2016–17 EFL Trophy

2016–17 EFL Trophy
Checkatrade Trophy
Tournament details
Country	England; Wales
Teams	64
Defending champions	Barnsley
Final positions
Champions	Coventry City
Runner-up	Oxford United
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 EFL Trophy, known as the Checkatrade Trophy for sponsorship reasons,^[1] was the 36th season in the history of the competition and the first since being rebranded from Football League Trophy. It was played as a knock-out tournament for English football clubs in League One and League Two of the English football system and for the first time was expanded to include 16 Premier League and Championship "B Teams" with Category One status as part of a trial.

In all, 64 clubs entered the competition. Barnsley were the reigning champions,^[2] but were ineligible to defend their title following promotion to the Championship.^[3]

Change in format

On 9 June 2016, the newly rebranded EFL announced that the 2016–17 EFL Trophy competition would include sixteen "category 1 Premier League academy sides" for the first time. The first knockout round would also be replaced with a new group stage, the sixteen regional groups each to comprise three League One/Two teams plus an academy side, with the top two teams from each group progressing to the knockout second round.^[4]

Following the EFL's announcement of these format changes, many of the invited clubs declined to allow their academies to participate,^[5] and their places had to filled by the academy sides of several Championship clubs.

Reception to the new format by League One and Two fans was overwhelmingly negative.^[6] The opening rounds of fixtures were marked by record low attendances,^[7] and the format changes were described as "a complete and utter failure".^[8]

Participating clubs

48 clubs from League One and League Two.
16 invited Category One Academy teams.
Category One teams relegated to League One missed out on having academies participating in the following tournament.

	League One	League Two	Academies
Clubs	AFC Wimbledon Bolton Wanderers Bradford City Bristol Rovers Bury Charlton Athletic Chesterfield Coventry City Fleetwood Town Gillingham Millwall Milton Keynes Dons Northampton Town Oldham Athletic Oxford United Peterborough United Port Vale Rochdale Scunthorpe United Sheffield United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swindon Town Walsall	Accrington Stanley Barnet Blackpool Cambridge United Carlisle United Cheltenham Town Colchester United Crawley Town Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Grimsby Town Hartlepool United Leyton Orient Luton Town Mansfield Town Morecambe Newport County Notts County Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Stevenage Wycombe Wanderers Yeovil Town	Blackburn Rovers Brighton & Hove Albion Chelsea Derby County Everton Leicester City Middlesbrough Norwich City Reading Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Swansea City West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers
Total	24	24	16

Notes

Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United, Manchester City, Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur declined to participate.^[9]

Eligibility criteria for players

For EFL clubs; a minimum of 5 'First Team' players in the starting 11 as defined under the competition's existing rules.
For invited clubs – 6 of the starting 11 to be U21 (as at 30 June 2016).

Dates

The competition dates were announced in July 2016.^[10]

Round	Dates	Number of teams
Round 1 (Group stage)	29 August – 4 September 2016	64
	3–9 October 2016
	7–13 November 2016
Round 2	5–11 December 2016	32
Round 3	9–15 January 2017	16
Quarter-finals	23–29 January 2017	8
Semi-finals	6–26 February 2017	4
Final	2 April 2017 (Wembley Stadium)	2

Group stage

Sixteen groups of four teams were organised on a regionalised basis.
All groups included one invited club and at least one club from each of Leagues One and Two.
All clubs played each other once, either home or away (Academies played all group matches away from home).
Invited clubs played one home game at the club's first team stadium.
Clubs were awarded 3 points for a win and 1 point for a draw.
In the event of a drawn game (after 90 minutes), a penalty shoot-out was held with the winning team earning an additional point.
The top two teams progressed to the knockout stage.

Northern Section

Group A

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Cheltenham Town	3	2	0	0	1	4	3	+1	6	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Blackpool	3	1	1	0	1	3	3	0	5	Advance to Round 2
3	ACA	Everton U21	3	1	0	1	1	4	3	+1	4
4	L1	Bolton Wanderers	3	1	0	0	2	1	3	−2	3

Source: Sky Sports

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Blackpool	2–1	Cheltenham Town	Blackpool
19:45 BST	Vassell 56', 58'	Report	Jennings 20'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 760 Referee: Ben Toner

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Bolton Wanderers	0–2	Everton U21	Bolton
19:00 BST		Report	Dyson 22' McAleny 79'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 1,540 Referee: David Webb

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Cheltenham Town	2–1	Everton U21	Cheltenham
	Waters 82' Wright 83' (pen.)	Report	Kitscha 5' (o.g.)	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 1,023 Referee: Lee Probert

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Bolton Wanderers	1–0	Blackpool	Bolton
19:00 BST	Ameobi 4'	Report		Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 1,589 Referee: Kevin Friend

8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)	Cheltenham Town	1–0	Bolton Wanderers	Cheltenham
19:45	Morgan-Smith 90+1' (pen.)	report		Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 1,038 Referee: Kevin Friend

8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)	Everton U21	1–1 (4–5 p)	Blackpool	Liverpool
19:30 GMT	Charsley 79'	report	Gnanduillet 48'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 527 Referee: Chris Kavanagh
	Penalties
	Gibson Charsley Jones Henen Yarney		Philliskirk Cain Wilson Cullen Gnanduillet

