1995–96 Football League Trophy
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The Football League Trophy 1995-96, known as the Auto Windscreens Shield 1995-96 for sponsorship reasons, was the 13th staging of the Football League Trophy
Football League Trophy
The Football League Trophy, currently known as the Johnstone's Paint Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is an annual English association football knock-out competition open to the 48 clubs in Football League One and Football League Two, the bottom two divisions in the four fully professional top...

, a knock-out competition for English football clubs in the Second
Football League Second Division
From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...

 and Third
Football League Third Division
The Football League Third Division was the 3 tier of English Football from 1920 until 1992 when after the formation of the Football Association Premier League saw the league renamed The Football League Division Two...

 Divisions (now known as League One
Football League One
Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....

 and Two
Football League Two
Football League Two is the third-highest division of The Football League and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system....

).

The winners were Rotherham United
Rotherham United F.C.
Rotherham United Football Club are an English professional football club based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, who compete in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. The club's colours have traditionally been red and white, although these have evolved through history...

, who defeated Shrewsbury Town
Shrewsbury Town F.C.
Shrewsbury Town Football Club is an English Association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, who play in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. The club was formed in 1886 and has played in all the bottom three divisions in various guises since being elected into the Football...

 2–1 in the final.

The competition began on 25 September 1995 and ended with the final on 14 April 1996.

The tournament begins with clubs divided into a Northern and a Southern section, and teams entering a group stage. Each section then gradually eliminates the qualifying 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.

Northern Section

Group 1
Team Pts Pld W D L F A GD
3 2 1 0 1 8 1 +7
3 2 1 0 1 3 3 0
3 2 1 0 1 3 10 -7


26 SepBlackpool 1–0 Crewe Alexandra

17 OctCrewe Alexandra 8–0 Hartlepool United

7 NovHartlepool United 3–2 Blackpool


Group 3
Team Pts Pld W D L F A GD
4 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1
3 2 1 0 1 2 2 0
1 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1


26 SepStockport County 1–1 Chesterfield

17 OctChesterfield 2–1 Notts County

7 NovNotts County 1–0 Stockport County


Group 5
Team Pts Pld W D L F A GD
4 2 1 1 0 5 1 +4
2 2 0 2 0 1 1 0
1 2 0 1 1 0 4 -4


26 SepWigan Athletic 1–1 Scunthorpe United

17 OctScunthorpe United 4–0 Bury

14 NovBury 0–0 Wigan Athletic


Group 7
Team Pts Pld W D L F A GD
Hull City
Hull City A.F.C.
Hull City Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, founded in 1904. The club participates in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football...

6 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3
3 2 1 0 1 2 2 0
0 2 0 0 2 1 4 -3


26 SepScarborough 0–2 Hull City

17 OctHull City 1–0 Preston North End

7 NovPreston North End 2–1 Scarborough



Group 2
Team Pts Pld W D L F A GD
4 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1
2 2 0 2 0 2 2 0
1 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1


26 SepChester City 0–1 Rotherham United

17 OctRotherham United 1–1 Burnley

7 NovBurnley 1–1 Chester City


Group 4
Team Pts Pld W D L F A GD
6 2 2 0 0 5 3 +2
Rochdale
Rochdale A.F.C.
Rochdale Association Football Club is an English professional football club based in Rochdale, Greater Manchester. They play their home matches at Spotland Stadium. Formed in 1907, they were accepted into the Football League in 1921...

3 2 1 0 1 8 6 +2
0 2 0 0 2 2 6 -1


26 SepLincoln City 4–3 Rochdale

24 OctRochdale 5–2 Darlington

7 NovDarlington 0–1 Lincoln City


Group 6
Team Pts Pld W D L F A GD
4 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1
3 2 1 0 1 1 1 0
1 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1


26 SepMansfield Town 2–2 Wrexham

17 OctWrexham 1–0 York City

7 NovYork City 1–0 Mansfield Town


Group 8
Team Pts Pld W D L F A GD
2 2 0 2 0 2 2 0
2 2 0 2 0 2 2 0
Bradford City
Bradford City A.F.C.
Bradford City Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, playing in League Two....

