2012 Football League Trophy Final

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2012 Football League Trophy Final
Event2011–12 Football League Trophy
Chesterfield Swindon Town
2 0
Date25 March 2012
VenueWembley Stadium, London
Man of the MatchNathan Smith (Chesterfield)
RefereeAnthony Bates, Staffordshire
Attendance49,602
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The 2012 Football League Trophy Final was the 29th final of the domestic football cup competition for teams from Football Leagues One and Two, the Football League Trophy. The final was played at Wembley Stadium in London on 25 March 2012. The match was contested between Chesterfield from League One and Swindon Town from League Two. Chesterfield won the game 2–0.[1]

Match details[]

Chesterfield2–0Swindon Town
  • Risser Goal 47' (o.g.)
  • Westcarr Goal 90+4'
 Report
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 49,602
Referee: Anthony Bates
Chesterfield
Swindon Town
GK 1 England Tommy Lee
RB 18 England James Hurst
CB 6 Jamaica Simon Ford
CB 5 England Josh Thompson
LB 28 Jamaica Nathan Smith
RM 25 England Drew Talbot
CM 7 England Mark Allott
CM 30 Belgium Franck Moussa Substituted off 81'
LM 16 France Alexandre Mendy
ST 21 England Jordan Bowery Substituted off 87'
ST 14 England Jack Lester Substituted off 37'
Substitutes:
GK 13 Scotland Greg Fleming
MF 23 England Mark Randall Substituted in 81'
ST 9 England Craig Westcarr Substituted in 37'
ST 10 England Danny Whitaker
ST 19 England Scott Boden Substituted in 87'
Manager:
Republic of Ireland John Sheridan
GK 35 England Wes Foderingham
RB 5 England Joe Devera
CB 13 Namibia Oliver Risser Substituted off 62'
CB 12 Republic of Ireland Alan McCormack
LB 2 Scotland Jay McEveley Substituted off 77'
RM 10 Scotland Matt Ritchie
CM 24 England Jonathan Smith Substituted off 72'
CM 8 Scotland Simon Ferry
LM 22 England Lee Holmes
ST 9 England Paul Benson
ST 17 England Alan Connell Yellow card 56'
Substitutes
GK 26 England Phil Smith
DF 27 Italy Alessandro Cibocchi Substituted in 77'
MF 14 England John Bostock Substituted in 72'
ST 23 Italy Raffaele De Vita
ST 34 Republic of Ireland Ronan Murray Substituted in 62'
Manager
Italy Paolo Di Canio

Man of the match

  • Nathan Smith (Chesterfield)

MATCH OFFICIALS

  • Assistant referees:
  • Fourth official:

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Five named substitutes
  • Maximum of three substitutions

Statistics[]

Chesterfield Swindon
Total shots 8 15
Shots on target 4 9
Ball possession 40% 60%
Corner kicks 1 11
Fouls committed 9 7
Offsides 6 0
Yellow cards 0 1
Red cards 0 0

Source: BBC Sport[1]

Post match[]

Chesterfield manager, John Sheridan spoke of his desire to keep Chesterfield in League One saying of the game "It's great for the fans and it's a trophy – I won't disrespect it. But I know where my loyalties lie and I'm desperate to stay in the division".[2] Swindon manager, Paolo Di Canio described his players as mentally weak saying "Today we deserved to be a loser because we were all weak".[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Chesterfield 2–0 Swindon". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Chesterfield boss John Sheridan moves focus to survival". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
  3. ^ "Swindon Town boss Paolo di Canio says players were 'weak'". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
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