Auto Windscreens Shield - 1994/95

Participating teams

46: 24 from the Second and 22 from the Third Division. 23 teams in each area group.
North: Blackpool, Bradford, Bury, Carlisle, Chester, Chesterfield, Crewe, Darlington, Doncaster, Hartlepool, Huddersfield, Hull, Lincoln, Mansfield, Preston, Rochdale, Rotherham, Scarborough, Scunthorpe, Stockport, Wigan, Wrexham, York.
South: Barnet, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Brentford, Brighton, Bristol Rovers, Cambridge, Cardiff, Colchester, Exeter, Fulham, Gillingham, Hereford, Leyton Orient, Northampton, Oxford, Peterborough, Plymouth, Shrewsbury, Swansea, Torquay, Walsall, Wycombe.

Format

First round: 7 groups of 3 in each area, with 2 teams receiving a bye into the second round. Winners and runners-up advance to the second round.
Second round: 8 single-game ties in each area. Winners advance to the area quarter-finals.
Area quarter-finals: 4 single-game ties in each area. Winners advance to the area semi-finals.
Area semi-finals: 2 single-game ties in each area. Winners advance to the area finals.
Area finals: 1 two-legged tie in each area. Winners advance to the national final.
Final: a single game, played at Wembley.

First round

Note: The source from which this information was obtained does not give the group numbers; therefore, the number assigned to each group below is arbitrary, and does not necessarily correspond to the number which the group actually bore.

North

Byes: Scarborough, Stockport.

Group 1

27 Sep Darlington 2 - 3 Carlisle
18 Oct Carlisle 2 - 0 Hartlepool
8 Nov Hartlepool 0 - 2 Darlington

P W D L F A Pts
1 Carlisle 2 2 0 0 5 2 6
2 Darlington 2 1 0 1 4 3 3
3 Hartlepool 2 0 0 2 0 4 0

Group 2

27 Sep Hull 0 - 2 Doncaster
17 Oct Doncaster 1 - 0 Lincoln
8 Nov Lincoln 1 - 0 Hull

P W D L F A Pts
1 Doncaster 2 2 0 0 3 0 6
2 Lincoln 2 1 0 1 1 1 3
3 Hull 2 0 0 2 0 3 0

Group 3

27 Sep Scunthorpe 1 - 3 Rotherham
18 Oct Rotherham 1 - 1 Chesterfield
8 Nov Chesterfield 1 - 1 Scunthorpe

P W D L F A Pts
1 Rotherham 2 1 1 0 4 2 4
2 Chesterfield 2 0 2 0 2 2 2
3 Scunthorpe 2 0 1 1 2 4 1

Group 4

27 Sep Crewe 0 - 0 Wrexham
18 Oct Wrexham 2 - 0 Mansfield
8 Nov Mansfield 2 - 2 Crewe

P W D L F A Pts
1 Wrexham 2 1 1 0 2 0 4
2 Crewe 2 0 2 0 2 2 2
3 Mansfield 2 0 1 1 2 4 1

Group 5

27 Sep Blackpool 1 - 2 Rochdale
18 Oct Rochdale 1 - 0 Wigan
8 Nov Wigan 1 - 0 Blackpool

P W D L F A Pts
1 Rochdale 2 2 0 0 3 1 6
2 Wigan 2 1 0 1 1 1 3
3 Blackpool 2 0 0 2 1 3 0

Group 6

27 Sep Preston 1 - 1 Chester
18 Oct Chester 3 - 1 Bury
8 Nov Bury 1 - 0 Preston

P W D L F A Pts
1 Chester 2 1 1 0 4 2 4
2 Bury 2 1 0 1 2 3 3
3 Preston 2 0 1 1 1 2 1

Group 7

11 Oct Bradford 1 - 2 Huddersfield
18 Oct Huddersfield 3 - 0 York
8 Nov York 2 - 2 Bradford

P W D L F A Pts
1 Huddersfield 2 2 0 0 5 1 6
2 Bradford 2 0 1 1 3 4 1
3 York 2 0 1 1 2 5 1

South

Byes: Shrewsbury, Wycombe.

