2001–02 Football League Trophy

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.

2001–02 Football League Trophy

LDV Vans Trophy
Tournament details
Country	England Wales
Teams	56
Tournament statistics
Matches played	57
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

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 Date Home team Score Away team 16 October Blackpool 3–2 Stoke City 16 October Darlington 2–1 Macclesfield Town 16 October Doncaster Rovers 0–1 Kidderminster Harriers 16 October Hartlepool United 0 – 1[1] Bury 16 October Huddersfield Town 0–0 Halifax Town Huddersfield Town won 3 – 1 on penalties 16 October Leigh RMI 2 – 1[1] Scarborough 16 October Notts County 2–0 York City 16 October Port Vale 2–1 Carlisle United 16 October Rochdale 2–0 Southport 16 October Scunthorpe United 3–1 Lincoln City 16 October Shrewsbury Town 0–1 Chesterfield 16 October Wrexham 5–1 Wigan Athletic

Southern Section Date Home team Score Away team 15 October Stevenage Borough 1–4 Southend United 16 October Barnet 2 – 1[1] AFC Bournemouth 16 October Bristol City 1 – 0[1] Torquay United 16 October Cardiff City 7–1 Rushden & Diamonds 16 October Cheltenham Town 2–1 Plymouth Argyle 16 October Colchester United 1–0 Swindon Town 16 October Dagenham & Redbridge 3 – 2[1] Leyton Orient 16 October Exeter City 1 – 2[1] Cambridge United 16 October Northampton Town 2–0 Oxford United 16 October Swansea City 1–2 Brighton & Hove Albion 16 October Yeovil Town 3–0 Queens Park Rangers 17 October Wycombe Wanderers 1–0 Brentford

Second round

Northern Section Date Home team Score Away team 30 October Bury 2 – 3[1] Notts County 30 October Chesterfield 1 – 0[1] Kidderminster Harriers 30 October Hull City 3–0 Leigh RMI 30 October Mansfield Town 0–4 Blackpool 30 October Oldham Athletic 2–0 Tranmere Rovers 30 October Rochdale 1–2 Port Vale 30 October Scunthorpe United 3–0 Darlington 30 October Wrexham 0–1 Huddersfield Town

Southern Section Date Home team Score Away team 30 October Brighton & Hove Albion 2 – 1[1] Wycombe Wanderers 30 October Cambridge United 1 – 1[1] Cheltenham Town Cambridge United won 5 – 4 on penalties 30 October Cardiff City 1–3 Peterborough United 30 October Dagenham & Redbridge 3 – 2[1] Luton Town 30 October Northampton Town 0–1 Barnet 30 October Reading 2–1 Colchester United 30 October Southend United 0–2 Bristol City 31 October Bristol Rovers 1 – 1[1] Yeovil Town Bristol Rovers won 5 – 4 on penalties

Quarter-finals

Northern Section Date Home team Score Away team 4 December Chesterfield 0–3 Blackpool 4 December Huddersfield Town 4–1 Scunthorpe United 4 December Hull City 2–1 Port Vale 4 December Notts County 0–1 Oldham Athletic

Southern Section Date Home team Score Away team 4 December Barnet 4–1 Reading 4 December Bristol City 2 – 1[1] Peterborough United 4 December Cambridge United 2 – 1[1] Brighton & Hove Albion 5 December Bristol Rovers 4–1 Dagenham & Redbridge

Area semi-finals

Northern Section Date Home team Score Away team 8 January Hull City 0–1 Huddersfield Town 9 January Oldham Athletic 2–5 Blackpool

Southern Section Date Home team Score Away team 5 January Cambridge United 2–0 Barnet 9 January Bristol City 3–0 Bristol Rovers

Area finals

Northern Area final

29 January 2002

Blackpool	3–1	Huddersfield Town
Wellens 3' Murphy 38' Taylor 70'		Schofield 56'

Bloomfield Road, Blackpool

Attendance: 4,573

12 February 2002

Huddersfield Town	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Blackpool
Wijnhard 5' (pen.) Schofield 33'		Bullock 103'

Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield

Attendance: 7,736

Blackpool beat Huddersfield Town 4–3 on aggregate.

Southern Area final

30 January 2002

Cambridge United	0–0	Bristol City

Abbey Stadium, Cambridge

Attendance: 3,470

19 February 2002

Bristol City	0–2	Cambridge United
		One 38', 59'

Ashton Gate, Bristol

Attendance: 12,264

Cambridge United beat Bristol City 2–0 on aggregate.

Final

See also: 2002 Football League Trophy Final

24 March 2002

15:00 BST

Blackpool	4–1	Cambridge United
Murphy 6' Clarke 54' Hills 77' Taylor 82'		Wanless 28' (pen.)

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 20,287

Referee: R. Fernandiz

BLACKPOOL: GK 1 Phil Barnes DF 4 John O'Kane DF 26 Ian Marshall (c)  39' DF 29 Chris Clarke DF 3 Tommy Jaszczun MF 24 Martin Bullock MF 7 Richie Wellens  84' MF 14 Lee Collins MF 15 John Hills FW 9 John Murphy FW 10 Scott Taylor  84' Substitutes: DF 5 Ian Hughes  39' MF 11 Paul Simpson  84' GK 13 James Pullen MF 23 Graham Fenton FW 25 Richard Walker  84' Manager: Steve McMahon

CAMBRIDGE UNITED: GK 1 Lionel Pérez DF 6 Stevland Angus  84' DF 21 Adam Tann DF 4 Andy Duncan DF 33 Fred Murray MF 20 Shane Tudor  61' MF 7 Paul Wanless (c) MF 3 Ian Ashbee MF 14 Luke Guttridge FW 10 Tom Youngs FW 9 Dave Kitson  73' Substitutes: GK 13 Shaun Marshall MF 8 Terry Fleming DF 25 Danny Jackman  61' FW 31 Armand One  73' DF 32 Warren Goodhind  84' Manager: John Taylor

MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Maximum of 5 substitutions.