History
The competition was inaugurated as the Associate Members' Cup in the 1983–84 season (when League One and Two were known as Division Three and Four) as a way of providing more games for the lower division clubs. It followed on from the short-lived Football League Group Cup. These competitions however were not restricted to the lower leagues. The competition was renamed the Football League Trophy in 1992. This was in the same year of the reorganisation that followed after Division One broke away to form the Premier League and the Football League became responsible for just the lower three professional divisions.
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