Johnstone's Paint Trophy 2011-12 Winners: Chesterfield Runners-up: Swindon Town Winners from previous season: Carlisle United First round
| Northern section | Chesterfield, Macclesfield Town, Morecambe, Notts County, Oldham Athletic, Preston North End, Rochdale and Rotherham United given byes to the second round. | 30 August 2011 | Bradford City (won 3-1 on pens.) | 0 | - | 0 | Sheffield Wednesday | 3,519 | Valley Parade, Bradford | 30 August 2011 | Burton Albion | 1 | - | 2 | Sheffield United | 2,725 | Pirelli Stadium, Burton-on-Trent | 30 August 2011 | Bury | 0 | - | 0 | Crewe Alexandra (won 4-2 on pens.) | 1,295 | Gigg Lane, Bury | 30 August 2011 | Northampton Town | 1 | - | 2 | Huddersfield Town | 1,776 | Sixfields Stadium, Northampton | 30 August 2011 | Scunthorpe United | 2 | - | 0 | Hartlepool United | 1,763 | Glanford Park, Scunthorpe | 30 August 2011 | Tranmere Rovers (won 4-2 on pens.) | 1 | - | 1 | Port Vale | 2,546 | Prenton Park, Birkenhead | 30 August 2011 | Walsall | 2 | - | 1 | Shrewsbury Town | 2,605 | Bescot Stadium, Walsall | 6 September 2011 | Accrington Stanley | 3 | - | 2 | Carlisle United | 1,069 | Crown Ground, Accrington | Southern Section
| AFC Wimbledon, Aldershot Town, Charlton Athletic, Gillingham, Oxford United, Stevenage, Swindon Town and Yeovil Town given byes to the second round. | 30 August 2011 | AFC Bournemouth | 4 | - | 1 | Hereford United | 2,489 | Seward Stadium, Bournemouth | 30 August 2011 | Cheltenham Town | 2 | - | 1 | Torquay United | 1,247 | Whaddon Road, Cheltenham | 30 August 2011 | Colchester United | 1 | - | 3 | Barnet | 1,747 | Weston Homes Community Stadium, Colchester | 30 August 2011 | Exeter City (won 3-0 on pens.) | 1 | - | 1 | Plymouth Argyle | 3,940 | St James's Park, Exeter | 30 August 2011 | Milton Keynes Dons | 0 | - | 0 | Brentford (won 4-3 on pens.) | 4,175 | Stadium: MK, Milton Keynes | 30 August 2011 | Southend United | 1 | - | 0 | Crawley Town | 2,053 | Roots Hall, Southend-on-Sea | 6 September 2011 | Wycombe Wanderers | 3 | - | 1 | Bristol Rovers | 771 | Adams Park, High Wycombe | 7 September 2011 | Leyton Orient | 1 | - | 1 | Dagenham & Redbridge (won 14-13 on pens.) | 1,420 | Brisbane Road, London | Second round | Northern section | 4 October 2011 | Huddersfield Town | 2 | - | 2 | Bradford City (won 4-3 on pens.) | 10,489 | Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield | 4 October 2011 | Morecambe | 2 | - | 2 | Preston North End (won 7-6 on pens.) | 4,385 | Globe Arena, Morecambe | 4 October 2011 | Notts County | 1 | - | 3 | Chesterfield | 2,293 | Meadow Lane, Nottingham | 4 October 2011 | Rochdale (won 3-1 on pens.) | 1 | - | 1 | Walsall | 2,089 | Spotland, Rochdale | 4 October 2011 | Rotherham United | 1 | - | 2 | Sheffield United | 6,737 | Don Valley Stadium, Rotherham | 4 October 2011 | Scunthorpe United | 0 | - | 1 | Oldham Athletic | 2,106 | Glanford Park, Scunthorpe | 5 October 2011 | Crewe Alexandra | 1 | - | 0 | Macclesfield Town | 2,271 | Gresty Road, Crewe | 12 October 