1996 Football League Trophy Final - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 1996 Football League Trophy Final (known as the Auto Windscreens Shields Trophy for sponsorship reasons) was the 13th 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 14 April 1996, and was contested by Rotherham United

Rotherham United F.C.

Rotherham United Football Club are an English professional football club based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, who compete in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. The club's colours have traditionally been red and white, although these have evolved through history...

and Shrewsbury Town

Shrewsbury Town F.C.

Shrewsbury Town Football Club is an English Association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, who play in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. The club was formed in 1886 and has played in all the bottom three divisions in various guises since being elected into the Football...

. Rotherham United won the match 2-1, with Nigel Jemson

Nigel Jemson

Nigel Jemson is an English footballer, who represented his country at the Under-21 level and was the manager of Ilkeston Town, until May 2008...

scoring both goals for the winning team.

Match details


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	ROTHERHAM UNITED:
GK		Matt Clarke Matt Clarke (footballer born 1973) Matthew Clarke is an English former football goalkeeper.-Club career:Clarke's first club was Rotherham United, where his nickname was Matt the Cat, in reference to his agility. He won the 1996 Football League Trophy with Rotherham...
DF		Paul Hurst Paul Hurst Paul Michael Hurst is a former English footballer who played in Football League Two in England, for Rotherham, where he played for over 10 years. He is currently joint manager of Conference National side Grimsby Town with Rob Scott.-Playing career:Hurst figured regularly on the left side of the...
DF		Ian Breckin Ian Breckin Ian Breckin is an English professional footballer who plays for Chesterfield. He previously played in the Football League for Rotherham United, Wigan Athletic and Nottingham Forest.-Early career:...
DF		Neil Richardson Neil Richardson (footballer) Neil Thomas Richardson is an English former footballer who played as a centre back.-Playing career:Richardson joined Rotherham United from Brandon United in August 1989. He had a loan at Exeter City in 1996. After making 226 appearances and scoring 12 goals for Rotherham, he joined Mansfield Town...
DF		Paul Blades Paul Blades Paul Andrew Blades is an English former professional footballer. He was a defender who played for Derby County, Norwich City, Wolves and Rotherham United.-Career:...
MF		Andy Roscoe Andy Roscoe Andy Roscoe is an English left sided defender or midfielder whose last job was as assistant manager at Leigh RMI having joined in 2003 from Exeter City. Roscoe has also played for Bolton, Mansfield, and Rotherham. He started his career at Liverpool. He has played for Liverpool in the Mersey...
MF		Shaun Goodwin Shaun Goodwin Shaun Lee Goodwin is an English former footballer and manager.-Career:Goodwin started his career with Rotherham United in July 1987. He made 280 appearances and scored 39 goals in the Football League for the club before joining non-league side Doncaster Rovers...
MF		Darren Garner Darren Garner Darren John Garner is an English professional footballer. He currently plays for Bodmin Town.Garner began his professional football career as a trainee with Plymouth Argyle, turning professional in March 1989...
MF		Trevor Berry Trevor Berry Trevor John Berry in Haslemere, England, is a retired English professional footballer who played as a midfileder for various teams in the Football League.-References:...
FW		Nigel Jemson Nigel Jemson Nigel Jemson is an English footballer, who represented his country at the Under-21 level and was the manager of Ilkeston Town, until May 2008...
FW		Shaun Goater Shaun Goater Leonard Shaun Goater MBE is a Bermudian footballer who played as a striker for a number of English clubs in the 1990s and 2000s...
Substitutes:
DF		Gary Bowyer Gary Bowyer Gary Bowyer is an English former professional footballer who played as a full back. He is now active as a football coach.-Early and personal life:Gary Bowyer was born on 26 June 1971 in Manchester...
MF		Andy Hayward Andy Hayward Andrew William "Andy" Hayward is an English former footballer who played as either a midfielder or a striker.Hayward started his career in non-league football, and his prolific goalscoring record soon attracted attention from bigger clubs. He turned professional at the age of 24, joining Rotherham...
MF		John McGlashan John McGlashan (footballer) John McGlashan, born 3 June 1967 in Dundee, Scotland is a former Scottish football midfielder and current manager of Tayport.In a long professional career, he played for nine clubs, Arbroath, Ross County, Dundee, Rotherham, Peterborough, Cambridge, Fulham, Millwall and Montrose. McGlashan also...
Manager:
Archie Gemmill Archie Gemmill Archibald "Archie" Gemmill is a Scottish former footballer, most famous for a goal he scored against the Netherlands in the 1978 FIFA World Cup... & John McGovern John McGovern John McGovern may refer to:John McGovern , American football quarterback for the University of MinnesotaJohn McGovern , European Cup winning captain...

