The 2009–10 Football League Trophy, known as the 2009–10 Johnstone's Paint Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is the 29th Football League Trophy, a knockout competition for English football clubs in Leagues One and Two, the third and fourth tiers of English football.
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Country | England Wales |
Teams | 48 |
Defending champions | Luton Town |
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Champions | Southampton |
Runner-up | Carlisle United |
The format is similar to that which has been used since 1996, with four first round regions; North-West, North-East, South-West and South-East; which were used for the first time in the second region, before a two-region format from the area quarter-finals (3rd round); North and South. The resulting regional winners then meet in the final.
Luton Town were the defending champions, but were not allowed to defend the trophy due to relegation to the Conference in the same season.
The competition was won by Southampton who defeated Carlisle United 4–1 in the final.[1]
First round
editSixteen teams were granted byes to the Second Round, which were drawn on 3 August, while the remaining teams were drawn for the First Round ties on Soccer AM on 15 August 2009. As part of new rules enforced this season, teams who received byes the previous season were not allowed to receive byes this season. The First Round matches were played in the week commencing 31 August 2009.
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First round byes
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Northern sectioneditGrimsby Town, Hartlepool United, Leeds United, Macclesfield Town,
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Southern sectioneditAldershot Town, Brighton & Hove Albion, Charlton Athletic, Exeter City,
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Second round
editThe Second Round draw took place on 5 September 2009, with matches to be played in the week commencing 5 October 2009.
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Area-quarter-finals
editThe draw for the area quarter-finals took place on 10 October 2009. The matches were played in the week commencing 9 November 2009.
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Area semi-finals
editThe draw for the area semi-finals took place on 14 November 2009. The matches were played in the week commencing 14 December 2009.
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Area finals
editThe area finals, which serve as the semi-finals for the entire competition, were contested over two legs, home and away.
Northern Section
edit19 January 2010 | Leeds United | 1–2 | Carlisle United | Elland Road, Leeds |
19:45 | Crowe |
Report | Kavanagh Anyinsah |
Attendance: 13,011 Referee: Andy Penn |
9 February 2010 | Carlisle United | 2–3 (6–5 p) | Leeds United | Brunton Park, Carlisle |
19:00 | Clayton Hurst |
Report | Snodgrass Crowe Grella |
Attendance: 9,430 Referee: Hall |
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Harte Hurst Madine Keogh Clayton Horwood Robson |
Carlisle United 4–4 Leeds United on aggregate. Carlisle United won 6–5 on penalties.
Southern Section
edit20 January 2010 | Milton Keynes Dons | 0–1 | Southampton | Stadium:mk, Milton Keynes |
19:00 | Report | Antonio |
Attendance: 7,918 Referee: Jonathan Moss |
9 February 2010 | Southampton | 3–1 | Milton Keynes Dons | St Mary's, Southampton |
19:45 | Lambert Woodards Lallana |
Report | Randall |
Attendance: 29,901 Referee: Grant Hegley |
Southampton won 4–1 on aggregate
Final
edit28 March 2010 | Carlisle United | 1–4 | Southampton | Wembley Stadium, London |
13:30 BST | Madine |
Lambert Lallana Waigo Antonio |
Attendance: 73,476 Referee: Scott Mathieson |
Top scorers
editFootball League Trophy
References
edit- ^ Shemilt, Stephan. "Carlisle 1 - 4 Southampton". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 16 February 2024.