2000–01 Bradford City A.F.C. season

Bradford City
2000–01 season
Chairman Geoffrey Richmond
Manager Chris Hutchings (until 8 November)
Stuart McCall (caretaker 8–20 November)
Jim Jefferies (from 20 November)
Stadium Valley Parade
Premiership 20th (relegated)
FA Cup Third round
League Cup Third round
Intertoto Cup Semi finals
Top goalscorer League: Ward/Blake (4)
All: Windass (8)
Highest home attendance 22,057 vs Liverpool
(1 May 2001, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance 4,751 vs Darlington
(25 Sep 2000, League Cup)
Average home league attendance 18,511
Home colours
Away colours

During the 2000–01 English football season, Bradford City competed in the Premier League. It was their second consecutive season in England's top flight, having retained their Premiership status on the last day of the previous season.

Season summary

The Bantams produced a promising start to the new season with a narrow 1–0 defeat at Anfield to Liverpool followed by a brilliant 2–0 home win over Chelsea in the first two games. However, the promising start was very short-lived and an overall-terrible start to the season saw inexperienced young manager Chris Hutchings dismissed after 12 games at the helm. In came Jim Jefferies as his successor, but Jefferies could do little to alter Bradford's dismal fortunes and they went down in bottom place with just five Premiership wins all season.

Bradford City made their first ever foray into European competition, competing in the UEFA Intertoto Cup. They reached the semi-finals before being knocked out by Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg.

Kit

Bradford City retained the previous season's kit, manufactured by Japanese company ASICS and sponsored by Bradford-based car dealership JCT600.

Final league table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Manchester United (C) 38 24 8 6 79 31 +48 80 2001–02 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Arsenal 38 20 10 8 63 38 +25 70
3 Liverpool 38 20 9 9 71 39 +32 69 2001–02 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round 1
4 Leeds United 38 20 8 10 64 43 +21 68 2001–02 UEFA Cup First round 1
5 Ipswich Town 38 20 6 12 57 42 +15 66
6 Chelsea 38 17 10 11 68 45 +23 61
7 Sunderland 38 15 12 11 46 41 +5 57
8 Aston Villa 38 13 15 10 46 43 +3 54 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
9 Charlton Athletic 38 14 10 14 50 57 7 52
10 Southampton 38 14 10 14 40 48 8 52
11 Newcastle United 38 14 9 15 44 50 6 51 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
12 Tottenham Hotspur 38 13 10 15 47 54 7 49
13 Leicester City 38 14 6 18 39 51 12 48
14 Middlesbrough 38 9 15 14 44 44 0 42
15 West Ham United 38 10 12 16 45 50 5 42
16 Everton 38 11 9 18 45 59 14 42
17 Derby County 38 10 12 16 37 59 22 42
18 Manchester City (R) 38 8 10 20 41 65 24 34 Relegation to 2001–02 Football League First Division
19 Coventry City (R) 38 8 10 20 36 63 27 34
20 Bradford City (R) 38 5 11 22 30 70 40 26

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1Since Liverpool qualified for the Champions League, their place in the UEFA Cup as FA Cup winners went to Ipswich Town, and as Liverpool also won the League Cup that place went to Chelsea.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results Summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
38 5 11 22 30 70 −40 26 4 7 8 20 29 −9 1 4 14 10 41 −31

Source: 2000–01 FA Premier League table

Results by round
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHHAHAHAAHHAHAAHHAAHAHAAHAHAHHAHHAHHAA
Result L W D L D L L D L L D L L L D W D L L L W L D L L L L L D D L W W L L D L D
Position 15 7 9 15 14 18 20 19 19 19 19 19 20 20 20 20 18 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20

Source: 11v11.com: 2000–01 Bradford City results
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results

Bradford City's score comes first[1]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

