The Checkatrade Trophy........... a betting conundrum !
Oct 04, 2016
Checkatrade Trophy:
Ahead of Group Matchday 1 I wrote ........
This competition was formerly known as the Johnstone's Paint Trophy, but is much changed, 16 Category 1 Academy sides have joined the 48 teams from League 1 and 2 and there is now a group stage to get through before knockout football arrives in the last 32. We have 16 four team groups, with teams facing each other once, top two progress to the knockout stage.