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The Football League Trophy 2009–10, known as the Johnstone's Paint Trophy 2009–10 for sponsorship reasons, is the 26th Football League Trophy, a knockout competition for English football clubs in Leagues One and Two, the third and fourth tiers of English football.

The format is similar to that which has been used since 1996, with four first round regions; North-West, North-East, South-West and South-East; which were used for the first time in the second region, before a two-region format from the area quarter-finals (3rd round); North and South. The resulting regional winners then meet in the final.

Luton Town are the current holders, but were not allowed to defend their title due to relegation to the Conference in the same season.

[edit] First Round

Sixteen teams were granted byes to the Second Round, which were drawn on 3 August, while the remaining teams were drawn for the First Round ties on Soccer AM on 15 August 2009. As part of new rules enforced this season, teams who received byes the previous season were not allowed to receive byes this season. The First Round matches were played in the week commencing 31 August 2009.

[edit] Northern Section

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
North-West
1	Oldham Athletic	1 – 2	Accrington Stanley	1,619
2	Crewe Alexandra	1 – 4	Stockport County	2,331
3	Walsall	0 – 0	Bury	2,314
Bury won 5 – 4 on penalties
4	Morecambe	2 – 2	Carlisle United	2,016
Carlisle United won 4 – 2 on penalties
North-East
5	Darlington	1 – 0	Lincoln City	828
6	Rochdale	1 – 2	Bradford City	1,800
7	Rotherham United	1 – 2	Huddersfield Town	2,246
8	Burton Albion	1 – 5	Chesterfield	1,493

[edit] Southern Section

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
South-West
1	Wycombe Wanderers	2 – 2	Northampton Town	1,035
Northampton Town won 3 – 0 on penalties
2	Cheltenham Town	1 – 3	Torquay United	1,397
3	Hereford United	0 – 0	Bristol Rovers	970
Hereford United won 4 – 2 on penalties
4	A.F.C. Bournemouth	2 – 1	Yeovil Town	2,655
South-East
5	Barnet	2 – 0	Millwall	1,623
6	Norwich City	1 – 0	Brentford	12,540
7	Milton Keynes Dons	3 – 1	Dagenham & Redbridge	4,413
8	Gillingham	1 – 1	Colchester United	1,725
Gillingham won 4 – 3 on penalties

[edit] First round byes

[edit] Northern section

Grimsby Town, Hartlepool United, Leeds United, Macclesfield Town,
Notts County, Port Vale, Shrewsbury Town, Tranmere Rovers.

[edit] Southern section

Aldershot Town, Brighton & Hove Albion, Charlton Athletic, Exeter City,
Leyton Orient, Southampton, Southend United, Swindon Town.

[edit] Second Round

The Second Round draw took place on 5 September 2009, with matches to be played in the week commencing 5 October 2009.

[edit] Northern Section

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
North-West
1	Accrington Stanley	2 – 0	Shrewsbury Town	819
2	Bury	2 – 1	Tranmere Rovers	1,903
3	Carlisle United	4 – 2	Macclesfield Town	1,753
4	Port Vale	3 – 1	Stockport County	3,154
North-East
5	Bradford City	2 – 2	Notts County	3,701
Bradford City won 3 – 2 on penalties
6	Leeds United	2 – 1	Darlington	8,429
7	Chesterfield	3 – 3	Huddersfield Town	3,003
Chesterfield won 4 – 2 on penalties
8	Hartlepool United	0 – 2	Grimsby Town	1,675

[edit] Southern Section

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
South-West
1	Exeter City	1 – 1	Swindon Town	2,006
Swindon Town won 4 – 3 on penalties
2	Northampton Town	2 – 1	Bournemouth	1,718
3	Southampton	2 – 2	Torquay United	9,319
Southampton won 5 – 3 on penalties
4	Hereford United	2 – 2	Aldershot Town	897
Hereford United won 4 – 3 on penalties
South-East
5	Milton Keynes Dons	2 – 0	Southend United	4,792
6	Leyton Orient	1 – 0	Brighton & Hove Albion	1,457
7	Charlton Athletic	4 – 1	Barnet	4,522
8	Gillingham	0 – 1	Norwich City	2,814

[edit] Area Quarter Finals

The draw for the area quarter-finals took place on 10 October 2009. The matches were played in the week commencing 9 November 2009.

[edit] Northern Section

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	Leeds United	3 – 1	Grimsby Town	10,430
2	Accrington Stanley	3 – 2	Bury	1,637
3	Bradford City	2 – 2	Port Vale	5,096
Bradford City won 5 – 4 on penalties
4	Chesterfield	1 – 3	Carlisle United	2,878

[edit] Southern Section

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	Milton Keynes Dons	3 – 1	Northampton Town	8,886
2	Leyton Orient	1 – 1	Hereford United	1,282
Hereford United won 3 – 2 on penalties
3	Swindon Town	0 – 0	Norwich City	4,978
Norwich City won 5 – 3 on penalties
4	Southampton	2 – 1	Charlton Athletic	13,906

[edit] Area semi-finals

The draw for the area quarter-finals took place on 14 November 2009. The matches will be played in the week commencing 14 December 2009.

[edit] Northern Section

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	Carlisle United	–	Bradford City
2	Leeds United	–	Accrington Stanley

[edit] Southern Section

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	Southampton	–	Norwich City
2	Hereford United	–	Milton Keynes Dons

[edit] Area finals

The area finals, which serve as the semi-finals for the entire competition, are contested over two legs, home and away. The first legs will be played in the week commencing 18 January 2010; the second legs to be played in the week commencing 15 February 2010.

[edit] Final

28 March 2010		vs		Wembley Stadium, London
				Wembley Stadium, London

[edit] Top scorers

Football League Trophy

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1	Drew Talbot	Chesterfield	4
2	Carl Baker	Stockport	3
2	Steve Guinan	Northampton	3
4	Sam Baldock	MK Dons	2
	Scott Dobie	Carlisle
	Jermaine Easter	MK Dons
	Michael Flynn	Bradford City
	Ryan Gilligan	Northampton
	Mike Jones	Bury
	Graham Kavanagh	Carlisle
	Anthony Pilkington	Huddersfield
	Jon-Paul Pittman	Wycombe
	Matty Robson	Carlisle United
	Wade Small	Chesterfield
	Danny Stevens	Torquay
	Peter Sweeney	Grimsby Town
	Michael Symes	Accrington Stanley
	Papa Waigo N'Diaye	Southampton