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.

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Referee: Mr Richard Aspinall. Blackpool


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Previous games against Stourbridge FC
Played: 110Won: 53Drew: 21Lost: 36
Date H/A Comp: Score Goals Att: (away)
06-10-2018 A FA Cup 3rd qual rd 3 – 2 Williams, Ironside 1527 (640)
18-07-2016 A Worcester Senior Cup QF 0 – 1 Murphy  
12-12-2015 A FA Trophy 1st rd 2 – 1 Singh 902 (500)
24-10-2015 A FA Cup 4th qual rd 3 – 0   2032 (444)
04-08-2012 H Worcester Senior Cup Final 0 – 1   1021
26-02-2009 A Worcester Senior Cup QF 0 – 3 Carr 3 292
11-01-2000 A Worcester Senior Cup 2nd rd 2 – 5 Hines, Hadley, Brownrigg, Marsh 354
18-02-1998 H Worcester Senior Cup QF replay 1 – 1 Yates 379
27-01-1998 A Worcester Senior Cup QF 0 – 0   296
02-03-1996 H Worcester Senior Cup SF 1 – 2 Davies 750
28-03-1991 A Worcester Senior Cup SF 0 – 3 Taylor, Whitehouse, McGrath 805
04-04-1990 A Worcester Senior Cup SF 2 – 3 Casey, Burton, Howell 647
26-02-1983 A Southern League Premier 1 – 1 Waddington 571
30-10-1982 H Southern League Premier 1 – 0 Powell 511
16-09-1982 A Southern League Cup 1st rd 2nd leg 1 – 0   401
23-08-1982 H Southern League Cup 1st rd 1st leg 2 – 0 Vassallo, Mullen 501
08-03-1982 H Southern League Midland 2 – 2 Powell 2 602
02-09-1981 A Southern League Midland 1 – 1 Powell  
29-04-1981 H Worcester Senior Cup Final 2nd leg 0 – 2    
22-04-1981 A Worcester Senior Cup Final 1st leg 1 – 1 OG  
27-12-1980 H Southern League Midland 3 – 2 Foxwell, Williams 534
29-09-1980 A Southern League Midland 1 – 1 Wright 621
05-04-1980 H Southern League Midland 2 – 1 Powell 2 466
26-12-1979 A Southern League Midland 2 – 1 Powell  
02-05-1979 H Worcester Senior Cup Final 2nd leg 2 – 1 Smith, OG  
24-04-1979 A Worcester Senior Cup Final 1st leg 2 – 2 Mullen 2  
04-11-1978 A Southern League 1st Div North 2 – 2 Mullen 2  
30-09-1978 H Southern League 1st Div North 4 – 2 Chambers, Griffiths, Mullen, Saint  
25-03-1978 H Southern League 1st Div North 1 – 0 Haywood  
27-12-1997 A Southern League 1st Div North 2 – 1 Haywood  
09-04-1977 A Southern League 1st Div North 2 – 0    
25-09-1976 H Southern League 1st Div North 1 – 2 Griffiths 408
11-09-1976 A Welsh FA Cup 1st rd 1 – 0    
04-02-1975 A Border Counties League 2 – 1 McGowan  
01-08-1974 H Border Counties League 2 – 0 Lynch, Jones  
03-03-1974 A Southern League 1st Div North 2 – 0    
08-09-1973 A Welsh FA Cup 1st rd 2 – 1 Ball  
11-08-1973 H Southern League 1st Div North 1 – 1 Henderson 885
20-03-1973 A Southern League 1st Div North 0 – 0    
08-01-1973 H Camkin Cup 2nd rd 3 – 0 P Wassall, Jewkes, Lynch 701
12-08-1972 H Southern League 1st Div North 3 – 0 P Wassall, Lynch, Jones 1179
01-11-1971 A Border Counties League 1 – 2 B Wassall, Jessop  
13-09-1971 H Border Counties League 2 – 3 McKay 2 1745
09-04-1971 A Border Counties League 1 – 0    
01-04-1971 H Border Counties League 3 – 0 B Wassall, P Wassall, Price  
19-12-1970 H West Midland Premier 4 – 0 Jackson, P Wassall, Smith, Henderson  
30-11-1970 H West Midlands League Cup 3rd rd 2 – 1 P Wassall 2  
31-08-1970 A West Midland Premier 1 – 2 P Wassall, Jackson  
09-05-1970 H Border Counties League 6 – 0 B Wassall 3, Holder, Cocker, Watson  
20-04-1970 H Staffordshire Senior Cup SF 1 – 0 Watson  
02-04-1970 A Camkin Cup Final 2nd leg 2 – 3 Cocker, Henderson, B Wassall  
