2000–01 FA Cup

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Field	Value
title	FA Cup
year	2000–01
country	England
Wales
champions	Liverpool
count	6
runner-up	Arsenal
top goal scorer	Sylvain Wiltord
Robert Earnshaw
(6 goals)
prevseason	1999–2000
nextseason	2001–02
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| title = FA Cup | year = 2000–01 | other_title = | image = | imagesize = | caption = | country = England Wales | num_teams = | champions = Liverpool | count = 6 | runner-up = Arsenal | matches = | goals = | top goal scorer = Sylvain Wiltord Robert Earnshaw (6 goals) | player = | prevseason = 1999–2000 | nextseason = 2001–02 The 2000–01 FA Cup (known as The FA Cup sponsored by AXA for sponsorship reasons) was the 120th season of the world's oldest knockout football competition, the FA Cup. The competition was won by Liverpool, who came from 1–0 behind against Arsenal to eventually win 2–1 in the final. 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.

Qualifying rounds

All participating clubs that were not members of the Premier League or Football League entered the competition in the qualifying rounds to secure one of 32 places available in the first round proper.

The winners from the fourth qualifying round were Gateshead, Chester City, Barrow, Northwich Victoria, Radcliffe Borough, Leigh RMI, Morecambe, Southport, Frickley Athletic, Burton Albion, Telford United, Nuneaton Borough, Ilkeston Town, Rushden & Diamonds, Harrow Borough, Canvey Island, Dagenham & Redbridge, AFC Sudbury, Grays Athletic, Hednesford Town, Kettering Town, Forest Green Rovers, Havant & Waterlooville, Bracknell Town, Hayes, Gravesend & Northfleet, Dorchester Town, Yeovil Town, Aldershot Town, Hampton & Richmond Borough, Kingstonian and Woking.

Radcliffe Borough, Bracknell Town and Hampton & Richmond Borough were appearing in the competition proper for the first time. Following recent amalgamations, AFC Sudbury and Havant & Waterlooville were also qualifying for the main draw for the first time in their own right, although predecessor clubs Sudbury Town (in 1996-97) and Waterlooville (in 1988-89) had reached the first round in previous seasons. Of the others, Frickley Athletic and Grays Athletic were also featuring at this stage for the first time since 1988-89 while Harrow Borough had last qualififed for the first round in 1983-84.

First round proper

This round is the first in which teams from the Second Division and Third Division compete with non-League teams. Most of the initial matches were played on the weekend of 17-19 November 2000, except for the Gravesend & Northfleet-Notts County fixture which was played at Gillingham's Priestfield Stadium on 8 December. As was the case in the fourth qualifying round, Bracknell Town, from the Isthmian League Third Division at Step 9 of English football, was the lowest-ranked team in the draw.

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Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Blackpool (4)	3–1	Telford United (5)
2	Chester City (5)	1–1	Plymouth Argyle (4)
replay	Plymouth Argyle (4)	1–2	Chester City (5)
3	Chesterfield (4)	0–1	Bristol City (3)
4	Darlington (4)	6–1	AFC Sudbury (8)
5	AFC Bournemouth (3)	2–0	Swansea City (3)
6	Barnet (4)	2–1	Hampton & Richmond Borough (6)
7	Barrow (6)	0–2	Leyton Orient (4)
8	Bury (3)	1–1	Northwich Victoria (5)
replay	Northwich Victoria (5)	1–0	Bury (3)
9	Canvey Island (6)	4–4	Port Vale (3)
replay	Port Vale (3)	1–2	Canvey Island (6)
10	Yeovil Town (5)	5–1	Colchester United (3)
11	Reading (3)	4–0	Grays Athletic (6)
12	Walsall (3)	4–0	Exeter City (4)
13	Macclesfield Town (4)	0–1	Oxford United (3)
14	Lincoln City (4)	4–0	Bracknell Town (9)
15	Luton Town (3)	1–0	Rushden & Diamonds (5)
16	Swindon Town (3)	4–1	Ilkeston Town (6)
17	Wrexham (3)	0–1	Rotherham United (3)
18	Hednesford Town (5)	2–4	Oldham Athletic (3)
19	Wycombe Wanderers (3)	3–0	Harrow Borough (6)
20	Kidderminster Harriers (4)	0–0	Burton Albion (6)
replay	Burton Albion (6)	2–4	Kidderminster Harriers (4)
21	Brentford (3)	1–3	Kingstonian (5)
22	Northampton Town (3)	4–0	Frickley Athletic (6)
23	Leigh RMI (5)	0–3	Millwall (3)
24	Carlisle United (4)	5–1	Woking (5)
25	Scunthorpe United (4)	3–1	Hartlepool United (4)
26	Mansfield Town (4)	1–1	Peterborough United (3)
replay	Peterborough United (3)	4–0	Mansfield Town (4)
27	Cardiff City (4)	5–1	Bristol Rovers (3)
28	Halifax Town (4)	0–2	Gateshead (6)
29	Cheltenham Town (4)	4–1	Shrewsbury Town (4)
30	Torquay United (4)	1–1	Southend United (4)
replay	Southend United (4)	2–1	Torquay United (4)
31	Kettering Town (5)	0–0	Hull City (4)
replay	Hull City (4)	0–1	Kettering Town (5)
32	Stoke City (3)	0–0	Nuneaton Borough (5)
replay	Nuneaton Borough (5)	1–0	Stoke City (3)
33	Wigan Athletic (3)	3–1	Dorchester Town (6)
34	Gravesend & Northfleet (6)	1–2	Notts County (3)
35	Cambridge United (3)	2–1	Rochdale (4)
36	Radcliffe Borough (7)	1–4	York City (4)
37	Forest Green Rovers (5)	0–3	Morecambe (5)
38	Dagenham & Redbridge (5)	3–1	Hayes (5)
39	Aldershot Town (6)	2–6	Brighton & Hove Albion (4)
40	Havant & Waterooville (6)	1–2	Southport (5)
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Upsets

