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2006–07 Football League Trophy#First round

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| title = Football League Trophy

| year = 2006–07

| other_title = Johnstone's Paint Trophy

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| country = England
Wales

| num_teams = 48

| defending champions = Swansea City

| champions = Doncaster Rovers

| runner-up = Bristol Rovers

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| prevseason = 2005–06

| nextseason = 2007–08

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The 2006–07 Football League Trophy, known as the 2006–07 Johnstone's Paint Trophy for sponsorship reasons, was the 26th staging of the Football League Trophy, a knockout competition for English football clubs in Leagues One and Two. The winners were Doncaster Rovers from League One and the runners-up were Bristol Rovers from League Two.

The competition began on 17 October 2006 and ended with the final on 1 April 2007. The final was the last to take place at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. In the first round, there are four sections: Northern Section–West, Northern Section–East, Southern Section–West and Southern Section–East. In the second round this narrows to simply a Northern and a Southern section, whereupon 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.

Swansea City were the defending champions, but lost to Peterborough United in the second round.

Doncaster Rovers won the final, beating Bristol Rovers 3–2 after extra time, having been 2–0 up after just 5 minutes before Bristol Rovers scored twice in the second half to make the score 2–2 after 90 minutes.

First round

Sixteen teams received byes to the second round. The other remaining teams start in a single-legged knockout. Should the scores be level after 90 minutes, the match entered a penalty shootout phase, with no extra-time being played.

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= Northern Section =

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colspan=5|West
1Accrington Stanley1 – 1Carlisle United850
colspan="5"|Accrington Stanley won 3–1 on penalties
2Bury0 – 2Tranmere Rovers1,093
3Macclesfield Town0 – 1Stockport County1,792
4Wrexham1 – 1Rochdale1,209
colspan="5"|Rochdale won 5–3 on penalties
colspan=5|East
5Bradford City1 – 2Scunthorpe United1,936
6Hartlepool United3 – 1Rotherham United1,832
7Huddersfield Town1 – 2Doncaster Rovers3,629
8Lincoln City0 – 0Grimsby Town2,019
colspan="5"|Grimsby Town won 5–3 on penalties

Byes: Blackpool, Chester City, Chesterfield, Crewe Alexandra, Darlington, Mansfield Town, Oldham Athletic, and Port Vale.

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=Southern Section=

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colspan=5|West
1Bristol Rovers1 – 0Torquay United2,672
2Hereford United1 – 2Shrewsbury Town2,007
3Walsall1 – 1Swansea City2,557
colspan="5"|Swansea City won 4–3 on penalties
4Wycombe Wanderers1 – 0Swindon Town1,583
colspan=5|East
1Brighton & Hove Albion2 – 0Boston United1,740
2Gillingham1 – 2Nottingham Forest1,817
3Northampton Town0 – 0Brentford2,088
colspan="5"|Brentford won 4–2 on penalties
4Notts County0 – 1Barnet1,291

Byes: Bournemouth, Bristol City, Cheltenham Town, Leyton Orient, Millwall, Milton Keynes Dons, Peterborough United, Yeovil Town.

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Second round

In the second round, the sixteen winning teams from the first round were joined by the teams with byes. Again, there were eight one-legged matches in each section (North and South), with a penalty shootout if a draw occurred after 90 minutes.

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=Northern Section=

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1Accrington Stanley4 – 4Blackpool1,344
colspan="5"|Accrington Stanley won 4–2 on penalties
2Chester City3 – 0Stockport County1,229
3Hartlepool United1 – 3Doncaster Rovers1,853
4Mansfield Town3 – 0Grimsby Town1,761
5Oldham Athletic0 – 1Chesterfield2,118
6Rochdale1 – 1Crewe Alexandra1,148
colspan="5"|Crewe Alexandra won 2–0 on penalties
7Scunthorpe United0 – 0Port Vale3,421
colspan="5"|Port Vale won 5–3 on penalties
8Tranmere Rovers0 – 1Darlington2,036

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=Southern Section=

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1Brighton & Hove Albion4 – 1Milton Keynes Dons2,774
2Cheltenham Town3 – 2Barnet964
3Leyton Orient1 – 3Bristol City1,118
4Millwall2 – 0Bournemouth1,905
5Nottingham Forest2 – 1Brentford2,031
6Peterborough United1 – 0Swansea City1,432
7Shrewsbury Town2 – 1Yeovil Town1,759
8Wycombe Wanderers0 – 2Bristol Rovers1,314

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Area quarter-finals

In the third round, the winning teams from the second round play in eight one-legged matches, four in each section (North and South). Again, a penalty shootout followed if the match was drawn after 90 minutes. Matches were played on 28 November and 29 November 2006.

