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Football tournament season
2001–02 Football League Trophy LDV Vans Trophy Country England Wales Teams 56 Matches played 57
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.
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 Area final [ edit ]
Blackpool beat Huddersfield Town 4–3 on aggregate.
Southern Area final [ edit ]
Cambridge United beat Bristol City 2–0 on aggregate.
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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