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Giantkiller (tier)	Opponent (tier)	Upset of two or more leagues above
Canvey Island (level 6)	2–1 away vs Port Vale (level 3)
Gateshead (level 6)	2–0 at home vs Halifax Town (level 4)
Northwich Victoria (level 5)	1–0 at home vs Bury (level 3)
Yeovil Town (level 5)	5–1 at home vs Colchester United (level 3)
Kingstonian (level 5)	3–1 away vs Brentford (level 3)
Nuneaton Borough (level 5)	1–0 at home vs Stoke City (level 3)
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Second round proper

The initial matches were scheduled for the weekend of 8-10 December 2000, although the Wigan Athletic-Notts County match was played on the following Tuesday due to the late completion of Notts County's first round tie. Step 6 sides Gateshead, from the Northern Premier League, and Canvey Island, from the Isthmian League, were the lowest-ranked teams in the draw.

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Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Blackpool (4)	0–1	Yeovil Town (5)
2	Chester City (5)	3–2	Oxford United (3)
3	Darlington (4)	0–0	Luton Town (3)
replay	Luton Town (3)	2–0	Darlington (4)
4	AFC Bournemouth (3)	3–0	Nuneaton Borough (5)
5	Bristol City (3)	3–1	Kettering Town (5)
6	Walsall (3)	2–1	Barnet (4)
7	Northwich Victoria (5)	3–3	Leyton Orient (4)
replay	Leyton Orient (4)	3–2	Northwich Victoria (5)
8	Lincoln City (4)	0–1	Dagenham & Redbridge (5)
9	Swindon Town (3)	5–0	Gateshead (6)
10	Kidderminster Harriers (4)	0–2	Carlisle United (4)
11	Millwall (3)	0–0	Wycombe Wanderers (3)
replay	Wycombe Wanderers (3)	2–1	Millwall (3)
12	Southend United (4)	2–1	Canvey Island (6)
13	Scunthorpe United (4)	2–1	Brighton & Hove Albion (4)
14	Cardiff City (4)	3–1	Cheltenham Town (4)
15	Southport (5)	1–2	Kingstonian (5)
16	Morecambe (5)	2–1	Cambridge United (3)
17	York City (4)	2–2	Reading (3)
replay	Reading (3)	1–3	York City (4)
18	Rotherham United (3)	1–0	Northampton Town (3)
19	Wigan Athletic (3)	1–1	Notts County (3)
replay	Notts County (3)	2–1	Wigan Athletic (3)
20	Peterborough United (3)	1–1	Oldham Athletic (3)
replay	Oldham Athletic (3)	0–1	Peterborough United (3)
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Upsets

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Giantkiller (tier)	Opponent (tier)	Upset of two or more leagues above
Chester City (level 5)	3–2 at home vs Oxford United (level 3)
Morecambe (level 5)	2–1 at home vs Cambridge United (level 3)
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Third round proper

This round marked the first time First Division and Premier League (top-flight) teams played. The draw for the 3rd round of the FA Cup was taken on Sunday 10 December 2000. Football Conference (Step 5) sides Morecambe, Chester City, Kingstonian, Dagenham & Redbridge and Yeovil Town were the lowest-ranked teams in the round.

Fourth round proper

Matches played the weekend of 27 January, with replays during the week of 6 February. Kingstonian was again the lowest-ranked team in the round and, by this stage, was also the last non-league club left in the competition.

Fifth round proper

Matches played weekend of 17 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.

