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2000–01 Cardiff City F.C. season

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Cardiff City
Season 2000–01
League Football League Third Division
Manager Billy Ayre/Bobby Gould/Alan Cork
League position 2nd
Top goalscorer League: Robert Earnshaw (19)
All: Robert Earnshaw (25)
FA Cup 3rd round
League Cup 1st round
FAW Premier Cup Quarter-final
Previous season 1999–2000
Next season 2001–02

The 2000–01 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 74th season in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Third, then the fourth tier of English football, finishing second, winning promotion to Division Two.

During the season the club was taken over by Lebanese businessman Sam Hammam, whose investment in the club would later see Cardiff win two promotions in the next four years.

Players

[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
-2 DF England ENG Andy Thompson
3 MF England ENG Matt Brazier
4 DF Wales WAL Scott Young
5 DF England ENG Russell Perrett
7 MF Ireland EIR Willie Boland
8 MF England ENG Mark Bonner
9 MF Wales WAL Jason Bowen
10 FW England ENG Kevin Nugent
11 DF Wales WAL Andy Legg
12 DF Wales WAL Rhys Weston
13 GK Wales WAL Mark Walton
14 MF England ENG Danny Hill
15 DF England ENG Jeff Eckhardt
16 FW Wales WAL Kurt Nogan
17 MF England ENG Jason Fowler
18 FW England ENG Paul Brayson
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW Wales WAL Robert Earnshaw
20 DF Wales WAL Josh Low
21 FW England ENG Gavin Gordon
22 DF Wales WAL Danny Gabbidon
23 GK England ENG Paul Buttery
24 MF Wales WAL Gethin Jones
25 MF Wales WAL Kevin Evans
26 DF Wales WAL David Hughes
27 DF Scotland SCO Andy Jordan
28 DF Wales WAL James Collins
29 FW England ENG Leo Fortune-West
32 DF Wales WAL Martyn Giles
41 GK England ENG Carl Muggleton (on loan from Stoke City)
-- MF England ENG Charlie Mapes
-- FW England ENG Robert Codner

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
6 DF England ENG David Greene (to Cambridge United)
26 MF England ENG James Harper (on loan from Arsenal)
No. Pos. Nation Player
28 FW Wales WAL Dai Thomas (to Merthyr Tydfil)
31 FW Bermuda BER Kyle Lightbourne (on loan from Stoke City)

League table

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1. Brighton & Hove Albion 46 28 8 10 73 35 +38 92
2. Cardiff City 46 23 13 10 95 58 +37 82
3. Chesterfield* 46 25 14 7 79 42 +37 80
4. Hartlepool United 46 21 14 11 71 54 +17 77
5. Leyton Orient 46 20 15 11 59 51 +8 75
6. Hull City 46 19 17 10 47 39 +8 74
7. Blackpool 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 46 12 9 25 67 81 -14 45
  • Chesterfield deducted 9 points for financial irregularities.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Cardiff City - 2000/01". FootballSquads. Retrieved 7 September 2012.