Congratulations Kiddy.

[Severnup]

Well done Kidderminster on winning promotion to the National League Premier. 2 goals from our ex player Ashley Hemmings.

 

[Netherton Wolf]

Brilliant from Russ Penn & guys, always great to see a local team do well

 

[oldgolded]

Great stuff. Well done Kiddy. Have fond memories of living there in the 1970s.

 

[JadeWolf]

Well done Kiddy! Pleased for them, nice club.

 

[Southdownswolf]

**** em . Hope they lose every match next year.




I'm not a bitter Bromsgrove supporter at all......

 

[meeee67]

Brilliant from Russ Penn & guys, always great to see a local team do well

Not all local teams......

 

[Baboon]

Had to win NINE games on the bounce! Due to the National League system, all three play-off games were played at the opposition's ground. A fantastic achievement.

 

[Stourport wolf]

Up the Harriers!

 

[Stourport wolf]

Massive in Norway.

How Kidderminster Harriers hit it big in a Norwegian coastal town

There are plenty of supporters’ groups in Norway, but not many are dedicated to clubs from the sixth tier

www.theguardian.com

 

[WickedWolfie]

Brilliant from Russ Penn & guys, always great to see a local team do well

Look out for results from the Whorethornes, do you???

 

[stever]

Who are their bitterest rivals?

 

[GigmillWolf]

Who are their bitterest rivals?

Not sure. Possibly Hereford?

 

[Baboon]

Not sure. Possibly Hereford?

I'm not sure that Kiddy have any "bitter" rivals. Certainly nowhere near in the same same sense that we would regard Wolves/Albion or Villa/Blues. Their rivals seem to vary with the division they find themselves in at a particular time. Last season it would have been Hereford and Telford. Twenty-five years or so ago it might have been Bromsgrove Rovers prior to Rovers' demise and subsequent rebirth as Bromsgrove Sporting. There have been some good cup battles with Stourbridge in more recent times, while going way back to the 40s and 50s Kiddy might have seen Worcester City as a rival. In the National League next season the most local club I can think of is Solihull Moors but there is no history of any rivalry as such between the two.

 

[stever]

Not sure. Possibly Hereford?

Stafford Rangers?

 

[AndyY]

I sort have a soft spot for KH as my late Grandmother was from there and a cousin by marriage played for them a while back, but I also lived in Kings Lynn, have family still there and my wife is from there so i really wanted them to do well.
Its not really a football town, so it would have been good to give them something to boost the profile.

 

[glorybox]

My youngest's second team so i'm pleased for him but i'm sorry they shouldn't really be going up. Kings Lynn finished second, 24 points above them.

 

[Baboon]

My youngest's second team so i'm pleased for him but i'm sorry they shouldn't really be going up. Kings Lynn finished second, 24 points above them.

I'm another with a vague connection to King's Lynn as I was sent to stay with an aunt there for six months when I was very young. It was actually South Wootton if that counts as King's Lynn. Anyway, it's the perennial discussion as to whether having play-offs is a fair system. It never is when your team is the unlucky one that just missed out but I didn't have any complaints on that glorious day in Cardiff almost twenty years ago.

 

[DanishWolf]

Well done Kidderminster. Always had a soft spot for them after watching them beat Blues 2-1 in the FA Cuo in 1994..

 

[AndyY]

I'm another with a vague connection to King's Lynn as I was sent to stay with an aunt there for six months when I was very young. It was actually South Wootton if that counts as King's Lynn. Anyway, it's the perennial discussion as to whether having play-offs is a fair system. It never is when your team is the unlucky one that just missed out but I didn't have any complaints on that glorious day in Cardiff almost twenty years ago.

South Wooton is definitely part of Kings Lynn; my wife hails from there, and I still play golf at King's Lynn Golf Club which borders South Wooton.

 

[Frank Lincoln]

Well done Kidderminster. Though the national league will be tough, hopefully they can compete in there.

 

[Baboon]

Well done Kidderminster. Though the national league will be tough, hopefully they can compete in there.

They've done it before. They won the Conference (as it was then) by 9 points in 1999/00 and spent five seasons in League One before slipping back into non-league. The National League is a good standard though so it won't be easy.

 

[kiddywolves26]

biggest club in the conference north with the best facilities by far. They were averaging just short of 3k gates each game although they were mid table most of the season- still a full time outfit as well.

Odd really as far as I’m aware they are normally the team who fights for the title and then fails in play offs. This year they were the team that got in at the last minute.