23-03-1970 H Camkin Cup Final 1st leg 5 – 0 Chester, P Wassall, B Wassall, Watson, Cocker  
16-03-1970 H West Midland Premier 2 – 3 P Wassall, Henderson  
18-11-1969 A Worcester Senior Cup 2nd rd 3 – 4 Cocker 3, Smith  
14-10-1969 A Border Counties League 0 – 2 B Wassall, Henderson  
11-10-1969 A West Midland Premier 1 – 3 P Wassall, Watson, Henderson  
03-03-1969 H Worcester Senior Cup SF 1 – 0 Henderson  
11-01-1969 H West Midland Premier 9 – 1 P Wassall 3, Taylor, Cocker 2, Henderson 2, Smith  
14-09-1968 A West Midland Premier 1 – 5 Gilbert 2, B Wassall, Smith, OG  
08-05-1968 H Worcester Senior Cup SF 2nd leg 2 – 3 B Wassall, P Wassall  
20-04-1968 H West Midland Premier 2 – 1 Gilbert, P Wassall  
03-04-1968 A Worcester Senior Cup SF 1st leg 4 – 1 P Wassall  
21-02-1968 H Camkin Cup QF 2nd leg 2 – 1 P Wassall, B Wassall  
19-02-1968 A Camkin Cup QF 1st leg 3 – 4 P Wassall 2, B Wassall, Henderson  
29-08-1967 A West Midland Premier 0 – 4 P Wassall, Henderson 2, Watson  
11-03-1967 A West Midland Premier 2 – 1 Gilbert  
27-12-1966 H West Midland Premier 5 – 1 Gilbert, B Wassall, Holbutt, Henderson, Salisbury  
26-03-1966 A West Midland Premier 1 – 2 Wyatt, B Wassall  
30-10-1965 H West Midland Premier 2 – 0 Henderson, Gilbert  
30-08-1965 H West Midland League Cup 1 – 3 P Wassall  
05-04-1965 H West Midland League 3 – 1 P Wassall 2, Gilbert  
09-01-1965 H West Mids League Cup 1st rd replay 1 – 3 Buxton  
29-09-1964 A West Mids League Cup 1st rd 1 – 1 Gilbert  
12-09-1964 A West Midland League 1 – 1 P Wassall  
18-04-1964 H West Midland League 2 – 4 Gilbert, Price  
02-11-1963 A West Midland League 3 – 1 Price  
18-05-1963 H West Midland League 0 – 1    
01-08-1962 A West Midland League 0 – 0    
21-04-1962 A Birmingham & District League 0 – 2 Beasley, Gilbert  
18-11-1961 H Birmingham & District League 6 – 1 O’Brien 3, Barber, Wright 2  
31-12-1960 A Birmingham & District League 0 – 0    
29-08-1960 A Birmingham & District League 0 – 1 Lane  
27-03-1958 H Birmingham Senior Cup SF 0 – 3    
26-10-1955 H Worcester Senior Cup 1 – 2 Punter  
12-04-1955 H Worcester Senior Cup SF 5 – 1 Knight 2, Duggins, Hardiman, Cocum  
30-09-1953 H Herefordshire Senior Cup 5 – 0 Heron, Aldred, Lesz, McCabe 2  
06-10-1951 H Birmingham Senior Cup 2nd rd 3 – 0 Bury, Treherne 2 5023
11-09-1950 A Birmingham Senior Cup 1st rd 1 – 2 Tatum, Kerigan  
24-09-1949 H FA Cup preliminary rd replay 2 – 3 Grant, Mitchell  
17-09-1949 A FA Cup preliminary rd 0 – 0    
06-03-1948 A Worcester Senior Cup 2nd rd replay 4 – 1 Pears  
17-01-1948 A Worcester Senior Cup 2nd rd replay 5 – 2 Grosvenor, Pears  
06-12-1947 H Worcester Senior Cup 2nd rd 1 – 1 Pears 2504
07-04-1947 H Birmingham Combination 2 – 1 Grosvenor, Lewis  
26-12-1946 A Birmingham Combination 3 – 3 Lewis 3  
14-09-1946 A Worcester Senior Cup 1st rd 2 – 1 Lewis  
11-05-1946 H Birmingham Senior Cup Final 5 – 0 Woolley, Lewis 3, Lilley  
22-04-1946 A Birmingham Combination 2 – 0    
26-12-1945 H Birmingham Combination 5 – 0 Thomas 4, Male  
10-10-1937 H FA Cup 3 – 2 ?  
12-04-1926 A Worcester Senior Cup 2 – 0    
16-09-1911 H FA Cup 3 – 2 ?  
12-11-1904 A FA Cup 0 – 1 ?  
24-11-1902 A FA Cup 0 – 2 ?  
19-11-1902 H FA Cup 0 – 0    
15-11-1902 A FA Cup 2 – 2 ?  
06-10-1900 A FA Cup 5 – 2 ?  
16-10-1895 A FA Cup 1 – 2 ?  
12-10-1895 H FA Cup 0 – 0    
17-09-1892 A Birmingham & District League 0 – 2 ?