2000–01 Football League Trophy

The Football League Trophy 2000–01, known as the LDV Vans Trophy 2000–01 for sponsorship reasons, was the 17th 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
Country England
 Wales
Teams56
ChampionsPort Vale
Runners-upBrentford
Matches played57

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'
Port Vale0 – 0Lincoln City
(Report)

Southern Area final
Southend United1 – 2Brentford
Whelan  57' (Report) Dobson  56'
Dobson  64'
Brentford2 – 1Southend United
Ingimarsson  13'
Owusu  78'		 (Report) Searle

Final
See also: 2001 Football League Trophy Final
Port Vale2 – 1Brentford
Bridge-Wilkinson  76' (pen.)
Brooker  83'		 (Report) Dobson  3'
Attendance: 25,654
Referee: William Burns
Port Vale
Brentford
PORT VALE:
GK1 Mark Goodlad
DF2 Matt Carragher (c)
DF6 Sagi Burton
DF5 Michael Walsh
DF19 Alex Smith
MF8 Micky Cummins
MF25 Steve Brooker
MF15 Marc Bridge-Wilkinson
MF17 Neil Brisco
MF4 Dave Brammer
FW10 Tony Naylor
Substitutes:
GK12 Dean Delany
DF3 Allen Tankard
DF11 Tommy Widdrington
MF23 Michael Twiss
FW9 Ville Viljanen
Manager:
Brian Horton
BRENTFORD:
GK17 Ólafur Gottskálksson
DF5 Darren Powell
DF23 David Theobald
DF19 Paul Gibbs
DF25 Michael Dobson
DF15 Ívar Ingimarsson
MF8 Gavin Mahon
MF12 Martin Rowlands
MF7 Paul Evans (c)
FW9 Lloyd Owusu
FW10 Scott Partridge
Substitute:
GK31 Paul Smith
DF32 Jay Lovett
MF14 Tony Folan
MF26 Mark Williams 88'
FW29 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
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