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Football tournament season
The Football League Trophy 1997–98 , known as the Auto Windscreens Shield 1997–98 for sponsorship reasons, was the 17th staging of the Football League Trophy , a knock-out competition for English football clubs in Second and Third Division . The winners were Grimsby Town and the runners-up were AFC Bournemouth .
The competition began on 6 December 1997 and ended with the final on 19 April 1998 at the Wembley Stadium .
In the first round, there were two sections: North and South. In the following rounds 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.
Blackpool , Burnley , Macclesfield Town , Mansfield Town , Notts County , Rotherham United , Wrexham and York City from the North section all received byes.
Brentford , AFC Bournemouth , Brighton & Hove Albion , Bristol City , Exeter City , Luton Town , Swansea City and Torquay United from the South section all received byes.
Northern Area final [ edit ]
Grimsby Town beat Burnley 3–1 on aggregate.
Southern Area final [ edit ]
AFC Bournemouth beat Walsall 4–3 on aggregate.
Match rules
90 minutes
30 minutes of extra-time if necessary
Golden goal in extra time
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
Maximum of three substitutions
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