PLAYERS' player of the year Des Lyttle believes the set-up at Worcester City is so good there is no reason why the club cannot progress all the way into the Football League.

The 34-year-old defender, who also scooped the young player of the year award in 1989/90 during his first stint at the club, has been impressed with the way boss Andy Preece organises things at St George's Lane.

He said: "There are always a couple of clubs who progress through non-league football and into the football league in a short space of time and I can't see why Worcester could not be like that -- we are certainly a very professional club.

"Andy Preece has played professional football and he has brought a lot here -- things like preparing correctly for matches all the way down to having crates of bottled water on the team bus to re-hydrate after games.

"Some of the league clubs I played for were not as well organised as Worcester."

Lyttle feels he has built a solid defensive partnership with Chris Smith and Justin Thompson.

And he hopes, with the goals provided by Adam Webster, Mark Danks and Troy Wood, Worcester can take their promising end to this season into next year and build a real promotion charge. He said: "When I arrived at Worcester, I did not know too much about Nationwide North but I was hoping we could get promoted or into the play-offs.

"However, I was not fit enough at the start of the season, but by the middle and end of the year I was fine. I saw that there is nothing to be scared of in this league or in the teams coming up and down into it.

"It was disappointing not to make the play-offs this year, but hopefully next season if we start like we've finished this year, I'd like to think we can win promotion.

"I think I formed a solid partnership with Chris Smith and Justin Thompson at the back and Adam Burley and Dennis Pearce came in and did well too. We kept a lot of clean sheets and the team scored more goals towards the end of the season.

"At the start of the year, we found it difficult to score and let in a few too many goals which cost us, but by the end of the season we were a much better team."

Lyttle has urged Worcester's promising youngsters to keep working hard as he feels several of them have the potential to play at a higher level.

He added: "The club has a good core of youngsters and they can emulate Sam Wedgbury if they work hard and learn from the older, experienced players."