2001–02 Football League Trophy Explained

Football League Trophy
Year:2001–02
Other Title:LDV Vans Trophy
Country:
Num Teams:56
Matches:57
Prevseason:2000–01
Nextseason:2002–03

The Football League Trophy 2001–02, known as the LDV Vans Trophy 2001–02 for sponsorship reasons, was the 21st staging of the Football League Trophy, a knock-out competition for English football clubs in Second, Third Division and the Conference. The winners were Blackpool and the runners-up were Cambridge United.

The competition began on 15 October 2001 and ended with the final on 24 March 2002 at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.

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.

First round

Hull City, Mansfield Town, Oldham Athletic and Tranmere Rovers from the North section all received byes.

Bristol Rovers, Luton Town, Peterborough United and Reading from the South section all received byes.

Northern Section

DateHome teamScoreAway team
16 OctoberBlackpool3–2Stoke City
16 OctoberDarlington2–1Macclesfield Town
16 OctoberDoncaster Rovers0–1Kidderminster Harriers
16 OctoberHartlepool United0 – 1[1] Bury
16 OctoberHuddersfield Town0–0Halifax Town
Huddersfield Town won 3 – 1 on penalties
16 OctoberLeigh RMI2 – 1Scarborough
16 OctoberNotts County2–0York City
16 OctoberPort Vale2–1Carlisle United
16 OctoberRochdale2–0Southport
16 OctoberScunthorpe United3–1Lincoln City
16 OctoberShrewsbury Town0–1Chesterfield
16 OctoberWrexham5–1Wigan Athletic

Southern Section

DateHome teamScoreAway team
15 OctoberStevenage Borough1–4Southend United
16 OctoberBarnet2 – 1AFC Bournemouth
16 OctoberBristol City1 – 0Torquay United
16 OctoberCardiff City7–1Rushden & Diamonds
16 OctoberCheltenham Town2–1Plymouth Argyle
16 OctoberColchester United1–0Swindon Town
16 OctoberDagenham & Redbridge3 – 2Leyton Orient
16 OctoberExeter City1 – 2Cambridge United
16 OctoberNorthampton Town2–0Oxford United
16 OctoberSwansea City1–2Brighton & Hove Albion
16 OctoberYeovil Town3–0Queens Park Rangers
17 OctoberWycombe Wanderers1–0Brentford

Second round

Northern Section

DateHome teamScoreAway team
30 OctoberBury2 – 3Notts County
30 OctoberChesterfield1 – 0Kidderminster Harriers
30 OctoberHull City3–0Leigh RMI
30 OctoberMansfield Town0–4Blackpool
30 OctoberOldham Athletic2–0Tranmere Rovers
30 OctoberRochdale1–2Port Vale
30 OctoberScunthorpe United3–0Darlington
30 OctoberWrexham0–1Huddersfield Town

Southern Section

DateHome teamScoreAway team
30 OctoberBrighton & Hove Albion2 – 1Wycombe Wanderers
30 OctoberCambridge United1 – 1Cheltenham Town
Cambridge United won 5 – 4 on penalties
30 OctoberCardiff City1–3Peterborough United
30 OctoberDagenham & Redbridge3 – 2Luton Town
30 OctoberNorthampton Town0–1Barnet
30 OctoberReading2–1Colchester United
30 OctoberSouthend United0–2Bristol City
31 OctoberBristol Rovers1 – 1Yeovil Town
Bristol Rovers won 5 – 4 on penalties

Quarter-finals

Northern Section

DateHome teamScoreAway team
4 DecemberChesterfield0–3Blackpool
4 DecemberHuddersfield Town4–1Scunthorpe United
4 DecemberHull City2–1Port Vale
4 DecemberNotts County0–1Oldham Athletic

Southern Section

DateHome teamScoreAway team
4 DecemberBarnet4–1Reading
4 DecemberBristol City2 – 1Peterborough United
4 DecemberCambridge United2 – 1Brighton & Hove Albion
5 DecemberBristol Rovers4–1Dagenham & Redbridge

Area semi-finals

Northern Section

DateHome teamScoreAway team
8 JanuaryHull City0–1Huddersfield Town
9 JanuaryOldham Athletic2–5Blackpool

Southern Section

DateHome teamScoreAway team
5 JanuaryCambridge United2–0Barnet
9 JanuaryBristol City3–0Bristol Rovers

Area finals

Northern Area final

Blackpool beat Huddersfield Town 4–3 on aggregate.

Southern Area final

Cambridge United beat Bristol City 2–0 on aggregate.

Final

See also: 2002 Football League Trophy Final.

BLACKPOOL:
GK 1Phil Barnes
DF 4
DF 26Ian Marshall (c)
DF 29Chris Clarke
DF 3
MF 24Martin Bullock
MF 7
MF 14Lee Collins
MF 15John Hills
FW 9John Murphy
FW 10
Substitutes:
DF 5
MF 11
GK 13James Pullen
MF 23Graham Fenton
FW 25
Manager:
Steve McMahon
CAMBRIDGE UNITED:
GK 1Lionel Pérez
DF 6
DF 21
DF 4Andy Duncan
DF 33
MF 20
MF 7Paul Wanless (c)
MF 3
MF 14
FW 10Tom Youngs
FW 9
Substitutes:
GK 13Shaun Marshall
MF 8Terry Fleming
DF 25
FW 31
DF 32
Manager:
John Taylor
width=50% valign=topMATCH RULES
  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Maximum of 5 substitutions.

External links

Notes and References

  1. after extra time

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