2001–02 Football League Trophy
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The Football League Trophy 2001–02, known as the LDV Vans Trophy 2001–02 for sponsorship reasons, was the 19th staging of the Football League Trophy
Football League Trophy
The Football League Trophy, currently known as the Johnstone's Paint Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is an annual English association football knock-out competition open to the 48 clubs in Football League One and Football League Two, the bottom two divisions in the four fully professional top...

, a knock-out competition for English football clubs in Second
Football League Second Division
From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...

, Third Division
Football League Third Division
The Football League Third Division was the 3 tier of English Football from 1920 until 1992 when after the formation of the Football Association Premier League saw the league renamed The Football League Division Two...

 and the Conference
Football Conference
The Football Conference is a football league in England which consists of three divisions called Conference National, Conference North, and Conference South. Some Football Conference clubs are fully professional, such as Luton Town, but most of them are semi-professional...

. The winners were and the runners-up were .

The competition began on 15 October 2001 and ended with the final on 24 March 2002 at the Millennium Stadium
Millennium Stadium
The Millennium Stadium is the national stadium of Wales, located in the capital, Cardiff. It is the home of the Wales national rugby union team and also frequently stages games of the Wales national football team, but is also host to many other large scale events, such as the Super Special Stage...

 in Cardiff
Cardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...

.

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

, , and from the North section all received byes.

, , and from the South section all received byes.

Northern Section

Date Home team Score Away team
16 October 3 – 2
16 October 2 – 1
16 October 0 – 1
16 October 0 – 1
16 October 0 – 0
Huddersfield Town won 3 – 1 on penalties
16 October 2 – 1
16 October 2 – 0
16 October 2 – 1
16 October 2 – 0
16 October 3 – 1
16 October 0 – 1
16 October 5 – 1


Southern Section

Date Home team Score Away team
15 October 1 – 4
16 October 2 – 1
16 October 1 – 0
16 October 7 – 1
16 October 2 – 1
16 October 1 – 0
16 October 3 – 2
16 October 1 – 2
16 October 2 – 0
16 October 1 – 2
16 October 3 – 0
17 October 1 – 0


Northern Section

Date Home team Score Away team
30 October 2 – 3
30 October 1 – 0
30 October 3 – 0
30 October 0 – 4
30 October 2 – 0
30 October 1 – 2
30 October 3 – 0
30 October 0 – 1


Southern Section

Date Home team Score Away team
30 October 2 – 1
30 October 1 – 1
Cambridge United won 5 – 4 on penalties
30 October 1 – 3
30 October 3 – 2
30 October 0 – 1
30 October 2 – 1
30 October 0 – 2
31 October 1 – 1
Bristol Rovers won 5 – 4 on penalties


Northern Section

Date Home team Score Away team
4 December 0 – 3
4 December 4 – 1
4 December 2 – 1
4 December 0 – 1


Southern Section

Date Home team Score Away team
4 December 4 – 1
4 December 2 – 1
4 December 2 – 1
5 December 4 – 1


Northern Section

Date Home team Score Away team
8 January 0 – 1
9 January 2 – 5


Southern Section

Date Home team Score Away team
5 January 2 – 0
9 January 3 – 0


Northern Area final

Blackpool beat Huddersfield Town 4–3 on aggregate.

Southern Area final

Cambridge United beat Bristol City 2–0 on aggregate.

Final

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> BLACKPOOL:
GK 1   Phil Barnes
Phil Barnes
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DF 4   John O'Kane
John O'Kane
John Andrew O'Kane is an English former professional footballer who last played for Hyde United.-Career:...

 
DF 26   Ian Marshall
Ian Marshall
Ian Paul Marshall is a former professional footballer.-Career:Marshall made his name playing as a defender and striker for Oldham Athletic but started his career as an apprentice with hometown club Everton...

 (c)
DF 29   Chris Clarke
Chris Clarke (footballer)
Christopher Edward "Chris" Clarke is an English footballer who plays as a defender.-Career:Born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, Clarke started his career with the Wolverhampton Wanderers youth system alongside his twin brother Matthew and after being released by the club the pair signed for Third...

DF 3   Tommy Jaszczun
Tommy Jaszczun
Antony John Jaszczun is a professional footballer, currently with Conference North side Corby Town, where he plays as a defender-Aston Villa:...

 
MF 24   Martin Bullock
Martin Bullock
Martin John Bullock is an English football midfielder who plays for New Zealand Premiership champions Waitakere United. He previously played for five league teams over fifteen years, making 452 league appearances. He also won a cap for the England under-21 side in 1996.He began his career at...

