Decision to be made on Moore

Kidderminster manager Mark Yates will make a decision this week on the future of former Premier League striker Stefan Moore.

The unattached 25-year-old has been training with the Harriers in he hope of securing a deal at Aggborough, after a summer in the footballing wilderness without a club.

He was released by Walsall at the end of last season, after a journeyman three years since leaving first club Villa which has also seen spells at Leicester, QPR and a loan spell at Port Vale.

Moore's availability has come as a surprise to some. After all, this is a player with 22 Premier League appearances under his belt for Villa. His younger brother Luke is still in the top flight, a £3million signing for Albion in the summer.

Even up until the start of the year, the elder Moore was a Championship player until his release from Loftus Road at the end of January.

Now he could play outside of the Football League for the first time in a Harriers shirt - if Yates decides he is worth a gamble.

The Aggborough boss said: "At the moment, Stefan is just training with us. I have got to have a chat with him. Possibly I could have a bit more news on that a bit later in the week. We will just have to wait and see."

It had been unclear who had approached who to get Moore on board, with the two having a link from a short time together at Cheltenham. Now Yates has confirmed he was the one who was contacted.

He said: "Stefan called me and asked me if he could come down and train with us. I was happy for him to do that and he has looked decent. He is obviously a little bit behind the other players in terms of match fitness, but he will catch up.

"His talent and pedigree are certainly not in question."

The Harriers must now switch their focus on a visit to Northwich tonight (7:45pm) in the Blue Square Premier, aiming to bounce back from the loss of their unbeaten home record to Barrow on Saturday.

Yates has warned his side they must respond quickly and in the right way.

He added: "Saturday has gone now. We have another game tonight, so we can't dwell on it. I am not going to slate the players, because they have done very well, but at the end of the day we didn't work hard enough against Barrow.

"Hard work is what our game has been about and what has got us this far, so it is disappointing. We have got people who can score goals and open teams up, we have proved that, but if you don't put the work in you will not get anywhere."