A former Premier League manager has been appointed by the bottom-placed club in England’s fifth tier.
Kidderminster Harriers have bagged themselves relative dugout royalty as they look to avoid relegation from the National League.
The Worcestershire outfit are seven points off safety but describe their new man as someone who has a ‘proven track record of delivering against the odds when required.’
He formerly managed Hull City, overseeing their first promotion to the Premier League and keeping them there for a season before being sacked the year they went down.
Kidderminster are the ninth club he has managed and his career has taken him to places as exotic as Barrow, Bolton, and Hyderabad in India.
Kidderminster Harriers have appointed a former Premier League boss to help fight the drop
Phil Brown, who led Hull City to the Premier League and kept them there in 2009, is tasked with keeping Kidderminster in the National League
The individual in question is Phil Brown, who has taken charge of 557 games over the past 25 years.
‘I was immediately drawn to the passion that the chairman and board of Kidderminster have for their club, and their desire to succeed,’ he said.
Across a fabled career, he has drawn up tactics for Bolton, Derby County, Hull, Preston, Southend, Swindon, Pune City/Hyderabad FC, and Barrow.
He will forever he enshrined in Premier League folklore for his antics on Boxing Day in 2008, when he gave his half-time team talk on the pitch while they were 4-0 down at Manchester City.
In one of the most iconic images football has seen, Brown wagged his finger at his troops while they sat, childlike, around him in a circle. It spawned an imitative celebration from Jimmy Bullard.
He also sang to Hull fans after steering them to safety in the top flight in 2009.
His first assignment will be Kidderminster’s FA Trophy fourth-round clash with Altrincham.
He is best remembered for giving a half-time team talk on the pitch when his side were 4-0 down to Manchester City
He succeeds Russell Penn, who led them to the National League but only mustered four wins in 28 league games this campaign.
Brown’s last three managerial jobs have not gone to plan, averaging an average win rate of 22 per cent and lasting no longer than 20 games in any of them.
