2000–01 Coventry City F.C. season
2000–01 season | |||
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Chairman | Bryan Richardson | ||
Manager | Gordon Strachan | ||
Stadium | Highfield Road | ||
Premiership | 19th (relegated) | ||
FA Cup | Fourth round | ||
League Cup | Fourth round | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Bellamy/Hartson/Hadji (6) All: Bellamy (8) | ||
Highest home attendance | 23,063 vs Liverpool (28 Apr 2001, Premier League) | ||
Lowest home attendance | 7,425 vs Preston North End (27 Sep 2000, League Cup) | ||
Average home league attendance | 20,535 | ||
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During the 2000–01 English football season, Coventry City F.C. competed in the FA Premier League. It was their 34th consecutive season in the top division, but this season saw the club relegated and they have not been in the top flight since.
Season summary
[edit]Coventry City's season started promisingly. Despite an opening-day 3–1 home defeat to Middlesbrough, this was followed by back-to-back away victories at Southampton and Manchester City, which was the first time they had won an away league game since April 1999 and the first time they had won back-to-back away league games since February 1998. However, this burst of form instantly evaporated and by December 2000, Coventry had dropped into the relegation zone after obtaining only one more win (a 2–1 home win over Tottenham Hotspur) and 6 points from 13 matches. With the exception of three rounds, all of which were before January 2001, Coventry would ultimately stay there for the rest of the season. After 34 years in the top flight and 10 close shaves with relegation, their luck finally ran out and they were relegated to the First Division after a 3–2 away defeat at Aston Villa on 5 May 2001. It was the first time they had suffered relegation since 1958, when they were relegated to Division Four - then the fourth tier of English football.[1] Much optimism followed Coventry's relegation with everyone at the club working hard to attain promotion at the first attempt. These hopes were boosted with the signing of prolific striker Lee Hughes from local rivals West Bromwich Albion.[2]
In the FA Cup, Coventry won 2–0 away at Swindon Town in the third round, but were eliminated by Manchester City after a 1–0 defeat at Maine Road. Their League Cup campaign began with the club convincingly beating Preston North End 7–2 on aggregate in the second round (in which they won both legs), before defeating Southampton away for the second time in the season. However, this cup run came to an end after a 2–1 defeat by Ipswich Town at Portman Road.
Final league table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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16 | Everton | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 45 | 59 | −14 | 42 | |
17 | Derby County | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 37 | 59 | −22 | 42 | |
18 | Manchester City (R) | 38 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 41 | 65 | −24 | 34 | Relegation to the Football League First Division |
19 | Coventry City (R) | 38 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 36 | 63 | −27 | 34 | |
20 | Bradford City (R) | 38 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 30 | 70 | −40 | 26 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
- Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
38 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 36 | 63 | −27 | 34 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 23 | −9 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 40 | −18 |
Source: 2000-01 FA Premier League table
- Results by round
Results
[edit]Coventry City's score comes first[3]
Legend
[edit]Win | Draw | Loss |
FA Premier League
[edit]19 August 2000 1 | Coventry City | 1–3 | Middlesbrough | Coventry |
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(Report) | Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 20,624 Referee: Barry Knight |
23 August 2000 2 | Southampton | 1–2 | Coventry City | Southampton |
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(Report) | Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 14,801 Referee: Paul Taylor |
26 August 2000 3 | Manchester City | 1–2 | Coventry City | Manchester |
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(Report) | Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 34,140 Referee: Andy D'Urso |
6 September 2000 4 | Coventry City | 0–2 | Newcastle United | Coventry |
(Report) | Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 22,109 Referee: Alan Wiley |
9 September 2000 5 | Coventry City | 0–0 | Leeds United | Coventry |
(Report) | Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 20,377 Referee: Paul Durkin |
16 September 2000 6 | Arsenal | 2–1 | Coventry City | London (Highbury) |
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Stadium: Arsenal Stadium Attendance: 37,792 Referee: Mike Dean |
23 September 2000 7 | Coventry City | 0–3 | West Ham United | Coventry |
(Report) | Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 21,020 Referee: Neale Barry |
30 September 2000 8 | Charlton Athletic | 2–2 | Coventry City | London (Charlton) |
(Report) | Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 20,043 Referee: Rob Styles |
14 October 2000 9 | Coventry City | 2–1 | Tottenham Hotspur | Coventry |
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Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 21,435 Referee: Peter Jones |
21 October 2000 10 | Chelsea | 6–1 | Coventry City | London (Fulham) |
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Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 34,646 Referee: Stephen Lodge |
28 October 2000 11 | Sunderland | 1–0 | Coventry City | Sunderland |
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(Report) | Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 44,526 Referee: Alan Wiley |
4 November 2000 12 | Coventry City | 1–2 | Manchester United | Coventry |
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(Report) | Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 21,079 Referee: Graham Poll |
12 November 2000 13 | Liverpool | 4–1 | Coventry City | Liverpool |
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Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 43,701 Referee: Mike Riley |
20 November 2000 14 | Coventry City | 0–1 | Ipswich Town | Coventry |
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Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 19,324 Referee: David Elleray |
25 November 2000 15 | Coventry City | 1–1 | Aston Villa | Coventry |
