Valley recorded their second cup win of the week, eventually disposing of Southern League Premier Redditch United via a penalty shoot-out in the Birmingham Senior Cup.

It represented Valley's second successful spot-kick decider of the season so far.

As in the FA Cup tie at Norton at the start of last month, they were perfect from twelve yards – with Sam Youngs, Seb Lake-Gaskin, Craig Kelly, Aaron Moses-Garvey and Justin Marsden all giving United keeper Bradley Catlow no chance with their strikes.

Niall Cooper kept out Harvey Headley’s penalty to see his side into the second round.

Rugby boss Dave Stringer made four changes from the weekend’s success at Blaby, giving starts to Lewis Bishop, Steve Palmer, Michael Williams and Moses-Garvey, but it was the visitors that were the quickest out of the blocks when Jamie Molyneux was given too much room in the box – allowing him to roll his effort into the bottom corner on four minutes.

A long period of advantage in terms of possession followed for Valley, without them creating a clear cut chance though.

They finally got back on level terms on the half hour mark when Lewis McBride was fouled in the penalty area by Calum Flanagan, and Moses-Garvey blasted his spot-kick into the roof of the net.

Seven minutes later, Town were ahead thanks to Mason Rowley’s excellent looping header to Andy Spencer's cross, but they suffered a cruel blow with the last touch of the first half which saw Rowley score at the other end – when he clipped Ashley Sammon's inswinging corner with his head and the ball diverted past Cooper.

Redditch started the second period on top again, with Molyneux rattling the woodwork and then being denied by an Alex Gudger saving tackle.

Valley once more improved as the half progressed, and Michael Williams and McBride both went close, before the visitors were reduced to ten men after James Mutton committed two cynical challenges within a few minutes of each other.

Town pressed hard to make their numerical advantage count, but found Catlow in fine form – with the United stopper doing well to keep out successive efforts from Williams and Sam Youngs before the end of normal play.

And so to extra-time, and it was Redditch that probably edged the first period, with Cooper making good saves to Edwin Ahenkorah’s and Headley's strikes, although at the other end, Moses-Garvey and Youngs did also have a couple of opportunities apiece.

The game understandably slowed down in the second half of extra time, with Town's best chance seeing substitute Seb Lake-Gaskin blaze one off-target, before Craig Kelly denied Headley in the closing minute to set up that successful penalty decider.

Valley Line-up: Cooper; Bishop (Myles), Kelly, Booth, Gudger; Palmer (Youngs), McBride, Spencer; Marsden, Williams (Lake-Gaskin); Moses-Garvey. Subs not used: Kolodynski, Gnadja. Booked: None.

Redditch line-up: Catlow, Conteh, Flanagan, Sammons, Clarke, Mutton, Sterling-James, Price, Molyneux, Ahenkorah, Headley. Subs: Oliver, Westwood, Bridgewater, Oshungbure, Ballinger.