Boddy quits as Worcester Director

Dave Boddy has decided to give up being a director of Worcester City. His decision, made public on Christmas Eve, comes in the wake of a petition asking him to quit. He was chairman of the club until last year.

Ground problems at the club are causing the directors real problems after the proposed move to Nunnery Way ran into difficulties.

"My resignation has nothing to do with the petition orchestrated by a small minority," Boddy told the Worcester News.

"I have no energy left and have given it everything. I have given the club 30/40 hours a week — on a voluntary basis I might add — for numerous years at great personal cost in terms of family, finance, business and health and can give no more.

"However, what has disappointed me most has been the many lies, half-truths and libellous things that have been written by a small minority of cowardly faceless people on message boards, comment sites and social networking sites.

"I cannot be personally blamed for the credit crunch which has played a massive part in the failure to deliver the new ground and the planning department of Worcester City Council have also got a lot to answer for."

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