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2021 EFL Trophy Final
The 2021 EFL Trophy Final (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2021 Papa John's Trophy Final) was a football match that was played at Wembley Stadium. It decided the winners of the 2020–21 EFL Trophy, the 37th edition of the competition, a knock-out tournament for the 48 teams in League One and League Two and 16 category one academy sides. The match was played on 14 March 2021, one day after the final for the previous tournament, which was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Although no fans were present, supporters raised money for local initiatives through virtual ticket sales. Route to the final Sunderland Tranmere Rovers Match References {{Tranmere Rovers F.C. matches 2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October 2021 coup in Sudan; Crowd shortly after t ... Events at We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020–21 EFL Trophy
The 2020–21 EFL Trophy, known as the Leasing.com Trophy before 28 October 2020 and later the Papa John's Trophy for sponsorship reasons, was the 38th season in the history of the competition, a knock-out tournament for English football clubs in League One and League Two of the English football system, and also including 16 Premier League and Championship " Academy teams" with Category One status. Salford City were the defending champions; however, the 2020 final was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic until the day prior to the 2021 final. Hence, for most of the tournament, Portsmouth (who won the 2019 final and were also in the 2020 final) were the most recent champions. Sunderland won the trophy for the first time after beating Tranmere Rovers 1–0 in the final. Participating clubs *48 clubs from League One and League Two. *16 invited Category One Academy teams. *Expelled clubs were automatically eliminated from the tournament. *Category One teams relegated to League O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Wyke
Charles Thomas Wyke (born 6 December 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Championship club Wigan Athletic. Career Middlesbrough Wyke started his career in the academy at Middlesbrough and progressed through the system. After scoring close to 30 goals in the 2010–11 season in all competitions, he was rewarded with a three-year contract in May 2011. Loan spells In March 2012, Wyke joined Football Conference side Kettering Town on a youth loan. In October 2012, Wyke joined Football League One side Hartlepool United in a one-month loan deal. He made his professional debut on 9 October, in a Football League Trophy defeat to Bradford City on penalties where he scored in the shoot-out. After impressing for Pools, Wyke had his loan deal extended until the end of the season with boss John Hughes saying "I'm really pleased that we've been able to get things sorted because Charlie has done well in his time with us". He then joined up with Leag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Mellish
Jon James Alexander Mellish (born 19 September 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays for Carlisle United, as a defender and midfielder. Early and personal life Born in South Shields, Mellish attended Gateshead College. Career Mellish began his career with Gateshead, making his senior debut during the 2016–17 season. He moved on loan to Newcastle Benfield in November 2017. He signed for Carlisle United in May 2019. He scored his first goal for Carlisle in a 1-0 win against Barrow on 3 October 2020. He signed a new contract with the club later that month. He was a prolific scorer for the club in the 2020–21 season. Playing style Originally a defender, Mellish was converted into a midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ... in February 2020 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewis Alessandra
Lewis Peter Alessandra (born 8 February 1989) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker or winger for South Shields. He has played in the English Football League for Oldham Athletic, Morecambe, Plymouth Argyle, Rochdale, York City, Hartlepool United and Notts County and Carlisle United. Career Oldham Athletic Alessandra was born in Heywood, Greater Manchester. Along with his teammate Deane Smalley, Alessandra graduated from Oldham Athletic's youth system. He was a regular in the reserve squad, receiving a contract extension in the summer of 2008. The club awarded the youngster a three-year contract. On 20 October 2007, Alessandra made his first-team debut in a 1–1 draw versus Huddersfield Town, with his first start coming on 2 February 2008 in a loss to Swansea City. His first goal with the senior squad came at Boundary Park in a 3–1 win over Tranmere Rovers on 8 March 2008. On 26 April 2008, Alessandra scored his second league goal in the 87th minu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Diamond (footballer, Born 2000)
Jack Tyler Diamond (born 12 January 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for Lincoln City, on loan from club Sunderland. Career Born in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, Diamond began his career with Sunderland Sunderland () is a port city in Tyne and Wear, England. It is the City of Sunderland's administrative centre and in the Historic counties of England, historic county of County of Durham, Durham. The city is from Newcastle-upon-Tyne and is on t ..., joining their academy at the age of 14. He made his senior debut on 9 October 2018, in the EFL Trophy, alongside Lee Connelly. He moved on loan to Harrogate Town A.F.C., Harrogate Town in September 2019. Later that month the club announced they wanted the loan to be extended. In November 2019 the loan was extended until the end of the season. That same month he said he was looking forward to playing for Harrogate in the FA Cup. He scored his first goal for Sunderland in an EFL Trophy tie against Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denver Hume
Denver Jay Hume (born 11 August 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back for club Portsmouth. He previously played for Sunderland. Career Born in Ashington, Hume joined Sunderland's academy at the age of 10, and made his debut for Sunderland in the final match of the 2017–18 season as a second-half substitute in a 3–0 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers. He scored his first goal for Sunderland on 11 January 2020 in a 4–0 victory over Wycombe Wanderers. Hume joined another EFL League One club, Portsmouth, on 26 January 2022 for an undisclosed fee. He signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with the option of an additional year. He scored his first goal for the club on 22 February 2022 in a 2-1 win against Shrewsbury Town. Career statistics Honours Sunderland *EFL Trophy The English Football League Trophy, known for sponsorship purposes as the Papa Johns Trophy after restaurant chain Papa John's Pizza, is an annual English associatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Maguire
