2000–01 Football League

102nd season of the Football League

Football league season

The Football League
Season	2000–01
Champions	Fulham
Promoted	Fulham Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers
Relegated	Barnet
New team in League	Kidderminster Harriers
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

The 2000–01 Football League (known as the Nationwide Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 102nd completed season of The Football League.

First Division

Football league season

First Division
Season	2000–01
Champions	Fulham
Promoted	Fulham Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers
Relegated	Huddersfield Town Queens Park Rangers Tranmere Rovers
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,373 (2.49 per match)
Top goalscorer	Louis Saha (27 goals)^[1]
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

Team changes

The following teams changed division since the 1999–2000 season.

From First Division

Promoted to FA Premier League

Relegated to Second Division

To First Division

Promoted from Second Division

Relegated from FA Premier League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Fulham (C, P)	46	30	11	5	90	32	+58	101	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Blackburn Rovers (P)	46	26	13	7	76	39	+37	91	Promotion to the Premier League
3	Bolton Wanderers (O, P)	46	24	15	7	76	45	+31	87	Qualification for the First Division play-offs
4	Preston North End	46	23	9	14	64	52	+12	78
5	Birmingham City	46	23	9	14	59	48	+11	78
6	West Bromwich Albion	46	21	11	14	60	52	+8	74
7	Burnley	46	21	9	16	50	54	−4	72
8	Wimbledon	46	17	18	11	71	50	+21	69
9	Watford	46	20	9	17	76	67	+9	69
10	Sheffield United	46	19	11	16	52	49	+3	68
11	Nottingham Forest	46	20	8	18	55	53	+2	68
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	14	13	19	45	48	−3	55
13	Gillingham	46	13	16	17	61	66	−5	55
14	Crewe Alexandra	46	15	10	21	47	62	−15	55
15	Norwich City	46	14	12	20	46	58	−12	54
16	Barnsley	46	15	9	22	49	62	−13	54
17	Sheffield Wednesday	46	15	8	23	52	71	−19	53
18	Grimsby Town	46	14	10	22	43	62	−19	52
19	Stockport County	46	11	18	17	58	65	−7	51
20	Portsmouth	46	10	19	17	47	59	−12	49
21	Crystal Palace	46	12	13	21	57	70	−13	49
22	Huddersfield Town (R)	46	11	15	20	48	57	−9	48	Relegation to the Second Division
23	Queens Park Rangers (R)	46	7	19	20	45	75	−30	40
24	Tranmere Rovers (R)	46	9	11	26	46	77	−31	38

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Play-offs

Source:^[2]

Semifinals 1st leg –May 13th; 2nd leg –May 17th, 2001					Final at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff May 28th, 2001

3rd	Bolton Wanderers	2	3	5

6th	West Bromwich Albion	2	0	2
					3rd	Bolton Wanderers	3

					4th	Preston North End	0
4th	Preston North End (pen.)	0	2	2 (4)

5th	Birmingham City	1	1	2 (2)

