Year Winner Country
2025 Birmingham City Birmingham City England England
2024 Portsmouth FC Portsmouth FC England England
2023 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle England England
2022 Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic England England
2021 Hull City Hull City England England
2020 Coventry City Coventry City England England
2019 Luton Town Luton Town England England
2018 Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic England England
2017 Sheffield United Sheffield United England England
2016 Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic England England
2015 Bristol City Bristol City England England
2014 Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers England England
2013 Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers England England
2012 Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic England England
2011 Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton & Hove Albion England England
2010 Norwich City Norwich City England England
2009 Leicester City Leicester City England England
2008 Swansea City Swansea City Wales Wales
2007 Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe United England England
2006 Southend United Southend United England England
2005 Luton Town Luton Town England England
2004 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle England England
2003 Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic England England
2002 Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton & Hove Albion England England
2001 Millwall FC Millwall FC England England
2000 Preston North End Preston North End England England
1999 Fulham FC Fulham FC England England
1998 Watford FC Watford FC England England
1997 Bury FC Bury FC England England
1996 Swindon Town Swindon Town England England
1995 Birmingham City Birmingham City England England
1994 Reading FC Reading FC England England
1993 Stoke City Stoke City England England
1992 Brentford FC Brentford FC England England
1991 Cambridge United Cambridge United England England
1990 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers England England
1989 Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers England England
1988 Sunderland AFC Sunderland AFC England England
1987 AFC Bournemouth AFC Bournemouth England England
1986 Reading FC Reading FC England England
1985 Bradford City Bradford City England England
1984 Oxford United Oxford United England England
1983 Portsmouth FC Portsmouth FC England England
1982 Burnley FC Burnley FC England England
1981 Rotherham United Rotherham United England England
1980 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town England England
1979 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town England England
1978 Wrexham AFC Wrexham AFC Wales Wales
1977 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town England England

Record winners

4 Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic
2 Birmingham City Birmingham City
Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton & Hove Albion
Luton Town Luton Town
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle
Portsmouth FC Portsmouth FC
Reading FC Reading FC
Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers
1 AFC Bournemouth AFC Bournemouth
Bradford City Bradford City
Brentford FC Brentford FC
Bristol City Bristol City
Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers
Burnley FC Burnley FC
Bury FC Bury FC
Cambridge United Cambridge United
Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic
Coventry City Coventry City
Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers
Fulham FC Fulham FC
Grimsby Town Grimsby Town
Hull City Hull City
Leicester City Leicester City
Mansfield Town Mansfield Town
Millwall FC Millwall FC
Norwich City Norwich City
Oxford United Oxford United
Preston North End Preston North End
Rotherham United Rotherham United
Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe United
Sheffield United Sheffield United
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town
Southend United Southend United
Stoke City Stoke City
Sunderland AFC Sunderland AFC
Swansea City Swansea City
Swindon Town Swindon Town
Watford FC Watford FC
Wrexham AFC Wrexham AFC