2008 Football League Trophy final

2008 Football League Trophy Final

Event	2007–08 Football League Trophy
Grimsby Town Milton Keynes Dons 0 2
Date	30 March 2008 (2008-03-30)
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Referee	Phil Joslin (Kent)
Attendance	56,618
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The 2008 Football League Trophy Final was the 25th 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 30 March 2008, the first time that the final had been staged at the stadium since it was rebuilt. The match was contested by Grimsby Town and Milton Keynes Dons. MK Dons won the match 2–0 with Keith Andrews and Sean O'Hanlon scoring the goals in the final 20 minutes.

Match details

30 March 2008 (2008-03-30)

13:15 BST

Grimsby Town	0–2	Milton Keynes Dons
		Andrews 74' (pen.) O'Hanlon 81'

Wembley Stadium , London

Attendance: 56,618

Referee: Phil Joslin (Nottinghamshire)

Grimsby Town

MK Dons

GK 1 Phil Barnes RB 2 Jamie Clarke CB 25 Rob Atkinson CB 6 Nick Fenton (c) LB 3 Tom Newey RM 11 Danny Boshell CM 4 James Hunt  79' CM 15 Paul Bolland LM 17 Nick Hegarty CF 7 Peter Till  61' CF 9 Danny North  46' Substitutes: GK 13 Gary Montgomery DF 5 Ryan Bennett MF 10 Ciarán Toner  79' MF 18 Peter Bore  46' CF 19 Gary Jones  61' Manager: Alan Buckley

GK 12 Willy Guéret RB 2 Jude Stirling CB 6 Sean O'Hanlon CB 25 Danny Swailes LB 3 Dean Lewington (c) RM 4 Keith Andrews CM 20 Alan Navarro LM 11 Lloyd Dyer CF 10 Colin Cameron  90' CF 23 Jemal Johnson  77' CF 8 Kevin Gallen  77' Substitutes: GK 29 Nathan Abbey DF 13 Gareth Edds MF 14 Mark Wright  77' FW 16 Aaron Wilbraham  77' FW 36 Sam Baldock  90' Manager: Paul Ince

MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees:

MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Five named substitutes Maximum of three substitutions.