The 2012 Football League Trophy Final was the 29th 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 25 March 2012. The match was contested between Chesterfield from League One and Swindon Town from League Two. Chesterfield won the game 2–0.
Match details
GK 1 Tommy LeeRB 18 James HurstCB 6 Simon FordCB 5 Josh ThompsonLB 28 Nathan SmithRM 25 Drew TalbotCM 7 Mark AllottCM 30 Franck MoussaLM 16 Alexandre MendyST 21 Jordan BoweryST 14 Jack LesterSubstitutes:GK 13 Greg FlemingMF 23 Mark RandallST 9 Craig WestcarrST 10 Danny WhitakerST 19 Scott BodenManager: John Sheridan GK 35 Wes FoderinghamRB 5 Joe DeveraCB 13 Oliver RisserCB 12 Alan McCormackLB 2 Jay McEveleyRM 10 Matt RitchieCM 24 Jonathan SmithCM 8 Simon FerryLM 22 Lee HolmesST 9 Paul BensonST 17 Alan ConnellSubstitutesGK 26 Phil SmithDF 27 Alessandro CibocchiMF 14 John BostockST 23 Raffaele De VitaST 34 Ronan MurrayManager Paolo Di Canio Man of the match Nathan Smith (Chesterfield)
MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees:
Fourth official:MATCH RULES 90 minutes Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Five named substitutes Maximum of three substitutions
Statistics Chesterfield SwindonTotal shots 8 15Shots on target 4 9Ball possession 40% 60%Corner kicks 1 11Fouls committed 9 7Offsides 6 0Yellow cards 0 1Red cards 0 0 Source: BBC Sport
Post match Chesterfield manager, John Sheridan spoke of his desire to keep Chesterfield in League One saying of the game "It's great for the fans and it's a trophy – I won't disrespect it. But I know where my loyalties lie and I'm desperate to stay in the division". Swindon manager, Paolo Di Canio described his players as mentally weak saying "Today we deserved to be a loser because we were all weak".
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