Rival wise- their main rivals are Cheltenham town (Worcestershire/Gloucestershire derby) followed by Hereford. They used to have a small rivalry with Shrewsbury during the football league years also. Telford has been the local game the last few years but not really a rivalry like the teams above were. Worcester/Bromsgrove/Gloucester are none existent really- a bit like Walsall to us (small annoying neighbours). However kiddy did make the news this year for the Agro they caused at Gloucester

 

[Mile End Wanderer]

Well done kidder!

 

[Hazza]

I went to the game - I live in Brackley.

They’ve been in some run and demolished Kings Lynn in semi (who finished 2nd). Brackley had beaten Chester away so quite an unexpected final really.

On the day Kiddy bossed it.

Brackley sacked Roger Johnson about 6 weeks ago and so had caretaker manager in place (an injured centre half) - managed to keep them in play off spot but I think Harriers had too much for them yesterday.

Great occasion for Brackley, record crowd of over 3000 incl 700 away.

 

[Lyewolves]

Well done kiddy and a shout out to the lye who secured promotion to tear 4 of the non league pyramid for the first time in their history. Come on you flyers

 

[Eastyorksyeltz]

Well done kiddy and a shout out to the lye who secured promotion to tear 4 of the non league pyramid for the first time in their history. Come on you flyers

Not forgetting the mighty Yeltz, who were promoted to tier 3. A return of the Number 9 derby.

 

[Lyewolves]

I think I'm correct in saying that Kidderminster harriers were the first West midlands team to play at the new Wembley stadium.

 

[SteveBullsKnee]

Not forgetting the mighty Yeltz, who were promoted to tier 3. A return of the Number 9 derby.

The number 9 derby is easily the best name for a derby, love it. Been up the Yeltz quite a bit this season when they haven’t clashed with wolves, real buzz about the place again and getting some fantastic crowds. Hopefully they’ll hold their own next season.

 

[Baboon]

I think I'm correct in saying that Kidderminster harriers were the first West midlands team to play at the new Wembley stadium.

You're quite correct. I was lucky enough to be among the 53,262 who were there on 12th May 2007 for what was the first ever final (the FA Trophy) to be played at the new Wembley. It wasn't lucky for the Harriers though as they threw away a 2-0 half-time lead to lose 3-2 to Stevenage, then known as Stevenage Borough. In midfield for Kiddy was Russ Penn, now the Harriers' manager.

 

[Surrey Wolf]

Look forward to seeing them, when they come to play my local side next season.

 

[AndyY]

You're quite correct. I was lucky enough to be among the 53,262 who were there on 12th May 2007 for what was the first ever final (the FA Trophy) to be played at the new Wembley. It wasn't lucky for the Harriers though as they threw away a 2-0 half-time lead to lose 3-2 to Stevenage, then known as Stevenage Borough. In midfield for Kiddy was Russ Penn, now the Harriers' manager.

It was that match that my cousin was on the bench for, I think.

 

[JOSWolf]

Pleased for Hemmings. Always looked a tidy player when he was in our academy.

 

[Henry Palfrey]

I think I'm correct in saying that Kidderminster harriers were the first West midlands team to play at the new Wembley stadium.

Apart from the fact Kidderminster is in Worcestershire not the West Midlands

 

[Cookyssweetleftfoot]

I sort have a soft spot for KH as my late Grandmother was from there and a cousin by marriage played for them a while back, but I also lived in Kings Lynn, have family still there and my wife is from there so i really wanted them to do well.
Its not really a football town, so it would have been good to give them something to boost the profile.

The Linnets were in the top two virtually all season and only lost out to bid spending Fylde on the last day. No issues with Kiddy, but would have liked my town of birth to have gone back up.

 

[AndyY]

The Linnets were in the top two virtually all season and only lost out to bid spending Fylde on the last day. No issues with Kiddy, but would have liked my town of birth to have gone back up.

KL also had the disruption of their manager leaving unexpectedly (for a better offer, apparently) with just a couple of months of the season to go, I think.

 

[Eastyorksyeltz]

Apart from the fact Kidderminster is in Worcestershire not the West Midlands

But in regional terms they are. certainly not Northern or Southern - So definitely Midlands and decidedly to the West of that region. Would you say Nottingham is not East Midlands, even though they are in Nottinghamshire?

 

[Cookyssweetleftfoot]

KL also had the disruption of their manager leaving unexpectedly (for a better offer, apparently) with just a couple of months of the season to go, I think.

Yes Tommy Widdrington left to join Aldershot ( remember them and the early days of the play-offs?) I think he may have played for the Shots and they are a division higher and bigger support, but not great to just waltz out. His son is one of the dancers on Strictly though!

 

[JimB]

Well done Kiddy, my town of birth and all my family are born & bred. Great to see them back.