2000–01 Football League

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

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 →

First Division

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

• Charlton Athletic
• Manchester City
• Ipswich Town

Relegated to Second Division

• Walsall
• Port Vale
• Swindon Town

To First Division

Promoted from Second Division

• Preston North End
• Burnley
• Gillingham

Relegated from FA Premier League

• Wimbledon
• Sheffield Wednesday
• Watford

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
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

Main article: Football League Championship play-offs § 2001

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

Barnsley

Birmingham

Blackburn Rovers

Bolton

Burnley

Crewe Alexandra

Crystal Palace

Fulham

Gillingham

Grimsby Town

Huddersfield

Norwich City

Nottingham Forest

Portsmouth

Preston North End

QPR

Sheffield United

Sheffield Wednesday

Stockport

Tranmere

Watford

West Bromwich Albion

Wimbledon

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League First Division 2000–2001 teams

Crystal Palace

Fulham

Queens Park Rangers

Watford

Wimbledon

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

Second Division

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

• Preston North End
• Burnley
• Gillingham

Relegated to Third Division

• Cardiff City
• Blackpool
• Scunthorpe United
• Chesterfield

To Second Division

Promoted from Third Division

• Swansea City
• Rotherham United
• Northampton Town
• Peterborough United

Relegated from First Division

• Walsall
• Port Vale
• Swindon Town

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Millwall (C, P)	46	28	9	9	89	38	+51	93	Promotion to Football League First Division
2	Rotherham United (P)	46	27	10	9	79	55	+24	91
3	Reading	46	25	11	10	86	52	+34	86	Qualification for the Second Division play-offs
4	Walsall (O, P)	46	23	12	11	79	50	+29	81
5	Stoke City	46	21	14	11	74	49	+25	77
6	Wigan Athletic	46	19	18	9	53	42	+11	75
7	Bournemouth	46	20	13	13	79	55	+24	73
8	Notts County	46	19	12	15	62	66	−4	69
9	Bristol City	46	18	14	14	70	56	+14	68
10	Wrexham	46	17	12	17	65	71	−6	63
11	Port Vale	46	16	14	16	55	49	+6	62
12	Peterborough United	46	15	14	17	61	66	−5	59
13	Wycombe Wanderers	46	15	14	17	46	53	−7	59
14	Brentford	46	14	17	15	56	70	−14	59
15	Oldham Athletic	46	15	13	18	53	65	−12	58
16	Bury	46	16	10	20	45	59	−14	58
17	Colchester United	46	15	12	19	55	59	−4	57
18	Northampton Town	46	15	12	19	46	59	−13	57
19	Cambridge United	46	14	11	21	61	77	−16	53
20	Swindon Town	46	13	13	20	47	65	−18	52
21	Bristol Rovers (R)	46	12	15	19	53	57	−4	51	Relegation to Football League Third Division
22	Luton Town (R)	46	9	13	24	52	80	−28	40
23	Swansea City (R)	46	8	13	25	47	73	−26	37
24	Oxford United (R)	46	7	6	33	53	100	−47	27

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

Main article: Football League One play-offs § 2001

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

Bournemouth

Brentford

Bristol City

Bristol Rovers

Bury

Cambridge Utd

Colchester

Luton Town

Millwall

Northampton Town

Notts County

Oldham

Oxford

Peterborough

Port Vale

Reading

Rotherham

Stoke

Swansea City

Swindon

Walsall

Wigan Athletic

Wrexham

Wycombe

Locations of the Football League Second Division 2000–2001 teams

Brentford

Millwall

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

Third Division

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

• Swansea City
• Rotherham United
• Northampton Town
• Peterborough United

Relegated to Football Conference

• Chester City

To Third Division

Promoted from Football Conference

• Kidderminster Harriers

Relegated from Second Division

• Cardiff City
• Blackpool
• Scunthorpe United
• Chesterfield

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Brighton & Hove Albion (C, P)	46	28	8	10	73	35	+38	92	Promotion to Football League Second Division
2	Cardiff City (P)	46	23	13	10	95	58	+37	82
3	Chesterfield (P)	46	25	14	7	79	42	+37	80[a]
4	Hartlepool United	46	21	14	11	71	54	+17	77	Qualification for the Third Division play-offs
5	Leyton Orient	46	20	15	11	59	51	+8	75
6	Hull City	46	19	17	10	47	39	+8	74
7	Blackpool (O, P)	46	22	6	18	74	58	+16	72
8	Rochdale	46	18	17	11	59	48	+11	71
9	Cheltenham Town	46	18	14	14	59	52	+7	68
10	Scunthorpe United	46	18	11	17	62	52	+10	65
11	Southend United	46	15	18	13	55	53	+2	63
12	Plymouth Argyle	46	15	13	18	54	61	−7	58
13	Mansfield Town	46	15	13	18	64	72	−8	58
14	Macclesfield Town	46	14	14	18	51	62	−11	56
15	Shrewsbury Town	46	15	10	21	49	65	−16	55
16	Kidderminster Harriers	46	13	14	19	47	61	−14	53
17	York City	46	13	13	20	42	63	−21	52
18	Lincoln City	46	12	15	19	58	66	−8	51
19	Exeter City	46	12	14	20	40	58	−18	50
20	Darlington	46	12	13	21	44	56	−12	49
21	Torquay United	46	12	13	21	52	77	−25	49
22	Carlisle United	46	11	15	20	42	65	−23	48
23	Halifax Town	46	12	11	23	54	68	−14	47
24	Barnet (R)	46	12	9	25	67	81	−14	45	Relegation to Football Conference

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

1. Chesterfield had 9 points deducted.

Play-offs

Main article: Football League Two play-offs § 2001

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

Barnet

Blackpool

Brighton & Hove

Cardiff City

Carlisle United

Cheltenham

Chesterfield

Darlington

Exeter City

Halifax Town

Hartlepool

Hull

Kidderminster Harriers

Leyton Orient

Lincoln City

Macclesfield

Mansfield Town

Plymouth Argyle

Rochdale

Scunthorpe United

Southend

Shrewsbury

Torquay

York City

Locations of the Football League Third Division teams 2000–2001

Barnet

Leyton Orient

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

See also

• 2000–01 in English football
• 2000 in association football
• 2001 in association football