FOOTBALL - Date confirmed for Coventry Sphinx to play Aston Villa in Birmingham Senior Cup - The Coventry Observer
Online Editions

4th Jun, 2026

FOOTBALL - Date confirmed for Coventry Sphinx to play Aston Villa in Birmingham Senior Cup

Aaron Sutcliffe 12th Nov, 2025   0

COVENTRY Sphinx will play Aston Villa in the Birmingham Senior Cup at the start of next month.

Sphinx will host Villa on Wednesday, December 3 at the Cameron Slater Arena with kick-off at 7.45pm.

The Premier League side won the competition in 2023/24 as a young Villa squad thrashed Racing Club Warwick 9-0 in the final.

Villa have won the competition a record 20 times and have appeared in the final on 29 occasions.

Support community journalism by making a contribution.

The 's team of journalists provide a trusted source news, sport, entertainment and events going on in your area and issues which matter to you - both via our free weekly print edition and daily updates on our website.

Every contribution, however big or small, you can make will help us continue to do that now and in the future.

Thanks for reading this and the .

Are you on Facebook?

Like or follow our Facebook page - facebook.com/CovObserver to get daily news updates straight to your news feed.

Book an advertisement
Submit Your News Stories, Photos & Videos
Book an advertisement

Popular Sport

5 days ago   0
FOOTBALL – Coventry City boss Frank Lampard becomes odds-on favourite to take charge of Crystal Palace
3 days ago   0
FOOTBALL – Doug King admits ‘adamant’ Frank Lampard ensured key players remained at Coventry City last summer
1 week ago   0
FOOTBALL – Doug King felt Coventry City ‘lost their way’ under Mark Robins before Frank Lampard appointment
2 weeks ago   0
FOOTBALL – Louis Saha insists Coventry City must ‘respect the culture’ which helped Sky Blues achieve promotion to Premier League
20 hours ago   0
FOOTBALL – Frank Lampard hails Coventry City captain Matt Grimes as the ‘brain’ of the team but feared midfielder would not join club
Book an advertisement