The dire financial position at Kidderminster Harriers is improving, but the club is far from being out of the woods. The playing budget has been slashed by 50 per cent.
The difficulty for a club in this sort of situation is that it can get into a spiral of decline from which it is difficult to recover. Results suffer, the club gets relegated and attendances fall, making recovery difficult. Cup runs, which can provide valuable revenue and publicity, become less likely.
The dire financial position at Kidderminster Harriers is improving, but the club is far from being out of the woods. The playing budget has been slashed by 50 per cent.
The difficulty for a club in this sort of situation is that it can get into a spiral of decline from which it is difficult to recover. Results suffer, the club gets relegated and attendances fall, making recovery difficult. Cup runs, which can provide valuable revenue and publicity, become less likely.
Hopefully, this will not happen at Kidderminster which has a proud history as both a non-league and a Football League club. The club does, however, face competition from Premiership and Championship clubs in the Black Country and Birmingham.