FROM BOTH CAMPS:

Richard Money: "Kidderminster will be a danger. Everyone will look at their result on Saturday against Stevenage and expect us to roll them over. But they were unbeaten since 28th December and will want to bounce back from Saturday. It will be a very, very difficult game and the players know what to expect. We'll do everything possible to make sure we can get the right result. The only thing on our minds is three points."

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Steve Burr: "With Saturday being our first defeat and the way we'd been playing there had been very little need to change things. We've picked up one or two injuries and one or two haven't trained today. It may be that other people who've been waiting patiently may now get their opportunity."


TEAM NEWS:

Hatters: The Hatters are without injured Liam Hatch (hamstring), Adam Newton (hamstring), Kevin Nicholls (knee), Ryan Charles (knee) and Lewis Emanuel (toe). The Town will also be able to call upon former Harrier Matthew Barnes-Homer after the striker missed the weekend win over Wrexham after being on compassionate leave.

Kidderminster: Harriers chief Steve Burr is threatening to ring the changes following their 5-1 FA Trophy semi-final first leg defeat to Stevenage on Saturday. Several of them could be enforced - with Dean Bennett, Martin Riley, Gavin Caines and Darryl Knights - all carrying knocks. That could mean Robbie Matthews, James Lawrie, Kyle Hadley and Tom Sharpe could feature. Burr will however be able to call upon Marc Goodfellow and Jack Byrne who were cup-tied at the weekend.


IN FOCUS

Kidderminster Harriers

Nickname: Harriers

Manager: Steve Burr

Ground: Aggborough

Last season: Conference 6th

2008/09 average attendance: 1,688

Pre-2009/10 BSP title odds: 20/1

Previous meetings:

Luton wins: 3

Kidderminster wins: 0

Draws: 0

We met the Harriers twice in 2001/02, our promotion season from Division Three, winning 4-1 at Aggborough and 1-0 at home.

The Hatters were not made particularly welcome on their only visit to Worcestershire when a flu epidemic amongst the Luton squad led to Joe Kinnear calling off the original game in December.

Then back in October goals from Adam Newton and Ryan Charles earned the Town all three points in a 2-1 win at Aggborough after Matthew Barnes-Homer had put the hosts ahead.

Recent history:

Harriers are another club plying their trade in the Conference who have experience of playing league football.

Their stay among the top 92 teams in the country ended following relegation in 2004/05 - the season the Hatters were promoted to the Championship.

It was former Liverpool midfielder Jan Molby that brought league football to Aggborough for the first time in their history when the Harriers stormed to the Conference title in 1999/2000 - beating off title rivals Rushden & Diamonds by nine points.

The Worcestershire outfit were first promoted to the Conference (then known as the Alliance Premier Division) in 1983 and 11 years later they were crowned the kings of non-league football after winning the Conference title in 1994.

However, the Football League refused the Kiddy faithful the chance of witness league football as Aggborough failed to reach the required stadium criteria.

That season, 1993/94, Harriers shot to prominence in the FA Cup, reaching the fifth round, losing to West Ham United - who then went on to lose out to the Hatters in the quarter finals.

The club's fine cup pedigree extends to the FA Trophy with a victory in the 1987 final as well as finishing runners-up four time including their most recent trip to Wembley when they lost to Stevenage Borough 3-2 (after leading 2-0) at Wembley in 2007.

Stevenage also pipped Harriers to a place in the Conference play-offs last season by two points in their best finish in the league since returning to the division.

FACT: Kidderminster were hosts to the world's first ever match that was officiated by three female officials when playing Nuneaton Borough in 1999. Referee Wendy Toms booked four players. Lineswomen were Janie Frampton and Amy Rayner…

Official website: www.harriers.co.uk


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