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

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
5 December	Rotherham United	3 – 4	Chesterfield
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
9 January	Oldham Athletic	2 – 3	Wigan Athletic
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
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
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
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
Played at Stoke City's Britannia Stadium

Southern Section

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

Area finals

Northern Area final

2001-03-13

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

Sincil Bank, Lincoln

Attendance: 4,813

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2001-03-20

Port Vale	0 – 0	Lincoln City
	(Report)

Vale Park, Stoke-on-Trent

Attendance: 5,172

Southern Area final

2001-03-13

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

Roots Hall, Southend-on-Sea

Attendance: 5,055

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2001-03-20

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

Griffin Park, Brentford

Attendance: 6,579

Final

See also: 2001 Football League Trophy Final

2001-04-22

15:00 BST

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

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.

External links

• Official website