“DEVASTATED” midfielder Jordan Keane apologised on behalf of his team-mates after Worcester City suffered their first relegation in 32 years.

The Blue and Whites went down 4-2 at Vanarama National League North champions AFC Fylde.

But Keane felt his side had created enough chances to win the game.

“We are devastated,” said the 23-year-old.

“I would like to apologise for getting relegated because no one wanted that.

“In the last 10 games we have tried our hardest. We have had a tough run-in but that’s no excuse.

“We have had enough chances out there to win the game but we didn’t put them away and that’s summed up our season."

Keane continued: “We all went over and said sorry to the fans.

“They were not saying well done but they said we gave our lot.

“They weren’t giving us stick. They were with us so hopefully the club can look forward and they can stay with us.”

Needing to better Gainsborough Trinity’s result at FC United of Manchester City got off to the best possible start as Ebby Nelson-Addy struck inside two minutes.

Matt Blinkhorn equalised before Danny Rowe pounced on a mistake from Sam Oji to score his 50th goal of the season.

After the break Tyler Weir levelled from the penalty spot but Andy Bond netted on 56 minutes and Richie Baker scored late on to seal City’s fate.

Keane said they were unaware of what was happening at FC United who thrashed Gainsborough 5-1 until Bond made it 3-2.

“We were told Gainsborough were losing so we knew we just needed a goal,” he said.

“We went for it but that’s when they got their fourth goal.

“They caught us with a sucker punch which killed us off and it was a hard one to take.

“Even after that we had a chance and if we had got that we would have been back in it again as we would have just needed another goal. But it wasn’t to be.”

Worcester finished third from bottom, one point behind Gainsborough with seven wins, 14 draws and 21 defeats.

But Keane could not highlight one result or area of their game which cost them their place in the sixth tier, insisting it was the “whole package”.

“Maybe we didn’t score enough goals and keep enough clean sheets but as a whole package we just fell short unfortunately,” Keane added.

“If we had picked up a few more draws it could have been a different story."