MOST Kidderminster Harriers fans will be well aware by now that there is life after Jan Molby but Saturday provided the ultimate proof.

The Conference-winning Dane, who upset many by walking out on Harriers last season, could only watch in horror as his new club Hull City were out-played.

Molby's successor Ian Britton is threatening to build on the Liverpool legend's achievements and those of Graham Allner in quite spectacular fashion.

Of course, it is still very much early days in the Division Three campaign with plenty more twists and turns ahead.

But confident Harriers have now gone nine games unbeaten in the league and clearly have little to fear at present.

As the expectancy levels gradually grow, will the team continue to progress with it?

Only time will tell but one thing is for sure, Britton is rapidly winning over the supporters.

Maybe even the extra numbers attracted by Molby's return will be drawn to Aggborough regularly after witnessing Saturday's win.

The football was not great but Harriers players' will to win certainly was in a game resembling a blood-and-thunder cup tie.

They deserved to win by more goals against an expensively assembled Hull side by Division Three standards.

Harriers found the net inside 30 seconds through Drewe Broughton but he was offside and his luck was not about to change.

Impressive keeper Paul Musselwhite rushed out of his goal to clear from the rejuvenated Sam Shilton in the ninth minute.

And Hull, looking horribly square at the back, lost make-shift left-back Mike Edwards soon after through injury.

Broughton burst through on 22 minutes from Danny Williams' pass but could only find the side netting from an acute angle after rounding the keeper.

The big striker headed over from a Shilton cross on 28 minutes before a rare threat from Hull saw on-loan Michael Branch fire across the face of goal.

But the best moments were always at the other end with Musselwhite diving to turn away efforts from Bo Henriksen and Broughton before half-time.

His best first-half stop was to divert a superb Craig Hinton drive past the post with seconds left on the clock.

Branch headed over a cross from Stuart Elliott on 52 minutes in a relatively slow start to the second period.

But eight minutes later Harriers were ahead when Henriksen swooped to stun Molby, the man who brought him to Kidderminster, by controlling Hinton's cross and finishing expertly from 15 yards.

Broughton's lob was headed off the line by Ian Ashbee on 63 minutes as Harriers searched for a second.

Hull's chance to equalise was lost when Branch nodded over the bar with keeper Stuart Brock stranded on 67 minutes.

Musselwhite produced a breath-taking double save to deny Henriksen 14 minutes from time.

The Dane shot wide after resisting a lunging challenge late on, while Broughton fired wastefully at the keeper from a Scott Stamps pass.

Harriers, whose six bookings highlighted their desire, were overjoyed at the final whistle. But for Molby, his decision to join Hull looks like backfiring on him quickly if results do not improve.

HARRIERS: Brock 6; CLYDE 9, Ayres 8, Stamps 8; Hinton 7 (A Smith 82), Melligan 7 (Bennett 82), D Williams 8, Flynn 7, Shilton 8; Broughton 7, Henriksen 8. Subs: Danby, Foster, Joy.

HULL: Musselwhite; Regan, Whittle, Anderson, Edwards (S Smith 15); Keates, Ashbee, Green; Branch, Jevons (Johnson 80), Elliott (Dudfield 64). Subs: Glennon, R Williams.

ATTENDANCE: 3,787.

SHOTS ON TARGET: Harriers 11, Hull 2.

SHOTS OFF: Harriers 8, Hull 5.

CORNERS: Harriers 11, Hull 7.

GOALS: Henriksen 60.

YELLOW CARDS: Harriers 6 (Broughton, Stamps, Henriksen, Williams, Ayres, Flynn), Hull 0.

SHUTTLE STAR MAN: Mark Clyde. Has looked an excellent prospect throughout his loan spell and was defensively secure against Northern Ireland international Stuart Elliott.