WORCESTER City rode the crest of a wave for the last two months of 2014 and could do no wrong.

Now, following the euphoria of their best run of results for more than 30 years, it is imperative they don't lose the momentum they have built up.

City have struggled since bowing out of the FA Cup but reality was always going to bite after such an intense period.

They haven't scored in three games, nor in the 75 minutes against Hednesford Town on Boxing Day before the match was abandoned.

However, one of those was against Conference outfit Halifax in the FA Trophy, while the other two were away from home, including against an in-form Tamworth side, who needed a scrappy goal to secure a 1-0 victory.

The New Year's Day encounter at Hednesford is a game best forgotten in terms of entertainment but the record books will show City took a point.

Depending on your view point, that's not too bad. It's a blip but nothing else.

Manager Carl Heeley knows he has to bolster his squad to ensure it stays that way and at least one new player is mooted to be signing in time for Sunday's match against Bradford Park Avenue at Aggborough.

Assuming that game goes ahead, with landlords Kidderminster Harriers due to host Altrincham in the FA Trophy second round 24 hours earlier.

This is a much more pressing issue for City at the moment.

It doesn't matter what their form is like if they aren't playing matches. A stop-start fixture list will do nothing to help their momentum or a push for the Conference North play-offs.

Heeley has spoken of the Aggborough pitch being a concern and he is right. The surface currently resembles a ploughed field and, while Harriers are working to improve drainage, at this time of year it is likely to be a patch-up job at best.

City still have half of their season to play and 13 of those 21 matches are at Aggborough. Harriers have nine more home matches scheduled, which could rise with a run in the FA Trophy.

It might not have reached panic stations yet but if more games are postponed as the weather takes its toll on the pitch, the Blues and Whites, and their free-flowing style of play, will suffer.

But it is the same for Harriers. They invested £50,000 on pitch renovation during the summer and it evidently hasn't worked because it hasn't stood up to what has been a relatively mild winter compared to the storms of 12 months ago.

Some fans of both clubs are questioning the ground-share arrangement, which seems a little premature.

Two teams using a pitch will inevitably have an affect but City can't be blamed if the drainage improvement has been botched.