1997–98 Football League Trophy

The Football League Trophy 1997–98, known as the Auto Windscreens Shield 1997–98 for sponsorship reasons, was the 15th staging of the Football League Trophy, a knock-out competition for English football clubs in Second and Third Division. The winners were Grimsby Town and the runners-up were Bournemouth.

1997–98 Football League Trophy
Auto Windscreens Shield
CountryEngland
Wales
Teams48
ChampionsGrimsby Town
Runners-upBournemouth
Matches played49

The competition began on 6 December 1997 and ended with the final on 19 April 1998 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

Blackpool, Burnley, Macclesfield, Mansfield Town, Notts County, Rotherham United, Wrexham and York City from the North section all received byes.

Brentford, Bournemouth, Brighton & Hove Albion, Bristol City, Exeter City, Luton Town, Swansea City and Torquay United from the South section all received byes.

Second round

Quarter-finals

Area semi-finals

Area finals

Northern Area final
Grimsby Town1–1Burnley
Groves  78' Payton  23'
Blundell Park, Cleethorpes
Attendance: 6,064
Burnley0–2Grimsby Town
Nogan  10'
Donovan  57'
Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 10,257

Grimsby Town beat Burnley 3–1 on aggregate.

Southern Area final
Walsall0–2Bournemouth
Rolling  13'
Beardsmore  30'
Attendance: 6,017
Bournemouth2–3Walsall
Evans  55' (o.g.)
Rolling  82'		 Thomas  47'
Boli  53'
Tholot  80'
Dean Court, Bournemouth
Attendance: 8,972

Bournemouth beat Walsall 4–3 on aggregate.

Final
See also: 1998 Football League Trophy Final
Bournemouth1–2Grimsby Town
Bailey  31' Glass  75' (o.g.)
Burnett 112'
Attendance: 62,432
Referee: M.E. Pierce
Bournemouth
Grimsby Town
GK1Jimmy Glass
DF2Neil Young
DF3Jamie Vincent
DF4Eddie Howe
DF5Ian Cox
MF6John Bailey
MF7Russell Beardsmore 105'
MF8Steve Robinson
FW9Mark Stein
FW10Steve Fletcher
MF11Christer Warren 90'
Substitutes:
DF Franck Rolling
MF Jason Brissett 90'
MF John O'Neil 105'
Manager:
Mel Machin
GK1Aidan Davison
DF2John McDermott
DF3Tony Gallimore 55'
DF4Peter Handyside
DF5Mark Lever
MF6Wayne Burnett
MF7Kevin Donovan
MF8David Smith
FW9Daryl Clare 55'
FW10Lee Nogan 93'
MF11Paul Groves (c)
Substitute:
FW12Steve Livingstone 55'
MF13Kingsley Black 55'
MF14Kevin Jobling 93'
Manager:
Alan Buckley

Match rules

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary
  • Golden goal in extra time
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Maximum of three substitutions

Notes
  1. after extra time
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