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 v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

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	Zhang
20 February 2001	Bolton Wanderers	A	2–2	24,249	Groves, Zhang
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	Zhang
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
Third round	6 January 2001	Wycombe Wanderers	A	1–1	5,390	Nielsen
Third round replay	16 January 2001	Wycombe Wanderers	H	1–3	3,269	Jeffrey

League Cup[]

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
First round first leg	22 August 2000	Carlisle United	H	2–0	1,914	Coldicott, Allen
First round second leg	5 September 2000	Carlisle United	A	1–1 (won 4–2 on agg)	2,228	Allen
Second round first Leg	26 September 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3–2	2,396	Gallimore, Rowan, Allen
Second round second Leg	2 October 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–2 (lost 3–4 on agg)	8,058

Squad[]

^[5] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ENG Danny Coyne 2 DF  ENG John McDermott 3 DF  ENG Tony Gallimore 4 DF  SCO Peter Handyside 5 DF  ENG Richard Smith 6 MF  ENG Wayne Burnett 7 MF  ENG Kevin Donovan 8 MF  ENG David Smith 9 FW  ENG Mike Jeffrey 10 MF  SCO Stuart Campbell (on loan from Leicester City) 11 MF  ENG Paul Groves 12 DF  ENG Danny Butterfield 13 GK  ENG Steve Croudson 14 FW  ENG Steve Livingstone 15 DF  ENG Paul Raven

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  ENG Stacy Coldicott 17 MF  NIR Kingsley Black 18 MF  ENG Adam Buckley 19 FW  ENG Daryl Clare 20 DF  ENG Matthew Bloomer 21 MF  SCO Neil Murray (on loan from Mainz 05) 22 DF  ENG Ben Chapman 23 FW  ENG Jonathan Rowan 24 MF  ENG Andy Smith 25 FW  ENG Bradley Allen 26 MF  ENG Alan Pouton 27 GK  DEN Morten Hyldgaard (on loan from Coventry City) 28 FW  ENG Luke Cornwall (on loan from Fulham) 29 DF  NED 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. Pos. Nation Player 27 FW  DEN David Nielsen (on loan from F.C. Copenhagen) 28 DF  NOR Knut Anders Fostervold (on loan from Molde FK)

No. Pos. Nation Player 30 DF  CHN Zhang Enhua (on loan from Dalian Wanda)

References[]