Christopher Patrick Joseph Maguire (born 16 January 1989) is a Scottish professional footballer. He has previously played for Aberdeen, Derby County, Sheffield Wednesday, Rotherham United, Oxford United, Bury, Sunderland and Lincoln City, and also for Kilmarnock, Portsmouth, Coventry City and Oxford in loan spells. He made two international appearances for Scotland in 2011. Club career Aberdeen Maguire made his debut for Aberdeen on 7 May 2006, coming on as a substitute in their final match of the 2005–06 season, where he set up John Stewart for the equaliser in a 2–2 draw against SPL champions Celtic. His first starting appearance in the senior team was on 26 December against Kilmarnock, where he also scored his first senior goal in the sixth minute. The following season, Maguire scored some vital goals, including a 94th-minute winner in a thrilling 4–3 match against Inverness CT on 29 March 2008 and a brace in the 2–1 win over Falkirk five days later. On 16 J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stadium Of Light
The Stadium of Light is an all-seater football stadium in Sunderland, England, and the eighth and current home to Sunderland A.F.C. With space for 49,000 spectators, the Stadium of Light is the ninth largest football stadium in England. The stadium primarily hosts Sunderland A.F.C. home matches. The stadium was named by chairman Bob Murray to reflect the coal mining heritage of the North East and the former Monkwearmouth Colliery site on which it stands. A Davy lamp monument stands at the entrance to reflect the coal mining industry that brought prosperity to the town. As well as hosting Sunderland games, the stadium has hosted three matches for the England national football team, as well as an England under-20, an England under-21 and an England women's team match. With an original capacity of 42,000, it was expanded in 2000 to seat 49,000. Its simple design is apparently to allow for redevelopments up to a capacity of 63,000. The attendance record at the Stadium of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indiana Vassilev
Indiana Denchev Vassilev ( bg, Индиана Денчев Василев; born February 16, 2001) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a winger for St. Louis City SC. He has represented the United States at the under-17, under-18, and under-20 levels. He has played in the English Premier League for Aston Villa, as well as spending time on loan at English Football League sides Cheltenham Town and Burton Albion, winning the 2020–21 League Two title at the former. Career Aston Villa Vassilev started his career with Tormenta FC Academy in Statesboro, Georgia from 2013–2015 before switching to IMG Academy in Florida. He was first scouted by Aston Villa in November 2016 and then again while representing the United States at the 2017 U17 World Cup. He was finally offered a professional contract in 2018. His coach at the IMG Academy, Kevin Hartman, described him as having great leadership qualities and all the attributes he thought were required for hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aiden O'Brien
Aiden Anthony O'Brien (born 4 October 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL League Two club Gillingham, on loan from Championship challengers Shrewsbury Town. Born in England, he represents the Republic of Ireland national team internationally. Career Millwall Born in Islington, London, O'Brien started his career in the youth system at Millwall and signed his first professional contract in 2010 on his 17th birthday. He made his debut for the club in the League Cup third round 5–0 defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers, coming on as a substitute for Dany N'Guessan. On 1 January 2012, O'Brien signed for Conference South side Staines Town on a one-month loan. A month later, O'Brien signed for Conference Premier side Hayes and Yeading on a one-month loan and immediately found himself playing games. In May 2014 O'Brien agreed a new two-year deal with Millwall with the 20-year-old being highly regarded by Millwall boss Ian Holloway and is expected to fea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Dobson (footballer, Born 1997)
George David Dobson (born 15 November 1997) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Charlton Athletic. He is a versatile player who can play as a defensive midfielder or as a centre-back, having mainly played as the latter as a youth player. Early life Dobson attended Brentwood School in Essex between 2009 and 2014 until the age of 16. This is the same school as retired international footballer Frank Lampard. Club career Dobson started his career as a youth player at Arsenal aged 8 before joining West Ham on 28 July 2015. Dobson, aged 17 at the time, was placed straight into the club's U21 side and played frequently during the 2015–16 season. At Arsenal, Dobson was played as a centre-back. However, much to the player's delight, West Ham trained him into a central midfielder, often playing in a holding or defensive role. He is a boyhood West Ham United fan and this helped in the decision of joining the club in 2015. On 29 June 2016, Dobson signed for League ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Graham (footballer)
Daniel Anthony William Graham (born 12 August 1985) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. Graham started his professional career at Middlesbrough in 2003, making his debut for the club in a Premier League match against Manchester United the following year. He later represented England at under-20 level. During his four years at Middlesbrough, Graham made just one first team start. He was loaned out to clubs in all three divisions of the Football League, before joining his final loan club Carlisle United on a two-year deal in 2007. At the end of his contract, he joined Championship side Watford, who were subsequently ordered to pay compensation. Graham was Watford's top-scorer in both of his seasons at Vicarage Road, as well as the club's Player of the Season award and the Championship's overall top scorer in the 2010–11 season. In July 2011, Graham transferred to newly promoted Premier League team Swansea City for £3.5 million, whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
