The City Ground

SEASON: 2000-01

Prev Season: 1999-00
This Season: 2000-01
Next Season: 2001-02

DIVISION:: Nationwide League Division One (Tier 2)
MANAGER(s):: David Platt
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (Wolverhampton Wanderers (H) 0-1)
League Cup:: 1st Round (Darlington (H) 1-2)
Player Of The Year:: Chris Bart-Williams

Top Goalscorer:: Chris Bart-Williams (15 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	13 times	9 times	6 times	1 time	1 time
Conceded	17 times	10 times	7 times
Won By	9 times	10 times			1 time
Lost By	11 times	4 times	5 times

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 28,372
Lowest League Attendance:: 17,089
Average League Attendance:: 20,635
Highest Cup Attendance:: 14,601
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 6,530

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 15
Red cards:: 6
Yellow cards:: 74
Penalties scored:: 9
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE

FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION ONE (Tier 2)								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Fulham	46	30	11	5	90	32	16	5	2	49	14	14	6	3	41	18	58	101	Promoted as Champions	0-3	0-1
2	Blackburn Rovers	46	26	13	7	76	39	15	5	3	43	20	11	8	4	33	19	37	91	Promoted	2-1	0-3
3	Bolton Wanderers	46	24	15	7	76	45	10	10	3	40	28	14	5	4	36	17	31	87	Promoted via playoffs	0-2	0-0
4	Preston North End	46	23	9	14	64	52	12	6	5	32	18	11	3	9	32	34	12	78		3-1	1-1
5	Birmingham City	46	23	9	14	59	48	14	3	6	34	22	9	6	8	25	26	11	78		1-2	2-0
6	West Bromwich Albion	46	21	11	14	60	52	13	5	5	37	23	8	6	9	23	29	8	74		1-0	0-3
7	Burnley	46	21	9	16	50	54	14	5	4	30	17	7	4	12	20	37	-4	72		5-0	0-1
8	Wimbledon	46	17	18	11	71	50	7	11	5	33	26	10	7	6	38	24	21	69		1-2	1-2
9	Watford	46	20	9	17	76	67	11	6	6	46	29	9	3	11	30	38	9	69		0-2	0-3
10	Sheffield United	46	19	11	16	52	49	14	4	5	34	18	5	7	11	18	31	3	68		2-0	3-1
11	Nottingham Forest	46	20	8	18	55	53	11	3	9	28	24	9	5	9	27	29	2	68
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	14	13	19	45	48	7	9	7	25	20	7	4	12	20	28	-3	55		0-0	0-2
13	Gillingham	46	13	16	17	61	66	9	6	8	32	28	4	10	9	29	38	-5	55		0-1	3-1
14	Crewe Alexandra	46	15	10	21	47	62	12	5	6	30	24	3	5	15	17	38	-15	55		1-0	0-1
15	Norwich City	46	14	12	20	46	58	10	7	6	25	18	4	5	14	21	40	-12	54		0-0	0-0
16	Barnsley	46	15	9	22	49	62	11	3	9	32	26	4	6	13	17	36	-13	54		1-0	4-3
17	Sheffield Wednesday	46	15	8	23	52	71	9	4	10	34	38	6	4	13	18	33	-19	53		0-1	1-0
18	Grimsby Town	46	14	10	22	43	62	10	4	9	26	27	4	6	13	17	35	-19	52		3-1	2-0
19	Stockport County	46	11	18	17	58	65	6	11	6	29	26	5	7	11	29	39	-7	51		1-0	2-1
20	Portsmouth	46	10	19	17	47	59	9	8	6	31	25	1	11	11	16	34	-12	49		2-0	2-0
21	Crystal Palace	46	12	13	21	57	70	6	6	11	28	34	6	7	10	29	36	-13	49		0-3	3-2
22	Huddersfield Town	46	11	15	20	48	57	7	6	10	29	26	4	9	10	19	31	-9	48	Relegated	1-3	1-1
23	Queens Park Rangers	46	7	19	20	45	75	6	9	8	24	28	1	10	12	21	47	-30	40	Relegated	1-1	0-1
24	Tranmere Rovers	46	9	11	26	46	77	8	7	8	30	33	1	4	18	16	44	-31	38	Relegated	3-1	2-2

