2000–01 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season

West Bromwich Albion
2000–01 season
Chairman	Paul Thompson
Manager	Gary Megson
Stadium	The Hawthorns
Football League First Division	6th (play-offs)
Play-offs	Semi-finals
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Lee Hughes (21); All: Lee Hughes (23)
Average home league attendance	17,657
	← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

During the 2000–01 English football season, West Bromwich Albion F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

Megson's rejuvenation of the side continued in 2000–01, as Albion finished sixth, their highest league finish since relegation in 1986. They qualified for the Division One promotion playoffs, where they faced Bolton Wanderers in the semi-finals. The first leg finished 2–2 after Albion had led 2–0. Bolton won the second leg 3–0 to reach the final 5–2 on aggregate.^[1]

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1.	Fulham	46	30	11	5	90	32	+58	101
2.	Blackburn Rovers	46	26	13	7	76	39	+37	91
3.	Bolton Wanderers	46	24	15	7	76	45	+31	87
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	46	11	15	20	48	57	-9	48
23.	Queens Park Rangers	46	7	19	20	45	75	-30	40
24.	Tranmere Rovers	46	9	11	26	46	77	-31	38

Key
Promoted to the Premier League
Qualified for the promotion playoff
Relegated to Division 2

Results

West Bromwich Albion's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
12 August 2000	Nottingham Forest	A	0-1	21,209
19 August 2000	Bolton Wanderers	H	0-2	17,316
26 August 2000	Barnsley	A	1-4	19,542	Hughes
28 August 2000	Queens Park Rangers	H	2-1	14,831	van Blerk, Hughes
3 September 2000	Crystal Palace	H	1-0	13,980	McInnes
9 September 2000	Stockport County	A	0-0	6,632
12 September 2000	Crewe Alexandra	A	1-0	6,222	Hughes
17 September 2000	Birmingham City	H	1-1	19,858	Taylor
23 September 2000	Portsmouth	A	1-0	11,937	Roberts
30 September 2000	Blackburn Rovers	H	1-0	16,794	Hughes
8 October 2000	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2-1	15,338	Roberts (2)
14 October 2000	Norwich City	H	2-3	16,511	Clement, Hughes (pen)
17 October 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-0	21,492	Hughes (pen)
21 October 2000	Tranmere Rovers	A	2-2	8,931	Hughes, Roberts
24 October 2000	Wimbledon	H	3-1	15,570	Roberts, van Blerk, Sneekes
29 October 2000	Grimsby Town	A	0-2	5,429
4 November 2000	Burnley	H	1-1	17,828	Roberts
11 November 2000	Huddersfield Town	A	2-0	11,801	Jordão, Hughes
18 November 2000	Gillingham	H	3-1	16,410	Hughes (3)
25 November 2000	Preston North End	H	3-1	20,043	Hughes (3)
2 December 2000	Wimbledon	A	1-0	8,608	Williams (own goal)
9 December 2000	Fulham	H	1-3	22,301	Lyttle
16 December 2000	Watford	A	3-3	14,601	Hughes, Baardsen (own goal), Roberts
23 December 2000	Nottingham Forest	H	3-0	20,350	Roberts (2), Olsen (own goal)
26 December 2000	Sheffield United	A	0-2	22,281
30 December 2000	Bolton Wanderers	A	1-0	18,985	Roberts
1 January 2001	Barnsley	H	1-0	19,423	Morgan (own goal)
13 January 2001	Queens Park Rangers	A	0-2	11,881
20 January 2001	Sheffield United	H	2-1	16,778	Fox, Hughes
3 February 2001	Crystal Palace	A	2-2	16,692	Sneekes, Hughes
10 February 2001	Stockport County	H	1-1	16,385	Roberts
17 February 2001	Birmingham City	A	1-2	25,025	Butler
20 February 2001	Crewe Alexandra	H	2-2	15,476	Taylor, Roberts
24 February 2001	Portsmouth	H	2-0	17,645	Roberts, Chambers
3 March 2001	Blackburn Rovers	A	0-1	23,926
6 March 2001	Norwich City	A	1-0	16,372	Hughes (pen)
10 March 2001	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1-2	18,662	Hughes
18 March 2001	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-3	25,069	Clement
25 March 2001	Tranmere Rovers	H	2-1	17,151	Taylor (2)
31 March 2001	Watford	H	3-0	17,261	Quinn, Hughes, Clement
7 April 2001	Fulham	A	0-0	17,795
14 April 2001	Burnley	A	1-1	18,199	Taylor
16 April 2001	Grimsby Town	H	0-1	16,504
21 April 2001	Gillingham	A	2-1	9,920	Hughes, Clement
28 April 2001	Huddersfield Town	H	1-1	17,542	Roberts
6 May 2001	Preston North End	A	1-2	16,226	Clement

