FA Trophy 3rd round
Date: 09-12-23 Match preview Vs Stourbridge FC Venue: Aggborough Kick off: 15:00hrs

08-12-23. FA Trophy 3rd rd. Kidderminster Harriers Vs Stourbridge FC. Match preview

Preview: Phil Lench

Gold Omotayo
Gold Omotayo
here to save our season

The Harriers get their FA Trophy campaign underway tomorrow, against Stourbridge FC, with a new, long overdue, striker in the ranks.

Earlier today the former Kings Lynn Town and AFC Fylde striker Gold Omotayo signed for an undisclosed fee after only joining Fylde on a free transfer in the summer. Evidently things may be going pear shaped at Fylde with attacking midfielder Alex Whitmore also having left them for Solihull Moors for a fee a week ago. Is the Pet Shop Boy (David Haythornthwaite) running out of money?

We might get to see the first of our long term injured back tomorrow with the news that Shane Byrne may play a part. Joe Leesley and Nathaniel Knight-Percival are still some time off. Russ Penn has said that we’ll be playing a full strength team tomorrow and will likely go with the one that beat Ebbsfleet Utd last Saturday. That could mean that we’ll only see Gold for the last ten minutes of the game.

Our recent history against Stourbridge isn’t good reading having lost in the FA Cup and Trophy in 2015 and then again in the FA Cup in 2018, all at the cricket pitch, but we did get a massive face saving win in the Worcester Senior Cup in 2016 so all is good for some  fans.

At one time Stourbridge was regular stop off point to retirement for many Harriers players but now there are just the two with Alex Prosser and Darryl Knights there. Now thirty five Dazzler is the one seeing his career out there.

With this being our first game at Aggborough against them, a win last week and a new striker we thought we would never see it can only be a win for us.