Group B

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ACA	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21	3	2	1	8	4	+4	6	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Chesterfield	3	2	1	5	5	0	6	Advance to Round 2
3	L2	Crewe Alexandra	3	1	2	5	5	0	3
4	L2	Accrington Stanley	3	1	2	4	8	−4	3

Source: Sky Sports

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Chesterfield	2–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21	Chesterfield
19:45	Ebanks-Blake 24' Dennis 76'	Report	Ebanks-Landell 29' Herc 74'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 950 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Accrington Stanley	0–3	Crewe Alexandra	Accrington
19:45		Report	Ainley 47' Cooper 76' Udoh 90'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 585 Referee: Darren Handley

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Crewe Alexandra	2–3	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21	Crewe
19:45 BST	Dagnall 69' Lowe 82'	Report	Dicko 7' (45+1) Enobakhare 88'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 963 Referee: David Webb

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Chesterfield	1–4	Accrington Stanley	Chesterfield
19:45 BST	Dennis 61'	Report	Taylor-Fletcher 14' Gornell 21', 66' Clark 42'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 976 Referee: David Coote

8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)	Crewe Alexandra	0–2	Chesterfield	Crewe
19:45		report	O'Shea 22' Dimaio 81' (pen.)	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 929 Referee: Roger East

8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21	4–0	Accrington Stanley	Wolverhampton
19:45	Herc 18' Wilson 37' Ronan 45+3' (pen.) Enobakhare 67'	report		Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 547 Referee: David Webb

Group C

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Bradford City	3	2	0	0	1	5	4	+1	6	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Morecambe	3	2	0	0	1	7	7	0	6	Advance to Round 2
3	L1	Bury	3	1	0	1	1	6	4	+2	4
4	ACA	Stoke City U21	3	0	1	0	2	2	5	−3	2

Source: Sky Sports

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Bradford City	1–0	Stoke City U21	Bradford
19:45	Dieng 38'	Report	Banks 62' 74'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 1,444 Referee: Michael Salisbury

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Bury	4–1	Morecambe	Bury
19:45	Zeli Ismail 3' (pen.) Pope 49', 90+2' Kay 81'	Report	Mullin 43'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 1,154 Referee: Robert Jones

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Morecambe	3–1	Stoke City U21	Morecambe
19:45	Dunn 3' Stockton 21' Murphy 44'	Report	Adam 48'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 686 Referee: Andy Haines

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Bradford City	2–1	Bury	Bradford
19:45	Vučkić 31' Hiwula 35'	Report	Walker 69'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 1,865 Referee: Ben Toner

8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)	Stoke City U21	1–1 (4–3 p)	Bury	Stoke-on-Trent
19:45	Bojan 86'	report	Miller 68'	Stadium: Bet365 Stadium Attendance: 698 Referee: Ben Toner
	Penalties
	Banks Edwards Campbell Ngoy Taylor		Tutte Danns Dudley Kay Soares

9 November 2016 (2016-11-09)	Morecambe	3–2	Bradford City	Morecambe
19:45	Mullin 43' Stockton 66', 68'	report	Vučkić 52', 87'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 827 Referee: Tony Harrington

Group D

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Carlisle United	3	3	0	0	0	11	6	+5	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Oldham Athletic	3	1	1	0	1	8	7	+1	5	Advance to Round 2
3	L1	Fleetwood Town	3	1	0	0	2	3	6	−3	3
4	ACA	Blackburn Rovers U21	3	0	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Source: Sky Sports

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Fleetwood Town	1–0	Blackburn Rovers U21	Fleetwood
19:45	Cole 45'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 392 Referee: Ross Joyce

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Oldham Athletic	4–5	Carlisle United	Oldham
19:45	McKay 16' Osei 48', 49' Banks 66'	Report	Raynes 18', 89' Lambe 22' Burgess 28' (o.g.) Miller 74' Gillesphey 82'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 1,897 Referee: Peter Bankes

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Carlisle United	2–0	Blackburn Rovers U21	Carlisle
19:45	Miller 39' Grainger 88' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 1,253 Referee: Richard Clark

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Fleetwood Town	0–2	Oldham Athletic	Fleetwood
19:45		Report	Mckay 32' Erwin 38'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 793 Referee: Darren Bond

8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)	Blackburn Rovers U21	2–2 (4–5 p)	Oldham Athletic	Blackburn
19:30	Stokes 22' Feeney 61'	report	Ladapo 49' Wilson 67'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 471 Referee: Robert Jones
	Penalties
	Stokes Bennett Tomlinson Hardcastle Mahoney Feeney		Banks Law Ripley McKay McLaughlin Croft

9 November 2016 (2016-11-09)	Carlisle United	4–2	Fleetwood Town	Carlisle
19:45	Mckee 14' Wyke 18' Grainger 41' (pen.) Salkeld 73'	report	Sowerby 48' Jakubiak 64'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 1,420 Referee: Chris Sarginson

Group E

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Doncaster Rovers	3	1	1	1	0	4	2	+2	6	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Mansfield Town	3	2	0	0	1	4	4	0	6	Advance to Round 2
3	L1	Port Vale	3	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	5
4	ACA	Derby County U21	3	0	0	1	2	4	6	−2	1

Source: Sky Sports

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Port Vale	1–0	Derby County U21	Burslem
19:45	Smith 80'	Report		Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 1,198 Referee: Mark Heywood

