KIDDERMINSTER HARRIERS have secured their future after Colin Gordon became the club’s majority shareholder.
Gordon, the club’s football development officer, has bought shares from the club’s three largest shareholders – Neil Savery, Jane Murrant and Barry Norgrove – for “a nominal amount”.
The board of directors at Aggborough will not change with chairman Rod Brown to continue in his role.
Brown warned last week that Kiddy were “in danger of becoming the next Hereford United” and added they needed £300,000 to see out the season.
Gordon’s purchase means the end to those worries with Kiddy also coming off their first win of the National League season on Saturday.
To comply with Football Association rules, Gordon has given up his role as an agent and he said: “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 in support of the club’s ambition 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; as a club that communicates transparently, and supports local people and families in every way it can.
“Quite simply we have to become a football club that is no longer dependant on the results on a Saturday afternoon or the receipts through the gate, because 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 – and 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 to ensure we can get ourselves out of the situation we’re in and remain a National League club – but, as things stood, 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.”
