2000–01 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

Nottingham Forest
2000–01 season
Chairman	Eric Barnes
Manager	David Platt
Stadium	City Ground
First Division	11th
FA Cup	Third round
Worthington Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Bart-Williams (14) All: Bart-Williams (15)
Average home league attendance	20,615
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

During the 2000–01 English football season, Nottingham Forest F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

Forest improved on the previous season's disappointing 14th place to finish 11th, six points short of the play-off places. At the end of the season, player-manager David Platt left after two seasons in charge to manage the England Under-21 side. He was replaced by the club's under-19 coach and former Forest player, Paul Hart.

Forest suffered from below-average cup form, being knocked out of the League Cup by Division Three strugglers Darlington after losing 4-3 over two legs.

Final league table

Main article: 2000–01 Football League

Pos	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1.	Fulham	46	30	11	5	90	32	+58	101
2.	Blackburn Rovers	46	26	13	7	76	39	+37	91
3.	Bolton Wanderers	46	24	15	7	76	45	+31	87
4.	Preston North End	46	23	9	14	64	52	+12	78
5.	Birmingham City	46	23	9	14	59	48	+11	78
6.	West Bromwich Albion	46	21	11	14	60	52	+8	74
7.	Burnley	46	21	9	16	50	54	-4	72
8.	Wimbledon	46	17	18	11	71	50	+21	69
9.	Watford	46	20	9	17	76	67	+9	69
10.	Sheffield United	46	19	11	16	52	49	+3	68
11.	Nottingham Forest	46	20	8	18	55	53	+2	68
12.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	14	13	19	45	48	-3	55
13.	Gillingham	46	13	16	17	61	66	-5	55
14.	Crewe Alexandra	46	15	10	21	47	62	-15	55
15.	Norwich City	46	14	12	20	46	58	-12	54
16.	Barnsley	46	15	9	22	49	62	-13	54
17.	Sheffield Wednesday	46	15	8	23	52	71	-19	53
18.	Grimsby Town	46	14	10	22	43	62	-19	52
19.	Stockport County	46	11	18	17	58	65	-7	51
20.	Portsmouth	46	10	19	17	47	59	-12	49
21.	Crystal Palace	46	12	13	21	57	70	-13	49
22.	Huddersfield Town	46	11	15	20	48	57	-9	48
23.	Queens Park Rangers	46	7	19	20	45	75	-30	40
24.	Tranmere Rovers	46	9	11	26	46	77	-31	38

Key
Promoted to the Premier League
Qualified for the promotion playoff
Relegated to Division 2

Results

Nottingham Forest's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
12 August 2000	West Bromwich Albion	H	1-0	21,029	Hjelde
19 August 2000	Norwich City	A	0-0	18,059
26 August 2000	Birmingham City	H	1-2	18,820	Bart-Williams
28 August 2000	Crystal Palace	A	3-2	18,865	D Johnson, Platt, Mullins (own goal)
9 September 2000	Blackburn Rovers	A	0-3	18,471
13 September 2000	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-0	15,700	Lester
16 September 2000	Fulham	H	0-3	18,737
23 September 2000	Grimsby Town	A	2-0	6,467	Rogers, Lester
30 September 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0-0	19,110
14 October 2000	Barnsley	A	4-3	14,831	Bart-Williams (2, 1 pen), Rogers, Blake
17 October 2000	Bolton Wanderers	A	0-0	13,017
21 October 2000	Watford	H	0-2	20,064
25 October 2000	Burnley	H	5-0	17,915	Bart-Williams (2, 1 pen), D Johnson, Rogers, Scimeca
28 October 2000	Stockport County	A	2-1	6,021	Lester (2)
4 November 2000	Preston North End	H	3-1	19,504	Bart-Williams (2 pens), Olsen
12 November 2000	Gillingham	A	3-1	9,884	Lester (3)
18 November 2000	Wimbledon	H	1-2	18,159	Vaughan
25 November 2000	Tranmere Rovers	H	3-1	19,678	Bart-Williams, Foy, Scimeca
29 November 2000	Sheffield United	H	2-0	17,089	Olsen, Reid
2 December 2000	Burnley	A	0-1	17,876
9 December 2000	Portsmouth	H	2-0	19,284	Scimeca, Bart-Williams
13 December 2000	Huddersfield Town	H	1-3	28,372	Reid
16 December 2000	Queens Park Rangers	A	0-1	14,409
23 December 2000	West Bromwich Albion	A	0-3	20,350
26 December 2000	Crewe Alexandra	H	1-0	20,903	Jones
30 December 2000	Norwich City	H	0-0	20,108
1 January 2001	Birmingham City	A	2-0	20,034	Bart-Williams (pen), Prutton
14 January 2001	Crystal Palace	H	0-3	21,198
3 February 2001	Huddersfield Town	A	1-1	13,838	Scimeca
10 February 2001	Blackburn Rovers	H	2-1	22,455	Bart-Williams, Edwards
17 February 2001	Fulham	A	0-1	17,425
21 February 2001	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0-1	23,266
24 February 2001	Grimsby Town	H	3-1	21,660	Edds, Edwards, D Johnson
3 March 2001	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-2	20,291
7 March 2001	Barnsley	H	1-0	18,788	Bart-Williams
10 March 2001	Sheffield United	A	3-1	25,673	Edwards, A Johnson, D Johnson
13 March 2001	Crewe Alexandra	A	0-1	7,916
17 March 2001	Bolton Wanderers	H	0-2	22,162
31 March 2001	Queens Park Rangers	H	1-1	22,208	Harewood
3 April 2001	Watford	A	0-3	13,651
7 April 2001	Portsmouth	A	2-0	13,018	Bart-Williams (2, 1 pen)
14 April 2001	Preston North End	A	1-1	16,842	Hjelde
16 April 2001	Stockport County	H	1-0	23,500	John
21 April 2001	Wimbledon	A	1-2	10,027	John
28 April 2001	Gillingham	H	0-1	20,617
6 May 2001	Tranmere Rovers	A	2-2	9,891	Harewood (2)

