 Hinton moved to the Kidderminster Harriers in September 1998 after being a trainee with Birmingham and failing to break into the first team at St Andrew's.When he first joined Aggborough he played at right back until Jan Mølby took over as manager and played him at centre back.In 1999–2000 season Hinton only missed one game – this was the year Harriers clinched the Conference title.