2000–01 Birmingham City F.C. season

The 2000–01 season was Birmingham City Football Club's 99th season in the English football league system. It ran from 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001. Led by manager Trevor Francis, the team repeated the previous season's fifth place finish in the Football League First Division to qualify for the play-offs for a second consecutive season, but suffered another semi-final defeat, this time to Preston North End, losing 4-2 on penalties after drawing 2-2 over two legs. They were eliminated in the third round of the FA Cup, and reached the Football League Cup final for the first time since 1963, facing Liverpool. Liverpool took the lead in the 30th minute through Robbie Fowler, but Birmingham equalised in the last minute of normal time with a Darren Purse penalty. Extra time saw no further goals scored, requiring a penalty shoot-out; Martin Grainger and Andrew Johnson had their penalties saved to give Liverpool a 5-4 win on penalties. The top scorer for the season was Geoff Horsfield, with twelve goals in all competitions, of which seven were in the League; Marcelo also scored seven League goals.

Kit

French apparel manufacturers Le Coq Sportif remained Birmingham's kit suppliers for the third season in a row, and introduced a new kit for the season. Auto Windscreens remained the kit sponsors, also for the third consecutive season.

Football League First Division

Main article: 2000–01 Football League#First Division

General sources:^[1]^[2]

August

12 August 2000	Queens Park Rangers	0–0	Birmingham City	Loftus Road, London
15:00		^[3]		Attendance: 13,926 Referee: Graham Barber

18 August 2000	Birmingham City	1–3	Fulham	St Andrew's, Birmingham
	Sonner 36'	^[4]	Collins 1' Saha 31' Davis 45'	Attendance: 21,659 Referee: Neale Barry

26 August 2000	Nottingham Forest	1–2	Birmingham City	City Ground, Nottingham
15:00	Bart-Williams 52'	^[5]	Marcelo 16' Eaden 45'	Attendance: 18,820 Referee: G B Frankland

28 August 2000	Birmingham City	4–1	Barnsley	St Andrew's, Birmingham
	Ndlovu 9' Grainger 35' (pen.) Holdsworth 51' Hughes 90'	^[6]	Appleby 71'	Attendance: 17,160 Referee: Barry Knight

September

9 September 2000	Birmingham City	1–0	Sheffield United	St Andrew's, Birmingham
15:00	O'Connor 9' (pen.)	^[7]		Attendance: 21,493 Referee: Rob Styles

12 September 2000	Birmingham City	3–1	Preston North End	St Andrew's, Birmingham
	Ndlovu 58' A. Johnson 65' O'Connor 78' (pen.)	^[8]	Rankine 34'	Attendance: 16,484 Referee: Paul Robinson

17 September 2000	West Bromwich Albion	1–1	Birmingham City	The Hawthorns, West Bromwich
	Taylor 2'	^[9]	Horsfield 61'	Attendance: 19,858 Referee: Alan Wiley

23 September 2000	Birmingham City	2–0	Tranmere Rovers	St Andrew's, Birmingham
	Grainger 73' Horsfield 90'	^[10]		Attendance: 17,640 Referee: Anthony Leake

October

1 October 2000	Watford	2–0	Birmingham City	Vicarage Road, Watford
	Nielsen 58' Cox 76'	^[11]		Attendance: 12,355 Referee: Steve Baines

8 October 2000	Crewe Alexandra	0–2	Birmingham City	Alexandra Stadium, Crewe
		^[12]	Hughes 54' Marcelo 81'	Attendance: 6,829 Referee: Roger Furnandiz

14 October 2000	Birmingham City	2–1	Crystal Palace	St Andrew's, Birmingham
	Burchill 72' Adebola 85'	^[13]	Morrison 66'	Attendance: 17,191 Referee: Matt Messias

17 October 2000	Birmingham City	4–0	Stockport County	St Andrew's, Birmingham
	Horsfield 13' Grainger 70' (pen.) Burchill 80' (87)	^[14]		Attendance: 15,579 Referee: Bill Jordan

22 October 2000	Sheffield Wednesday	1–0	Birmingham City	Hillsborough, Sheffield
	Harkness 58'	^[15]		Attendance: 14,695 Referee: William Burns

