Kidderminster Harriers F.C.
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Kidderminster Harriers Football Club are an English football team from Kidderminster, Worcestershire. They will play in the Conference National for the 2005-06 season.
History
Kidderminster Harriers were formed in 1886 from an athletics and Rugby Union club which had been in existence for nine years.They were founder members of the Birmingham and District League in 1889, but did not win it until 1938. They moved to the Southern League the following year, but played just two games because of the onset of World War II. They rejoined the Southern League in 1948, but in 1960 dropped back down to the Birmingham League. They were back to the Southern League by 1970, and in 1983 were promoted to the Alliance Premier League (now the Conference) after finishing second to AP Leamington, who were refused entry.
In 1994, Harriers were Conference champions, but were refused promotion due to the Football League's tightened ground regulations. They finished second to Macclesfield Town in 1997, but then finished in the bottom half in each of the next two seasons. Former Liverpool star Jan Mølby was appointed as manager for the 1999-2000 season, and led the club to the title at the first attempt, beating Rushden & Diamonds by nine points. Since then though, the club has struggled to make a mark in the Football League, and after just five seasons they were relegated back to the Conference National division.
Cup success
Harriers reached the Welsh Cup final in 1986 and 1989, losing to Wrexham (2-1) and Swansea City (5-0) respectively. In 1987 Harriers went to Wembley Stadium for the FA Trophy final against Burton Albion. The game was a 0-0 draw after extra time, but Kidderminster won 2-1 in the replay at The Hawthorns. They have reached the final on two occasions since, losing 2-1 on both occasions: to Wycombe Wanderers in 1991 before a competition record crowd of 34,842, and again to Woking in 1995.
Kidderminster have also had some success in the FA Cup. They reached the fifth round in 1994, shooting to national fame after defeating Birmingham City 2-1 away and Preston North End 1-0 at home in the previous two rounds. They then lost narrowly (0-1) at home to West Ham United. In 2004 Kidderminster reached the third round to face Premiership team and local rivals Wolverhampton Wanderers, drawing 1-1 at Aggborough but losing the replay 2-0.
Harriers were the first team to host a floodlit FA Cup match, when on September 14 1955 they played Brierley Hill Alliance in a preliminary round replay, which Harriers won 4-2.
External links
- KHFC Official site (http://www.harriers.co.uk/)
- Harriers Online (http://www.harriers-online.co.uk/)
- Harriers Chatter m/b (http://www.harriers-online.co.uk/forum/)
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