The Football League Trophy 1996–97, known as the Auto Windscreens Shield 1996–97 for sponsorship reasons, was the 16th staging of the Football League Trophy, a knock-out competition for English football clubs in Second and Third Division. The winners were Carlisle United and the runners-up were Colchester United.[1]

The competition began on 7 December 1996 and ended with the final on 20 April 1997 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

Crewe Alexandra, Lincoln City, Mansfield Town, Scunthorpe United, Shrewsbury Town, Wigan Athletic, Wrexham and York City from the North section all received byes.

Barnet, Bristol City, Exeter City, Northampton Town, Peterborough United, Torquay United, Walsall and Watford from the South section all received byes.

Second round

Quarter-finals

Area semi-finals

Area finals

Northern Area final

Carlisle United2–0Stockport County
Archdeacon 56', 90' (pen.)
Brunton Park, Carlisle
Attendance: 7,057
Stockport County0–0Carlisle United
Edgeley Park, Stockport
Attendance: 8,593

Carlisle United beat Stockport County 2–0 on aggregate.

Southern Area final

Peterborough United2–0Colchester United
Otto 15'
Charlery 35'
London Road Stadium, Peterborough
Attendance: 4,556
Colchester United3 – 0 (a.e.t.)Peterborough United
Fry 37'
Buckle 81'
Abrahams 99'
Layer Road, Colchester
Attendance: 4,705

Colchester United beat Peterborough United 3–2 on aggregate.

Final

See also: 1997 Football League Trophy Final
Carlisle United0 – 0 (a.e.t.)Colchester United
Penalties
Conway soccer ball with check mark
Archdeacon soccer ball with red X
Walling soccer ball with check mark
Aspinall soccer ball with check mark
Hayward soccer ball with check mark		 4–3 soccer ball with check mark Wilkins
soccer ball with check mark Adcock
soccer ball with check mark Greene
soccer ball with red X Duguid
soccer ball with red X Cawley
Attendance: 45,077
Referee: J.Kirkby
CARLISLE UNITED:
GK Tony Caig
DF Dean Walling
DF Will Varty
DF Stéphane Pounewatchy
MF Rory Delap
MF Steve Hayward (c) Yellow card
MF Warren Aspinall Yellow card
MF Paul Conway Yellow card
MF Owen Archdeacon
FW Allan Smart downward-facing red arrow 24'
FW Lee Peacock
Substitutes:
MF Tony Hopper
FW Rod Thomas upward-facing green arrow 24' downward-facing red arrow 95'
FW Matt Jansen upward-facing green arrow 95'
Manager:
Mervyn Day
COLCHESTER UNITED:
GK Carl Emberson
DF Joe Dunne Yellow card
DF David Greene Yellow card
DF Peter Cawley Yellow card
DF Paul Gibbs Yellow card downward-facing red arrow 105'
MF David Gregory Yellow card downward-facing red arrow 85'
MF Richard Wilkins (c)
MF Steve Whitton
MF Paul Abrahams downward-facing red arrow 91'
FW Tony Adcock
FW Mark Sale
Substitute:
MF Karl Duguid upward-facing green arrow 91'
MF Chris Fry upward-facing green arrow 105'
MF Adam Locke upward-facing green arrow 85'
Manager:
Steve Wignall

MATCH RULES

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

Notes

  1. ^ "Carlisle 0–0 Colchester (Carlisle win on penalties)". Carlisle United FC Online. Archived from the original on 30 September 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m after extra time
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Football_League_Trophy
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