2000–01 Stoke City F.C. season

Stoke City
2000–01 season
Chairman Gunnar Thor Gislason
Manager Guðjón Þórðarson
Football League Division Two 5th (77 Points)
FA Cup Round 1
League Cup Round 4
LDV Vans Trophy Northern Area Semi-final
Top goalscorer Peter Thorne (19)
Highest home attendance 22,133 vs Port Vale (17 February 2001)
Lowest home attendance 9,350 vs Brentford (17 January 2001)
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

The 2000–01 season was Stoke City's 101st season of League football and the 7th in the third tier of English football.

Contents

Overview

Following last seasons controversial play-off exit at Gillingham the aim was to gain an automatic promotion place. Guðjón Þórðarson brought in number of new players in from Iceland with arrivals of Stefán Þórðarson, Ríkharður Daðason and goalkeeper Birkir Kristinsson while Tony Dorigo became captain.

Stoke started the season slowly and never looked like the same side last season with a number of embarrassing results being suffered. However with the turn of the new year Stoke started to get the results needed to get in the play-off's and indeed they did finishing 5th.

Walsall were the opposition this season and in the first leg there was not a lot of difference between the two sides and the game finished goalless. Ben Petty 'sacrificed' himself to stop Don Goodman from scoring in the final few seconds and consequently got sent off. In the second leg, Stoke played very poorly while Walsall played very well and eased to a 4–2 win. Stoke failed in the play-off's for a second season running.

In all three cup competitions Stoke suffered huge embarrassment. In the FA Cup non-league side Nuneaton Borough took Stoke to a replay and scored the only goal in the 90th minute. In the League Cup Stoke advanced past York, Charlton and Barnsley before meeting Liverpool in the fourth round. Liverpool seemed to scored with every shot they took and won the match 8–0, the result still stands as the clubs worst home defeat. In the Football League Trophy Stoke lost to local side Port Vale in the Semis.

Final league table

Second Division

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

Results

Stoke's score comes first

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Pre-Season Friendlies

Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
1 14 July 2000 ÍA Akranes Akranesvöllur 1 – 1 Lightbourne
2 16 July 2000 KA Akureyri Akureyrarvöllur 1 – 1 Þórðarson
3 17 July 2000 Víkingur Laugardalsvöllur 2 – 2 O'Connor, Guðjónsson
4 22 July 2000 Liverpool Britannia Stadium 1 – 0 16,101 Þórðarson 29'
5 24 July 2000 Darlington Isle of Man 3 – 1 Heath, Lightbourne, Guðjónsson
6 26 July 2000 Bury Isle of Man 1 – 2 O'Connor
7 28 July 2000 Isle of Man Ballacoan Stadium 5 – 1 213 Þórðarson, Thomas, Gunnarsson, Lightbourne (2)
8 1 August 2000 Birmingham City Britannia Stadium 2 – 1 5,148 Þórðarson 20', Connor 89'
9 4 August 2000 Newcastle Town Lyme Valley Stadium 3 – 0 2,153 Connor, Lightbourne, Georges Rossi

