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.^[1]

2012 Football League Trophy Final

Event	2011–12 Football League Trophy
Chesterfield Swindon Town 2 0
Date	25 March 2012
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Man of the Match	Nathan Smith (Chesterfield)
Referee	Anthony Bates, Staffordshire
Attendance	49,602
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Match details

25 March 2012

14:00 BST

Chesterfield	2–0	Swindon Town
Risser 47' (o.g.) Westcarr 90+4'	Report

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 49,602

Referee: Anthony Bates

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^[1]

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".^[2] Swindon manager, Paolo Di Canio described his players as mentally weak saying "Today we deserved to be a loser because we were all weak".^[3]