25 October 2000	Birmingham City	1–0	Gillingham	St Andrew's, Birmingham
	Marcelo 90'	^[16]		Attendance: 26,044 Referee: Chris Foy

28 October 2000	Portsmouth	1–1	Birmingham City	Fratton Park, Portsmouth
	Bradbury 41'	^[17]	Eaden 48'	Attendance: 15,218 Referee: Mark Halsey

November

4 November 2000	Birmingham City	1–1	Bolton Wanderers	St Andrew's, Birmingham
	Grainger 50'	^[18]	Ricketts 66'	Attendance: 20,043 Referee: Steve Dunn

7 November 2000	Norwich City	1–0	Birmingham City	Carrow Road, Norwich
	Forbes 45'	^[19]		Attendance: 13,900 Referee: A. N. Butler

18 November 2000	Birmingham City	3–2	Burnley	St Andrew's, Birmingham
	Adebola 48' O'Connor 50' Burchill 86'	^[20]	Cox 61' Weller 90'	Attendance: 19,641 Referee: G. Cain

25 November 2000	Birmingham City	2–1	Huddersfield Town	St Andrew's, Birmingham
	Lazaridis 26' Horsfield 45'	^[21]	Armstrong 61'	Attendance: 22,120 Referee: S. W. Mathieson

December

2 December 2000	Gillingham	1–2	Birmingham City	Priestfield, Gillingham
	King 26'	^[22]	M. Johnson 78' Horsfield 90'	Attendance: 9,247 Referee: Neale Barry

9 December 2000	Birmingham City	0–3	Wimbledon	St Andrew's, Birmingham
		^[23]	Francis 30', 78' Euell 42'	Attendance: 16,778 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

17 December 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–1	Birmingham City	Molineux, Wolverhampton
		^[24]	Adebola 45'	Attendance: 19,938 Referee: D. Laws

23 December 2000	Birmingham City	0–0	Queens Park Rangers	St Andrew's, Birmingham
		^[25]		Attendance: 24,311 Referee: Alan Kaye

26 December 2000	Blackburn Rovers	2–1	Birmingham City	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Jansen 65', 90'	^[26]	Purse 88'	Attendance: 24,899 Referee: T. Jones

January

1 January 2001	Birmingham City	0–2	Nottingham Forest	St Andrew's, Birmingham
		^[27]	Bart-Williams 71' (pen.) Prutton 86'	Attendance: 20,034 Referee: Eddie Wolstenholme

13 January 2001	Barnsley	2–3	Birmingham City	Oakwell, Barnsley
	Dyer 75' Jones 86'	^[28]	Marcelo 16' M. Johnson 40' Lazaridis 48'	Attendance: 13,631 Referee: Mike Pike

27 January 2001	Fulham	0–1	Birmingham City	Craven Cottage, London
		^[29]	Grainger 49'	Attendance: 15,482 Referee: S. W. Mathieson

February

3 February 2001	Birmingham City	2–1	Norwich City	St Andrew's, Birmingham
	Hughes 9' Purse 62' (pen.)	^[30]	Llewellyn 80'	Attendance: 18,551 Referee: L. Cable

10 February 2001	Sheffield United	3–1	Birmingham City	Bramall Lane, Sheffield
	Murphy 31' Devlin 40' (pen.) Peschisolido 64'	^[31]	Horsfield 89'	Attendance: 19,313 Referee: Mike Jones

17 February 2001	Birmingham City	2–1	West Bromwich Albion	St Andrew's, Birmingham
	Adebola 36' O'Connor 57'	^[32]	Butler 38'	Attendance: 25,025 Referee: R. Pearson

20 February 2001	Preston North End	0–2	Birmingham City	Deepdale, Preston
		^[33]	Grainger 11' A. Johnson 71'	Attendance: 14,864 Referee: Graham Laws

March

2 March 2001	Birmingham City	2–0	Watford	St Andrew's, Birmingham
	Eaden 45' Hughes 79'	^[34]		Attendance: 20,724 Referee: A. N. Butler

6 March 2001	Crystal Palace	1–2	Birmingham City	Selhurst Park, London
	Austin 61'	^[35]	Upson 48' (o.g.) Adebola 59'	Attendance: 13,987 Referee: K. Hill

