BLUES boss Lawrie Sanchez says the Worthington Cup must be revamped and made into a one-leg competition.

BLUES boss Lawrie Sanchez says the Worthington Cup must be revamped and made into a one-leg competition.

He said: 'The drama of cup football is lost over two legs. The better team is always going to win over two legs and under the current format there aren't going to be many upsets.

'It needs to be revamped to bring back some drama and excitement.'

He says fans have lost interest in the competition's current format and says a shake-up is need to woo them back,

He said: 'Some of the gates have been horrendous. The fans are showing they are losing interest in it.'

Birmingham slashed prices to just £5 for Tuesday's second leg but with their team 4-3 up and with one foot in the next round fewer than 9,000 bothered with the second leg.

Former manager Brian Lee will stand down as a director of the club later this month.

Lee, who managed Wanderers during the Seventies and was a forerunner in the club's conversion to a limited company in the Eighties will go at the club's AGM on October 16. He will continue to assist the board as an associate director.

Gordon Richards will also stand down at the meeting. He is retiring his directorship but Graham Peart, who is up for re-election, is hoping to stay.

Brian Kane, Rod Tomlin and Derek Vere will also have to go through the re-election process, a month after being brought onto the board, as a formality.