that the club had been enduring, the first time a Colchester player had scored for more than 12 hours of play. However, Colchester were tied on aggregate for only five minutes, as Swansea retook the lead when Leon Britton scored. Swansea secured victory when Knight added a second on the day to give his side a 3–1 aggregate victory. Background Carlisle entered the final having won seven of their previous eight fixtures and were unbeaten in their last nine league games. The club were in their first season back in League Two after winning promotion from the Football Conference the previous year in the play-off final. The 2006 final was the fourth time in the club's history that they had reached the final of the Football League Trophy, having suffered defeats in the 1995 and 2003 finals and been victorious in the 1997 final. One month prior to the game, Hawley was named League Two Player of the Year for the season. He was also the highest scoring player in League Two, having scored 25 goals in all competitions at the time of the final. Hawley attributed his success during the campaign to being spurred on by his omission from the starting lineup of the Conference play-off final one year previously, stating "it forced me to work harder at my game and I've become a better player for it." Swansea were featuring in their second Football League Trophy final, having won the competition in 1994. They entered the final having lost their previous league fixture, 1–0 against Gillingham, but having not lost any of their previous ten fixtures beforehand. Four days prior the final, Swansea had won the FAW Premier Cup for the second consecutive season after defeating Wrexham 2–1. Like Hawley, Swansea's Lee Trundle had won his league's respective player award, being named the League One Player of the Year. Trundle was also his side's leading goalscorer for the season, netting 21 times during the campaign. Robinson was Swansea's second highest goalscorer with 18, including 5 in the club's Football League Trophy run. Pre-match Carlisle were hampered by the absence of on-loan striker Michael Bridges who was forced to miss the match having already appeared in the competition earlier in the season for parent club Bristol City. Swansea had two players, Rory Fallon and Tom Williams, cup-tied for the fixture while Robinson missed training the day before the game