10 March 2001	Birmingham City	2–0	Crewe Alexandra	St Andrew's, Birmingham
	Purse 61' (pen.) A. Johnson 77'	^[36]		Attendance: 28,042 Referee: D. R. Crick

14 March 2001	Birmingham City	0–2	Blackburn Rovers	St Andrew's, Birmingham
		^[37]	Bent 41' Duff 53'	Attendance: 29,150 Referee: Uriah Rennie

17 March 2001	Stockport County	2–0	Birmingham City	Edgeley Park, Stockport
	Shefki Kuqi 41', 83'	^[38]		Attendance: 7,176 Referee: G. Cain

20 March 2001	Grimsby Town	1–1	Birmingham City	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes
	Pouton 45' (pen.)	^[39]	A. Johnson 16'	Attendance: 4,843 Referee: Paul Danson

24 March 2001	Birmingham City	1–2	Sheffield Wednesday	St Andrew's, Birmingham
	Horsfield 60'	^[40]	De Bilde 24' Di Piedi 87'	Attendance: 19,733 Referee: Peter Walton

April–May

1 April 2001	Birmingham City	0–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	St Andrew's, Birmingham
		^[41]	Ndah 1'	Attendance: 24,003 Referee: G. Stretton

7 April 2001	Wimbledon	3–1	Birmingham City	Selhurst Park, London
	Nielsen 15' Hughes 71' Williams 73'	^[42]	Marcelo 86'	Attendance: 6,619 Referee: Steve Tomlin

10 April 2001	Tranmere Rovers	1–0	Birmingham City	Prenton Park, Birkenhead
	N'Diaye 70'	^[43]		Attendance: 8,004 Referee: Anthony Bates

13 April 2001	Bolton Wanderers	2–2	Birmingham City	Reebok Stadium, Bolton
	Bergsson 53' Holdsworth 55'	^[44]	O'Connor 14' Marcelo 57'	Attendance: 15,025 Referee: Graham Poll

16 April 2001	Birmingham City	0–0	Portsmouth	St Andrew's, Birmingham
		^[45]		Attendance: 23,304 Referee: Mike Pike

21 April 2001	Burnley	0–0	Birmingham City	Turf Moor, Burnley
		^[46]		Attendance: 17,057 Referee: Roger Furnandiz

28 April 2001	Birmingham City	1–0	Grimsby Town	St Andrew's, Birmingham
	Marcelo 64'	^[47]		Attendance: 24,822 Referee: Paul Taylor

6 May 2001	Huddersfield Town	1–2	Birmingham City	McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield
	Booth 45'	^[48]	Woodhouse	Attendance: 19,290 Referee: P. R. Richards

League table (part)

Final First Division table (part)
Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
3rd	Bolton Wanderers	46	24	15	7	76	45	+31	87
4th	Preston North End	46	23	9	14	64	52	+12	78
5th	Birmingham City	46	23	9	14	59	48	+11	78
6th	West Bromwich Albion	46	21	11	14	60	52	+8	74
7th	Burnley	46	21	9	16	50	54	−4	72
Key	Pos = League position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
Source	^[49]

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	23	9	14	59	48	+11	78	14	3	6	34	22	+12	9	6	8	25	26	−1

Source: ^[49]

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	D	D	W	W
Position	11	16	14	5	6	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	2	3	3	3	4	6	6	5	5	6	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	5

Source: ^[50]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Play-offs

Main article: Football League Championship play-offs

Semi-final leg 1 13 May 2001	Birmingham City	1–0	Preston North End	St Andrew's, Birmingham
	Eaden 55'	^[51]		Attendance: 29,072 Referee: D. Pugh

Semi-final leg 2 17 May 2001	Preston North End	2–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 pen)	Birmingham City	Deepdale, Preston
	Healy 24' Rankine 90'	^[52]	Horsfield 58'	Attendance: 16,928 Referee: Paul Danson
		Penalties
	Alexander Healy Gregan Edwards McKenna		Marcelo Purse Lazaridis Eaden

FA Cup

Main article: 2000–01 FA Cup

Third round 6 January 2001	Manchester City	3–2	Birmingham City	Maine Road, Manchester
	Morrison 18' Huckerby 31' Goater 43' (pen.)	^[53]	Grainger 57' Adebola 61'	Referee: Matt Messias