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Mansfield Town	0–2	Doncaster Rovers	Mansfield
19:45 BST		Report	Beestin 72' Calder 86'	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 1,467 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Doncaster Rovers	2–2 (4–2 p)	Derby County U21	Doncaster
19:45	Mandeville 53' Longbottom 82'	Report	Wilson 9' Wiemann 90'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 1,515 Referee: Carl Boyeson
	Penalties
	Middleton Longbottom Keegan Marquis Beestin		Blackman Guy Alefe Santos Bennett

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Port Vale	0–1	Mansfield Town	Burslem
19:45		Report	Green 66'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 1,025 Referee: Michael Salisbury

8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)	Doncaster Rovers	0–0 (3–4 p)	Port Vale	Doncaster
19:45		report		Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 1,495 Referee: Geoff Eltringham
	Penalties
	Houghton Evina Longbottom Mandeville Keegan		Streete Grant Leite Pereira Paulo Tavares Hart

8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)	Derby County U21	2–3	Mansfield Town	Derby
19:45	Hanson 24' Weimann 84'	Report	Hemmings 2' Henderson 5' Clements 90+3'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 870 Referee: Trevor Kettle

Group F

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Rochdale	3	2	1	0	0	5	3	+2	8	Advance to Round 2
2	ACA	Sunderland U21	3	2	0	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Advance to Round 2
3	L2	Notts County	3	1	0	0	2	4	5	−1	3
4	L2	Hartlepool United	3	0	0	0	3	2	5	−3	0

Source: Sky Sports

31 August 2016 (2016-08-31)	Notts County	2–1	Hartlepool United	Nottingham
19:45	Snijders 20' Oates 36'	Report	Burke 29'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 1,095 Referee: Darren England

6 September 2016 (2016-09-06)	Rochdale	1–1 (4–2 p)	Sunderland U21	Rochdale
	Henderson 57'	Report	Embleton 51'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1,184 Referee: Graham Salisbury
	Penalties
	Davies Rafferty Bunney McGahey Odelusi		Honeyman Kirhcoff Robson Greenwood

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Hartlepool United	0–1	Sunderland U21	Hartlepool
19:45		Report	Love 66'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 1,295 Referee: John Brooks

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Rochdale	2–1	Notts County	Rochdale
19:45	Odelusi 61' Davies 69'	Report	Forte 25'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1,147 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

9 November 2016 (2016-11-09)	Hartlepool United	1–2	Rochdale	Hartlepool
19:30	Oates 85'	report	Noble-Lazarus 21' Gillam 67'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 380 Referee: Scott Duncan

9 November 2016 (2016-11-09)	Sunderland U21	2–1	Notts County	Sunderland
19:30	Maja 84' Hollis 90' (o.g.)	report	Campbell 49'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 633 Referee: Ross Joyce

Group G

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Scunthorpe United	3	3	0	6	1	+5	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Cambridge United	3	2	1	3	3	0	6	Advance to Round 2
3	L1	Shrewsbury Town	3	1	2	3	3	0	3
4	ACA	Middlesbrough U21	3	0	3	2	7	−5	0

Source: Sky Sports

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Scunthorpe United	2–1	Middlesbrough U21	Scunthorpe
19:45 BST	Wallace 63' Adelakun 73'	Report	Cooke 72'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Andrew Madley

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Shrewsbury Town	0–1	Cambridge United	Shrewsbury
19:45 BST		Report	Pigott 20'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 1,187 Referee: Chris Sarginson

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Cambridge United	2–1	Middlesbrough U21	Cambridge
19:00 BST	Ikpeazu 12' Eldson 55' (o.g.)	Report	Tavernier 34'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 693 Referee: John Busby

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Scunthorpe United	2–0	Shrewsbury Town	Scunthorpe
19:45 BST	Lancashire 10' (o.g.) Margetts 56'	Report		Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 1,316 Referee: Nigel Miller

8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)	Cambridge United	0–2	Scunthorpe United	Cambridge
19:45 GMT		report	Williams 36' Adelakun 90+1'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 666 Referee: Darren Deadman

8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)	Middlesbrough U21	0–3	Shrewsbury Town	Middlesbrough
19:45 GMT		report	Leitch-Smith 10', 59' Toney 14'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 308 Referee: Darren Handley

Group H

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Walsall	3	3	0	0	0	8	3	+5	9	Advance to Round 2
2	ACA	Leicester City U21	3	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	5	Advance to Round 2
3	L1	Sheffield United	3	1	0	1	1	5	4	+1	4
4	L2	Grimsby Town	3	0	0	0	3	4	10	−6	0

Source: Sky Sports

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Sheffield United	0–0 (4–5 p)	Leicester City U21	Sheffield
19:45		Report		Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 3,632 Referee: Nigel Miller
	Penalties
	Coutts Fleck Duffy Chapman O'Connell		Chilwell Gray Muskwe Barnes Ndukwu

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Walsall	5–2	Grimsby Town	Walsall
19:45	Bakayoko 19', 39', 43' Morris 61' Kouhyar 71'	Report	Boyce 5' Summerfield 67'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 1,022 Referee: Andy Woolmer

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Grimsby Town	0–1	Leicester City U21	Cleethorpes
19:45		Report	Mitchell 64'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 609 Referee: Mark Haywood

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Sheffield United	1–2	Walsall	Sheffield
19:45	Coutts 78'	Report	Laird 16' Bakayoko 66'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 2,619 Referee: Mark Heywood

