2000–01 Football League Trophy

Football tournament season
2000–01 Football League Trophy
LDV Vans Trophy
Tournament details
Country England
 Wales
Teams56
Final positions
ChampionsPort Vale
Runner-upBrentford
Tournament statistics
Matches played57

The Football League Trophy 2000–01, known as the LDV Vans Trophy 2000–01 for sponsorship reasons, was the 18th 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 November Lincoln City 3 – 2 Morecambe
5 December Chester City 1 – 0 Hull City
5 December Doncaster Rovers 3 – 2 Rochdale[1]
5 December Rotherham United 3 – 4 Chesterfield[1]
6 December Stoke City 3 – 1 Scarborough
9 December Bury 2 – 1 Mansfield Town
9 December Wrexham 0 – 1 Halifax Town
11 December Hartlepool United 3 – 2 Scunthorpe United
12 December Kidderminster Harriers 2 – 1 Carlisle United[1]
9 January Oldham Athletic 2 – 3 Wigan Athletic[1]
9 January Port Vale 3 – 0 Notts County
9 January York City 0 – 4 Darlington

Southern Section

Date Home team Score Away team
28 November Barnet 2 – 0 Rushden & Diamonds
5 December Bournemouth 1 – 1 Dover Athletic[1]
Bournemouth won 4-2 on penalties
5 December Brentford 4 – 1 Oxford United
5 December Brighton & Hove Albion 2 – 0 Cardiff City
5 December Cambridge United 2 – 0 Colchester United
5 December Millwall 4 – 1 Northampton Town
5 December Peterborough United 1 – 0 Luton Town
5 December Plymouth Argyle 3 – 0 Bristol City
5 December Southend United 2 – 0 Cheltenham Town
5 December Wycombe Wanderers 1 – 0 Exeter City
9 December Torquay United 0 – 2 Bristol Rovers
19 December Hereford United 4 – 0 Yeovil Town

Second round

Northern Section

Date Home team Score Away team
9 January Chesterfield 4 – 2 Macclesfield Town
9 January Halifax Town 2 – 3 Stoke City
9 January Hartlepool United 3 – 1 Doncaster Rovers
9 January Lincoln City 3 – 1 Blackpool
10 January Bury 2 – 0 Kidderminster Harriers
10 January Darlington 2 – 0 Shrewsbury Town
16 January Port Vale 2 – 0 Chester City
30 January Walsall 2 – 1 Wigan Athletic

Southern Section

Date Home team Score Away team
9 January Bournemouth 0 – 1 Swansea City
9 January Brighton and Hove Albion 2 – 2 Brentford[1]
Brentford won 4-2 on penalties (Played at Brentford)
9 January Bristol Rovers 3 – 0 Plymouth Argyle
9 January Hereford United 1 – 2 Reading
9 January Leyton Orient 0 – 2 Wycombe Wanderers
9 January Millwall 0 – 0 Swindon Town[1]
Swindon won 3-2 on penalties
9 January Peterborough United 1 – 3 Barnet
9 January Southend 3 – 1 Cambridge United

Quarter-finals

Northern Section

Date Home team Score Away team
30 January Bury 0 – 3 Chesterfield
30 January Lincoln City 1 – 0 Hartlepool United
6 February Port Vale 4 – 0 Darlington
7 February Stoke City 4 – 0 Walsall

Southern Section

Date Home team Score Away team
30 January Barnet 1 – 2 Brentford
30 January Southend United 1 – 0 Bristol Rovers
30 January Swansea City 1 – 0 Reading
30 January Swindon Town 2 – 1 Wycombe Wanderers

Area semi-finals

Northern Section

Date Home team Score Away team
13 February Lincoln City 4 – 1 Chesterfield
13 February Port Vale 2 – 1 Stoke City[1]
Played at Stoke City's Britannia Stadium

Southern Section

Date Home team Score Away team
13 February Southend United 2 – 1 Swindon Town[1]
14 February Swansea City 2 – 3 Brentford

Area finals

Northern Area final

Lincoln City0 – 2Port Vale
(Report) Bridge-Wilkinson 53'
Naylor 85'
Port Vale0 – 0Lincoln City
(Report)

Southern Area final

Southend United1 – 2Brentford
Whelan 57' (Report) Dobson 56'
Dobson 64'

Final

Port Vale2 – 1Brentford
Bridge-Wilkinson 76' (pen.)
Brooker 83'		 (Report) Dobson 3'
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 4 England Dave Brammer Yellow card
FW 10 England 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 Yellow card
DF 23 England David Theobald Yellow card
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 9 Ghana Lloyd Owusu
FW 10 England 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 upward-facing green arrow 88'
FW 29 Barbados Mark McCammon upward-facing green arrow 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. ^ a b c d e f g h i after extra time

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