DROITWICH Spa suffered a 2-0 defeat against National League side Kidderminster Harriers in pre-season.
A strong Harriers side condemned Spa to a third pre-season defeat from four matches as Max Brogan and Louis Francs found the net for the visitors at the King George Playing Fields.
Brogan’s free-kick put Harriers ahead before Francis headed in a second goal to ensure Kidderminster made a winning start to the pre-season campaign.
Droitwich have won one of four pre-season games ahead of the 2026/27 season following victory against Alcester Town.
Harriers play four levels above Droitwich after Kidderminster secured promotion to the National League last season.
And Harriers made a strong start as a trialist forced Droitwich goalkeeper Dom Rogerson into an early saved inside the first 10 minutes.
A couple of Kidderminster’s summer signings, Callum Dolan and Lewis Walker, then combined well as the latter fired narrowly wide just past the half-hour mark.
And another Harriers trialist saw his effort from a corner blocked on the line as the visitors continued to search for the opener.
Droitwich almost broke the deadlock after the interval on the hour mark as a free-kick travelled inches past Josh Bishop’s post.
Kidderminster eventually broke the deadlock on 65 minutes when Brogan lifted a free-kick up and over the wall and into the net to open his Harriers account.
And the visitors doubled their lead on 74 minutes as Francis headed in Brogan’s cross to seal victory for the National League side.
Harriers could have added a third late on as Ben Crompton produced a sharp turn in the box only for the Spa goalkeeper to smother the danger.
Droitwich continue their pre-season campaign against Knowle on Tuesday, July 21 with kick-off at 7.45pm at Hampton Road.
