Oadby BCOB 93 beat high-flying Houghton Rangers 4-3 on penalties in the second round of the League Cup.

The tie was locked at 2-2 after extra-time with Luke Schofield and Jamie White striking for Oadby and Noel Fernandes and Steve Ireland for Rangers.

An Aaron Black hat-trick was not enough for Birstall RBL, who lost 5-3 to Mountsorrel Amateurs. Scott Love (3), Sam Squires and John Gilding made up the Birstall tally.

A Clint Gunn double and a Lloyd Murning goal earned Belgrave a 3-0 win over Premier Division rivals Midland Syston St Peters.

Blaby United and Kingsway Rangers both overcame Division One opposition.

A Lee Natzel hat-trick and goals from Russ Hawksley, Scott Elsworthy and Zak Dalby guided Blaby United home 6-2 against Glen Villa, whose consolation goals were supplied by Jack Moorish and Lee Cosgrove.

Jamie Kelly, Rob Ryan, Mark Connolly and Simon Phillips were on the mark as Kingsway Rangers beat Topps United 4-1, Adam McAnally scoring for Topps.

Two first-half strikes from James Stock allowed FC Kirkland to beat Division Two leaders Newbold Verdon 2-1 despite Luke Clemence pulling one goal back in the second half.

In the one remaining first-round tie, Sporting Sapcote, of Division Two, went close to putting out Premier Division Glenfield Town, who equalised five minutes from the end of normal-time before winning 4-3.

Nick Varnham (2), Owen Byrne and Mark Woolman scored for Glenfield, Russ Szulz (2) and Mark Beeching for Sapcote.

With their rivals on League Cup duty, Magna 73 moved three points clear at the top of the Premier Division.

A solitary second-half goal from Ryan Ogden earned them a 1-0 victory over County Hall.

In Division One, Guru Nanak Gurdwara made it eight wins out of nine as goals from Lewis Halliday Rishi Jadav, Gurpreet Dhillon and Harinder Sandhu set up a 4-1 victory over Thurnby United.