First Division play-offs


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
SF 1st Leg	13 May 2001	Bolton Wanderers	H	2-2	18,167	Roberts, Hughes (pen)
SF 2nd Leg	17 May 2001	Bolton Wanderers	A	0-3 (lost 2-5 on agg)	23,515

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 2001	Derby County	A	2-3	19,232	Taylor, Hughes

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	22 August 2000	Swansea City	A	0-0	4,758
R1 2nd Leg	6 September 2000	Swansea City	H	2-1 (won 2-1 on agg)	7,328	Roberts (2)
R2 1st Leg	19 September 2000	Derby County	A	2-1	2,899	Clement, Sneekes
R2 2nd Leg	26 September 2000	Derby County	H	2-4 (lost 4-5 on agg)	19,112	Jordão, Clement

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[3]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	NOR	Brian Jensen
2	DF	ENG	Des Lyttle
3	DF	ENG	Neil Clement
4	MF	SCO	Derek McInnes
5	DF	ENG	Tony Butler
6	DF	ENG	Matt Carbon
7	MF	MSR	Ruel Fox
8	MF	NED	Richard Sneekes
9	FW	ENG	Bob Taylor
10	FW	ENG	Lee Hughes
11	FW	ENG	Jason Roberts
12	MF	NIR	James Quinn
14	DF	AUS	Jason van Blerk


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	DF	ENG	Daryl Burgess
16	DF	SCO	Warren Cumming (on loan from Chelsea)
17	DF	ISL	Larus Sigurdsson
18	DF	SVK	Igor Bališ
20	MF	POR	Jordão
21	GK	ENG	Russell Hoult
22	DF	ENG	James Chambers
23	DF	ENG	Adam Chambers
24	FW	ENG	Adam Oliver
25	MF	ENG	Michael Appleton
27	DF	ENG	Phil Gilchrist
30	GK	ENG	Chris Adamson

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
16	FW	IRL	Mickey Evans (to Bristol Rovers)
16	MF	ENG	Tony Grant (on loan from Manchester City)
19	DF	ENG	Paul Mardon (released)
18	FW	NED	Fabian de Freitas (released)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
25	DF	WAL	Danny Gabbidon (to Cardiff City)
27	FW	ENG	Justin Richards (to Bristol Rovers)
27	DF	NED	Fernando Derveld (on loan from Norwich City)

Reserve squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
26	MF	ITA	Massimiliano Iezzi
28	FW	ENG	Matthew Turner


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
29	MF	ENG	Mark Briggs
31	GK	NIR	Elliott Morris

References

^ "Bolton breeze past Baggies". BBC Sport. 17 May 2001. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
^ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/west-bromwich-albion/2000-2001
^ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2000-2001/d1/wba.htm

[1] "Bolton breeze past Baggies". BBC Sport. 17 May 2001. Retrieved 5 March 2012.

[2] ttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/west-bromwich-albion/2000-2001

[3] ttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2000-2001/d1/wba.htm

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