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3 unusual facts about Football League Trophy


Football League Trophy

The record attendance for the final is 80,841, for the 1988 Final match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Burnley at Wembley.

Johnstone's Paint

Johnstone's Paint is a British manufacturer of paint and current sponsors of the Football League Trophy.

JPT

Football League Trophy, known for sponsorship reasons as the Johnstone's Paint Trophy, an association football competition in England for clubs in the two lower divisions of The Football League.


2003–04 Huddersfield Town F.C. season

They then went on a 4-game winning streak, before hitting a bad patch, when they won only one game in 7, including losing in all three cup competitions (1-0 to Reading in the League Cup, 2-0 to Carlisle United in the Football League Trophy & 1-0 to Accrington Stanley in the FA Cup live on BBC One).

2009–10 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season

On 15 August 2009, the First Round draw for the Johnstone's Paint Trophy 2009–10 was made on Soccer AM, where Oldham was drawn against League Two club Accrington Stanley.

2010–11 Swindon Town F.C. season

The club also competed in the FA Cup, the League Cup and the Football League Trophy.

Aaron Grundy

He made his first team début on 18 October 2005 in the first round of the Football League Trophy against Halifax Town, which Bury lost 6–1, as a 16th minute substitute, replacing striker Tom Youngs, after keeper Craig Dootson had been sent off.

Everything's Magic

This song was used in a special edition of Late Kick Off (a UK weekly soccer bulletin, South West version) to celebrate Southampton F.C.'s winning of the Football League Trophy.

Gary Poole

Success followed in 1994–95 with the Second Division championship and victory in the Football League Trophy at Wembley.

Mauro Almeida

He signed for Swindon Town at the end of August 2007, and made his debut against Brentford in the JP Trophy on 4 September.


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