9 November 2016 (2016-11-09)	Grimsby Town	2–4	Sheffield United	Cleethorpes
19:45	Jackson 14' Disley 81'	report	Slater 53' Boyce 74' (o.g.) O'Connell 78' Clarke 87'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 597 Referee: Richard Clark

8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)	Leicester City U21	0–1	Walsall	Leicester
19:45		report	Bakayoko 58'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 839 Referee: Mark Haywood

Southern Section

Group A

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Yeovil Town	3	2	0	1	0	6	3	+3	7	Advance to Round 2
2	ACA	Reading U21	3	1	1	0	1	5	6	−1	5	Advance to Round 2
3	L2	Portsmouth	3	1	0	1	1	6	6	0	4
4	L1	Bristol Rovers	3	0	1	0	2	2	4	−2	2

Source: Sky Sports

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)^[11]	Bristol Rovers	2–3	Reading U21	Bristol
19:45 BST	Taylor 60' Easter 81'	Report	Stacey 33' Sheppard 76' Mendes 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 1,418 Referee: Brett Huxtable

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Yeovil Town	4–3	Portsmouth	Yeovil
19:45 BST	Mugabi 14' Eaves 22', 39' McLeod 27'	Report	Smith 10', 37', 54'	Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 1,534 Referee: Kevin Johnson

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)^[11]	Portsmouth	2–2 (3–4 p)	Reading U21	Portsmouth
19:45 BST	Main 57', 63'	Report	Novakovich 6' Mendes 52' (pen.)	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 1,355 Referee: Oliver Langford
	Penalties
	Smith Naismith Bennett Lalkovič Evans May Whatmough		Mendes Blackett Gravenberch Samuel Griffin Watson Frost

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Bristol Rovers	0–0 (5–3 p)	Yeovil Town	Bristol
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 2,117 Referee: James Adcock
	Penalties
	James Bodin Taylor Colkett Montaño		Dickson Hedges Mcleod Lawless

8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)	Portsmouth	1–0	Bristol Rovers	Portsmouth
19:45 GMT	Naismith 88'	Report		Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 1,200 Referee: James Adcock

9 November 2016 (2016-11-09)^[11]	Reading U21	0–2	Yeovil Town	Reading
19:30 GMT		Report	Eaves 48' Zoko 89'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 739 Referee: John Busby

Group B

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	AFC Wimbledon	3	2	1	5	3	+2	6	Advance to Round 2
2	ACA	Swansea City U21	3	2	1	4	4	0	6	Advance to Round 2
3	L2	Plymouth Argyle	3	1	2	5	5	0	3
4	L2	Newport County	3	1	2	4	6	−2	3

Source: Sky Sports

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	AFC Wimbledon	3–0	Swansea City U21	Kingston upon Thames
19:45 BST	Barcham 38' Poleon 57' 67'	Report		Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 461 Referee: Simon Hooper

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Plymouth Argyle	4–1	Newport County	Plymouth
	Slew 51' Jervis 58' Bulvītis 69' Tanner 90+3'	Report	Green 19'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 2,349 Referee: Andy Davies

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	AFC Wimbledon	2–1	Plymouth Argyle	Kingston upon Thames
19:45	Taylor 65' Barnett 68'	Report	Smith 7'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 936 Referee: Graham Horwood

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Newport County	1–2	Swansea City U21	Newport
19:45	Myrie-Williams 90+3'	Report	Biabi 35' Samuel 88'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 807 Referee: Brett Huxtable

8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)	Newport County	2–0	AFC Wimbledon	Newport
19:45	Benett 7' Barnum-Bobb 85)'	report		Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 368 Referee: Andy Davies

8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)	Swansea City U21	2–0	Plymouth Argyle	Swansea
19:45	James 13' McBurnie 20'	report		Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 641 Referee: Brendan Malone

Group C

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Swindon Town	3	1	2	0	0	3	2	+1	7	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Oxford United	3	1	0	2	0	5	3	+2	5	Advance to Round 2
3	L2	Exeter City	3	1	0	1	1	6	7	−1	4
4	ACA	Chelsea U21	3	0	1	0	2	4	6	−2	2

Source: Sky Sports

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Oxford United	4–2	Exeter City	Oxford
19:45 BST	Roberts 12' Maguire 36' (pen.) Taylor 68' MacDonald 71'	Report	Jay 43' McAlinden 61'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 1,575 Referee: James Adcock

13 September 2016 (2016-09-13)	Swindon Town	2–1	Chelsea U21	Swindon
19:45 BST	Branco 18' Delfouneso 60'	Report	Ali 80'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 1,961 Referee: Graham Horwood

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Swindon Town	0–0 (3–1 p)	Oxford United	Swindon
19:45		Report		Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,698 Referee: Paul Tierney
	Penalties
	Goddard Murray Norris Thomas Furlong		Sercombe Taylor Thomas Ruffles

18 October 2016 (2016-10-18)	Exeter City	3–2	Chelsea U21	Exeter
19:45 BST	Watkins 2' Wheeler 25' McAlinden 49'	Report	Ugbo 70', 90+4'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 1,979 Referee: Chris Sarginson

