2000–01 Football League Trophy

2000–01 Football League Trophy
Country  England
 Wales
Teams 56
Champions Port Vale
Runners-up Brentford
Matches played 57

The Football League Trophy 2000–01, known as the LDV Vans Trophy 2000–01 for sponsorship reasons, was the 17th staging of the Football League Trophy, a knock-out competition for English football clubs in Second and Third Division. The winners were Port Vale and the runners-up were Brentford.

The competition began on 28 November 2000 and ended with the final on 22 April 2001 at the Millennium Stadium.

In the first round, there were two sections: North and South. In the following rounds each section gradually eliminates teams in knock-out fashion until each has a winning finalist. At this point, the two winning finalists face each other in the combined final for the honour of the trophy. In addition to the 48 league teams, 8 Conference teams were also invited.

First round

Blackpool, Macclesfield Town, Shrewsbury Town and Walsall from the North section all received byes.

Leyton Orient, Reading, Swansea City and Swindon from the South section all received byes.

Northern Section

Date Home team Score Away team
28 NovemberLincoln City3 – 2Morecambe
5 DecemberChester City1 – 0Hull City
5 DecemberDoncaster Rovers3 – 2Rochdale[1]
5 DecemberRotherham United3 – 4Chesterfield[1]
6 DecemberStoke City3 – 1Scarborough
9 DecemberBury2 – 1Mansfield Town
9 DecemberWrexham0 – 1Halifax Town
11 DecemberHartlepool United3 – 2'Scunthorpe United
12 DecemberKidderminster Harriers2 – 1Carlisle United[1]
9 JanuaryOldham Athletic2 – 3Wigan Athletic[1]
9 JanuaryPort Vale3 – 0Notts County
9 JanuaryYork City0 – 4Darlington

Southern Section

Date Home team Score Away team
28 NovemberBarnet2 – 0Rushden & Diamonds
5 DecemberBournemouth1 – 1Dover Athletic[1]
Bournemouth won on penalties
5 DecemberBrentford4 – 1Oxford United
5 DecemberBrighton & Hove Albion2 – 0Cardiff City
5 DecemberCambridge United2 – 0Colchester United
5 DecemberMillwall4 – 1Northampton Town
5 DecemberPeterborough United1 – 0Luton Town
5 DecemberPlymouth Argyle3 – 0Bristol City
5 DecemberSouthend United2 – 0Cheltenham Town
5 DecemberWycombe Wanderers1 – 0Exeter City
9 DecemberTorquay United0 – 2Bristol Rovers
19 DecemberHereford United4 – 0Yeovil Town

Second round

Northern Section

Date Home team Score Away team
9 JanuaryChesterfield4 – 2Macclesfield Town
9 JanuaryHalifax Town2 – 3Stoke City
9 JanuaryHartlepool United3 – 1Doncaster Rovers
9 JanuaryLincoln City3 – 1Blackpool
10 JanuaryBury2 – 0Kidderminster Harriers
10 JanuaryDarlington2 – 0Shrewsbury Town
16 JanuaryPort Vale2 – 0Chester City
30 JanuaryWalsall2 – 1Wigan Athletic

Southern Section

Date Home team Score Away team
9 JanuaryBournemouth0 – 1Swansea City
9 JanuaryBrighton and Hove Albion2 – 2Brentford[1]
Brentford won on penalties (Played at Brentford)
9 JanuaryBristol Rovers3 – 0Plymouth Argyle
9 JanuaryHereford United1 – 2Reading
9 JanuaryLeyton Orient0 – 2Wycombe Wanderers
9 JanuaryMillwall0 – 0Swindon Town[1]
Swindon won on penalties
9 JanuaryPeterborough United1 – 3Barnet
9 JanuarySouthend3 – 1Cambridge United

Quarter-finals

Northern Section

Date Home team Score Away team
30 JanuaryBury0 – 3Chesterfield
30 JanuaryLincoln City1 – 0Hartlepool United
6 FebruaryPort Vale4 – 0Darlington
7 FebruaryStoke City4 – 0Walsall

Southern Section

Date Home team Score Away team
30 JanuaryBarnet1 – 2Brentford
30 JanuarySouthend United1 – 0Bristol Rovers
30 JanuarySwansea City1 – 0Reading
30 JanuarySwindon Town2 – 1Wycombe Wanderers

Area semi-finals

Northern Section

Date Home team Score Away team
13 FebruaryLincoln City4 – 1Chesterfield
13 FebruaryPort Vale2 – 1Stoke City[1]
Played at Stoke City's Britannia Stadium

Southern Section

Date Home team Score Away team
13 FebruarySouthend United2 – 1Swindon Town[1]
14 FebruarySwansea City2 – 3Brentford

Area finals

Northern Area final

Southern Area final

Final

2001-04-22
15:00 BST
Port Vale 2 – 1 Brentford
Bridge-Wilkinson  76' (pen.)
Brooker  83' 		(Report) Dobson  3'
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 25,654
Referee: William Burns
Port Vale
Brentford
PORT VALE:
GK 1 England Mark Goodlad
DF 2 England Matt Carragher (c)
DF 6 England Sagi Burton
DF 5 England Michael Walsh
DF 19 England Alex Smith
MF 8 Republic of Ireland Micky Cummins
MF 25 England Steve Brooker
MF 15 England Marc Bridge-Wilkinson
MF 17 England Neil Brisco
MF 4England Dave Brammer
FW 10England Tony Naylor
Substitutes:
GK 12 Republic of Ireland Dean Delany
DF 3 England Allen Tankard
DF 11 England Tommy Widdrington
MF 23 England Michael Twiss
FW 9 Finland Ville Viljanen
Manager:
England Brian Horton
BRENTFORD:
GK 17 Iceland Ólafur Gottskálksson
DF 5 England Darren Powell
DF 23 England David Theobald
DF 19 England Paul Gibbs
DF 25 England Michael Dobson
DF 15 Iceland Ívar Ingimarsson
MF 8 England Gavin Mahon
MF 12 England Martin Rowlands
MF 7 Wales Paul Evans (c)
FW 9Ghana Lloyd Owusu
FW 10England Scott Partridge
Substitute:
GK 31 England Paul Smith
DF 32 England Jay Lovett
MF 14 Republic of Ireland Tony Folan
MF 26 England Mark Williams  88'
FW 29 Barbados Mark McCammon  89'
Manager:
England Ray Lewington

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Maximum of 3 substitutions.

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 after extra time

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