The competition began on 7 December 1996 and ended with the final on 20 April 1997 at the Wembley Stadium.
In the first round, there were two sections: North and South. In the following rounds 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.
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The Football League Trophy 1996 97 known as the Auto Windscreens Shield 1996 97 for sponsorship reasons was the 14th staging of the Football League Trophy a knock out competition for English football clubs in Second and Third Division The winners were Carlisle United and the runners up were Colchester United 1 1996 97 Football League TrophyAuto Windscreens Shields TrophyTournament detailsCountry England Wales 1995 961997 98 The competition began on 7 December 1996 and ended with the final on 20 April 1997 at the Wembley Stadium In the first round there were two sections North and South In the following rounds 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 Contents 1 First round 1 1 Northern Section 1 2 Southern Section 2 Second round 2 1 Northern Section 2 2 Southern Section 3 Quarter finals 3 1 Northern Section 3 2 Southern Section 4 Area semi finals 4 1 Northern Section 4 2 Southern Section 5 Area finals 5 1 Northern Area final 5 2 Southern Area final 6 Final 7 Notes 8 External linksFirst round editCrewe Alexandra Lincoln City Mansfield Town Scunthorpe United Shrewsbury Town Wigan Athletic Wrexham and York City from the North section all received byes Barnet Bristol City Exeter City Northampton Town Peterborough United Torquay United Walsall and Watford from the South section all received byes Northern Section edit Date Home team Score Away team9 December Chesterfield 0 2 Preston North End10 December Bury 3 1 2 Darlington10 December Carlisle United 2 0 Rochdale10 December Doncaster Rovers 1 2 Stockport County10 December Hartlepool United 0 2 Burnley10 December Hull City 3 1 Chester City10 December Rotherham United 0 1 2 Blackpool10 December Scarborough 0 1 Notts County Southern Section edit Date Home team Score Away team7 December Hereford United 0 4 Millwall10 December Bristol Rovers 1 2 Brentford10 December Cambridge United 0 1 Colchester United10 December Gillingham 1 2 2 Cardiff City10 December Luton Town 2 1 Leyton Orient10 December Plymouth Argyle 2 0 Bournemouth17 December Brighton amp Hove Albion 3 2 2 Fulham8 January Swansea City 1 1 2 Wycombe WanderersSwansea City won 6 5 on penaltiesSecond round editNorthern Section edit Date Home team Score Away team13 January Bury 6 0 Mansfield Town14 January Blackpool 4 0 Lincoln City14 January Shrewsbury Town 3 2 2 Wigan Athletic21 January York City 1 0 Preston North End28 January Carlisle United 4 0 Hull City28 January Scunthorpe United 1 1 2 Notts CountyScunthorpe United won 4 2 on penalties28 January Wrexham 0 1 Crewe Alexandra4 February Burnley 0 1 Stockport County Southern Section edit Date Home team Score Away team7 January Brentford 2 1 2 Barnet7 January Millwall 2 3 2 Colchester United7 January Watford 2 1 Torquay United14 January Cardiff City 1 1 2 Exeter CityExeter City won 4 2 on penalties14 January Plymouth Argyle 1 0 Brighton amp Hove Albion21 January Peterborough United 2 0 Walsall21 January Swansea City 0 1 Bristol City4 February Northampton Town 1 0 Luton TownQuarter finals editNorthern Section edit Date Home team Score Away team4 February Crewe Alexandra 1 0 Blackpool4 February York City 0 2 Carlisle United11 February Bury 1 2 2 Stockport County11 February Shrewsbury Town 2 1 2 Scunthorpe United Southern Section edit Date Home team Score Away team28 January Brentford 0 1 Colchester United28 January Exeter City 0 1 Peterborough United11 February Plymouth Argyle 0 2 Northampton Town11 February Watford 2 1 Bristol CityArea semi finals editNorthern Section edit Date Home team Score Away team18 February Shrewsbury Town 1 2 Carlisle United4 March Crewe Alexandra 1 1 2 Stockport CountyStockport County won 5 3 on penalties Southern Section edit Date Home team Score Away team18 February Colchester United 2 1 Northampton Town18 February Watford 0 1 Peterborough UnitedArea finals editNorthern Area final edit 18 March 1997Carlisle United2 0Stockport CountyArchdeacon nbsp 56 90 pen Brunton Park CarlisleAttendance 7 057 25 March 1997Stockport County0 0Carlisle UnitedEdgeley Park StockportAttendance 8 593 Carlisle United beat Stockport County 2 0 on aggregate Southern Area final edit 11 March 1997Peterborough United2 0Colchester UnitedOtto nbsp 15 Charlery nbsp 35 London Road Stadium PeterboroughAttendance 4 556 18 March 1997Colchester United3 0 a e t Peterborough UnitedFry nbsp 37 Buckle nbsp 81 Abrahams nbsp 99 Layer Road ColchesterAttendance 4 705 Colchester United beat Peterborough United 3 2 on aggregate Final editSee also 1997 Football League Trophy Final 20 April 199715 00 BSTCarlisle United0 0 a e t Colchester UnitedPenaltiesConway nbsp Archdeacon nbsp Walling nbsp Aspinall nbsp Hayward nbsp 4 3 nbsp Wilkins nbsp Adcock nbsp Greene nbsp Duguid nbsp CawleyWembley StadiumAttendance 45 077Referee J Kirkby CARLISLE UNITED GK Tony CaigDF Dean WallingDF Will VartyDF Stephane PounewatchyMF Rory DelapMF Steve Hayward c nbsp MF Warren Aspinall nbsp MF Paul Conway nbsp MF Owen ArchdeaconFW Allan Smart nbsp 24 FW Lee PeacockSubstitutes MF Tony HopperFW Rod Thomas nbsp 24 nbsp 95 FW Matt Jansen nbsp 95 Manager Mervyn Day COLCHESTER UNITED GK Carl EmbersonDF Joe Dunne nbsp DF David Greene nbsp DF Peter Cawley nbsp DF Paul Gibbs nbsp nbsp 105 MF David Gregory nbsp nbsp 85 MF Richard Wilkins c MF Steve WhittonMF Paul Abrahams nbsp 91 FW Tony AdcockFW Mark SaleSubstitute MF Karl Duguid nbsp 91 MF Chris Fry nbsp 105 MF Adam Locke nbsp 85 Manager Steve WignallMATCH RULES 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot out if scores still level Maximum of 3 substitutions Notes edit Carlisle 0 0 Colchester Carlisle win on penalties Carlisle United FC Online Archived from the original on 30 September 2012 Retrieved 16 September 2012 a b c d e f g h i j k l m after extra timeExternal links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1996 97 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