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Wolverhampton Wanderers
2000–01 season
ChairmanSir Jack Hayward OBE
ManagerColin Lee
(until 18 December)
Dave Jones
(from 3 January)
Football League First Division12th
FA Cup4th round
League Cup3rd round
Top goalscorerLeague: Adam Proudlock (8)
All: Adam Proudlock (11)
Highest home attendance26,627 (vs Gillingham, 3 February 2001)
Lowest home attendance8,058 (vs Grimsby, 2 October 2000)
Average home league attendance19,258 (league only)

The 2000–01 season was the 102nd season of competitive league football in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. They played the season in the second tier of the English football system, the Football League First Division.

The team finished in 12th position, their lowest league finish for five seasons. Colin Lee began the season as manager but was sacked in December 2000 with the team just a single point clear of the relegation zone.[1] Former Southampton manager Dave Jones replaced him in early January but could not take the side any higher than mid-table.[2]

Results

Pre-season

Wolves' pre season saw them travel to Ireland to play three local sides. They then returned home to play three Premiership teams at Molineux; the fixture against Aston Villa was a testimonial match for Mike Stowell.

17 July 2000 Waterford United 0–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Waterford, Ireland
Robinson 76'
Epesse-Titi 85'
Stadium: Regional Sports Centre
Attendance: 2,211
Referee: Richard O'Hanlon
21 July 2000 Kilkenny City 0–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Kilkenny, Ireland
Robinson 15'
Branch 89'
Stadium: Buckley Park
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: J O'Neill

Football League First Division

A total of 24 teams competed in the Football League First Division in the 2000–01 season. Each team played every other team twice: once at their stadium, and once at the opposition's. Three points were awarded to teams for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats.

The provisional fixture list was released on 22 June 2000, but was subject to change in the event of matches being selected for television coverage or police concerns.[3]

26 August 2000 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0 Burnley Wolverhampton
15:00 BST Sedgley 74' Report Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 20,156
Referee: Mike Jones
28 August 2000 4 Portsmouth 3–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Portsmouth
15:00 BST Claridge 2', 30', 32' (pen.) Report Ketsbaia 45' Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 14,124
Referee: Andy Butler
2 September 2000 5 Gillingham 1–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Gillingham
15:00 BST Lewis 4' Report Stadium: Priestfield
Attendance: 10,017
Referee: Paul Durkin
16 September 2000 8 Wimbledon 1–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers London
15:00 BST Hartson 58' Report Lescott 79' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 8,761
Referee: Peter Walton
21 October 2000 13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–0 Fulham Wolverhampton
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 21,080
Referee: Graham Laws
24 October 2000 14 Barnsley 1–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Barnsley
19:45 BST McClare 8' Report Muscat 18'
Ketsbaia 45'
Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 13,393
Referee: Jeff Winter
28 October 2000 15 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–2 Watford Wolverhampton
15:00 BST Muscat 47' (pen.)
Dinning 75'
Report Cox 33'
Mooney 39'
Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 20,296
Referee: William Burns
4 November 2000 16 Crewe Alexandra 2–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Crewe
15:00 GMT Cramb 27', 45' Report Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 7,147
Referee: Jeff Winter
11 November 2000 17 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–3 Crystal Palace Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT Branch 60' Report Freedman 23'
Morrison 45', 72'
Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 17,658
Referee: Neale Barry
21 November 2000 19 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 Grimsby Town Wolverhampton
19:45 GMT Dinning 6'
Ndah 45'
Report Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 16,088
Referee: Rob Harris
25 November 2000 20 Queens Park Rangers 2–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers London
15:00 GMT Peacock 38' (pen.), 86' Report Ndah 19'
Pollet 43'
Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 11,156
Referee: Lee Cable
2 December 2000 21 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 Barnsley Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT Robinson 28'
Dinning 59'
Report Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 17,340
Referee: Chris Foy
30 December 2000 26 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–2 Stockport County Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT Proudlock 22'
Wiss 32' (o.g.)
Branch 45'
Report Nicholson 45' (pen.)
Wiss 90'
Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 16,667
Referee: Mike Ryan
1 January 2001 27 Burnley 1–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Burnley
13:00 GMT Branch 9' Report Proudlock 28'
Naylor 85'
Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 15,483
Referee: Roger Furnandiz
13 January 2001 28 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Portsmouth Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT Sinton 20' Report Lescott 27' (o.g.) Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 20,869
Referee: Barry Curson
3 February 2001 29 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Gillingham Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT Branch 45' Report King 26' Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 26,627
Referee: Richard Beeby
24 February 2001 32 Norwich City 1–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Norwich
15:00 GMT McVeigh 3' Report Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 17,288
Referee: Peter Jones
4 April 2001 38 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–1 Wimbledon Wolverhampton
19:45 BST Report Ardley 53' Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 16,767
Referee: Mark Cowburn
17 April 2001 41 Watford 3–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Watford
19:45 BST Mooney 8'
Smith 14'
Helguson 90'
Report Ndah 44' (pen.)
Proudlock 80'
Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 13,765
Referee: Mike Jones
24 April 2001 43 Fulham 2–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers London
19:45 BST Saha 23' (pen.), 70' (pen.) Report Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 15,375
Referee: Tony Leake

