Football League Trophy 2007–08

The Football League Trophy 2007–08, known as the Johnstone's Paint Trophy 2007–08 for sponsorship reasons, was the 24th staging of the Football League Trophy, a knockout competition for English football clubs in Leagues One and Two. The winners were Milton Keynes Dons F.C. and the runners-up were Grimsby Town F.C., both from League Two.

The competition began on 18 September 2007 and ended with the final on 30 March 2008. The final took place at Wembley Stadium for the first time since 2000.

In the first round, there are four sections: North West, North East, South West and South 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.

First round

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

Northern Section

outhern Section

Area semi-finals

Matches will be played on 8 January 2008.

Northern Section

outhern Section

Area finals

Northern Area final

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date=2008-02-26
time=19:45
team1=Morecambe
score=0 – 1
report=
team2=Grimsby Town
goals1=
goals2=Bolland goal|69
stadium=Christie Park, Morecambe
attendance=3,207
referee=Nigel Miller (County Durham) ----footballbox
date=2008-03-04
time=19:45
team1=Grimsby Town
score=0 – 0
report=
team2=Morecambe
goals1=
goals2=
stadium=Blundell Park, Cleethorpes
attendance=7,417
referee=Paul Taylor (Hertfordshire)

outhern Area final

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date=2008-02-19
time=19:45
team1=Swansea City
score=0 – 1
report=
team2=Milton Keynes Dons
goals1=
goals2=Johnson goal|69
stadium=Liberty Stadium, Swansea
attendance=10,125
referee=Tony Bates (Staffordshire) ----footballbox
date=2008-02-25
time=19:45
team1=Milton Keynes Dons
score=0 – 1
(5 – 4 pen.)
report=
team2=Swansea City
goals1=
goals2=Scotland goal|20|pen.
stadium=, Milton Keynes
attendance=9,757
referee=Andy D'Urso (Essex)

Final

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date=2008-03-30
time=13:15
team1=Grimsby Town
score=0 – 2
report= [http://www.football-league.premiumtv.co.uk/page/JTPNewsDetail/0,,10794~1277615,00.html (Report)]
team2=Milton Keynes Dons
goals1=
goals2=Andrews goal|74|pen.
O'Hanlon goal|81
stadium=Wembley Stadium, London
attendance=56,618
referee=Phil Joslin (Nottinghamshire)