2000–01 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season

Oldham Athletic

2000–01 season
Chairman	David Brierley
Manager	Andy Ritchie
Stadium	Boundary Park
Second Division	15th
FA Cup	Second round
League Cup	Second round
LDV Vans Trophy	First round (Northern Area)
Top goalscorer	League: Duxbury (8) All: Duxbury (10)
Highest home attendance	9,359 vs. Stoke City
Lowest home attendance	2,551 vs. Wigan Athletic
Average home league attendance	4,972
← 1999–2000  →

These are the details of the 2000–01 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season, who competed in the Football League Second Division.

Season summary[]

Hopes were high for the Latics at the start of the 2000–01 season after a 4–1 opening day win at home to newly relegated Port Vale, but a run of 11 games without a win saw the club slump to second bottom in the league, making relegation look a real possibility. The signings of veteran winger David Eyres and midfielder Tony Carss gave the side added impetus and the Latics recovered well to again finish comfortably mid-table.^{[citation needed]}

Final league table[]

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GD		Pts
1	Millwall	46		17	2	4	49	11		11	7	5	40	27		89	38	+51		93
2	Rotherham United	46		16	4	3	50	26		11	6	6	29	29		79	55	+24		91
3	Reading	46		15	5	3	58	26		10	6	7	28	26		86	52	+34		86
4	Walsall	46		15	5	3	51	23		8	7	8	28	27		79	50	+29		81
5	Stoke City	46		12	6	5	39	21		9	8	6	35	28		74	49	+25		77
6	Wigan Athletic	46		12	9	2	29	18		7	9	7	24	24		53	42	+11		75
7	Bournemouth	46		11	6	6	37	23		9	7	7	42	32		79	55	+24		73
8	Notts County	46		10	6	7	37	33		9	6	8	25	33		62	66	–4		69
9	Bristol City	46		11	6	6	47	29		7	8	8	23	27		70	56	+14		68
10	Wrexham	46		10	6	7	33	28		7	6	10	32	43		65	71	–6		63
11	Port Vale	46		9	8	6	35	22		7	6	10	20	27		55	49	+6		62
12	Peterborough United	46		12	6	5	38	27		3	8	12	23	39		61	66	–5		59
13	Wycombe Wanderers	46		8	7	8	24	23		7	7	9	22	30		46	53	–7		59
14	Brentford	46		9	10	4	34	30		5	7	11	22	40		56	70	–14		59
15	Oldham Athletic	46		11	5	7	35	26		4	8	11	18	39		53	65	–12		58
16	Bury	46		10	6	7	25	22		6	4	13	20	37		45	59	–14		58
17	Colchester United	46		10	5	8	32	23		5	7	11	23	36		55	59	–4		57
18	Northampton Town	46		9	6	8	26	28		6	6	11	20	31		46	59	–13		57
19	Cambridge United	46		8	6	9	32	31		6	5	12	29	46		61	77	–16		53
20	Swindon Town	46		6	8	9	30	35		7	5	11	17	30		47	65	–18		52
21	Bristol Rovers	46		6	10	7	28	26		6	5	12	25	31		53	57	–4		51
22	Luton Town	46		5	6	12	24	35		4	7	12	28	45		52	80	–28		40
23	Swansea City	46		5	9	9	26	24		3	4	16	21	49		47	73	–26		37
24	Oxford United	46		5	4	14	23	34		2	2	19	30	66		53	100	–47		27

• Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
• NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted through play-offs
	Relegated

Results[]

Oldham Athletic's score comes first^[1]

Legend[]

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Second Division[]

