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Chief executive Colin Gordon will take charge of the first-team at Kidderminster Harriers for the foreseeable future following Dave Hockaday's departure.

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Hockaday's brief tenure as the club's head coach ended yesterday, after just 90 days.

Gordon, who is also majority shareholder at Aggborough, taking over for what promises to be an extended period as he and the rest of the board hunt a long-term replacement.

Harriers currently sit bottom of the National League Premier, 12 points adrift of safety but chairman Rod Brown insisted they will not be rushed into making an appointment.

Brown said: "The appointment of a new head coach is something we are going to take our time to do.

"It is important we do that. Maybe, putting our hands up, we should have taken more time the first time and that is something we can learn from.

"It is not something Colin wants to be doing long-term. I think we have to have somebody in place by the end of the season but that is quite a few games away."

Brown claimed Hockaday's exit was needed to keep Harriers slim survival hopes alive.

The former Leeds boss replaced Gary Whild in October and he did guide the club to their only two wins of the season to date.

But Harriers were beaten in ten of the 13 games he oversaw and have remained rooted to the foot of the table.

Though a statement claimed Hockaday had departed by mutual consent, Brown admitted the board had become increasingly frustrated.

It came during a run of six straight defeats and he also pointed to last month's FA Trophy defeat at Stourbridge as a pivotal moment.

Hockaday became embroiled in an expletive-laden row with a member of club staff immediately after the game, some of which was broadcast live on local radio.

An interview then published in a national newspaper, in which the 58-year-old claimed he would "crawl over broken glass" to return to Leeds, is also thought to have infuriated the Aggborough hierarchy.

Brown said: "I think it materialised from the Stourbridge game where a lot of frustrations were expressed, certainly on the head coach's side.

"The subsequent six games thereafter we feel we have not progressed in the way we thought we would.

"It is not a nice decision to have to make but we feel it is the right decision moving forward."