2000–01 Stockport County F.C. season

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

Stockport County
2000–01 season
ChairmanBrendan Elwood
ManagerAndy Kilner
StadiumEdgeley Park
First Division19th
FA CupFifth round
League CupFirst round
Top goalscorerAaron Wilbraham (12)
Average home league attendance7,031

Season summary edit

Stockport started the 2000–01 season poorly and were sitting 23rd in the table with just two wins at the middle of November. However, a run from mid-March resulted in Stockport winning five of their remaining nine league games to again narrowly avoid relegation, finishing 19th overall.

Final league table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Fulham (C, P) 46 30 11 5 90 32 +58 101 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Blackburn Rovers (P) 46 26 13 7 76 39 +37 91
3 Bolton Wanderers (O, P) 46 24 15 7 76 45 +31 87 Qualification for the First Division play-offs
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 (R) 46 11 15 20 48 57 −9 48 Relegation to the Second Division
23 Queens Park Rangers (R) 46 7 19 20 45 75 −30 40
24 Tranmere Rovers (R) 46 9 11 26 46 77 −31 38
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results edit

Stockport County's score comes first[1]

Legend edit

Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division edit

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
12 August 2000 Gillingham A 3–1 9,429 Thomas-Moore (2), Maxwell
19 August 2000 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 1–1 7,758 Thomas-Moore
26 August 2000 Fulham A 1–4 11,009 Cooper
28 August 2000 Huddersfield Town H 0–0 6,137
1 September 2000 Stockport County A 1–2 7,229 Thomas-Moore
9 September 2000 West Bromwich Albion H 0–0 6,632
12 September 2000 Norwich City H 1–3 5,703 Smith
16 September 2000 Preston North End A 1–1 12,735 Thomas-Moore
23 September 2000 Watford H 2–3 6,933 Wilbraham, Thomas-Moore
30 September 2000 Wimbledon A 0–2 6,087
8 October 2000 Portsmouth H 1–1 6,212 Cooper
14 October 2000 Burnley A 1–2 16,107 Tod
17 October 2000 Birmingham City A 0–4 15,579
21 October 2000 Bolton Wanderers H 4–3 8,266 Tod, Wiss, Thomas-Moore, Wilbraham
24 October 2000 Sheffield United A 0–1 17,010
28 October 2000 Nottingham Forest H 1–2 6,021 Edwards (own goal)
4 November 2000 Blackburn Rovers A 1–2 17,404 Wilbraham
11 November 2000 Queens Park Rangers H 2–2 6,356 Bergersen, Wilbraham
18 November 2000 Crewe Alexandra A 2–1 6,099 Tod, Clark
25 November 2000 Crystal Palace A 2–2 18,819 Wilbraham, Fradin
2 December 2000 Sheffield United H 0–2 6,460
9 December 2000 Sheffield Wednesday A 4–2 16,337 Fradin (2), Cooper (2)
16 December 2000 Barnsley H 2–0 5,383 Wiss, Woodthorpe
22 December 2000 Gillingham H 2–2 6,095 Wiss, Maxwell
26 December 2000 Grimsby Town A 1–1 6,654 Matthews
30 December 2000 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 2–3 16,667 Nicholson (pen), Wiss
1 January 2001 Fulham H 2–0 6,100 Wiss, Clark
13 January 2001 Huddersfield Town A 0–0 10,988
20 January 2001 Grimsby Town H 1–1 6,165 Wiss
3 February 2001 Tranmere Rovers H 1–1 7,804 Wilbraham
10 February 2001 West Bromwich Albion A 1–1 16,385 Cooper
13 February 2001 Preston North End H 0–1 7,590
20 February 2001 Norwich City A 0–4 19,768
24 February 2001 Watford A 2–2 13,647 Wilbraham (2)
3 March 2001 Wimbledon H 2–2 5,519 Wilbraham, Fradin
6 March 2001 Burnley H 0–0 7,087
10 March 2001 Portsmouth A 1–2 12,202 Kuqi
17 March 2001 Birmingham City H 2–0 7,176 Kuqi (2)
31 March 2001 Barnsley A 2–0 13,203 Kuqi, Wilbraham
3 April 2001 Bolton Wanderers A 1–1 12,492 Kuqi
7 April 2001 Sheffield Wednesday H 2–1 9,666 Harkness (own goal), Carrigan
14 April 2001 Blackburn Rovers H 0–0 9,705
16 April 2001 Nottingham Forest A 0–1 23,500
21 April 2001 Crewe Alexandra H 3–0 7,163 Fradin, Nicholson (pen), Wilbraham
28 April 2001 Queens Park Rangers A 3–0 10,608 Wilbraham, Fradin, Kuqi (pen)
6 May 2001 Crystal Palace H 0–1 9,782

FA Cup edit

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 6 January 2001 Preston North End A 1–0 9,975 Fradin
R4 27 January 2001 Crewe Alexandra A 1–0 7,318 Wiss
R5 17 February 2001 Tottenham Hotspur A 0–4 36,040

League Cup edit

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg 22 August 2000 Blackpool H 0–1 3,014
R1 2nd Leg 5 September 2000 Blackpool A 2–3 (lost 2–4 on agg) 3,133 Dinning, Thomas-Moore

First-team squad edit

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. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   IRL Alan Kelly
2 DF   ENG Sean Connelly
3 DF   ENG Shane Nicholson
4 DF   SWE Fredrik Bryngelsson
5 DF   ENG Mike Flynn
6 DF   ENG Peter Clark
8 FW   FIN Shefki Kuqi
9 FW   SCO Brian Carrigan
10 MF   WAL Leyton Maxwell (on loan from Liverpool)
11 MF   ENG Colin Woodthorpe
12 MF   ENG Ali Gibb
13 GK   WAL Lee Jones
14 MF   FIN Jarkko Wiss
15 MF   FRA Karim Fradin
16 DF   ENG Leo Roget (on loan from Southend United)
17 DF   ENG Simon Grayson (on loan from Blackburn Rovers)
18 FW   ENG Ian Lawson
19 FW   ENG Aaron Wilbraham
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF   ENG David Smith
21 MF   SWE Jonas Larsson
23 FW   ENG Alan Bailey
24 DF   ENG Keith Briggs
25 MF   ENG Chris Byrne
26 DF   ENG Glynn Hancock
27 FW   ENG Neil Ross
28 GK   WAL Andy Dibble
29 DF   ENG Ben Johnson
30 FW   IRL Jon Daly
31 GK   ENG Sam Turner
32 DF   ENG Robert Clare
33 MF   NOR Kent Bergersen
34 FW   IRL Michael Hennessy
35 MF   WAL Lee Evans
36 FW   ENG Phil Carratt
37 FW   ENG Glynn Hurst

Left club during season edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   ENG Carlo Nash (to Manchester City)
7 MF   ENG Kevin Cooper (to Wimbledon)
8 FW   ENG Ian Thomas-Moore (to Burnley)
16 DF   IRL Jim Gannon (to Crewe Alexandra)
17 MF   ENG Tony Dinning (to Wolverhampton Wanderers)
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF   SCO Andy Tod (on loan from Dunfermline Athletic)
22 MF   ENG Rob Matthews (to Hull City)
36 DF   ENG Kevin Gray (on loan from Huddersfield Town)
37 MF   SCO Grant Brebner (on loan from Hibernian)

Reserve squad edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   ENG Fraser McLachlan

References edit

  1. ^ "Stockport County results for the 2000-2001 season - Statto.com". Archived from the original on 20 March 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  2. ^ "FootballSquads - Stockport County - 2000/01".