League Cup

Main article: 2000–01 Football League Cup

Final

Main article: 2001 Football League Cup Final

1st round leg 1 22 August 2000	Southend United	0–5	Birmingham City	Roots Hall, Southend
19:45		^[54]	Eaden 5' Marcelo 10' M. Johnson 28' Adebola 74' Hughes 85'	Referee: L. Cable

1st round leg 2 5 September 2000	Birmingham City	0–0 (5–0 agg.)	Southend United	St Andrew's, Birmingham
19:45		^[55]		Referee: Stephen Lodge

2nd round leg 1 19 September 2000	Wycombe Wanderers	3–4	Birmingham City	Adams Park, High Wycombe
19:45	Rammell 45' Baird 71' Bates 86'	^[56]	Horsfield 3', 22' A. Johnson 24', 87'	Referee: Steve Bennett

2nd round leg 2 26 September 2000	Birmingham City	1–0 (5–3 agg.)	Wycombe Wanderers	St Andrew's, Birmingham
19:45		^[57]		Referee: Steve Dunn

3rd round 31 October 2000	Tottenham Hotspur	1–3	Birmingham City	White Hart Lane, London
	Anderton 60' (pen.)	^[58]	Adebola 15', 28' Burchill 45'	Referee: D. Pugh

4th round 29 November 2000	Birmingham City	2–1	Newcastle United	St Andrew's, Birmingham
	Adebola 31' M. Johnson 90'	^[59]	Kieron Dyer 14'	Referee: Steve Bennett

5th round 12 December 2000	Birmingham City	2–0	Sheffield Wednesday	St Andrew's, Birmingham
	Sonner 28' Adebola 57'	^[60]		Referee: Jeff Winter

Semi-final leg 1 9 January 2001	Ipswich Town	1–0	Birmingham City	Portman Road, Ipswich
	Stewart 45' (pen.)	^[61]		Referee: C. Wilkes

Semi-final leg 2 31 January 2001	Birmingham City	4–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 agg.)	Ipswich Town	St Andrew's, Birmingham
	Horsfield 43', 55' Grainger 103' A. Johnson 116'	^[62]	Scowcroft 56'	Referee: Jeff Winter

Final 25 February 2001	Liverpool	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 pen)	Birmingham City	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
	Fowler 30'	^[63]	Purse 90' (pen.)	Referee: David Elleray
		Penalties
	McAllister Barmby Ziege Hamann Fowler Carragher		Grainger Purse Marcelo Lazaridis Hughes A. Johnson

Transfers

In

Date	Player	Club	Fee	Ref
1 July 2000	David Burrows	(Coventry City)	Free	^[64]
5 July 2000	Nicky Eaden	(Barnsley)	Free	^[65]
10 July 2000	Geoff Horsfield	Fulham	£2.25m	^[66]
3 August 2000	Danny Sonner	(Sheffield Wednesday)	Free	^[67]
2 February 2001	Curtis Woodhouse	Sheffield United	£1m	^[68]

Brackets round club names indicate the player's contract with that club had expired before he joined Birmingham.

Out

Date	Player	Fee	Joined	Ref
28 June 2000	Gary Rowett	£3m	Leicester City	^[69]
January 2001	Jimmy Haarhoff	Free	Chester City	^[70]
2 February 2001	Peter Ndlovu	Released	(Sheffield United)	^[68]
9 February 2001	Steve Robinson	Undisclosed	Swindon Town	^[71]
10 April 2001	Simon Marsh	Released	(Tamworth)	^[72]
30 June 2001	Jon Bass	Released	(Hartlepool United)	^[73]
30 June 2001	James Dyson	Released	(Hednesford Town)	^[73]
30 June 2001	Kevin Poole	Released		^[74]

Brackets round a club denote the player joined that club after his Birmingham City contract expired.

Loan in

Date	Player	Club	Return	Ref
15 September 2000	Gary Charles	West Ham United	One month	^[75]
22 September 2000	Mark Burchill	Celtic	Three months	^[76]
13 November 2000	Richard Edghill	Manchester City	One month	^[77]
14 December 2000	Steve Jenkins	Huddersfield Town	One month	^[78]
9 February 2001	Carl Tiler	Charlton Athletic	21 February 2001	^[79]
13 February 2001	Peter Atherton	Bradford City	Three months	^[80]
16 March 2001	Jamie Pollock	Crystal Palace	17 May 2001	^[81]

Loan out

Date	Player	Club	Return	Ref
7 August 2000	Paul Furlong	Queens Park Rangers	Two months	^[82]

Appearances and goals

Source:^[83]^[2]

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

Players with squad numbers struck through and marked left the club during the playing season.

Players included in matchday squads
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Play-offs		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Ian Bennett	45	0	1	0	10	0	2	0	58	0	0	0
2	DF	ENG	Nicky Eaden	44 (1)	3	1	0	10	1	1 (1)	1	56 (2)	5	0	0
3	DF	ENG	Martin Grainger	35	6	1	1	10	1	1	0	47	8	0	0
4	DF	ENG	David Burrows	8 (5)	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	0	0	8 (7)	0	0	0
5	DF	ENG	Darren Purse	34 (3)	3	1	0	8 (1)	1	2	0	45 (4)	4	0	0
6	DF	ENG	David Holdsworth	24 (5)	1	0	0	4	0	0 (1)	0	28 (6)	1	0	0
7	MF	NIR	Jon McCarthy	7 (8)	0	0	0	1	0	1 (1)	0	9 (9)	0	0	0
8	FW	BRA	Marcelo	16 (15)	7	0 (1)	0	2 (3)	1	2	0	20 (19)	8	0	0
9	FW	ENG	Geoff Horsfield	25 (9)	7	0 (1)	0	5 (1)	4	2	1	32 (11)	12	0	0
10	MF	ENG	Bryan Hughes	38 (7)	4	0 (1)	0	6 (3)	1	0 (2)	0	44 (13)	5	0	0
11	MF	AUS	Stan Lazaridis	26 (5)	2	1	0	5 (2)	0	1 (1)	0	33 (8)	2	0	0
12	MF	CAY	Martin O'Connor	28 (2)	5	1	0	9	0	2	0	40 (2)	5	0	0
13	GK	ENG	Kevin Poole	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
14	MF	ENG	Graham Hyde	1 (2)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	1 (3)	0	0	0
15	DF	ENG	Jerry Gill	21 (8)	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	29 (8)	0	0	0
17	DF	JAM	Michael Johnson	39	2	1	0	8	2	2	0	50	4	0	0
18	MF	ENG	Steve Robinson	0 (4)	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	0	0	0 (6)	0	0	0
18	MF	ENG	Jamie Pollock	4 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4 (1)	0	0	0
19	FW	ENG	Andrew Johnson	20 (14)	4	0	0	1 (6)	3	0	0	21 (20)	7	0	0
19	DF	ENG	Gary Charles	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
20	MF	ENG	Jacques Williams	1 (2)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	1 (3)	0	0	0
21	MF	COD	Trésor Luntala	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF	WAL	Steve Jenkins	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
23	DF	ENG	Jon Bass	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
24	FW	NGA	Dele Adebola	16 (15)	5	1	1	6 (2)	5	0	0	23 (17)	11	0	0
25	FW	ENG	Paul Furlong	0 (4)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (4)	0	0	0
26	FW	ZIM	Peter Ndlovu	10 (2)	2	1	0	5 (1)	1	0	0	16 (3)	3	0	0
27	DF	NIR	Tony Capaldi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF	ENG	Carl Tiler	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
29	DF	ENG	Peter Atherton	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	12	0	0	0
29	DF	ENG	Richard Edghill	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
30	MF	ENG	Curtis Woodhouse	17	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	19	2	0	0
30	FW	SCO	Mark Burchill	4 (9)	4	0	0	0	0	3 (1)	1	7 (10)	5	0	0
32	MF	NIR	Danny Sonner	22 (4)	1	1	0	9	1	2	0	34 (4)	2	0	0
33	GK	ENG	Neil Barnes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Players not included in matchday squads
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name
16	DF	ENG	James Dyson
22	DF	ENG	Simon Marsh
28	MF	NIR	Jimmy Haarhoff
28	DF	ENG	Joey Hutchinson
31	MF	FRA	Mickael Sabathier
31	GK	ENG	Darren Horrigan

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