2004 Football League Trophy Final
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The 2004 Football League Trophy Final was the 21st final of the domestic football cup competition for teams from Football Leagues 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....

, 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....

 and The Conference, 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...

. The final was played at Millennium Stadium
Millennium Stadium
The Millennium Stadium is the national stadium of Wales, located in the capital, Cardiff. It is the home of the Wales national rugby union team and also frequently stages games of the Wales national football team, but is also host to many other large scale events, such as the Super Special Stage...

 in Cardiff
Cardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...

 on 21 March 2004. The match was contested between Blackpool
Blackpool F.C.
Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the...

 and Southend United
Southend United F.C.
Southend United Football Club is an English football club based at Roots Hall Stadium, Prittlewell, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, who play in Football League Two. Their home ground is Roots Hall, and the club plan to move into a new 22,000-seater stadium located at Fossetts Farm.-Stadium:The club has had...

. Blackpool won the match 2–0 with goals from John Murphy and Danny Coid
Danny Coid
Daniel John "Danny" Coid is an English professional footballer who plays for Accrington Stanley.-Blackpool:Born in Liverpool, Merseyside, Coid started his career with Blackpool in 1995, when he was in the youth team. He was then a trainee before signing his first professional contract in 1998...

.

Match details


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style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> BLACKPOOL:
GK 13   Lee Jones
DF 2   Simon Grayson
Simon Grayson
Simon Nicholas Grayson is a retired English footballer and current manager of Leeds United. He is the elder brother of cricketer Paul Grayson....

MF 3   Tommy Jaszczun
Tommy Jaszczun
Antony John Jaszczun is a professional footballer, currently with Conference North side Corby Town, where he plays as a defender-Aston Villa:...

 
DF 6   Michael Flynn
Michael Flynn (footballer)
Michael John Flynn is a Welsh footballer currently playing for Football League Two side Bradford City. He is predominantly an attacking midfielder.-Career:...

MF 7   Richie Wellens
Richie Wellens
Richard Paul "Richie" Wellens is an English footballer currently playing as a midfielder for Leicester City.-Manchester United:...

 
FW 8   Mike Sheron
Mike Sheron
Michael "Mike" Sheron is an English former footballer, born in Liverpool, who made nearly 500 appearances in the Premier League and the Football League playing as a striker for Manchester City, Bury, Norwich City, Stoke City, Queens Park Rangers, Barnsley, Blackpool, Macclesfield Town and...

 
FW 9   John Murphy
MF 11   Martin Bullock
Martin Bullock
Martin John Bullock is an English football midfielder who plays for New Zealand Premiership champions Waitakere United. He previously played for five league teams over fifteen years, making 452 league appearances. He also won a cap for the England under-21 side in 1996.He began his career at...

 
DF 12   Danny Coid
Danny Coid
Daniel John "Danny" Coid is an English professional footballer who plays for Accrington Stanley.-Blackpool:Born in Liverpool, Merseyside, Coid started his career with Blackpool in 1995, when he was in the youth team. He was then a trainee before signing his first professional contract in 1998...

MF 22   Tony Dinning
Tony Dinning
Anthony "Tony" Dinning is an English former football midfielder. He spent sixteen years of an eighteen year career in the Football League, making 515 appearances in league and cup....

DF 23   Steve Elliott
Substitutes:
GK 1   Phil Barnes
Phil Barnes
Philip Kenneth "Phil" Barnes is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Conference North side Gainsborough Trinity...

DF 14   Leam Richardson
Leam Richardson
Leam Nathan Richardson is an English footballer playing for Accrington Stanley. His previous clubs include Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Notts County and Blackpool. He is also a coach at Leeds United's academy which he combines whilst playing for Accrington.-Career:Richardson started his...

 
FW 17   Matthew Blinkhorn
Matthew Blinkhorn
Matthew David Blinkhorn is an English professional footballer who currently plays as a striker for Sligo Rovers.-Career:...

 
MF 18   Steve McMahon, Jr. 
DF 21   Steve Davis
Steve Davis (footballer born 1968)
Stephen Mark "Steve" Davis is an English former footballer who played as a defender. He had two spells with Burnley, and has subsequently coached for them...