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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 12, 2000	West Bromwich Albion	H	1-0	Win	21,029	8	Hjelde (78 pen)
2	Sat Aug 19, 2000	Norwich City	A	0-0	Draw	18,059	9
3	Sat Aug 26, 2000	Birmingham City	H	1-2	Loss	18,820	12	Bart-Williams (52 pen)
4	Mon Aug 28, 2000	Crystal Palace	A	3-2	Win	18,865	7	Johnson (12 pen), Platt (31 pen), Mullins Hayden (40 OG)
5	Sat Sep 09, 2000	Blackburn Rovers	A	0-3	Loss	18,471	9
6	Wed Sep 13, 2000	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-0	Win	15,700	7	Lester (35 pen)
7	Sat Sep 16, 2000	Fulham	H	0-3	Loss	18,737	11
8	Sat Sep 23, 2000	Grimsby Town	A	2-0	Win	6,467	9	Rogers (14 pen), Lester (42)
9	Sat Sep 30, 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0-0	Draw	19,110	8
10	Sat Oct 14, 2000	Barnsley	A	4-3	Win	14,831	9	Bart-Williams (10 pen, 54), Rogers (24), Blake (69)
11	Tue Oct 17, 2000	Bolton Wanderers	A	0-0	Draw	13,017	9
12	Sat Oct 21, 2000	Watford	H	0-2	Loss	20,064	11
13	Wed Oct 25, 2000	Burnley	H	5-0	Win	17,915	10	Bart-Williams (4 pen, 54 pen), Johnson (45 pen), Rogers (76 pen), Scimeca (89 pen)
14	Sat Oct 28, 2000	Stockport County	A	2-1	Win	6,021	9	Lester (75 pen, 88 pen)
15	Sat Nov 04, 2000	Preston North End	H	3-1	Win	19,504	9	Bart-Williams (23 pen, 66 pen), Olsen (58 pen)
16	Sun Nov 12, 2000	Gillingham	A	3-1	Win	9,884	9	Lester (9 pen, 45 pen, 77 pen)
17	Sat Nov 18, 2000	Wimbledon	H	1-2	Loss	18,159	9	Vaughan (90 pen)
18	Sat Nov 25, 2000	Tranmere Rovers	H	3-1	Win	19,678	9	Bart-Williams (37 pen), Foy (42 pen), Scimeca (63 pen)
19	Wed Nov 29, 2000	Sheffield United	H	2-0	Win	17,089	6	Olsen (10 pen), Reid (64 pen)
20	Sat Dec 02, 2000	Burnley	A	0-1	Loss	17,876	7
21	Sat Dec 09, 2000	Portsmouth	H	2-0	Win	19,284	6	Scimeca (12 pen), Bart-Williams (65 pen)
22	Wed Dec 13, 2000	Huddersfield Town	H	1-3	Loss	28,372	6	Reid (69 pen)
23	Sat Dec 16, 2000	Queens Park Rangers	A	0-1	Loss	14,409	6
24	Sat Dec 23, 2000	West Bromwich Albion	A	0-3	Loss	20,350	7
25	Tue Dec 26, 2000	Crewe Alexandra	H	1-0	Win	20,903	6	Jones (38 pen)
26	Sat Dec 30, 2000	Norwich City	H	0-0	Draw	20,108	7
27	Mon Jan 01, 2001	Birmingham City	A	2-0	Win	20,034	5	Bart-Williams (71 pen), Prutton (86 pen)
28	Sun Jan 14, 2001	Crystal Palace	H	0-3	Loss	21,198	7
29	Sat Feb 03, 2001	Huddersfield Town	A	1-1	Draw	13,838	7	Scimeca (12 pen)
30	Sat Feb 10, 2001	Blackburn Rovers	H	2-1	Win	22,455	7	Bart-Williams (52 pen), Edwards (66 pen)
31	Sat Feb 17, 2001	Fulham	A	0-1	Loss	17,425	7
32	Wed Feb 21, 2001	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0-1	Loss	23,266	8
33	Sat Feb 24, 2001	Grimsby Town	H	3-1	Win	21,660	7	Edds (55 pen), Edwards (57 pen), Johnson (86 pen)
34	Sat Mar 03, 2001	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-2	Loss	20,291	9
35	Wed Mar 07, 2001	Barnsley	H	1-0	Win	18,788	8	Bart-Williams (2 pen)
36	Sat Mar 10, 2001	Sheffield United	A	3-1	Win	25,673	6	Edwards (3 pen), Johnson (65 pen), Johnson (87 pen)
37	Tue Mar 13, 2001	Crewe Alexandra	A	0-1	Loss	7,916	6
38	Sat Mar 17, 2001	Bolton Wanderers	H	0-2	Loss	22,162	7
39	Sat Mar 31, 2001	Queens Park Rangers	H	1-1	Draw	22,208	7	Harewood (13 pen)
40	Tue Apr 03, 2001	Watford	A	0-3	Loss	13,651	8
41	Sat Apr 07, 2001	Portsmouth	A	2-0	Win	13,018	7	Bart-Williams (11 pen, 38 pen)
42	Sat Apr 14, 2001	Preston North End	A	1-1	Draw	16,842	7	Hjelde (90 pen)
43	Mon Apr 16, 2001	Stockport County	H	1-0	Win	23,500	7	John (25 pen)
44	Sat Apr 21, 2001	Wimbledon	A	1-2	Loss	10,027	7	John (77 pen)
45	Sat Apr 28, 2001	Gillingham	H	0-1	Loss	20,617	10
46	Sun May 06, 2001	Tranmere Rovers	A	2-2	Draw	9,891	11	Harewood (66 pen, 78 pen)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sun Jan 07, 2001	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3			H	0-1	Loss	14,601

