TERRY Smith may be quick with a wisecrack but he's also been rapid in taking advantage of the new commerical opportunities open to Kidderminster Harriers in the Football League.

With only one executive box available for the rest of the Division Three campaign and an array of new sponsors around the ground, Terry's latest role has been incredibly satisfying.

The career of Harriers' business development manager, who is based close to the city of Derby, has taken in nearly as many football clubs as Stan Collymore.

But unlike Stan the Man, if you believe the reports, Terry looks very much for an air of enjoyment in the work place.

Behind him is an impressive sporting past which has included a host of amateur boxing bouts, rugby for Derbyshire juniors and a stint as goalkeeper at non-league Burton Albion, Harriers' FA Cup opponents at the weekend.

And father-of-three Terry has a number of links to the Kidderminster area as he explained: "My sister-in-law lives in Areley Kings and her son lives in Kidderminster. There are places here I could stay but I prefer my own bed!"

Terry started as an insurance agent, moved to Vernons Pools and then took the jump into football clubs by heading to Coventry City.

He recalled: " I went for an interview and they said to me: 'How much money do you want?' It was quite a handsome figure I quoted but they snapped my hand off and then asked me what car I wanted!

"In April 1993, I started as a lottery manager at Wolverhampton Wanderers and invented the Wolves Birthday Lottery which is still there. You give your date of birth and that's your number.

"The people loved it. It went from nothing to nearly 6,000 members within a year paying £1 a week. I then got involved in car parking on match days and stadium tours."

Terry moved on to Notts County and Nottingham Forest but wasn't happy and was taken by the opportunities at Aggborough Stadium, Kidderminster.

He continued: "I spoke to chief executive Neil Morris and said: 'It looks like you're going places. What's the chance of a job?' It went from there.

"I want people to enjoy work. It's a lovely atmosphere and it seems to work. Every board around the ground has been sold and we've had new ones erected on the main stand. Every match is sponsored and there's been one box left to sell.

"If we hadn't have come out of the Conference though, we would have struggled to do it. It's down to Jan Molby and the players.

"The guy has got two qualities that rarely go together - popularity and respect. The only other guy like him in my opinion is Graham Taylor who I used to be at Wolves with. We have a cracking little club here with smashing facilities. But I think every club has a limit to where it can go and I'm really interested to see how far we can go.

"Why can't we be another Wimbledon?"