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2000–01 Football League

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

The Football LeagueFootball League, First DivisionFootball League, Second DivisionFootball League, Third Division
Season 2000–01
Champions Fulham
Promoted Fulham
Blackburn Rovers
Bolton Wanderers
Relegated Barnet
2001–02 →
Season 2000–01
Champions Fulham(2nd second tier title)
Direct promotion to FA Premier League Fulham,
Blackburn Rovers
Promoted to FA Premier League through play-offs 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(Fulham), 27[3]
Biggest home win 12-0
← 1999–2000
2001–02 →
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[3]
← 1999–2000
2001–02 →
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[3]
← 1999–2000
2001–02 →

First Division

Pos Team Pld HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Fulham 46 16 5 2 49 14 14 6 3 41 18 +58 101 Football League Champions, promoted to FA Premier League
2 Blackburn Rovers 46 15 5 3 43 20 11 8 4 33 19 +37 91 Promoted to FA Premier League
3 Bolton Wanderers 46 10 10 3 40 28 14 5 4 36 17 +31 87 Promoted to Premier League through play-offs
4 Preston North End 46 12 6 5 32 18 11 3 9 32 34 +12 78 Participated in play-offs
5 Birmingham City 46 14 3 6 34 22 9 6 8 25 26 +11 78
6 West Bromwich Albion 46 13 5 5 37 23 8 6 9 23 29 +8 74
7 Burnley 46 14 5 4 30 17 7 4 12 20 37 −4 72
8 Wimbledon 46 7 11 5 33 26 10 7 6 38 24 +21 69
9 Watford 46 11 6 6 46 29 9 3 11 30 38 +9 69
10 Sheffield United 46 14 4 5 34 18 5 7 11 18 31 +3 68
11 Nottingham Forest 46 11 3 9 28 24 9 5 9 27 29 +2 68
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 7 9 7 25 20 7 4 12 20 28 −3 55
13 Gillingham 46 9 6 8 32 28 4 10 9 29 38 −5 55
14 Crewe Alexandra 46 12 5 6 30 24 3 5 15 17 38 −15 55
15 Norwich City 46 10 7 6 25 18 4 5 14 21 40 −12 54
16 Barnsley 46 11 3 9 32 26 4 6 13 17 36 −13 54
17 Sheffield Wednesday 46 9 4 10 34 38 6 4 13 18 33 −19 53
18 Grimsby Town 46 10 4 9 26 27 4 6 13 17 35 −19 52
19 Stockport County 46 6 11 6 29 26 5 7 11 29 39 −7 51
20 Portsmouth 46 9 8 6 31 25 1 11 11 16 34 −12 49
21 Crystal Palace 46 6 6 11 28 34 6 7 10 29 36 −13 49
22 Huddersfield Town 46 7 6 10 29 26 4 9 10 19 31 −9 48 Relegated
23 Queens Park Rangers 46 6 9 8 24 28 1 10 12 21 47 −30 40
24 Tranmere Rovers 46 8 7 8 30 33 1 4 18 16 44 −31 38

Play-offs

Source:[4]
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

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 FranceLouis Saha Fulham 27
2 EnglandMatt Jansen Blackburn Rovers 23
3 Lee Hughes West Bromwich Albion 21
4 JamaicaJason Euell Wimbledon 19
= Republic of IrelandJon Macken Preston North End 19
= EnglandMichael Ricketts Bolton Wanderers 19
5 Luis Boa Morte Fulham 18
= JamaicaBarry Hayles Fulham 18

Maps

Second 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
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

Play-offs

Source:[4]
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

Third 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[1]
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[2] 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

Play-offs

Source:[4]
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

See also

References

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