2 2 0 2 0 2 2 0


25 SepMansfield Town 2–2 Wrexham

17 OctWrexham 1–0 York City

7 NovYork City 1–0 Mansfield Town

The placings in this group were decided by drawing lots.



Southern Section

Group 1
Team Pts Pld W D L F A GD
4 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2
Swansea City
Swansea City A.F.C.
Swansea City Association Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Swansea, Wales. One of the most successful clubs in Welsh football, it has won 10 Welsh Cups and led the English Football League First Division in December 1981, before finishing the season in 6th position...

2 2 0 2 1 1 1 0
1 2 0 1 1 1 3 -2


26 SepShrewsbury Town 1–1 Swansea City

17 OctSwansea City 0–0 Leyton Orient

7 NovLeyton Orient 1–3 Shrewsbury Town


Group 3
Team Pts Pld W D L F A GD
4 2 1 1 0 3 0 +3
4 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1
0 2 0 0 2 0 4 -4


26 SepPlymouth Argyle 0–3 Peterborough United

16 OctPeterborough United 0–0 Northampton Town

7 NovNorthampton Town 1–0 Plymouth Argyle


Group 5
Team Pts Pld W D L F A GD
4 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1
3 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1
1 2 0 1 0 1 3 -2


27 SepBournemouth 0–1 Brentford

17 OctBrentford 1–1 Exeter City

7 NovExeter City 0–2 Bournemouth


Group 7
Team Pts Pld W D L F A GD
6 2 2 0 0 6 2 +4
3 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1
0 2 0 0 2 2 5 -3


26 SepOxford United 3–0 Bristol City

17 OctBristol City 2–0 Barnet

7 NovBarnet 2–3 Oxford United



Group 2
Team Pts Pld W D L F A GD
4 2 1 1 0 6 5 +1
2 2 0 2 0 5 5 0
1 2 0 1 1 4 5 -1


26 SepHereford United 3–3 Cardiff City

17 OctCardiff City 3–2 Gillingham

7 NovGillingham 2–2 Hereford United


Group 4
Team Pts Pld W D L F A GD
6 2 2 0 0 10 2 +8
1 2 0 1 1 3 6 -3
1 2 0 1 1 1 6 -5


10 OctWycombe Wanderers 1–1 Fulham

17 OctFulham 2–5 Walsall

7 NovWalsall 5–0 Wycombe Wanderers


Group 6
Team Pts Pld W D L F A GD
6 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5
Brighton
Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.
Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club are an English association football club based in the coastal city of Brighton & Hove, East Sussex. They currently play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system....

3 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1
0 2 0 0 2 1 7 -6


26 SepCambridge United 1–4 Brighton & Hove Albion

17 OctBrighton & Hove Albion 0–2 Bristol Rovers

7 NovBristol Rovers 3–0 Cambridge United


Group 8
Team Pts Pld W D L F A GD
4 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2
3 2 1 0 1 5 4 +1
1 2 0 1 1 3 6 -3


26 SepColchester United 5–2 Torquay United

17 OctTorquay United 1–1 Swindon Town

8 NovSwindon Town 2–0 Colchester United



Northern Section

Date Home team Score Away team
27 Nov 1 – 3
28 Nov 2 – 1 Rochdale
Rochdale A.F.C.
Rochdale Association Football Club is an English professional football club based in Rochdale, Greater Manchester. They play their home matches at Spotland Stadium. Formed in 1907, they were accepted into the Football League in 1921...

28 Nov Hull City
Hull City A.F.C.
Hull City Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, founded in 1904. The club participates in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football...

