2000–01 Football League Trophy

The Football League Trophy 2000–01, known as the LDV Vans Trophy 2000–01 for sponsorship reasons, was the 20th 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.

2000–01 Football League Trophy

LDV Vans Trophy
Tournament details
Country	England Wales
Teams	56
Final positions
Champions	Port Vale
Runner-up	Brentford
Tournament statistics
Matches played	57
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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 City	0 – 2	Port Vale
	(Report)	Bridge-Wilkinson 53' Naylor 85'

2001-03-13

Sincil Bank, Lincoln

Attendance: 4,813

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Port Vale	0 – 0	Lincoln City
	(Report)

2001-03-20

Vale Park, Stoke-on-Trent

Attendance: 5,172

Southern Area final

Southend United	1 – 2	Brentford
Whelan 57'	(Report)	Dobson 56' Dobson 64'

2001-03-13

Roots Hall, Southend-on-Sea

Attendance: 5,055

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Brentford	2 – 1	Southend United
Ingimarsson 13' Owusu 78'	(Report)	Searle

2001-03-20

Griffin Park, Brentford

Attendance: 6,579

Final

See also: 2001 Football League Trophy Final

Port Vale	2 – 1	Brentford
Bridge-Wilkinson 76' (pen.) Brooker 83'	(Report)	Dobson 3'

2001-04-22

15:00 BST

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 25,654

Referee: William Burns

Port Vale

Brentford

PORT VALE: GK 1 Mark Goodlad DF 2 Matt Carragher (c) DF 6 Sagi Burton DF 5 Michael Walsh DF 19 Alex Smith MF 8 Micky Cummins MF 25 Steve Brooker MF 15 Marc Bridge-Wilkinson MF 17 Neil Brisco MF 4 Dave Brammer FW 10 Tony Naylor Substitutes: GK 12 Dean Delany DF 3 Allen Tankard MF 11 Tommy Widdrington MF 23 Michael Twiss FW 9 Ville Viljanen Manager: Brian Horton

BRENTFORD: GK 17 Ólafur Gottskálksson DF 5 Darren Powell DF 23 David Theobald DF 19 Paul Gibbs DF 25 Michael Dobson DF 15 Ívar Ingimarsson MF 8 Gavin Mahon MF 12 Martin Rowlands MF 7 Paul Evans (c) FW 9 Lloyd Owusu FW 10 Scott Partridge Substitute: GK 31 Paul Smith DF 32 Jay Lovett MF 14 Tony Folan MF 26 Mark Williams  88' FW 29 Mark McCammon  89' Manager: 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. after extra time

External links

• Official website