2008 Football League Trophy Final

2008 Football League Trophy Final
Event Football League Trophy 2007–08
Date 30 March 2008
Venue Wembley Stadium, London
Referee Phil Joslin (Kent)
Attendance 56,618

The 2008 Football League Trophy Final was the 25th final of the domestic football cup competition for teams from Football Leagues One and Two, the Football League Trophy. The final was played at Wembley Stadium in London on 30 March 2009, the first time that the final had been staged at the stadium since it was rebuilt. The match was contested by Grimsby Town and Milton Keynes Dons. MK Dons won the match 20 with Keith Andrews and Sean O'Hanlon scoring the goals in the final 20 minutes.

Match details

30 March 2008
13:15 BST
Grimsby Town 0–2 Milton Keynes Dons
Andrews  74' (pen.)
O'Hanlon  81'
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 56,618
Referee: Phil Joslin (Nottinghamshire)
GK 1Phil Barnes
RB 2Jamie Clarke
CB 25Rob Atkinson
CB 6 Nick Fenton (c)
LB 3 Tom Newey
LM 17 Nick Hegarty
CM 4James Hunt  79'
CM 15Paul Bolland
RM 11Danny Boshell
CF 7Peter Till 61'
CF 9Danny North  46'
Substitutes:
GK 13Gary Montgomery
MF 18Peter Bore  46'
DF 5Ryan Bennett
MF 10 Ciaran Toner  79'
CF 19Gary Jones  61'
Manager:
Alan Buckley
GK 12 Willy Guéret
RB 2Jude Stirling
CB 6Sean O'Hanlon
CB 25Danny Swailes
LB 3Dean Lewington (c)
RM 4 Keith Andrews
CM 20 Alan Navarro
LM 11 Lloyd Dyer
CF 10Colin Cameron  90'
CF 23Jemal Johnson  77'
CF 8 Kevin Gallen  77'
Substitutes:
GK 29Nathan Abbey
MF 14 Mark Wright  77'
MF 36Sam Baldock  90'
MF 16 Aaron Wilbraham  77'
DF 13 Gareth Edds
Manager:
Paul Ince

MATCH OFFICIALS

  • Assistant referees:

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Five named substitutes
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

Route to the final

Grimsby Town

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Milton Keynes Dons

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