Photo © KHFC

Referee: Mr Richard Aspinall. Blackpool

Talk about the game here

Links to Stourbridge FC websites here

Find Pubs around Kidderminster here

Previous games against Stourbridge FC
Played: 110Won: 53Drew: 21Lost: 36
DateH/AComp:ScoreGoalsAtt: (away)
06-10-2018AFA Cup 3rd qual rd3 – 2Williams, Ironside1527 (640)
18-07-2016AWorcester Senior Cup QF0 – 1Murphy 
12-12-2015AFA Trophy 1st rd2 – 1Singh902 (500)
24-10-2015AFA Cup 4th qual rd3 – 0 2032 (444)
04-08-2012HWorcester Senior Cup Final0 – 1 1021
26-02-2009AWorcester Senior Cup QF0 – 3Carr 3292
11-01-2000AWorcester Senior Cup 2nd rd2 – 5Hines, Hadley, Brownrigg, Marsh354
18-02-1998HWorcester Senior Cup QF replay1 – 1Yates379
27-01-1998AWorcester Senior Cup QF0 – 0 296
02-03-1996HWorcester Senior Cup SF1 – 2Davies750
28-03-1991AWorcester Senior Cup SF0 – 3Taylor, Whitehouse, McGrath805
04-04-1990AWorcester Senior Cup SF2 – 3Casey, Burton, Howell647
26-02-1983ASouthern League Premier1 – 1Waddington571
30-10-1982HSouthern League Premier1 – 0Powell511
16-09-1982ASouthern League Cup 1st rd 2nd leg1 – 0 401
23-08-1982HSouthern League Cup 1st rd 1st leg2 – 0Vassallo, Mullen501
08-03-1982HSouthern League Midland2 – 2Powell 2602
02-09-1981ASouthern League Midland1 – 1Powell 
29-04-1981HWorcester Senior Cup Final 2nd leg0 – 2  
22-04-1981AWorcester Senior Cup Final 1st leg1 – 1OG 
27-12-1980HSouthern League Midland3 – 2Foxwell, Williams534
29-09-1980ASouthern League Midland1 – 1Wright621
05-04-1980HSouthern League Midland2 – 1Powell 2466
26-12-1979ASouthern League Midland2 – 1Powell 
02-05-1979HWorcester Senior Cup Final 2nd leg2 – 1Smith, OG 
24-04-1979AWorcester Senior Cup Final 1st leg2 – 2Mullen 2 
04-11-1978ASouthern League 1st Div North2 – 2Mullen 2 
30-09-1978HSouthern League 1st Div North4 – 2Chambers, Griffiths, Mullen, Saint 
25-03-1978HSouthern League 1st Div North1 – 0Haywood 
27-12-1997ASouthern League 1st Div North2 – 1Haywood 
09-04-1977ASouthern League 1st Div North2 – 0  
25-09-1976HSouthern League 1st Div North1 – 2Griffiths408
11-09-1976AWelsh FA Cup 1st rd1 – 0  
04-02-1975ABorder Counties League2 – 1McGowan 
01-08-1974HBorder Counties League2 – 0Lynch, Jones 
03-03-1974ASouthern League 1st Div North2 – 0  
08-09-1973AWelsh FA Cup 1st rd2 – 1Ball 
11-08-1973HSouthern League 1st Div North1 – 1Henderson885
20-03-1973ASouthern League 1st Div North0 – 0  
08-01-1973HCamkin Cup 2nd rd3 – 0P Wassall, Jewkes, Lynch701
12-08-1972HSouthern League 1st Div North3 – 0P Wassall, Lynch, Jones1179
01-11-1971ABorder Counties League1 – 2B Wassall, Jessop 
13-09-1971HBorder Counties League2 – 3McKay 21745
09-04-1971ABorder Counties League1 – 0  
01-04-1971HBorder Counties League3 – 0B Wassall, P Wassall, Price 
19-12-1970HWest Midland Premier4 – 0Jackson, P Wassall, Smith, Henderson 
30-11-1970HWest Midlands League Cup 3rd rd2 – 1P Wassall 2 
31-08-1970AWest Midland Premier1 – 2P Wassall, Jackson 
09-05-1970HBorder Counties League6 – 0B Wassall 3, Holder, Cocker, Watson 
20-04-1970HStaffordshire Senior Cup SF1 – 0Watson 
02-04-1970ACamkin Cup Final 2nd leg2 – 3Cocker, Henderson, B Wassall 
23-03-1970HCamkin Cup Final 1st leg5 – 0Chester, P Wassall, B Wassall, Watson, Cocker 
16-03-1970HWest Midland Premier2 – 3P Wassall, Henderson 
18-11-1969AWorcester Senior Cup 2nd rd3 – 4Cocker 3, Smith 
14-10-1969ABorder Counties League0 – 2B Wassall, Henderson 
11-10-1969AWest Midland Premier1 – 3P Wassall, Watson, Henderson 
03-03-1969HWorcester Senior Cup SF1 – 0Henderson 
11-01-1969HWest Midland Premier9 – 1P Wassall 3, Taylor, Cocker 2, Henderson 2, Smith 
14-09-1968AWest Midland Premier1 – 5Gilbert 2, B Wassall, Smith, OG 
08-05-1968HWorcester Senior Cup SF 2nd leg2 – 3B Wassall, P Wassall 
20-04-1968HWest Midland Premier2 – 1Gilbert, P Wassall 
03-04-1968AWorcester Senior Cup SF 1st leg4 – 1P Wassall 
21-02-1968HCamkin Cup QF 2nd leg2 – 1P Wassall, B Wassall 
19-02-1968ACamkin Cup QF 1st leg3 – 4P Wassall 2, B Wassall, Henderson 
29-08-1967AWest Midland Premier0 – 4P Wassall, Henderson 2, Watson 
11-03-1967AWest Midland Premier2 – 1Gilbert 
27-12-1966HWest Midland Premier5 – 1Gilbert, B Wassall, Holbutt, Henderson, Salisbury 
26-03-1966AWest Midland Premier1 – 2Wyatt, B Wassall 
30-10-1965HWest Midland Premier2 – 0Henderson, Gilbert 
30-08-1965HWest Midland League Cup1 – 3P Wassall 
05-04-1965HWest Midland League3 – 1P Wassall 2, Gilbert 
09-01-1965HWest Mids League Cup 1st rd replay1 – 3Buxton 
29-09-1964AWest Mids League Cup 1st rd1 – 1Gilbert 
12-09-1964AWest Midland League1 – 1P Wassall 
18-04-1964HWest Midland League2 – 4Gilbert, Price 
02-11-1963AWest Midland League3 – 1Price 
18-05-1963HWest Midland League0 – 1  
01-08-1962AWest Midland League0 – 0  
21-04-1962ABirmingham & District League0 – 2Beasley, Gilbert 
18-11-1961HBirmingham & District League6 – 1O’Brien 3, Barber, Wright 2 
31-12-1960ABirmingham & District League0 – 0  
29-08-1960ABirmingham & District League0 – 1Lane 
27-03-1958HBirmingham Senior Cup SF0 – 3  
26-10-1955HWorcester Senior Cup1 – 2Punter 
12-04-1955HWorcester Senior Cup SF5 – 1Knight 2, Duggins, Hardiman, Cocum 
30-09-1953HHerefordshire Senior Cup5 – 0Heron, Aldred, Lesz, McCabe 2 
06-10-1951HBirmingham Senior Cup 2nd rd3 – 0Bury, Treherne 25023
11-09-1950ABirmingham Senior Cup 1st rd1 – 2Tatum, Kerigan 
24-09-1949HFA Cup preliminary rd replay2 – 3Grant, Mitchell 
17-09-1949AFA Cup preliminary rd0 – 0  
06-03-1948AWorcester Senior Cup 2nd rd replay4 – 1Pears 
17-01-1948AWorcester Senior Cup 2nd rd replay5 – 2Grosvenor, Pears 
06-12-1947HWorcester Senior Cup 2nd rd1 – 1Pears2504
07-04-1947HBirmingham Combination2 – 1Grosvenor, Lewis 
26-12-1946ABirmingham Combination3 – 3Lewis 3 
14-09-1946AWorcester Senior Cup 1st rd2 – 1Lewis 
11-05-1946HBirmingham Senior Cup Final5 – 0Woolley, Lewis 3, Lilley 
22-04-1946ABirmingham Combination2 – 0  
26-12-1945HBirmingham Combination5 – 0Thomas 4, Male 
10-10-1937HFA Cup3 – 2? 
12-04-1926AWorcester Senior Cup2 – 0  
16-09-1911HFA Cup3 – 2? 
12-11-1904AFA Cup0 – 1? 
24-11-1902AFA Cup0 – 2? 
19-11-1902HFA Cup0 – 0  
15-11-1902AFA Cup2 – 2? 
06-10-1900AFA Cup5 – 2? 
16-10-1895AFA Cup1 – 2? 
12-10-1895HFA Cup0 – 0  
17-09-1892ABirmingham & District League0 – 2?