2001–02 Football League Trophy

The Football League Trophy 2001–02, known as the LDV Vans Trophy 2001–02 for sponsorship reasons, was the 19th staging of the Football League Trophy, a knock-out competition for English football clubs in Second, Third Division and the Conference. The winners were Blackpool and the runners-up were Cambridge United.

The competition began on 15 October 2001 and ended with the final on 24 March 2002 at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.

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.

First round

Hull City, Mansfield Town, Oldham Athletic and Tranmere Rovers from the North section all received byes.

Bristol Rovers, Luton Town, Peterborough United and Reading from the South section all received byes.

Northern Section

Date Home team Score Away team
16 OctoberBlackpool3–2Stoke City
16 OctoberDarlington2–1Macclesfield Town
16 OctoberDoncaster Rovers0–1Kidderminster Harriers
16 OctoberHartlepool United0 – 1[1]Bury
16 OctoberHuddersfield Town0–0Halifax Town
Huddersfield Town won 3 – 1 on penalties
16 OctoberLeigh RMI2 – 1[1]Scarborough
16 OctoberNotts County2–0York City
16 OctoberPort Vale2–1Carlisle United
16 OctoberRochdale2–0Southport
16 OctoberScunthorpe United3–1Lincoln City
16 OctoberShrewsbury Town0–1Chesterfield
16 OctoberWrexham5–1Wigan Athletic

Southern Section

Date Home team Score Away team
15 OctoberStevenage Borough1–4Southend United
16 OctoberBarnet2 – 1[1]Bournemouth
16 OctoberBristol City1 – 0[1]Torquay United
16 OctoberCardiff City7–1Rushden & Diamonds
16 OctoberCheltenham Town2–1Plymouth Argyle
16 OctoberColchester United1–0Swindon Town
16 OctoberDagenham & Redbridge3 – 2[1]Leyton Orient
16 OctoberExeter City1 – 2[1]Cambridge United
16 OctoberNorthampton Town2–0Oxford United
16 OctoberSwansea City1–2Brighton & Hove Albion
16 OctoberYeovil Town3–0Queens Park Rangers
17 OctoberWycombe Wanderers1–0Brentford

Second round

Northern Section

Date Home team Score Away team
30 OctoberBury2 – 3[1]Notts County
30 OctoberChesterfield1 – 0[1]Kidderminster Harriers
30 OctoberHull City3–0Leigh RMI
30 OctoberMansfield Town0–4Blackpool
30 OctoberOldham Athletic2–0Tranmere Rovers
30 OctoberRochdale1–2Port Vale
30 OctoberScunthorpe United3–0Darlington
30 OctoberWrexham0–1Huddersfield Town

Southern Section

Date Home team Score Away team
30 OctoberBrighton & Hove Albion2 – 1[1]Wycombe Wanderers
30 OctoberCambridge United1 – 1[1]Cheltenham Town
Cambridge United won 5 – 4 on penalties
30 OctoberCardiff City1–3Peterborough United
30 OctoberDagenham & Redbridge3 – 2[1]Luton Town
30 OctoberNorthampton Town0–1Barnet
30 OctoberReading2–1Colchester United
30 OctoberSouthend United0–2Bristol City
31 OctoberBristol Rovers1 – 1[1]Yeovil Town
Bristol Rovers won 5 – 4 on penalties

Quarter-finals

Northern Section

Date Home team Score Away team
4 DecemberChesterfield0–3Blackpool
4 DecemberHuddersfield Town4–1Scunthorpe United
4 DecemberHull City2–1Port Vale
4 DecemberNotts County0–1Oldham Athletic

Southern Section

Date Home team Score Away team
4 DecemberBarnet4–1Reading
4 DecemberBristol City2 – 1[1]Peterborough United
4 DecemberCambridge United2 – 1[1]Brighton & Hove Albion
5 DecemberBristol Rovers4–1Dagenham & Redbridge

Area semi-finals

Northern Section

Date Home team Score Away team
8 JanuaryHull City0–1Huddersfield Town
9 JanuaryOldham Athletic2–5Blackpool

Southern Section

Date Home team Score Away team
5 JanuaryCambridge United2–0Barnet
9 JanuaryBristol City3–0Bristol Rovers

Area finals

Northern Area final

29 January 2002
Blackpool 3–1 Huddersfield Town
Wellens  3'
Murphy  38'
Taylor  70' 		Schofield  56'
Bloomfield Road, Blackpool
Attendance: 4,573

12 February 2002
Huddersfield Town 2 – 1
(a.e.t.) 		Blackpool
Wijnhard  5' (pen)
Schofield  33' 		Bullock  103'
Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield
Attendance: 7,736

Blackpool beat Huddersfield Town 4–3 on aggregate.

Southern Area final

30 January 2002
Cambridge United 0–0 Bristol City
Abbey Stadium, Cambridge
Attendance: 3,470

19 February 2002
Bristol City 0–2 Cambridge United
One  38',  59'
Ashton Gate, Bristol
Attendance: 12,264

Cambridge United beat Bristol City 2–0 on aggregate.

Final

24 March 2002
15:00 BST
Blackpool 4–1 Cambridge United
Murphy  6'
Clarke  54'
Hills  77'
Taylor  82' 		Wanless  28' (pen)
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 20,287
Referee: R. Fernandiz
BLACKPOOL:
GK 1Phil Barnes
DF 4John O'Kane
DF 26Ian Marshall (c)  39'
DF 29Chris Clarke
DF 3Tommy Jaszczun
MF 24Martin Bullock
MF 7Richie Wellens  84'
MF 14Lee Collins
MF 15John Hills
FW 9John Murphy
FW 10Scott Taylor  84'
Substitutes:
DF 5Ian Hughes  39'
MF 11Paul Simpson  84'
GK 13James Pullen
MF 23Graham Fenton
FW 25Richard Walker  84'
Manager:
Steve McMahon
CAMBRIDGE UNITED:
GK 1Lionel Pérez
DF 6Stevland Angus  84'
DF 21Adam Tann
DF 4Andy Duncan
DF 33Fred Murray
MF 20Shane Tudor  61'
MF 7Paul Wanless (c)
MF 3Ian Ashbee
MF 14Luke Guttridge
FW 10Tom Youngs
FW 9Dave Kitson  73'
Substitutes:
GK 13Shaun Marshall
MF 8Terry Fleming
DF 25Danny Jackman  61'
FW 31Armand One  73'
DF 32Warren Goodhind  84'
Manager:
John Taylor

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Maximum of 5 substitutions.

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 after extra time

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