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.

|date = 10 March 2001 |report = https://www.worldfootball.net/report/fa-cup-2000-2001-viertelfinale-arsenal-fc-blackburn-rovers/ |score = 3–0 |team1 = Arsenal (1) |team2 = Blackburn Rovers (2) |goals1 = Wiltord Adams Pires |goals2 = |stadium = Highbury |location = London |attendance = 36,304 |referee = Jeff Winter

|date = 10 March 2001 |report = https://www.worldfootball.net/report/fa-cup-2000-2001-viertelfinale-leicester-city-wycombe-wanderers/ |score = 1–2 |team1 = Leicester City (1) |team2 = Wycombe Wanderers (3) |goals1 = Izzet |goals2 = McCarthy
Essandoh |stadium = Filbert Street |location = Leicester |attendance = 21,969 |referee = Steve Bennett

| date = 11 March 2001 | team1 = Tranmere Rovers (2) | score = 2–4 | report = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/fa_cup/1211495.stm | team2 = Liverpool (1) | goals1 = Yates Allison | goals2 = Murphy Owen Gerrard Fowler | stadium = Prenton Park | location = Birkenhead | attendance = 16,342 | referee = Alan Wiley

|date = |team1 = West Ham United (1) |score = 2–3 |report = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/fa_cup/1211829.stm |team2 = Tottenham Hotspur (1) |goals1 = Pearce
Todorov |goals2 = Rebrov ,
Doherty |stadium = Boleyn Ground |location = London |attendance = 26,048 |referee = Andy D'Urso

Semi-finals

Unlike earlier rounds, matches were played on neutral grounds on Sunday, 8 April 2001.

|date=8 April 2001 13:30 |team1=Arsenal (1) |score=2–1 |report=Report |team2=Tottenham Hotspur (1) |goals1=Vieira Pires |goals2=Doherty |stadium=Old Trafford, Manchester |attendance=63,541 |referee=Graham Poll (Hertfordshire) }}

|date=8 April 2001 16:00 |team1=Wycombe Wanderers (3) |score=1–2 |report=Report |team2=Liverpool (1) |goals1=Ryan |goals2=Heskey
Fowler |stadium=Villa Park, Birmingham |attendance=40,037 |referee=Paul Durkin (Dorset) }}

Final

Main article: 2001 FA Cup final

A 72nd-minute goal by Freddie 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. |date=12 May 2001 |time=15:00 BST |team1=Arsenal |score=1–2 |goals1=Ljungberg |goals2=Owen |report=Report |team2=Liverpool |stadium=Millennium Stadium, Cardiff |attendance=72,500 |referee=Steve Dunn (Gloucestershire) }}

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.

The matches shown live on ITV Sport were:

Newcastle United 1-1 Aston Villa (R3)
Manchester United 0-1 West Ham United (R4)
Liverpool 4-2 Manchester City (R5)
Tranmere Rovers 2-4 Liverpool (QF)
Wycombe Wanderers 1-2 Liverpool (SF)
Arsenal 1-2 Liverpool (Final)

The matches shown live on Sky Sports were:

Luton Town 1-0 Rushden & Diamonds (R1)
Cardiff City 5-1 Bristol Rovers (R1)
Nuneaton Borough 1-0 Stoke City (R1 Replay)
Walsall 2-1 Barnet (R2)
Blackpool 0-1 Yeovil Town (R2)
Leyton Orient 3-2 Northwich Victoria (R2 Replay)
Fulham 1-2 Manchester United (R3)
Bradford City 0-1 Middlesbrough (R3)
Leeds United 0-2 Liverpool (R4)
Gillingham 2-4 Chelsea (R4)
Kingstonian 0-1 Bristol City (R4 Replay)
Sunderland 0-1 West Ham United (R5)
Arsenal 3-1 Chelsea (R5)
Tranmere Rovers 4-3 Southampton (R5 Replay)
West Ham United 2-3 Tottenham Hotspur (QF)
Arsenal 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur (SF)
Arsenal 1-2 Liverpool (Final)

The third round replay between Dagenham & Redbridge vs. Charlton Athletic was originally scheduled to be on Sky Sports on 17 January 2001, but because of a frozen pitch, the game was postponed.

References

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2000–01 FA Cup

Qualifying rounds

First round proper

Upsets

Second round proper

Upsets

Third round proper

Fourth round proper

Fifth round proper

Sixth round proper

Blackburn Rovers and Tranmere Rovers, the last remaining Division One sides in the competition, were eliminated at this stage by Arsenal and Liverpool respectively.

|date = |team1 = West Ham United (1) |score = 2–3 |report = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/fa_cup/1211829.stm |team2 = Tottenham Hotspur (1) |goals1 = Pearce Todorov |goals2 = Rebrov , Doherty |stadium = Boleyn Ground |location = London |attendance = 26,048 |referee = Andy D'Urso

Semi-finals

|date=8 April 2001 13:30 |team1=Arsenal (1) |score=2–1 |report=Report |team2=Tottenham Hotspur (1) |goals1=Vieira Pires |goals2=Doherty |stadium=Old Trafford, Manchester |attendance=63,541 |referee=Graham Poll (Hertfordshire) }}

Final

Media coverage

References

|date = |team1 = West Ham United (1) |score = 2–3 |report = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/fa_cup/1211829.stm |team2 = Tottenham Hotspur (1) |goals1 = Pearce
Todorov |goals2 = Rebrov ,
Doherty |stadium = Boleyn Ground |location = London |attendance = 26,048 |referee = Andy D'Urso