2000–01 Hull City A.F.C. season

During the 2000–01 English football season, Hull City Association Football Club competed in the Football League Third Division.

Hull City

2000–01 season
Chairman	Nick Buchanan (until March) Adam Pearson (from March)
Manager	Brian Little
Stadium	Boothferry Park
Third Division	6th
FA Cup	First round
League Cup	First round
Football League Trophy	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Rodney Rowe (6) All: John Eyre (7)
Highest home attendance	13,310 vs Leyton Orient (13 May 2001, Third Division)
Lowest home attendance	2,675 vs Notts County (22 Aug 2000, League Cup)
Average home league attendance	6,676
Home colours Away colours
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

Final league table

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

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

Results

Hull City's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Division Three

Main article: 2000-01 Football League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	12 August 2000	Blackpool	A	1–3	5,862	Edwards 34'
2	19 August 2000	Plymouth Argyle	H	1–1	5,431	Whitmore 16'
3	26 August 2000	Macclesfield Town	A	0–0	1,795
4	28 August 2000	Lincoln City	H	1–1	5,780	Brown 39'
5	2 September 2000	Cheltenham Town	H	0–2	4,750
6	9 September 2000	Leyton Orient	A	2–2	5,177	Whitmore 14', 56'
7	12 September 2000	Mansfield Town	A	1–1	2,629	Brightwell 64'
8	16 September 2000	Shrewsbury Town	H	1–0	4,775	Brown 45'
9	23 September 2000	Barnet	A	1–1	2,109	Marcelle 18'
10	30 September 2000	Cardiff City	H	2–0	5,503	Gabbidon 11' (o.g.), Greene 69' (o.g.)
11	6 October 2000	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	0–2	6,225
12	14 October 2000	Halifax Town	A	2–0	3,003	Whitmore 22', Marcelle 57'
13	17 October 2000	Exeter City	A	1–0	2,470	Greaves 85'
14	21 October 2000	Southend United	H	1–1	6,701	Eyre 11' (pen)
15	24 October 2000	Hartlepool United	H	0–0	5,294
16	28 October 2000	York City	A	0–0	5,493
17	4 November 2000	Darlington	H	2–0	5,344	Brabin 36', Whitmore 76'
18	11 November 2000	Chesterfield	A	0–1	5,659
19	25 November 2000	Carlisle United	H	2–1	4,677	Brown 7', Goodison 23'
20	2 December 2000	Scunthorpe United	A	1–0	6,101	Brightwell 80'
21	16 December 2000	Torquay United	H	1–2	4,708	Greaves 81'
22	23 December 2000	Kidderminster Harriers	H	0–0	5,470
23	26 December 2000	Rochdale	A	0–1	4,327
24	6 January 2001	Macclesfield Town	H	0–0	6,217
25	13 January 2001	Lincoln City	A	0–2	4,600
26	16 January 2001	Blackpool	H	0–1	4,687
27	27 January 2001	Kidderminster Harriers	A	2–2	3,029	Brown 4', Francis 14'
28	3 February 2001	Cheltenham Town	A	1–0	3,360	Francis 45'
29	10 February 2001	Leyton Orient	H	1–0	8,782	Rowe 69'
30	17 February 2001	Shrewsbury Town	A	2–0	3,004	Rowe 8', Francis 37'
31	20 February 2001	Mansfield Town	H	2–1	7,248	Francis 30', Rowe 68' (pen)
32	24 February 2001	Barnet	H	2–1	7,268	Eyre 64', 86'
33	2 March 2001	Cardiff City	A	0–2	10,074
34	6 March 2001	Halifax Town	H	1–0	6,167	Philpott 4'
35	10 March 2001	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	0–3	6,823
36	13 March 2001	Plymouth Argyle	A	1–1	5,482	Elliott 84' (o.g.)
37	17 March 2001	Exeter City	H	2–1	7,536	Burrows 35' (o.g.), Rowe 67' (pen)
38	27 March 2001	Rochdale	H	3–2	7,365	Brabin 26', Edwards 35', Rowe 69' (pen)
39	31 March 2001	Torquay United	A	1–1	2,779	Holt 79'
40	7 April 2001	Scunthorpe United	H	2–1	10,881	Whitney 28', Holt 64'
41	14 April 2001	Hartlepool United	A	1–0	4,364	Eyre 68'
42	16 April 2001	York City	H	0–0	11,820
43	21 April 2001	Darlington	A	2–0	4,998	Jeannin 8' (o.g.), Eyre 45'
44	28 April 2001	Chesterfield	H	3–1	11,337	Edwards 5', Francis 22', Rowe 79' (pen)
45	1 May 2001	Southend United	A	1–1	3,573	Edwards 4'
46	5 May 2001	Carlisle United	A	0–0	8,194

