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I hadn't realised Aaron Pressley was the son of Steven Pressley the former Scottish international and Coventry manager.

We've put up a really good fight here, but ultimately Swansea have been the better side and deserved it. The weather has been appalling throughout but they've given  it a good go.

The 2017 winners knock the 2018 winners out of the competition.

 

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On 15/03/2019 at 23:51, OutByEaster? said:

I hadn't realised Aaron Pressley was the son of Steven Pressley the former Scottish international and Coventry manager.

We've put up a really good fight here, but ultimately Swansea have been the better side and deserved it. The weather has been appalling throughout but they've given  it a good go.

The 2017 winners knock the 2018 winners out of the competition.

 

I'm still expecting Elvis to turn up in your post.

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Big game today in the BSC against Leamington, for the right to play Nuneaton in the final.

It will be the first time we’ve met in this cup, although our reserve teams have crossed paths with Leamington teams before.

Most notably, from the mid-1920s to mid-1930s the 3rd team (sometimes referred as colts team) participated in the Leamington Cup. It had a basic semi-final/final format which in general us & blues colts and the various local Warwick teams such as Nuneaton, Rugby and, of course, Leamington Town took part in. And Cheltenham for some reason. This is how we got on against Leamington, all are Leamington Cup semi-finals:

Sat 12 Feb 1927 L2-3 – Scorers: Tully, Phillips

Sat 28 Jan 1928 W3-2 – Scorers: Houghton, W Jones 2 (lost to Blues Colts in the final 0-1)

Sat 30 Nov 1929 L1-4 – Scorer: Peed

Thu 10 Sep 1936 D0-0

Replay - Fri 26 Mar 1937 W5-1 – Scorers: Evans 3, Perry, Bate (beat Cheltenham 5-2 in the final)

Yep, that’s future Villa & England star Eric Houghton scoring in 1928.

Also, an honourable mention to our fourth team who played in the Warwickshire Football Combination in the 1950s & 60s, who regularly played Leamington Lockhead. Not sure if they are connected to the current Leamington outfit. Charlie Aitken & George Graham had regular outings in Claret & Blue in this league.

Apologies for the history lesson, just looking forward to the tie.

Fingers crossed for the lads tonight.

To get you in the mood youtube links to 2 of the 3 previous rounds:

Coleshill:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxw4SLNMa5M

Hednesford:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8qVOUDOZTM

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Aston Villa face Leamington in Birmingham Senior Cup semi-final

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Game details

Match: Leamington v Aston Villa
Date: Wednesday 20th March 2019
Competition: Birmingham Senior Cup
Venue: Phillips 66 Stadium
Kick-off: 7.45pm

At a glance

Aston Villa head to Leamington on Wednesday evening looking to secure a place in the Birmingham Senior Cup Final.

The Young Lions have navigated their way to the last four by beating Coleshill Town, Stratford and Hednesford Town over the course of the campaign.

One more win will see them into the showpiece – which will be played over the next six weeks.

Tickets

Tickets are available on the gate at the Phillips 66 Stadium, and can be purchased for the following prices:

Adults: £8
Concessions: £4
Students: £3
U18s: £1
U12s: Free

Coverage

You can keep up-to-date with events at Leamington this evening via our Official Twitter account – @AVFCOfficial.

 

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