2000–01 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City
Season 2000–01
League Football League Third Division
Manager Billy Ayre/Bobby Gould/Alan Cork
League position 2nd
Top goalscorer League: Robert Earnshaw (19)
All: Robert Earnshaw (25)
FA Cup 3rd round
League Cup 1st round
FAW Premier Cup Quarter-final
Previous season ← 1999–2000
Next season 2001–02 →

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.

Contents

Players

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
-- GK Carl Muggleton
-- GK Mark Walton
-- DF James Collins
-- DF Jeff Eckhardt
-- DF Danny Gabbidon
-- DF Martyn Giles
-- DF David Greene
-- DF David Hughes
-- DF Andy Jordan
-- DF Andy Legg
-- DF Josh Low
-- DF Scott McCulloch
-- DF Russell Perrett
-- DF Andy Thompson
-- DF Rhys Weston
-- DF Scott Young
-- MF Willie Boland
-- MF Mark Bonner
No. Position Player
-- MF Jason Bowen
-- MF Matt Brazier
-- MF Kevin Evans
-- MF Jason Fowler
-- MF James Harper
-- MF Danny Hill
-- MF Gethin Jones
-- MF Charlie Mapes
-- FW Paul Brayson
-- FW Robert Codner
-- FW Robert Earnshaw
-- FW Leo Fortune-West
-- FW Gavin Gordon
-- FW Kyle Lightbourne
-- FW Kurt Nogan
-- FW Kevin Nugent
-- FW Dai Thomas

League table

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1. Brighton & Hove Albion 46 28 8 10 73 35 +38 92
2. Cardiff City 46 23 13 10 95 58 +37 82
3. Chesterfield* 46 25 14 7 79 42 +37 80
4. Hartlepool United 46 21 14 11 71 54 +17 77
5. Leyton Orient 46 20 15 11 59 51 +8 75
6. Hull| City 46 19 17 10 47 39 +8 74
7. Blackpool 46 22 6 18 74 58 +16 72
8. Rochdale 46 18 17 11 59 48 +11 71
9. Cheltenham Town 46 18 14 14 59 52 +7 68
10. Scunthorpe United 46 18 11 17 62 52 +10 65
11. Southend United 46 15 18 13 55 53 +2 63
12. Plymouth Argyle 46 15 13 18 54 61 -7 58
13. Mansfield Town 46 15 13 18 64 72 -8 58
14. Macclesfield Town 46 14 14 18 51 62 -11 56
15. Shrewsbury Town 46 15 10 21 49 65 -16 55
16. Kidderminster Harriers 46 13 14 19 47 61 -14 53
17. York City 46 13 13 20 42 63 -21 52
18. Lincoln City 46 12 15 19 58 66 -8 51
19. Exeter City 46 12 14 20 40 58 -18 50
20. Darlington 46 12 13 21 44 56 -12 49
21. Torquay United 46 12 13 21 52 77 -25 49
22. Carlisle United 46 11 15 20 42 65 -23 48
23. Halifax Town 46 12 11 23 54 68 -14 47
24. Barnet 46 12 9 25 67 81 -14 45

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