2011–12 Football League Trophy

2011–12 Football League Trophy

Johnstone's Paint Trophy
Tournament details
Country	England  Wales
Teams	48
Final positions
Champions	Chesterfield
Runner-up	Swindon Town
Tournament statistics
Matches played	49
Goals scored	137 (2.8 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Shefki Kuqi Mike Grella (4 goals each)
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The 2011–12 Football League Trophy, known as the Johnstone's Paint Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is the 29th season in the history of the competition. It is a knock-out tournament for English football clubs in League One and League Two, the third and fourth tiers of English football.

In all, 48 clubs will enter the competition. It is split into two sections, Northern and Southern, with the winners of each section contesting the final at Wembley Stadium. Carlisle United is the defending champion, having beaten Brentford in the previous year's final, 1–0 but were beaten in the Northern Section First round by Accrington Stanley 3–2.

First round

The draw for the first round of the competition took place on 13 August 2011. Sixteen clubs were given a bye into the second round, and the remaining 32 clubs, including the holders, were divided into four geographical regions.

Byes

Second round

The second round draw took place on 3 September 2011, with matches played in the week commencing 3 October 2011.^[1]

Area Quarter-finals

The area quarter finals draw took place on 8 October 2011, with matches played in the week commencing 8 November 2011.^[2]

Area Semi-finals

The area semi finals draw took place on 12 November 2011, with matches played in the week commencing 5 December 2011.

Area finals

The area finals, which serve as the semi-finals for the entire competition, were contested over two legs, home and away. 1st Leg ties due to be played by 18 January 2012. A 2nd Leg tie will be played on Monday 30 January 2012 and another on 7 February 2012

Northern section

Chesterfield v Oldham Athletic

17 January 2012	Chesterfield	2–1	Oldham Athletic	B2net Stadium, Chesterfield
19:45 GMT	Boden 49' Whitaker 66' Thompson  52' Hurst  53' Davis  71' Lester  79'	Report	Simpson 57'	Attendance: 5,724 Referee: Phil Gibbs

Oldham Athletic v Chesterfield

30 January 2012	Oldham Athletic	0–1	Chesterfield	Boundary Park, Oldham
19:45 GMT	Simpson  69'	Report	Lester 89' Robertson  38' Hurst  62' Davis  76'	Attendance: 5,622 Referee: Roger East

Chesterfield won 3–1 on aggregate

Southern section

Barnet v Swindon Town

10 January 2012	Barnet	1–1	Swindon Town	Underhill Stadium, London
19:45 GMT	Hughes 72' Deering  29'	Report	Flint 44' McCormack  77'	Attendance: 3,915 Referee: Nigel Miller

Swindon Town v Barnet

7 February 2012	Swindon Town	1–0	Barnet	County Ground, Swindon
19:45 GMT	Connell 17' Kennedy  80' Risser  90'		Hughes  28' Saville  37' Dennehy  63' Taylor  85' Mustoe  90'	Attendance: 10,406 Referee: Darren Deadman

Swindon Town won 2–1 on aggregate

Final

25 March 2012

14:00 BST

Chesterfield	2–0	Swindon Town
Risser 47' (o.g.) Westcarr 90+4'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 49,602

Referee: Anthony Bates

References

3. https://web.archive.org/web/20120328055822/http://www.football-league.co.uk/johnstonespainttrophy/news/20111207/trophy-area-finals-draw_2293332_2540268 07/12/2011

External links

• Official website