ONE of the leading lights of KHIST's 'Operation Full House' campaign described the public's response to the Harriers fans trust's efforts as 'unbelievable'.

Kidderminster Harriers Independent Supporters Trust's (KHIST) campaign to get as many people possible through the gates at Aggborough paid off as a crowd of 2,930 watched Harriers beat Altrincham 2-1 on Saturday.

That was the biggest home crowd for nearly two years and gave the cash-strapped club a much-needed shot in the arm.

The trust also raised money for the club, with a bucket collection on the day of the game taking in £5,044.

Collections around Kidderminster in the days building up to the clash also generated £1,721.37.

Even more impressively, KHIST's online fund-raising efforts on their website, Facebook and Twitter raised a total of £16,884.78, which was paid into their Paypal account. All money is set to be paid to Harriers in the next few days. The trust also calculated that Saturday's bumper crowded made an extra £15,000 for the Aggborough outfit.

Before the game KHIST media officer Karl Davies said: "The amount of hard put all the KHIST members and fans have put in has been unbelievable.

"We've been speaking to people who only come for the big occasion games or have never came along.

"There's a desire not to let the club die.

"We're still getting donations, incredible ones of £500 and £1,000 and it just goes to show the strength of feeling for the club in the town.

"I think people recognised the uniqueness of Kidderminster Harriers and Birmingham City, Aston Villa and Wolverhampton Wanderers all sent messages saying they're sending people to the game.

"If this club died it would leave a massive vacuum in the town and in the wider football community as well.

"KHIST have exceeded our expectations this week. None of us are trained media experts but we've pooled our resources and really did something.

"It's called passion, if you've got no passion you're not going to achieve anything."