2018 EFL Trophy Final

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2018 EFL Trophy Final
2018 EFL Trophy Final match programme cover.jpg
Match programme cover
Event2017–18 EFL Trophy
Lincoln City Shrewsbury Town
1 0
Date8 April 2018 (2018-04-08)
VenueWembley Stadium, London
RefereeGavin Ward
Attendance41,261
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The 2018 EFL Trophy Final was a football match that took place on 8 April 2018 at Wembley Stadium, London. It was the final match of the 2017–18 EFL Trophy, the 34th edition of the EFL Trophy, a competition for the 48 clubs in EFL League One and EFL League Two, and 16 under-21 sides from Premier League and EFL Championship clubs. It was contested by Lincoln City, from League Two, and Shrewsbury Town, from League One. Lincoln City won the game 1–0, with the goal scored by Elliott Whitehouse. It was Lincoln's first cup win in any competition.[1] [2]

Route to the final[]

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
Lincoln City Round Shrewsbury Town
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
Mansfield Town 3–1 (A) Match 1 Coventry City 3–2 (A)
Everton U21s 2–1 (H) Match 2 West Bromwich Albion U21s 3–0 (H)
Notts County 2–1 (H) Match 3 Walsall 0–1 (H)
Group G (Northern Section) winners
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Lincoln City (Q) 3 9
2 Mansfield Town (Q) 3 6
3 Notts County (E) 3 3
4 Everton U21s (E) 3 0
Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
 Final standings Group E (Northern Section) runners-up
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Walsall (Q) 3 7
2 Shrewsbury Town (Q) 3 6
3 Coventry City (E) 3 5
4 West Bromwich Albion U21s (E) 3 0
Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
Opponent Result Knockout phase Opponent Result
Accrington Stanley 3–2 (H) Round 2 Port Vale 2–1 (A)
Rochdale 1–0 (A) Round 3 Blackpool 0–0 (H) (4–2 p)
Peterborough United 4–2 (H) Round 4 Oldham Athletic 2–1 (H)
Chelsea U21s 1–1 (H) (4–2 p) Semi-finals Yeovil Town 1–0 (H)

Match[]

Details[]

Lincoln City1–0Shrewsbury Town
  • Whitehouse Goal 16'
 Report
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 41,261
Referee: Gavin Ward
Lincoln City
Shrewsbury Town
GK 22 England Ryan Allsop
RB 23 Wales Neal Eardley
CB 16 England Michael Bostwick
CB 5 England Luke Waterfall
LB 3 England Sam Habergham
DM 30 England Alex Woodyard
CM 4 England Elliott Whitehouse
CM 19 England Lee Frecklington Yellow card 83'
RW 10 England Matt Green Substituted off 90+5'
LW 24 England Danny Rowe Substituted off 64'
CF 9 England Matt Rhead Yellow card 10' Substituted off 63'
Substitutes:
GK 1 England Paul Farman
DF 2 Republic of Ireland Sean Long Substituted in 90+5'
MF 12 England Ellis Chapman
MF 26 England Harry Anderson Substituted in 64'
MF 32 England Cameron Stewart
MF 36 England Declan O'Hare
FW 8 England Ollie Palmer Substituted in 63'
Manager:
England Danny Cowley
GK 1 England Dean Henderson
RB 13 England James Bolton
CB 22 Democratic Republic of the Congo Aristote Nsiala Yellow card 49'
CB 5 England Mat Sadler
LB 6 England Omar Beckles
DM 16 England Bryn Morris Substituted off 67'
RM 7 England Shaun Whalley Substituted off 86'
CM 20 England Jon Nolan Yellow card 84'
CM 4 England Ben Godfrey
LM 10 England Nathan Thomas Substituted off 75'
CF 9 England Carlton Morris
Substitutes:
GK 15 England Craig MacGillivray
DF 3 England Max Lowe
MF 21 Sudan Abo Eisa
MF 23 England Alex Rodman Substituted in 67'
FW 11 France Arthur Gnahoua Substituted in 86'
FW 14 England Lenell John-Lewis
FW 45 England Stefan Payne Substituted in 75'
Manager:
England Paul Hurst

References[]

  1. ^ "Lincoln City lift Checkatrade Trophy after narrow win over Shrewsbury". Guardian. 8 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-08-07. Retrieved 2018-04-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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