Football League Division Two

Main article: 2000–01 Football League
Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers Report
1 12 August 2000 Wycombe Wanderers Britannia Stadium 0 – 0 14,532 Report
2 19 August 2000 Bristol City Ashton Gate 2 – 1 12,590 Guðjónsson 76', O'Connor 87' Report
3 26 August 2000 Notts County Britannia Stadium 0 – 1 13,041 Report
4 29 August 2000 Reading Madejski Stadium 3 – 3 10,668 Hunter (o.g.) 17', Þórðarson 22', Fenton 75' Report
5 9 September 2000 Peterborough United Britannia Stadium 3 – 0 13,011 Lightbourne 53', Þórðarson 87', Kavanagh 90' Report
6 13 September 2000 Oxford United Britannia Stadium 4 – 0 9,600 Þórðarson 22', Guðjónsson 32', O'Connor 45', Robinson 71' Report
7 13 September 2000 Port Vale Vale Park 1 – 1 8,948 Lightbourne 15' Report
8 23 September 2000 Rotherham United Britannia Stadium 1 – 1 13,472 Thorne 81' Report
9 30 September 2000 Colchester United Layer Road 1 – 0 3,758 Thorne 14' Report
10 14 October 2000 Swansea City Vetch Field 1 – 2 6,498 Lightbourne 88' Report
11 17 October 2000 Cambridge United Abbey Stadium 1 – 1 4,433 Thorne 41' Report
12 21 October 2000 Millwall Britannia Stadium 3 – 2 13,752 Thorne 8', 13', Iwelumo 90' Report
13 24 October 2000 Walsall Bescot Stadium 0 – 3 6,996 Report
14 28 October 2000 Bournemouth Britannia Stadium 2 – 1 11,572 Guðjónsson 9', O'Connor 13' Report
15 4 November 2000 Wrexham Racecourse Ground 2 – 1 6,447 Thorne 16', Þórðarson 27' (Pen) Report
16 7 November 2000 Northampton Town Sixfields Stadium 2 – 2 5,475 Kavanagh 10', O'Connor 24' Report
17 11 November 2000 Oldham Athletic Britannia Stadium 0 – 1 12,503 Report
18 25 November 2000 Swindon Town County Ground 3 – 0 4,904 Dryden 8' (o.g.), Lightbourne 11', 78' Report
19 2 December 2000 Luton Town Britannia Stadium 1 – 3 12,389 Mohan 35' Report
20 16 December 2000 Bristol Rovers Memorial Stadium 3 – 0 6,338 Thorne 3', 19', 40' Report
21 23 December 2000 Wigan Athletic JJB Stadium 1 – 1 8,957 O'Connor 65' Report
22 26 December 2000 Bury Britannia Stadium 2 – 1 16,499 Daðason 39', Gunnarsson 84' Report
23 30 December 2000 Bristol City Britannia Stadium 1 – 0 14,629 Guðjónsson 81' Report
24 1 January 2001 Notts County Meadow Lane 2 – 2 9,125 Guðjónsson 1', Cooke 80' Report
25 13 January 2001 Reading Britannia Stadium 0 – 0 14,154 Report
26 17 January 2001 Brentford Britannia Stadium 1 – 0 9,350 Daðason 22' Report
27 27 January 2001 Wigan Athletic Britannia Stadium 2 – 0 16,859 Cooke 18', Thorne 60' Report
28 3 February 2001 Northampton Town Britannia Stadium 1 – 1 13,235 Cooke 59' Report
29 10 February 2001 Peterborough United London Road Stadium 4 – 0 7,568 Thorne 2', Guðjónsson 45', Daðason 72', O'Connor 89' Report
30 17 February 2001 Port Vale Britannia Stadium 1 – 1 22,133 O'Connor 55' Report
31 20 February 2001 Oxford United Manor Ground 1 – 1 4,856 Cooke 69' Report
32 24 February 2001 Rotherham United Millmoor 1 – 2 8,211 Thorne 53' Report
33 3 March 2001 Colchester United Britannia Stadium 3 – 1 11,714 Thorne 9', 40', Kavanagh 88' Report
34 7 March 2001 Swansea City Britannia Stadium 1 – 2 10,091 O'Connor 81' Report
35 10 March 2001 Brentford Griffin Park 2 – 2 5,518 Cooke 17', Daðason 90' Report
36 13 March 2001 Wycombe Wanderers Adams Park 1 – 0 5,385 Kavanagh 11' (pen) Report
37 17 March 2001 Cambridge United Britannia Stadium 2 – 3 11,939 Kavanagh 56', (pen), O'Connor 57' Report
38 27 March 2001 Bury Gigg Lane 0 – 1 4,224 Report
39 31 March 2001 Bristol Rovers Britannia Stadium 4 – 1 12,274 Hansson 4', 15', Thorne 71', 86' Report
40 3 April 2001 Millwall The New Den 0 – 2 11,639 Report
41 7 April 2001 Luton Town Kenilworth Road 2 – 1 6,456 Taylor (o.g.) 30', Kavanagh 40' Report
42 14 April 2001 Walsall Britannia Stadium 0 – 0 16,603 Report
43 17 April 2001 Bournemouth Dean Court 0 – 1 5,373 Report
44 21 April 2001 Wrexham Britannia Stadium 3 – 1 12,687 Hardy (o.g) 6' , Gunnarsson 44', 56' Report
45 28 April 2001 Oldham Athletic Boundary Park 2 – 1 9,359 Gunnarsson 73', Daðason 84' Report
46 5 May 2001 Swindon Town Britannia Stadium 4 – 1 20,591 Mildenhall 1' (o.g.), Gunnarsson 12', Cooke 32', Kavanagh 45' (pen) Report

Division Two Play-offs

Main article: Football League One Play-Offs#2001
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers Report
Semi-final 1st Leg 13 May 2001 Walsall Britannia Stadium 0 – 0 21,482 Report
Semi-final 2nd Leg 16 May 2001 Walsall Bescot Stadium 2 – 4 8,346 Kavanagh 31', Thorne 87' Report

