| Johnstone's Paint Trophy | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Country | England Wales |
| Teams | 48 |
| Defending champions | Swansea City |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Doncaster Rovers |
| Runners-up | Bristol Rovers |
The2006–07 Football League Trophy, known as the2006–07 Johnstone's Paint Trophy for sponsorship reasons, was the 26th staging of theFootball League Trophy, a knockout competition forEnglish football clubs inLeagues One andTwo. The winners wereDoncaster Rovers from League One and the runners-up wereBristol Rovers from League Two.
The competition began on 17 October 2006 and ended with the final on 1 April 2007. The final was the last to take place atMillennium Stadium inCardiff. In the first round, there are four sections: Northern Section–West, Northern Section–East, Southern Section–West and Southern Section–East. In the second round this narrows to simply a Northern and a Southern section, whereupon each section gradually eliminates 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.
Swansea City were the defending champions, but lost toPeterborough United in the second round.
Doncaster Rovers won the final, beating Bristol Rovers 3–2 after extra time, having been 2–0 up after just 5 minutes before Bristol Rovers scored twice in the second half to make the score 2–2 after 90 minutes.
Sixteen teams received byes to the second round. The other remaining teams start in a single-legged knockout. Should the scores be level after 90 minutes, the match entered apenalty shootout phase, with noextra-time being played.
In the second round, the sixteen winning teams from the first round were joined by the teams with byes. Again, there were eight one-legged matches in each section (North and South), with a penalty shootout if a draw occurred after 90 minutes.
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In the third round, the winning teams from the second round play in eight one-legged matches, four in each section (North and South). Again, a penalty shootout followed if the match was drawn after 90 minutes. Matches were played on 28 November and 29 November 2006.
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Matches were played on 8 January 2007.
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| Crewe Alexandra | 3 – 3 | Doncaster Rovers |
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Moss 51'Lowe 63'Varney 86' | Heffernan 29' (pen.) Stock 40'Heffernan 74' |
| Doncaster Rovers | 3 – 2 | Crewe Alexandra |
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| Heffernan 63' Heffernan 83' (pen.)Price 89' | Varney 32' Lowe 36' |
The Southern Area final produced the firstBristol derby played in over five years.[1]
| Bristol Rovers | 1 – 0 | Bristol City |
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| Lambert 65' |
The 2007 final was the last majorFootball Association orFootball League final to be held at theMillennium Stadium inCardiff. All subsequent finals were held atWembley Stadium inLondon.
| Bristol Rovers | 2 – 3 (a.e.t.) | Doncaster Rovers |
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| Walker 49' (pen.) Igoe 62' | Report | Forte 1' Heffernan 5'Lee 110' |