2000–01 Grimsby Town F.C. season

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

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 →

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	Ref
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	Ref
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	Ref
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	Ref
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

Main article: 2000–01 Football League

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

Main article: 2000–01 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

Main article: 2000–01 Football 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		First Division		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	WAL	Danny Coyne	52	0	46	0	2	0	4	0
Defenders
2	DF	ENG	John McDermott	40	0	36	0	1	0	3	0
3	DF	ENG	Tony Gallimore	32	1	26+2	0	2	0	2	1
4	DF	SCO	Peter Handyside	24	1	17+2	1	1+1	0	3	0
5	DF	ENG	Richard Smith	8	1	2+4	1	2	0	0	0
12	DF	ENG	Danny Butterfield	35	1	23+7	1	2	0	3	0
15	DF	ENG	Paul Raven	17	0	11+4	0	0	0	2	0
20	DF	ENG	Matt Bloomer	8	0	3+3	0	0	0	0+2	0
22	DF	ENG	Ben Chapman	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF	NED	Menno Willems	26	1	17+7	1	2	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	ENG	Wayne Burnett	25	1	20+3	1	0+2	0	0	0
7	MF	ENG	Kevin Donovan	45	5	36+5	5	2	0	2	0
8	MF	ENG	David Smith	27	1	16+8	1	0	0	3	0
10	MF	SCO	Stuart Campbell	40	2	38	2	2	0	0	0
11	MF	ENG	Paul Groves	50	4	45	4	1	0	4	0
16	MF	ENG	Stacy Coldicott	43	2	34+3	1	1+1	0	4	1
17	MF	NIR	Kingsley Black	7	0	4+1	0	0	0	0+2	0
21	MF	SCO	Neil Murray	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	ENG	Alan Pouton	35	1	16+5	1	10	0	4	0
Forwards
9	FW	ENG	Michael Jeffrey	34	2	15+14	1	1	1	3+1	0
14	FW	ENG	Steve Livingstone	36	7	27+5	7	2	0	2	0
19	FW	IRL	Daryl Clare	21	0	6+11	0	0	0	1+3	0
23	FW	ENG	Jonathan Rowan	7	1	2+3	0	0	0	0+2	1
25	FW	ENG	Bradley Allen	25	6	15+6	3	0	0	4	3
28	FW	ENG	Luke Cornwall	10	4	9+1	4	0	0	0	0
Players left during the season
27	FW	DEN	David Nielsen	19	6	16+1	5	1+1	1	0	0
28	DF	NOR	Knut Anders Fostervold	10	0	9+1	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF	CHN	Zhang Enhua	17	3	16+1	3	0	0	0	0

Source:^[6]