2011–12 Football League Trophy

The 2011–12 Football League Trophy, known as the Johnstone's Paint Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is the 28th 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 the English football.

2011–12 Football League Trophy
Johnstone's Paint Trophy
Country England
Teams48
ChampionsChesterfield
Runners-upSwindon Town
Matches played49
Goals scored137 (2.8 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Shefki Kuqi
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

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

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

Area Quarter Finals

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

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

Area finals

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
17 January 2012 Chesterfield2–1Oldham AthleticB2net 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 Athletic0–1ChesterfieldBoundary 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
10 January 2012 Barnet1–1Swindon TownUnderhill Stadium, London
19:45 GMT Hughes  72'
Deering  29'		 Report Flint  44'
McCormack  77'		 Attendance: 3,915
Referee: Nigel Miller
7 February 2012 Swindon Town1–0BarnetCounty 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
Main article: 2012 Football League Trophy Final
Chesterfield2–0Swindon Town
Risser  47' (o.g.)
Westcarr  90+4'
Attendance: 49,602
Referee: Anthony Bates

References
  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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