By Andy Mitchell

DENIED: Russ Penn

IT WAS a horrible question – would Kidderminster Harriers trade their once-in-a-generation FA Cup run for promotion?
Credit where it is due, manager Russ Penn answered in a heartbeat.
“Without a shadow of doubt, of course we would,” came the reply.
Scalping Reading, frightening the life of out of West Ham, crowds of 5,000-plus and the adoration of the nation, Penn would go all in for one more spin on the National North’s end-ofseason roulette, but he was equally as quick to scotch the assumption that the fairytale had hindered Harriers following Thursday...