8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)	Chelsea U21	1–1 (13–12 p)	Oxford United	Fulham, London
	Quintero 44'	report	Hemmings 90+4'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Dean Whitestone
	Penalties
	Ugbo Aina Dabo Van Ginkel Zouma Collins Ali Maddox Quintero Grant Colley Ugbo Aina Dabo Van Ginkel Zouma Collins		Maguire Lundstram Hemmings Johnson Rothwell Thomas Skarz Edwards Nelson Martin Eastwood Maguire Lundstram Hemmings Johnson Rothwell Thomas

8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)	Exeter City	1–1 (2–4 p)	Swindon Town	Exeter
19:45	Wheeler 59'	report	Norris 30'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 729 Referee: Brett Huxtable
	Penalties
	James Simpson Grant Holmes		Doughty Evans Raphael Branco Yaser Kasim

Group D

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Coventry City	3	3	0	0	0	11	5	+6	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Wycombe Wanderers	3	2	0	0	1	8	4	+4	6	Advance to Round 2
3	ACA	West Ham United U21	3	0	1	0	2	3	8	−5	2
4	L1	Northampton Town	3	0	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

Source: Sky Sports

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Coventry City	4–2	West Ham United U21	Coventry
19:45	Turnbull 35', 75' Lameiras 48' Willis 73'	Report	Martínez 33', 90+1'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 2,091 Referee: Keith Stroud

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Northampton Town	0–3	Wycombe Wanderers	Northampton
		Report	Rowe 17' Hayes 47' Thompson 90+4'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 1,408 Referee: Paul Tierney

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Coventry City	3–1	Northampton Town	Coventry
19:45	Agyei 1' Jones 8' Lameiras 66'	Report	Richards 2'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 2,085 Referee: Ollie Yates

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Wycombe Wanderers	3–0	West Ham United U21	High Wycombe
19:45	Akinfenwa 7' Kashket 47' Freeman 68'	Report		Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 1,060 Referee: Darren Deadman

8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)	Northampton Town	1–1 (2–3 p)	West Ham United U21	Northampton ^{[note 1]}
19:45	Beautyman 23'	report	Parfitt-Williams 39'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 762 Referee: Graham Salisbury
	Penalties
	Beautyman Potter Byrom Sonupe O'Toole		Browne Pike Lewis Kemp

9 November 2016 (2016-11-09)	Wycombe Wanderers	2–4	Coventry City	High Wycombe
19:45	McGinn 32' Kashket 53'	report	Haynes 57' Haynes 60' Thomas 63' Bigirimana 86'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 912 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Group E

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ACA	Southampton U21	3	2	0	1	0	6	1	+5	7	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Crawley Town	3	2	0	0	1	3	4	−1	6	Advance to Round 2
3	L1	Charlton Athletic	3	0	1	1	1	1	3	−2	3
4	L2	Colchester United	3	0	1	0	2	2	4	−2	2

Source: Sky Sports

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Charlton Athletic	0–0 (5–4 p)	Southampton U21	London
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 1,326 Referee: Andy Haines
	Penalties
	Solly Umerah Foley Hanlan Ahearne-Grant Konsa		Stephens Hesketh McQueen Jones O'Connor McCarthy

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Crawley Town	1–0	Colchester United	Crawley
19:45 BST	Collins 33'	Report		Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 881 Referee: Tim Robinson

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Colchester United	1–2	Southampton U21	Colchester
19:45 BST	Sembie-Ferris 23'	Report	McQueen 8' Olomola 51'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 791 Referee: Stephen Martin

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Charlton Athletic	0–2	Crawley Town	London
19:45 BST		Report	Yussuf 44' Collins 50'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 1,186 Referee: James Linington

8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)	Colchester United	1–1 (4–3 p)	Charlton Athletic	Colchester
19:45	Bonne 42'	report	Ajose 32'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 548 Referee: John Brooks
	Penalties
	Guthrie Bonne Dunne Wright Slater		Hanlan Ulvestad Ahearne-Grant Jorge Teixeira Konsa

9 November 2016 (2016-11-09)	Southampton U21	4–0	Crawley Town	Southampton
19:45	Mersin 3' (og) Mdlalose 9' Slattery 34' Olomola 78'	report		Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 495 Referee: Keith Stroud

Group F

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ACA	Norwich City U21	3	3	0	0	0	15	2	+13	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Milton Keynes Dons	3	1	1	0	1	4	6	−2	5	Advance to Round 2
3	L1	Peterborough United	3	1	0	0	2	3	8	−5	3
4	L2	Barnet	3	0	0	1	2	3	9	−6	1

Source: Sky Sports

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Peterborough United	1–6	Norwich City U21	Peterborough
19:30	Anderson 52'	Report	Murphy 6', 82' Andreu 8', 45+2', 56' Maddison 24'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 1,696 Referee: Dean Whitestone

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Milton Keynes Dons	2–2 (5–3 p)	Barnet	Milton Keynes
19:45	Reeves 34' Walsh 82'	Report	Nicholls 62' Weston 72'	Stadium: Stadium mk Attendance: 2,114 Referee: John Brooks
	Penalties
	Bowditch Walsh Powell Maynard Thomas-Asante		Weston Nicholls Nelson Akpa Akpro

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Barnet	0–5	Norwich City U21	Canons Park
20:00			Murphy 45+2', 56', 89' Canós 68' Oliveira 79'	Stadium: The Hive Stadium Attendance: 457 Referee: Kevin Johnson

