Yates happy to go unnoticed

Kidderminster manager Mark Yates is happy for the Harriers to creep into the promotion places in the Blue Square Premier - no one will see them coming them that way.

Harriers made it three wins on the bounce with no goals conceded with a 1-0 win at Rushden in what looked to be a tricky trip.

For the second successive week, striker Justin Richards was the match winner from the penalty spot, the fourth successive game he has found the net.

All makes for very pleasant reading for the now fourth-placed side, yet they have seemed to climb the league almost unnoticed.

Yates is happy for that to continue, with his side next hosting Wrexham on Saturday.

He said: "No one is paying us any attention and that is fine by us. We are proving that we are strong enough and we know we are. Now we are right in the thick of it.

"It doesn't matter that no one is paying us attention. We are focused on what we are doing, taking each game as it comes and getting as many points as we can.

"As the manager, I am reasonably pleased with where we are at the moment."

Saturday's win came over a Rushden side who seemed to be finding their feet under manager Garry Hill and had not been breached in back-to-back league games.

Once again Harriers came out with the points, a sign that success could be on it's way to Aggborough.

Yates said: "We got the result and that is what good teams do. Clean sheets are starting to become a bit of a norm now as well and that is what we need. I think they only had one shot on target and we dominated.

"We just need to keep ticking over now. Our next game is always our most important."