Opinion
Date: 20-05-22 The 21-22 season in review. Part 2 By Harriershane ……. In part 1 of this season review we read that we had played four FA Cup games before that big boy game, three of them away from home but first of all came the league and the trophy. Following the FC Halifax Town cup game Boston Utd were defeated and we escaped with a draw up at Curzon Ashton, before the Pilgrims got their revenge over a rotated Harriers side in the FA Trophy. In the FA Cup draw any hopes of drawing Liverpool or Manchester Utd were dashed as we got paired with Championship strugglers Reading FC. Rejected by TV, but with some media interest, the Royals came
Date: 18-05-22 The 21-22 season in review. Part 1 By Harriershane The last time we did one of these the Harriers had worked their way through a few managers and something called Covid-19 intervened. We then had a curtailed campaign in 2020/21 after a few months behind closed doors, so the 2021/22 was the first season back with fans. And didn’t they come out, in the end. A snippet from that previous season review: “In the weeks following the end of the season the Harriers announced that Russ Penn had been given the manager’s job permanently, to be assisted by Jimmy O’Connor in a move that was widely supported. It’s all in his (Penn’s) hands now” So, what happened then?
Date: 13-05-20 The season in review. Part 2 By Harriershane The 2020 part of the season began at Edgar Street with high hopes that Harriers could do the double over their rivals but it was the Bulls that took the spoils. The first home game of the new decade was against Blyth Spartans who won the game with an unbelievable effort from Lewis Hawkins. It was also Keith Lowe’s first game back as the veteran centre back returned to Harriers for a third time from Bradford (Park Avenue). A hard fought home game with Spennymoor Town followed with the former West Brom youngster, and Pakistan international, Samir Nabi, signing for us permanently while Austin Samuels joined us on loan from
Date: 11-05-20 The season in review. Part 1 By Harriershane Ronan Keating once sung that “Life is a rollercoaster. Just gotta ride it”. For Kidderminster Harriers 2019/20 National League North campaign even that feels like a gross understatement when you reflect on the season that was. The Harriers entered the close season without a manager after the well-publicised spat between owner Colin Gordon & Mark Yates and after what felt like an eternity the former Crystal Palace defender, John Pemberton, was brought in from Chesterfield’s academy to lead the charge. His appointment was met with some positivity as the straight-talking Lancastrian was seen as the man to rid Harriers of their notoriously soft underbelly. Goalkeeper Cameron Gregory was brought in
Date: 21-09-19 Colin Gordon’s legacy is four years of decline and mounting apathy By Harry Taylor The end of a revolution is almost always silent. There may be public outcry beforehand, but the passage of power is only as loud as a pen on paper. So after months of unhappiness among Kidderminster Harriers fans it’s only natural that the change at the top of the club was discovered on Companies House. Colin Gordon is no longer the owner. His spell as custodian has been a story of alienation and decline. When he took over in September 2015, the Harriers had won their first game of the season at the 19th attempt. Fast forward three seasons and the club finished at