KIDDERMINSTER Harriers were thrashed 5-1 by rampant Radcliffe at Aggborough on Saturday to leave the Reds reeling, writes Neil Gordon.
Adam Murray’s men suffered their first home defeat of the season, and their second consecutive league defeat after going down 2-1 at strugglers Peterborough Sports seven days ago.
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Kidderminster went into the game two points better off than at this stage of last season, but boos rang out at full-time from sections of the Harriers support, along with calls for manager Murray to go.
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A crowd of 2,667 were at Aggborough as the Reds also slipped to ninth place in the National league North table on 16 points.
Kurt Willoughby grabbed his second goal of the season on 23-minutes to give his team a lifeline after the Reds had found themselves 2-0 down early on, following Danny Greenfield’s lethal long-range strike and David Ball’s goal.
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Harriers’ woes increased further on 24-minutes when Jordan Hulme added a third for Radcliffe to leave Kidderminster trailing 3-1 at the interval.
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And the sending off of Emeka Obi dashed any hopes of a Reds comeback after he picked up a second yellow card for a high boot.
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Goals from Lois Maynard and also Rio Clegg compounded Kidderminster’s misery at the death to complete the 5-1 thrashing.
