WORCESTER City's board of directors will have a familiar look despite a dramatic annual general meeting tonight.

All 11 of the existing regime’s candidates were elected by shareholders at County Hall, along with Supporters’ Trust chairman Colin Layland who was standing independently, while the four representatives of the Shareholders Action Group were rejected.

The decisions were met with mixed reaction although some shareholders left in disgust claiming the result was rigged.

An extraordinary general meeting took place immediately afterwards, at which all motions to remove existing directors were defeated and the efforts to appoint SAG delegates were not supported, while Layland’s place was not opposed.

The meeting was attended by around 100 shareholders, less than anticipated, and lasted for about two hours.

The Worcester News was denied access to proceedings as the gathering was declared private.

Directors were elected following the results of a poll because the decisions were deemed too sensitive for voting by a show of hands.

Every shareholder cast their vote for each of the 16 nominees on a form and the results were then added to the proxy votes, which had already been counted following last Wednesday’s deadline for submission.

The meeting also included a report on the club accounts for the year ending May 31, 2007, and it is understood they were rejected by just one vote.

Keep reading the website for reaction later.