2007–08 Football League Trophy

The Football League Trophy 2007–08, known as the Johnstone's Paint Trophy 2007–08 for sponsorship reasons, was the 24th staging of the Football League Trophy, a knockout competition for English football clubs in Leagues One and Two. The winners were MK Dons and the runners-up were Grimsby Town F.C., both from League Two.

The competition began on 18 September 2007 and ended with the final on 30 March 2008. The final took place at Wembley Stadium for the first time since 2000.

In the first round, there are four sections: North West, North East, South West and South East. In the second round this narrows to simply a Northern and a Southern section, whereupon each section gradually eliminates teams in knock-out fashion until each has a winning finalist. At this point, the two winning finalists face each other in the combined final for the honour of the trophy.

Doncaster Rovers were the defending champions, but lost to Grimsby on penalties in the Third round.

Milton Keynes Dons won the final, beating Grimsby 2-0.

First round

16 teams received byes to the second round from each section. The other remaining teams start in a single-legged knockout. Should the scores be level after 90 minutes, the match entered a penalty shootout phase, with no extra-time being played.

Northern Section

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
North-West
1Tranmere Rovers0 – 1Morecambe2,557
2Chester City1 – 1Crewe Alexandra2,126
Chester City won 4 – 3 on penalties
3Wrexham0 – 1Macclesfield Town1,503
4Accrington Stanley2 – 3Oldham Athletic1,465
North-East
5Chesterfield1 – 3Hartlepool United2,127
6Mansfield Town0 – 1Rotherham United1,578
7Doncaster Rovers5 – 1Bradford City4,710
8Grimsby Town4 – 1Huddersfield Town1,204

Southern Section

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
South-West
1Bournemouth2 – 0Walsall2,206
2Swansea City3 – 2Millwall5,721
3Swindon Town4 – 1Brentford3,118
4Yeovil Town1 – 0Shrewsbury Town1,669
South-East
1Luton Town2 – 0Northampton Town2,532
2Nottingham Forest2 – 3Peterborough United3,102
3Notts County0 – 1Leyton Orient900
4Southend United2 – 2Dagenham & Redbridge1,204
Dagenham & Redbridge won 7 – 6 on penalties

Second round

In the second round, the sixteen winning teams from the first round were joined by the teams with byes. Again, there were eight one-legged matches in each section (North and South), with a penalty shootout if a draw occurred after 90 minutes.

The teams that received byes in the Northern section were Bury, Carlisle United, Darlington, Leeds United, Lincoln City, Port Vale, Rochdale and Stockport County, while Barnet, Brighton & Hove Albion, Bristol Rovers, Cheltenham Town, Gillingham, Hereford United, Milton Keynes Dons and Wycombe Wanderers received byes in the Southern section.

Northern Section

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
1Macclesfield Town 0 – 1 Stockport County2,248
2Carlisle United 4 – 2 Chester City3,154
3Morecambe2 – 2Port Vale1,644
Morecambe won 4 – 2 on penalties
4Rochdale 1 – 3 Bury2,376
5Doncaster Rovers3 – 0Oldham Athletic4,608
6Darlington0 – 1Leeds United7,891
7Lincoln City 2 – 5 Hartlepool United936
8Rotherham United1 – 1Grimsby Town2,362
Grimsby Town won 4 – 2 on penalties

Southern Section

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
1Hereford United0 – 0Yeovil Town1,859
Yeovil Town won 4 – 2 on penalties
2Bristol Rovers 0 – 1 Bournemouth3,313
3Swindon Town 1 – 3 Cheltenham Town3,765
4Swansea City2 – 0Wycombe Wanderers5,922
5Milton Keynes Dons3 – 1Peterborough United5,087
6Brighton & Hove Albion2 – 1Barnet1,995
7Leyton Orient 0 – 1 Dagenham & Redbridge2,397
8Gillingham4 – 3Luton Town1,417

Area quarter-finals

In the third round, the winning teams from the second round play in eight one-legged matches, four in each section (North and South). Again, a penalty shootout followed if the match was drawn after 90 minutes. Matches were played on 13 November and 14 November 2007.

Northern Section

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
1Carlisle United0 – 3Stockport County3,395
2Hartlepool United1 – 1Morecambe2,776
Morecambe won 4 – 2 on penalties
3Leeds United1 – 2Bury18,809
4Grimsby Town2 – 2Doncaster Rovers4,011
Grimsby Town won 5 – 4 on penalties

Southern Section

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
1Bournemouth0 – 2Milton Keynes Dons3,247
2Swansea City1 – 0Yeovil Town6,644
3Gillingham4 – 0Dagenham & Redbridge2,904
4Brighton & Hove Albion4 – 1Cheltenham Town2,490

Area semi-finals

Matches were played on 8 January 2008.

Northern Section

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
1Morecambe2 – 0Bury2,434
2Stockport County1 – 2Grimsby Town3,679

Southern Section

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
1Gillingham1 – 1Milton Keynes Dons3,717
Milton Keynes Dons won 5 – 4 on penalties
2Swansea City1 – 0Brighton & Hove Albion6,066

Area finals

Northern Area final

2008-02-26
19:45
Morecambe 0 – 1 Grimsby Town
Bolland  69'
Christie Park, Morecambe
Attendance: 3,207
Referee: Nigel Miller (County Durham)

2008-03-04
19:45
Grimsby Town 0 – 0 Morecambe

Southern Area final


2008-02-25
19:45
Milton Keynes Dons 0 – 1
(5 – 4 pen.)
Swansea City
Scotland  20' (pen.)
stadium:mk, Milton Keynes
Attendance: 9,757
Referee: Andy D'Urso (Essex)

Final

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