1 – 2
28 Nov 2 – 1
28 Nov 0 – 0
Rotherham United won 4-1 on penalties
28 Nov 0 – 3
28 Nov 1 – 2
29 Nov 0 – 1


Southern Section

Date Home team Score Away team
28 Nov 0 – 1
28 Nov 2 – 1
28 Nov 1 – 2
28 Nov 1 – 2
28 Nov 1 – 0
28 Nov 0 – 0
Shrewsbury Town won 7-6 on penalties
28 Nov 1 – 2
29 Nov 0 – 1


Northern Section

Date Home team Score Away team
6 Jan 5 – 0
9 Jan 0 – 1
9 Jan 3 – 1
9 Jan 1 – 0


Southern Section

Date Home team Score Away team
9 Jan 1 – 2
9 Jan 1 – 0
9 Jan 3 – 2
9 Jan 4 – 2


Northern Section

Date Home team Score Away team
30 Jan 1 – 0
13 Feb 4 – 1


Southern Section

Date Home team Score Away team
31 Jan 4 – 1
13 Feb 0 – 1


Northern Area final

Date Home team Score Away team
5 Mar 2 – 0
12 Mar 0 – 2
Rotherham United won 4-0 on aggregate


Southern Area final

Date Home team Score Away team
5 Mar 1 – 1
12 Mar 0 – 1


Final

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> ROTHERHAM UNITED:
GK   Matt Clarke
Matt Clarke (footballer born 1973)
Matthew Clarke is an English former football goalkeeper.-Club career:Clarke's first club was Rotherham United, where his nickname was Matt the Cat, in reference to his agility. He won the 1996 Football League Trophy with Rotherham...

DF   Paul Hurst
Paul Hurst
Paul Michael Hurst is a former English footballer who played in Football League Two in England, for Rotherham, where he played for over 10 years. He is currently joint manager of Conference National side Grimsby Town with Rob Scott.-Playing career:Hurst figured regularly on the left side of the...

DF   Ian Breckin
Ian Breckin
Ian Breckin is an English professional footballer who plays for Chesterfield. He previously played in the Football League for Rotherham United, Wigan Athletic and Nottingham Forest.-Early career:...

 
DF   Neil Richardson
Neil Richardson (footballer)
Neil Thomas Richardson is an English former footballer who played as a centre back.-Playing career:Richardson joined Rotherham United from Brandon United in August 1989. He had a loan at Exeter City in 1996. After making 226 appearances and scoring 12 goals for Rotherham, he joined Mansfield Town...

DF   Paul Blades
Paul Blades
Paul Andrew Blades is an English former professional footballer. He was a defender who played for Derby County, Norwich City, Wolves and Rotherham United.-Career:...

MF   Andy Roscoe
Andy Roscoe
Andy Roscoe is an English left sided defender or midfielder whose last job was as assistant manager at Leigh RMI having joined in 2003 from Exeter City. Roscoe has also played for Bolton, Mansfield, and Rotherham. He started his career at Liverpool. He has played for Liverpool in the Mersey...

MF   Shaun Goodwin
Shaun Goodwin
Shaun Lee Goodwin is an English former footballer and manager.-Career:Goodwin started his career with Rotherham United in July 1987. He made 280 appearances and scored 39 goals in the Football League for the club before joining non-league side Doncaster Rovers...

MF   Darren Garner
Darren Garner
Darren John Garner is an English professional footballer. He currently plays for Bodmin Town.Garner began his professional football career as a trainee with Plymouth Argyle, turning professional in March 1989...

MF   Trevor Berry
Trevor Berry
Trevor John Berry in Haslemere, England, is a retired English professional footballer who played as a midfileder for various teams in the Football League.-References:...

FW   Nigel Jemson
Nigel Jemson
Nigel Jemson is an English footballer, who represented his country at the Under-21 level and was the manager of Ilkeston Town, until May 2008...

FW   Shaun Goater
Shaun Goater
Leonard Shaun Goater MBE is a Bermudian footballer who played as a striker for a number of English clubs in the 1990s and 2000s...

Substitutes:
DF   Gary Bowyer
Gary Bowyer
Gary Bowyer is an English former professional footballer who played as a full back. He is now active as a football coach.-Early and personal life:Gary Bowyer was born on 26 June 1971 in Manchester...

MF   Andy Hayward
Andy Hayward
Andrew William "Andy" Hayward is an English former footballer who played as either a midfielder or a striker.Hayward started his career in non-league football, and his prolific goalscoring record soon attracted attention from bigger clubs. He turned professional at the age of 24, joining Rotherham...

