Kidderminster sack manager Brown

Phil Brown replaced Russ Penn at Kidderminster in January 2024 and signed a two-year contract at the end of that season

Kidderminster Harriers have sacked manager Phil Brown following the club's failure to win promotion back to the National League.

Harriers were beaten in the semi-finals of the play-offs by Chester on Sunday, after defeat on the final day of the regular season at Southport cost them the title.

They had been top of National League North on goal difference, from eventual champions Brackley Town, but their 2-1 loss cost them dear as they finished third.

Harriers chairman Richard Lane said missing out on an immediate return to top-level non-league football was "bitterly disappointing" adding "now is the right time to make changes before embarking our future campaign".

Former Hull City, Derby County and Southend boss Brown was brought in to try to save the club's National League status in January 2024 but could not prevent relegation to National North at the end of that season.

Brown's assistant at Aggborough, Neil McDonald, has also left the club.

Lane added that the search for a new manager "is already underway" and hopes to announce Brown's successor "soon".