2000–01 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

During the 2000–01 season, Tottenham Hotspur participated in the English Premier League, FA Cup, and Football League Cup.

Tottenham Hotspur

2000–01 season
Chairman	Alan Sugar (until February) Daniel Levy (from February)
Manager	George Graham (until 16 March) Glenn Hoddle (from 2 April)
Stadium	White Hart Lane
Premiership	12th
FA Cup	Semi-finals
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Les Ferdinand (10) All: Serhii Rebrov (12)
Highest home attendance	36,148 (vs. Ipswich Town, 19 August)
Lowest home attendance	26,909 (vs. Brentford, 27 September)
Average home league attendance	35,216
Home colours Away colours
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Season summary

Tottenham were thrown into turmoil on 16 March when it was announced that manager George Graham had been sacked for a breach of his contract.^[1] Countless names were linked with the vacancy and a popular decision was made two weeks later when it was announced that former player Glenn Hoddle would be returning to the club as manager. Despite the final documents completing the move not being agreed by Southampton on 30 March, a few days later the registration was released by the Saints which allowed Hoddle to officially take over the reins as Tottenham boss.^[2][3] A few weeks later, he re-signed Teddy Sheringham from Manchester United, as the first of many promised new signings, in a new-look side which many fans felt would be just the right set of players to bring the glory days back to White Hart Lane.^[4]

Final league table

Main article: 2000–01 FA Premier League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
10	Southampton	38	14	10	14	40	48	−8	52
11	Newcastle United	38	14	9	15	44	50	−6	51	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
12	Tottenham Hotspur	38	13	10	15	47	54	−7	49
13	Leicester City	38	14	6	18	39	51	−12	48
14	Middlesbrough	38	9	15	14	44	44	0	42

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	13	10	15	47	54	−7	49	11	6	2	31	16	+15	2	4	13	16	38	−22

Source: 2000-01 FA Premier League table

Results by matchday

Match	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	L	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	D	D	L	L	W	D	D	D	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	D	L	W
Position	4	2	10	2	5	5	6	10	11	8	12	9	10	9	7	9	9	11	11	11	13	12	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	11	12	12	9	10	11	11	12	12

Source: 11v11.com: 2000-01 Tottenham Hotspur results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Tottenham Hotspur's score comes first^[5]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
19 August 2000	Ipswich Town	H	3-1	36,148	Anderton (pen), Carr, Ferdinand
22 August 2000	Middlesbrough	A	1-1	31,254	Leonhardsen
26 August 2000	Newcastle United	A	0-2	51,573
5 September 2000	Everton	H	3-2	36,010	Rebrov (2, 1 pen), Ferdinand
11 September 2000	West Ham United	H	1-0	33,282	Campbell
16 September 2000	Charlton Athletic	A	0-1	20,043
23 September 2000	Manchester City	H	0-0	36,069
30 September 2000	Leeds United	A	3-4	37,562	Rebrov (2), Perry
14 October 2000	Coventry City	A	1-2	21,435	Rebrov
21 October 2000	Derby County	H	3-1	34,483	Leonhardsen (2), Carr
28 October 2000	Chelsea	A	0-3	34,966
4 November 2000	Sunderland	H	2-1	36,016	Sherwood, Armstrong
11 November 2000	Aston Villa	A	0-2	33,608
19 November 2000	Liverpool	H	2-1	36,036	Ferdinand, Sherwood
25 November 2000	Leicester City	H	3-0	35,636	Ferdinand (3)
2 December 2000	Manchester United	A	0-2	67,583
9 December 2000	Bradford City	A	3-3	17,225	King, Campbell, Armstrong
18 December 2000	Arsenal	H	1-1	36,062	Rebrov
23 December 2000	Middlesbrough	H	0-0	35,638
27 December 2000	Southampton	A	0-2	15,237
30 December 2000	Ipswich Town	A	0-3	22,234
2 January 2001	Newcastle United	H	4-2	34,324	Doherty, Anderton (pen), Rebrov, Ferdinand
13 January 2001	Everton	A	0-0	32,290
20 January 2001	Southampton	H	0-0	36,095
31 January 2001	West Ham United	A	0-0	26,048
3 February 2001	Charlton Athletic	H	0-0	35,368
10 February 2001	Manchester City	A	1-0	34,399	Rebrov
24 February 2001	Leeds United	H	1-2	36,070	Ferdinand
3 March 2001	Derby County	A	1-2	29,410	West (own goal)
17 March 2001	Coventry City	H	3-0	35,606	Iversen, Ferdinand, Rebrov
31 March 2001	Arsenal	A	0-2	38,121
10 April 2001	Bradford City	H	2-1	28,306	Iversen, Davies
14 April 2001	Sunderland	A	3-2	48,029	Clemence, Doherty (2)
17 April 2001	Chelsea	H	0-3	36,074
22 April 2001	Liverpool	A	1-3	43,547	Korsten
28 April 2001	Aston Villa	H	0-0	36,096
5 May 2001	Leicester City	A	2-4	21,056	Davies, Carr
19 May 2001	Manchester United	H	3-1	36,072	Korsten (2), Ferdinand

