2000-01_Football_League

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
	← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

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)
	← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

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 →

2000–01 Football League

102nd season of the 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.

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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	Promotion to the Premier League
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

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)

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

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

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Millwall	46	17	2	4	49	11	11	7	5	40	27	+51	93	Division Champions, promoted
2	Rotherham United	46	16	4	3	50	26	11	6	6	29	29	+24	91	Promoted
3	Reading	46	15	5	3	58	26	10	6	7	28	26	+34	86	Participated in play-offs
4	Walsall	46	15	5	3	51	23	8	7	8	28	27	+29	81	Promoted through play-offs
5	Stoke City	46	12	6	5	39	21	9	8	6	35	28	+25	77	Participated in play-offs
6	Wigan Athletic	46	12	9	2	29	18	7	9	7	24	24	+11	75	Participated in play-offs
7	Bournemouth	46	11	6	6	37	23	9	7	7	42	32	+24	73
8	Notts County	46	10	6	7	37	33	9	6	8	25	33	−4	69
9	Bristol City	46	11	6	6	47	29	7	8	8	23	27	+14	68
10	Wrexham	46	10	6	7	33	28	7	6	10	32	43	−6	63
11	Port Vale	46	9	8	6	35	22	7	6	10	20	27	+6	62
12	Peterborough United	46	12	6	5	38	27	3	8	12	23	39	−5	59
13	Wycombe Wanderers	46	8	7	8	24	23	7	7	9	22	30	−7	59
14	Brentford	46	9	10	4	34	30	5	7	11	22	40	−14	59
15	Oldham Athletic	46	11	5	7	35	26	4	8	11	18	39	−12	58
16	Bury	46	10	6	7	25	22	6	4	13	20	37	−14	58
17	Colchester United	46	10	5	8	32	23	5	7	11	23	36	−4	57
18	Northampton Town	46	9	6	8	26	28	6	6	11	20	31	−13	57
19	Cambridge United	46	8	6	9	32	31	6	5	12	29	46	−16	53
20	Swindon Town	46	6	8	9	30	35	7	5	11	17	30	−18	52
21	Bristol Rovers	46	6	10	7	28	26	6	5	12	25	31	−4	51	Relegated
22	Luton Town	46	5	6	12	24	35	4	7	12	28	45	−28	40
23	Swansea City	46	5	9	9	26	24	3	4	16	21	49	−26	37
24	Oxford United	46	5	4	14	23	34	2	2	19	30	66	−47	27

2000-01_Football_League

2000–01 Football League

First Division

Team changes

From First Division

To First Division

Play-offs

Results

Top scorers

Maps

Second Division

Team changes

From Second Division

To Second Division

Play-offs

Maps

Third Division

Team changes

From Third Division

To Third Division

Play-offs

Maps

See also

References

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Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	19	2	2	52	14	9	6	8	21	21	+38	92	Division Champions, promoted
2	Cardiff City	46	16	7	0	56	20	7	6	10	39	38	+37	82	Promoted
3	Chesterfield	46	16	5	2	46	14	9	9	5	33	28	+37	80^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Promoted
4	Hartlepool United	46	12	8	3	40	23	9	6	8	31	31	+17	77	Participated in play-offs
5	Leyton Orient	46	13	7	3	31	18	7	8	8	28	33	+8	75
6	Hull City	46	12	7	4	27	18	7	10	6	20	21	+8	74
7	Blackpool	46	14	4	5	50	26	8	2	13	24	32	+16	72	Promoted through play-offs
8	Rochdale	46	11	8	4	36	25	7	9	7	23	23	+11	71
9	Cheltenham Town	46	12	5	6	37	27	6	9	8	22	25	+7	68
10	Scunthorpe United	46	13	7	3	42	16	5	4	14	20	36	+10	65
11	Southend United	46	10	8	5	29	23	5	10	8	26	30	+2	63
12	Plymouth Argyle	46	13	5	5	33	17	2	8	13	21	44	−7	58
13	Mansfield Town	46	12	7	4	40	26	3	6	14	24	46	−8	58
14	Macclesfield Town	46	10	5	8	23	21	4	9	10	28	41	−11	56
15	Shrewsbury Town	46	12	5	6	30	26	3	5	15	19	39	−16	55
16	Kidderminster Harriers^{[lower-alpha 2]}	46	10	6	7	29	27	3	8	12	18	34	−14	53
17	York City	46	9	6	8	23	26	4	7	12	19	37	−21	52
18	Lincoln City	46	9	9	5	36	28	3	6	14	22	38	−8	51
19	Exeter City	46	8	9	6	22	20	4	5	14	18	38	−18	50
20	Darlington	46	10	6	7	28	23	2	7	14	16	33	−12	49
21	Torquay United	46	8	9	6	30	29	4	4	15	22	48	−25	49
22	Carlisle United	46	8	8	7	26	26	3	7	13	16	39	−23	48
23	Halifax Town	46	7	6	10	33	32	5	5	13	21	36	−14	47
24	Barnet	46	9	8	6	44	29	3	1	19	23	52	−14	45	Relegated to Conference

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