2000–01 FA Cup
Country |
England Wales | ||
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Champions | Liverpool (6th title) | ||
Runners-up | Arsenal | ||
Top goal scorer(s) |
Sylvain Wiltord Robert Earnshaw (6 goals) | ||
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The 2000–01 FA Cup was the 120th season of the world's oldest knockout football competition, the Football Association Cup or FA Cup. The competition was won by Liverpool, who came from 1-0 behind against Arsenal to eventually win 2-1. The final was played outside England for the first time, at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, because Wembley Stadium was being knocked down to be replaced with a new stadium.
First round proper
Second round proper
Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team |
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1 | Blackpool | 0–1 | Yeovil Town |
2 | Chester City | 3–2 | Oxford United |
3 | Darlington | 0–0 | Luton Town |
replay | Luton Town | 2–0 | Darlington |
4 | AFC Bournemouth | 3–0 | Nuneaton Borough |
5 | Bristol City | 3–1 | Kettering Town |
6 | Walsall | 2–1 | Barnet |
7 | Northwich Victoria | 3–3 | Leyton Orient |
replay | Leyton Orient | 3–2 | Northwich Victoria |
8 | Lincoln City | 0–1 | Dagenham & Redbridge |
9 | Swindon Town | 5–0 | Gateshead |
10 | Kidderminster Harriers | 0–2 | Carlisle United |
11 | Millwall | 0–0 | Wycombe Wanderers |
replay | Wycombe Wanderers | 2–1 | Milwall |
12 | Southend United | 2–1 | Canvey Island |
13 | Scunthorpe United | 2–1 | Brighton & Hove Albion |
14 | Cardiff City | 3–1 | Cheltenham Town |
15 | Southport | 1–2 | Kingstonian |
16 | Morecambe | 2–1 | Cambridge United |
17 | York City | 2–2 | Reading |
replay | Reading | 1–3 | York City |
18 | Rotherham United | 1–0 | Northampton Town |
19 | Wigan Athletic | 1–1 | Notts County |
replay | Notts County | 2–1 | Wigan Athletic |
20 | Peterborough United | 1–1 | Oldham Athletic |
replay | Oldham Athletic | 0–1 | Peterborough United |
Third round proper
The draw for the 3rd round of the FA Cup was taken on Sunday 10 December 2000.
Fourth round proper
Matches played the weekend of 27 January, with replays during the week of 6 February.
Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance |
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1 | Bristol City | 1 – 1 | Kingstonian | 14,787 |
replay | Kingstonian | 0 – 1 | Bristol City | 3,341 |
2 | Southampton | 3 – 1 | Sheffield Wednesday | 15,251 |
3 | Gillingham | 2 – 4 | Chelsea | 10,419 |
4 | Blackburn Rovers | 0 – 0 | Derby County | 18,858 |
replay | Derby County | 2 – 5 | Blackburn Rovers | 15,203 |
5 | Aston Villa | 1 – 2 | Leicester City | 26,383 |
6 | Bolton Wanderers | 5 – 1 | Scunthorpe United | 11,737 |
7 | Crewe Alexandra | 0 – 1 | Stockport County | 7,318 |
8 | Middlesbrough | 0 – 0 | Wimbledon | 20,625 |
replay | Wimbledon | 3 – 1 | Middlesbrough | 5,991 |
9 | Sunderland | 1 – 0 | Ipswich Town | 33,626 |
10 | Everton | 0 – 3 | Tranmere Rovers | 39,207 |
11 | Wycombe Wanderers | 2 – 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 9,617 |
12 | Manchester City | 1 – 0 | Coventry City | 24,637 |
13 | Queen's Park Rangers | 0 – 6 | Arsenal | 19,003 |
14 | Manchester United | 0 – 1 | West Ham United | 67,029 |
15 | Charlton Athletic | 2 – 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 18,101 |
16 | Leeds United | 0 – 2 | Liverpool | 37,108 |
Fifth round proper
Matches played weekend of 15 February, with replays on 20 February and 7 March.
The biggest surprises of the round saw Tranmere Rovers complete one of the greatest FA Cup comebacks ever when they beat Southampton 4–3 in a replay after they had been trailing 3–0 at half time. (with 36-year-old former Southampton striker Paul Rideout scoring a hat-trick for Tranmere), while Wycombe Wanderers reached the quarter-finals for the first time in their history with a penalty shoot-out win over Wimbledon that follow two 2–2 draws.
Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance |
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1 | Liverpool | 4 – 2 | Manchester City | 36,231 |
2 | Southampton | 0 – 0 | Tranmere Rovers | 15,232 |
replay | Tranmere Rovers | 4 – 3 | Southampton | 12,910 |
3 | Leicester City | 3 – 0 | Bristol City | 20,905 |
4 | Bolton Wanderers | 1 – 1 | Blackburn Rovers | 22,048 |
replay | Blackburn Rovers | 3 – 0 | Bolton Wanderers | 20,318 |
5 | Sunderland | 0 – 1 | West Ham United | 36,005 |
6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 4 – 0 | Stockport County | 36,040 |
7 | Wycombe Wanderers | 2 – 2 | Wimbledon | 9,650 |
replay | Wimbledon | 2 – 2 | Wycombe Wanderers | 9,464 |
Wycombe Wanderers won on penalties | ||||
8 | Arsenal | 3 – 1 | Chelsea | 38,096 |
Sixth round proper
Matches were played on 10 & 11 March.
The most significant result of the round was Premier League side Leicester City's 2–1 home defeat to Division Two underdogs Wycombe Wanderers, who had only been in the Football League for eight seasons.
Blackburn Rovers and Tranmere Rovers, the last remaining Division One sides in the competition, were eliminated at this stage by Arsenal and Liverpool respectively.
Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance |
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1 | Leicester City | 1 – 2 | Wycombe Wanderers | 21,969[1] |
2 | Tranmere Rovers | 2 – 4 | Liverpool | 16,342[2] |
3 | West Ham United | 2 – 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 26,048[3] |
4 | Arsenal | 3 – 0 | Blackburn Rovers | 36,304[4] |
Semi-finals
Unlike earlier rounds, matches were played on neutral grounds on Saturday, 8 April 2001.
Final
A 72nd-minute goal by Fredrik Ljungberg looked to have won the trophy for Arsenal and ended their three-year trophy drought, but two late goals from Michael Owen gave the trophy to a Liverpool side who had already won the League Cup and would then go on to win the UEFA Cup as well. This success made Liverpool only the second side to win the FA Cup and League Cup in the same season - the first being Arsenal in 1993. This was the beginning of a streak in which Arsenal reached the final four times out of five, winning three of those.
Media coverage
In the United Kingdom, ITV were the free to air broadcasters for the fourth consecutive and final season before the BBC regained it while Sky Sports were the subscription broadcasters for the thirteenth consecutive season.
References
- ↑ "Leicester City 1-2 Wycombe Wanderers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
- ↑ "Liverpool cling on to beat Tranmere". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
- ↑ "Spurs into semis after Cup thriller". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
- ↑ "Gunners blitz stuns Blackburn". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 February 2014.