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Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 21,464 Referee: Jeff Winter |
2 December 2000 16 | Bradford City | 2–1 | Coventry City | Bradford |
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Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 15,523 Referee: Mike Dean |
10 December 2000 17 | Coventry City | 1–0 | Leicester City | Coventry |
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Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 17,283 Referee: Steve Dunn |
16 December 2000 18 | Derby County | 1–0 | Coventry City | Derby |
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(Report) | Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 27,869 Referee: Matt Messias |
22 December 2000 19 | Coventry City | 1–1 | Southampton | Coventry |
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Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 18,090 Referee: Alan Wiley |
26 December 2000 20 | Everton | 1–2 | Coventry City | Liverpool |
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(Report) | Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 35,704 Referee: Neale Barry |
30 December 2000 21 | Middlesbrough | 1–1 | Coventry City | Middlesbrough |
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(Report) | Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 30,499 Referee: Dermot Gallagher |
1 January 2001 22 | Coventry City | 1–1 | Manchester City | Coventry |
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Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 21,999 Referee: Barry Knight |
13 January 2001 23 | Newcastle United | 3–1 | Coventry City | Newcastle upon Tyne |
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Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 50,159 Referee: Jeff Winter |
20 January 2001 24 | Coventry City | 1–3 | Everton | Coventry |
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Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 19,174 Referee: Paul Durkin |
31 January 2001 25 | Leeds United | 1–0 | Coventry City | Leeds |
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(Report) | Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 36,555 Referee: Rob Harris |
3 February 2001 26 | Coventry City | 0–1 | Arsenal | Coventry |
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Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 22,035 Referee: Mike Dean |
12 February 2001 27 | West Ham United | 1–1 | Coventry City | London (Upton Park) |
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(Report) | Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 22,586 Referee: Dermot Gallagher |
24 February 2001 28 | Coventry City | 2–2 | Charlton Athletic | Coventry |
(Report) | Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 19,480 Referee: Mark Halsey |
3 March 2001 29 | Coventry City | 0–0 | Chelsea | Coventry |
(Report) | Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 21,609 Referee: Steve Bennett |
17 March 2001 30 | Tottenham Hotspur | 3–0 | Coventry City | London (Tottenham) |
(Report) | Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,606 Referee: Graham Poll |
31 March 2001 31 | Coventry City | 2–0 | Derby County | Coventry |
(Report) | Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 19,654 Referee: David Elleray |
7 April 2001 32 | Leicester City | 1–3 | Coventry City | Leicester |
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(Report) | Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 19,545 Referee: Graham Barber |
14 April 2001 33 | Manchester United | 4–2 | Coventry City | Manchester |
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Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 67,637 Referee: Mike Riley |
16 April 2001 34 | Coventry City | 1–0 | Sunderland | Coventry |
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(Report) | Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 20,946 Referee: Dermot Gallagher |
21 April 2001 35 | Ipswich Town | 2–0 | Coventry City | Ipswich |
(Report) | Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 24,612 Referee: Graham Barber |
28 April 2001 36 | Coventry City | 0–2 | Liverpool | Coventry |
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Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 23,063 Referee: Steve Bennett |
5 May 2001 37 | Aston Villa | 3–2 | Coventry City | Birmingham |
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Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 39,761 Referee: Mike Riley |
19 May 2001 38 | Coventry City | 0–0 | Bradford City | Coventry |
(Report) | Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 20,229 Referee: Alan Wiley |
FA Cup
[edit]Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
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R3 | 6 January 2001 | Swindon Town | A | 2–0 | 14,445 | Bellamy, Hadji |
R4 | 27 January 2001 | Manchester City | A | 0–1 | 24,637 |
League Cup
[edit]Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
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R2 1st Leg | 19 September 2000 | Preston North End | A | 3–1 | 10,770 | Zúñiga, Hall, Strachan (pen) |
R2 2nd Leg | 27 September 2000 | Preston North End | H | 4–1 (won 7–2 on agg) | 7,425 | Aloisi (3, 1 pen), Eustace |
R3 | 1 November 2000 | Southampton | A | 1–0 | 11,809 | Eustace |
R4 | 28 November 2000 | Ipswich Town | A | 1–2 | 19,563 | Bellamy (pen) |
Players
[edit]First-team squad
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Left club during season
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Reserve squad
[edit]- The following players were contracted to Coventry, but did not appear for the first team this season.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Statistics
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Transfers
[edit]In
[edit]Date | Pos | Name | From | Fee | Notes |
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12 July 2000 | FW | ![]() |
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£1,000,000 | [6] |
2 August 2000 | MF | ![]() |
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£2,500,000 | [7] |
16 August 2000 | FW | ![]() |
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£6,500,000 | [8] |
6 September 2000 | FW | ![]() |
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Signed | [9] |
19 October 2000 | MF | ![]() |
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Signed | |
1 December 2000 | MF | ![]() |
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£2,500,000 | [10] |
22 December 2000 | MF | ![]() |
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£300,000 | |
