Bradford City 2000–01 football season
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, that was as good as it got for the club 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
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 the 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.
(R) Relegated
Results summary
Overall
Home
Away
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
38
5
11
22
30
70
−40
26
4
7
8
20
29
−9
1
4
14
10
41
−31
Results by round
Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Ground A H H A H A H A A H H A H A A H H A A H A H A A H A H A H H A H H A H H A A 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
Results [ ]
Bradford City's score comes first [1]
Legend [ ]
FA Premier League [ ]
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
19 August 2000
Liverpool
A
0–1
44,183
22 August 2000
Chelsea
H
2–0
17,872
Windass , Carbone
26 August 2000
Leicester City
H
0–0
16,766
5 September 2000
Manchester United
A
0–6
66,447
9 September 2000
Arsenal
H
1–1
17,160
McCall
16 September 2000
Aston Villa
A
0–2
27,849
23 September 2000
Southampton
H
0–1
16,163
30 September 2000
West Ham United
A
1–1
25,407
Petrescu
14 October 2000
Manchester City
A
0–2
34,229
21 October 2000
Ipswich Town
H
0–2
17,045
29 October 2000
Leeds United
H
1–1
17,364
Collymore
4 November 2000
Charlton Athletic
A
0–2
19,655
11 November 2000
Everton
H
0–1
17,276
18 November 2000
Derby County
A
0–2
31,614
25 November 2000
Middlesbrough
A
2–2
28,526
Windass , Carbone
2 December 2000
Coventry City
H
2–1
15,523
Collymore , Beagrie
9 December 2000
Tottenham Hotspur
H
3–3
17,225
Lawrence , Windass , Carbone
16 December 2000
Newcastle United
A
1–2
50,470
Molenaar
23 December 2000
Chelsea
A
0–3
33,377
26 December 2000
Sunderland
H
1–4
20,370
Blake
1 January 2001
Leicester City
A
2–1
19,278
Jess , Jacobs
13 January 2001
Manchester United
H
0–3
20,551
21 January 2001
Sunderland
A
0–0
47,812
30 January 2001
Arsenal
A
0–2
37,318
3 February 2001
Aston Villa
H
0–3
19,591
10 February 2001
Southampton
A
0–2
14,651
24 February 2001
West Ham United
H
1–2
20,469
Jess
4 March 2001
Ipswich Town
A
1–3
21,820
Carbone
17 March 2001
Manchester City
H
2–2
19,117
Blake , Ward
31 March 2001
Newcastle United
H
2–2
20,160
Wetherall , Blake (pen)
10 April 2001
Tottenham Hotspur
A
1–2
28,306
Jess
13 April 2001
Charlton Athletic
H
2–0
17,511
Blake (pen), Carbone
21 April 2001
Derby County
H
2–0
18,564
Ward (2)
28 April 2001
Everton
A
1–2
34,256
Myers
1 May 2001
Liverpool
H
0–2
22,057
5 May 2001
Middlesbrough
H
1–1
20,921
Jacobs
13 May 2001
Leeds United
A
1–6
38,300
Ward
19 May 2001
Coventry City
A
0–0
20,299
FA Cup [ ]
Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Goalscorers
R3
8 January 2001
Middlesbrough
H
0–1
7,303
League Cup [ ]
Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg
19 September 2000
Darlington
A
1–0
5,392
Whalley
R2 2nd Leg
25 September 2000
Darlington
H
7–2 (won 8–2 on agg)
4,751
Whalley , Windass (2), Carbone (2), Grant , Halle
R3
1 November 2000
Newcastle United
A
3–4
41,847
Nolan , Ward (2)
UEFA Intertoto Cup [ ]
Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg
1 July 2000
FK Atlantas
A
3–1
3,500
Rankin , Windass , Blake (pen)
R2 2nd Leg
9 July 2000
FK Atlantas
H
4–1 (won 7–2 on agg)
10,012
Mills (2), Blake (pen), Grant
R3 1st Leg
16 July 2000
RKC Waalwijk
H
2–0
8,343
Windass (2, 1 pen)
R3 2nd Leg
22 July 2000
RKC Waalwijk
A
1–0 (won 3–0 on agg)
3,700
Mills
SF 1st Leg
26 July 2000
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg
A
0–1
18,500
SF 2nd Leg
2 August 2000
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg
H
0–3
9,572
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.
Left club during season [ ]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Statistics [ ]
Appearances and goals [ ]
No.
