2000–01 Football League Trophy

2000–01 Football League Trophy
LDV Vans Trophy
Tournament details
CountryEngland
Wales
Teams56
Final positions
ChampionsPort Vale
Runners-upBrentford
Tournament statistics
Matches played57

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.

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.

Second round

Quarter-finals

Area semi-finals

Area finals

Northern Area final

Lincoln City0–2Port Vale
(Report) Bridge-Wilkinson 53'
Naylor 85'
Attendance: 4,813
Port Vale0–0Lincoln City
(Report)
Attendance: 5,172

Southern Area final

Southend United1–2Brentford
Whelan 57' (Report) Dobson 56'
Dobson 64'
Attendance: 5,055

Final

Port Vale2–1Brentford
Bridge-Wilkinson 76' (pen.)
Brooker 83'		 (Report) Dobson 3'
Attendance: 25,654
Referee: William Burns
Port Vale
Brentford
PORT VALE:
GK1England Mark Goodlad
DF2England Matt Carragher (c)
DF6England Sagi Burton
DF5England Michael Walsh
DF19England Alex Smith
MF8Republic of Ireland Micky Cummins
MF25England Steve Brooker
MF15England Marc Bridge-Wilkinson
MF17England Neil Brisco
MF4England Dave BrammerYellow card
FW10England Tony Naylor
Substitutes:
GK12Republic of Ireland Dean Delany
DF3England Allen Tankard
MF11England Tommy Widdrington
MF23England Michael Twiss
FW9Finland Ville Viljanen
Manager:
England Brian Horton
BRENTFORD:
GK17Iceland Ólafur Gottskálksson
DF5England Darren PowellYellow card
DF23England David TheobaldYellow card
DF19England Paul Gibbs
DF25England Michael Dobson
DF15Iceland Ívar Ingimarsson
MF8England Gavin Mahon
MF12England Martin Rowlands
MF7Wales Paul Evans (c)
FW9Ghana Lloyd Owusu
FW10England Scott Partridge
Substitute:
GK31England Paul Smith
DF32England Jay Lovett
MF14Republic of Ireland Tony Folan
MF26England Mark Williamsupward-facing green arrow 88'
FW29Barbados Mark McCammonupward-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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 after extra time
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