2000 Football League Trophy Final

The 2000 Football League Trophy Final (known as the Auto Windscreens Shield for sponsorship reasons) was the 17th final of the domestic football cup competition for teams from the Second and Third Division of the Football League. The match was played at Wembley on 16 April 2000, and was the last Football League Trophy final to be played there before the stadium closed for redevelopment. The match was contested by Bristol City and Stoke City. The match was won by Stoke City, with Graham Kavanagh and Peter Thorne scoring in the 2–1 victory.[1][2]

2000 Football League Trophy Final
Event1999–2000 Football League Trophy
Bristol City Stoke City
1 2
Date16 April 2000
VenueWembley, London
RefereeK.M.Lynch (Kirk Hammerton)
Attendance75,057

Background

The 1999–2000 season saw both Bristol City and Stoke City involved in the race for promotion to the First Division. Stoke had been in the top six for most of the campaign whilst Bristol battled with city rivals Bristol Rovers to gain a play-off spot. The two sides had played each other twice before the final.[2] Firstly on 14 November 1999 at Stoke's Britannia Stadium the score ending 1–1 with goals from Nicky Mohan and Brian Tinnion. The second match at Ashton Gate also ended in a draw this time 2–2 with goals from Kyle Lightbourne, Graham Kavanagh and a brace from Tony Thorpe.[2]

Route to the final

Both sides had a fairly easy route to the final, Bristol City were handed a first round bye whilst Stoke over came Darlington 3–2 thanks to a Kyle Lightbourne golden goal. Bristol City beat Cheltenham Town 3–1 in the second round and Stoke overcame Oldham Athletic again via a golden goal.[2] In the quarters Bristol City eased past Bournemouth on penalties as Stoke beat Blackpool 2–1. The semi-finals saw Bristol City cruise past Reading 4–0 whilst Stoke needed a late goal from James O'Connor to progress. In the area finals Bristol City beat Exeter City 5–1 over two legs and Stoke won equality as easily beating Rochdale 4–1.[2]

Bristol City

First round: Bye

Second round: Bristol City 3–1 Cheltenham Town

Quarter final: Bristol City 1–1 (4–1 pens) Bournemouth

Semi final: Bristol City 4–0 Reading

Southern area final 1st leg: Bristol City 4–0 Exeter City

Southern area final 2nd leg: Exeter City 1–1 Bristol City

Stoke City

First round: Stoke City 3–2 Darlington

Second round: Oldham Athletic 0–1 Stoke City

Quarter final: Blackpool 1–2 Stoke City

Semi final: Chesterfield 0–1 Stoke City

Northern area final 1st leg: Rochdale 1–3 Stoke City

Northern area final 2nd leg: Stoke City 1–0 Rochdale

Match review

Over 75,000 fans packed into Wembley to see Bristol City take on Stoke City in the Football League Trophy final for which Stoke fans dedicated to Stanley Matthews who had died in February 2000.[2] Stoke made the bright start of the two sides enjoying a decent amount of possession and took the lead through Graham Kavanagh after 32 minutes after his shot beat the Robins 'keeper Billy Mercer at his near post. Leading 1–0 Stoke dropped deeper in the second half as they looked to cancel out the threat from the dangerous Scott Murray and Tony Thorpe. It looked to be working but with 15 minutes left Paul Holland headed in a corner to make the scores 1–1.[2] However it was Stoke who had the final say, a counterattack by Stoke was halted when Bjarni Guðjónsson was fouled by Louis Carey to conceded a free-kick. Whilst Bristol complied about the awarding of the free-kick, Guðjónsson played a quick pass to Kavanagh who crossed in to Peter Thorne to earn Stoke their third win at Wembley.[2]

Match details
Bristol City1–2Stoke City
Holland  74' Kavanagh  32'
Thorne  82'
Attendance: 75,057
Referee: K.M.Lynch
Bristol City
Stoke City
GK2 Billy Mercer
DF6 Louis Carey 87'
DF27 Andy Jordan
DF46 Keith Millen
DF3 Michael Bell
MF17 Aaron Brown 68'
MF26 Scott Murray
MF10 Paul Holland
MF11 Brian Tinnion
FW20 Peter Beadle
FW21 Tony Thorpe
Substitutes:
GK15 Steve Phillips
DF43 Kevin Amankwaah 87'
DF32 Matt Hill
MF33 Joe Burnell
FW34 Damian Spencer 68'
Manager:
David Burnside
GK1 Gavin Ward
DF5 Nicky Mohan
DF15 Mikael Hansson
DF22 Clive Clarke
MF2 Brynjar Gunnarsson
MF8 Graham Kavanagh
MF17 James O'Connor
MF25 Bjarni Guðjónsson
MF36 Arnar Gunnlaugsson  62'
FW9 Peter Thorne
FW12 Kyle Lightbourne 89'
Substitutes:
GK14 Carl Muggleton
DF32 Anders Jacobsen
DF34 Richard Dryden 62'
MF35 Steve Melton
FW31 Chris Iwelumo 89'
Manager:
Guðjón Þórðarson

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Maximum of 3 substitutions.
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References
  1. "Wembley glory for Stoke City". BBC Sport. 29 June 2000. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
  2. "Stoke honour Sir Stan with Wembley win". The Sentinel. 5 May 2013.
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