2000–01 Colchester United F.C. season

Colchester United

2000–01 season
Chairman	Peter Heard[1]
Manager	Steve Whitton
Second Division	17th
FA Cup	1st Round
League Cup	2nd Round
Football League Trophy	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: Mick Stockwell (11) All: Mick Stockwell (11)
Highest home attendance	5,317 (Cambridge United)
Lowest home attendance	2,423 (Brentford)
Average home league attendance	3,587
Home colours
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

The 2000–01 season was Colchester United's third consecutive season in the third tier of English football.

Season Review

After scoring 14 goals in the previous season, it seemed unlikely that Colchester were going to hold on to Lomana LuaLua for long, and a stunning hat-trick at QPR turned a 1-0 first leg defeat into a 4-3 aggregate win. The virtuoso performance by the youngster from Kinshasa persuaded Newcastle boss Bobby Robson to part with a staggering £2.25m in September 2000. It was a fantastic deal for Colchester and secured the medium term future of the club.

The FA Cup dream ended, as usual, at the hands of non-League opposition. Yeovil hammered United 5-1, securing ample revenge for the 7-1 replay win United had inflicted at Huish Park in 1958.

In the league, Steve Whitton steered his troops to six points clear of relegation.^[2]

Squad

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 Simon Brown 2 DF Joe Dunne 3 DF Joe Keith 4 DF Gavin Johnson 5 DF Ross Johnson 6 DF Simon Clark 7 MF Karl Duguid 8 MF David Gregory 9 FW Scott McGleish 10 FW Steve McGavin 13 GK Andy Walker 14 MF Chris Keeble

No. Position Player 15 MF Thomas Pinault 17 DF Andy Arnott 18 MF Aaron Skelton 19 DF Alan White 20 MF Mick Stockwell 21 FW Keith Scott 22 MF Sam Okafor 24 MF Kemal Izzet 26 DF Scott Fitzgerald 27 FW Dean Morgan 29 GK Andy Woodman 30 GK Glenn Williamson

Player Info

No.	Name	Place of Birth	Date of Birth	Previous Club	Date Joined	Fee
1	Simon Brown	Chelmsford	5 December 1976	Tottenham Hotspur	20 July 1999	Free
2	Joe Dunne	Dublin	25 May 1973	Dover Athletic	15 December 1999	Free
3	Joe Keith	London	1 October 1978	West Ham United	24 May 1999	Free
4	Gavin Johnson	Stowmarket	10 October 1970	Dunfermline Athletic	14 November 1999	Free
5	Ross Johnson	Brighton	2 February 1976	Brighton & Hove Albion	14 February 2000	Free
6	Simon Clark	Boston	12 March 1967	Leyton Orient	8 June 2000	Free
7	Karl Duguid	Hitchin	21 March 1978	Youth Team	16 July 1995	Free
8	David Gregory	Polstead	23 January 1970	Peterborough United	7 December 1995	Free
9	Scott McGleish	Barnet	10 February 1974	Barnet	12 January 2001	£15,000
10	Steve McGavin	North Walsham	24 January 1969	Northampton Town	1 October 1999	Free
13	Andy Walker	Sidcup	9 June 1981	Youth Team	1 August 1998	Free
14	Chris Keeble	Colchester	17 September 1978	Ipswich Town	23 March 2000	Free
15	Thomas Pinault	Grasse	4 December 1981	AS Cannes	1 July 1999	Free
17	Andy Arnott	Chatham	18 October 1973	Brighton & Hove Albion	1 November 1999	Free
18	Aaron Skelton	Welwyn Garden City	22 November 1974	Luton Town	3 July 1997	Free
19	Alan White	Darlington	22 March 1976	Luton Town	16 July 2000	Free
20	Mick Stockwell	Chelmsford	14 February 1965	Ipswich Town	23 July 2000	Free
21	Keith Scott	Westminster	9 June 1967	Reading	19 March 2001	Free
22	Sam Okafor	Nigeria	17 March 1982	Youth Team	1 August 1998	Free
24	Kemal Izzet	Whitechapel	29 September 1980	Charlton Athletic	13 April 2001	Free
26	Scott Fitzgerald	Westminster	13 August 1969	Millwall	19 October 2000	Free
27	Dean Morgan	Edmonton	3 October 1983	Youth Team	1 August 2000	Free
29	Andy Woodman	Camberwell	11 August 1971	Brentford	1 January 2001	Free
30	Glenn Williamson	Enfield	22 December 1982	Youth Team	1 August 1999	Free