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=Northern Section=

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1Chesterfield4 – 4Chester City2,414
colspan="5"|Chesterfield won 3–1 on penalties
2Darlington1 – 0Mansfield Town2,059
3Doncaster Rovers2 – 0Accrington Stanley3,209
4Port Vale2 – 3Crewe Alexandra4,694

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=Southern Section=

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1Bristol Rovers1 – 0Peterborough United3,621
2Cheltenham Town2 – 3Shrewsbury Town1,379
3Millwall1 – 1Brighton & Hove Albion3,659
colspan="5"|Brighton & Hove Albion won 3–2 on penalties
4Nottingham Forest2 – 2Bristol City4,107
colspan="5"|Bristol City won 4–2 on penalties

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Area semi-finals

Matches were played on 8 January 2007.

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=Northern Section=

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1Chesterfield2 – 4Crewe Alexandra3,414
2Doncaster Rovers2 – 0Darlington8,009

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=Southern Section=

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1Bristol City2 – 0Brighton & Hove Albion6,485
2Shrewsbury Town0 – 1Bristol Rovers3,199

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Area finals

=Northern Area final=

{{football box

|date=30 January 2007

|time=19:45

|team1=Crewe Alexandra

|score=3 – 3

|report=

|team2=Doncaster Rovers

|goals1=Moss {{goal|51}}
Lowe {{goal|63}}
Varney {{goal|86}}

|goals2=Heffernan {{goal|29|pen.}}
Stock {{goal|40}}
Heffernan {{goal|74}}

|stadium=Alexandra Stadium, Crewe

|attendance=4,631

|referee=Clive Oliver (Northumberland) }}

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{{football box

|date=12 February 2007

|time=19:45

|team1=Doncaster Rovers

|score=3 – 2

|report=

|team2=Crewe Alexandra

|goals1=Heffernan {{goal|63}}
Heffernan {{goal|83|pen.}}
Price {{goal|89}}

|goals2=Varney {{goal|32}}
Lowe {{goal|36}}

|stadium=Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster

|attendance=12,561

|referee=Trevor Kettle (Berkshire)}}

  • Doncaster Rovers won 6–5 on aggregate and progressed to the final.

=Southern Area final=

The Southern Area final produced the first Bristol derby played in over five years.{{cite web |url=http://www.bristolrovers-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadhed.asp?teama=97&teamb=96 |title=Head to Head - Bristol Rovers FC |work=Bristol Rovers Mad |publisher=Footy Mad |access-date=11 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727194938/http://www.bristolrovers-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadhed.asp?teama=97&teamb=96 |archive-date=2011-07-27 |url-status=dead }}

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|date=21 February 2007

|time=19:45

|team1=Bristol City

|score=0 – 0

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|team2=Bristol Rovers

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|goals2=

|stadium=Ashton Gate, Bristol

|attendance=18,730

|referee=Kevin Wright (Cambridgeshire) }}

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{{football box

|date=27 February 2007

|time=19:45

|team1=Bristol Rovers

|score=1 – 0

|report=

|team2=Bristol City

|goals1=Lambert {{goal|65}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Memorial Stadium, Bristol

|attendance=11,530

|referee=Andy D'Urso (Essex) }}

  • Bristol Rovers won 1–0 on aggregate and progressed to the final.

Final

The 2007 final was the last major Football Association or Football League final to be held at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. All subsequent finals were held at Wembley Stadium in London.

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|date=1 April 2007

|time=13:00

|team1=Bristol Rovers

|score=2 – 3

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|report=Report

|team2=Doncaster Rovers

|goals1=Walker {{goal|49|pen.}}
Igoe {{goal|62}}

|goals2=Forte {{goal|1}}
Heffernan {{goal|5}}
Lee {{goal|110}}

|stadium=Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

|attendance=59,024

|referee=Graham Laws (Northumberland)}}

References

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Sources

  • {{cite book |editor1-first=Glenda |editor1-last=Rollin |editor2-first=Jack |editor2-last=Rollin |title=Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2007–2008 |year=2007 |publisher=Headline |location=London |isbn=978-0-7553-1664-9 |pages=605–608}}
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/cup2.sd?competitionid=70&seasonid=139 |title=Football League Trophy 2006/2007 |work=Soccerbase |publisher=Racing Post |access-date=23 January 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100130205657/http://www.soccerbase.com/cup2.sd?competitionid=70&seasonid=139| archive-date= 30 January 2010 | url-status= live}}

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