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  • Robins and Town meet at the Lane

    EVESHAM United and Malvern Town do battle on Boxing Day in a Southern League Division One Midlands derby at St George's Lane (3pm). Bromsgrove Rovers head to leaders Brackley Town, while Stourport Swifts have a 2pm kick-off at Solihull Borough. Westfields

  • City boss ready for stern test

    ANDY Preece says Worcester City face their biggest test of the season so far when they visit Kettering Town on Boxing Day (3pm). The match is the first of two Nationwide North festive meetings between the two sides with the sixth-placed Northamptonshire

  • Brain confusion over Drahm controversy

    WARRIORS director of rugby John Brain insists Shane Drahm should have been allowed to re-take the conversion attempt which might have given his side a draw against London Irish. Drahm hit the right-hand upright with the kick late in the Premiership fixture

  • McGrath excited by fitting farewell

    FORMER Worcestershire star Glenn McGrath is relishing a "fantastic" Test finale at his hometown ground in Sydney after announcing he will retire from cricket after the World Cup next year. The 36-year-old Australia seamer has been at the centre of speculation

  • Fixture list

    TUESDAY Coca-Cola League Two: Hereford United v Bristol Rovers (12.30pm). Nationwide Conference: Stafford Rangers v Kidderminster Harriers (3pm). Nationwide North: Kettering Town v Worcester City (3pm); Redditch United v Moor Green (1pm). Southern

  • Results

    SATURDAY FOOTBALL SOUTHERN LEAGUE Division One Midlands: Bromsgrove Rovers 0 Chasetown 2; Malvern Town 3 Spalding United 2; Stourbridge 1 Evesham United 1; Stourport Swifts 1 Barton Rovers 2. MIDLAND ALLIANCE Westfields 1 Coalville Town 3.

  • City’s record on road takes some beating

    WINNING away from home has become something of a habit for Worcester City in 2006. With two just games left before the end of the year - away at Kettering on Boxing Day and Redditch on Saturday - Andy Preece's side have won 17 of their 26 matches in

  • Yates is ready for big battle in league derby

    KIDDERMINSTER Harriers boss Mark Yates is predicting his side's Boxing Day encounter with local rivals Stafford Rangers will be a real scrap. Aside from the fixture being a keenly-contested derby traditionally, Harriers and Stafford are nestled next

  • Bulls aim to get edge over rivals

    HEREFORD United will be looking to gain the upper hand over Bristol Rovers when the two sides meet in Coca-Cola League Two on Boxing Day (12.30pm). The Edgar Street clash is the first of two fixtures between the teams in under a fortnight as they go

  • Daly secures point for rejuvenated Robins

    INTERVAL changes injected new life into a lacklustre Evesham United side as they drew 1-1 at Stourbridge. A vastly improved second-half showing saw Liam Daly equalise and Duncan Willetts almost snatch a late winner in the Southern League Division One

  • Ten-man Malvern triumph

    TEN-MAN Malvern Town pulled off an important 3-2 win over lowly Spalding United in Southern League Division One Midlands. Town were reduced to 10 men after only nine minutes when Wes Joyce saw red for a tackle on Andy Stanhope. Spalding went ahead in

  • Fire rips through city furniture store

    A FIRE has ripped through an old furniture store in Worcester city centre causing the roof to collapse. Around 60 firefighters had to contend with falling brickwork and masonary as they tackled the fire in the old County Furnishings building in Silver

  • It's cold out here!

    The Kent CCC Member and myself have arrived in Melbourne to temperatures of below 20 degrees and they are forecasting the coldest Christmas Day in Melbourne since 1934 and a 30% chance of rain!! Not the plan at all but i guess we shouldn't complain about