1995 Football League Trophy Final - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 1995 Football League Trophy Final (known as the Auto Windscreens Shields Trophy for sponsorship reasons) was the 12th final of the domestic football cup competition for teams from the Second

Football League Second Division

From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...

and Third Division

Football League Third Division

The Football League Third Division was the 3 tier of English Football from 1920 until 1992 when after the formation of the Football Association Premier League saw the league renamed The Football League Division Two...

of the Football League

The Football League

The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...

. The match was played at Wembley on 23 April 1995, and was contested by Birmingham City

Birmingham City F.C.

Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...

and Carlisle United

Carlisle United F.C.

Carlisle United F.C. is an English football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, where they play at Brunton Park. Formed in 1904, the club currently compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system....

. Birmingham City won the match 1-0, with Paul Tait scoring the winning goal in extra time. The match was the first at Wembley to be decided by the golden goal

Golden goal

The golden goal is a method used in association football, field hockey, ice hockey and korfball to decide the winner of games in elimination matches which end in a draw after the end of regulation time. It is a type of sudden death. Golden goal rules allow the team that scores the first goal during...

rule.

Match details


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	BIRMINGHAM CITY:
GK		Ian Bennett
DF		Gary Poole Gary Poole Gary John Poole is an English former professional footballer who played as a right-back. He made more than 250 appearances in the Football League.-Biography:...
DF		Dave Barnett Dave Barnett (footballer) David Kwame "Dave" Barnett is an English former footballer who played as a defender. Born in Birmingham, he played for a variety of clubs in the Football League, for Edmonton Brickmen in the Canadian Soccer League, and for Dunfermline Athletic in the Scottish Premier League, making more than 200...
DF		Liam Daish Liam Daish Liam Sean Daish is a former football player who played as a centre-half. Since 2005 he has been head coach of Conference National team Ebbsfleet United . Despite being born in England, Daish played internationally for the Republic of Ireland due to his Irish ancestry...
DF		Gary Cooper Gary Cooper (footballer) Gary J. Cooper is a former English professional footballer born in Hammersmith, London, who played as a midfielder or defender...
MF		Jonathan Hunt Jonathan Hunt (footballer) Jonathan Richard Hunt is an English footballer who plays for A.F.C. Hornchurch. He made more than 200 appearances in the Football League for a variety of clubs and played in the Premier League for Derby County.-Football career:...
MF		Mark Ward
MF		Peter Shearer Peter Shearer Peter A. Shearer is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward or midfielder for a number of teams in the lower divisions of the Football League in the 1980s and 1990s.-Club career:...
MF		Ricky Otto Ricky Otto Ricky Junior Otto is a former footballer.He began his career with amateur side Haringey Borough, where his performances in midfield caught the eye of Leyton Orient. They signed him in 1990...
FW		Steve Claridge Steve Claridge Stephen Edward Claridge is an English football player, pundit and coach. He is currently a pundit for BBC Sport football shows including Football Focus and the The Football League Show, whilst also playing as a striker for semi-professional team Gosport Borough.Claridge's career is known for its...
FW		Kevin Francis
Substitutes:
GK		Ryan Price Ryan Price Ryan Price is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Macclesfield Town...
MF		Paul Tait
MF		Louie Donowa Louie Donowa Brian Louie Donowa is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger. He made nearly 400 appearances for a variety of clubs in the Football League and also played in several other European countries.-Playing career:...
Manager:
Barry Fry Barry Fry Barry Francis Fry is an English football manager. A former Manchester United apprentice as a winger, his playing career involved brief spells with Bolton Wanderers, Luton Town and Leyton Orient, before he retired prematurely due to injury.He has managed Dunstable Town, Bedford Town, Maidstone...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> CARLISLE UNITED: GK

Tony Caig

Antony "Tony" Caig is an English football goalkeeper who currently plays and coaches other goalkeepers for Football League One club Carlisle United.-Professional career:...

Darren Edmondson

Darren Stephen Edmondson is an English footballer who is currently player-manager of Workington.-Career:Born in Coniston, Cumbria, Edmondson started as a trainee at Carlisle United, where he stayed for seven years before being transferred to Huddersfield Town for £225,500...

Dean Walling

Dean Anthony Walling is an English-born Kittian professional footballer who is now retired. Although he started his career as a forward, he predominantly played as a centre-back....

Derek Mountfield

Derek Mountfield is an English former football player, who played as a centre-back.His time at top-flight clubs Everton and subsequently Aston Villa were where he gained most fame, as Everton enjoyed successful periods at this time...

Tony Gallimore

Anthony Mark "Tony" Gallimore is an English former professional footballer who made more than 500 appearances in the Football League between 1990 and 2006, playing for Stoke City, Carlisle United, Grimsby Town, Barnsley and Rochdale. The major part of his career was spent at Carlisle United and...

Rod Thomas

Rod Thomas (English footballer)

Rod Thomas is an English former footballer. At just 14, he was being hailed as 'the next Pelé' while in Watford's youth set-up, however by 23, he was playing for in the fourth tier.-Honours:with Carlisle United...

Paul Conway

Paul Conway (soccer)

Paul Conway is a retired American soccer forward who spent five seasons in the English lower divisions before returning to the United States. He was the 2001 United Soccer Leagues leading goal scorer and MVP...

Steve Hayward

Steven Lee Hayward is an English footballer who played as a central midfielder.Hayward began his career with Derby County and made his League debut in 1990, but found first-team opportunities limited...

Richard Prokas

Richard Prokas in Penrith, England, is a retired English professional footballer who played as a midfileder for Cambridge United and Carlisle United in the Football League. He appeared in the famous Jimmy Glass game against Carlisle, in which the goalkeeper scored in the 94th minute to keep...

David Currie

David Currie (footballer)

David Norman Currie was a professional footballer who played as a striker for Middlesbrough, Darlington, Barnsley, Nottingham Forest, Oldham Athletic, Rotherham United, Huddersfield Town, Carlisle United and Scarborough.-References:...

Dave Reeves

David Edward "Dave" Reeves is a former professional footballer who notably for Chesterfield, Bolton Wanderers and Carlisle United. He is currently without a club after leaving his post as Assistant Manager with Gainsborough Trinity.-Playing:Reeves was drafted into the first team squad at Sheffield...

Substitute: GK

Tony Elliott

Tony Elliott (footballer)

Anthony Robert "Tony" Elliott is an English former professional footballer who made 186 appearances in the Football League playing as a goalkeeper for Hereford United, Huddersfield Town, Carlisle United, Cardiff City and Scarborough...

Jamie Robinson MF

Jeff Thorpe

Jeffrey Roger "Jeff" Thorpe is a retired English professional footballer who played as a midfielder.He spent his entire career at Carlisle United before retiring in 2000 due to injury.-External links:...

Manager:

Mick Wadsworth

Michael "Mick" Wadsworth is an English football coach and former player, who is currently the Manager at Football League One club Hartlepool United.-Playing career:...

MATCH RULES

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
Maximum of 3 substitutions.

External links

Official website

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