2000–01 Carlisle United F.C. season

Carlisle United F.C. 2000-01 football season

Carlisle United F.C.
2000-01 season
Chairman	Michael Knighton
Manager	Ian Atkins
Division Three	22nd
FA Cup	Third Round
League Cup	First Round
Football League Trophy	First Round
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

For the 2000–01 season, Carlisle United F.C. competed in Football League Division Three.

Season summary

After the previous season saw relegation to the Football Conference avoided on the last day for the second year in a row, manager Martin Wilkinson was sacked and replaced by Ian Atkins, who had almost steered Chester City to Football League survival at Carlisle's expense.

Any hope that Atkins would produce an immediate turn-around was quickly dashed when the first half of the campaign turned out even worse than those of either of the previous two seasons, with only three matches won before the turn of the year, and Carlisle entering 2001 looking hopelessly adrift at the bottom of the table. The team's spirits picked up thereafter thanks to a run to the third round of the FA Cup, where they were eliminated by Premier League Arsenal, and Carlisle's league form greatly improved, allowing them to secure safety on the penultimate weekend of the season (largely thanks to relegation rivals Barnet and Torquay United ending up playing each other on the final day, making it mathematically impossible for both clubs to overtake Carlisle).

With Irish businessman John Courtenay making overtures about purchasing the club, Atkins left by mutual agreement at the season's end, partly to become director of football at newly-relegated Oxford United, and partly to make way for Courtenay's preferred manager, Roddy Collins.

Results & fixtures

English Third Division

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score
1	12 August	Halifax Town	H	2–2
2	19 August	Leyton Orient	A	0–1
3	25 August	York City	H	1–1
4	29 August	Shrewsbury Town	A	1–0
5	2 September	Kidderminster Harriers	A	1–0
6	9 September	Rochdale	H	1–2
7	12 September	Chesterfield	H	2–4
8	16 September	Plymouth Argyle	A	0–2
9	23 September	Exeter City	H	0–1
10	30 September	Darlington	A	0–1
11	6 October	Cheltenham Town	A	0–1
12	14 October	Barnet	H	0–2
13	17 October	Cardiff City	H	2–2
14	21 October	Torquay United	A	2–4
15	24 October	Blackpool	A	2–3
16	28 October	Scunthorpe United	H	1–2
17	4 November	Brighton and Hove Albion	A	1–4
18	11 November	Southend United	H	3–1
19	25 November	Hull City	A	1–2
20	2 December	Lincoln City	H	1–1
21	16 December	Macclesfield Town	A	0–1
22	22 December	Mansfield Town	A	1–1
23	13 January	Shrewsbury Town	H	1–0
24	20 January	Hartlepool United	A	2–2
25	27 January	Mansfield Town	H	2–1
26	30 January	York City	A	0–0
27	3 February	Kiddermister Harriers	H	2–0
28	13 February	Hartlepool United	H	2–3
29	17 February	Plymouth Argyle	H	1–1
30	20 February	Chesterfield	A	1–1
31	24 February	Exeter City	A	0–1
32	3 March	Darlington	H	0–2
33	6 March	Barnet	A	1–0
34	10 March	Cheltenham Town	H	1–1
35	13 March	Leyton Orient	H	1–0
36	17 March	Cardiff City	A	1–4
37	23 March	Torquay United	H	1–0
38	27 March	Halifax Town	A	0–0
39	31 March	Macclesfield Town	H	1–0
40	10 April	Rochdale	A	0–6
41	14 April	Blackpool	H	1–0
42	16 April	Scunthorpe United	A	0–3
43	21 April	Brighton and Hove Albion	H	0–0
44	28 April	Southend United	A	1–1
45	2 May	Lincoln City	A	1–1
46	5 May	Hull City	H	0–0

English League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Carlisle United Scorer(s)	Attendance	Report
R1 L1	22 August	Grimsby Town	A	0–2		1,914
R1 L2	5 September	Grimsby Town	H	1–1		2,228

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Attendance
R1	18 November	Woking	H	5–1	2,647
R2	9 December	Kidderminster Harriers	A	2–0	2,533
R3	6 January	Arsenal	H	0–1	15,300

Football League Trophy

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Carlisle United Scorer(s)	Attendance	Report
1	12 December	Kidderminster Harriers	A	1–2		777

References

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2000–01 in English football

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National teams

UEFA Euro 2000 (Squad, Group A)
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (Group 9)
Kevin Keegan
Sven-Göran Eriksson

League competitions

Level 1	Premier League
Levels 2–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, play-offs)
Level 5	Football Conference
Levels 6–7	Isthmian League (Premier, One) Northern Premier League (Premier, One) Southern League (Premier, Eastern, Western)
Levels 8–9	Isthmian League (Two, Three) Eastern Counties League (Premier, One) Hellenic League (Premier, One East, One West) Kent League (level 8 only) Midland Alliance (level 8 only) Midland Football Combination (level 9 only) North West Counties League (One, Two) Northern Counties East League (Premier, One) Northern League (One, Two) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (Premier, One) Wessex League (level 8 only) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 9 only) Western League (Premier, One)
Lower leagues	Combined Counties League Essex Senior League Spartan South Midlands League

Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) Charity Shield FA Trophy (Final)
Football League cups	League Cup (Final) Football League Trophy (Final)

European competitions

Club seasons
Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Bradford City Charlton Athletic Chelsea Coventry City Derby County Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Southampton Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United
First Division	Barnsley Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Burnley Crewe Alexandra Crystal Palace Fulham Gillingham Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Norwich City Nottingham Forest Portsmouth Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Stockport County Tranmere Rovers Watford West Bromwich Albion Wimbledon Wolverhampton Wanderers
Second Division	Bournemouth Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Bury Cambridge United Colchester United Luton Town Millwall Northampton Town Notts County Oldham Athletic Oxford United Peterborough United Port Vale Reading Rotherham United Stoke City Swansea City Swindon Town Walsall Wigan Athletic Wrexham Wycombe Wanderers
Third Division	Barnet Blackpool Brighton & Hove Albion Cardiff City Carlisle United Cheltenham Town Chesterfield Darlington Exeter City Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hull City Kidderminster Harriers Leyton Orient Lincoln City Macclesfield Town Mansfield Town Plymouth Argyle Rochdale Scunthorpe United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Torquay United York City

Summer 2000 transfers
Winter 2000–01 transfers

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