2000–01 Grimsby Town F.C. season

Grimsby Town 2000–01 football season

Grimsby Town
2000–01 season
Chairman	Doug Everitt
Manager	Alan Buckley (until 22 August) Lennie Lawrence (from 29 August)
Stadium	Blundell Park
Football League First Division	18th
FA Cup	Third round
Worthington Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	Livingstone (7)
Average home league attendance	5,646
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

During the 2000–01 English football season, Grimsby Town F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

The 2000–01 season saw a boardroom change with Doug Everitt taking over from Bill Carr. Everitt dismissed manager Alan Buckley just two games into the season,^[1] replacing him with Lennie Lawrence, who earlier in his managerial career had guided both Charlton Athletic and Middlesbrough into the top flight.^[2] The new manager chop and changed the playing squad around and brought in some expensive loan signings from abroad such as Zhang Enhua, Menno Willems, David Nielsen and Knut Anders Fostervold. Despite this, the club struggled to avoid relegation, only securing their place in Division One on the last day of the season with a win over promoted Fulham.^[3]

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee
12 July 2000	DF	Paul Raven	West Bromwich Albion	Free Transfer
1 August 2000	MF	Andy Smith	Barnsley	Free Transfer
11 August 2000	FW	Mike Jeffrey	Kilmarnock	Free Transfer
12 October 2000	GK	Jason Batty	Football Kingz	Free Transfer
28 February 2001	MF	Menno Willems	Vitesse Arnhem	£150,000
30 March 2001	MF	Stuart Campbell	Leicester City	£200,000

Loans in

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Date Until
15 September 2000	MF	Stuart Campbell	Leicester City	29 March 2001
11 October 2000	FW	David Nielsen	FC Copenhagen	17 January 2001
28 October 2000	MF	Neil Murray	Mainz 05	1 February 2001
16 November 2000	MF	Knut Anders Fostervold	Molde FK	1 February 2001
24 November 2000	MF	Menno Willems	Vitesse Arnhem	27 February 2001
28 November 2000	DF	Zhang Enhua	Dalian Shide	8 May 2001
13 March 2001	FW	Luke Cornwall	Fulham	8 May 2001
21 March 2001	GK	Morten Hyldgaard	Coventry City	7 May 2001

Transfers out

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred To	Fee
1 July 2000	GK	Andy Love	Ilkeston Town	Released
1 July 2000	MF	Matthew Oswin	Indiana Invaders	Released
1 July 2000	MF	Matt McKenzie	Ilkeston Town	Released
11 July 2000	DF	Mark Lever	Bristol City	Free Transfer
5 August 2000	FW	Lee Ashcroft	Wigan Athletic	£350,000
2 February 2001	GK	Jason Batty	Scunthorpe United	Released

Loans out

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred To	Date Until
11 October 2000	MF	Kingsley Black	Lincoln City	11 November 2000
24 November 2000	FW	Daryl Clare	Northampton Town	24 December 2000
5 January 2001	FW	Daryl Clare	Cheltenham Town	5 February 2001

