The ever-impressive Paul Edwards gives us a run through of Brakes results on 16 January...

On This Day - January 16th...

...1937 - GEC were our opponents in an away fixture in the Coventry Works League Division 1. The home side were 3-2 victors; Tallis and Saywell scoring the Leamington goals. 

Team: Heath, Bayliss, Thacker, G Smith, Blackburn, Loos, Ledwith, A Saywell, Tallis, Griffin, N Saywell. 

...1954 - Brakes were soundly beaten 5-0 at Burton Albion in the Birmingham Senior Cup Semi Final in front of a crowd of 3,094. 

Team: Branston, Aldridge, Sneddon, Jennings, Hawker, Bury, Dawson, Draper, Grimwood, F Gardner, M French.

...1964 - Goole Town were beaten 4-1 in a home fixture in the Midland Counties League, but the game was not played at The Windmill Ground as it failed an inspection, so was switched to the Lower Sports Ground on the Lockheed factory site. 

Team: Crosby, Coleman, Hancocks, Davis, Connolley, Knox, Ward, Shorthose, Holmes, Marriott, Hall. 

...1971 - A trip to Derbyshire to take on Heanor Town in the Midland Counties League Cup saw a goalless draw. 

Team: Lightfoot, Bowden, Lawton, Shrimpton, Pattison, Vale, Matthews, Sweenie, Whitehead, Hall, J Brady, Flannagan. 

...1979 - We travelled to The Oval to take on, Bedworth United, in a Midland Floodlit Cup tie, going down 3-2.

...1988 - An away day in the Birmingham suburbs saw Brakes take on Highgate United in the Midland Combination Premier Division. The home side won 3-0. 

Team: Overton, Clutton, Watkins, Gow, Singleton, Sykes, Myton, Hathaway, Hughes (Jawandha), Harris, Graham. Sub: Dixon.

...2016 - An 89th minute equaliser from Ben Mackey took our FA Trophy 1st Round replay with Altrincham into extra time, in which the visitors snatched a winner to send plucky Brakes out of the competition. 

Team: Breeden, George (Fry), Gudger (Oulton), Magunda, Hood, Tank, L Moore (Ogleby), Taundry, Mackey, Edwards, Chilton. Subs: Caviezel-Cox, Green.