Colin Gordon the new owner of Kidderminster Harriers

Rod Brown will remain as chairman of the board of directors, which stays intact, with the three largest shareholders all selling their stakes.

Neil Savery, Jane Murrant and Barry Norgrove have all agreed to hand over their shares for a nominal amount to Gordon.

The 52-year-old former striker, who played for Harriers in 1992-93, and caretaker boss had been working as football development director.

He has relinquished his second job as an agent after consulting with the Football Association, as Harriers focus on trying out of the National League relegation places.

He said: "We need to start looking at other areas, rather than just gate receipts and bar revenues. We want to be a business that is at the heart of it's community.

"The main aim for the club is to survive. There needs to be a football club here whether that is in the National League or not.

"There are clubs that have gone down three or four leagues, Hereford being a prime example, and we cannot do that."

"I can't have a majority shareholding in a football club and carry on being an intermediary, as they are known now, so that has all been

sorted with the FA

"I've been working 40 hours a week here over the past few months, so nothing has changed in that respect.

"Myself and Rod have a clear vision of what we see as the future for this club - essentially it needs to once and for all become self-sufficient and a servant to its local community.

"Over a large period of time, it is clear that our supporters have been asked, time and time again, to give their money and time.

"They have supported ambitions to chase the dream on the field - while the club has not been in a position to sustain any such thing.

"We believe that, on and off the field, this club is one that needs to regain its identity and regain the support of its fan base.

"We need to communicate transparently and support local people and families in every way we can.

"Quite simply, we have to become a club that is no longer dependant on the results on a Saturday afternoon or the receipts through the gate.

"This club hasn't been able to survive purely on those things for many years now.

"The aim for us is to be able to put the club on a level where, through its own revenue streams, it is fully self-funding. Then things like gate receipts and season ticket money can be a real bonus.

"I'll be as clear as I can and say that we are working all hours with all the contacts and knowledge we have.

"We want to ensure we can get ourselves out of the situation we're in and remain a National League club.

"But, as things stand, if we didn't manage to achieve that aim then the club really had no future.

"Now the club has a future, regardless of what happens - we will be working harder and smarter to be better at everything we do.

"We need to be able help our supporters in more ways than just putting on a match every other week.

Gordon has made a "significant, immediate cash injection" in to the club, with a commitment to further deposits between now and the end of the season.

He added: "I should make clear that I am not here to simply finance the football club so that it can continue to run as it has done in recent years.

"I want this to be a vibrant, hungry football club that can be prosperous from its own means - that in an immediate sense has meant a financial contribution and I am absolutely fine about that."

On leaving his job as an agent, he added: "I did not necessarily see this as a conflict of interest, but the FA were quite clear.

"It needed to be a choice between my work here at Kidderminster or my career as an agent.

"I was more than happy to end my involvement as an agent, because I fully believe in what I want to do here."