Our Supporters Trust friends in Worcester

IN last week’s Stockport Express I wrote about the renewal of the Asset of Community Value order on Edgeley Park – the result of much hard work over the years by the Supporters Cooperative.

By itself an ACV will not butter all the parsnips present in the multi layered dealings at a football club, but it is a useful tool for supporters of clubs and communities to use in defence of stadiums that can and usually are invested with massive emotional attachments for a clubs supporters.

Vigilance should be the supporters watchword when deciding when or if actions need to be taken to safeguard the bricks and mortar of the club they love.

In this respect I noted this week that significant developments had taken place at Worcester City for example.

It’s almost a year since the Worcester City Supporters’ Trust unanimously voted to appeal the rejection of its planning application for a football stadium back in the city of Worcester from which the club have been in exile since 2013 following the sale of its much-loved home for most of its history, St. George’s Lane.

When the original application was submitted, the Trust and club were joint applicants. Upon its rejection, the club announced it would withdraw any involvement with the Trust plan to pursue its own alternate plan to bring City home. This alternate plan fell through in July this year.

The Trust lodged an appeal, and on the 28th September 2018 the Trust finally received the decision on the appeal; it had won. They could now contemplate bringing