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

Paul Edwards

Paul Edwards (footballer born 1965)

Paul Edwards is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.-Career:Born in Liverpool, Edwards began his career in non-League football with Leek Town, before playing in the Football League with Crewe Alexandra and Shrewsbury Town, making 341 League appearances between 1988...

Chris Withe

Chris Withe was a professional footballer who played in the Football League for seven clubs. He is the younger brother of the former Aston Villa and England striker Peter Withe.-Playing career:...

Dave Walton

David Walton is a retired English footballer who is remember for his exploits at and where he made over 100 league appearances for both clubs.-Club career:...

Peter Whiston

Peter Whiston is a retired English football defender.-References:*...

John Kay

John Kay (English footballer)

John Kay is an English former footballer.Kay started his career at Arsenal as an apprentice, joining in April 1980 and turning professional in July 1981. He made his League debut against West Bromwich Albion on 26 February 1983 and went on to make a further seven appearances that season...

Mark Taylor

Mark Taylor (footballer born 1966)

Robert Mark Taylor , known as Mark Taylor, is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League for Walsall, Sheffield Wednesday and Shrewsbury Town, and in non-league football for clubs including Hereford United, Nuneaton Borough, Halesowen Town, Redditch...

Richard Scott

Richard Scott (footballer)

Richard Paul Scott is an English professional footballer who made more than 200 appearances in the Football League playing for Birmingham City, Shrewsbury Town and Peterborough United. He plays as a defender or midfielder.-Career:...

Carl Robinson

Carl Robinson is a Welsh footballer who currently plays for the New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer.-Wolverhampton Wanderers:...

Austin Berkley

Austin Berkley is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger. His most successful spell was at Shrewsbury Town, where he made 174 appearances in five years, scoring 12 goals.-References:...

Ian Stevens

For the Wales international rugby league player see Ian Stevens .Ian David Stevens is a former footballer who played in the English football league. Although born in Malta, Stevens was raised in Lancaster and educated in the city at Ripley St...

Dean Spink

Dean Peter Spink is an English former professional footballer who played either as a striker or a defender. After retiring as a player he became a physiotherapist for Shrewsbury Town.-Career:...

Substitute: GK

Tim Clarke

Tim Clarke (footballer)

Timothy Joseph "Tim" Clarke is an English former footballer.He is perhaps best known for his spell as number 1 at Huddersfield Town where his tendency to make mistakes led to his nickname 'Coco'....

Tommy Lynch

Tommy Lynch (footballer)

Thomas "Tommy" Lynch is an Irish former footballer who played as a defender.-External links:...

Steve Anthrobus

Stephen "Steve" Anthrobus is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. Active in both England and Wales between 1986 and 2003, Anthrobus made nearly 300 career League appearances.-Career:...

Manager:

Fred Davies

Fred Davies is an English former footballer who made nearly 400 appearances in the Football League playing as a goalkeeper for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cardiff City and Bournemouth. He also played for the Wolves team which, playing as the Los Angeles Wolves won the 1967 United Soccer Association...

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

The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.