Leicestershire Challenge Cup

Leicestershire Challenge Cup 1956/57

Leicester City win in a high scoring final.

First Round > Semi Finals > Final

Entries – 5 Teams

Football League (1 team)

Leicester City .

Birmingham & District League (3 teams)

Brush Sports, Hinckley Athletic and Whitwick Colliery.

Central Alliance (1 team)

Anstey Nomads .

First Round

10th November 1956
Anstey Nomads2 – 1Hinckley Athletic

Byes: Brush Sports, Leicester City and Whitwick Colliery.

Semi Finals

16th February 1957
Leicester City
(Football League – Div 2)
3 – 3Brush Sports
(Birmingham & District League – Div 1)
Whitwick Colliery
(Birmingham & District League – Div 1)
1 – 2Anstey Nomads
(Central Alliance – Div 1 South)
Replay
30th March 1957
Brush Sports
(Birmingham & District League – Div 1)
0 – 3Leicester City
(Football League – Div 2)

Final

11th May 1957
Leicester City
(Football League – Div 2)
9 – 0Anstey Nomads
(Central Alliance – Div 1 South)
at Filbert Street, Leicester.