2000 Football League Trophy final

November 2020 2000 Football League Trophy Final Old Wembley Stadium (external view).jpg 200 1999–2000 Football League Trophy Bristol City 1 Stoke City 2 16 April 2000 Wembley London K.M.Lynch (Kirk Hammerton) 75,057 1999 2001 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.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/stoke_city/791104.stm Wembley glory for Stoke City 14 March 2011 BBC Sport 29 June 2000Stoke honour Sir Stan with Wembley win 5 May 2013 The Sentinel 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 CityStoke 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. 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. 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. Match details 16 April 2000 13:30 BST Bristol City 1–2 Stoke City Holland 74 Kavanagh 32 Thorne 82 Wembley, London 75,057 K.M.Lynch _bluestripeonright EAC117 EAC117 EAC117 0000AA EAC117 Bristol City _white_stripes _whitestripes _white_stripes FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FFFFFF FFFFFF Stoke City GK 2 ENG Billy MercerDF 6 ENG Louis Carey 87DF 27 ENG Andy JordanDF 46 ENG Keith MillenDF 3 ENG Michael BellMF 17 ENG Aaron Brown 68MF 26 SCO Scott Murray MF 10 ENG Paul HollandMF 11 ENG Brian TinnionFW 20 ENG Peter BeadleFW 21 ENG Tony ThorpeSubstitutes:GK 15 ENG Steve PhillipsDF 43 ENG Kevin Amankwaah 87DF 32 ENG Matt HillMF 33 ENG Joe BurnellFW 34 ENG Damian Spencer 68Manager:ENG David Burnside GK 1 ENG Gavin WardDF 5 ENG Nicky MohanDF 15 SWE Mikael HanssonDF 22 IRE Clive ClarkeMF 2 ISL Brynjar GunnarssonMF 8IRE Graham KavanaghMF 17 IRE James O'Connor MF 25 ISL Bjarni GuðjónssonMF 36 ISL Arnar Gunnlaugsson 62FW 9 ENG Peter ThorneFW 12 BER Kyle Lightbourne 89Substitutes:GK 14 ENG Carl MuggletonDF 32 NOR Anders JacobsenDF 34 ENG Richard Dryden 62MF 35 ENG Steve MeltonFW 31 SCO Chris Iwelumo 89Manager:ISL Guðjón Þórðarson MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Maximum of 3 substitutions. References External links Category:EFL Trophy finals Football League Trophy Final 2000 Football League Trophy Final 2000 Category:1999–2000 in English men's football cups Category:EFL Trophy seasons Category:April 2000 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:2000 in sport in London Category:Sports events at Wembley Stadium