8 February 2001 | FW | ![]() |
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Signed | [11] |
Out
[edit]Date | Pos | Name | To | Fee | Notes |
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9 June 2000 | FW | ![]() |
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Free transfer | |
28 June 2000 | DF | ![]() |
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Free transfer | |
1 July 2000 | MF | ![]() |
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Free transfer | [12] |
5 July 2000 | DF | ![]() |
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Free transfer | |
6 July 2000 | DF | ![]() |
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Free transfer | |
30 July 2000 | FW | ![]() |
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£13,000,000 | [13] |
31 July 2000 | FW | ![]() |
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£2,000,000 | [14] |
12 January 2001 | MF | ![]() |
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Free transfer | |
13 February 2001 | DF | ![]() |
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£250,000 | [15] |
15 February 2001 | FW | ![]() |
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£1,500,000 | [16] |
- Transfers in:
£12,800,000
- Transfers out:
£16,750,000
- Total spending:
£3,950,000
Loan in
[edit]- Alan Miller - Blackburn Rovers, 20 October, 37 days
Loan out
[edit]- Colin Hendry - Bolton Wanderers
- Robert Betts - Plymouth Argyle, 16 February, 19 days
Statistics
[edit]Appearances and goals
[edit]No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | ||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||
Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||
1 | GK | ![]() |
Magnus Hedman | 18 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
13 | GK | ![]() |
Chris Kirkland | 27 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | ||
34 | GK | ![]() |
Alan Miller | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Defenders | |||||||||||||
2 | DF | ![]() |
Marc Edworthy | 28 | 1 | 18+6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
4 | DF | ![]() |
Paul Williams | 36 | 0 | 27+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
6 | DF | ![]() |
Richard Shaw | 28 | 0 | 23+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
12 | DF | ![]() |
Paul Telfer | 35 | 0 | 27+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
17 | DF | ![]() |
Gary Breen | 37 | 1 | 29+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | ||
19 | DF | ![]() |
Iván Guerrero | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
22 | DF | ![]() |
Barry Quinn | 29 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
24 | DF | ![]() |
Marcus Hall | 24 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
26 | DF | ![]() |
Muhamed Konjić | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
41 | DF | ![]() |
Calum Davenport | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Midfielders | |||||||||||||
7 | MF | ![]() |
David Thompson | 28 | 3 | 22+3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | ||
8 | MF | ![]() |
Youssef Chippo | 37 | 0 | 18+14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
10 | MF | ![]() |
Mustapha Hadji | 34 | 7 | 28+1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | ||
14 | MF | ![]() |
Carlton Palmer | 16 | 0 | 12+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
15 | MF | ![]() |
John Eustace | 37 | 4 | 22+10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
21 | MF | ![]() |
Gavin Strachan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | ||
32 | MF | ![]() |
Lee Carsley | 23 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
37 | MF | ![]() |
Craig Strachan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
42 | MF | ![]() |
Robert Betts | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Forwards | |||||||||||||
5 | FW | ![]() |
John Hartson | 12 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
11 | FW | ![]() |
Ysrael Zúñiga | 17 | 2 | 7+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
16 | FW | ![]() |
John Aloisi | 21 | 6 | 8+10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 3 | ||
18 | FW | ![]() |
Craig Bellamy | 39 | 8 | 33+1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
28 | FW | ![]() |
Jay Bothroyd | 10 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||
Players transferred or loaned out during the season | |||||||||||||
5 | DF | ![]() |
Colin Hendry | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
9 | FW | ![]() |
Cédric Roussel | 17 | 2 | 10+6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Last updated: 31 June 2002
Source: Competitions
References
[edit]- ^ "Coventry relegated at Villa". BBC Sport. 5 May 2001. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
- ^ "Coventry seal Hughes deal". BBC Sport. 8 August 2001. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
- ^ "Coventry City results for the 2000-2001 season - Statto.com". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ "FootballSquads - Coventry City - 2000/01".
- ^ "All Coventry City players: 2001".
- ^ "Bothroyd hits out at Arsenal". BBC Sport. 12 July 2000. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ "Coventry sign £2.5m Thompson". BBC Sport. 2 August 2000. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ "Coventry hail Bellamy coup". The Guardian. 17 August 2000. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ "Sky Blues sign second Honduran". BBC Sport. 6 September 2000. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ "Persistent Coventry land Carsley". BBC Sport. 1 December 2000. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ "Coventry complete Hartson deal". BBC Sport. 8 February 2001. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ "McAllister confirms Reds move". BBC News. 25 May 2000. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ "Keane in £13m Inter switch". BBC Sport. 30 July 2000. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ "Robson's Whelan deal". BBC Sport. 31 July 2000. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ "Hendry completes Bolton move". BBC Sport. 13 February 2001. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ "Roussel completes Wolves switch". BBC Sport. 15 February 2001. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Breen was born in Barnet, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in May 1996.
- ^ Carsley was born in Birmingham, England, but qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandmother and represented the Republic of Ireland at U-21 and B level before making his international debut for Ireland in October 1997.