2008 Football League Trophy final

2008 Football League Trophy Final
Event2007–08 Football League Trophy
Grimsby Town Milton Keynes Dons
0 2
Date30 March 2008 (2008-03-30)
VenueWembley Stadium, London
RefereePhil Joslin (Kent)
Attendance56,618

The 2008 Football League Trophy Final was the 25th final of the domestic football cup competition for teams from Football Leagues One and Two, the Football League Trophy. The final was played at Wembley Stadium in London on 30 March 2008, the first time that the final had been staged at the stadium since it was rebuilt. The match was contested by Grimsby Town and Milton Keynes Dons. MK Dons won the match 2–0 with Keith Andrews and Sean O'Hanlon scoring the goals in the final 20 minutes.

Match details

Grimsby Town0–2Milton Keynes Dons
  • Andrews 74' (pen.)
  • O'Hanlon 81'
Attendance: 56,618
Grimsby Town
MK Dons
GK 1 Phil Barnes
RB 2 Jamie Clarke
CB 25 Rob Atkinson
CB 6 Nick Fenton (c)
LB 3 Tom Newey
RM 11 Danny Boshell
CM 4 James Hunt  79'
CM 15 Paul Bolland
LM 17 Nick Hegarty
CF 7 Peter Till  61'
CF 9 Danny North  46'
Substitutes:
GK 13 Gary Montgomery
DF 5 Ryan Bennett
MF 10 Ciarán Toner  79'
MF 18 Peter Bore  46'
CF 19 Gary Jones  61'
Manager:
Alan Buckley
GK 12 Willy Guéret
RB 2 Jude Stirling
CB 6 Sean O'Hanlon
CB 25 Danny Swailes
LB 3 Dean Lewington (c)
RM 4 Keith Andrews
CM 20 Alan Navarro
LM 11 Lloyd Dyer
CF 10 Colin Cameron  90'
CF 23 Jemal Johnson  77'
CF 8 Kevin Gallen  77'
Substitutes:
GK 29 Nathan Abbey
DF 13 Gareth Edds
MF 14 Mark Wright  77'
FW 16 Aaron Wilbraham  77'
FW 36 Sam Baldock  90'
Manager:
Paul Ince

MATCH OFFICIALS

  • Assistant referees:

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Five named substitutes
  • Maximum of three substitutions.


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