2000–01 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

The 2000–01 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. Former Southampton manager Dave Jones replaced him in early January but could not take the side any higher than mid-table.

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 2000–01 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.

Final table Team 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

Results by round

FA Cup

League Cup

Players

Statistics

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Awards AwardWinner Fans' Player of the Season Lee Naylor Young Player of the Season Joleon Lescott

Transfers

In DatePlayerFromFee1 August 2000 Steeve Epesse-TitiUnattachedFree4 August 2000 Temuri KetsbaiaNewcastle United£900,00011 August 2000 Frank Talia UnattachedFree15 August 2000 Robert Taylor Manchester City£1.55 million21 September 2000 Tony Dinning Stockport County£600,0001 December 2000 Mo Camara Le Havre£100,00031 January 2001 Paul Butler Sunderland£1 million15 February 2001 Cédric Roussel Coventry City£1.53 million

Out DatePlayerToFee21 June 2000 Ady WilliamsReadingFree30 June 2000 Keith CurleSheffield UnitedFree27 July 2000 Ade AkinbiyiLeicester City£5 million28 July 2000 Mark JonesChesterfieldFree11 August 2000 Paul SimpsonBlackpoolFree11 September 2000 Frank TaliaReleasedFree11 December 2000 Steve SedgleyReleasedFree9 March 2001 Gordon SimmsHartlepool UnitedFree22 March 2001 Steeve Epesse-TitiExeter CityFree22 March 2001 Simon OsbornTranmere RoversFree

Loans in Start datePlayerFromEnd date1 August 2000 Mo Camara Le Havre30 November 200022 August 2000 Sami Al-Jaber Al-Hilal22 January 200126 August 2000 Manuel ThetisIpswich Town13 September 200013 October 2000 Darren PeacockBlackburn Rovers4 November 200017 November 2000 Paul ButlerSunderland17 December 20008 December 2000 Carlo NashStockport County31 December 200022 March 2001 Sean ConnellyStockport CountyEnd of season

Loans out Start datePlayerToEnd date1 August 2000 Robert Niestroj Iraklis1 February 20011 August 2000 Adam Proudlock Clyde5 September 2000September 2000 Matt MurraySlough TownSeptember 200020 October 2000 Matt MurrayKingstonian26 October 200010 November 2000 Keith AndrewsOxford United21 December 20001 March 2001 Ryan GreenTorquay UnitedEnd of season22 March 2001 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.

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