2000–01 Stockport County F.C. season

Stockport County

2000–01 season
Chairman	Brendan Elwood
Manager	Andy Kilner
Stadium	Edgeley Park
First Division	19th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	Aaron Wilbraham (12)
Average home league attendance	7,031
Home colours
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During the 2000–01 English football season, Stockport County F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

Stockport started the 2000–01 season poorly and were sitting 23rd in the table with just two wins at the middle of November which piled the pressure on manager Andy Kilner, but a brilliant run from mid-March saw them win five of their remaining nine league games to again narrowly avoid relegation, finishing 19th overall.

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

Stockport County's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

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

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

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

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. Position Player 1 GK Alan Kelly 2 DF Sean Connelly 3 DF Shane Nicholson 4 DF Fredrik Bryngelsson 5 DF Mike Flynn 6 DF Peter Clark 8 FW Shefki Kuqi 9 FW Brian Carrigan 10 MF Leyton Maxwell (on loan from Liverpool) 11 MF Colin Woodthorpe 12 MF Ali Gibb 13 GK Lee Jones 14 MF Jarkko Wiss 15 MF Karim Fradin 16 DF Leo Roget (on loan from Southend United) 17 DF Simon Grayson (on loan from Blackburn Rovers) 18 FW Ian Lawson 19 FW Aaron Wilbraham

No. Position Player 20 MF David Smith 21 MF Jonas Larsson 23 FW Alan Bailey 24 DF Keith Briggs 25 MF Chris Byrne 26 DF Glynn Hancock 27 FW Neil Ross 28 GK Andy Dibble 29 DF Ben Johnson 30 FW Jon Daly 31 GK Sam Turner 32 DF Robert Clare 33 MF Kent Bergersen 34 FW Michael Hennessy 35 MF Lee Evans 36 FW Phil Carratt 37 FW Glynn Hurst

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 1 GK Carlo Nash (to Manchester City) 7 MF Kevin Cooper (to Wimbledon) 8 FW Ian Thomas-Moore (to Burnley) 16 DF Jim Gannon (to Crewe Alexandra) 17 MF Tony Dinning (to Wolverhampton Wanderers)

No. Position Player 17 DF Andy Tod (on loan from Dunfermline Athletic) 22 MF Rob Matthews (to Hull City) 36 DF Kevin Gray (on loan from Huddersfield Town) 37 MF Grant Brebner (on loan from Hibernian)

References

1. http://www.statto.com/football/teams/stockport-county/2000-2001
2. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2000-2001/d1/stockprt.htm