2000–01 Cardiff City F.C. season

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Cardiff City
2000–01 season
ManagerBilly Ayre/Bobby Gould/Alan Cork
Football League Third Division2nd
FA Cup3rd round
League Cup1st round
FAW Premier CupQuarter-final
Top goalscorerLeague: Robert Earnshaw (19)
All: Robert Earnshaw (25)

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

Main article: 2000–01 Football League § Third Division

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 28 8 10 73 35 +38 92 Division Champions, promoted
2 Cardiff City 46 23 13 10 95 58 +37 82 Promoted
3 Chesterfield 46 25 14 7 79 42 +37 80[a]
4 Hartlepool United 46 21 14 11 71 54 +17 77 Participated in play-offs
5 Leyton Orient 46 20 15 11 59 51 +8 75
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
Notes:
  1. ^ Chesterfield had 9 points deducted.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Cardiff City – 2000/01". FootballSquads. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  2. ^ "England 2000–01". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 26 January 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
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