Transfers

Transfers In

Date	Pos.	Player Name	Previous Club	League	Transfer Fee	Notes
8 June 2000	DF	Simon Clark	Leyton Orient	Football League Division Three	Free
16 July 2000	DF	Alan White	Luton Town	Football League Division Two	Free
23 July 2000	MF	Mick Stockwell	Ipswich Town	Premier League	Free
1 August 2000	FW	Dean Morgan	Youth Team	N/A	Free
18 August 2000	DF	Adam Tanner	Peterborough United	Football League Division Two	Free
19 October 2000	DF	Scott Fitzgerald	Millwall	Football League Division Two	Free
1 January 2001	GK	Andy Woodman	Brentford	Football League Division Two	Free
12 January 2001	FW	Scott McGleish	Barnet	Football League Division Three	£15,000
19 March 2001	FW	Keith Scott	Reading	Football League Division Two	Free
13 April 2001	MF	Kemal Izzet	Charlton Athletic	Premier League	Free

Transfers Out

Date	Pos.	Player Name	New Club	League	Transfer Fee	Notes
31 May 2000	DF	Craig Farley	Chesham United	Southern Football League Premier Division	Free
7 July 2000	DF	David Greene	Cardiff City	Football League Division Three	Free
1 August 2000	FW	Jamie Moralee	Barry Town	Welsh Premier League	Free
19 September 2000	FW	Lomana LuaLua	Newcastle United	Premier League	£2,250,000
7 December 2000	FW	KK Opara	Leyton Orient	Football League Division Three	Free
26 December 2000	MF	Jason Dozzell	Canvey Island	Isthmian League Premier Division	Free
23 January 2001	DF	Adam Tanner	Canvey Island	Isthmian League Premier Division	Free
16 February 2001	DF	Jack Wignall	Dagenham & Redbridge	Conference National	Free
23 March 2001	FW	Tony Lock	Dagenham & Redbridge	Conference National	Free

Loans In

Date	Pos.	Player Name	Parent Club	League	Date Returned	Notes
6 October 2000	FW	Mark Nicholls	Chelsea	Premier League	6 November 2000
12 October 2000	FW	Keith Scott	Reading	Football League Division Two	12 November 2000
8 November 2000	FW	Barry Conlon	York City	Football League Division Three	8 May 2001
10 November 2000	GK	Andy Woodman	Brentford	Football League Division Two	31 December 2000
22 March 2001	MF	Kemal Izzet	Charlton Athletic	Premier League	12 April 2001

Results

Division Two Results Summary

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
16	Bury	46	16	10	20	45	59	-14	58
17	Colchester United	46	15	12	19	55	49	-4	57
18	Northampton Town	46	15	12	19	46	59	-13	57

