2000–01 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season

During the 2000–01 English football season, Crewe Alexandra F.C. competed in the Football League First Division, their 78th in the English Football League.

Crewe Alexandra

2000–01 season
Chairman	John Bowler
Manager	Dario Gradi
Stadium	Alexandra Stadium
First Division	14th
FA Cup	Fourth round
Football League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	Hulse (11)
Average home league attendance	9,293
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

Season summary

A terrible first half of the 2000–01 season saw Crewe bottom at Christmas. Then with the emergence of Rob Hulse and Dean Ashton, Crewe went on a fantastic run, winning nine of their remaining matches to starve off relegation to finish 14th. A 3–1 defeat by Preston on 28 April finally saw the Alex beaten at home after an unbeaten run of nine in the league.^[1]

Final league table

Main article: 2000–01 Football League § First Division

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

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

Results

Crewe Alexandra's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
12 August 2000	Fulham	A	0–2	11,157
19 August 2000	Blackburn Rovers	H	0–0	7,500
26 August 2000	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–1	9,415
29 August 2000	Grimsby Town	H	2–0	5,305	Rivers, Jack
9 September 2000	Norwich City	H	0–0	5,955
12 September 2000	West Bromwich Albion	H	0–1	6,222
16 September 2000	Watford	A	0–3	13,784
23 September 2000	Barnsley	H	2–2	5,738	Hulse, Jack
30 September 2000	Tranmere Rovers	A	3–1	8,162	Hulse (2), Little
8 October 2000	Birmingham City	H	0–2	6,829
14 October 2000	Sheffield United	A	0–1	12,921
17 October 2000	Portsmouth	A	1–2	14,621	Smith (pen)
21 October 2000	Wimbledon	H	0–4	5,469
24 October 2000	Huddersfield Town	H	1–0	5,215	Cramb
28 October 2000	Gillingham	A	1–0	8,347	Little
31 October 2000	Burnley	A	0–1	13,189
4 November 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–0	7,147	Cramb (2)
10 November 2000	Preston North End	A	1–2	12,632	Rivers
18 November 2000	Stockport County	H	1–2	6,099	Hulse
25 November 2000	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–0	7,103	Rivers
2 December 2000	Huddersfield Town	A	1–3	10,603	Cramb
9 December 2000	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–4	12,836	Sorvel
16 December 2000	Crystal Palace	H	1–1	5,752	Little
23 December 2000	Fulham	H	1–2	6,935	Rivers
26 December 2000	Nottingham Forest	A	0–1	20,903
30 December 2000	Blackburn Rovers	A	0–1	18,554
13 January 2001	Grimsby Town	A	3–1	4,495	Hulse (2), Rivers
3 February 2001	Burnley	H	4–2	6,994	Street, Smith (2 pens), Ashton
10 February 2001	Norwich City	A	1–1	15,164	Jack
17 February 2001	Watford	H	2–0	6,757	Jack, Ashton
20 February 2001	West Bromwich Albion	A	2–2	15,476	Ashton, Hulse
24 February 2001	Barnsley	A	0–3	13,175
3 March 2001	Tranmere Rovers	H	3–1	7,157	Macauley, Hulse, Little
6 March 2001	Sheffield United	H	1–0	6,909	Lunt
10 March 2001	Birmingham City	A	0–2	28,042
13 March 2001	Nottingham Forest	H	1–0	7,916	Rivers
17 March 2001	Portsmouth	H	1–0	6,182	Ashton
31 March 2001	Crystal Palace	A	0–1	20,872
10 April 2001	Queens Park Rangers	H	2–2	6,354	Ashton, Smith
14 April 2001	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–0	20,364
16 April 2001	Gillingham	H	2–1	7,051	Navarro, Ashton
18 April 2001	Bolton Wanderers	H	2–1	8,054	Hulse, Ashton
21 April 2001	Stockport County	A	0–3	7,163
24 April 2001	Wimbledon	A	3–3	5,468	Rivers, Hulse, Ashton
28 April 2001	Preston North End	H	1–3	9,415	Hulse
6 May 2001	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0–0	28,007

FA Cup

Main article: 2000–01 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 2001	Cardiff City	A	1–1	13,403	Bowen (own goal)
R3R	16 January 2001	Cardiff City	H	2–1	5,785	Smith (pen), Rivers
R4	27 January 2001	Stockport County	H	0–1	7,318

League Cup

Main article: 2000–01 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	22 August 2000	Bury	H	2–2	3,199	Foster, Rivers
R1 2nd Leg	5 September 2000	Bury	A	2–1 (won 4–3 on agg)	2,106	Rivers, Little
R2 1st Leg	19 September 2000	Barnsley	A	0–4	5,005
R2 2nd Leg	26 September 2000	Barnsley	H	0–3 (lost 0–7 on agg)	1,775

Squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AUS Jason Kearton 2 DF  ENG David Wright 3 DF  ENG Shaun Smith 4 MF  ENG Kenny Lunt 5 DF  ENG Dave Walton 6 DF  ENG Steve Macauley 7 MF  ENG Colin Little 8 MF  ENG Phil Charnock 9 FW  ENG Paul Tait 10 MF  ENG Mark Rivers 11 FW  JAM Rodney Jack 12 DF  NGA Efetobore Sodje 13 GK  TRI Clayton Ince 14 FW  ENG Kevin Street 16 FW  ENG Rob Hulse 17 MF  ENG Neil Sorvel 18 DF  ENG Anthony Charles 19 MF  ENG Chris Lightfoot

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 FW  ENG Peter Smith 21 MF  ENG Jamie Collins 22 DF  ENG Stephen Foster 23 MF  ENG Phil Trainer 24 GK  ENG Kevin Welsby 25 DF  ENG Richard Walker 26 FW  ENG John Grant 27 DF  ENG Gareth Liddle 28 DF  ENG Chris McCready 29 DF  ENG Dean Howell 30 FW  ENG Colin Cramb 31 GK  NGA Ademola Bankole 32 MF  WAL David Vaughan 35 MF  ENG Alan Navarro (on loan from Liverpool) 36 FW  ENG Dean Ashton 37 DF  IRL Jim Gannon 38 MF  ENG Ben Rix

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 34 MF  ENG Chris Lumsdon (on loan from Sunderland)

No. Pos. Nation Player 35 DF  IRL Alan Maybury (on loan from Leeds United)