Final table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
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

Source: Statto.com

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
46 14 13 19 45 48  −3 55 7 9 7 25 20  +5 7 4 12 20 28  −8

Source: Statto.com

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FA Cup

League Cup

22 August 2000 R1.1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–1 Oxford United Wolverhampton
19:45 BST Report Murphy 37' Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 9,399
Referee: Trevor Jones
5 September 2000 R1.2 Oxford United 1–3
(2–3 agg.)
Wolverhampton Wanderers Oxford
19:45 BST Shepheard 16' Report Robinson 51'
Taylor 65'
Proudlock 68'
Stadium: Manor Ground
Attendance: 4,679
Referee: Paul Alcock
26 September 2000 R2.1 Grimsby Town 3–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Cleethorpes
19:45 BST Gallimore 12'
Rowan 81'
Allen 82'
Report Taylor 6', 45' Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 2,396
Referee: Graham Laws
2 October 2000 R2.2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0
(4–3 agg.)
Grimsby Town Wolverhampton
19:45 BST Proudlock 36'
Muscat 73' (pen.)
Report Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 8,058
Referee: David Crick
1 November 2000 R3 Fulham 3–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers London
19:45 GMT Boa Morte 67', 83'
Saha 85'
Report Ketsbaia 60'
Osborn 90'
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 6,763
Referee: Eddie Wolstenholme

Players

Statistics

Key:
  ‡ On loan from another club   * First appearance(s) for the club
Correct as of the season's end. Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances in parentheses where applicable.
No.PosNamePGPGPGPG A yellow card A red card Notes
League FA CupLeague CupTotalDiscipline
1 GK England Michael Oakes 46 0 1 0 4 0 51 0 0 0
2 DF Australia Kevin Muscat (c) 37 3 1 0 4 1 42 4 10 1
3 DF England Lee Naylor 44(2) 1 2 0 5 0 51(2) 1 4 0
4 MF Wales Carl Robinson 36(4) 3 2 1 4(1) 1 42(5) 5 4 0
5 DF France Ludovic Pollet 29 2 1 0 0 0 30 2 2 0
6 MF England Neil Emblen 21(7) 0 1(1) 0 4 0 26(8) 0 0 0
7 DF England Darren Bazeley 23(1) 1 0 0 5 0 28(1) 1 2 0
8 MF England Simon Osborn 16(4) 0 2 0 2 0 20(4) 0 5 0
8 DF England Sean Connelly 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 1
9 FW Georgia (country) Temuri Ketsbaia 14(8) 3 0 0 3(1) 1 17(9) 4 3 0
10 FW England Michael Branch 31(7) 4 2 0 2(1) 0 35(8) 4 9 0
11 MF England Andy Sinton 28(2) 2 2 0 2(1) 0 32(3) 2 4 0
12 GK England Mike Stowell 0(1) 0 1 0 1 0 2(1) 0 0 0
14 FW Nigeria George Ndah 23(6) 6 0(1) 0 0(1) 0 23(8) 6 6 0
15 MF England Steve Sedgley 5 1 0 0 1(1) 0 6(1) 1 2 0
15 FW Belgium Cédric Roussel 3(6) 0 0 0 0 0 3(6) 0 0 0
16 MF England Scott Taylor 3(1) 0 0 0 2 0 5(1) 0 2 0
17 FW England Robert Taylor 5(4) 0 0 0 3 3 8(4) 3 1 0
18 DF Wales Ryan Green ¤ 5(2) 0 0(2) 0 2 0 7(4) 0 2 1
19 DF England Joleon Lescott 31(6) 2 2 0 5 0 38(6) 2 3 1
20 MF Republic of Ireland Keith Andrews ¤ 20(2) 0 2 0 0 0 22(2) 0 4 1
21 FW Norway Håvard Flo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 FW Republic of Ireland Colin Larkin 0(2) 0 0 0 0 0 0(2) 0 0 0
23 DF Guinea Mo Camara 4(14) 0 0(1) 0 1(1) 0 5(16) 0 0 0
24 MF England Tony Dinning 31 6 1 0 0 0 32 6 5 0
25 DF Northern Ireland Gordon Simms 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 FW Saudi Arabia Sami Al-Jaber 0(4) 0 0 0 1 0 1(4) 0 0 0
27 DF France Manuel Thetis 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
27 DF England Darren Peacock 2(2) 0 0 0 1 0 3(2) 0 0 0
27 DF Republic of Ireland Paul Butler 12 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 2 0
28 MF England Shane Tudor 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0
29 DF France Steeve Epesse-Titi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 GK England Matt Murray ¤ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 FW England Adam Proudlock ¤ 28(7) 8 2 1 3(1) 2 33(8) 11 4 0
32 MF Republic of Ireland Seamus Crowe ¤ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DF Northern Ireland Mark Clyde 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 MF Republic of Ireland John Melligan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 GK England Lewis Solly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 GK Australia Frank Talia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 GK Northern Ireland Aaron Kerr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 GK England Carlo Nash 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Awards