Football League Division Three play-offs

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
13 May 2001	Semi-Final First Leg	Leyton Orient	H	1–0	Eyre 69'	13,310
16 May 2001	Semi Final Second Leg	Leyton Orient	A	0 – 2 1 – 2 (agg)		9,419

League Cup

Main article: 2000-01 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1 1st Leg	22 August 2000	Notts County	H	1–0	2,675	Eyre 27'
R1 2nd Leg	5 September 2000	Notts County	A	0 – 2 (a.e.t.)	1,907

FA Cup

Main article: 2000–01 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	18 November 2000	Kettering Town	A	0–0	2,831
R1 Replay	28 November 2000	Kettering Town	H	0–1	3,858

Football League Trophy

Main article: 2000-01 Football League Trophy

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	5 December 2000	Chester City	A	0–1	770

Squad statistics

Appearances for competitive matches only

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Football League Trophy		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
MF	Mark Atkins	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1(1)	0	9(1)	0
MF	Gary Brabin	31(6)	2	2	0	1(1)	0	0	0	2	0	36(7)	2
GK	Lee Bracey	9(1)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	11(1)	0
FW	Gary Bradshaw	0(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0
DF	David Brightwell	24(3)	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	29(3)	2
FW	David Brown	24(13)	4	2	0	1(1)	0	1	0	0(1)	0	28(15)	4
MF	Phil Brumwell	1(3)	0	0	0	1(1)	0	0	0	0	0	2(4)	0
DF	Mike Edwards	40(2)	4	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	45(2)	4
FW	John Eyre	19(9)	5	2	0	1	1	0(1)	0	1(1)	1	23(11)	7
FW	Kevin Francis	22	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	24	5
DF	Ian Goodison	36	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	40	1
DF	Mark Greaves	28(2)	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	34(2)	2
DF	Steve Harper	27	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	31	0
FW	Jason Harris	1(8)	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	1(9)	0
DF	Andy Holt	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	12	2
DF	Neil Mann	11(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11(2)	0
FW	Clint Marcelle	16(7)	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	18(7)	2
MF	Rob Matthews	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	10	0
MF	Ben Morley	0(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0(3)	0
GK	Paul Musselwhite	37	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	42	0
DF	Jason Perry	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
MF	Lee Philpott	36(6)	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0(2)	0	39(8)	1
FW	Rodney Rowe	14(7)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1(1)	0	15(8)	6
DF	Steve Swales	20(6)	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	24(6)	0
FW	Gary Fletcher	1(4)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1(4)	0
MF	Theodore Whitmore	23(3)	5	0(1)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	25(4)	5
DF	Jon Whitney	14(1)	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	19(1)	1
DF	Justin Whittle	38	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	42	0
FW	Jamie Wood	2(13)	0	0(1)	0	1(1)	0	1	0	0	0	4(15)	0

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  ENG Paul Musselwhite 2 DF  ENG Neil Mann 3 DF  ENG Andy Holt 4 DF  ENG Justin Whittle 5 DF  ENG Mike Edwards 6 DF  ENG Mark Greaves 8 MF  ENG Lee Philpott 9 FW  SKN Kevin Francis 10 FW  ENG John Eyre 11 MF  JAM Theodore Whitmore 12 DF  JAM Ian Goodison 13 GK  ENG Steve Wilson 14 MF  ENG Gary Brabin

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF  ENG Jon Whitney 16 DF  ENG Steve Swales 17 FW  ENG David Brown 18 FW  CAY Jamie Wood 19 FW  ENG Jason Harris 20 FW  ENG Gary Bradshaw 21 DF  WAL Jason Perry 22 GK  ENG Lee Bracey 23 MF  ENG Ben Morley 24 FW  ENG Rodney Rowe 25 MF  ENG Rob Matthews 30 DF  ENG Steve Burton 31 MF  ENG Nathan Peat

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 3 DF  ENG Steve Harper (to Darlington) 7 DF  ENG David Brightwell (to Darlington) 7 FW  ENG Gary Fletcher (on loan from Northwich Victoria)

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 MF  ENG Phil Brumwell (to Darlington) 25 FW  TRI Clint Marcelle (to Darlington) 26 MF  ENG Mark Atkins (on loan from Doncaster Rovers)