FA Cup

Main article: 2000–01 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	7 January 2001	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0-1	14,601

League Cup

Main article: 2000–01 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	22 August 2000	Darlington	A	2-2	4,724	Bart-Williams (pen), Rogers
R1 2nd Leg	6 September 2000	Darlington	H	1-2 (lost 3-4 on agg)	6,530	John

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[2]

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Dave Beasant
2	DF	Jim Brennan
3	DF	Alan Rogers
4	MF	Riccardo Scimeca
5	DF	Colin Calderwood
6	DF	Jon Olav Hjelde
7	MF	David Prutton
8	FW	Jack Lester
9	FW	Stern John
10	MF	Andy Johnson
11	MF	Chris Bart-Williams
12	GK	Barry Roche
14	MF	Andy Reid
15	DF	Tony Vaughan
17	FW	Gary Jones

No.	Position	Player
18	DF	Matthieu Louis-Jean
19	FW	Marlon Harewood
20	MF	David Platt (player-manager)
21	DF	Chris Doig
22	DF	Richard Cooper
24	DF	Christian Edwards
26	MF	Gareth Edds
27	FW	Andy Gray
28	DF	Kevin Dawson
29	MF	Gareth Williams
30	MF	Keith Foy
31	MF	Ben Olsen (on loan from DC United)
33	FW	David Johnson
35	FW	David Freeman
36	MF	Jermaine Jenas

Left club during season

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

No.	Position	Player
14	FW	Dougie Freedman (to Crystal Palace)
16	DF	Salvatore Matrecano (released)
25	FW	Robbie Blake (on loan from Bradford City)

No.		Position	Player
32		DF	Matthew Upson (on loan from Arsenal)
32		DF	Francis Benali (on loan from Southampton)

Reserve squad

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

No.		Position	Player
23		FW	Bernard Allou

No.		Position	Player
34		GK	Steve Collis

References

Nottingham Forest Football Club

The Club	The Club History Statistics Seasons Women's team Players Internationals

Stadia	Forest Recreation Ground Trent Bridge Town Ground City Ground

Rivalries	Nottingham derby East Midlands derby (Brian Clough Trophy) Leicester City rivalry

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Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Bradford City Charlton Athletic Chelsea Coventry City Derby County Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Southampton Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United

First Division	Barnsley Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Burnley Crewe Alexandra Crystal Palace Fulham Gillingham Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Norwich City Nottingham Forest Portsmouth Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Stockport County Tranmere Rovers Watford West Bromwich Albion Wimbledon Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Bournemouth Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Bury Cambridge United Colchester United Luton Town Millwall Northampton Town Notts County Oldham Athletic Oxford United Peterborough United Port Vale Reading Rotherham United Stoke City Swansea City Swindon Town Walsall Wigan Athletic Wrexham Wycombe Wanderers

Third Division	Barnet Blackpool Brighton & Hove Albion Cardiff City Carlisle United Cheltenham Town Chesterfield Darlington Exeter City Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hull City Kidderminster Harriers Leyton Orient Lincoln City Macclesfield Town Mansfield Town Plymouth Argyle Rochdale Scunthorpe United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Torquay United York City

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