Award Winner
Fans' Player of the Season Lee Naylor
Young Player of the Season Joleon Lescott

Transfers

In

Date Player From Fee
1 August 2000 France Steeve Epesse-Titi Unattached Free[4]
4 August 2000 Georgia (country) Temuri Ketsbaia Newcastle United £900,000[5]
11 August 2000 Australia Frank Talia Unattached Free[6]
15 August 2000 England Robert Taylor Manchester City £1.55 million[7]
21 September 2000 England Tony Dinning Stockport County £600,000[8]
1 December 2000 Guinea Mo Camara Le Havre £100,000
31 January 2001 Republic of Ireland Paul Butler Sunderland £1 million[9]
15 February 2001 Belgium Cédric Roussel Coventry City £1.53 million[10]

Out

Date Player To Fee
21 June 2000 Wales Adrian Williams Reading Free
30 June 2000 England Keith Curle Sheffield United Free[11]
27 July 2000 Nigeria Ade Akinbiyi Leicester City £5 million[12]
28 July 2000 England Mark Jones Chesterfield Free
11 August 2000 England Paul Simpson Blackpool Free
11 September 2000 Australia Frank Talia Released Free
11 December 2000 England Steve Sedgley Released Free[13]
9 March 2001 Northern Ireland Gordon Simms Hartlepool United Free
22 March 2001 France Steeve Epesse-Titi Exeter City Free
22 March 2001 England Simon Osborn Tranmere Rovers Free

Loans in

Start date Player From End date
1 August 2000 Guinea Mo Camara Le Havre 30 November 2000[4]
22 August 2000 Saudi Arabia Sami Al-Jaber Al-Hilal 22 January 2001[14]
26 August 2000 France Manuel Thetis Ipswich Town 13 September 2000
13 October 2000 England Darren Peacock Blackburn Rovers 4 November 2000[15]
17 November 2000 Republic of Ireland Paul Butler Sunderland 17 December 2000[16]
8 December 2000 England Carlo Nash Stockport County 31 December 2000[17]
22 March 2001 England Sean Connelly Stockport County End of season

Loans out

Start date Player To End date
1 August 2000 Germany Robert Niestroj Iraklis 1 February 2001
1 August 2000 England Adam Proudlock Clyde 5 September 2000
September 2000 England Matt Murray Slough Town September 2000
20 October 2000 England Matt Murray Kingstonian 26 October 2000
10 November 2000 Republic of Ireland Keith Andrews Oxford United 21 December 2000
1 March 2001 Wales Ryan Green Torquay United End of season
22 March 2001 Republic of Ireland Seamus Crowe Hereford United End of season

Kit

The season saw the team return to their historic "old gold" shade of shirt for the first time since the 1950s. There was also a new away kit that was a light blue design. Both were now manufactured by the club's own label, entitled "WWFC", and sponsored by Goodyear.

References

  1. ^ "Wolves sack Lee". BBC Sport. 18 December 2000.
  2. ^ "Jones is new Wolves boss". BBC Sport. 3 January 2001.
  3. ^ "Champions kick off with Magpies". BBC Sport. 22 June 2000.
  4. ^ a b "Wolves sign Titi and Camara". BBC Sport. 1 August 2000.
  5. ^ "Ketsbaia moves to Wolves". BBC Sport. 4 August 2000.
  6. ^ "Talia is Wolves' temporary measure". BBC Sport. 11 August 2000.
  7. ^ "Wolves sign Taylor". BBC Sport. 15 August 2000.
  8. ^ "Dinning moves to Molineux". BBC Sport. 21 September 2000.
  9. ^ "Wolves seal Butler deal". BBC Sport. 31 January 2001.
  10. ^ "Roussel completes Wolves switch". BBC Sport. 15 February 2001.
  11. ^ "Curle makes Blades move". BBC Sport. 30 June 2000.
  12. ^ "Akinbiyi swaps Wolves for Foxes". BBC Sport. 25 July 2000.
  13. ^ "Sedgley severs his links with Wolves". BBC Sport. 11 December 2000.
  14. ^ "Saudi star to join Wolves". BBC Sport. 22 August 2000.
  15. ^ "Peacock flies south to Wolves". BBC Sport. 13 October 2000.
  16. ^ "Butler makes Molineux switch". BBC Sport. 17 November 2000.
  17. ^ "Wolves take Nash on loan". BBC Sport. 11 December 2000.