Manager:
  Steve McMahon
Steve McMahon
Stephen Joseph McMahon is an English former football midfielder who most notably played for Liverpool in the late 1980s...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> SOUTHEND UNITED: | GK 30   Darryl Flahavan
Darryl Flahavan
Darryl James Flahavan [fla-haa-van] is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bournemouth. He most recently played for Portsmouth...

DF 2   Duncan Jupp
Duncan Jupp
Duncan Alan Jupp is a professional footballer currently playing for Bognor Regis Town.Jupp began his career as a trainee with Fulham where he made more than 100 appearances before he moved toWimbledon for £200,000...

DF 4   Leon Cort
Leon Cort
Leon Terrance Anthony Cort is an English professional footballer currently playing for Burnley. He is a defender who wears the number 18 shirt for the Clarets. He is of Guyanese descent, and is the younger brother of Carl Cort...

DF 5   Mark Warren
Mark Warren (footballer)
Mark Warren is an English former professional footballer.-Biography:Born in Lower Clapton, London, Warren started his career at Leyton Orient. He was voted Orient's player of the year in 1996-97, but the following year was loaned out to Oxford United, for whom he made four appearances.In January...

MF 7   Mark Gower
Mark Gower
Mark Gower is an English footballer who plays for Swansea City. He joined Swansea from Southend United in the summer of 2008. He also played for the England schoolboys team.-Career:...

  MF 8   Kevin Maher
Kevin Maher
Kevin Andrew Maher is an English-born Republic of Ireland footballer who plays for Dagenham & Redbridge. He predominantly plays as a central midfielder.- Southend United :...

  FW 10   Drewe Broughton
Drewe Broughton
Drewe Oliver Broughton is an English professional footballer who currently plays for Thurrock. He has made over 400 senior appearances for 20 different clubs in a career spanning 15 years.-Earlier years:...

DF 14   Che Wilson
Che Wilson
Che Christian Aaron Clay Wilson is a retired English professional footballer. He was last attached to New Zealand side Richmond Athletic, before returning to England.-Career:...

  DF 23   Lewis Hunt
Lewis Hunt
Lewis James Hunt is an English professional footballer who is currently unattached after having his contract with Bradford City cancelled by mutual consent.-Career:...

FW 24   Leon Constantine
Leon Constantine
Leon Charles Constantine is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Isthmian League side Lewes. A journeyman of lower league English football, he has had fifteen separate spells at fourteen different clubs within the space of just ten years...

MF 28   Carl Pettefer
Carl Pettefer
Carl James Pettefer is an English footballer, who currently plays for AFC Totton. He began his career at Portsmouth FC, signing his professional papers with then manager Alan Ball in August 1999 when aged 17. He made his full debut for Portsmouth against West Bromwich Albion F.C...

Substitutes: GK 1   Carl Emberson
Carl Emberson
Carl Wayne Emberson is a retired English football goalkeeper and coach at Bristol Rovers.-Career:He played in the 1990–91 Final of the FA Youth Cup with Millwall, but failed to make a first-team appearance for the club.He joined Colchester United for ₤25,000 in 1994, where he had previously been...

DF 3   Jamie Stuart
Jamie Stuart
Jamie Christopher Stuart is an English footballer who plays for AFC Wimbledon as a defender and team captain. He started his career in the Football League with Charlton Athletic, Millwall, Bury and Southend United, before dropping into non-League football with Hornchurch, Grays Athletic and...

DF 6   Dave McSweeney
Dave McSweeney
David "Dave" McSweeney is a semi-professional English footballer, who plays as a defender for Billericay Town.He has also played for Southend United in the Football League from 2000 to 2004. He then dropped into non-League football and had a brief loan spell with Crawley Town in 2004, before...

FW 9   Tesfaye Bramble
Tesfaye Bramble
Tesfaye Walda Simeon "Tes" Bramble is an English-born Montserratian footballer. He made over 200 appearances in the Football League, scoring 43 goals, between 2001 and 2007, and played international football for Montserrat.-Football career:Bramble, who is the brother of footballer Titus Bramble,...

  MF 19   Neil Jenkins  Manager:   Steve Tilson
Steve Tilson
Stephen Brian "Steve" Tilson is an English football manager and former player. He is best known for his time in charge of Southend United...


MATCH RULES
  • 90 minutes.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Five named substitutes
  • Maximum of 3 substitutions.

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