1997–98 Football League Trophy
Auto Windscreens Shield
Tournament details
Country England
 Wales
Teams48
Final positions
ChampionsGrimsby Town
Runner-upAFC Bournemouth
Tournament statistics
Matches played49

The Football League Trophy 1997–98, known as the Auto Windscreens Shield 1997–98 for sponsorship reasons, was the 15th staging of the Football League Trophy, a knock-out competition for English football clubs in Second and Third Division. The winners were Grimsby Town and the runners-up were AFC Bournemouth.

The competition began on 6 December 1997 and ended with the final on 19 April 1998 at the Wembley Stadium.

In the first round, there were two sections: 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

Blackpool, Burnley, Macclesfield Town, Mansfield Town, Notts County, Rotherham United, Wrexham and York City from the North section all received byes.

Brentford, AFC Bournemouth, Brighton & Hove Albion, Bristol City, Exeter City, Luton Town, Swansea City and Torquay United from the South section all received byes.

Second round

Quarter-finals

Area semi-finals

Area finals

Northern Area final

Grimsby Town1–1Burnley
Groves 78' Payton 23'
Blundell Park, Cleethorpes
Attendance: 6,064
Burnley0–2Grimsby Town
Nogan 10'
Donovan 57'
Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 10,257

Grimsby Town beat Burnley 3–1 on aggregate.

Southern Area final

Walsall0–2AFC Bournemouth
Rolling 13'
Beardsmore 30'
Attendance: 6,017
AFC Bournemouth2–3Walsall
Evans 55' (o.g.)
Rolling 82'		 Thomas 47'
Boli 53'
Tholot 80'
Dean Court, Bournemouth
Attendance: 8,972

AFC Bournemouth beat Walsall 4–3 on aggregate.

Final

AFC Bournemouth1–2Grimsby Town
Bailey 31' Glass 75' (o.g.)
Burnettgold-colored soccer ball 112'
Attendance: 62,432
Referee: M.E. Pierce
AFC Bournemouth
Grimsby Town
GK1Jimmy Glass
DF2Neil Young
DF3Jamie Vincent
DF4Eddie HoweYellow card
DF5Ian Cox
MF6John BaileyYellow card
MF7Russell Beardsmoredownward-facing red arrow 105'
MF8Steve Robinson
FW9Mark Stein
FW10Steve Fletcher
MF11Christer Warrendownward-facing red arrow 90'
Substitutes:
DF Franck Rolling
MF Jason Brissettupward-facing green arrow 90'
MF John O'Neilupward-facing green arrow 105'
Manager:
Mel Machin
GK1Aidan Davison
DF2John McDermottYellow card
DF3Tony Gallimoredownward-facing red arrow 55'
DF4Peter Handyside
DF5Mark Lever
MF6Wayne BurnettYellow card
MF7Kevin Donovan
MF8David SmithYellow card
FW9Daryl Claredownward-facing red arrow 55'
FW10Lee Nogandownward-facing red arrow 93'
MF11Paul Groves (c)
Substitute:
FW12Steve LivingstoneYellow cardupward-facing green arrow 55'
MF13Kingsley Blackupward-facing green arrow 55'
MF14Kevin Joblingupward-facing green arrow 93'
Manager:
Alan Buckley

Match rules

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary
  • Golden goal in extra time
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Maximum of three substitutions

Notes

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