2000–01 Stockport County F.C. season

Stockport County

2000–01 season
Chairman	Brendan Elwood
Manager	Andy Kilner
Stadium	Edgeley Park
First Division	19th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	Aaron Wilbraham (12)
Average home league attendance	7,031
Home colours
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During the 2000–01 English football season, Stockport County F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary[]

Stockport started the 2000–01 season poorly and were sitting 23rd in the table with just two wins at the middle of November. However, a run from mid-March resulted in Stockport winning five of their remaining nine league games to again narrowly avoid relegation, finishing 19th overall.

Final league table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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
21	Crystal Palace	46	12	13	21	57	70	−13	49

Results[]

Stockport County's score comes first^[1]

Legend[]

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division[]

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
12 August 2000	Gillingham	A	3–1	9,429	Thomas-Moore (2), Maxwell
19 August 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–1	7,758	Thomas-Moore
26 August 2000	Fulham	A	1–4	11,009	Cooper
28 August 2000	Huddersfield Town	H	0–0	6,137
1 September 2000	Stockport County	A	1–2	7,229	Thomas-Moore
9 September 2000	West Bromwich Albion	H	0–0	6,632
12 September 2000	Norwich City	H	1–3	5,703	Smith
16 September 2000	Preston North End	A	1–1	12,735	Thomas-Moore
23 September 2000	Watford	H	2–3	6,933	Wilbraham, Thomas-Moore
30 September 2000	Wimbledon	A	0–2	6,087
8 October 2000	Portsmouth	H	1–1	6,212	Cooper
14 October 2000	Burnley	A	1–2	16,107	Tod
17 October 2000	Birmingham City	A	0–4	15,579
21 October 2000	Bolton Wanderers	H	4–3	8,266	Tod, Wiss, Thomas-Moore, Wilbraham
24 October 2000	Sheffield United	A	0–1	17,010
28 October 2000	Nottingham Forest	H	1–2	6,021	Edwards (own goal)
4 November 2000	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–2	17,404	Wilbraham
11 November 2000	Queens Park Rangers	H	2–2	6,356	Bergersen, Wilbraham
18 November 2000	Crewe Alexandra	A	2–1	6,099	Tod, Clark
25 November 2000	Crystal Palace	A	2–2	18,819	Wilbraham, Fradin
2 December 2000	Sheffield United	H	0–2	6,460
9 December 2000	Sheffield Wednesday	A	4–2	16,337	Fradin (2), Cooper (2)
16 December 2000	Barnsley	H	2–0	5,383	Wiss, Woodthorpe
22 December 2000	Gillingham	H	2–2	6,095	Wiss, Maxwell
26 December 2000	Grimsby Town	A	1–1	6,654	Matthews
30 December 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2–3	16,667	Nicholson (pen), Wiss
1 January 2001	Fulham	H	2–0	6,100	Wiss, Clark
13 January 2001	Huddersfield Town	A	0–0	10,988
20 January 2001	Grimsby Town	H	1–1	6,165	Wiss
3 February 2001	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–1	7,804	Wilbraham
10 February 2001	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–1	16,385	Cooper
13 February 2001	Preston North End	H	0–1	7,590
20 February 2001	Norwich City	A	0–4	19,768
24 February 2001	Watford	A	2–2	13,647	Wilbraham (2)
3 March 2001	Wimbledon	H	2–2	5,519	Wilbraham, Fradin
6 March 2001	Burnley	H	0–0	7,087
10 March 2001	Portsmouth	A	1–2	12,202	Kuqi
17 March 2001	Birmingham City	H	2–0	7,176	Kuqi (2)
31 March 2001	Barnsley	A	2–0	13,203	Kuqi, Wilbraham
3 April 2001	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–1	12,492	Kuqi
7 April 2001	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2–1	9,666	Harkness (own goal), Carrigan
14 April 2001	Blackburn Rovers	H	0–0	9,705
16 April 2001	Nottingham Forest	A	0–1	23,500
21 April 2001	Crewe Alexandra	H	3–0	7,163	Fradin, Nicholson (pen), Wilbraham
28 April 2001	Queens Park Rangers	A	3–0	10,608	Wilbraham, Fradin, Kuqi (pen)
6 May 2001	Crystal Palace	H	0–1	9,782

FA Cup[]

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 2001	Preston North End	A	1–0	9,975	Fradin
R4	27 January 2001	Crewe Alexandra	A	1–0	7,318	Wiss
R5	17 February 2001	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–4	36,040

League Cup[]

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	22 August 2000	Blackpool	H	0–1	3,014
R1 2nd Leg	5 September 2000	Blackpool	A	2–3 (lost 2–4 on agg)	3,133	Dinning, Thomas-Moore

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 Alan Kelly 2 DF  ENG Sean Connelly 3 DF  ENG Shane Nicholson 4 DF  SWE Fredrik Bryngelsson 5 DF  ENG Mike Flynn 6 DF  ENG Peter Clark 8 FW  FIN Shefki Kuqi 9 FW  SCO Brian Carrigan 10 MF  WAL Leyton Maxwell (on loan from Liverpool) 11 MF  ENG Colin Woodthorpe 12 MF  ENG Ali Gibb 13 GK  WAL Lee Jones 14 MF  FIN Jarkko Wiss 15 MF  FRA Karim Fradin 16 DF  ENG Leo Roget (on loan from Southend United) 17 DF  ENG Simon Grayson (on loan from Blackburn Rovers) 18 FW  ENG Ian Lawson 19 FW  ENG Aaron Wilbraham

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  ENG David Smith 21 MF  SWE Jonas Larsson 23 FW  ENG Alan Bailey 24 DF  ENG Keith Briggs 25 MF  ENG Chris Byrne 26 DF  ENG Glynn Hancock 27 FW  ENG Neil Ross 28 GK  WAL Andy Dibble 29 DF  ENG 30 FW  IRL Jon Daly 31 GK  ENG Sam Turner 32 DF  ENG Robert Clare 33 MF  NOR Kent Bergersen 34 FW  IRL Michael Hennessy 35 MF  WAL Lee Evans 36 FW  ENG Phil Carratt 37 FW  ENG Glynn Hurst

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 1 GK  ENG Carlo Nash (to Manchester City) 7 MF  ENG Kevin Cooper (to Wimbledon) 8 FW  ENG Ian Thomas-Moore (to Burnley) 16 DF  IRL Jim Gannon (to Crewe Alexandra) 17 MF  ENG Tony Dinning (to Wolverhampton Wanderers)

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF  SCO Andy Tod (on loan from Dunfermline Athletic) 22 MF  ENG Rob Matthews (to Hull City) 36 DF  ENG Kevin Gray (on loan from Huddersfield Town) 37 MF  SCO Grant Brebner (on loan from Hibernian)

Reserve squad[]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ENG Fraser McLachlan

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