The draw has been made for the 2016/17 Lincolnshire FA County Senior Cup Supported by Bluefin Sport.
The Lincolnshire Football Association (LFA) is delighted to announce that Bluefin Sport have very kindly agreed to extend their sponsorship of the county's most prestigious cup competition during the 2016/17 season.Bluefin Sport are one of the country's leading insurers who are well known throughout football for their industry knowledge and expertise.
The draw for the competition is as follows with dates and kick off times to be agreed:-
Quarter Finals
Matches to be played on or before Saturday 16 July 2016
1. Boston United v Spalding United
2. Gainsborough Trinity v Lincoln United
3. Lincoln City v Grantham Town
4. Stamford AFC v Grimsby Town
Semi Finals
Matches to be played on or before Saturday 23 July 2016
Winners of Match 4 v Winners of Match 1
Winners of Match 2 v Winners of Match 3
Final Tie
Date and venue to be agreed when the finalists are known.
The LFA and Scunthorpe United, meanwhile, wish to make the following joint statement:-
At a recent meeting of the Lincolnshire FA Cup and Competitions Sub Committee a request from Scunthorpe United to be exempt from participating in the competition for the 2016/17 season was discussed.
Whilst the club remains fully supportive of their parent association and are keen to work closely with it they feel unable to compete in the County FA's most presitigious cup competition for purely operational considerations.
Officials of the two organisations met subsequent to that meeting and the committee have accepted the position with the Iron agreeing to pay the appropriate exemption fee.
It was further agreed by the Cup and Competitions Sub Committee that the exemption fee would be used to reward winners of the matches involving the eight remaining most senior clubs within Lincolnshire.
