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Worcester Warriors
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Worcester Rugby Football Club came into being thanks to the efforts of Worcester Royal Grammar School's Headmaster, Reverend Francis John Eld. He asked some players to join, each paid a small subscription and they were all told to find a friend who lived within three minutes of the city of Worcester to join the team. The team played its first game in November 1871 against Artillery. In 1896, despite the team being in good shape, it was disbanded. The increased distance of away matches and the difficulties this was causing may have been a factor. Fortunately, the club was re launched in 1908. The club folded again a few years later as a result of World War I, but was once again resurrected in 1920. In the 1950s Worcester moved to a new home at Bevere, where it stayed until 1975 when the team moved to its current home at Sixways. When the English league system was first formed at the end of the 1980s, Worcester were placed in the eighth tier of the league system. With much assistance from chairperson Cecil Duckworth, the team managed to achieve a succession of promotions, culminating in the team winning the National Division One title in 2003-04 to gain promotion to the Guinness Premiership, the highest tier of English Club Rugby.
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