Football tournament season
1995–96 Football League Trophy Auto Windscreens Shields Trophy Country England Wales
The Football League Trophy 1995–96 , known as the Auto Windscreens Shield 1995–96 for sponsorship reasons, was the 15th staging of the Football League Trophy , a knock-out competition for English football clubs in the Second and Third Divisions (now known as League One and Two ).
The winners were Rotherham United , who defeated Shrewsbury Town 2–1 in the final.
The competition began on 25 September 1995 and ended with the final on 14 April 1996.
The tournament begins with clubs divided into a Northern and a Southern section, and teams entering a group stage. Each section then gradually eliminates the qualifying 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.
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 26 Sep Blackpool 1–0 Crewe Alexandra 17 Oct Crewe Alexandra 8–0 Hartlepool United 7 Nov Hartlepool United 3–2 Blackpool
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 26 Sep Chester City 0–1 Rotherham United 17 Oct Rotherham United 1–1 Burnley 7 Nov Burnley 1–1 Chester City
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 26 Sep Stockport County 1–1 Chesterfield 17 Oct Chesterfield 2–1 Notts County 7 Nov Notts County 1–0 Stockport County
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 26 Sep Lincoln City 4–3 Rochdale 24 Oct Rochdale 5–2 Darlington 7 Nov Darlington 0–1 Lincoln City
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 26 Sep Wigan Athletic 1–1 Scunthorpe United 17 Oct Scunthorpe United 4–0 Bury 14 Nov Bury 0–0 Wigan Athletic
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 26 Sep Mansfield Town 2–2 Wrexham 17 Oct Wrexham 1–0 York City 7 Nov York City 1–0 Mansfield Town
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 26 Sep Scarborough 0–2 Hull City 17 Oct Hull City 1–0 Preston North End 7 Nov Preston North End 2–1 Scarborough
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 25 Sep Doncaster Rovers 1–1 Bradford City 17 Oct Bradford City 1–1 Carlisle United 7 Nov Carlisle United 1–1 Doncaster Rovers
The placings in this group were decided by drawing lots.
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 26 Sep Shrewsbury Town 1–1 Swansea City 17 Oct Swansea City 0–0 Leyton Orient 7 Nov Leyton Orient 1–3 Shrewsbury Town
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 26 Sep Hereford United 3–3 Cardiff City 17 Oct Cardiff City 3–2 Gillingham 7 Nov Gillingham 2–2 Hereford United
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 26 Sep Plymouth Argyle 0–3 Peterborough United 16 Oct Peterborough United 0–0 Northampton Town 7 Nov Northampton Town 1–0 Plymouth Argyle
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 10 Oct Wycombe Wanderers 1–1 Fulham 17 Oct Fulham 2–5 Walsall 7 Nov Walsall 5–0 Wycombe Wanderers
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 27 Sep AFC Bournemouth 0–1 Brentford 17 Oct Brentford 1–1 Exeter City 7 Nov Exeter City 0–2 AFC Bournemouth
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 26 Sep Cambridge United 1–4 Brighton & Hove Albion 17 Oct Brighton & Hove Albion 0–2 Bristol Rovers 7 Nov Bristol Rovers 3–0 Cambridge United
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 26 Sep Oxford United 3–0 Bristol City 17 Oct Bristol City 2–0 Barnet 7 Nov Barnet 2–3 Oxford United
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 26 Sep Colchester United 5–2 Torquay United 17 Oct Torquay United 1–1 Swindon Town 8 Nov Swindon Town 2–0 Colchester United
Area-quarter-finals [ edit ] Northern Area final [ edit ] Southern Area final [ edit ] MATCH RULES
90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Maximum of 3 substitutions.
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