MF   John McGlashan
John McGlashan (footballer)
John McGlashan, born 3 June 1967 in Dundee, Scotland is a former Scottish football midfielder and current manager of Tayport.In a long professional career, he played for nine clubs, Arbroath, Ross County, Dundee, Rotherham, Peterborough, Cambridge, Fulham, Millwall and Montrose. McGlashan also...

Manager:
  Archie Gemmill
Archie Gemmill
Archibald "Archie" Gemmill is a Scottish former footballer, most famous for a goal he scored against the Netherlands in the 1978 FIFA World Cup...

 &   John McGovern
John McGovern
John McGovern may refer to:*John McGovern , American football quarterback for the University of Minnesota*John McGovern , European Cup winning captain...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> SHREWSBURY TOWN: GK   Paul Edwards
Paul Edwards (footballer born 1965)
Paul Edwards is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.-Career:Born in Liverpool, Edwards began his career in non-League football with Leek Town, before playing in the Football League with Crewe Alexandra and Shrewsbury Town, making 341 League appearances between 1988...

DF   Chris Withe
Chris Withe
Chris Withe was a professional footballer who played in the Football League for seven clubs. He is the younger brother of the former Aston Villa and England striker Peter Withe.-Playing career:...

  DF   Dave Walton
Dave Walton
David Walton is a retired English footballer who is remember for his exploits at and where he made over 100 league appearances for both clubs.-Club career:...

DF   Peter Whiston
Peter Whiston
Peter Whiston is a retired English football defender.-References:*...

DF   John Kay
John Kay (English footballer)
John Kay is an English former footballer.Kay started his career at Arsenal as an apprentice, joining in April 1980 and turning professional in July 1981. He made his League debut against West Bromwich Albion on 26 February 1983 and went on to make a further seven appearances that season...

MF   Mark Taylor
Mark Taylor (footballer born 1966)
Robert Mark Taylor , known as Mark Taylor, is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League for Walsall, Sheffield Wednesday and Shrewsbury Town, and in non-league football for clubs including Hereford United, Nuneaton Borough, Halesowen Town, Redditch...

MF   Richard Scott
Richard Scott (footballer)
Richard Paul Scott is an English professional footballer who made more than 200 appearances in the Football League playing for Birmingham City, Shrewsbury Town and Peterborough United. He plays as a defender or midfielder.-Career:...

  MF   Carl Robinson
Carl Robinson
Carl Robinson is a Welsh footballer who currently plays for the New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer.-Wolverhampton Wanderers:...

  MF   Austin Berkley
Austin Berkley
Austin Berkley is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger. His most successful spell was at Shrewsbury Town, where he made 174 appearances in five years, scoring 12 goals.-References:...

FW   Ian Stevens
Ian Stevens
For the Wales international rugby league player see Ian Stevens .Ian David Stevens is a former footballer who played in the English football league. Although born in Malta, Stevens was raised in Lancaster and educated in the city at Ripley St...

FW   Dean Spink
Dean Spink
Dean Peter Spink is an English former professional footballer who played either as a striker or a defender. After retiring as a player he became a physiotherapist for Shrewsbury Town.-Career:...

  Substitute: GK   Tim Clarke
Tim Clarke (footballer)
Timothy Joseph "Tim" Clarke is an English former footballer.He is perhaps best known for his spell as number 1 at Huddersfield Town where his tendency to make mistakes led to his nickname 'Coco'....

DF   Tommy Lynch
Tommy Lynch (footballer)
Thomas "Tommy" Lynch is an Irish former footballer who played as a defender.-External links:...

  FW   Steve Anthrobus
Steve Anthrobus
Stephen "Steve" Anthrobus is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. Active in both England and Wales between 1986 and 2003, Anthrobus made nearly 300 career League appearances.-Career:...

  Manager:   Fred Davies
Fred Davies
Fred Davies is an English former footballer who made nearly 400 appearances in the Football League playing as a goalkeeper for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cardiff City and Bournemouth. He also played for the Wolves team which, playing as the Los Angeles Wolves won the 1967 United Soccer Association...


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

External links

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