Kidderminster Harriers manager Russell Penn is attracting interest from League One and Two clubs after his side waited seven years for promotion to the National League
- Kidderminster Harriers manager Russell Penn may be ready for a summer move
- The former Wrexham midfielder helped the club to promotion this season
- League One and Two teams are monitoring the 37-year-old’s current position
Russell Penn is attracting interest from League One and League Two clubs after his exploits with Kidderminster Harriers.
The 37-year-old former Wrexham midfielder led Kidderminster to promotion from the National League North last Sunday with a win over Brackley Town in the play-offs.
It was their ninth win in a row and marked an incredible turnaround for a club that had been in the bottom half of the division at the beginning of last month, seven points adrift of the play-offs.
Victory marked a return to the National League Premier for the first time since 2016 for Harriers and redemption for Penn, who had come under criticism after a dip in form in December.
Last year, his side reached the fourth round of the FA Cup and the play-offs in his first full season in charge, which had already alerted Football League clubs to his potential.
Kidderminster Harriers manager Russell Penn is attracting interest from English football leagues
Penn (left) helped Kidderminster end a seven-year wait for promotion to the National League
Penn said, “I never got promoted as a player, never won anything as a player. What we’ve done over the past two years has been mind-boggling.’
He will speak to the club hierarchy this week about players and budgets.
“I have some really tough decisions to make in the coming week. Football is brutal,” Penn said.
“But there are some golden personalities in that dressing room that have really come out in the last few months and we have to enjoy that.”