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Tue Aug 22, 2000	Darlington	1	1			A	2-2	Draw	4,724	Bart-Williams (21 pen), Rogers (73 pen)
Wed Sep 06, 2000	Darlington	1	2			H	1-2	Loss	6,530	John (9 pen)

County Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed Nov 15, 2000	Notts County		H	1-0	Win	903	? (?)

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed Jul 12, 2000	Miami Fusion	USA	A	2-3	Loss	1,500	? (?, ?)
Sat Jul 15, 2000	Harbor View	Jamaica	A	3-1	Win	1,000	? (?, ?, ?)
Wed Jul 26, 2000	Bristol City	England	A	2-3	Loss	4,499	? (?, ?)
Sat Jul 29, 2000	Leeds United	England	H	1-2	Loss	11,020	? (?)
Sat Aug 05, 2000	Port Vale	England	A	0-0	Draw	1,720

Bass Charity Vase

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed Aug 02, 2000	West Bromwich Albion	Final	A	0-1	Loss	-

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (9)				Out (11)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Gary Jones	Bought			Colin Calderwood	Retired
	Pascal Formann	Bought			Niall McNamara	Sold
	Phil Haigh	Bought			Salvatore Matrecano	Sold
	Steve Collis	Bought			Steve Collis	Released
Aug 26, 2000	Robbie Blake	Loan In		Sep 25, 1999	Bernard Allou	Sold
Oct 21, 2000	Ben Olsen	Loan In		Jan 22, 2000	Gianluca Petrachi	Sold
Dec 09, 2000	Matthew Upson	Loan In		May 01, 2000	Matthew Turner	Released
Jan 14, 2001	Francis Benali	Loan In		Sep 09, 2000	David Platt	Released
Jul 28, 2001	Eugen Bopp	Bought	£350,000	Sep 30, 2000	Dougie Freedman	Sold	£600,000
				Dec 02, 2000	Richard Cooper	Sold
				Aug 01, 2001	Dave Beasant	Sold

