2012 Football League Trophy Final
# 2012 Football League Trophy Final

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

| Chesterfield | Swindon Town |
| - | - |
| GK | 1 | Tommy Lee |
| RB | 18 | James Hurst |
| CB | 6 | Simon Ford |
| CB | 5 | Josh Thompson |
| LB | 28 | Nathan Smith |
| RM | 25 | Drew Talbot |
| CM | 7 | Mark Allott |
| CM | 30 | Franck Moussa | 81' |
| LM | 16 | Alexandre Mendy |
| ST | 21 | Jordan Bowery | 87' |
| ST | 14 | Jack Lester | 37' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 13 | Greg Fleming |
| MF | 23 | Mark Randall | 81' |
| ST | 9 | Craig Westcarr | 37' |
| ST | 10 | Danny Whitaker |
| ST | 19 | Scott Boden | 87' |
| Manager: ||
| John Sheridan ||
| GK | 35 | Wes Foderingham |
| RB | 5 | Joe Devera |
| CB | 13 | Oliver Risser | 62' |
| CB | 12 | Alan McCormack |
| LB | 2 | Jay McEveley | 77' |
| RM | 10 | Matt Ritchie |
| CM | 24 | Jonathan Smith | 72' |
| CM | 8 | Simon Ferry |
| LM | 22 | Lee Holmes |
| ST | 9 | Paul Benson |
| ST | 17 | Alan Connell | 56' |
| Substitutes ||
| GK | 26 | Phil Smith |
| DF | 27 | Alessandro Cibocchi | 77' |
| MF | 14 | John Bostock | 72' |
| ST | 23 | Raffaele De Vita |
| ST | 34 | Ronan Murray | 62' |
| Manager ||
| 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 | Swindon |
| - | - | - |
| Total shots | 8 | 15 |
| Shots on target | 4 | 9 |
| Ball possession | 40% | 60% |
| Corner kicks | 1 | 11 |
| Fouls committed | 9 | 7 |
| Offsides | 6 | 0 |
| Yellow cards | 0 | 1 |
| Red 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".

