Aggborough Stadium

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Aggborough Stadium

Location	Hoo Road, Kidderminster, DY10 1NB
Opened	1890
Owner	Kidderminster Harriers
Operator	Kidderminster Harriers
Surface	Grass
Former names

Tenants
Kidderminster Harriers
Capacity
3,140

Aggborough Stadium is the ground of Kidderminster Harriers FC. The club website describes it as "a compact but smart ground that has undergone major building work over the past fifteen years". It has a capacity of approximately 6,238, of which 3,140 can be seated. The record attendance at the ground is 9,155, when the Harriers entertained Hereford United in the FA Cup in 1948.

The ground was the first in the country to host a floodlit FA Cup match, when on September 14 1955 Harriers played Brierley Hill Alliance in a preliminary round replay, which Harriers won 4-2.

Goals by stars such as Paul 'Ocker' Davies, Kim Casey, the Wassall brothers, Lee Hughes, Bo Henriksen and Ian Foster have won many memorable matches at Aggborough over the years. No-one present at the time will forget John Williams giving Kidderminster the lead in an FA Cup tie at the stadium vs Wolverhampton Wanderers in January 2004, though they went on to lose to the Premiership opposition in the replay.

When Kidderminster won their first Conference title in 1994, Aggborough was not deemed to be up to Football League standards and as a result Kidderminster did not achieve promotion to Division Three. The club's officials vowed that the sub-standard wooden stand was about to be replaced, but these promises fell upon deaf ears. By the time Kidderminster won their second Conference title six years later, the ground had been upgraded to Football League standards and promotion was awarded, though they were relegated back to the Conference after five years.