FA Premier League

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
19 August 2000 LiverpoolA0-144,183
22 August 2000 ChelseaH2-017,872Windass, Carbone
26 August 2000 Leicester CityH0-016,766
5 September 2000 Manchester UnitedA0-666,447
9 September 2000 ArsenalH1-117,160McCall
16 September 2000 Aston VillaA0-227,849
23 September 2000 SouthamptonH0-116,163
30 September 2000 West Ham UnitedA1-125,407Petrescu
14 October 2000 Manchester CityA0-234,229
21 October 2000 Ipswich TownH0-217,045
29 October 2000 Leeds UnitedH1-117,364Collymore
4 November 2000 Charlton AthleticA0-219,655
11 November 2000 EvertonH0-117,276
18 November 2000 Derby CountyA0-231,614
25 November 2000 MiddlesbroughA2-228,526Windass, Carbone
2 December 2000 Coventry CityH2-115,523Collymore, Beagrie
9 December 2000 Tottenham HotspurH3-317,225Lawrence, Windass, Carbone
16 December 2000 Newcastle UnitedA1-250,470Molenaar
23 December 2000 ChelseaA0-333,377
26 December 2000 SunderlandH1-420,370Blake
1 January 2001 Leicester CityA2-119,278Jess, Jacobs
13 January 2001 Manchester UnitedH0-320,551
21 January 2001 SunderlandA0-047,812
30 January 2001 ArsenalA0-237,318
3 February 2001 Aston VillaH0-319,591
10 February 2001 SouthamptonA0-214,651
24 February 2001 West Ham UnitedH1-220,469Jess
4 March 2001 Ipswich TownA1-321,820Carbone
17 March 2001 Manchester CityH2-219,117Blake, Ward
31 March 2001 Newcastle UnitedH2-220,160Wetherall, Blake (pen)
10 April 2001 Tottenham HotspurA1-228,306Jess
13 April 2001 Charlton AthleticH2-017,511Blake (pen), Carbone
21 April 2001 Derby CountyH2-018,564Ward (2)
28 April 2001 EvertonA1-234,256Myers
1 May 2001 LiverpoolH0-222,057
5 May 2001 MiddlesbroughH1-120,921Jacobs
13 May 2001 Leeds UnitedA1-638,300Ward
19 May 2001 Coventry CityA0-020,299

FA Cup

Main article: 2000–01 FA Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R38 January 2001 MiddlesbroughH0-17,303

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R2 1st Leg 19 September 2000 DarlingtonA1-05,392Whalley
R2 2nd Leg 25 September 2000 DarlingtonH7-2 (won 8-2 on agg)4,751Whalley, Windass (2), Carbone (2), Grant, Halle
R31 November 2000 Newcastle UnitedA3-441,847Nolan, Ward (2)

UEFA Intertoto Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R2 1st Leg1 July 2000 FK AtlantasA3-13,500Rankin, Windass, Blake (pen)
R2 2nd Leg9 July 2000 FK AtlantasH4-1 (won 7-2 on agg)10,012Mills (2), Blake (pen), Grant
R3 1st Leg16 July 2000 RKC WaalwijkH2-08,343Windass (2, 1 pen)
R3 2nd Leg22 July 2000 RKC WaalwijkA1-0 (won 3-0 on agg)3,700Mills
SF 1st Leg26 July 2000 FC Zenit Saint PetersburgA0-118,500
SF 2nd Leg2 August 2000 FC Zenit Saint PetersburgH0-39,572

First-team squad

Squad at end of 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 England GK Gary Walsh
2 Northern Ireland DF Ian Nolan[2]
3 England DF Andy Myers
4 Scotland MF Stuart McCall
5 England DF David Wetherall
6 Republic of Ireland MF Gareth Whalley[3]
7 Jamaica MF Jamie Lawrence[4]
8 England FW Robbie Blake
9 England FW Ashley Ward
10 Italy FW Benito Carbone
11 England MF Peter Beagrie
12 Netherlands DF Robert Molenaar
13 England GK Matt Clarke
16 England MF Lee Sharpe
17 Northern Ireland GK Aidan Davison[5]
18 Norway DF Gunnar Halle
No. Position Player
19 Scotland DF Gary Locke
20 England DF Peter Atherton
21 Wales FW Dean Saunders
22 England DF Wayne Jacobs
23 England DF Mark Bower
24 England FW Gareth Grant
25 England MF Scott Kerr
27 Scotland MF Billy McKinlay
29 Scotland MF Eoin Jess (on loan from Aberdeen)
31 South Africa MF Adam Hardy
32 England GK Jon Worsnop
33 England FW Ben Jones
34 England DF Lewis Emanuel
35 England MF Andy Lee
36 England MF Craig Fishlock

