page_title: James Constable
section_title: Kidderminster Harriers
hierarchical_section_title: James Constable / Club career / Kidderminster Harriers
caption_attribution_description: English: James Constable
context_page_description: James Ashley Constable is an English semi-professional football coach and player who plays as a striker. He plays for and is the assistant manager at Southern League Premier Division Central club Banbury United. He has played in the Football League for Walsall, Shrewsbury Town and Oxford United.
  Constable started his career with the Cirencester Town youth system, before breaking into the first team during the 2002–03 season. He moved to Chippenham Town in 2003, before signing for Walsall in the Football League in 2005. He moved out on loan to Kidderminster Harriers of the Conference National in 2006, before signing permanently in 2007. After a year at the club, during which he scored the first club goal at the new Wembley Stadium in the 2007 FA Trophy Final, he returned to the League with Shrewsbury Town. After spending 2008–09 on loan at Oxford United, he signed for the club permanently in 2009. Constable scored the second goal in Oxford's 3–1 2010 Conference Premier play-off Final victory over York City in 2010, which secured Oxford's promotion into League Two.
context_section_description: He joined Conference National club Kidderminster Harriers on 24 November 2006 on a two-month loan, having made nine appearances for Walsall up to that point in 2006–07. After arriving at Kidderminster, he made "a mammoth impact". He made his debut in a 2–1 defeat to Stevenage Borough, and manager Mark Yates praised him, saying "I thought James was excellent, bar taking the couple of chances that fell his way he can be well pleased with himself." He scored his first goal in the following match, a 3–1 victory over Gravesend & Northfleet, with a "clinical finish" from a Michael Blackwood cross. He scored two goals against Stafford Rangers after he "coolly slotted home" and scored with "ease into the bottom-right corner", which gave Kidderminster a 2–1 victory on 26 December 2006. His hat-trick in a 4–0 victory against Vauxhall Motors in the first round of the FA Trophy in January 2007 was the first for a Kidderminster player since Bo Henriksen in 2003. After impressing during the loan, he moved to the club permanently on 31 January 2007 on a two-and-a-half-year contract for an undisclosed fee. He scored Kidderminster's equaliser in a 1–1 draw against St Albans City on 24 March 2007, before being sent off for a "wild" challenge on Ahmed Deen. In the 2007 FA Trophy Final, Constable scored the first and second goals for an English club at the new Wembley Stadium, although his efforts were in vain as Kidderminster lost 3–2 to Stevenage Borough. He finished the season as Kidderminster's top scorer with 16 goals in 32 appearances.
  He scored his first goals of 2007–08 with a hat-trick in a 4–0 victory over Exeter City on 1 September 2007. After two matches without scoring, he scored a second hat-trick for Kidderminster in a 5–4 defeat to Ebbsfleet United. He was substituted at half-time in Kidderminster's 2–1 defeat to Histon in October 2007, after picking up a hamstring injury. He made his return in a 2–0 victory over Ware in the FA Cup in November 2007, scoring the first goal with a shot from 18 yards. He was sent off in a 2–0 defeat against Oxford United on 24 November 2007 for elbowing James Clarke, and after having an appeal rejected, was given a three-match suspension. He made his return in a 2–1 away win over Hinckley United in the Conference League Cup on 22 December 2007.
caption: Constable warming up for Kidderminster Harriers in 2007
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