2008–09 Conference League Cup

200809 Conference League Cup

The Conference League Cup 200809, known as the Setanta Shield 200809 for sponsorship reasons, is the second 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 will be 68 entries into the tournament. The total prize money is £200,000. Teams in the Conference's two regional divisions enter in the first round, are joined by the six lowest ranked Conference National teams in the second with the competition completed by the final eighteen clubs for the third round.

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Calendar

Round Date Matches Clubs New entries this round Prize money
First Round 8 September 2008 22 6846 44 £2,000
Second Round 6 October 2008 14 4632 6 £3,000
Third Round 4 November 2008 16 3216 18 £3,500
Fourth Round 2 December 2008 8 168 none £4,500
Quarter-finals 12 January 2009 4 84 none £7,000
Semi-finals 2009 2 42 none £10,000
Final 2009 1 21 none Winner: £16,000; Loser: £8,000

First round

The First Round was contested by all 44 teams from the Northern and Southern Divisions, which were divided into a Northern and Southern section. Matches were played in the week commencing 8 September 2008, with the exceptions of the Alfreton Town versus Stafford Rangers and Redditch United versus Solihull Moors games, which were played on 16 September and 23 September respectively, after both fixtures were postponed due to waterlogged pitches.

Northern Section

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
1 Hyde United 12 Vauxhall Motors 97
2 Droylsden 12 Gateshead 190
3 Stalybridge Celtic 14 Southport 231
4 Harrogate Town 11 Fleetwood Town 174
Fleetwood won 54 on penalties
5 Farsley Celtic 31 Workington 101
6 Burscough 14 Blyth Spartans 160
7 Hucknall Town 13 Hinckley United 192
8 A.F.C. Telford United 32 Gainsborough Trinity 652
9 Redditch United 01 Solihull Moors 157
10 Alfreton Town 23 Stafford Rangers 201
11 King's Lynn 12 Tamworth 510

Southern Section

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
12 Dorchester Town 45 Newport County 178
13 Team Bath 12 Bath City
14 Basingstoke Town 13 Fisher Athletic 139
15 Maidenhead United 12 Havant & Waterlooville 171
16 Bognor Regis Town 20 Worcester City 168
17 Eastleigh 44 Weston-super-Mare 173
Eastleigh won 54 on penalties
18 St. Albans City 01 Hayes and Yeading 165
19 Thurrock 20 Welling United
20 Chelmsford City 10 A.F.C. Wimbledon 575
21 Bishop's Stortford 21 Bromley 201
22 Braintree Town 30 Hampton & Richmond Borough 127

Second round

The Second Round was contested by the remaining 22 teams from the Northern and Southern Divisions and the six lowest ranking teams from Conference National. It was divided into a Northern and Southern section. Matches will be played in the week commencing 6 October 2008.

Northern Section

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
1 Blyth Spartans 12 Gateshead 632
2 Barrow 32 Fleetwood Town 618
3 Hinckley United 21 Tamworth 267
4 A.F.C. Telford United 21 Solihull Moors 692
5 Vauxhall Motors 03 Southport 163
6 Altrincham 11 Farsley Celtic 259
Altrincham won 42 on penalties
7 Stafford Rangers 31 Northwich Victoria 327

Southern Section

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
8 Bath City 41 Newport County 241
9 Lewes 02 Bognor Regis Town 222
10 Kettering Town 42 Bishop's Stortford 450
11 Fisher Athletic 23 Eastbourne Borough 35
12 Eastleigh 23 Havant & Waterlooville 489
13 Chelmsford City 31 Braintree Town 474
14 Thurrock 33 Hayes and Yeading
Thurrock won 54 on penalties

Third round

The Third Round was contested by the remaining 14 teams from the previous fixtures with the addition of the 18 highest ranked teams from the Conference National. Unlike previous rounds, the draw was not officially divided into a Northern and Southern section although some geographical grouping occurred in the draw. Matches will be played in the week commencing 3 November 2008.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
1 Barrow 31 Gateshead F.C 551
2 York City 11 Mansfield Town 608
York won 42 on penalties
3 Forest Green Rovers 21 Oxford United 383
4 Altrincham 12 Wrexham 537
5 Stafford Rangers 12 Southport 261
6 Bath City 01 Salisbury City 230
7 Weymouth 03 Torquay United 621
8 Woking 30 Bognor Regis Town 480
9 Crawley Town 30 Havant & Waterlooville 239
10 Eastbourne Borough 13 Ebbsfleet United 300
11 Hinckley United 21 Histon 202
12 Rushden & Diamonds 03 Stevenage Borough 430
13 A.F.C. Telford United 43 Cambridge United 941
14 Kettering Town 41 Thurrock 438
15 Grays Athletic 2 - 4 Chelmsford City 262
16 Burton Albion 32 Kidderminster Harriers 554

Fourth round

The Fourth Round was contested by the remaining 16 teams from across the three divisions. Unlike the previous round the draw was officially divided into a Northern and Southern section. Matches will be played in the week commencing 2 December 2008.

Northern Section

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
1 A.F.C. Telford United 3 - 0 Burton Albion 875
2 Barrow 3 - 1 York City 596
3 Hinckley United 2 - 3 (aet) Kettering Town 270
4 Wrexham 1 - 2 (aet) Southport 1,023

Southern Section

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
1 Crawley Town 2 - 1 Chelmsford City 304
2 Ebbsfleet United 3 - 0 Stevenage Borough 286
3 Forest Green Rovers 1 - 0 Torquay United 421
4 Salisbury City 0 - 3 Woking 297

Quarter-Finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 9 December 2008. Ties were to be played w/c January 12, 2009 but due to postponents two games were played in January, February and March 2009

Northern Section

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
1 A.F.C. Telford United 3 - 2 (aet) Kettering Town 874
2 Barrow 3 - 1 Southport 678

Southern Section

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
1 Crawley Town 1 - 2 Ebbsfleet United 844
2 Woking 2 - 2 Forest Green Rovers 499
Forest Green won 5-4 on penalties

Semi-Finals

Due to the weather disrupted winter, the semi-finals were delayed and eventually played on 26 March 2009.

Northern Section

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
1 Barrow 0-1 AFC Telford United 2,109

Southern Section

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
1 Ebbsfleet United 0-1 Forest Green Rovers 431

Final

The final was won by AFC Telford United on the 9th of April 2009 at The New Lawn, the home of the defeated Forest Green Rovers. Despite Forest Green having the majority of the game AFC Telford won the game on penalty kicks when Forest Green failed to convert any of their three penalty kicks.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
1 Forest Green Rovers 00 AFC Telford United 2,323
Telford United win 30 on penalties

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