2007–08 Football League Trophy
The 2007–08 Football League Trophy, known as the 2007–08 Johnstone's Paint Trophy for sponsorship reasons, was the 25th staging of the Football League Trophy, a knockout competition for English football clubs in Leagues One and Two. The winners were MK Dons and the runners-up were Grimsby Town, both from League Two.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | England Wales |
| Teams | 48 |
| Defending champions | Doncaster Rovers |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | MK Dons |
| Runner-up | Grimsby Town |
The competition began on 18 September 2007 and ended with the final on 30 March 2008. The final took place at Wembley Stadium for the first time since 2000.
In the first round, there are four sections: North West, North East, South West and South East. In the second round this narrows to simply a Northern and a Southern section, whereupon each section gradually eliminates teams in knock-out fashion until each has a winning finalist. At this point, the two winning finalists face each other in the combined final for the honour of the trophy.
Doncaster Rovers were the defending champions, but lost to Grimsby on penalties in the Third round.
MK Dons won the final, beating Grimsby Town 2–0.