MF 7   Richie Wellens
Richie Wellens
Richard Paul "Richie" Wellens is an English footballer currently playing as a midfielder for Leicester City.-Manchester United:...

 
MF 14   Lee Collins
MF 15   John Hills
FW 9   John Murphy
FW 10   Scott Taylor
Scott Taylor (footballer born 1976)
Scott James Taylor is an English professional footballer currently playing for Staines Town.-Playing career:Taylor started his professional career at Millwall where he played 28 games before being signed by Bolton for £150,000 in March 1996...

 
Substitutes:
DF 5   Ian Hughes
Ian Hughes
Ian Hughes is a Welsh footballer whose last club was Bacup Borough. He plays as a defender and is a former Welsh under-21 international. Hughes attended Elton High School in Bury.-Club career:...

 
MF 11   Paul Simpson
Paul Simpson (footballer)
Paul David Simpson is an English former footballer and manager. His son Jake is also a professional footballer.-Manchester City:...

 
GK 13   James Pullen
James Pullen
James Pullen is an English football goalkeeper who plays for Woking.-Career:He started his career at Heybridge Swifts. On 29 September 1999 he joined Ipswich Town on a free transfer. He made his debut in a 3–1 win against Middlesbrough in the Football League Cup on 6 November 2002.On 11 August...

MF 23   Graham Fenton
Graham Fenton
Graham Anthony Fenton is an English professional footballer, currently playing for North Shields. He was also capped once by England at under-21 level.-Career:...

FW 25   Richard Walker
Richard Walker (footballer born 1977)
Richard Martin Walker is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Conference North side Solihull Moors.-Early Career:...

 
Manager:
  Steve McMahon
Steve McMahon
Stephen Joseph McMahon is an English former football midfielder who most notably played for Liverpool in the late 1980s...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> CAMBRIDGE UNITED: GK 1   Lionel Pérez
Lionel Perez
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DF 6   Stevland Angus
Stevland Angus
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  DF 21   Adam Tann
Adam Tann
Adam John Tann is an English footballer who plays as a defender. He is currently playing for Chelmsford City.-Career:Born in Fakenham, Tann started his career with Cambridge United, after being awarded a professional contract at the beginning of the 1999–2000 season...

DF 4   Andy Duncan
Andy Duncan (footballer)
Andy Duncan is an English footballer who plays as a central defender. He stands at 180 cm ....

DF 33 Fred Murray
Fred Murray
Frederick Anthony "Fred" Murray is an Irish footballer currently playing for Luton Town.-Career:...

MF 20   Shane Tudor
Shane Tudor
Shane Anthony Tudor is a former English footballer. He played as a midfielder, primarily in the right wing position...

  MF 7   Paul Wanless
Paul Wanless
Paul Steven Wanless is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League as a midfielder for Oxford United, Lincoln City and Cambridge United.- Playing career :...

 (c) MF 3   Ian Ashbee
Ian Ashbee
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MF 14   Luke Guttridge
Luke Guttridge
Luke Horace Guttridge is an English footballer, who signed for Aldershot Town in July 2010, after being released by Northampton Town.-Torquay United:...

  FW 10   Tom Youngs
Tom Youngs (footballer)
Tom Youngs is an English football forward.He was highly rated as a youngster in the game Championship Manager 97/98, but in reality he never achieved his potential. He played for Cambridge United, Northampton Town, Leyton Orient Town, Bury and Stafford Rangers.-References:...

FW 9   Dave Kitson
Dave Kitson
David Barry "Dave" Kitson is an English footballer who plays for Football League Championship side Portsmouth as a striker.-Early life:...

  Substitutes: GK 13   Shaun Marshall
Shaun Marshall
Shaun Marshall is a professional footballer playing with Eastern Counties League Premier Division side Dereham Town, where he plays as a goalkeeper....

MF 8   Terry Fleming
Terry Fleming
Terence "Terry" Fleming is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Northern Premier League Division One South side Lincoln United, where he is also the manager....

DF 25   Danny Jackman
Danny Jackman
Daniel James "Danny" Jackman is an English footballer, currently playing for Gillingham.-Early career:...

  FW 31   Armand One
Armand One
Armand Oné is a French professional footballer who is currently contracted to Scottish Third Division club Alloa Athletic....

  DF 32   Warren Goodhind
Warren Goodhind
Warren Goodhind is a South African professional footballer who plays as a right back for Eastleigh. Active primarily in England, Goodhind made over 200 appearances in the Football League for four different clubs between 1996 and 2007, before beginning his non-League football career.-Career:Born in...

  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.

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