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2000–01 Football League Trophy LDV Vans Trophy Tournament details Country England Wales Teams 56 Final positions Champions Port Vale Runners-up Brentford Tournament statistics Matches played 57
TheFootball League Trophy 2000–01 , known as theLDV Vans Trophy 2000–01 for sponsorship reasons, was the 20th staging of theFootball League Trophy , a knock-out competition forEnglish football clubs inSecond andThird Division . The winners werePort Vale and the runners-up wereBrentford .
The competition began on 28 November 2000 and ended with the final on 22 April 2001 at theMillennium 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, 8Conference teams were also invited.
Blackpool ,Macclesfield Town ,Shrewsbury Town andWalsall from the North section all received byes.
Leyton Orient ,Reading ,Swansea City andSwindon from the South section all received byes.
Northern Area final [ edit ] Southern Area final [ edit ] MATCH RULES
90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Maximum of 3 substitutions.
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