1994–95 Football League Trophy Explained

Football League Trophy
Year:1994–95
Other Titles:Auto Windscreens Shield
Country:
Defending Champions:Swansea City
Winners:Birmingham City
Second:Carlisle United
Prev Season:1993–94
Next Season:1995–96

The 1994–95 Football League Trophy, known for sponsorship reasons as the 1994–95 Auto Windscreens Shield, was the 14th staging of the Football League Trophy, a knock-out competition for English football clubs in the Second Division and the Third Division. The winners were Birmingham City and the runners-up were Carlisle United. This was the first trophy in Birmingham's "lower-league Double" of the Football League Second Division and Football League Trophy.

The competition began on 27 September 1994 and ended with the final on 23 April 1995 at Wembley Stadium.

In the first round, there were two sections split into seven groups: North and South. In the following rounds 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.

First round

Northern Section

Stockport County and Scarborough given byes to the second round

Southern Section

Shrewsbury Town and Wycombe Wanderers given byes to the second round.

Second round

Northern Section

DateHome teamScoreAway team
28 NovemberDoncaster Rovers0 – 1Bury
29 NovemberCarlisle United1 – 0Chesterfield
29 NovemberChester City0 – 6Crewe Alexandra
29 NovemberRochdale2 – 2Darlington
Rochdale won 4-3 on penalties[1]
29 NovemberRotherham United1 – 3Wigan Athletic
29 NovemberStockport County3 – 1Scarborough
29 NovemberWrexham6 – 1Bradford City
30 NovemberHuddersfield Town3 – 2Lincoln City

Southern Section

DateHome teamScoreAway team
29 NovemberBirmingham City3 – 0Gillingham
29 NovemberBristol Rovers4 – 2Cambridge United
29 NovemberExeter City1 – 0Cardiff City
29 NovemberHereford United2 – 0Peterborough United
29 NovemberLeyton Orient1 – 0Fulham
29 NovemberNorthampton Town0 – 1Swansea City
29 NovemberShrewsbury Town2 – 0Wycombe Wanderers
3 DecemberBrentford1 – 2Oxford United

Quarter-finals

Northern Section

DateHome teamScoreAway team
10 JanuaryCarlisle United2 – 1Wrexham
11 JanuaryRochdale2 – 1Stockport County
24 JanuaryBury2 – 1Huddersfield Town
7 FebruaryWigan Athletic1 – 3Crewe Alexandra

Southern Section

DateHome teamScoreAway team
10 JanuaryBirmingham City3 – 1Hereford United
10 JanuaryLeyton Orient0 – 0Bristol Rovers
Leyton Orient won 4-3 on penalties
10 JanuaryOxford United1 – 2Swansea City
10 JanuaryShrewsbury Town3 – 1Exeter City

Area semi-finals

Northern Section

DateHome teamScoreAway team
7 FebruaryBury1 – 2Rochdale
14 FebruaryCrewe Alexandra0 – 1Carlisle United

Southern Section

DateHome teamScoreAway team
31 JanuaryBirmingham City3 – 2Swansea City
31 JanuaryLeyton Orient2 – 1Shrewsbury Town

Area finals

Southern Area final

Notes

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Notes and References

  1. After extra-time.