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A football facility for the community.

Nigel Quashie, his partner Kerry Clarke and their son Brayden who is now 15 years of age, along with Kerry’s father Ian have saved the former Powerleague site in Halesowen. Soccer Zone is home the Nigels IPDA footballl academy where he coaches over 200 players a week age 5-14years.

The facilities has been improved for both the community and local football teams to enjoy whilst developing their football skills.

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HISTORY

Halesowen Harriers F.C. was an English association football club based in Halesowen. The club played in the West Midlands (Regional) League from 1984 until 1994 and the Midland Football Alliance from 1994 until 2003.

Halesowen Harriers F.C. was founded by Derek Beasley and formed in 1961 as a Sunday league team, although as local laws at the time prohibited football from being played on Sundays, the team had to play all their matches away from home. In 1962 the club joined the Festival League, a Birmingham-based Sunday league, where they won a number of championships. In 1980 the team also reached the semi-final stage of the FA Sunday Cup.

In 1984 the club opted to switch to Saturday football and joined the West Midlands (Regional) League, initially in Division Two, and won the league championship at the first attempt. In the 1985–86 season, the Harriers gained a second consecutive championship, winning the Division One title to gain a place in the Premier Division. The club spent eight seasons in the Premier Division, with a best finish of third place in the 1988–89 season, the same year in which the Harriers achieved their best ever run in the FA Vase, reaching the third round. In 1994 the club was selected to be one of the founder members of the Midland Football Alliance. The last ever Halesowen Harriers match being a home game with Causeway United on 28 April 2003.

The Harriers' first home ground was a park pitch in Bartley Green, followed by a similar pitch in Kingstanding. In 1969 the club began a ground share arrangement at the home of Halesowen Town. Coinciding with the switch from Sunday to Saturday play in 1984, the club opened a new ground at Park Road in Halesowen, which had a capacity of 4,000, with 350 seats. The highest attendance registered at the ground was 672 for a friendly against Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1988.

Powerleague took over the ground in 2003 and transformed it into a 5 a side complex, this was subsequently taken over by Soccer Ltd in 2019 and has undergone total renovation. Into the Soccer Zone complex that can be seen today.