2007–08 Conference League Cup

The Conference League Cup 2007–08, known as the Setanta Shield 2007–08 for sponsorship reasons, was the inaugural season of the Conference League Cup cup competition after its resurrection by Conference sponsors Blue Square and competition sponsors Setanta. With the entrance of all Conference teams from every division, there were 68 entries into the tournament. The competition was won by Aldershot Town, who beat Rushden and Diamonds on penalties in the final.

Rushden and Diamonds fans after the full-time whistle of the final

Calendar

Round	Date	Matches	Clubs	New entries this round	Prize money
First Round	1 October 2007	12	68 → 56	24	£1,500
Second Round	12 November 2007	16	56 → 40	20	£2,000
Third Round	3 December 2007	8	40 → 32	none	£2,500
Fourth Round	22 December 2007	16	32 → 16	24	£2,500
Fifth Round	4 February 2008	8	16 → 8	none	£3,500
Quarter-finals	26 February 2008	4	8 → 4	none	£5,000
Semi-finals	11 March 2008	2	4 → 2	none	£5,500
Final	3 April 2008	1	2 → 1	none	£12,000

First round

The First Round was contested by 24 teams from the Northern and Southern Divisions, and divided into a Northern and Southern section. Matches were played in the week commencing 1 October 2007.

Northern Section Tie no Home team Score Away team 1 A.F.C. Telford United 3-2 (aet) Solihull Moors 2 Alfreton Town 3-0 Hucknall Town 3 Barrow 4-0 Leigh RMI 4 Burscough 2-0 Vauxhall Motors 5 Gainsborough Trinity 1-2 Boston United 6 Stalybridge Celtic 0-0 Blyth Spartans Blyth Spartans won 4-3 on penalties

Southern Section Tie no Home team Score Away team 7 Basingstoke Town 1-3 Hampton & Richmond Borough 8 Bath City 3-2 (aet) Weston-super-Mare 9 Bromley 2-1 Sutton United 10 Cambridge City 1-3 Thurrock 11 Dorchester Town 3-2 Eastleigh 12 Maidenhead United 3-0 Hayes & Yeading United

Second round

The Second Round will be contested by the 12 winners of the previous round, plus the remaining 20 members of the lower Conference Divisions. Matches will be played in the week commencing 12 November 2007.

Northern Section Tie no Home team Score Away team 1 A.F.C. Telford United 2-0 Redditch United 2 Alfreton Town 1-2 Hinckley United 3 Harrogate Town 3-2 (aet) Blyth Spartans 4 Kettering Town 2-0 Boston United 5 Southport 3-2 Burscough 6 Tamworth 3-2 (aet) Hyde United 7 Workington 2-2 Barrow Barrow won 7-6 on penalties 8 Worcester City 1-2 Nuneaton Borough

Southern Section Tie no Home team Score Away team 9 Hampton & Richmond Borough 5-2 Dorchester Town 10 Bishop's Stortford 0-1 Thurrock 11 Eastbourne Borough 3-0 Bognor Regis Town 12 Havant & Waterlooville 2-3 Lewes 13 Maidenhead United 1-2 Bromley 14 Newport County 3-2 Bath City 15 St Albans City 1-1 Braintree Town St Albans won 5-4 on penalties 16 Welling United 2-1 Fisher Athletic

Third round

The Third Round will be contested by the 16 winners of the previous round. Matches will be played in the week commencing 3 December 2007.

Northern Section Tie no Home team Score Away team 1 Kettering Town 2-4 (aet) Hinckley United 2 Nuneaton Borough 4-2 (aet) A.F.C. Telford United 3 Southport 2-3 (aet) Barrow 4 Tamworth 3-1 (aet) Harrogate Town

Southern Section Tie no Home team Score Away team 1 St Albans City 2-1 Thurrock 2 Eastbourne Borough 7-2 Lewes 3 Bromley 1-2 (aet) Welling United 4 Hampton & Richmond Borough 2-1 Newport County

Fourth round

The 24 Blue Square Premier teams join the eight winners from the previous round. Matches will be played in the week commencing 22 December 2007.

Northern Section Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Stafford Rangers 0-2 (aet) York City 515 2 Histon 1-2 Halifax Town 231 3 Cambridge United 0-1 Rushden & Diamonds 1,309 4 Nuneaton Borough 2-1 Altrincham 533 5 Hinckley United 1-2 Kidderminster Harriers 474 6 Droylsden 2-1 (aet) Farsley Celtic 224 7 Barrow 0-2 Northwich Victoria 708 8 Burton Albion 2-1 Tamworth 1,152

Southern Section Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Welling United 1-3 Grays Athletic 261 2 Woking 2-1 Stevenage Borough 830 3 Aldershot Town 1-0 Oxford United 1,573 4 Salisbury City 1-2 Weymouth 667 5 Hampton & Richmond Borough 0-1 Forest Green Rovers 344 6 Eastbourne Borough 1-2 Crawley Town 552 7 St Albans City 2-0 Torquay United 454 8 Exeter City 2-3 (aet) Ebbsfleet United 1,009

Fifth round

Matches will be played in the week commencing 4 February 2008.

Northern Section Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Droylsden 0-2 Burton Albion 172 2 Nuneaton Borough 0-1 Halifax Town 469 3 York City 3-3 (aet) Northwich Victoria 763 Northwich Victoria won 3-2 on penalties 4 Kidderminster Harriers 1-3 Rushden & Diamonds 739

Southern Section Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Weymouth 4-0 Ebbsfleet United 508 2 Woking 1-0 Forest Green Rovers 725 3 Crawley Town 4-0 Grays Athletic 564 4 St Albans City 0-4 Aldershot Town 375

Quarter-finals

Matches will be played in the week commencing 26 February 2008.

Northern Section Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Northwich Victoria 0-4 Rushden & Diamonds 495 2 Halifax Town 3-1 Burton Albion 632

Southern Section Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Woking 3-0 Weymouth 690 2 Crawley Town 2-6 (aet) Aldershot Town 827

Semi-finals

Matches will be played in the week commencing 18 March 2008.

Northern Section Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Rushden & Diamonds 1-0 Halifax Town 880

Southern Section Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Aldershot Town 2-2 (aet) Woking 1629 Aldershot Town won 4-3 on penalties

Final

3 April 2008

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Aldershot Town 3–3 (aet) Rushden & Diamonds 3,718 Aldershot Town won 4–3 on penalties

3 April 2008 19:45 BST	Aldershot Town	3–3	Rushden & Diamonds	Recreation Ground, Aldershot
	Mendes  71' Hudson  94' Donnelly  107'		Burgess  73' Burgess  109' Rankine  120+1 '