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Peterborough United	0–1	Milton Keynes Dons	Peterborough
19:30		Report	Agard 40'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 1,793 Referee: Trevor Kettle

8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)	Barnet	1–2	Peterborough United	Canons Park
19:45	Amaluzor 68'		Taylor 6' Moncur 84'	Stadium: The Hive Stadium Attendance: 393 Referee: Andy Woolmer

8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)	Norwich City U21	4–1	Milton Keynes Dons	Norwich
19:00	Morris 11' Oliveira 38', 63' Adams 87'		Tapp 84'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 1,042 Referee: Andy Haines

Group G

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Southend United	3	2	0	0	1	3	4	−1	6	Advance to Round 2
2	ACA	Brighton & Hove Albion U21	3	1	1	0	1	3	4	−1	5	Advance to Round 2
3	L2	Stevenage	3	1	0	1	1	7	5	+2	4
4	L2	Leyton Orient	3	1	0	0	2	3	3	0	3

Source: Sky Sports

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Southend United	2–0	Brighton & Hove Albion U21	Southend-on-Sea
	Moony 35' Kyprianou 49'	Report		Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 1,275 Referee: Darren Deadman

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Leyton Orient	3–1	Stevenage	Leyton
	McCallum 33' (70) Semedo 54'	Report	Franks 58'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 876 Referee: Gavin Ward

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Stevenage	2–2 (3–4 p)	Brighton & Hove Albion U21	Stevenage
19:45	Walker 60' McKirdy 87'	Report	Ince 1' Starkey 83'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 486 Referee: Nick Kinseley
	Penalties
	Tonge Cowans Fox Hunte Gorman		Hünemeier Goldson Tilley Pocognoli Collar

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Southend United	1–0	Leyton Orient	Southend-on-Sea
19:45	Fortuné 82'	Report		Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 2,383 Referee: Andy Woolmer

8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)	Stevenage	4–0	Southend United	Stevenage
19:45	Schumacher 8' Godden 18' Liburd 64', 90'			Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 559 Referee: Graham Horwood

8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)	Brighton & Hove Albion U21	1–0	Leyton Orient	Falmer, Brighton and Hove
	Towell 16'			Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 549 Referee: Lee Probert

Group H

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Millwall	3	3	0	7	2	+5	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Luton Town	3	2	1	5	4	+1	6	Advance to Round 2
3	L1	Gillingham	3	1	2	4	4	0	3
4	ACA	West Bromwich Albion U21	3	0	3	0	6	−6	0

Source: Sky Sports

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Millwall	2–0	West Bromwich Albion U21	London
19:45	Abdou 63' Morison 75' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: The Den Attendance: 2,054 Referee: Brendan Malone

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Gillingham	1–2	Luton Town	Gillingham
19:45	Oldaker 90+1'	Report	Musonda 10' Smith 22'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 2,128 Referee: John Busby

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Luton Town	2–0	West Bromwich Albion U21	Luton
19:30	Gilliead 60' Gray 62'	Report		Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 1,454 Referee: Andy Davies

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Millwall	2–1	Gillingham	London
19:45	Onyedinma 45+4' Morison 88'	Report	Wright 17'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 2,104 Referee: Chris Sarginson

8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)	Luton Town	1–3	Millwall	Luton
19:30	Hutchinson 57' (o.g.)	Report	Onyedinma 71' Smith 81, 87'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 2,251 Referee: Oliver Langford

8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)	West Bromwich Albion U21	0–2	Gillingham	West Bromwich
		Report	Oldaker 45' Emmanuel-Thomas 55'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 274 Referee: Nigel Miller

Knockout stage

If scores were level after 90 minutes in rounds 2, 3 and 4, the game was determined via a penalty shoot-out.

Round 2

The second round draw was made on 10 November 2016.^[13] The 32 remaining teams were drawn into 16 ties; each group winner was at home to a runner-up from a different group within their own region.

Northern Section

10 January 2017 (2017-01-10)	Cheltenham Town	6–1	Leicester City U21	Cheltenham
19:45 GMT	De Girolamo 9', 36', 87' O'Shaughnessy 31' Pell 65' Morgan-Smith 79'	Report	Kapustka 10'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 1,028 Referee: Brett Huxtable

5 December 2016 (2016-12-05)	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21	1–1 (4–3 p)	Sunderland U21	Wolverhampton
19:00 GMT	Enobakhare 13'	Report	Beadling 17'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 1,118 Referee: Mark Heywood
	Penalties
	Ronan Deslandes Enobakhare Gibbs-White Carnat		E. Robson Casey Maja Molyneux Honeyman

7 December 2016 (2016-12-07)	Bradford City	1–0	Cambridge United	Bradford
19:45 GMT	Law 64'	Report		Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 1,360 Referee: Robert Lewis

6 December 2016 (2016-12-06)	Carlisle United	2–3	Mansfield Town	Carlisle
19:45 GMT	Miller 72' Wyke 80'	Report	Pearce 15' Green 30' Rose 86'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 1,126 Referee: David Webb

6 December 2016 (2016-12-06)	Doncaster Rovers	1–1 (7–8 p)	Blackpool	Doncaster
19:00 GMT	Williams 52'	Report	Gnanduillet 24'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 1,549 Referee: David Coote
	Penalties
	Middleton Beestin Keegan Mandeville Houghton Calder Mason Baudry Longbottom		Philliskirk Cullen Redshaw Roache Yeates Nolan Cameron Aimson Higham