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
12 England DF Ashley Westwood (to Sheffield Wednesday)
14 Republic of Ireland DF Andy O'Brien[6] (to Newcastle United)
15 England MF Dean Windass (to Middlesbrough)
19 England FW Isaiah Rankin (to Barnsley)
No. Position Player
26 Romania MF Dan Petrescu (to Southampton)
28 England FW Stan Collymore (to Real Oviedo)
30 Scotland MF David Hopkin (to Crystal Palace)

Statistics

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions[7]
Considering a 4–3–3 formation[8]
No.
Pos
Nat
Name
MS Notes
13 GK England Matt Clarke 21 Gary Walsh has 21 starts
20 RB England Peter Atherton 33 Dan Petrescu has 18 starts
5 CB England David Wetherall 23 Robert Molenaar has 22 starts
14 CB Republic of Ireland Andy O'Brien 22 Andy Myers has 18 starts
2 LB England Ian Nolan 23 Wayne Jacobs has 23 starts
29 CM Scotland Eoin Jess 18
4 CM Scotland Stuart McCall 41
6 CM Republic of Ireland Gareth Whalley 25
9 RW England Ashley Ward 26 Robbie Blake has 18 starts
10 CF Italy Benito Carbone 31
15 LW England Dean Windass 32

Transfers

In

Date Pos Name From Fee
4 July 2000 DF Ian Nolan Sheffield Wednesday Free transfer
4 July 2000 DF Peter Atherton Sheffield Wednesday Free transfer
7 July 2000 MF David Hopkin Leeds United £2,500,000
30 July 2000 MF Dan Petrescu Chelsea £1,000,000
9 August 2000 FW Benito Carbone Aston Villa Free transfer
18 August 2000 FW Ashley Ward Blackburn Rovers £1,500,000
26 October 2000 FW Stan Collymore Leicester City Free transfer
24 November 2000 MF Billy McKinlay Blackburn Rovers Free transfer
1 December 2000 DF Robert Molenaar Leeds United £500,000
25 January 2001 DF Gary Locke Hearts Free transfer

Out

Date Pos Name To Fee
14 July 2000 DF John Dreyer Cambridge United Free transfer
2 August 2000 DF Lee Todd Rochdale Free transfer
11 August 2000 FW Lee Mills Portsmouth £1,000,000
21 August 2000 DF Stephen Wright Dundee United Nominal
11 September 2000 DF Ashley Westwood Sheffield Wednesday £150,000
12 January 2001 MF Dan Petrescu Southampton Nominal
19 January 2001 FW Isaiah Rankin Barnsley £350,000
30 January 2001 FW Stan Collymore Real Oviedo Free transfer
8 March 2001 FW Dean Windass Middlesbrough £600,000
15 March 2001 MF David Hopkin Crystal Palace £1,500,000
19 March 2001 DF Andy O'Brien Newcastle United £2,000,000
Transfers in: Decrease £5,500,000
Transfers out: Increase £5,600,000
Total spending: Increase £100,000

References

  1. http://www.statto.com/football/teams/bradford-city/2000-2001/results
  2. Nolan was born in Liverpool, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and made his international debut for Northern Ireland in 1996.
  3. Whalley was born in Manchester, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and has represented them at B level.
  4. Lawrence was born in Wandsworth, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and would make his international debut for Jamaica in February 2001.
  5. Davison was born in Sedgefield, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and made his international debut for Northern Ireland in April 1996.
  6. O'Brien was born in Harrogate, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and would make his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 2001.
  7. http://www.11v11.com/teams/bradford-city/tab/players/season/2001
  8. http://www.football-lineups.com/team/Bradford_City/FA_Premier_League_2000-2001/Fixture/

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