It started with a bye...
HERE'S a look at our route to Sunday's Johnstone's Paint Trophy Final...FIRST ROUND
Bye
SECOND ROUND
Tuesday, October 7th 2014
Rochdale 0 Walsall 1 (Manset)
Attendance: 1,156
WALSALL: R O'Donnell, J Chambers, B Purkiss, A Taylor, P Downing, J Baxendale, A Chambers, B Clifford (R Flanagan, 87), M Benning, A Grimes (A Forde, 84), M Manset (J Cook, 73)
Subs not used: J O'Connor, C MacGillivray
QUARTER-FINAL
Wednesday, November 12th 2014
Walsall 1 (Sawyers) Sheffield United 0
Attendance: 2,127
WALSALL: R O'Donnell, J Chambers, B Purkiss, A Taylor, P Downing, A Forde, A Chambers, M Cain (S Mantom, 72), J Cook (A Grimes, 71), R Sawyers, T Bradshaw (M Manset, 45)
Subs not used: J O'Connor, C MacGillivray
SEMI-FINAL
Tuesday, December 9th 2014
Tranmere Rovers 2 Walsall 2 (Cain, Forde) – won 5-4 on penalties
Attendance: 2,355
WALSALL: R O'Donnell, J Chambers (A Grimes, 89), B Purkiss, R Henry, P Downing, J Baxendale (M Manset, 54), A Chambers, M Cain, J Cook (A Forde, 45), R Sawyers, T Bradshaw
Subs not used: C MacGillivray, J O'Connor
AREA FINAL – FIRST LEG
Wednesday, January 7th 2015
Preston North End 0 Walsall 2 (Forde, Bradshaw)
Attendance: 8,561
WALSALL: R O'Donnell, J O'Connor, A Taylor, J Chambers, P Downing, R Sawyers, A Chambers, A Forde, M Cain, T Bradshaw (A Grimes, 89), J Cook (J Baxendale, 78)
Subs not used: R Flanagan, C MacGillivray, B Purkiss
AREA FINAL – SECOND LEG
Tuesday, January 27th 2015
Walsall 0 Preston North End 0
(Walsall win 2-0 on aggregate)
Attendance: 10,038
WALSALL: R O'Donnell, A Taylor, J Chambers (B Purkiss, 89), P Downing, J O'Connor, A Forde, M Cain, A Chambers, R Sawyers, J Cook (J Baxendale, 88), T Bradshaw
Subs not used: R Flanagan, M Manset, C MacGillivray