6 December 2016 (2016-12-06)	Rochdale	0–2	Chesterfield	Rochdale
19:45 GMT		[1] [2]	Maguire 24' Evans 59'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 995 Referee: Graham Salisbury

6 December 2016 (2016-12-06)	Scunthorpe United	1–1 (5–3 p)	Morecambe	Scunthorpe
19:45 GMT	Mantom 3'	Report	Edwards 53'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 987 Referee: Darren Drysdale
	Penalties
	Morris Madden van Veen Mantom Williams		Murphy Rose Molyneux Mullin

13 December 2016 (2016-12-13)	Walsall	1–3	Oldham Athletic	Bescot, Walsall
19:45 GMT	Bakayoko 44'	Report	Croft 69' Burgess 73' Erwin 89'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 925 Referee: Nigel Miller

Southern Section

6 December 2016 (2016-12-06)	Yeovil Town	4–1	Milton Keynes Dons	Yeovil
19:45 GMT	Dawson 49' (pen.) Zoko 62' (pen.) Lacey 73' Whitfield 79'	Report	Lacey 24' (og.)	Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 1,308 Referee: Lee Swabey

6 December 2016 (2016-12-06)	AFC Wimbledon	1–2	Brighton & Hove Albion U21	Norbiton, London
19:45 GMT	Barnett 68'	Report	Manu 38' Towell 45+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 497 Referee: Charles Breakspear

6 December 2016 (2016-12-06)	Swindon Town	2–3	Luton Town	Swindon
19:45 GMT	Norris 6' Iandolo 62'	Report	McQuoid 9', 19' Vassell 69'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 1,692 Referee: Roger East

7 December 2016 (2016-12-07)	Coventry City	1–0	Crawley Town	Coventry
19:45 GMT	Sordell 28'	Report		Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 1,338 Referee: Graham Horwood

21 December 2016 (2016-12-21)	Southampton U21	1–1 (3–4 p)	Reading U21	Southampton
19:00 GMT	Isgrove 30'	[3] [4]	Keown 50'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 1,679 Referee: Lee Collins
	Penalties
	Jones O'Connor Slattery Little Isgrove		Cooper Wieser Watson Frost Méïte

6 December 2016 (2016-12-06)	Norwich City U21	0–1	Swansea City U21	Norwich
19:00 GMT		Report	McBurnie 74'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 785 Referee: Darren Deadman

6 December 2016 (2016-12-06)	Southend United	1–1 (3–4 p)	Oxford United	Southend-on-Sea
19:45 GMT	Wordsworth 86'	Report	Maguire 81'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 2,004 Referee: Trevor Kettle
	Penalties
	Cox Demetriou Wordsworth Leonard McLaughlin		Maguire Hemmings Edwards Johnson Roberts

7 December 2016 (2016-12-07)	Millwall	1–3	Wycombe Wanderers	Bermondsey, London
19:45 GMT	Worrall 53'	Report	Akinfenwa 51' (pen.) Thompson 85', 90+1'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 1,619 Referee: Dean Whitestone

Round 3

The third round draw was made on 8 December 2016. The sixteen remaining teams were drawn into eight ties as a "free draw."

10 January 2017 (2017-01-10)	Mansfield Town	2–0	Oldham Athletic	Mansfield
19:45 GMT	Hoban 84', 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 1,343 Referee: Darren Drysdale

10 January 2017 (2017-01-10)	Luton Town	4–0	Chesterfield	Luton
19:45 GMT	Mackail-Smith 23' (pen.) Marriott 25', 51' Vassell 86'	Report		Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 1,655 Referee: Charles Breakspear

10 January 2017 (2017-01-10)	Oxford United	4–1	Scunthorpe United	Oxford
19:45 GMT	Johnson 19' Hemmings 23', 50' (pen.), 90+3'	Report	Williams 11'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 1,383 Referee: Gavin Ward

10 January 2017 (2017-01-10)	Blackpool	1–1 (4–5 p)	Wycombe Wanderers	Blackpool
19:00 GMT	Mellor 9'	Report	Stewart 77'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 766 Referee: Eddie Ilderton
	Penalties
	Philliskirk Cain Redshaw Gnanduillet Aimson		Jacobson O'Nien De Havilland Akinfenwa Thompson

17 January 2017 (2017-01-17)	Cheltenham Town	0–1	Bradford City	Cheltenham
19:45 GMT		Report	Hiwula 64'	Stadium: LCI Rail Stadium Attendance: 1,081 Referee: Brendan Malone

10 January 2017 (2017-01-10)	Yeovil Town	4–2	Reading U21	Yeovil
19:00 GMT	Khan 24' Zoko 32' Sowunmi 65' Sheppard 88' (o.g.)	Report	Novakovich 45' Barrett 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 1,081 Referee: John Brooks

10 January 2017 (2017-01-10)	Coventry City	3–0	Brighton & Hove Albion U21	Coventry
19:45 GMT	Lameiras 41' G. Thomas 51' Haynes 88'	Report		Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 2,085 Referee: Robert Lewis

10 January 2017 (2017-01-10)	Swansea City U21	2–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21	Swansea
19:00 GMT	McBurnie 47', 87'	[5] [6]	Herc 13'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 980 Referee: Tim Robinson

Quarter-finals

The quarter-final draw took place on 12 January 2017. The eight remaining teams were drawn into four ties as a "free draw."

