WHITCHURCH Alport will travel to Coventry Sphinx in the fifth round of the Buildbase FA Vase.

The Reds travel to Sphinx Drive on Saturday, February 12 as Luke Goddard's men bid to keep their Wembley dream alive.

Coventry Sphinx Football Club are currently members of the United Counties League Premier Division South.

The club was established in 1946 as a works team for Armstrong Siddeley under the name Armstrong Siddeley Motors Football Club.

In 1960 they were renamed Sphinx Football Club and became founder members of the Coventry Alliance and remained in the league until moving up to Division Two of the Midland Combination in 1993.

Whitchurch Herald: Action from Whitchurch Alport's win over Congleton Town. Picture by Joe Sheridan.

Action from Whitchurch Alport's win over Congleton Town. Picture by Joe Sheridan.

The club went on to finish as runners-up in Division One in 1995 and promoted to the Premier Division, at which point they adopted their current name.

Coventry Sphinx were Premier Division runners-up in 1995–96 and again in 2001–02, a season which also saw them win the league's Challenge Cup.

They went on to finish as runners-up in consecutive seasons in 2004–05 and 2005–06 before winning the Premier Division title in 2006–07, earning promotion to the Midland Alliance.

When the league merged with the Midland Combination in 2014 to form the Midland League in 2014, the club became members of the Premier Division.

At the end of the 2020–21 season Coventry Sphinx were transferred to the Premier Division South of the United Counties League.