2000–01 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

Wolverhampton Wanderers
200001 season
Chairman Sir Jack Hayward OBE
Manager Colin Lee
(until 18 December)
Dave Jones
(from 3 January)
Football League First Division 12th
FA Cup 4th round
League Cup 3rd round
Top goalscorer League: Adam Proudlock (8)
All: Adam Proudlock (11)
Highest home attendance 26,627 (vs Gillingham, 3 February 2001)
Lowest home attendance 8,058 (vs Grimsby, 2 October 2000)
Average home league attendance 19,258 (league only)

The 200001 season was the 102nd season of competitive league football in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. They played the season in the second tier of the English football system, the Football League First Division.

The team finished in 12th position, their lowest league finish for five seasons. Colin Lee began the season as manager but was sacked in December 2000 with the team just a single point clear of the relegation zone.[1] Former Southampton manager Dave Jones replaced him in early January but could not take the side any higher than mid-table.[2]

Results

Pre-season

Wolves' pre season saw them travel to Ireland to play three local sides. They then returned home to play three Premiership teams at Molineux; the fixture against Aston Villa was a testimonial match for Mike Stowell.

Football League First Division

A total of 24 teams competed in the Football League First Division in the 200001 season. Each team played every other team twice: once at their stadium, and once at the opposition's. Three points were awarded to teams for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats.

The provisional fixture list was released on 22 June 2000, but was subject to change in the event of matches being selected for television coverage or police concerns.[3]

Final table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
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

Source: Statto.com

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
46 14 13 19 45 48  −3 55 7 9 7 25 20  +5 7 4 12 20 28  −8

Source: Statto.com

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
Result D D W L L L D D W D L L D W D L L L W D W L L W L W W D D W L L W W L W W L L D L D L W L D
Position 9 13 8 15 17 19 16 18 13 15 16 16 17 15 14 18 20 21 15 16 14 15 16 15 17 14 12 12 13 12 14 15 14 13 13 13 13 13 13 14 14 15 16 12 12 12

Source: Statto.com

FA Cup

League Cup

Players

Statistics

Key

  ‡ On loan from another club   * First appearance(s) for the club

# = Squad number

Pos = Playing position

P = Number of games played

G = Number of goals scored

GK = Goalkeeper

DF = Defender

MF = Midfielder

FW = Forward

A yellow card = Yellow cards

A red card = Red cards

† Permanent player left club during the season

¤ Loaned to another club for part or all of season

Correct as of the season's end. Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances in parentheses where applicable.

No. Pos Name P G P G P G P G A yellow card A red card Notes
League FA Cup League Cup Total Discipline
1GKEngland Oakes, MichaelMichael Oakes 460104051000
2DFAustralia Muscat, KevinKevin Muscat (c) 3731041424101
3DFEngland Naylor, LeeLee Naylor 44(2)1205051(2)140
4MFWales Robinson, CarlCarl Robinson 36(4)3214(1)142(5)540
5DFFrance Pollet, LudovicLudovic Pollet 292100030220
6MFEngland Emblen, NeilNeil Emblen 21(7)01(1)04026(8)000
7DFEngland Bazeley, DarrenDarren Bazeley 23(1)1005028(1)120
8MFEngland Osborn, SimonSimon Osborn 16(4)0202020(4)050
8DFEngland Connelly, SeanSean Connelly 6000006021
9FWGeorgia (country) Ketsbaia, TemuriTemuri Ketsbaia 14(8)3003(1)117(9)430
10FWEngland Branch, MichaelMichael Branch 31(7)4202(1)035(8)490
11MFEngland Sinton, AndyAndy Sinton 28(2)2202(1)032(3)240
12GKEngland Stowell, MikeMike Stowell 0(1)010102(1)000
14FWNigeria Ndah, GeorgeGeorge Ndah 23(6)60(1)00(1)023(8)660
15MFEngland Sedgley, SteveSteve Sedgley 51001(1)06(1)120
15FWBelgium Roussel, CédricCédric Roussel 3(6)000003(6)000
16MFEngland Taylor, ScottScott Taylor 3(1)000205(1)020
17FWEngland Taylor, RobertRobert Taylor 5(4)000338(4)310
18DFWales Green, RyanRyan Green ¤ 5(2)00(2)0207(4)021
19DFEngland Lescott, JoleonJoleon Lescott 31(6)2205038(6)231
20MFRepublic of Ireland Andrews, KeithKeith Andrews ¤ 20(2)0200022(2)041
21FWNorway Flo, HåvardHåvard Flo 0000000000
22FWRepublic of Ireland Larkin, ColinColin Larkin 0(2)000000(2)000
23DFGuinea Camara, MoMo Camara 4(14)00(1)01(1)05(16)000
24MFEngland Dinning, TonyTony Dinning 316100032650
25DFNorthern Ireland Simms, GordonGordon Simms 0000000000
26FWSaudi Arabia Al-Jaber, SamiSami Al-Jaber 0(4)000101(4)000
27DFFrance Thetis, ManuelManuel Thetis 3000003000
27DFEngland Peacock, DarrenDarren Peacock 2(2)000103(2)000
27DFRepublic of Ireland Butler, PaulPaul Butler 120000012020
28MFEngland Tudor, ShaneShane Tudor 0(1)000000(1)000
29DFFrance Epesse-Titi, SteeveSteeve Epesse-Titi 0000000000
30GKEngland Murray, MattMatt Murray ¤ 0000000000
31FWEngland Proudlock, AdamAdam Proudlock ¤ 28(7)8213(1)233(8)1140
32MFRepublic of Ireland Crowe, SeamusSeamus Crowe ¤ 0000000000
33DFNorthern Ireland Clyde, MarkMark Clyde 0000000000
36MFRepublic of Ireland Melligan, JohnJohn Melligan 0000000000
39GKEngland Solly, LewisLewis Solly 0000000000
40GKAustralia Talia, FrankFrank Talia 0000000000
40GKNorthern Ireland Kerr, AaronAaron Kerr 0000000000
41GKEngland Nash, CarloCarlo Nash 0000000000