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Pascal Formann
GK	1	Dave Beasant	48	19	9	20			1
GK	12	Barry Roche	2	2							1
GK	34	Steve Collis
D		Michael Dawson
D	5	Colin Calderwood	2	1		1					1
D	15	Tony Vaughan	27	14	4	9	1	12	2	2	2
D	16	Salvatore Matrecano											Released
D	21	Chris Doig	18	6	5	7				1	1
D	32	Francis Benali	15	5	3	7		4					On loan from Arsenal
M		Brian Cash
M		Gregor Robertson
M		John Thompson
M		Phil Haigh
M	2	Jim Brennan	15	4	4	7		1		5	3
M	4	Riccardo Scimeca	36	16	7	13	4	3		4	2
M	6	Jon Olav Hjelde	11	5	3	3	2	2		2	1
M	7	David Prutton	44	19	9	16	1	13	1	4	1
M	18	Matthieu Louis-Jean	15	6	3	6		1		3	3
M	20	David Platt	4	1	1	2	1			3	1
M	22	Richard Cooper	2	1		1					2
M	23	Bernard Allou
M	28	Kevin Dawson	1			1		1		1
M	30	Keith Foy	19	9	3	7	1			5	2
M	31	Ben Olsen	18	10	1	7	2	2		5	4
M	32	Matthew Upson	1	1						1			On loan from Arsenal
F		Eugen Bopp
F		Gianluca Petrachi
F		Liam Kearney
F		Matthew Turner
F	3	Alan Rogers	18	9	4	5	4	3		3	1
F	8	Jack Lester	19	12	3	4	7	4		9	1
F	9	Stern John	32	8	7	17	3	4		9	14
F	10	Andy Johnson	32	15	5	12	3	4	1	3	2
F	11	Chris Bart-Williams	49	20	9	20	15	4					Player Of The Year
F	14	Andy Reid	15	4	3	8	2			2	5
F	14	Dougie Freedman	5	1	1	3				2	3		Left to join Crystal Palace
F	17	Gary Jones	34	12	5	17	1	4		8	10
F	19	Marlon Harewood	35	14	6	15	3	4	1	9	20
F	24	Christian Edwards	36	16	5	15	3	4		2	1
F	25	Robbie Blake	13	7	2	4	1	1		6	3		Returned to Bradford at end of loan
F	26	Gareth Edds	14	4	2	8	1	1		5	3
F	27	Andy Gray	19	5	5	9				1	8
F	29	Gareth Williams	18	7	3	8		1		4	6
F	33	David Johnson	19	6	4	9	2	1		4
F	35	David Freeman	6	2		4				2	4
F	36	Jermaine Jenas	2			2				1
		Niall McNamara

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
15	Chris Bart-Williams	49
7	Jack Lester	19
4	Alan Rogers	18
4	Riccardo Scimeca	36
3	Andy Johnson	32
3	Christian Edwards	36
3	Marlon Harewood	35
3	Stern John	32
2	Andy Reid	15
2	Ben Olsen	18
2	David Johnson	19
2	Jon Olav Hjelde	11
1	David Platt	4
1	David Prutton	44
1	Gareth Edds	14
1	Gary Jones	34
1	Keith Foy	19
1	Robbie Blake	13
1	Tony Vaughan	27

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

2000-01

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Barnsley	Sat Oct 14, 2000	A	4-3	Wed Mar 07, 2001	H	1-0
Grimsby Town	Sat Sep 23, 2000	A	2-0	Sat Feb 24, 2001	H	3-1
Portsmouth	Sat Dec 09, 2000	H	2-0	Sat Apr 07, 2001	A	2-0
Sheffield United	Wed Nov 29, 2000	H	2-0	Sat Mar 10, 2001	A	3-1
Stockport County	Sat Oct 28, 2000	A	2-1	Mon Apr 16, 2001	H	1-0