FA Cup 2000-01 Facts & Trivia
The 2000-01 FA Cup was won by Liverpool. Below are the facts, records and trivia from that cup run — the final, the giant-killings, the biggest wins, the hat-tricks and the shootouts.
See the full FA Cup 2000-01 bracket and results. Or read the EFL Cup 2000-01 facts.
1. Liverpool — champions
Liverpool beat Arsenal 2-1 to win the FA Cup.
2. Michael Owen's final
Michael Owen scored 2 in the final as Liverpool won the trophy.
3. Domestic cup double
Liverpool won both the FA Cup and the EFL Cup in the same season — a domestic cup double.
4. Wycombe Wanderers' cup run
Wycombe Wanderers, in from the 1st Round, went all the way to the Semi-Final — a memorable run from the early rounds.
5. Ian Stevens's haul
Ian Stevens scored 4 for Carlisle United in the 1st Round (5-1 v Woking) (5 hat-tricks were scored in all).
6. The heaviest win
The biggest win of the competition: Arsenal beat Queens Park Rangers 6-0 in the 4th Round.
7. 8-goal thriller
Aldershot Town 2-6 Brighton & Hove Albion was the highest-scoring tie of the season with 8 goals.
8. Spot-kick marathon
Wimbledon and Wycombe Wanderers needed 15 penalties to settle their 5th Round tie (7-8 on spot-kicks after 2-2).
9. Liverpool's road to glory
Liverpool beat Rotherham United, Leeds United, Manchester City, Tranmere Rovers, Wycombe Wanderers and Arsenal on the way to the trophy — 6 ties won.
10. Sharpest shooters
Wycombe Wanderers scored the most goals of any club in the competition this season, with 18.
11. Arsenal fall short
Arsenal reached the final but finished runners-up.
12. The last four
The semi-finalists were Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur, Wycombe Wanderers and Liverpool.