24 January 2017 (2017-01-24)	Mansfield Town	1–2	Wycombe Wanderers	Mansfield
19:45 GMT	Green 34' (pen.)	Report	Kashket 73' Akinfenwa 81'	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 2,047 Referee: David Webb

24 January 2017 (2017-01-24)	Swansea City U21	1–1 (2–4 p)	Coventry City	Swansea
19:30 GMT	McBurnie 70' (pen.)	Report	Marić 85' (o.g.)	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 3,356 Referee: Mark Heywood
	Penalties
	Lewis Biabi Byers Blair		Thomas Bigirimana Reid Lameiras

31 January 2017 (2017-01-31)	Oxford United	2–1	Bradford City	Oxford
19:45 GMT	Maguire 53' (pen.) Johnson 55'	Report	Hiwula-Mayifuila 85'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 2,274 Referee: Dean Whitestone

7 February 2017 (2017-02-07)	Luton Town	5–2	Yeovil Town	Luton
19:45 GMT	Cook 12' Sheehan 50' Vassell 60', 90+3' Hylton 66'	Report	Zoko 58' Sowunmi 65'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 2,480 Referee: Ben Toner

Semi-finals

The semi-final draw took place on 26 January 2017. The four remaining teams were drawn into two ties as a "free draw."

7 February 2017 (2017-02-07)	Coventry City	2–1	Wycombe Wanderers	Ricoh Arena, Coventry
19:45	Beavon 11' G. Thomas 19'	Report	Akinfenwa 55'	Attendance: 11,672 Referee: Darren England

1 March 2017 (2017-03-01)	Luton Town	2–3	Oxford United	Kenilworth Road, Luton
19:45	Vassell 72' Hylton 82'	Report	Edwards 10' Mpanzu 69' (o.g.) Johnson 85'	Attendance: 6,901 Referee: Nigel Miller

Final

2 April 2017

14:30 BST

Coventry City	2–1	Oxford United
Bigirimana 11' G. Thomas 55'	Report	Sercombe 75'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 74,434

Referee: Chris Sarginson

Match proceeds

After deduction of match expenses, all proceeds were split:

45% Home club
45% Away club
10% to the pool account

Notes

^ Originally scheduled to be played at the Olympic Stadium, this game was switched as a result of West Ham's tenancy terms^[12]

References

^ "EFL Trophy: Checkatrade check in as trophy title sponsor". English Football League. 4 August 2016.
^ Cartwright, Phil. "Johnstone's Paint Trophy final: Barnsley 3-2 Oxford United". BBC.
^ Wembley, Rob. "Barnsley 3-1 Millwall". BBC Sport.
^ "Premier League trial for the trophy". EFL. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
^ Smith, Alan (8 July 2016). "Premier League clubs to opt out of revamped EFL Trophy". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
^ Shepka, Phil (14 June 2016). "EFL Trophy: 'Overwhelming majority' against Premier League under-21 sides joining". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
^ "Checkatrade Trophy: Low crowds & manager cameos". BBC Sport. BBC. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
^ Ashdown, John (8 November 2016). "The revamped EFL Trophy is a complete and utter failure – and here's why". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
^ "Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool & Manchester City among EFL Trophy rejections". BBC Sport. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
^ "EFL Trophy: Format Confirmed For 2016/17". English Football League. 6 July 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Fixture dates: EFL Trophy & Premier League International Cup". Reading Football Club.
^ Casey, Jeremy (27 July 2016). "Cobblers draw West Ham, Coventry and Wycombe in EFL Trophy". Northampton Chronicle. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
^ "Checkatrade Trophy: Round Two draw". EFL. 10 November 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.

External links

Official website

[Northampton-13] Originally scheduled to be played at the Olympic Stadium, this game was switched as a result of West Ham's tenancy terms^[12]

[1] "EFL Trophy: Checkatrade check in as trophy title sponsor". English Football League. 4 August 2016.

[2] Cartwright, Phil. "Johnstone's Paint Trophy final: Barnsley 3-2 Oxford United". BBC.

[3] Wembley, Rob. "Barnsley 3-1 Millwall". BBC Sport.

[restructure-4] "Premier League trial for the trophy". EFL. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2016.

[5] Smith, Alan (8 July 2016). "Premier League clubs to opt out of revamped EFL Trophy". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 August 2016.

[6] Shepka, Phil (14 June 2016). "EFL Trophy: 'Overwhelming majority' against Premier League under-21 sides joining". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 June 2016.

[7] "Checkatrade Trophy: Low crowds & manager cameos". BBC Sport. BBC. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.

[8] Ashdown, John (8 November 2016). "The revamped EFL Trophy is a complete and utter failure – and here's why". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 November 2016.

[9] "Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool & Manchester City among EFL Trophy rejections". BBC Sport. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.

[efl-trophy-announcement-10] "EFL Trophy: Format Confirmed For 2016/17". English Football League. 6 July 2016.

[Reading_FC_Fixtures-11] "Fixture dates: EFL Trophy & Premier League International Cup". Reading Football Club.

[12] Casey, Jeremy (27 July 2016). "Cobblers draw West Ham, Coventry and Wycombe in EFL Trophy". Northampton Chronicle. Retrieved 2 August 2016.

[14] "Checkatrade Trophy: Round Two draw". EFL. 10 November 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.

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