FA Cup

Main article: 2000–01 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 2001	Leyton Orient	A	1-0	12,336	Doherty
R4	7 February 2001	Charlton Athletic	A	4-2	18,101	Rufus (own goal), Anderton, Leonhardsen, Rebrov
R5	17 February 2001	Stockport County	H	4-0	36,040	King, Davies (2), Flynn (own goal)
QF	11 March 2001	West Ham United	A	3-2	26,048	Rebrov (2), Doherty
SF	8 April 2001	Arsenal	N	1-2	63,541	Doherty

League Cup

Main article: 2000–01 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	19 September 2000	Brentford	A	0-0	8,580
R2 2nd Leg	27 September 2000	Brentford	H	2-0 (won 2–0 on agg)	26,909	Leonhardsen, Iversen
R3	31 October 2000	Birmingham City	H	1-3	27,096	Anderton (pen)

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[6][7]

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 Ian Walker 2 DF  IRL Stephen Carr 3 DF  ARG Mauricio Taricco 4 MF  GER Steffen Freund 5 DF  ENG Sol Campbell (captain) 6 DF  ENG Chris Perry 7 MF  ENG Darren Anderton 8 MF  ENG Tim Sherwood 9 FW  ENG Les Ferdinand 10 FW  NOR Steffen Iversen 11 FW  UKR Serhiy Rebrov 12 DF  IRL Gary Doherty 13 GK  SCO Neil Sullivan[a]

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  NED Willem Korsten 16 FW  ENG Chris Armstrong 17 MF  NOR Øyvind Leonhardsen 18 DF  ENG Ben Thatcher 21 DF  ENG Luke Young 25 MF  ENG Stephen Clemence 26 DF  ENG Ledley King 27 FW  ENG Dave McEwen 28 MF  ENG Matthew Etherington 29 MF  WAL Simon Davies 30 DF  ENG Anthony Gardner 31 DF  ENG Alton Thelwell 37 MF  ENG John Piercy

1. Sullivan was born in England.

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 19 FW  ENG Andy Booth (on loan from Sheffield Wednesday) 31 MF  MSR Ruel Fox (to West Bromwich Albion) 32 MF  POR José Dominguez (to Kaiserslautern)

No. Pos. Nation Player 33 MF  ENG Mark Gower (to Barnet) 34 DF  SUI Ramon Vega (on loan to Celtic)

Reserve squad

The following players did not appear for the first team this 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 24 GK  NED Hans Segers 35 FW  IRL Neale Fenn 36 DF  WAL Ian Hillier 38 MF  ITA Maurizio Consorti 39 GK  ENG Gavin Kelly 40 MF  NIR Ciarán Toner 41 MF  ENG Johnnie Jackson 42 FW  FRA Yannick Kamanan 43 GK  WAL Jamie Attwell 45 FW  SCO Steven Ferguson — DF  ENG Terry Adams

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ENG Clayton Fortune — DF  SWE Jon Jönsson — DF  IRL Stephen Kelly — DF  ENG Neil Lacy — MF  ENG Ben Bowditch — MF  IRL Andrew Burke — FW  ENG Michael Malcolm — FW  ENG John Sutton — FW  ITA Luca Di Giuliantonio — FW  IRL George Snee