2011 | Accrington Stanley | 0 | - | 1 | Tranmere Rovers | 1,509 | Crown Ground, Accrington | Southern section | 4 October 2011 | AFC Bournemouth | 3 | - | 2 | Yeovil Town | 3,265 | Seward Stadium, Bournemouth | 4 October 2011 | AFC Wimbledon (won 4-3 on pens.) | 2 | - | 2 | Stevenage | 1,416 | Kingsmeadow Stadium, Kingston-upon-Thames | 4 October 2011 | Aldershot Town | 1 | - | 2 | Oxford United | 1,429 | Recreation Ground, Aldershot | 4 October 2011 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 1 | - | 3 | Southend United | 2,395 | Victoria Road, Dagenham | 4 October 2011 | Exeter City | 1 | - | 2 | Swindon Town | 2,627 | St James's Park, Exeter | 4 October 2011 | Gillingham | 1 | - | 3 | Barnet | 1,278 | Priestfield, Gillingham | 4 October 2011 | Wycombe Wanderers | 1 | - | 3 | Cheltenham Town | 931 | Adams Park, High Wycombe | 5 October 2011 | Charlton Athletic | 0 | - | 3 | Brentford | 3,486 | The Valley, London | Quarter-finals | Northern section | 8 November 2011 | Oldham Athletic | 3 | - | 1 | Crewe Alexandra | 2,163 | Boundary Park, Oldham | 8 November 2011 | Rochdale | 1 | - | 1 | Preston North End (won 4-2 on pens.) | 2,395 | Spotland, Rochdale | 8 November 2011 | Sheffield United | 1 | - | 1 | Bradford City (won 6-5 on pens.) | 5,692 | Bramall Lane, Sheffield | 9 November 2011 | Chesterfield | 4 | - | 3 | Tranmere Rovers | 3,152 | Recreation Ground, Chesterfield | Southern section | 8 November 2011 | Brentford | 6 | - | 0 | AFC Bournemouth | 3,015 | Griffin Park, London | 8 November 2011 | Cheltenham Town | 0 | - | 2 | Barnet | 1,388 | Whaddon Road, Cheltenham | 8 November 2011 | Oxford United | 0 | - | 1 | Southend United | 2,415 | Kassam Stadium, Oxford | 8 November 2011 | Swindon Town (won 3-1 on pens.) | 1 | - | 1 | AFC Wimbledon | 4,329 | County Ground, Swindon | Semi-Finals | Northern section | 6 December 2011 | Oldham Athletic | 2 | - | 0 | Bradford City | 5,697 | Boundary Park, Oldham | 6 December 2011 | Preston North End | 1 | - | 1 | Chesterfield (won 4-2 on pens.) | 5,835 | Deepdale, Prestonn | Southern section | 6 December 2011 | Barnet (won 5-3 on pens.) | 0 | - | 0 | Brentford | 1,970 | Underhill, London | 6 December 2011 | Southend United | 1 | - | 2 | Swindon Town | 3,981 | Roots Hall, Southend-on-Sea | Area Finals | Northern section: 1st leg | 18 January 2012 | Chesterfield | 2 | - | 1 | Oldham Athletic | 5,724 | Recreation Ground, Chesterfield | Southern section: 1st leg | 10 January 2012 | Barnet | 1 | - | 1 | Swindon Town | 3,915 | Underhill, London | Northern section: 2nd leg | 30 January 2012 | Oldham Athletic | 0 | - | 1 | Chesterfield | 5,622 | Boundary Park, Oldham | (Chesterfield win 3-1 on aggregate) | Southern section: 2nd leg | 7 February 2012 | Swindon Town | 1 | - | 0 | Barnet | 10,406 | County Ground, Swindon | (Swindon Town win 2-1 on aggregate) | National final | 25 March 2012 | Chesterfield | 2 | - | 0 | Swindon Town | 49,602 | Wembley Stadium, London |
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