England League Cup 2000/01

First Round [Aug 22, Sep 5]
Barnet                  2-1 1-3  Wycombe              [aet]  
Bolton                  1-0 1-3  Macclesfield  
Brighton                1-2 1-1  Millwall 
Bristol City            2-2 1-2  Brentford  
Burnley                 4-1 2-3  Hartlepool 
Cambridge               0-0 0-1  Portsmouth  
Colchester              0-1 4-1  Queens Park Rangers  [1st leg Aug 23, 2nd leg Sep 6]
Crewe                   2-2 2-1  Bury 
Crystal Palace          2-1 0-0  Cardiff              [1st leg Aug 23]
Darlington              2-2 2-1  Nottingham Forest    [2nd leg Sep 6]  
Gillingham              2-0 2-3  Torquay  
Grimsby                 2-0 1-1  Carlisle  
Hull                    1-0 0-2  Notts County         [aet]  
Leyton Orient           1-1 2-0  Reading 
Luton                   0-0 2-2  Peterborough         [aet] 
Mansfield               0-1 3-0  Wrexham 
Northampton             1-0 1-4  Fulham 
Norwich                 0-0 2-1  Bournemouth  
Oldham                  1-0 2-0  Huddersfield  
Plymouth                1-2 1-1  Bristol Rovers       [1st leg Aug 23]
Port Vale               1-2 2-2  Chesterfield         [aet]  
Rochdale                1-1 1-6  Blackburn            [2nd leg Sep 6] 
Rotherham               0-1 2-3  Barnsley  
Sheffield United        6-1 0-1  Lincoln  
Shrewsbury              1-0 1-4  Preston  
Southend                0-5 0-0  Birmingham  
Stockport               0-1 2-3  Blackpool  
Swansea                 0-0 1-2  West Bromwich        [2nd leg Sep 6]   
Swindon                 1-1 2-1  Exeter 
Tranmere                3-0 2-1  Halifax              [2nd leg Sep 6]  
Walsall                 1-1 1-0  Kidderminster  
Watford                 0-0 3-0  Cheltenham 
Wigan                   1-0 4-1  Scunthorpe  
Wolverhampton           0-1 3-1  Oxford  
York                    1-5 0-0  Stoke                [2nd leg Sep 6] 

Round 2 [Sep 19 and 26]
Preston                 1-3 1-4  Coventry City        [2nd leg Sep 27]
Barnsley                4-0 3-0  Crewe 
Manchester City         1-1 4-2  Gillingham           [1st leg Sep 20; aet]
Stoke                   2-1 3-4  Charlton Athletic    [1st leg Sep 20; aet, Stoke on away goals]
Blackburn               4-0 1-1  Portsmouth 
Wycombe                 3-4 0-1  Birmingham 
Tranmere                1-1 1-0  Swindon 
Everton                 1-1 1-1  Bristol Rovers       [Sep 20, 27; aet, 2-4 pen]
Notts County            1-3 2-0  Watford              [aet, Watford on away goals] 
Brentford               0-0 0-2  Tottenham 
Middlesbrough           2-1 3-1  Macclesfield 
Darlington              0-1 2-7  Bradford City        [2nd leg Sep 25] 
Walsall                 0-1 1-1  West Ham             [2nd leg Sep 27] 
Sunderland              3-0 2-1  Luton 
Chesterfield            1-0 0-4  Fulham               [2nd leg Sep 27] 
Wimbledon               0-0 2-1  Wigan            
Derby                   1-2 4-2  West Bromwich 
Oldham                  1-3 1-5  Sheffield Wednesday  [2nd leg Sep 27] 
Millwall                2-0 0-5  Ipswich              [aet] 
Sheffield United        3-0 1-0  Colchester           [2nd leg Sep 27]
Grimsby                 3-2 0-2  Wolverhampton        [1st leg Sep 26, 2nd leg Oct 2] 
Southampton             2-0 3-1  Mansfield            [1st leg Sep 20] 
Burnley                 2-2 1-1  Crystal Palace       [aet, Palace on away goals]
Newcastle United        2-0 1-1  Leyton Orient        [1st leg Sep 20]
Norwich                 3-3 5-0  Blackpool            [2nd leg Oct 2; Sep 26 abandoned due
                                                       to waterlogged pitch]
Round 3
[Oct 31]
Wimbledon                   1-0  Middlesbrough
Tottenham Hotspur           1-3  Birmingham City
West Ham United             3-0  Blackburn Rovers 
Tranmere Rovers             3-2  Leeds United         [aet] 
Bristol Rovers              1-2  Sunderland 
Watford                     0-3  Manchester United 
[Nov 1]
Southampton                 0-1  Coventry City        [aet] 
Arsenal                     1-2  Ipswich Town 
Aston Villa                 0-1  Manchester City
Newcastle United            4-3  Bradford City 
Sheffield Wednesday         2-1  Sheffield United     [aet] 
Stoke City                  3-2  Barnsley 
Liverpool                   2-1  Chelsea              [aet] 
Derby County                3-0  Norwich 
Fulham                      3-2  Wolverhampton 
Leicester City              0-3  Crystal Palace 

