In the mellow afternoon Worcestershire sunshine they did their best to keep the faith. Yes, the Warriors had just been beaten by an Exeter team who have now started the season with two successive wins. Yes, the club is up to its eyebrows in debt. But as they applauded and cheered their team’s resolve in adversity at the final whistle, even Worcester’s most loyal supporters could feel time fast running out.
Tuesday is now looking like D-day, with the club currently not even in a position to pay the £45 a head registration fee to cover the loan players needed to fulfil Wednesday’s Premiership Cup fixture against Gloucester. After that? For all the swirling talk of an imminent deal being signed which would keep the club going and not involve administration, these remain the most unsettling of days.