Group 1

27 Sep Cardiff 2 - 0 Plymouth
18 Oct Plymouth 1 - 3 Exeter
15 Nov Exeter 1 - 1 Cardiff

P W D L F A Pts
1 Exeter 2 1 1 0 4 2 4
2 Cardiff 2 1 1 0 3 1 4
3 Plymouth 2 0 0 2 1 5 0

Group 2

27 Sep Hereford 4 - 2 Torquay
18 Oct Torquay 1 - 3 Swansea
8 Nov Swansea 1 - 1 Hereford

P W D L F A Pts
1 Hereford 2 1 1 0 5 3 4
2 Swansea 2 1 1 0 4 2 4
3 Torquay 2 0 0 2 3 7 0

Group 3

27 Sep Oxford 2 - 2 Bristol Rovers
19 Oct Bristol Rovers 1 - 1 Bournemouth
8 Nov Bournemouth 0 - 0 Oxford

P W D L F A Pts
1 Bristol Rovers 2 0 2 0 3 3 2
2 Oxford 2 0 2 0 2 2 2
3 Bournemouth 2 0 2 0 1 1 2

Group 4

27 Sep Gillingham 1 - 1 Brighton
19 Oct Brighton 0 - 1 Brentford
8 Nov Brentford 3 - 1 Gillingham

P W D L F A Pts
1 Brentford 2 2 0 0 4 1 6
2 Gillingham 2 0 1 1 2 4 1
3 Brighton 2 0 1 1 1 2 1

Group 5

27 Sep Colchester 1 - 0 Leyton Orient
18 Oct Leyton Orient 5 - 2 Fulham
8 Nov Fulham 3 - 2 Colchester

P W D L F A Pts
1 Leyton Orient 2 1 0 1 5 3 3
2 Fulham 2 1 0 1 5 7 3
3 Colchester 2 1 0 1 3 3 3

Group 6

27 Sep Barnet 0 - 2 Cambridge
18 Oct Cambridge 1 - 3 Northampton
1 Nov Northampton 3 - 1 Barnet

P W D L F A Pts
1 Northampton 2 2 0 0 6 2 6
2 Cambridge 2 1 0 1 3 3 3
3 Barnet 2 0 0 2 1 5 0

Group 7

27 Sep Peterborough 3 - 5 Birmingham
18 Oct Birmingham 3 - 0 Walsall
8 Nov Walsall 2 - 3 Peterborough

P W D L F A Pts
1 Birmingham 2 2 0 0 8 3 6
2 Peterborough 2 1 0 1 6 7 3
3 Walsall 2 0 0 2 2 6 0

Second round

North

28 Nov Doncaster 0 - 1 Bury
29 Nov Carlisle 1 - 0 Chesterfield
Chester 0 - 6 Crewe
Rochdale 2 - 2 Darlington (aet)
(Rochdale won on penalties)
Rotherham 1 - 3 Wigan
Stockport 3 - 1 Scarborough
Wrexham 6 - 1 Bradford
30 Nov Huddersfield 3 - 2 Lincoln (aet)

South

29 Nov Birmingham 3 - 0 Gillingham
Bristol Rovers 4 - 2 Cambridge
Exeter 1 - 0 Cardiff
Hereford 2 - 0 Peterborough
Leyton Orient 1 - 0 Fulham
Northampton 0 - 1 Swansea
Shrewsbury 2 - 0 Wycombe
3 Dec Brentford 1 - 2 Oxford

Area quarter-finals

North

10 Jan Carlisle 2 - 1 Wrexham
11 Jan Rochdale 2 - 1 Stockport
24 Jan Bury 2 - 1 Huddersfield
7 Feb Wigan 1 - 3 Crewe

South

10 Jan Birmingham 3 - 1 Hereford
Leyton Orient 0 - 0 Bristol Rovers (aet)
(Leyton Orient won on penalties)
Oxford 1 - 2 Swansea
Shrewsbury 3 - 1 Exeter

Area semi-finals

North

7 Feb Bury 1 - 2 Rochdale
14 Feb Crewe 0 - 1 Carlisle

South

31 Jan Birmingham 3 - 2 Swansea (aet)
Leyton Orient 2 - 1 Shrewsbury

Area finals

North

28 Feb Carlisle 4 - 1 Rochdale
14 Mar Rochdale 2 - 1 Carlisle
(Carlisle won 5-3 on aggregate)

South

28 Feb Birmingham 1 - 0 Leyton Orient
14 Mar Leyton Orient 2 - 3 Birmingham
(Birmingham won 4-2 on aggregate)

Final

Sunday 23rd April 1995, at Wembley

Birmingham City 1 - 0 Carlisle United (aet)