Kidderminster Harriers sold to group led by son of late club director

The sale brings to an end Colin Gordon's four-year tenure, and the new owners are 'committed to keeping the football club at Aggborough for the foreseeable future'.

Gordon wanted to leave the ground and create a new one in the town – at the site of their Centre of Sporting Excellence on Zortech Avenue. Concept art was released but those plans went quiet.

The new consortium now plan to 'further develop Aggborough by generating additional income from local businesses with the intentions of making the club self-sustainable and achieving long-term success both on and off the field'.

Lane, who is the owner of 30-year-old Halesowen-based leading technology firm EBC Group and the son of former club director Graham 'Rocky' Lane, said: "I grew up less than a mile from Aggborough, and started watching the club when I was two with my father.

"His years of enthusiasm for the club concluded with him becoming a director a few years later, to which I am very proud, especially when I reflect on what the football club achieved in his tenure.

"We can see the enormous potential here for the club to do something very special in the community."

Harriers are currently 17th in National League North with 14 points from 12 matches.

"There are some immediate challenges ahead of us, namely ensuring that the club is stable and self-sufficient, not just for now, but for the future, so that the club’s supporters have a team to watch and a club to support for many more years to come, that is our only immediate priority," said Lane.

"A successful, sustainable football club can help bring together a community and that’s what we want to create.”

Harriers are also close to making 'some important signings for the team' and Lane added: "Before the year is out, we will bring together a new board of directors at the club.

"It will be made up of like-minded local business people with passion for football and the community.”