2000–01 Wycombe Wanderers F.C. season

Wycombe Wanderers

2000–01 season
Chairman	Ivor Beeks
Manager	Lawrie Sanchez
Stadium	Adams Park
Second Division	13th
FA Cup	Semi-finals
League Cup	Second round
Football League Trophy	Area quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Andy Rammell (10) All: Andy Rammell (13)
Average home league attendance	5,549

During the 2000–01 English football season, Wycombe Wanderers competed in the Football League Second Division.

Season summary

Having barely escaped relegation the previous season, this time round Wycombe achieved survival in the Second Division by a comfortable margin. Their defensive record, the best of any team outside the top six, ensured they finished well clear of relegation in 13th place. Wycombe enjoyed their greatest success in the FA Cup, defeating First Division teams Grimsby Town, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Wimbledon before edging Premier League side Leicester City 2-1 at Filbert Street; this result caused Leicester, then sitting fourth in the Premier League, to enter a poor run of form that dragged them down to 13th. The win at Leicester set up a dream semi-final tie against Liverpool at Villa Park - Wycombe pushed Gérard Houllier's men all the way before losing 2-1; Liverpool would go on to finish third in the Premier League and win a treble of the League, FA and UEFA Cups.

Final league table

Main article: 2000-01 Football League

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GD		Pts
1	Millwall	46		17	2	4	49	11		11	7	5	40	27		89	38	+51		93
2	Rotherham United	46		16	4	3	50	26		11	6	6	29	29		79	55	+24		91
3	Reading	46		15	5	3	58	26		10	6	7	28	26		86	52	+34		86
4	Walsall	46		15	5	3	51	23		8	7	8	28	27		79	50	+29		81
5	Stoke City	46		12	6	5	39	21		9	8	6	35	28		74	49	+25		77
6	Wigan Athletic	46		12	9	2	29	18		7	9	7	24	24		53	42	+11		75
7	Bournemouth	46		11	6	6	37	23		9	7	7	42	32		79	55	+24		73
8	Notts County	46		10	6	7	37	33		9	6	8	25	33		62	66	–4		69
9	Bristol City	46		11	6	6	47	29		7	8	8	23	27		70	56	+14		68
10	Wrexham	46		10	6	7	33	28		7	6	10	32	43		65	71	–6		63
11	Port Vale	46		9	8	6	35	22		7	6	10	20	27		55	49	+6		62
12	Peterborough United	46		12	6	5	38	27		3	8	12	23	39		61	66	–5		59
13	Wycombe Wanderers	46		8	7	8	24	23		7	7	9	22	30		46	53	–7		59
14	Brentford	46		9	10	4	34	30		5	7	11	22	40		56	70	–14		59
15	Oldham Athletic	46		11	5	7	35	26		4	8	11	18	39		53	65	–12		58
16	Bury	46		10	6	7	25	22		6	4	13	20	37		45	59	–14		58
17	Colchester United	46		10	5	8	32	23		5	7	11	23	36		55	59	–4		57
18	Northampton Town	46		9	6	8	26	28		6	6	11	20	31		46	59	–13		57
19	Cambridge United	46		8	6	9	32	31		6	5	12	29	46		61	77	–16		53
20	Swindon Town	46		6	8	9	30	35		7	5	11	17	30		47	65	–18		52
21	Bristol Rovers	46		6	10	7	28	26		6	5	12	25	31		53	57	–4		51
22	Luton Town	46		5	6	12	24	35		4	7	12	28	45		52	80	–28		40
23	Swansea City	46		5	9	9	26	24		3	4	16	21	49		47	73	–26		37
24	Oxford United	46		5	4	14	23	34		2	2	19	30	66		53	100	–47		27

• Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
• NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted through play-offs
	Relegated

Results

Wycombe Wanderers' score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Cup

Main article: 2000–01 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	18 November 2000	Harrow Borough	H	3-0	2,681	Bates (2), Simpson
R2	10 December 2000	Millwall	A	0-0	7,819
R2R	19 December 2000	Millwall	H	2-1	3,878	Rammell, McCarthy
R3	6 January 2001	Grimsby Town	H	1-1	5,390	McCarthy
R3R	16 January 2001	Grimsby Town	A	3-1	3,269	McCarthy, Simpson, Rogers
R4	27 January 2001	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2-1	9,617	Rammell, Parkin
R5	17 February 2001	Wimbledon	H	2-2	9,650	Simpson, Brown
R5R	20 February 2001	Wimbledon	A	2-2 (won 8-7 on pens)	9,464	Carroll, McCarthy
QF	10 March 2001	Leicester City	A	2-1	21,969	McCarthy, Essandoh
SF	8 April 2001	Liverpool	N	1-2	40,037	Ryan

League Cup

Main article: 2000–01 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	22 August 2000	Barnet	A	1-2	1,741	Rogers
R1 2nd Leg	5 September 2000	Barnet	H	3-1 (won 4-3 on agg)	2,205	McSporran, Castledine, McCarthy
R2 1st Leg	19 September 2000	Birmingham City	H	3-4	2,537	Rammell, Baird, Bates
R2 2nd Leg	26 September 2000	Birmingham City	A	0-1 (lost 3-5 on agg)	8,960

Squad

[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
1	GK	ENG	Martin Taylor
2	DF	ENG	Chris Marsh
3	DF	ENG	Chris Vinnicombe
4	DF	ENG	Jason Cousins
5	DF	IRL	Paul McCarthy
6	DF	ENG	Jamie Bates
7	MF	SCO	Dave Carroll
8	MF	ENG	Keith Ryan
9	FW	SCO	Andrew Baird
10	FW	ENG	Sean Devine
11	MF	ENG	Paul Emblen
12	MF	ENG	Peter Holsgrove
14	MF	IRL	Maurice Harkin
15	FW	ENG	Jermaine McSporran
16	FW	ENG	Andy Rammell
17	DF	CAN	Mark Rogers
18	DF	ENG	Ben Townsend

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	ENG	Stewart Castledine
20	FW	ENG	George Clegg (on loan from Manchester United)
21	DF	ENG	Alan Beeton
22	MF	ENG	Dannie Bullman
23	MF	IRL	Ian Simpemba
24	FW	ENG	Guy Whittingham
25	MF	ENG	Martyn Lee
26	GK	ENG	Mark Osborn
27	FW	ENG	Leeyon Phelan
28	MF	ENG	Michael Simpson
29	FW	ENG	Danny Senda
30	FW	ENG	Steve Brown
32	DF	ENG	John Nutter
33	FW	ENG	Matthew Brady
34	DF	ENG	Roger Johnson
35	GK	ENG	Mark Westhead
36	FW	NIR	Roy Essandoh

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
21	FW	USA	Kevin Butts (loaned to Charleston SC)
20	FW	ENG	Steve Jones (on loan from Bristol City)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	FW	ENG	Niall Thompson (released)
24	FW	ENG	Sam Parkin (on loan from Chelsea)