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Birmingham Senior Cup Second Round Draw

Birmingham Senior Cup Second Round Draw

David Shadbolt29 Oct 2015 - 15:55
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United drawn away to Midland League side Lye Town in the Second Round

Lye Town are in mid-table in the Midland League Premier Division and are thus in the same league as Coventry Sphinx who United beat in the First Round.

Lye Town drew 2-2 away to fellow Midland League Premier Division side Alvechurch in the First Round but went through on penalties.

Full Second Round Draw:

Stratford Town v Walsall
Coleshill Town v Stourbridge or Wolverhampton Wanderers
Romulus v Birmingham City
Halesowen Town or AFC Wulfranians v Nuneaton Town
Lye Town v Banbury United
Sutton Coldfield Town or Redditch United v Solihull Moors
Bedworth United v Burton Albion
Continental Star or Rushall Olympic v West Bromwich Albion

Games are (in theory at least) to be played by the end of November

You have to go back to the 1950s and 1960s when the club was still known as Banbury Spencer for the only two previous occasions we met Lye Town in the Birmingham Senior Cup, both in the First Round:

On Tuesday 28th August 1956 Banbury Spencer beat Lye Town 8-1 at the Spencer Stadium. Ray Powell scored five of the goals for Spencer with Jack Evans getting two and John Skull the other.

On Monday 7th September 1964 Banbury Spencer won 3-1 at Lye Town. Future Walsall centre-forward Barry Holbutt got two of the Spencer goals with Frank Monaghan getting the other.

The game in 1964 is not though the last time that the club has played Lye Town as the clubs met in the FA Cup in both seasons 1975/76 and 1977/78:

In 1975/76 United won 1-0 at the Spencer Stadium in a First Qualifying Round game, a Dennis Casey goal separating the sides.

In 1977/78 the sides drew 3-3 at Lye in the First Qualifying Round, the United goals coming from Phil Lines (penalty), Dave Matthews and Cliff Campbell. United won the replay 2-1 with Campbell getting both the United goals.

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