League Cup

Main article: 2000–01 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers Report
R1 1st Leg 22 August 2000 York City Bootham Crescent 5 – 1 2,035 Heath 10', Connor 47', 59' , Iwelumo 70', O'Connor 80' Report
R1 2nd Leg 6 September 2000 York City Britannia Stadium 0 – 0 3,478 Report
R2 1st Leg 20 September 2000 Charlton Athletic Britannia Stadium 2 – 1 9,388 Þórðarson 45' (pen), Goodfellow 86' Report
R2 2nd Leg 26 September 2000 Charlton Athletic The Valley 3 – 4 10,037 O'Connor 36', Gunnarsson 87', Þórðarson 107' Report
R3 1 November 2000 Barnsley Britannia Stadium 3 – 2 10,480 Guðjónsson 8', 56', Daðason 90' Report
R4 29 November 2000 Liverpool Britannia Stadium 0 – 8 27,109 Report

FA Cup

Main article: FA Cup 2000–01
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers Report
R1 18 November 2000 Nuneaton Borough Britannia Stadium 0 – 0 8,437 Report
R1 Replay 21 November 2000 Nuneaton Borough Manor Park 0 – 1 4,477 Report

Football League Trophy

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers Report
Northern Area Round 1 6 December 2000 Scarborough Britannia Stadium 3 – 1 2,336 Thorne 21', 57', Cooke 25' Report
Northern Area Round 2 9 January 2001 Halifax Town The Shay 3 – 2 1,917 Daðason 31', Cooke 35', Guðjónsson 90' Report
Northern Area Quarter Final 7 February 2001 Walsall Britannia Stadium 4 – 0 5,624 Clarke 3', Goodfellow 59', Petty 67', Þórðarson 81' (pen) Report
Northern Area Semi Final 5 March 2001 Port Vale Britannia Stadium 1 – 2 11,323 Mohan 87' Report

Squad

Appearances for competitive matches only

No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Football League Trophy Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Gavin Ward 18 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 21 0
2 DF Mikael Hansson 36(2) 2 2 0 4 0 1(1) 0 46 2
3 MF Clive Clarke 13(9) 0 1(1) 0 5(1) 0 3 1 33 3
4 DF Henrik Risom 9(17) 0 1 0 2(2) 0 4 0 35 0
5 DF Nicky Mohan 37 1 2 0 6 0 2 1 48 2
6 MF Brynjar Gunnarsson 46 5 1 0 6 1 1(1) 0 55 6
7 MF Bjarni Guðjónsson 41(1) 5 2 0 5 2 2(1) 2 51 9
8 MF Graham Kavanagh 42(1) 7 2 0 4(1) 0 2 0 51 7
9 FW Peter Thorne 34(3) 16 2 0 3(1) 0 3 2 46 18
10 FW Ríkharður Daðason 23(15) 6 0(1) 0 0(1) 1 2(1) 1 43 8
12 FW Kyle Lightbourne 11(11) 5 0(1) 0 0(1) 1 0 0 24 6
14 GK Carl Muggleton 11(1) 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 16 0
15 MF Tony Dorigo 34(2) 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 41 0
16 FW Paul Connor 1(6) 0 0 0 1(1) 2 0 0 9 2
17 MF James O'Connor 44 8 0(1) 0 5 2 2 0 52 10
18 DF Ben Petty 10(12) 0 2 0 3(1) 0 4 1 32 1
19 FW Stefán Þórðarson 15(15) 5 2 0 4(2) 2 2(1) 1 41 8
20 DF Kristján Örn Sigurðsson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 MF Robert Heath 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
22 FW Chris Iwelumo 0(2) 1 0 0 0(2) 1 0 0 4 2
23 DF Wayne Thomas 33(1) 0 1 0 3(1) 0 4 0 43 0
24 DF Matthew Bullock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 DF Ashley Woolliscroft 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 FW Steven Taaffe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 DF Frode Kippe 15(5) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 23 0
28 MF Lewis Neal 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0(2) 0 3 0
29 FW Marc Goodfellow 0(7) 0 0(1) 0 0(2) 1 2 1 12 2
31 MF Graham Fenton 2(3) 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 1
32 FW Marvin Robinson 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
33 GK Hjörvar Hafliðason 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 FW Andy Cooke 21(1) 6 0 0 0 0 2(1) 1 25 7
35 DF Lee Collins 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 1 0
36 GK Birkir Kristinsson 18 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 22 0
37 MF Karl Henry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 1 0

References

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