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Kidderminster Harriers F.C.

Kidderminster Harriers F.C.

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History

Kidderminster Harriers were formed in 1886 from a highly successful athletics and rugby union club that had existed since 1877. In July 1880 the Athletics club amalgamated with the local Clarence rugby club to become 'Kidderminster Harriers and Football Club'. Matches were played at White Wickets on the Franche Road in Kidderminster. 1885-6 was the last season played as a rugby club and the Harriers switched to Association rules for the next season.

Olympic and Kidderminster F.C.

Playing games at Chester Road (the current cricket ground) Harriers' first game was 18 September 1886, away to Wilden, winning 2–1. The town saw a rival team start up as Kidderminster Olympic in 1887, rapidly becoming one of the best sides in the area. In 1887–88 the club started playing its matches at Aggborough. Both Olympic and Harriers were founder members of the Birmingham and District League in 1889, Olympic won the league in 1890, with Harriers runners-up. Both sides regularly attracted crowds of 2,000–4,000 with the local derbies seeing over 7,000 attending. Owing to their success soon after both Olympic and Harriers were subject to allegations of 'professionalism' and illegal payments to players, although the League Committee let off both clubs with a warning about future conduct. In 1890, the two clubs amalgamated as Kidderminster F.C. on a full professional basis, the new club being admitted to the Midland League which had been formed in 1889. The club became the first from the…

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Legacy

Honours

League

Football Conference (level 5) Champions: 1993–94, 1999–2000 National League North (level 6) Play-off winners: 2023, 2026 West Midlands League Champions: 1937–38, 1938–39, 1964–65, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71 Cup

FA Trophy Winners: 1986–87 Runners-up: 1990–91, 1994–95, 2006–07 Conference League Cup Winners: 1996–97 Southern League Cup Winners: 1979–80 Worcestershire Senior Cup Winners (27): 1895–96, 1903–04, 1920–21, 1931–32, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1978–79, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2009–10, 2014–15, 2016–17 Birmingham Senior Cup Winners: 1933–34, 1934–35, 1937–38, 1945–46, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67 Staffordshire Senior Cup Winners: 1980–81, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85

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association football club in Kidderminster, England

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Kidderminster Harriers Football Club are a professional association football club based in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England. The club competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system.

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