Round 4
[Nov 28]
Crystal Palace              0-0  Tranmere Rovers      [aet, 6-5 pen]
Ipswich Town                2-1  Coventry City
  [Bramble 5, Johnson 65; Bellamy 54pen]
Sunderland                  2-1  Manchester United    [aet]
  [Arca 75, Phillips 101pen; Yorke 31]
[Nov 29]
Birmingham City             2-1  Newcastle United
  [Adebola 31, M Johnson 90; Dyer 14]
Fulham                      3-2  Derby County
  [Saha 28, 90, Lewis 39; Christie 13, Powell 45]
Manchester City             2-1  Wimbledon
  [Wanchope 26, Goater 81; Roberts 11]
Stoke City                  0-8  Liverpool
  [Ziege 6, Smicer 26, Babbel 28, Fowler 39, 82, 85pen, Hyypia 59, Murphy 65]
West Ham United             1-2  Sheffield Wednesday
  [Lampard 72; Morrison 30, Crane 49]

Quarterfinals 
[Dec 12]
Manchester City             abd  Ipswich Town         [abandoned at 1-1 in 23' due to 
  [Dickov 21; Stewart 4]                               waterlogged pitch]
Birmingham City             2-0  Sheffield Wednesday
  [Sonner 28, Adebola 57]
[Dec 13]
Liverpool                   3-0  Fulham               [aet]
  [Owen 105, Smicer 114, Barmby 120]
[Dec 19]
Crystal Palace              2-1  Sunderland
  [Forssell 48, Morrison 82; Rea 49]
Manchester City             1-2  Ipswich Town         [aet]
  [Goater 10; Holland 60, Venus 109]

Semifinals 

First Legs
[Jan 9]
Ipswich Town                1-0  Birmingham City
  [Stewart 45pen]
[Jan 10]
Crystal Palace              2-1  Liverpool
  [Rubins 56, Morrison 77; Smicer 78]

Second Legs
[Jan 24]
Liverpool                   5-0  Crystal Palace
  [Smicer 13, Murphy 15, 51, Biscan 18, Fowler 89]
Liverpool win 6-2 on aggregate

[Jan 31]
Birmingham City             4-1  Ipswich Town         [aet]
  [Grainger 43, Horsfield 56, 103, A Johnson 117; Scowcroft 57]
Birmingham City win 4-2 on aggregate


Final [Feb 25, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff]
Liverpool                   1-1 Birmingham City       [aet, 5-4pen]
  [Robbie Fowler 30; Darren Purse 90pen]
  [Liverpool: 1-Sander Westerveld; 23-Jamie Carragher, 12-Sami Hyppia, 
     2-Stephane Henchoz, 6-Markus Babbel; 16-Dietmar Hamann, 7-Vladimir Smicer 
     (20-Nick Barmby 83), 17-Steven Gerrard (21-Gary McAllister 78), 
     25-Igor Biscan (3-Christian Ziege 97); 8-Emile Heskey, 9-Robbie Fowler  
   Birmingham: 1-Ian Bennett; 2-Nicky Eaden, 5-Darren Purse, 12-Martin O'Connor,
     3-Martin Grainger; 32-Danny Sonner (10-Bryan Hughes 71), 17-Michael Johnson, 
     7-Jon McCarthy, 11-Stan Lazaridis; 9-Geoff Horsfield (8-Marcelo 81),
     24-Dele Adebola (19-Andrew Johnson 46) 
   ref: David Elleray; att: 73,500] 


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Last updated: 25 Feb 2001

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