2000–01 Gillingham F.C. season

Former Gillingham captain Andy Hessenthaler was appointed player-manager, having previously served as player-coach and led the club to a satisfying 13th place finish in the Gills' first ever season in Division One.

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

Gillingham's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
12 August 2000	Stockport County	H	1-3	9,429	Butters
19 August 2000	Tranmere Rovers	A	2-3	8,355	Asaba, Southall (pen)
25 August 2000	Portsmouth	H	1-1	8,741	Thomson
28 August 2000	Burnley	A	1-1	15,611	Asaba
2 September 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-0	10,017	Lewis
9 September 2000	Grimsby Town	A	0-1	4,512
13 September 2000	Queens Park Rangers	A	2-2	10,655	Asaba, Hessenthaler
16 September 2000	Huddersfield Town	H	2-1	8,503	Butters, Smith
23 September 2000	Fulham	A	0-3	13,032
30 September 2000	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2-0	9,099	Butters, Thomson
6 October 2000	Bolton Wanderers	H	2-2	9,311	Smith, Onuora
14 October 2000	Wimbledon	A	4-4	9,030	Thomson (2), Saunders, Asaba
17 October 2000	Watford	A	0-0	12,356
21 October 2000	Barnsley	H	0-0	9,030
25 October 2000	Birmingham City	A	0-1	26,044
28 October 2000	Crewe Alexandra	H	0-1	8,347
4 November 2000	Sheffield United	A	2-1	14,028	Smith, Thomson
12 November 2000	Nottingham Forest	H	1-3	9,884	Onuora
18 November 2000	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-3	16,410	King
25 November 2000	Blackburn Rovers	A	2-1	18,061	Hessenthaler, Curtis (own goal)
2 December 2000	Birmingham City	H	1-2	9,247	King
9 December 2000	Norwich City	A	0-1	16,725
16 December 2000	Preston North End	H	4-0	8,198	Asaba (2), Ashby, King
23 December 2000	Stockport County	A	2-2	6,095	Lewis, King
26 December 2000	Crystal Palace	H	4-1	10,518	Asaba (3), Onuora
1 January 2001	Portsmouth	A	0-0	14,526
13 January 2001	Burnley	H	0-0	9,331
20 January 2001	Crystal Palace	A	2-2	18,823	Saunders (2)
3 February 2001	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-1	26,627	King
10 February 2001	Grimsby Town	H	1-0	8,633	King
17 February 2001	Huddersfield Town	A	3-2	10,576	Saunders (2), King
20 February 2001	Queens Park Rangers	H	0-1	10,432
24 February 2001	Fulham	H	0-2	9,931
3 March 2001	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-2	18,702	Asaba
6 March 2001	Wimbledon	H	0-0	8,841
10 March 2001	Bolton Wanderers	A	3-3	13,161	King (2), Southall
20 March 2001	Tranmere Rovers	H	2-1	7,810	King (pen), Onuora
25 March 2001	Barnsley	A	1-3	13,609	King
31 March 2001	Preston North End	A	0-0	13,550
7 April 2001	Norwich City	H	4-3	9,608	Hope, Onuora (3)
14 April 2001	Sheffield United	H	4-1	9,502	Onuora, King (2), Shaw
16 April 2001	Crewe Alexandra	A	1-2	7,051	Hope
21 April 2001	West Bromwich Albion	H	1-2	9,920	Onuora
28 April 2001	Nottingham Forest	A	1-0	20,670	King
1 May 2001	Watford	H	0-3	9,098
6 May 2001	Blackburn Rovers	H	1-1	10,319	King (pen)

FA Cup

Main article: 2000–01 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 2001	Bournemouth	A	3-2	7,403	Hope, Hessenthaler, Shaw
R4	28 January 2001	Chelsea	H	2-4	10,419	Shaw, Onuora

League Cup

Main article: 2000–01 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	22 August 2000	Torquay United	H	2-0	2,743	Asaba, Thomson
R1 2nd Leg	5 September 2000	Torquay United	A	2-3 (won 4-3 on agg)	1,351	Asaba, Aggrey (own goal)
R2 1st Leg	20 September 2000	Manchester City	A	1-1	17,408	Smith
R2 2nd Leg	26 September 2000	Manchester City	H	2-4 (lost 3-5 on agg)	6,520	Thomson (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	Vince Bartram
2	DF	Mark Patterson
3	DF	Roland Edge
4	MF	Paul Smith
5	DF	Barry Ashby
6	DF	Guy Butters
7	MF	Nicky Southall
8	MF	Andy Hessenthaler (player-manager)
10	FW	James Pinnock
11	MF	Ty Gooden
12	MF	Nyron Nosworthy
13	MF	Danny Spiller
14	MF	Marcus Browning
15	MF	Mark Saunders
16	FW	Marlon King

No.	Position	Player
17	DF	Adrian Pennock
18	DF	Chris Hope
19	DF	Ben White
20	DF	Matt Bryant
21	GK	Charlie Mitten
23	DF	Richard Rose
24	MF	Mark Lovell
25	MF	Michael Phillips
26	FW	Kevin James
27	DF	Andrew Crofts
29	FW	Iffy Onuora
30	FW	Paul Shaw
31	FW	Guy Ipoua
32	MF	Andy Sambrook
34	GK	Jason Brown

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
25	MF	Brian McGlinchey (to Plymouth Argyle)
23	DF	Barry Miller (to Doncaster Rovers)
28	FW	Rodney Rowe (to Hull City)
9	FW	Carl Asaba (to Sheffield United)

No.	Position	Player
24	MF	Junior Lewis (to Leicester City)
22	FW	Christian Lee (to Bristol Rovers)
27	FW	Andy Thomson (to Queens Park Rangers)

References

↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/gillingham/2000-2001

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