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results

Grimsby Town's score comes first^[4]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
12 August 2000	Preston North End	H	1–2	5,755	Livingstone
19 August 2000	Portsmouth	A	1–1	12,511	Smith
26 August 2000	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0–1	7,755
29 August 2000	Crewe Alexandra	A	0–2	5,305
9 September 2000	Gillingham	H	1–0	4,512	Livingstone
12 September 2000	Bolton Wanderers	H	0–1	3,732
16 September 2000	Burnley	A	1–1	15,413	Butterfield
23 September 2000	Nottingham Forest	H	0–2	6,467
30 September 2000	Barnsley	A	0–2	13,096
14 October 2000	Huddersfield Town	H	1–0	4,911	Allen
17 October 2000	Queens Park Rangers	H	3–1	4,428	Livingstone (2), Nielsen
21 October 2000	Blackburn Rovers	A	0–2	16,397
24 October 2000	Crystal Palace	A	1–0	16,685	Allen
29 October 2000	West Bromwich Albion	H	2–0	5,429	Allen, Nielsen
4 November 2000	Watford	A	0–4	11,600
18 November 2000	Sheffield United	A	2–3	12,861	Livingstone, Nielsen
21 November 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–2	16,088
25 November 2000	Fulham	A	1–2	12,107	Donovan
2 December 2000	Crystal Palace	H	2–2	5,802	Jeffrey, Donovan
9 December 2000	Tranmere Rovers	A	0–2	7,119
13 December 2000	Wimbledon	A	2–2	4,489	Smith, Nielsen
16 December 2000	Norwich City	H	2–0	5,618	Fleming (own goal), Nielsen
23 December 2000	Preston North End	A	2–1	14,667	Willems, Groves
26 December 2000	Stockport County	H	1–1	6,654	Burnett
1 January 2001	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0–1	17,004
13 January 2001	Crewe Alexandra	H	1–3	4,495	Donovan
20 January 2001	Stockport County	A	1–1	6,165	Donovan
27 January 2001	Portsmouth	H	2–1	4,128	Donovan, Livingstone
10 February 2001	Gillingham	A	0–1	8,633
17 February 2001	Burnley	H	1–0	6,044	Zhang
20 February 2001	Bolton Wanderers	A	2–2	24,249	Groves, Zhang
24 February 2001	Nottingham Forest	A	1–3	21,660	Campbell
3 March 2001	Barnsley	H	0–2	5,996
6 March 2001	Huddersfield Town	A	0–0	9,494
10 March 2001	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–2	4,899
13 March 2001	Wimbledon	H	1–1	4,276	Zhang
17 March 2001	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–0	17,608	Groves
20 March 2001	Birmingham City	H	1–1	4,843	Pouton (pen)
31 March 2001	Norwich City	A	1–2	17,461	Campbell
7 April 2001	Tranmere Rovers	H	3–1	5,816	Cornwall (2), Livingstone
14 April 2001	Watford	H	2–1	6,110	Handyside, Coldicott
16 April 2001	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–0	16,504	Cornwall
21 April 2001	Sheffield United	H	0–1	6,983
24 April 2001	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–4	6,507	Cornwall
28 April 2001	Birmingham City	A	0–1	24,822
6 May 2001	Fulham	H	1–0	8,706	Groves

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
Third round	6 January 2001	Wycombe Wanderers	A	1–1	5,390	Nielsen
Third round replay	16 January 2001	Wycombe Wanderers	H	1–3	3,269	Jeffrey

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
First round first leg	22 August 2000	Carlisle United	H	2–0	1,914	Coldicott, Allen
First round second leg	5 September 2000	Carlisle United	A	1–1 (won 4–2 on agg)	2,228	Allen
Second round first Leg	26 September 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3–2	2,396	Gallimore, Rowan, Allen
Second round second Leg	2 October 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–2 (lost 3–4 on agg)	8,058

Squad

^[5] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	WAL	Danny Coyne
2	DF	ENG	John McDermott
3	DF	ENG	Tony Gallimore
4	DF	SCO	Peter Handyside
5	DF	ENG	Richard Smith
6	MF	ENG	Wayne Burnett
7	MF	ENG	Kevin Donovan
8	MF	ENG	David Smith
9	FW	ENG	Mike Jeffrey
10	MF	SCO	Stuart Campbell (on loan from Leicester City)
11	MF	ENG	Paul Groves
12	DF	ENG	Danny Butterfield
13	GK	ENG	Steve Croudson
14	FW	ENG	Steve Livingstone
15	DF	ENG	Paul Raven


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	ENG	Stacy Coldicott
17	MF	NIR	Kingsley Black
18	MF	ENG	Adam Buckley
19	FW	EIR	Daryl Clare
20	DF	ENG	Matthew Bloomer
21	MF	SCO	Neil Murray (on loan from Mainz 05)
22	DF	ENG	Ben Chapman
23	FW	ENG	Jonathan Rowan
24	MF	ENG	Andy Smith
25	FW	ENG	Bradley Allen
26	MF	ENG	Alan Pouton
27	GK	DEN	Morten Hyldgaard (on loan from Coventry City)
28	FW	ENG	Luke Cornwall (on loan from Fulham)
29	DF	NED	Menno Willems

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
27	FW	DEN	David Nielsen (on loan from F.C. Copenhagen)
28	DF	NOR	Knut Anders Fostervold (on loan from Molde FK)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
30	DF	CHN	Zhang Enhua (on loan from Dalian Wanda)

References

^ "Grimsby sack boss Buckley". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
^ "Lawrence is new boss". BBC Sport. 26 August 2000. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
^ "Gutsy Grimsby stay up". BBC Sport. 6 May 2001. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
^ "Grimsby Town 2000-2001 Home - statto.com". Archived from the original on 28 September 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
^ "FootballSquads - Grimsby Town - 2000/01".

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