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2000–01 Football League Trophy

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| title = Football League Trophy

| year = 2000–01

| other_title = LDV Vans Trophy

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| country = England
Wales

| num_teams = 56

| champions = Port Vale

| runner-up = Brentford

| matches = 57

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| prevseason = 1999–2000

| nextseason = 2001–02

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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.

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=Northern Section=

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Date

!Home team

!Score

!Away team

28 NovemberLincoln City3 – 2Morecambe
5 DecemberChester City1 – 0Hull City
5 DecemberDoncaster Rovers3 – 2Rochdaleafter extra time
5 DecemberRotherham United3 – 4Chesterfield
6 DecemberStoke City3 – 1Scarborough
9 DecemberBury2 – 1Mansfield Town
9 DecemberWrexham0 – 1Halifax Town
11 DecemberHartlepool United3 – 2Scunthorpe United
12 DecemberKidderminster Harriers2 – 1Carlisle Unitedafter extra time
9 JanuaryOldham Athletic2 – 3Wigan Athleticafter extra time
9 JanuaryPort Vale3 – 0Notts County
9 JanuaryYork City0 – 4Darlington

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=Southern Section=

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Date

!Home team

!Score

!Away team

28 NovemberBarnet2 – 0Rushden & Diamonds
5 DecemberBournemouth1 – 1Dover Athletic
colspan="5"|Bournemouth won 4-2 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

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Second round

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=Northern Section=

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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

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=Southern Section=

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Date

!Home team

!Score

!Away team

9 JanuaryBournemouth0 – 1Swansea City
9 JanuaryBrighton and Hove Albion2 – 2Brentford
colspan="5"|Brentford won 4-2 on penalties (Played at Brentford)
9 JanuaryBristol Rovers3 – 0Plymouth Argyle
9 JanuaryHereford United1 – 2Reading
9 JanuaryLeyton Orient0 – 2Wycombe Wanderers
9 JanuaryMillwall0 – 0Swindon Town
colspan="5"|Swindon won 3-2 on penalties
9 JanuaryPeterborough United1 – 3Barnet
9 JanuarySouthend3 – 1Cambridge United

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Quarter-finals

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=Northern Section=

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Date

!Home team

!Score

!Away team

30 JanuaryBury0 – 3Chesterfield
30 JanuaryLincoln City1 – 0Hartlepool United
6 FebruaryPort Vale4 – 0Darlington
7 FebruaryStoke City4 – 0Walsall

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=Southern Section=

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Date

!Home team

!Score

!Away team

30 JanuaryBarnet1 – 2Brentford
30 JanuarySouthend United1 – 0Bristol Rovers
30 JanuarySwansea City1 – 0Reading
30 JanuarySwindon Town2 – 1Wycombe Wanderers

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Area semi-finals

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= Northern Section =

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Date

!Home team

!Score

!Away team

13 FebruaryLincoln City4 – 1Chesterfield
13 FebruaryPort Vale2 – 1Stoke City
colspan="5"|Played at Stoke City's Britannia Stadium

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=Southern Section=

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Date

!Home team

!Score

!Away team

13 FebruarySouthend United2 – 1Swindon Town
14 FebruarySwansea City2 – 3Brentford

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Area finals

=Northern Area final=

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|date=2001-03-13

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|team1=Lincoln City

|score=0 – 2

|report=[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1281326.stm (Report)]

|team2=Port Vale

|goals1=

|goals2=Bridge-Wilkinson {{goal|53}}
Naylor {{goal|85}}

|stadium= Sincil Bank, Lincoln

|attendance=4,813 }}

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{{football box

|date=2001-03-20

|time=

|team1=Port Vale

|score=0 – 0

|report=[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1281326.stm (Report)]

|team2=Lincoln City

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Vale Park, Stoke-on-Trent

|attendance=5,172 }}

=Southern Area final=

{{football box

|date=2001-03-13

|time=

|team1=Southend United

|score=1 – 2

|report=[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1280427.stm (Report)]

|team2=Brentford

|goals1= Whelan {{goal|57}}

|goals2=Dobson {{goal|56}}
Dobson {{goal|64}}

|stadium= Roots Hall, Southend-on-Sea

|attendance=5,055 }}

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{{football box

|date=2001-03-20

|time=

|team1=Brentford

|score=2 – 1

|report=[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1280427.stm (Report)]

|team2=Southend United

|goals1= Ingimarsson {{goal|13}}
Owusu {{goal|78}}

|goals2= Searle {{goal|}}

|stadium= Griffin Park, Brentford

|attendance=6,579 }}

Final

{{See also|2001 Football League Trophy Final}}

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|date=2001-04-22

|time= 15:00 BST

|team1=Port Vale

|score=2 – 1

|report=[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1289338.stm (Report)]

|team2=Brentford

|goals1=Bridge-Wilkinson {{goal|76|pen.}}
Brooker {{goal|83}}

|goals2=Dobson {{goal|3}}

|stadium=Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

|attendance=25,654

|referee=William Burns}}

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|colspan="4"|PORT VALE:

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GK1{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Goodlad
DF2{{flagicon|ENG}} Matt Carragher (c)
DF6{{flagicon|ENG}} Sagi Burton
DF5{{flagicon|ENG}} Michael Walsh
DF19{{flagicon|ENG}} Alex Smith
MF8{{flagicon|IRL}} Micky Cummins
MF25{{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Brooker
MF15{{flagicon|ENG}} Marc Bridge-Wilkinson
MF17{{flagicon|ENG}} Neil Brisco
MF4{{flagicon|ENG}} Dave Brammer{{yel}}
FW10{{flagicon|ENG}} Tony Naylor
colspan=3|Substitutes:
GK12{{flagicon|IRL}} Dean Delany
DF3{{flagicon|ENG}} Allen Tankard
MF11{{flagicon|ENG}} Tommy Widdrington
MF23{{flagicon|ENG}} Michael Twiss
FW9{{flagicon|FIN}} Ville Viljanen
colspan=4|Manager:
colspan="4"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Brian Horton

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|colspan="4"|BRENTFORD:

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GK17{{flagicon|Iceland}} Ólafur Gottskálksson
DF5{{flagicon|ENG}} Darren Powell{{yel}}
DF23{{flagicon|ENG}} David Theobald{{yel}}
DF19{{flagicon|ENG}} Paul Gibbs
DF25{{flagicon|ENG}} Michael Dobson
DF15{{flagicon|Iceland}} Ívar Ingimarsson
MF8{{flagicon|ENG}} Gavin Mahon
MF12{{flagicon|ENG}} Martin Rowlands
MF7{{flagicon|Wales}} Paul Evans (c)
FW9{{flagicon|Ghana}} Lloyd Owusu
FW10{{flagicon|ENG}} Scott Partridge
colspan=4|Substitute:
GK31{{flagicon|ENG}} Paul Smith
DF32{{flagicon|ENG}} Jay Lovett
MF14{{flagicon|IRL}} Tony Folan
MF26{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Williams{{subon|88}}
FW29{{flagicon|Barbados}} Mark McCammon{{subon|89}}
colspan=4|Manager:
colspan="4"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Ray Lewington

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MATCH RULES

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

Notes

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External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080825153109/http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/JohnstonesPaintTrophy/0,,10794,00.html Official website]

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