WORCESTER City Football Club's bid to build its future at a new stadium has reached D-Day.

Club officials will take backing from FA chief executive Adam Crozier and Lord Faulkner of Worcester, the head of the Government's football taskforce, to a crunch meeting of the full city council tomorrow evening.

Councillors there will decide whether or not to back, in principle, the initial outline of the 6,000 capacity ground with a B&Q enabling development.

A 'yes' vote would allow the project team to investigate the feasibility of building on the Nunnery Way site, off the A4440, and submit detailed plans of the joint development.

If councillors using a free vote turn down the idea of the move, without an appeal, the team would remain at St George's Lane.

Councillors have so far backed the club at an informal meeting of the planning committee, the development services policy and review committee, and at the city's executive board.

But they could still change their minds and reverse that support.

The Local Plan, which is designed to outline any future developments in the city, has a football stadium earmarked at the Nunnery Way site but not a retail development alongside it.

Without permission for the B&Q store, the club would shelve the stadium project.

Although any alterations to the Local Plan will not be discussed until March, a vote in favour would allow the project team to fully research and investigate the site's potential.