Statistics

Appearances

Last updated: 26 July 2020.
Source: premierleague.com

No.	Pos.	Name	Premier League		FA Cup		EFL Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Ian Walker	3+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	3+2	0
13	GK	Neil Sullivan	35	0	5	0	3	0	43	0
Defenders
2	DF	Stephen Carr	27+1	3	1+1	0	3	0	31+2	3
3	DF	Mauricio Taricco	2+3	0	0	0	0	0	2+3	0
5	DF	Sol Campbell	21	2	5	0	1	0	27	2
6	DF	Chris Perry	30+2	1	4	0	3	0	37+2	1
12	DF	Gary Doherty	18+4	3	5	3	0	0	23+4	6
18	DF	Ben Thatcher	10+2	0	0	0	3	0	13+2	0
21	DF	Luke Young	19+4	0	4	0	0+1	0	23+5	0
26	DF	Ledley King	18	1	4+1	1	0	0	22+1	2
30	DF	Anthony Gardner	5+3	0	0	0	0	0	5+3	0
31	DF	Alton Thelwell	13+3	0	0+2	0	0	0	13+5	0
Midfielders
4	MF	Steffen Freund	19+2	0	3	0	3	0	25+2	0
7	MF	Darren Anderton	22+1	2	2	1	1	1	25+1	4
8	MF	Tim Sherwood	31+2	2	4	0	2	0	37+2	2
15	MF	Willem Korsten	8+6	3	0+3	0	1	0	9+9	3
17	MF	Øyvind Leonhardsen	23+2	3	3+1	1	2	1	28+3	5
25	MF	Stephen Clemence	27+2	1	4	0	2	0	33+2	1
28	MF	Matthew Etherington	1+5	0	0	0	1	0	2+5	0
29	MF	Simon Davies	9+4	2	0+1	2	0+1	0	9+6	4
37	MF	John Piercy	0+5	0	0	0	0	0	0+5	0
Forwards
9	FW	Les Ferdinand	25+3	10	4	0	2+1	0	31+4	10
10	FW	Steffen Iversen	10+4	2	2	0	2	1	14+4	3
11	FW	Serhii Rebrov	28+1	9	5	3	2	0	35+1	12
16	FW	Chris Armstrong	3+6	2	0	0	0	0	3+6	2
19	FW	Andy Booth	3+1	0	0	0	0	0	3+1	0
27	FW	Dave McEwen	0+3	0	0	0	0	0	0+3	0
Players transferred out during the season
32	MF	José Dominguez	0+2	0	0	0	0+2	0	0+4	0
34	MF	Ramon Vega	8+2	0	0	0	2+1	0	10+3	0

Goal scorers

Last updated: 26 July 2020.
Source: premierleague.com

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Premier League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Total
1	FW	11	Serhii Rebrov	9	3	0	12
2	FW	9	Les Ferdinand	10	0	0	10
3	DF	12	Gary Doherty	3	3	0	6
4	MF	17	Øyvind Leonhardsen	3	1	1	5
5	MF	7	Darren Anderton	2	1	1	4
	MF	29	Simon Davies	2	2	0	4
7	DF	2	Stephen Carr	3	0	0	3
	FW	10	Steffen Iversen	2	0	1	3
	MF	15	Willem Korsten	3	0	0	3
10	DF	5	Sol Campbell	2	0	0	2
	MF	8	Tim Sherwood	2	0	0	2
	FW	16	Chris Armstrong	2	0	0	2
	DF	26	Ledley King	1	1	0	2
14	DF	6	Chris Perry	1	0	0	1
	MF	25	Stephen Clemence	1	0	0	1
TOTALS				46	11	3	60

Clean sheets

Last updated: 26 July 2020.
Source: premierleague.com

The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.

Rnk	No.	Player	Premier League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Total
1	13	Neil Sullivan	9	2	2	13
2	1	Ian Walker	2	0	1	3
TOTALS			11	2	3	16