LDV Vans Trophy - 2001/02
Participating teams
56: 24 each from the Second and Third Divisions, and 8 invited
teams from the Conference. 28 teams in each area group.
North: Blackpool, Bury, Carlisle, Chesterfield, Darlington,
Doncaster, Halifax, Hartlepool, Huddersfield, Hull, Kidderminster,
Leigh, Lincoln, Macclesfield, Mansfield, Notts County, Oldham, Port
Vale, Rochdale, Scarborough, Scunthorpe, Shrewsbury, Southport,
Stoke, Tranmere, Wigan, Wrexham, York.
South: Barnet, Bournemouth, Brentford, Brighton, Bristol City,
Bristol Rovers, Cambridge, Cardiff, Cheltenham, Colchester, Dagenham
& Redbridge, Exeter, Leyton Orient, Luton, Northampton, Oxford,
Peterborough, Plymouth, QPR, Reading, Rushden & Diamonds,
Southend, Stevenage, Swansea, Swindon, Torquay, Wycombe, Yeovil.
Format
First round: 12 single-game ties in each area, with 4 teams
receiving byes to the second round. Winners advance to the second
round.
Second round: 8 single-game ties in each area. Winners advance
to the area quarter-finals.
Area quarter-finals: 4 single-game ties in each area. Winners
advance to the area semi-finals.
Area semi-finals: 2 single-game ties in each area. Winners
advance to the area finals.
Area finals: 1 two-legged tie in each area. Winners advance to
the national final.
Final: a single game, played at the Millennium Stadium in
Cardiff.
First round
North
Byes: Hull, Mansfield, Oldham, Tranmere.
| 16 Oct |
Blackpool |
3 |
- |
2 |
Stoke |
|
|
Darlington |
2 |
- |
1 |
Macclesfield |
|
|
Doncaster |
0 |
- |
1 |
Kidderminster |
|
|
Hartlepool |
0 |
- |
1 |
Bury |
(aet) |
|
Huddersfield |
0 |
- |
0 |
Halifax |
(aet) |
|
(Huddersfield won on penalties) |
|
Leigh |
2 |
- |
1 |
Scarborough |
(aet) |
|
Notts County |
2 |
- |
0 |
York |
|
|
Port Vale |
2 |
- |
1 |
Carlisle |
|
|
Rochdale |
2 |
- |
0 |
Southport |
|
|
Scunthorpe |
3 |
- |
1 |
Lincoln |
|
|
Shrewsbury |
0 |
- |
1 |
Chesterfield |
|
|
Wrexham |
5 |
- |
1 |
Wigan |
|
South
Byes: Bristol Rovers, Luton, Peterborough, Reading.
| 15 Oct |
Stevenage |
1 |
- |
4 |
Southend |
|
| 16 Oct |
Barnet |
2 |
- |
1 |
Bournemouth |
(aet) |
|
Bristol City |
1 |
- |
0 |
Torquay |
(aet) |
|
Cardiff |
7 |
- |
1 |
Rushden & Diamonds |
|
|
Cheltenham |
2 |
- |
1 |
Plymouth |
|
|
Colchester |
1 |
- |
0 |
Swindon |
|
|
Dagenham & Redbridge |
3 |
- |
2 |
Leyton Orient |
(aet) |
|
Exeter |
1 |
- |
2 |
Cambridge |
(aet) |
|
Northampton |
2 |
- |
0 |
Oxford |
|
|
Swansea |
1 |
- |
2 |
Brighton |
|
|
Yeovil |
3 |
- |
0 |
QPR |
|
| 17 Oct |
Wycombe |
1 |
- |
0 |
Brentford |
|
Second round
North
| 30 Oct |
Bury |
2 |
- |
3 |
Notts County |
(aet) |
|
Chesterfield |
1 |
- |
0 |
Kidderminster |
(aet) |
|
Hull |
3 |
- |
0 |
Leigh |
|
|
Mansfield |
0 |
- |
4 |
Blackpool |
|
|
Oldham |
2 |
- |
0 |
Tranmere |
|
|
Rochdale |
1 |
- |
2 |
Port Vale |
|
|
Scunthorpe |
3 |
- |
0 |
Darlington |
|
|
Wrexham |
0 |
- |
1 |
Huddersfield |
|
South
| 30 Oct |
Brighton |
2 |
- |
1 |
Wycombe |
(aet) |
|
Cambridge |
1 |
- |
1 |
Cheltenham |
(aet) |
|
(Cambridge won on penalties) |
|
Cardiff |
1 |
- |
3 |
Peterborough |
|
|
Dagenham & Redbridge |
3 |
- |
2 |
Luton |
(aet) |
|
Northampton |
0 |
- |
1 |
Barnet |
|
|
Reading |
2 |
- |
1 |
Colchester |
|
|
Southend |
0 |
- |
2 |
Bristol City |
|
| 31 Oct |
Bristol Rovers |
1 |
- |
1 |
Yeovil |
(aet) |
|
(Bristol Rovers won on penalties) |
Area quarter-finals
North
| 4 Dec |
Chesterfield |
0 |
- |
3 |
Blackpool |
|
|
Huddersfield |
4 |
- |
1 |
Scunthorpe |
|
|
Hull |
2 |
- |
1 |
Port Vale |
|
|
Notts County |
0 |
- |
1 |
Oldham |
|
South
| 4 Dec |
Barnet |
4 |
- |
1 |
Reading |
|
|
Bristol City |
2 |
- |
1 |
Peterborough |
(aet) |
|
Cambridge |
2 |
- |
1 |
Brighton |
(aet) |
| 5 Dec |
Bristol Rovers |
4 |
- |
1 |
Dagenham & Redbridge |
|
Area semi-finals
North
| 8 Jan |
Hull |
0 |
- |
1 |
Huddersfield |
|
| 9 Jan |
Oldham |
2 |
- |
5 |
Blackpool |
|
South
| 5 Jan |
Cambridge |
2 |
- |
0 |
Barnet |
|
| 9 Jan |
Bristol City |
3 |
- |
0 |
Bristol Rovers |
|
Area finals
North
| 29 Jan |
Blackpool |
3 |
- |
1 |
Huddersfield |
|
| 12 Feb |
Huddersfield |
2 |
- |
1 |
Blackpool |
(aet) |
|
(Blackpool won 4-3 on aggregate) |
South
| 30 Jan |
Cambridge |
0 |
- |
0 |
Bristol City |
|
| 19 Feb |
Bristol City |
0 |
- |
2 |
Cambridge |
|
|
(Cambridge won 2-0 on aggregate) |
Final
Sunday 24th March 2002, at the Millennium Stadium
| Blackpool |
4 |
- |
1 |
Cambridge United |