2000–01 Watford F.C. season

Watford
2000–01 season
Manager Graham Taylor
Stadium Vicarage Road
Football League First Division 9th
FA Cup Third round proper
Worthington Cup Third round
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

During the 2000–01 English football season, Watford F.C. competed in the Football League First Division, after being relegated from the FA Premier League last season.

Season summary

After relegation from the Premier League, Watford stabilised in the First Division to finish 9th, five points off the play-off places. Watford could have potentially finished higher, were it not for their poor defensive record, the worst of any club in the top 16.

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 Alec Chamberlain
2 DF Neil Cox
3 DF Paul Robinson
4 DF Robert Page
5 DF Steve Palmer
6 MF Peter Kennedy
8 MF Micah Hyde
9 FW Tommy Mooney
10 MF Richard Johnson
11 FW Nick Wright
12 FW Allan Smart
13 GK Chris Day
14 MF Nordin Wooter
15 FW Gifton Noel-Williams
16 DF Nigel Gibbs (captain)
17 FW Tommy Smith
18 FW Heiðar Helguson
19 MF Clint Easton
No. Position Player
21 FW Dominic Foley
22 GK Espen Baardsen
23 DF Darren Ward
24 MF Alexandre Bonnot
25 MF Paolo Vernazza
26 DF David Perpetuini
27 DF James Panayi
28 MF Allan Nielsen
29 MF Stephen Armstrong
30 DF Lloyd Doyley
31 DF Matthew Langston
32 DF Tom Neill
33 MF Fabien Forde
34 FW Lee Cook
35 FW David Warner
37 MF Gary Fisken
38 DF Jerel Ifil

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
7 MF Michel Ngonge (to Queens Park Rangers)
7 MF Carlton Palmer (on loan from Coventry City)
20 MF Jóhann Guðmundsson (to FK Lyn)
25 MF Adrian Bakalli (to Swindon Town)
No. Position Player
30 DF Richard Jobson (on loan from Manchester City)
32 FW Steve Brooker (to Port Vale)
36 MF Charlie Miller (to Dundee United)
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