Results

Home \ Away	BAR	BIR	BLB	BOL	BUR	CRE	CRY	FUL	GIL	GRI	HUD	NWC	NOT	POR	PNE	QPR	SHU	SHW	STP	TRA	WAT	WBA	WDN	WOL
Barnsley		2–3	1–2	0–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	3–1	2–0	3–1	1–0	3–4	1–0	0–4	4–2	0–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	0–1	4–1	0–1	1–2
Birmingham City	4–1		0–2	1–1	3–2	2–0	2–1	1–3	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–2	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	0–3	0–1
Blackburn Rovers	0–0	2–1		1–1	5–0	1–0	2–0	1–2	1–2	2–0	2–0	3–2	3–0	3–1	3–2	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	3–2	3–4	1–0	1–1	1–0
Bolton Wanderers	2–0	2–2	1–4		1–1	4–1	3–3	0–2	3–3	2–2	2–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–1	2–2	2–1
Burnley	2–1	0–0	0–2	0–2		1–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–2
Crewe Alexandra	2–2	0–2	0–0	2–1	4–2		1–1	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–3	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–2	3–1	2–0	0–1	0–4	2–0
Crystal Palace	1–0	1–2	2–3	0–2	0–1	1–0		0–2	2–2	0–1	0–0	1–1	2–3	2–3	0–2	1–1	0–1	4–1	2–2	3–2	1–0	2–2	3–1	0–2
Fulham	5–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	3–1		3–0	2–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–1	3–1	5–0	0–0	1–1	2–0
Gillingham	0–0	1–2	1–1	2–2	0–0	0–1	4–1	0–2		1–0	2–1	4–3	1–3	1–1	4–0	0–1	4–1	2–0	1–3	2–1	0–3	1–2	0–0	1–0
Grimsby Town	0–2	1–1	1–4	0–1	1–0	1–3	2–2	1–0	1–0		1–0	2–0	0–2	2–1	1–2	3–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–2
Huddersfield Town	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–3	0–1	3–1	1–2	1–2	2–3	0–0		2–0	1–1	4–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	3–0	1–2	0–2	0–2	3–0
Norwich City	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	2–3	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–1		0–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	4–2	1–0	4–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–2	1–0
Nottingham Forest	1–0	1–2	2–1	0–2	5–0	1–0	0–3	0–3	0–1	3–1	1–3	0–0		2–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	3–1	0–2	1–0	1–2	0–0
Portsmouth	3–0	1–1	2–2	1–2	2–0	2–1	2–4	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2		0–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–3	0–1	2–1	3–1
Preston North End	1–2	0–2	0–1	0–2	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0		5–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	3–2	2–1	1–1	2–0
Queens Park Rangers	2–0	0–0	1–3	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–1	1–1	2–3	1–0	1–1	0–0		1–3	1–2	0–3	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–2
Sheffield United	1–2	3–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	3–2	3–0	1–1	1–3	2–0	3–2	1–1		1–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–0
Sheffield Wednesday	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–3	2–0	0–0	4–1	3–3	2–1	1–0	2–3	3–2	0–1	0–0	1–3	5–2	1–2		2–4	1–0	2–3	1–2	0–5	0–1
Stockport County	2–0	2–0	0–0	4–3	0–0	3–0	0–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–3	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–2	0–2	2–1		1–1	2–3	0–0	2–2	1–1
Tranmere Rovers	2–3	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–3	1–3	1–1	1–4	3–2	2–0	2–0	0–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–1		2–0	2–2	0–4	0–2
Watford	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	3–0	2–2	1–3	0–0	4–0	1–2	4–1	3–0	2–2	2–3	3–1	4–1	1–3	2–2	1–1		3–3	3–1	3–2
West Bromwich Albion	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–3	3–1	0–1	1–1	2–3	3–0	2–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	3–0		3–1	1–0
Wimbledon	1–1	3–1	0–2	0–1	0–2	3–3	1–0	0–3	4–4	2–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	5–0	0–0	4–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–1		1–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–0	0–1	0–0	0–2	1–0	0–0	1–3	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–2	1–2	2–2	3–1	0–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Louis Saha	Fulham	27
2	Matt Jansen	Blackburn Rovers	23
3	Lee Hughes	West Bromwich Albion	21
4	Jason Euell	Wimbledon	19
=	Jon Macken	Preston North End	19
=	Michael Ricketts	Bolton Wanderers	19
5	Luis Boa Morte	Fulham	18
=	Barry Hayles	Fulham	18

Maps

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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Locations of the Football League First Division 2000–2001 teams

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Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 2000–2001

Second Division

Football league season

Football League, Second Division
Season	2000–01
Champions	Millwall (1st third tier title)
Direct promotion	Millwall, Rotherham United
Promoted through play-offs	Walsall
Relegated	Bristol Rovers, Luton Town, Oxford United, Swansea City
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,466 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorer	Neil Harris (Millwall), 27 ^[1]
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

Team changes

The following teams changed division since the 1999–2000 season.

From Second Division

Promoted to First Division

Relegated to Third Division

To Second Division

Promoted from Third Division

Relegated from First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Millwall	46	17	2	4	49	11	11	7	5	40	27	+51	93	Division Champions, promoted
2	Rotherham United	46	16	4	3	50	26	11	6	6	29	29	+24	91	Promoted
3	Reading	46	15	5	3	58	26	10	6	7	28	26	+34	86	Participated in play-offs
4	Walsall	46	15	5	3	51	23	8	7	8	28	27	+29	81	Promoted through play-offs
5	Stoke City	46	12	6	5	39	21	9	8	6	35	28	+25	77	Participated in play-offs
6	Wigan Athletic	46	12	9	2	29	18	7	9	7	24	24	+11	75	Participated in play-offs
7	Bournemouth	46	11	6	6	37	23	9	7	7	42	32	+24	73
8	Notts County	46	10	6	7	37	33	9	6	8	25	33	−4	69
9	Bristol City	46	11	6	6	47	29	7	8	8	23	27	+14	68
10	Wrexham	46	10	6	7	33	28	7	6	10	32	43	−6	63
11	Port Vale	46	9	8	6	35	22	7	6	10	20	27	+6	62
12	Peterborough United	46	12	6	5	38	27	3	8	12	23	39	−5	59
13	Wycombe Wanderers	46	8	7	8	24	23	7	7	9	22	30	−7	59
14	Brentford	46	9	10	4	34	30	5	7	11	22	40	−14	59
15	Oldham Athletic	46	11	5	7	35	26	4	8	11	18	39	−12	58
16	Bury	46	10	6	7	25	22	6	4	13	20	37	−14	58
17	Colchester United	46	10	5	8	32	23	5	7	11	23	36	−4	57
18	Northampton Town	46	9	6	8	26	28	6	6	11	20	31	−13	57
19	Cambridge United	46	8	6	9	32	31	6	5	12	29	46	−16	53
20	Swindon Town	46	6	8	9	30	35	7	5	11	17	30	−18	52
21	Bristol Rovers	46	6	10	7	28	26	6	5	12	25	31	−4	51	Relegated
22	Luton Town	46	5	6	12	24	35	4	7	12	28	45	−28	40
23	Swansea City	46	5	9	9	26	24	3	4	16	21	49	−26	37
24	Oxford United	46	5	4	14	23	34	2	2	19	30	66	−47	27

