 5-1.

“We are obviously a bit numb,” Snape said.

“We started the game well and got ourselves ahead.

"We dug in as we had to but they scored. We then reshaped but we made a mistake for their second goal.

“After that it was two even teams trying to score and we got our second.

“But we didn’t manage the game, got caught out at the back stick and they went 3-2 in front.

“We chased it from there and we have had some great chances but we got caught with a sucker punch.

“But we kept going and that’s what I am proud of.”