2000–01 Portsmouth F.C. season

Portsmouth

2000–01 season
Chairman	Milan Mandaric
Manager	Tony Pulis (until 12 October) Steve Claridge (12 October – 25 February) Graham Rix (from 25 February)
Stadium	Fratton Park
Football League First Division	20th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Claridge (11) All: Claridge/Bradbury (11)
Average home league attendance	13,533
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

During the 2000–01 English football season, Portsmouth F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary[]

In October, Tony Pulis was put on gardening leave (and sacked not long afterwards) due to a poor relationship with Mandaric.^[1][2] Veteran player Steve Claridge stepped up to the manager's seat, and some initial success saw talk of promotion to the Premier League, only for a horrific run of defeats to set in after the new year, resulting in Claridge being dismissed as manager (but retained as a player) and being replaced in March 2001 by Chelsea assistant manager Graham Rix. Rix did not prove an entirely popular appointment, as he had been jailed for a sexual offence two years previously,^[3] and the club only survived on the last day of the season when they won their final game and relegated Huddersfield Town at their expense.

Final league table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
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	Relegated

Results[]

Portsmouth's score comes first^[4]

Legend[]

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division[]

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
12 August 2000	Sheffield United	A	0–2	15,816
19 August 2000	Grimsby Town	H	1–1	12,511	Bradbury
25 August 2000	Gillingham	A	1–1	8,741	Moore
28 August 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3–1	14,124	Claridge (3, 1 pen)
2 September 2000	Preston North End	A	0–1	13,343
9 September 2000	Watford	H	1–3	14,012	Quashie
12 September 2000	Tranmere Rovers	H	2–0	9,235	Mills, Bradbury
16 September 2000	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–2	14,113
23 September 2000	West Bromwich Albion	H	0–1	11,937
30 September 2000	Burnley	A	1–1	15,494	Claridge
8 October 2000	Stockport County	A	1–1	6,212	Mills
14 October 2000	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2–1	16,040	Thøgersen, Claridge
17 October 2000	Crewe Alexandra	H	2–1	14,621	Thøgersen, Claridge (pen)
21 October 2000	Crystal Palace	A	3–2	15,693	Claridge, Thøgersen, Panopoulos
24 October 2000	Norwich City	A	0–0	18,772
28 October 2000	Birmingham City	H	1–1	15,218	Bradbury
4 November 2000	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–1	12,038	Bradbury
11 November 2000	Blackburn Rovers	H	2–2	14,141	Quashie, Panopoulos
18 November 2000	Fulham	A	1–3	19,005	Claridge
25 November 2000	Barnsley	A	0–1	12,853
2 December 2000	Norwich City	H	2–0	13,409	Panopoulos, Quashie
9 December 2000	Nottingham Forest	A	0–2	19,284
16 December 2000	Huddersfield Town	H	1–1	12,041	Claridge
23 December 2000	Sheffield United	H	0–0	13,606
26 December 2000	Wimbledon	A	1–1	10,518	Claridge
1 January 2001	Gillingham	H	0–0	14,526
13 January 2001	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–1	20,869	Lescott (own goal)
20 January 2001	Wimbledon	H	2–1	12,488	Bradbury (pen), Quashie
27 January 2001	Grimsby Town	A	1–2	4,128	Bradbury
3 February 2001	Preston North End	H	0–1	13,331
10 February 2001	Watford	A	2–2	16,051	Quashie, Claridge
17 February 2001	Bolton Wanderers	H	1–2	11,377	Panopoulos
24 February 2001	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–2	17,645
3 March 2001	Burnley	H	2–0	12,941	Nightingale, Panopoulos (pen)
7 March 2001	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0–0	20,503
10 March 2001	Stockport County	H	2–1	12,202	Bradbury, Lovell
14 March 2001	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–1	9,872	Harper
17 March 2001	Crewe Alexandra	A	0–1	5,182
31 March 2001	Huddersfield Town	A	1–4	13,199	Mills
7 April 2001	Nottingham Forest	H	0–2	13,018
14 April 2001	Queens Park Rangers	H	1–1	13,426	Bradbury
16 April 2001	Birmingham City	A	0–0	23,304
21 April 2001	Fulham	H	1–1	17,651	Bradbury
29 April 2001	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–3	24,257	Panopoulos
2 May 2001	Crystal Palace	H	2–4	19,013	Mills, Tiler
6 May 2001	Barnsley	H	3–0	13,064	Bradbury, O'Neil, Harper

FA Cup[]

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 2001	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–2	11,058	Bradbury

League Cup[]

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	22 August 2000	Cambridge United	A	0–0	2,904
R1 2nd Leg	5 September 2000	Cambridge United	H	1–0	5,570	Mills
R2 1st Leg	19 September 2000	Blackburn Rovers	A	0–4	10,360
R2 2nd Leg	26 September 2000	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–1 (lost 1–5 on agg)	2,731	Nightingale

Squad[]

[1] 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  AUS Andy Petterson 2 DF  ENG Linvoy Primus 3 DF  ENG Justin Edinburgh 4 MF  ENG Shaun Derry 6 DF  JAM Darren Moore 7 MF  SCO Kevin Harper 8 MF  SVN Mladen Rudonja 9 FW  ENG Steve Claridge 10 FW  ENG Lee Bradbury 11 MF  WAL Ceri Hughes 12 MF  SCO Nigel Quashie 13 GK  ENG Aaron Flahavan 14 MF  ENG Tom Curtis 15 DF  ENG Jamie Vincent 16 DF  DEN Thomas Thøgersen 17 MF  ENG Lee Sharpe (on loan from Bradford City) 18 DF  NIR Dave Waterman 19 FW  ENG Luke Nightingale

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 FW  ENG Rory Allen 21 MF  ENG Gary O'Neil 22 FW  ENG Lee Mills 23 FW  ENG Rowan Vine 24 DF  ENG Scott Hiley 25 DF  ENG Jason Crowe 26 GK  ENG Chris Tardif 27 MF  SCO Garry Brady 28 MF  ENG Rob Wolleaston (on loan from Chelsea) 29 DF  ENG Tom White 30 MF  BRA Stefani Miglioranzi 31 FW  ENG Steve Lovell 32 MF  GRE Michael Panopoulos 35 DF  ENG Lewis Buxton 36 DF  ENG Carl Tiler 37 DF  ENG Shaun Cooper 38 MF  ENG Carl Pettefer 44 GK  ENG Alan Knight

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 23 DF  FRA Bernard Lambourde (on loan from Chelsea) 26 DF  ENG Jason Cundy (Retired) 15 FW  ENG Andy Awford (Retired) 25 MF  FRA Marc Keller (on loan from West Ham United) 27 DF  ENG David Birmingham (to Bournemouth) 39 MF  WAL Adam Holbrook (Released)

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ENG Russell Hoult (to West Bromwich Albion) 5 DF  ENG Adrian Whitbread (to Reading) 29 FW  ENG Guy Whittingham (to Wycombe Wanderers) 33 MF  ENG Joe McNab (Released) 34 MF  ENG Neil McNab (Released)

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