Football Club History Database - Football League Trophy 1996-97

	1996-97
	Football League Trophy
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The "Group" stage was abandoned, and the competition became a straight knock-out.

First Round

North

Chesterfield 0-2 Preston North End
Bury 3-1 Darlington
Carlisle United 2-0 Rochdale
Doncaster Rovers 1-2 Stockport County
Hartlepool United 0-2 Burnley
Hull City 3-1 Chester City
Rotherham United 0-1 Blackpool
Scarborough 0-1 Notts County

Byes : Crewe Alexandra, Lincoln City, Mansfield Town, Scunthorpe United, Shrewsbury Town, Wigan Athletic, Wrexham, York City

South

Bristol Rovers 1-2 Brentford
Cambridge United 0-1 Colchester United
Gillingham 1-2 Cardiff City
Luton Town 2-1 Leyton Orient
Plymouth Argyle 2-0 A F C Bournemouth
Brighton & Hove Albion 3-2 Fulham
Hereford United 0-4 Millwall
Swansea City 2-1 Wycombe Wanderers

Byes : Barnet, Bristol City, Exeter City, Northampton Town, Peterborough United, Torquay United, Walsall, Watford

Second Round

North

Bury 6-0 Mansfield Town
Blackpool 4-0 Lincoln City
Shrewsbury Town 3-2 Wigan Athletic
York City 1-0 Preston North End
Carlisle United 4-0 Hull City
Scunthorpe United 1-1 Notts County (Scunthorpe United won 4-2 on penalties)
Wrexham 0-1 Crewe Alexandra
Burnley 0-1 Stockport County

South

Brentford 2-1 Barnet
Millwall 2-3 Colchester United
Watford 2-1 Torquay United
Cardiff City 1-1 Exeter City
Plymouth Argyle 1-0 Brighton & Hove Albion
Peterborough United 2-0 Walsall
Swansea City 0-1 Bristol City
Northampton Town 1-0 Luton Town

Area Quarter Finals

North

Crewe Alexandra 1-0 Blackpool
York City 0-2 Carlisle United
Bury 1-2 Stockport County
Shrewsbury Town 2-1 Scunthorpe United

South

Brentford 0-1 Colchester United
Exeter City 0-1 Peterborough United
Plymouth Argyle 0-2 Northampton Town
Watford 2-1 Bristol City

Area Semi-Finals

North

Crewe Alexandra 1-1 Stockport County (Stockport County won 5-3 on penalties)
Shrewsbury Town 1-2 Carlisle United

South

Colchester United 2-1 Northampton Town
Watford 0-1 Peterborough United

Area Finals (Two legs)

North

Carlisle United 2-0 Stockport County
Stockport County 0-0 Carlisle United
Carlisle United won 2-0 on aggregate

South

Peterborough United 2-0 Colchester United
Colchester United 3-0 Peterborough United
Colchester United won 3-2 on aggregate

Final (@ Wembley Stadium, 20/4/97)

Carlisle United 0-0 Colchester United (Carlisle United won 4-3 on penalties)

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