    Awards

    Award Winner
    Fans' Player of the Season Lee Naylor
    Young Player of the Season Joleon Lescott

    Transfers

    In

    Date Player From Fee
    1 August 2000France Steeve Epesse-TitiUnattachedFree[4]
    4 August 2000Georgia (country) Temuri KetsbaiaNewcastle United£900,000[5]
    11 August 2000Australia Frank Talia UnattachedFree[6]
    15 August 2000England Robert Taylor Manchester City£1.55 million[7]
    21 September 2000England Tony Dinning Stockport County£600,000[8]
    1 December 2000Guinea Mo CamaraLe Havre£100,000
    31 January 2001Republic of Ireland Paul Butler Sunderland£1 million[9]
    15 February 2001Belgium Cédric Roussel Coventry City£1.53 million[10]

    Out

    Date Player To Fee
    21 June 2000Wales Adrian WilliamsReadingFree
    30 June 2000England Keith CurleSheffield UnitedFree[11]
    27 July 2000Nigeria Ade AkinbiyiLeicester City£5 million[12]
    28 July 2000England Mark JonesChesterfieldFree
    11 August 2000England Paul SimpsonBlackpoolFree
    11 September 2000Australia Frank TaliaReleasedFree
    11 December 2000England Steve SedgleyReleasedFree[13]
    9 March 2001Northern Ireland Gordon SimmsHartlepool UnitedFree
    22 March 2001France Steeve Epesse-TitiExeter CityFree
    22 March 2001England Simon OsbornTranmere RoversFree

    Loans in

    Start date Player From End date
    1 August 2000Guinea Mo CamaraLe Havre30 November 2000[4]
    22 August 2000Saudi Arabia Sami Al-JaberAl-Hilal22 January 2001[14]
    26 August 2000France Manuel ThetisIpswich Town13 September 2000
    13 October 2000England Darren PeacockBlackburn Rovers4 November 2000[15]
    17 November 2000Republic of Ireland Paul ButlerSunderland17 December 2000[16]
    8 December 2000England Carlo NashStockport County31 December 2000[17]
    22 March 2001England Sean ConnellyStockport CountyEnd of season

    Loans out

    Start date Player To End date
    1 August 2000Germany Robert NiestrojIraklis1 February 2001
    1 August 2000England Adam ProudlockClyde5 September 2000
    September 2000England Matt MurraySlough TownSeptember 2000
    20 October 2000England Matt MurrayKingstonian26 October 2000
    10 November 2000Republic of Ireland Keith AndrewsOxford United21 December 2000
    1 March 2001Wales Ryan GreenTorquay UnitedEnd of season
    22 March 2001Republic of Ireland Seamus CroweHereford UnitedEnd of season

    Kit

    The season saw the team return to their historic "old gold" shade of shirt for the first time since the 1950s. There was also a new away kit that was a light blue design. Both were now manufactured by the club's own label, entitled "WWFC", and sponsored by Goodyear.

    References

    1. "Wolves sack Lee". BBC Sport. 18 December 2000.
    2. "Jones is new Wolves boss". BBC Sport. 3 January 2001.
    3. "Champions kick off with Magpies". BBC Sport. 22 June 2000.
    4. 1 2 "Wolves sign Titi and Camara". BBC Sport. 1 August 2000.
    5. "Ketsbaia moves to Wolves". BBC Sport. 4 August 2000.
    6. "Talia is Wolves' temporary measure". BBC Sport. 11 August 2000.
    7. "Wolves sign Taylor". BBC Sport. 15 August 2000.
    8. "Dinning moves to Molineux". BBC Sport. 21 September 2000.
    9. "Wolves seal Butler deal". BBC Sport. 31 January 2001.
    10. "Roussel completes Wolves switch". BBC Sport. 15 February 2001.
    11. "Curle makes Blades move". BBC Sport. 30 June 2000.
    12. "Akinbiyi swaps Wolves for Foxes". BBC Sport. 25 July 2000.
    13. "Sedgley severs his links with Wolves". BBC Sport. 11 December 2000.
    14. "Saudi star to join Wolves". BBC Sport. 22 August 2000.
    15. "Peacock flies south to Wolves". BBC Sport. 13 October 2000.
    16. "Butler makes Molineux switch". BBC Sport. 17 November 2000.
    17. "Wolves take Nash on loan". BBC Sport. 11 December 2000.
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