2008–09 Football League Trophy

Football League Trophy 2008–09 EnglandWales 48 Luton Town Scunthorpe United 2007–08 2009–10 The 2008–09 Football League Trophy, known as the 2008–09 Johnstone's Paint Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is the 28th Football League Trophy, a knockout competition for English football clubs in Leagues One and Two, the third and fourth tiers of English football. Luton Town won the competition, beating Scunthorpe United 3–2 after extra time in the final. However, Luton were unable to defend their trophy as they were relegated from the Football League at the end of the season. The format was the same as that which had been used since 1996, with four first round regions; North-West, North-East, South-West and South-East and a two-region format from the second round; North and South. The resulting regional winners then meet in the final. First round The First Round draw was conducted on 16 August 2008. The teams to be granted byes to the Second Round were drawn first, with the remaining teams drawn for the First Round ties. The First Round matches were played in the week commencing 1 September 2008. Northern Section Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamAttendanceNorth-West1Oldham Athletic1–1Morecambe2,016Morecambe won 5 – 4 on penalties2Crewe Alexandra3–0Macclesfield Town2,4633Stockport County1–0Port Vale2,2904Tranmere Rovers1–0Accrington Stanley2,410North-East5Chesterfield2–2Grimsby Town1,665Grimsby Town won 4 – 1 on penalties6Scunthorpe United2–1Notts County1,7557Leeds United2–1Bradford City20,1288Hartlepool United0–3Leicester City2,807 Southern Section Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamAttendanceSouth-West1Bournemouth3–0Bristol Rovers2,2202Brentford2–2Yeovil Town1,339Brentford won 4 – 2 on penalties3Exeter City1–2Shrewsbury Town1,5304Aldershot Town2–2Swindon Town1,814Swindon Town won 7 – 6 on penaltiesSouth-East5Millwall0–1Colchester United2,4566Northampton Town0–1Brighton & Hove Albion2,0477Southend United2–4Leyton Orient3,4998Dagenham & Redbridge4–2Barnet1,412 First round byes Northern section Bury, Carlisle United, Chester City, Darlington, Lincoln City, Rochdale, Rotherham United, Huddersfield Town. Southern section Cheltenham Town, Gillingham, Hereford United, Luton Town, Milton Keynes Dons, Peterborough United, Walsall, Wycombe Wanderers. Second round The Second Round draw was conducted on 6 September 2008, with matches played in the week commencing 6 October 2008. Northern Section Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamAttendance1Tranmere Rovers1–0Crewe Alexandra2,6262Rochdale2–2Carlisle United1,608Rochdale won 4 – 2 on penalties3Chester City1–1Morecambe926Morecambe won 3 – 1 on penalties4Bury1–0Stockport County2,3845Scunthorpe United2–1Grimsby Town4,8446Rotherham United4–2Leeds United4,6587Darlington1–0Huddersfield Town1,7918Leicester City0–0Lincoln City8,046Leicester City won 3 – 1 on penalties Southern Section Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamAttendance1Cheltenham Town1–2Walsall1,7412Hereford United1–2Swindon Town1,4583Wycombe Wanderers0–7Shrewsbury Town1,7304Milton Keynes Dons0–1Bournemouth4,3295Peterborough United0–1Dagenham & Redbridge2,6446Brighton & Hove Albion2–2Leyton Orient2,157Brighton & Hove Albion won 5 – 4 on penalties7Gillingham0–1Colchester United1,5578Luton Town2–2Brentford2,029Luton Town won 4 – 3 on penalties Area quarter-finals The draw for the area quarter-finals was conducted on 11 October 2008. The matches were played in the week commencing 3 November 2008, with the exception of the match between Brighton & Hove Albion and Swindon Town, which was played on 12 November 2008. Northern Section Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamAttendance1Rotherham United2–0Leicester City4,2552Tranmere Rovers1–0Morecambe2,1103Darlington1–0Bury1,6514Scunthorpe United1–0Rochdale2,474 Southern Section Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamAttendance1Shrewsbury Town5–0Dagenham & Redbridge2,7472Brighton & Hove Albion2–0Swindon Town2,2343Walsall0–1Luton Town1,8444Bournemouth0–1Colchester United2,275 Area semi-finals The draw for the area semi-finals was conducted on 8 November 2008, and matches were played in the week commencing 15 December 2008. Northern Section Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamAttendance1Scunthorpe United2–1Tranmere Rovers2,6692Rotherham United1–1Darlington2,706Rotherham United won 4 – 2 on penalties Southern Section Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamAttendance1Luton Town1–0Colchester United2,6382Shrewsbury Town0–0Brighton & Hove Albion4,052Brighton & Hove Albion won 5 – 4 on penalties Area finals The area finals, which serve as the semi-finals for the entire competition, are contested over two legs, home and away. The first legs were played on 20 January 2009; the second legs were played on 17 February 2009. Northern Section 20 January 2009 19:30 Scunthorpe United 2–0 Report Rotherham United Woolford 60Pearce 67 Glanford Park, Scunthorpe 6,038 Clive Oliver (Northumberland) 17 February 2009 19:45 Rotherham United 0–1 Report Scunthorpe United Hooper 74 Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield 6,555 Kevin Friend (Leicestershire) Scunthorpe United won 3–0 on aggregate. Southern Section 20 January 2009 19:45 Brighton & Hove Albion 0–0 Report Luton Town Withdean Stadium, Brighton and Hove 6,127 Paul Taylor (Hertfordshire) 17 February 2009 19:45 Luton Town 1–1 Report Brighton & Hove Albion Craddock 1 Forster 20 Kenilworth Road, Luton 8,711 Andy D'Urso (Essex) Martin Craddock Hall Charles 4–3 Forster Virgo Elphick Jarrett Birchall Brighton & Hove Albion 1–1 Luton Town on aggregate. Luton Town won 4–3 on penalties. Final 2009 Football League Trophy final 5 April 2009 13:15 BST Luton Town 3–2 y http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/7975143.stm Scunthorpe United Martin 32 Craddock 70 Gnakpa 95 Hooper 14 McCann 88 Wembley Stadium, London 55,378 Phil Crossley (Kent) External links Tournament home page Category:EFL Trophy seasons League Trophy Trophy Trophy