ST George's Stadium, New St George's Lane and St Modwen Stadium - could one of these be the name of Worcester City Football Club's new £8 million pound stadium?

Supporters of the 105-year-old club have already started to speculate what the proposed 6,000 capacity ground could be called after City signed an agreement with developer St Modwen Properties to develop on the outskirts of the city.

However, chairman Dave Boddy said the club will be exploring the possibilty of sealing a sponsorship deal for the stadium's name like Stoke City did with its Britannia Stadium - also developed by St Modwen.

He said: "I think it is too early to speculate on what it might be called but there is a possibilty of looking for commercial naming rights of the stadium. We will certainly be looking at that and it would more income for the club."

However, it is only one idea and some of the suggestions being banded about the city by supporters are St George's, New St George's, St Modwen's Lane, The New Lane, and even Nunnery Way after the land between junctions six and seven on the M5 on which the stadium could be built.

Mr Boddy, too, has also been put in the spotlight with one fan suggesting St David's Lane might be appropriate. The Boddy Shop Stadium, however, is unlikely to receive much support.

Mr Boddy said: "My personal preference out of all of those mentioned, if we didn't go down the commercial route, is probably St George's Stadium - it has links with the old ground."

We reported in your Worcester News yesterday that spiralling debts totalling about £800,000 are one of the main driving forces behind the club's desire to move to the 7.5 acre site at Nunnery Way.

The rest of the 20-acre site, which St Modwen bought for £3.15 million in April, will remain under the developer's ownership and will be used to build office and leisure facilities, which could include a new hotel. The club's current ground, which has been their home for 102 years, will be sold off and used for housing.

However, one resident living in nearby Whittington has already voiced his opposition to the move because he is worried it will ruin the countryside.

Andrew Guy said: "Am I nimby? Yes, this opening of the planning floodgates to developers will change forever the green and rural place I live, but then it is the civic duty for all of us to take a more active part in debating and influencing the world around us."

Mr Guy also pointed to the fact numerous applications for a new stadium have failed over the past 19 years and asked the question why this proposal is so different.

However, St Modwen has already said it will not build retail outlets at Nunnery Way because such applications previous to this one had conflicted with the city's Local Plan.

Detailed plans will now be drawn up and are expected to be submitted to Worcester City Council at the beginning of next year, and the club will own the stadium once it moves in.