The LDV

[Kenny]

Saw the draw on Soccer AM this morning

It's now been rebranded "Johnstone Paint" Trophy

You know what, I almost miss being in it this season. Some good ideas to get the punters in.

- The draw has been regionalised further to North-West/North-East, South-West/South-East to guarantee more local derbies (sounds good in theory but some teams are in strange regions)
- no extra time, straight to pens after 90 minutes
- Under 16's get in for free!

Johnstone's Paint Trophy - First Round

Northern Section (West)
Accrington Stanley v Carlisle
Wrexham v Rochdale
Macclesfield v Stockport
Bury v Tranmere

Northern Section (East)
Hartlepool v Rotherham
Huddersfield v Doncaster
Bradford v Scunthorpe
Lincoln v Grimsby

Southern Section (East)
Brighton v Boston
Northampton v Brentford
Notts County v Barnet
Gillingham v Nottm Forest

Southern Section (West)
Wycombe v Swindon
Walsall v Swansea
Hereford v Shrewsbury
Bristol Rovers v Torquay

 

[Bluesmanager]

To be honest it now sounds like the filename for a design of a trophy Johnson created in Paint, but I like this new system, although it does add another 2 games at least to the season.

 

[SUFCEssex]

Didn't see the draw at all yesterday and saw no mention on Sky Sports News. Like the idea of more local derby's and the draw look pretty good.

 

[SUFCEssex]

Just noticed no conference teams, any reason for that?

 

[Bluesmanager]

Haven't the Conference teams always been in it, or am I confusing this with FM again?

 

[HUTTON]

Quote[/b] (Bluesmanager @ Sep. 24 2006,12:41)]Haven't the Conference teams always been in it, or am I confusing this with FM again?

No you are not confused, conference teams were aloud into it, but because the trophy was renamed the Football League Trophy, they decided to drop the conference teams out of it. Now they have renamed it, i can't see why they weren't aloud back in, unless it was a last minute thing.

 

[Mr Wooly]

Did 16 teams get a bye?! There's only 32 teams out of a possible 48 or am I missing something?

 

[Shrimper2thecore]

I like the new format, dont like the fact there is no extra time though, had some great ET fun in the LDV over the years, Brizzle at home, Marky Gower with a stunning silver goal winner

 

[sufcintheprem]

Quote[/b] (Shrimper2thecore @ Oct. 10 2006,15:31)]I like the new format, dont like the fact there is no extra time though, had some great ET fun in the LDV over the years, Brizzle at home, Marky Gower with a stunning silver goal winner

...and Roget scoring what I believe will be the only golden goal in the club's history.

 

[Xàbia Shrimper]

Quote[/b] (SUFCHUTTON @ Sep. 24 2006,17:55)]

Quote[/b] (Bluesmanager @ Sep. 24 2006,12:41)]Haven't the Conference teams always been in it, or am I confusing this with FM again?

No you are not confused, conference teams were aloud into it, but because the trophy was renamed the Football League Trophy, they decided to drop the conference teams out of it.  Now they have renamed it, i can't see why they weren't aloud back in, unless it was a last minute thing.

Ah, I think you too are confused. The Football League Trophy has been around for a fair while but has borne the names of no less than seven sponsors since its inception as the Associate Members' Cup in 1983 hence the confusion amonst younger fans than the Football League Trophy was a new name (it was first used in 1992/93 as the unsponsored official name of the competition); it has always been such for the past 23 years but under the guise of Freight Rover Trophy (84-87), the Sherpa Van Trophy (87-89), the Leyland DAF Cup (89-91), the Autoglass Trophy (91-94), the Auto Windscreens Shield (94-00), the LDV Vans Trophy (00-06) and now the Johnston's Paint Trophy (06-??).

Conference clubs have not "always been in it". They were first invited to enter the competition in the 2000/01 competition, initially just eight, but increased to 12 in 2002/03. Only those whose grounds met the criteria of the Football League in terms of crowd/ground safety were invited.

The competition has been revamped for the 2006/07 season (see above) and, after seven years of competition, Conference clubs are no longer invited to take part.