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
12 August 2000	Port Vale	H	4–1	5,639	Adams, Allott, Corazzin, Garnett
19 August 2000	Walsall	A	2–3	5,952	Adams, Duxbury
26 August 2000	Peterborough United	H	1–4	4,967	Tipton
29 August 2000	Colchester United	A	1–1	3,675	Holt
2 September 2000	Notts County	H	0–1	4,424
9 September 2000	Wrexham	A	1–3	3,527	Corazzin
12 September 2000	Reading	A	0–5	7,768
16 September 2000	Bristol City	H	0–0	4,095
23 September 2000	Bournemouth	A	1–1	3,976	Allott
30 September 2000	Cambridge United	H	1–3	3,888	Holt
8 October 2000	Rotherham United	A	0–3	3,774
14 October 2000	Swindon Town	H	1–0	4,009	Dudley
17 October 2000	Wycombe Wanderers	H	2–0	3,496	Dudley (2)
21 October 2000	Northampton Town	A	1–2	5,677	Dudley
28 October 2000	Bristol Rovers	A	2–0	6,110	Allott, Duxbury
4 November 2000	Swansea City	H	1–1	4,282	Jones
11 November 2000	Stoke City	A	1–0	12,503	Duxbury
25 November 2000	Millwall	H	0–1	4,779
2 December 2000	Oxford United	H	3–2	3,986	Corazzin, Eyres, Jones
16 December 2000	Bury	A	1–1	4,976	Boshell
23 December 2000	Brentford	A	1–1	5,317	Allott
26 December 2000	Wigan Athletic	H	2–1	7,750	Duxbury, Allott
30 December 2000	Walsall	H	0–0	5,267
1 January 2001	Peterborough United	A	0–0	5,039
6 January 2001	Port Vale	A	0–0	4,313
13 January 2001	Colchester United	H	1–1	4,076	Tipton
20 January 2001	Wigan Athletic	A	1–3	8,274	Sheridan
23 January 2001	Luton Town	H	2–0	3,011	Rickers, Sheridan
27 January 2001	Brentford	H	3–0	4,964	Eyres, Allott (2)
3 February 2001	Notts County	A	0–1	5,212
10 February 2001	Wrexham	H	5–1	4,703	Corazzin (4 – 1 pen), Rickers
20 February 2001	Reading	H	0–2	4,160
24 February 2001	Bournemouth	H	2–1	4,845	Sheridan (pen), Tipton
3 March 2001	Cambridge United	A	0–2	3,762
6 March 2001	Swindon Town	A	0–3	4,168
10 March 2001	Rotherham United	H	2–3	5,993	Duxbury (2)
17 March 2001	Wycombe Wanderers	A	1–2	5,847	Tipton
23 March 2001	Northampton Town	H	2–1	4,001	Duxbury (2)
27 March 2001	Bristol City	A	2–2	9,568	Carss, Sheridan (pen)
31 March 2001	Bury	H	1–1	5,787	Tipton
7 April 2001	Oxford United	A	1–0	4,217	Eyres
14 April 2001	Luton Town	A	0–0	4,886
16 April 2001	Bristol Rovers	H	1–0	6,883	Carss
21 April 2001	Swansea City	A	2–1	3,261	Parkin (2)
28 April 2001	Stoke City	H	1–2	9,359	Parkin
5 May 2001	Millwall	A	0–5	18,510

FA Cup[]

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	18 November 2000	Hednesford Town	A	4–2	2,053	Duxbury, Dudley, Corazzin, Tipton
R2	10 December 2000	Peterborough United	A	1–1	5,662	Dudley
R2R	19 December 2000	Peterborough United	H	0–1	3,404

League Cup[]

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	22 August 2000	Huddersfield Town	H	1–0	4,255	Corazzin
R1 2nd Leg	5 September 2000	Huddersfield Town	A	2–0 (won 3–0 on agg)	4,979	Rickers (2)
R2 1st Leg	19 September 2000	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–3	3,213	Boshell
R2 2nd Leg	27 September 2000	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–5 (lost 2–8 on agg)	4,773	Duxbury

Football League Trophy[]

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
Northern R1	9 January 2001	Wigan Athletic	H	2–3 (a.e.t.)	2,551	Salt, Tipton (pen)

Players[]

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. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  IRL Gary Kelly[notes 1] 2 DF  SCO Scott McNiven[notes 2] 3 DF  ENG Andy Holt 4 DF  ENG Shaun Garnett 6 MF  ENG Lee Duxbury 7 MF  ENG Paul Rickers 8 MF  IRL John Sheridan[notes 3] 9 FW  WAL Matthew Tipton 10 FW  ENG Sam Parkin (on loan from Chelsea) 11 MF  SCO Mark Innes 12 FW  ENG Mark Allott 13 GK  NIR David Miskelly 14 MF  ENG Phil Salt 15 MF  ENG Danny Walsh

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 FW  ENG Ryan Sudgen 17 FW  ENG Craig Dudley 18 MF  ENG Danny Boshell 19 FW  CAN Carlo Corazzin 20 MF  ENG Mark Hotte 21 DF  IRL Barry Prenderville 22 FW  ENG Neville Roach 23 FW  ENG Andy Ritchie (player-manager) 24 MF  ENG Neil Adams 25 GK  ENG Jamie Campbell 27 DF  ENG Ben Futcher 28 MF  ENG David Eyres 29 DF  ENG Paul Jones 31 MF  ENG Tony Carss

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 36 FW  ENG Paul Beavers (to Darlington) 26 DF  ENG Richard Graham (retired) 5 DF  ENG Stuart Thom (to Scunthorpe United) 22 MF  ENG Chris Lightfoot (on loan from Crewe Alexandra)

No. Pos. Nation Player 30 MF  ENG Paul Smith (on loan from Burnley) 26 DF  CAN Mark Watson (released) 28 DF  ENG Jordan Tait (to Darlington) 10 FW  ENG Steve Whitehall (to Chester City)

References[]

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