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Play-offs

Source:^[2]

Semifinals 1st leg –May 13th; 2nd leg –May 16th, 2001					Final at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff May 27th, 2001

3rd	Reading	0	2	2

6th	Wigan Athletic	0	1	1
					3rd	Reading	2

					4th	Walsall (a.e.t.)	3
4th	Walsall	0	4	4

5th	Stoke City	0	2	2

Maps

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Locations of the Football League Second Division 2000–2001 teams

Brentford

Millwall

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Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 2000–2001

Third Division

Football league season

Football League, Third Division
Season	2000–01
Champions	Brighton & Hove Albion (2nd fourth tier title)
Direct promotion	Brighton & Hove Albion, Cardiff City, Chesterfield
Promoted through play-offs	Blackpool
Relegated to Conference	Barnet
New club in the league	Kidderminster Harriers
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,397 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bobby Zamora (Brighton & Hove Albion), 28 ^[1]
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

Team changes

The following teams changed division since the 1999–2000 season.

From Third Division

Promoted to Second Division

Relegated to Football Conference

Chester City

To Third Division

Promoted from Football Conference

Kidderminster Harriers

Relegated from Second Division

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	19	2	2	52	14	9	6	8	21	21	+38	92	Division Champions, promoted
2	Cardiff City	46	16	7	0	56	20	7	6	10	39	38	+37	82	Promoted
3	Chesterfield	46	16	5	2	46	14	9	9	5	33	28	+37	80^[a]	Promoted
4	Hartlepool United	46	12	8	3	40	23	9	6	8	31	31	+17	77	Participated in play-offs
5	Leyton Orient	46	13	7	3	31	18	7	8	8	28	33	+8	75
6	Hull City	46	12	7	4	27	18	7	10	6	20	21	+8	74
7	Blackpool	46	14	4	5	50	26	8	2	13	24	32	+16	72	Promoted through play-offs
8	Rochdale	46	11	8	4	36	25	7	9	7	23	23	+11	71
9	Cheltenham Town	46	12	5	6	37	27	6	9	8	22	25	+7	68
10	Scunthorpe United	46	13	7	3	42	16	5	4	14	20	36	+10	65
11	Southend United	46	10	8	5	29	23	5	10	8	26	30	+2	63
12	Plymouth Argyle	46	13	5	5	33	17	2	8	13	21	44	−7	58
13	Mansfield Town	46	12	7	4	40	26	3	6	14	24	46	−8	58
14	Macclesfield Town	46	10	5	8	23	21	4	9	10	28	41	−11	56
15	Shrewsbury Town	46	12	5	6	30	26	3	5	15	19	39	−16	55
16	Kidderminster Harriers^[b]	46	10	6	7	29	27	3	8	12	18	34	−14	53
17	York City	46	9	6	8	23	26	4	7	12	19	37	−21	52
18	Lincoln City	46	9	9	5	36	28	3	6	14	22	38	−8	51
19	Exeter City	46	8	9	6	22	20	4	5	14	18	38	−18	50
20	Darlington	46	10	6	7	28	23	2	7	14	16	33	−12	49
21	Torquay United	46	8	9	6	30	29	4	4	15	22	48	−25	49
22	Carlisle United	46	8	8	7	26	26	3	7	13	16	39	−23	48
23	Halifax Town	46	7	6	10	33	32	5	5	13	21	36	−14	47
24	Barnet	46	9	8	6	44	29	3	1	19	23	52	−14	45	Relegated to Conference

Source: ^[2]
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
Notes:

^ Chesterfield had 9 points deducted.
^ New club in the league

Play-offs

Source:^[2]

Semifinals 1st leg –May 13th; 2nd leg –May 16th, 2001					Final at Wembley Stadium May 26th, 2001

4th	Hartlepool United	0	1	1

7th	Blackpool	2	3	5
					5th	Leyton Orient	2

					7th	Blackpool	4
5th	Leyton Orient	0	2	2

6th	Hull City	1	0	1

Maps

Kidderminster Harriers

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Locations of the Football League Third Division teams 2000–2001

Barnet

Leyton Orient

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Locations of the Football League Third Division London teams 2000–2001

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "England 2000–01". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 26 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.

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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
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Winter 2000–01 transfers

v t e 2000–01 in European men's football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '00 '01 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '00 '01 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina (Republika Srpska) Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '00 '01 Faroe Islands '00 '01 Finland '00 '01 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '00 '01 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '00 '01 Latvia '00 '01 Lithuania '00 '01 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '00 '01 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '00 '01 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '00 '01 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '00 '01 Finland '00 '01 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '00 '01 Israel Italy Latvia '00 '01 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '00 '01 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
League cups	England Finland '00 '01 France Germany Iceland '00 '01 Israel Northern Ireland Poland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying, Group stage, Second group stage, Knockout stage, Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup