2000–01 Bradford City A.F.C. season

Bradford City
2000-01 season
Manager Chris Hutchings (until 8 November)
Jim Jefferies (from 20 November)
Stadium Valley Parade
FA Premier League 20th (relegated)
FA Cup Third round
Worthington Cup Third round
Intertoto Cup Semi-finals
Top goalscorer League: Ward/Blake (4)
All: Windass (8)
Highest home attendance 22,057 vs. Liverpool (1 May 2001)
Lowest home attendance 15,523 vs. Coventry City (2 December 2000)
Average home attendance 18,511
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

During the 2000–01 English football season, Bradford City A.F.C. competed in the FA Premier League. It was their second consectutive season in England's top flight, having retained their Premiership status on the last day of the previous season.

Contents

Season summary

The Bantams produced a promising start to the new season with a narrow 1-0 defeat at Anfield to Liverpool followed by a brilliant 2-0 home win over Chelsea in the first two games. However, this was as good as they were going to get and an overall-terrible start to the season saw inexperienced young manager Chris Hutchings dismissed after 12 games at the helm. In came Jim Jefferies as his successor, but Jefferies could do little to alter Bradford's dismal fortunes and they went down in bottom place with just five Premiership wins all season.

Bradford City made their first ever foray into European competition, competing in the UEFA Intertoto Cup. They reached the semi-finals before being knocked out by Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg.

Kit

Bradford City retained the previous season's kit, manufactured by Japanese company ASICS and sponsored by Bradford-based car dealership JCT600.

Final league table

Main article: 2000-01 FA Premier League
Pos Team Pl W D L F A GD Pts
1. Manchester United 38 24 8 6 79 31  +48 80
2. Arsenal 38 20 10 8 63 38  +25 70
3. Liverpool 38 20 9 9 71 39  +32 69
4. Leeds United 38 20 8 10 64 43  +21 68
5. Ipswich Town 38 20 6 12 57 42  +15 66
6. Chelsea 38 17 10 11 68 45  +23 61
7. Sunderland 38 15 12 11 46 41  +5 57
8. Aston Villa 38 13 15 10 46 43  +3 54
9. Charlton Athletic 38 14 10 14 50 57  -7 52
10. Southampton 38 14 10 14 40 48  -8 52
11. Newcastle United 38 14 9 15 44 50  -6 51
12. Tottenham Hotspur 38 13 10 15 47 54  -7 49
13. Leicester City 38 14 6 18 39 51  -12 48
14. Middlesbrough 38 9 15 14 44 44  0 42
15. West Ham United 38 10 12 16 45 50  -5 42
16. Everton 38 11 9 18 45 59  -14 42
17. Derby County 38 10 12 16 37 59  -22 42
18. Manchester City 38 8 10 20 41 65  -24 34
19. Coventry City 38 8 10 20 36 63  -27 34
20. Bradford City 38 5 11 22 30 70  -40 26
Key
Qualified for the Champions League
Qualified for the UEFA Cup
Relegated to Division 1

Results

Bradford City's score comes first

Legend

Win Draw Loss

FA Premier League

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
19 August 2000 Liverpool A 0-1 44,183
22 August 2000 Chelsea H 2-0 17,872 Windass, Carbone
26 August 2000 Leicester City H 0-0 16,766
5 September 2000 Manchester United A 0-6 66,447
9 September 2000 Arsenal H 1-1 17,160 McCall
16 September 2000 Aston Villa A 0-2 27,849
23 September 2000 Southampton H 0-1 16,163
30 September 2000 West Ham United A 1-1 25,407 Petrescu
14 October 2000 Manchester City A 0-2 34,229
21 October 2000 Ipswich Town H 0-2 17,045
29 October 2000 Leeds United H 1-1 17,364 Collymore
4 November 2000 Charlton Athletic A 0-2 19,655
11 November 2000 Everton H 0-1 17,276
18 November 2000 Derby County A 0-2 31,614
25 November 2000 Middlesbrough A 2-2 28,526 Windass, Carbone
2 December 2000 Coventry City H 2-1 15,523 Collymore, Beagrie
9 December 2000 Tottenham Hotspur H 3-3 17,225 Lawrence, Windass, Carbone
16 December 2000 Newcastle United A 1-2 50,470 Molenaar
23 December 2000 Chelsea A 0-3 33,377
26 December 2000 Sunderland H 1-4 20,370 Blake
1 January 2001 Leicester City A 2-1 19,278 Jess, Jacobs
13 January 2001 Manchester United H 0-3 20,551
21 January 2001 Sunderland A 0-0 47,812
30 January 2001 Arsenal A 0-2 37,318
3 February 2001 Aston Villa H 0-3 19,591
10 February 2001 Southampton A 0-2 14,651
24 February 2001 West Ham United H 1-2 20,469 Jess
4 March 2001 Ipswich Town A 1-3 21,820 Carbone
17 March 2001 Manchester City H 2-2 19,117 Blake, Ward
31 March 2001 Newcastle United H 2-2 20,160 Wetherall, Blake (pen)
10 April 2001 Tottenham Hotspur A 1-2 28,306 Jess
13 April 2001 Charlton Athletic H 2-0 17,511 Blake (pen), Carbone
21 April 2001 Derby County H 2-0 18,564 Ward (2)
28 April 2001 Everton A 1-2 34,256 Myers
1 May 2001 Liverpool H 0-2 22,057
5 May 2001 Middlesbrough H 1-1 20,921 Jacobs
13 May 2001 Leeds United A 1-6 38,300 Ward
19 May 2001 Coventry City A 0-0 20,299

FA Cup

Main article: 2000-01 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 8 January 2001 Middlesbrough H 0-1 7,303

League Cup

Main article: 2000-01 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg 19 September 2000 Darlington A 1-0 5,392 Whalley
R2 2nd Leg 25 September 2000 Darlington H 7-2 (won 8-2 on agg) 4,751 Whalley, Windass (2), Carbone (2), Grant, Halle
R3 1 November 2000 Newcastle United A 3-4 41,847 Nolan, Ward (2)

UEFA Intertoto Cup

Main article: 2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg 1 July 2000 FK Atlantas A 3-1 3,500 Rankin, Windass, Blake (pen)
R2 2nd Leg 9 July 2000 FK Atlantas H 4-1 (won 7-2 on agg) 10,012 Mills (2), Blake (pen), Grant
R3 1st Leg 16 July 2000 RKC Waalwijk H 2-0 8,343 Windass (2, 1 pen)
R3 2nd Leg 22 July 2000 RKC Waalwijk A 1-0 (won 3-0 on agg) - Mills
SF 1st Leg 26 July 2000 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg A 0-1 18,500
SF 2nd Leg 2 August 2000 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg H 0-3 9,572

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Gary Walsh
2 DF Ian Nolan
3 DF Andy Myers
4 MF Stuart McCall
5 DF David Wetherall
6 MF Gareth Whalley
7 MF Jamie Lawrence
8 FW Robbie Blake
9 FW Ashley Ward
10 FW Benito Carbone
12 DF Robert Molenaar
13 GK Matt Clarke
16 MF Lee Sharpe
17 GK Aidan Davison
18 DF Gunnar Halle
No. Position Player
19 MF Gary Locke
20 DF Peter Atherton
21 FW Dean Saunders
22 DF Wayne Jacobs
23 DF Mark Bower
24 FW Gareth Grant
25 MF Scott Kerr
27 MF Billy McKinlay
29 MF Eoin Jess (on loan from Aberdeen)
31 MF Adam Hardy
32 GK Jon Worsnopp
33 FW Ben Jones
34 DF Lewis Emanuel
35 MF Andy Lee
36 MF Craig Fishlock

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
11 MF Peter Beagrie (to Wigan Athletic)
12 DF Ashley Westwood (to Sheffield Wednesday)
14 DF Andy O'Brien (to Newcastle United)
15 FW Dean Windass (to Middlesbrough)
No. Position Player
19 FW Isaiah Rankin (to Barnsley)
26 DF Dan Petrescu (to Southampton)
28 FW Stan Collymore (to Real Oviedo)
30 MF David Hopkin (to Crystal Palace)

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