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Division Two Results

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
12/08/2000	Swindon Town	A	0-0	7,296
18/08/2000	Rotherham United	H	0-1	3,807
26/08/2000	Swansea City	A	2-0	6,247	LuaLua (2)
29/08/2000	Oldham Athletic	H	1-1	3,675	Duguid
02/09/2000	Bournemouth	H	3-1	3,459	Skelton (2), Stockwell
09/09/2000	Wigan Athletic	A	1-3	5,782	Duguid
12/09/2000	Bury	A	0-0	2,557
16/09/2000	Wrexham	H	1-1	3,724	Lock
23/09/2000	Bristol City	A	1-1	7,411	Lock
30/09/2000	Stoke City	H	0-1	3,758
06/10/2000	Walsall	H	0-2	3,428
14/10/2000	Port Vale	A	1-3	3,192	Scott
17/10/2000	Brentford	A	0-1	3,595
21/10/2000	Cambridge United	H	2-0	3,761	McGavin (2)
24/10/2000	Bristol Rovers	H	2-1	2,951	Gregory, Duguid
28/10/2000	Peterborough United	A	1-3	5,469	Duguid
04/11/2000	Northampton Town	H	0-2	3,352
11/11/2000	Reading	A	1-0	11,549	G. Johnson
25/11/2000	Wycombe Wanderers	H	0-0	3,646
02/12/2000	Notts County	H	2-0	3,280	Keeble, Conlon
16/12/2000	Luton Town	A	3-0	4,791	Conlon, Gregory, Pinault
22/12/2000	Oxford United	H	3-2	3,695	Conlon, Stockwell (2)
26/12/2000	Millwall	A	1-6	11,156	Ryan (o.g.)
13/01/2001	Oldham Athletic	A	1-1	4,076	Stockwell
27/01/2001	Oxford United	A	1-0	5,064	Dunne
03/02/2001	Bournemouth	A	2-2	4,407	McGleish, Stockwell
06/02/2001	Millwall	H	0-1	4,523
10/02/2001	Wigan Athletic	H	0-2	3,275
17/02/2001	Wrexham	A	0-1	2,492
20/02/2001	Bury	H	1-1	2,755	Skelton (pen.)
24/02/2001	Bristol City	H	4-0	3,430	Gregory, Keith, Stockwell, Conlon
27/02/2001	Rotherham United	A	2-3	5,864	G. Johnson, Keith
03/03/2001	Stoke City	A	1-3	11,714	Skelton (pen.)
07/03/2001	Port Vale	H	0-1	2,579
10/03/2001	Walsall	A	1-0	4,533	Conlon
16/03/2001	Brentford	H	3-1	2,423	Keith, Stockwell, Duguid
20/03/2001	Swindon Town	H	0-1	2,736
31/03/2001	Luton Town	H	3-1	4,271	Stockwell (2), Skelton (pen.)
03/04/2001	Swansea City	H	3-0	2,886	Conlon (2), McGleish
14/04/2001	Bristol Rovers	A	0-2	6,551
17/04/2001	Peterborough United	H	2-2	4,336	Stockwell, Izzet
21/04/2001	Northampton Town	A	0-2	5,012
28/04/2001	Reading	H	2-1	5,010	Conlon, Skelton (pen.)
01/05/2001	Cambridge United	A	1-2	5,317	McGleish
03/05/2001	Notts County	A	2-2	2,860	Stockwell, McGleish
05/05/2001	Wycombe Wanderers	A	1-1	7,516	McGleish

Source: 2000-01 Season Colchester United Results - coludata.co.uk

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
23/08/2000	R1 (L1)	QPR	H	0-1	3,916
06/09/2000	R1 (L2)	QPR	A	4-1	4,042	LuaLua (3), McGavin
19/09/2000	R2 (L1)	Sheffield United	A	0-3	3,531
27/09/2000	R2 (L2)	Sheffield United	H	0-1	1,981

Source: 2000-01 Season Colchester United Results - coludata.co.uk

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
18/11/2000	R1	Yeovil Town	A	1-5	4,552	Duguid

Source: 2000-01 Season Colchester United Results - coludata.co.uk

League Trophy

Southern Section

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
05/12/2000	R1 (S)	Cambridge United	A	0-2	1,555