Pos
Nat
Player
Total
Premier League
FA Cup
League Cup
Intertoto Cup
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Goalkeepers
1
GK
ENG
Gary Walsh
21
0
19
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
13
GK
ENG
Matt Clarke
21
0
17
0
0
0
1
0
3
0
17
GK
NIR
Aidan Davison
7
0
2
0
0
0
2
0
2+1
0
Defenders
2
DF
NIR
Ian Nolan
27
1
17+4
0
0
0
2
1
4
0
3
DF
ENG
Andy Myers
24
1
15+5
1
0
0
0
0
3+1
0
5
DF
ENG
David Wetherall
23
1
18
1
0
0
2
0
3
0
12
DF
NED
Robert Molenaar
22
1
21
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
18
DF
NOR
Gunnar Halle
17
1
10+3
0
0
0
2
1
2
0
20
DF
ENG
Peter Atherton
33
0
25
0
1
0
3
0
4
0
22
DF
ENG
Wayne Jacobs
26
2
19+2
2
1
0
1+1
0
2
0
23
DF
ENG
Mark Bower
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
Midfielders
4
MF
SCO
Stuart McCall
43
1
36+1
1
1
0
0+1
0
4
0
6
MF
IRL
Gareth Whalley
28
2
17+2
0
0
0
3
2
5+1
0
7
MF
JAM
Jamie Lawrence
21
1
15+2
1
0
0
2
0
0+2
0
11
MF
ENG
Peter Beagrie
21
1
9+10
1
0+1
0
0
0
0+1
0
16
MF
ENG
Lee Sharpe
16
0
6+5
0
0
0
2
0
3
0
19
MF
SCO
Gary Locke
7
0
6+1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
25
MF
ENG
Scott Kerr
3
0
0+1
0
0
0
0+1
0
1
0
27
MF
SCO
Billy McKinlay
12
0
10+1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
29
MF
SCO
Eoin Jess
17
4
17
3
0
1
0
0
0
0
31
MF
RSA
Adam Hardy
1
0
0
0
0
0
0+1
0
0
0
Forwards
8
FW
ENG
Robbie Blake
26
6
14+7
4
1
0
0
0
3+1
2
9
FW
ENG
Ashley Ward
36
6
24+9
4
0
0
2+1
2
0
0
10
FW
ITA
Benito Carbone
34
7
29+2
5
0+1
0
2
2
0
0
21
FW
WAL
Dean Saunders
15
0
4+6
0
1
0
0+1
0
3
0
24
FW
ENG
Gareth Grant
10
2
0+5
0
0
0
1+2
1
0+2
1
Players transferred out during the season
2
DF
ENG
Lee Todd
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
5
MF
ENG
Ashley Westwood
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1+1
0
9
FW
ENG
Lee Mills
5
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
3
14
DF
IRL
Andy O'Brien
23
0
17+1
0
1
0
0
0
4
0
15
FW
ENG
Dean Windass
34
8
22+2
3
1
0
3
2
6
3
19
FW
ENG
Isaiah Rankin
3
1
0+1
0
0
0
0
0
1+1
1
26
DF
ROU
Dan Petrescu
20
1
16+1
1
0+1
0
2
0
0
0
28
FW
ENG
Stan Collymore
8
2
5+2
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
30
MF
SCO
David Hopkin
16
0
8+3
0
0
0
1
0
3+1
0
Starting 11 [ ]
Considering starts in all competitions [2]
Considering a 4–3–3 formation [3]
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: £5,500,000
Transfers out: £5,600,000
Total spending: £100,000
Notes [ ]
^ Nolan was born in Liverpool , England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and made his international debut for Northern Ireland in 1996.
^ Whalley was born in Manchester , England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and has represented them at B level.
^ Lawrence was born in Wandsworth , England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and would make his international debut for Jamaica in February 2001.
^ 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.
^ 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.
References [ ]
External links [ ]
Bradford City A.F.C. seasons
National teams
League competitions
Level 1 Levels 2–4 Level 5 Levels 6–7 Levels 8–9
Isthmian League (Two , Three )
Combined Counties League (level 8 only )
Eastern Counties League (Premier , One )
Essex Senior League (level 8 only )
Hellenic League (Premier , One East , One West )
Kent League (level 8 only )
Midland Alliance (level 8 only )
Midland Football Combination (level 9 only )
North West Counties League (One , Two )
Northern Counties East League (Premier , One )
Northern League (One , Two )
Spartan South Midlands League (Premier , Senior )
Sussex County League (One , Two )
United Counties League (Premier , One )
Wessex League (level 8 only )
West Midlands (Regional) League (level 9 only )
Western League (Premier , One )
Cup competitions
FA cups Football League cups
European competitions