2011–12 Football League Trophy

The 2011–12 Football League Trophy, known as the Johnstone's Paint Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is the 31st season in the history of the competition. It is a knock-out tournament for English football clubs in League One and League Two, the third and fourth tiers of English football.

2011–12 Football League Trophy
Johnstone's Paint Trophy
Tournament details
Country England
 Wales
Teams48
Final positions
ChampionsChesterfield
Runner-upSwindon Town
Tournament statistics
Matches played49
Goals scored137 (2.8 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Finland Shefki Kuqi
United States Mike Grella
(4 goals each)

In all, 48 clubs will enter the competition. It is split into two sections, Northern and Southern, with the winners of each section contesting the final at Wembley Stadium. Carlisle United is the defending champion, having beaten Brentford in the previous year's final, 1–0 but were beaten in the Northern Section First round by Accrington Stanley 3–2.

First round

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The draw for the first round of the competition took place on 13 August 2011. Sixteen clubs were given a bye into the second round, and the remaining 32 clubs, including the holders, were divided into four geographical regions.

Byes

Second round

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The second round draw took place on 3 September 2011, with matches played in the week commencing 3 October 2011.[1]

Area Quarter-finals

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The area quarter finals draw took place on 8 October 2011, with matches played in the week commencing 8 November 2011.[2]

Area Semi-finals

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The area semi finals draw took place on 12 November 2011, with matches played in the week commencing 5 December 2011.

Area finals

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The area finals, which serve as the semi-finals for the entire competition, were contested over two legs, home and away. 1st Leg ties due to be played by 18 January 2012. A 2nd Leg tie will be played on Monday 30 January 2012 and another on 7 February 2012

Northern section

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17 January 2012 Chesterfield 2–1 Oldham Athletic B2net Stadium, Chesterfield
19:45 GMT Boden   49'
Whitaker   66'
Thompson   52'
Hurst   53'
Davis   71'
Lester   79'
Report Simpson   57' Attendance: 5,724
Referee: Phil Gibbs
30 January 2012 Oldham Athletic 0–1 Chesterfield Boundary Park, Oldham
19:45 GMT Simpson   69' Report Lester   89' Robertson   38'
Hurst   62'
Davis   76'
Attendance: 5,622
Referee: Roger East

Chesterfield won 3–1 on aggregate

Southern section

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10 January 2012 Barnet 1–1 Swindon Town Underhill Stadium, London
19:45 GMT Hughes   72'
Deering   29'
Report Flint   44'
McCormack   77'
Attendance: 3,915
Referee: Nigel Miller
7 February 2012 Swindon Town 1–0 Barnet County Ground, Swindon
19:45 GMT Connell   17'
Kennedy   80'
Risser   90'
Hughes   28'
Saville   37'
Dennehy   63'
Taylor   85'
Mustoe   90'
Attendance: 10,406
Referee: Darren Deadman

Swindon Town won 2–1 on aggregate

Final

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Chesterfield2–0Swindon Town
Risser   47' (o.g.)
Westcarr   90+4'
Attendance: 49,602
Referee: Anthony Bates

References

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  1. ^ "Trophy Round 2 draw". The Football League. 3 September 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-10-01. Retrieved 2011-09-03.
  2. ^ "Trophy Round 3 draw". The Football League. 8 October 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-10-10. Retrieved 2011-10-13.

3. https://web.archive.org/web/20120328055822/http://www.football-league.co.uk/johnstonespainttrophy/news/20111207/trophy-area-finals-draw_2293332_2540268 07/12/2011

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