1996–97 Football League Trophy

The Football League Trophy 1996–97, known as the Auto Windscreens Shield 1996–97 for sponsorship reasons, was the 14th staging of the Football League Trophy, a knock-out competition for English football clubs in Second and Third Division. The winners were Carlisle United and the runners-up were Colchester United.[1]

The competition began on 7 December 1996 and ended with the final on 20 April 1997 at the Wembley Stadium.

In the first round, there were two sections: North and South. In the following rounds 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.

First round

Crewe Alexandra, Lincoln City, Mansfield Town, Scunthorpe United, Shrewsbury Town, Wigan Athletic, Wrexham and York City from the North section all received byes.

Barnet, Bristol City, Exeter City, Northampton Town, Peterborough United, Torquay United, Walsall and Watford from the South section all received byes.

Second round

Quarter-finals

Area semi-finals

Area finals

Northern Area final
Carlisle United2–0Stockport County
Archdeacon  56',  90' (pen)
Brunton Park, Carlisle
Attendance: 7,057
Stockport County0–0Carlisle United
Edgeley Park, Stockport
Attendance: 8,593

Carlisle United beat Stockport County 2–0 on aggregate.

Southern Area final
Peterborough United2–0Colchester United
Otto  15'
Charlery  35'
London Road Stadium, Peterborough
Attendance: 4,556
Colchester United3 – 0
(a.e.t.)		Peterborough United
Fry  37'
Buckle  81'
Abrahams  99'
Layer Road, Colchester
Attendance: 4,705

Colchester United beat Peterborough United 3–2 on aggregate.

Final
See also: 1997 Football League Trophy Final
Carlisle United0 – 0
(a.e.t.)		Colchester United
Penalties
Conway
Archdeacon
Walling
Aspinall
Hayward 		4–3 Wilkins
Adcock
Greene
Duguid
Cawley
Attendance: 45,077
Referee: J.Kirkby
CARLISLE UNITED:
GKTony Caig
DFDean Walling
DFWill Varty
DFStéphane Pounewatchy
MFRory Delap
MFSteve Hayward (c)
MFWarren Aspinall
MFPaul Conway
MFOwen Archdeacon
FWAllan Smart 24'
FWLee Peacock
Substitutes:
MFTony Hopper
FWRod Thomas 24'  95'
FWMatt Jansen 95'
Manager:
Mervyn Day
COLCHESTER UNITED:
GKCarl Emberson
DFJoe Dunne
DFDavid Greene
DFPeter Cawley
DFPaul Gibbs  105'
MFDavid Gregory  85'
MFRichard Wilkins (c)
MFSteve Whitton
MFPaul Abrahams 91'
FWTony Adcock
FWMark Sale
Substitute:
MFKarl Duguid 91'
MFChris Fry 105'
MFAdam Locke 85'
Manager:
Steve Wignall

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Maximum of 3 substitutions.

Notes
  1. "Carlisle 0–0 Colchester (Carlisle win on penalties)". Carlisle United FC Online. Archived from the original on 30 September 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  2. after extra time
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