2000–01 Grimsby Town F.C. season

Grimsby Town

2000–01 season
Chairman	Doug Everitt
Manager	Alan Buckley (until 22 August) Lennie Lawrence (from 29 August)
Stadium	Blundell Park
Football League First Division	18th
FA Cup	Third round
Worthington Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	Livingstone (7)
Average home league attendance	5,646
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

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

Season summary

The 2000–01 season saw a boardroom change with Doug Everitt taking over from Bill Carr. Everitt dismissed manager Alan Buckley just two games into the season,^[1] replacing him with Lennie Lawrence, who earlier in his managerial career had guided both Charlton Athletic and Middlesbrough into the top flight.^[2] The new manager chop and changed the playing squad around and brought in some expensive loan signings from abroad such as Zhang Enhua, Menno Willems, David Nielsen and Knut Anders Fostervold. Despite this, the club struggled to avoid relegation, only securing their place in Division One on the last day of the season with a win over promoted Fulham.^[3]

Final league table

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

Grimsby Town's score comes first^[4]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
12 August 2000	Preston North End	H	1-2	5,755	Livingstone
19 August 2000	Portsmouth	A	1-1	12,511	Smith
26 August 2000	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0-1	7,755
29 August 2000	Crewe Alexandra	A	0-2	5,305
9 September 2000	Gillingham	H	1-0	4,512	Livingstone
12 September 2000	Bolton Wanderers	H	0-1	3,732
16 September 2000	Burnley	A	1-1	15,413	Butterfield
23 September 2000	Nottingham Forest	H	0-2	6,467
30 September 2000	Barnsley	A	0-2	13,096
14 October 2000	Huddersfield Town	H	1-0	4,911	Allen
17 October 2000	Queens Park Rangers	H	3-1	4,428	Livingstone (2), Nielsen
21 October 2000	Blackburn Rovers	A	0-2	16,397
24 October 2000	Crystal Palace	A	1-0	16,685	Allen
29 October 2000	West Bromwich Albion	H	2-0	5,429	Allen, Nielsen
4 November 2000	Watford	A	0-4	11,600
18 November 2000	Sheffield United	A	2-3	12,861	Livingstone, Nielsen
21 November 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-2	16,088
25 November 2000	Fulham	A	1-2	12,107	Donovan
2 December 2000	Crystal Palace	H	2-2	5,802	Jeffrey, Donovan
9 December 2000	Tranmere Rovers	A	0-2	7,119
13 December 2000	Wimbledon	A	2-2	4,489	Smith, Nielsen
16 December 2000	Norwich City	H	2-0	5,618	Fleming (own goal), Nielsen
23 December 2000	Preston North End	A	2-1	14,667	Willems, Groves
26 December 2000	Stockport County	H	1-1	6,654	Burnett
1 January 2001	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0-1	17,004
13 January 2001	Crewe Alexandra	H	1-3	4,495	Donovan
20 January 2001	Stockport County	A	1-1	6,165	Donovan
27 January 2001	Portsmouth	H	2-1	4,128	Donovan, Livingstone
10 February 2001	Gillingham	A	0-1	8,633
17 February 2001	Burnley	H	1-0	6,044	Enhua
20 February 2001	Bolton Wanderers	A	2-2	24,249	Groves, Enhua
24 February 2001	Nottingham Forest	A	1-3	21,660	Campbell
3 March 2001	Barnsley	H	0-2	5,996
6 March 2001	Huddersfield Town	A	0-0	9,494
10 March 2001	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0-2	4,899
13 March 2001	Wimbledon	H	1-1	4,276	Enhua
17 March 2001	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-0	17,608	Groves
20 March 2001	Birmingham City	H	1-1	4,843	Pouton (pen)
31 March 2001	Norwich City	A	1-2	17,461	Campbell
7 April 2001	Tranmere Rovers	H	3-1	5,816	Cornwall (2), Livingstone
14 April 2001	Watford	H	2-1	6,110	Handyside, Coldicott
16 April 2001	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-0	16,504	Cornwall
21 April 2001	Sheffield United	H	0-1	6,983
24 April 2001	Blackburn Rovers	H	1-4	6,507	Cornwall
28 April 2001	Birmingham City	A	0-1	24,822
6 May 2001	Fulham	H	1-0	8,706	Groves

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 2001	Wycombe Wanderers	A	1-1	5,390	Nielsen
R3R	16 January 2001	Wycombe Wanderers	H	1-3	3,269	Jeffrey

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	22 August 2000	Carlisle United	H	2-0	1,914	Coldicott, Allen
R1 2nd Leg	5 September 2000	Carlisle United	A	1-1 (won 4-2 on agg)	2,228	Allen
R2 1st Leg	26 September 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3-2	2,396	Gallimore, Rowan, Allen
R2 2nd Leg	2 October 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-2 (lost 3-4 on agg)	8,058

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 Danny Coyne 2 DF John McDermott 3 DF Tony Gallimore 4 DF Peter Handyside 5 DF Richard Smith 6 MF Wayne Burnett 7 MF Kevin Donovan 8 MF David Smith 9 FW Mike Jeffrey 10 MF Stuart Campbell (on loan from Leicester City) 11 MF Paul Groves 12 DF Danny Butterfield 13 GK Steve Croudson 14 FW Steve Livingstone 15 DF Paul Raven

No. Position Player 16 MF Stacy Coldicott 17 MF Kingsley Black 18 MF Adam Buckley 19 FW Daryl Clare 20 DF Matthew Bloomer 21 MF Neil Murray (on loan from Mainz 05) 22 DF Ben Chapman 23 FW Jonathan Rowan 24 MF Andy Smith 25 FW Bradley Allen 26 MF Alan Pouton 27 GK Morten Hyldgaard (on loan from Coventry City) 28 FW Luke Cornwall (on loan from Fulham) 29 DF Menno Willems

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 27 FW David Nielsen (on loan from F.C. Copenhagen) 28 DF Knut Anders Fostervold (on loan from Molde FK)

No. Position Player 30 DF Zhang Enhua (on loan from Dalian Wanda)

References

1. "Grimsby sack boss Buckley". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
2. "Lawrence is new boss". BBC Sport. 26 August 2000. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
3. "Gutsy Grimsby stay up". BBC Sport. 6 May 2001. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
4. http://www.statto.com/football/teams/grimsby-town/2000-2001