looks like all Birchall gettin is reserve team ball
Walsall 2 Sky Blues 3 (aet)May 2 2007 COVENTRY CITY won their first trophy for 20 years after their youthful side beat Walsall at the Bescot Stadium in the Birmingham Senior Cup final.
Coventry went into a 2-0 lead when captain Andrew Wing put through Trinidad & Tobago international Chris Birchall who finished low past Walsall goalkeeper Rene Gilmartin.Within seven minutes City made it 2-0 when recently released Wing doubled City's advantage when from a Birchall free-kick which was spilled by Walsall keeper Gilmartin and from a yard out the captain for the night tapped home from a yard out.
Walsall went into the half-time interval level when they scored two goals inside the minute through youth team striker Troy Deeney.
The first was when he tapped in a David McDermott free-kick on 44 minutes and then just before the half-time interval he equalised following a mistake by Coventry goalkeeper Luke Steele.
In the second half Coventry came close twice to wining the tie in normal time when first of all Chris Birchall headed against the inside of the post and then later on in the first half Andy Wing hit his shot just over the bar.
The game moved into extra time after the scores were level at 2-2 on 90 minutes and Coventry were awarded a penalty nine minutes into the first half of extra time
which Birchall converted to make it 3-2 and win the cup for Coventry.There was a late scare for the Sky Blues in the final minute when the defence had to twice clear off the line with the second one being Andy Wing heading away which will probably by his last touch in a Coventry shirt.