Source: 2000-01 Season Colchester United Results - coludata.co.uk

Squad statistics

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No.	Nat.	Pos.	Name	Total		Division Two		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Simon Brown	23	0	18	0	1	0	4	0	0	0
2	DF		Joe Dunne	39	1	34	1	1	0	3	0	1	0
3	DF		Joe Keith	30	3	27	3	0	0	3	0	0	0
4	DF		Gavin Johnson	42	2	37	2	1	0	4	0	0	0
5	DF		Ross Johnson	18	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF		Simon Clark	39	0	34	0	1	0	4	0	0	0
7	MF		Karl Duguid	45	6	40	5	1	1	3	0	1	0
8	MF		David Gregory	31	3	28	3	1	0	1	0	1	0
9	FW		Scott McGleish	21	5	21	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW		Steve McGavin	46	3	41	2	1	0	3	1	1	0
13	GK		Andy Walker	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF		Chris Keeble	20	1	17	1	0	0	2	0	1	0
15	MF		Thomas Pinault	5	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF		Andy Arnott	5	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
18	MF		Aaron Skelton	49	6	44	6	1	0	3	0	1	0
19	DF		Alan White	37	0	32	0	1	0	4	0	0	0
20	MF		Mick Stockwell	52	11	46	11	1	0	4	0	1	0
22	MF		Sam Okafor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF		Kemal Izzet	6	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF		Scott Fitzgerald	32	0	30	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
27	FW		Dean Morgan	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	FW		Barry Conlon	28	8	26	8	1	0	0	0	1	0
29	GK		Andy Woodman	29	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
30	GK		Glenn Williamson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who appeared for Colchester who left during the season
9	FW		Lomana LuaLua	9	5	7	2	0	0	2	3	0	0
11	MF		Jason Dozzell	28	0	22	0	1	0	4	0	1	0
12	FW		KK Opara	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
17	FW		Tony Lock	17	2	14	2	1	0	2	0	0	0
21	DF		Adam Tanner	6	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
21	FW		Keith Scott	9	1	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	FW		Mark Nicholls	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Scorers

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All Scorer Goals Mick Stockwell 11 Barry Conlon 8 Karl Duguid 6 Aaron Skelton Lomana LuaLua 5 Scott McGleish David Gregory 3 Joe Keith Steve McGavin Gavin Johnson 2 Tony Lock Joe Dunne 1 Kemal Izzet Chris Keeble Thomas Pinault Keith Scott Own goal 1

League Scorer Goals Mick Stockwell 11 Barry Conlon 8 Aaron Skelton 6 Karl Duguid 5 Scott McGleish David Gregory 3 Joe Keith Gavin Johnson 2 Tony Lock Lomana LuaLua Steve McGavin Joe Dunne 1 Kemal Izzet Chris Keeble Thomas Pinault Keith Scott Own goal 1

FA Cup Scorer Goals Karl Duguid 1

League Cup Scorer Goals Lomana LuaLua 3 Steve McGavin 1

League Trophy Scorer Goals

Most Frequent Starting XI

This section shows players in a 5-4-1 formation with the most league starts during the season.

No. Pos. Name Apps. Goals 29 GK Andy Woodman 28 0 6 DF Simon Clark 33 0 19 DF Alan White 29 0 26 DF Scott Fitzgerald 30 0 2 DF Joe Dunne 31 1 4 DF Gavin Johnson 33 2 7 MF Karl Duguid 34 5 18 MF Aaron Skelton 43 6 8 MF David Gregory 27 3 20 MF Mick Stockwell 46 11 28 FW Barry Conlon 23 8

Woodman Clark White Fitzgerald Dunne G.Johnson Duguid Gregory Skelton Stockwell Conlon

References

1. Whitehead, Jeff; Drury, Kevin (2008). The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 279. ISBN 978-1-85983-629-3.
2. "The U's History: The 00s". Colchester United F.C. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
3. "2000–01 Season Appearance Data". coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
4. "2000–01 Season Goalscorers Data". coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2011.