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2000–01 Sheffield United F.C. season

Sheffield United
2000–01 season
ChairmanDerek Dooley
ManagerNeil Warnock
StadiumBramall Lane
First Division10th
FA CupThird round
League CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Kelly (6)
All: Kelly (8)
Bent (8)
Devlin (8)
Average home league attendance17,211

During the 2000–01 English football season, Sheffield United competed in the First Division.

Season summary

Neil Warnock's first full season saw the Blades flirting with the play-off places following pockets of good runs. A victory over rivals Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough was a highlight, but the Blades fell away from the play-off race to finish in 10th position.

Final league table

Main article: 2000–01 Football League § First Division

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
8 Wimbledon 46 17 18 11 71 50 +21 69
9 Watford 46 20 9 17 76 67 +9 69
10 Sheffield United 46 19 11 16 52 49 +3 68
11 Nottingham Forest 46 20 8 18 55 53 +2 68
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 14 13 19 45 48 −3 55
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results

Sheffield United's score comes first[1]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
12 August 2000 Portsmouth H 2–0 15,816 Devlin (pen), Primus (own goal)
19 August 2000 Preston North End A 0–3 13,948
26 August 2000 Tranmere Rovers H 2–0 12,074 Bent (2)
28 August 2000 Watford A 1–4 12,675 Quinn
9 September 2000 Birmingham City A 0–1 21,943
12 September 2000 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 0–0 14,853
15 September 2000 Blackburn Rovers H 2–0 10,816 Kelly, Devlin
23 September 2000 Crystal Palace A 1–0 17,521 Bent
30 September 2000 Queens Park Rangers H 1–1 13,803 Murphy
14 October 2000 Crewe Alexandra H 1–0 12,921 Santos
17 October 2000 Huddersfield Town H 3–0 14,062 Kelly (2), Devlin
21 October 2000 Norwich City A 2–4 15,504 Kelly, Brown
24 October 2000 Stockport County H 1–0 13,542 Murphy
28 October 2000 Wimbledon A 0–0 7,327
4 November 2000 Gillingham H 1–2 14,028 D'Jaffo
11 November 2000 Burnley A 0–2 16,635
18 November 2000 Grimsby Town H 3–2 12,861 Santos, Bent (2)
21 November 2000 Fulham H 1–1 16,041 D'Jaffo
25 November 2000 Bolton Wanderers H 1–0 14,962 Sandford
29 November 2000 Nottingham Forest A 0–2 17,089
2 December 2000 Stockport County A 2–0 6,460 Devlin, Quinn (pen)
9 December 2000 Barnsley A 0–0 16,780
16 December 2000 Sheffield Wednesday H 1–1 25,156 Ford (pen)
23 December 2000 Portsmouth A 0–0 13,606
26 December 2000 West Bromwich Albion H 2–0 22,281 Ford (pen), Kelly
30 December 2000 Preston North End H 3–2 22,316 Ford (pen), Kelly, Thomas
1 January 2001 Tranmere Rovers A 0–1 8,474
13 January 2001 Watford H 0–1 17,551
20 January 2001 West Bromwich Albion A 1–2 16,778 Peschisolido
4 February 2001 Fulham A 1–1 12,480 D'Jaffo
10 February 2001 Birmingham City H 3–1 19,313 Murphy, Devlin (pen), Peschisolido
20 February 2001 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 1–0 20,282 D'Jaffo
24 February 2001 Crystal Palace H 1–0 18,924 Suffo
3 March 2001 Queens Park Rangers A 3–1 11,024 Murphy, Santos (2)
6 March 2001 Crewe Alexandra A 0–1 6,909
10 March 2001 Nottingham Forest H 1–3 25,673 Murphy
17 March 2001 Huddersfield Town A 1–2 13,918 Asaba
1 April 2001 Sheffield Wednesday A 2–1 38,433 D'Jaffo, Asaba
4 April 2001 Blackburn Rovers A 1–1 26,276 Ndlovu
7 April 2001 Barnsley H 1–2 22,811 Asaba
10 April 2001 Norwich City H 1–1 16,072 Roberts (own goal)
14 April 2001 Gillingham A 1–4 9,502 Ndlovu
17 April 2001 Wimbledon H 0–1 14,527
21 April 2001 Grimsby Town A 1–0 6,983 Ndlovu
28 April 2001 Burnley H 2–0 20,013 Ndlovu, Asaba
6 May 2001 Bolton Wanderers A 0–0 14,836

FA Cup

Main article: 2000–01 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 6 January 2001 Southampton A 0–1 14,158

League Cup

Main article: 2000–01 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg 22 August 2000 Lincoln City H 6–1 4,152 Bent (3), Devlin (pen), Kelly, Brown (own goal)
R1 2nd Leg 5 September 2000 Lincoln City A 0–1 (won 6–2 on agg) 1,379
R2 1st Leg 19 September 2000 Colchester United H 3–0 3,531 Devlin, Clark (own goal), Kelly
R2 2nd Leg 27 September 2000 Colchester United A 1–0 (won 4–0 on agg) 1,981 Devlin
R3 1 November 2000 Sheffield Wednesday A 1–2 (a.e.t.) 32,283 Brown

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 England ENG Simon Tracey
2 DF England ENG Rob Kozluk
4 DF England ENG Lee Sandford
5 DF Australia AUS Shaun Murphy
6 DF England ENG Keith Curle
7 MF England ENG Michael Brown
8 FW Zimbabwe ZIM Peter Ndlovu
9 FW Wales WAL James Thomas (on loan from Blackburn Rovers)
10 MF England ENG Paul Devlin[notes 1]
11 MF England ENG Bobby Ford
12 FW France FRA Laurent D'Jaffo[notes 2]
13 GK Australia AUS Frank Talia
14 MF France FRA Georges Santos[notes 3]
15 DF England ENG Andy Woodward
17 FW England ENG Carl Asaba
18 DF Belgium BEL Davy Gysbrechts
19 FW Cameroon CMR Patrick Suffo
20 MF Portugal POR Bruno Ribeiro
21 DF England ENG Phil Jagielka
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 FW Republic of Ireland IRL David Kelly[notes 4]
23 DF Scotland SCO Andy Morrison (on loan from Manchester City)
24 DF Suriname SUR Gus Uhlenbeek
25 DF England ENG Ben Doane
26 FW Northern Ireland NIR Andy Smith
27 MF England ENG Adam Burley
28 DF England ENG Rob Ullathorne
30 MF England ENG Darren Bullock (on loan from Bury)
31 DF France FRA Jean-Manuel Thetis
32 MF England ENG Michael Tonge
33 MF England ENG Ian Hamilton
35 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Colin Cryan
36 MF England ENG Nick Montgomery[notes 5]
37 DF Republic of Ireland IRL John Hayden
38 FW England ENG Mark Ward
39 MF England ENG Michael Anderson
41 FW England ENG Tyrone Thompson
43 MF Cameroon CMR Kingsley Mbome
45 GK England ENG Kevin Blackwell

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
3 DF England ENG Wayne Quinn (to Newcastle United)
8 MF England ENG Curtis Woodhouse (to Birmingham City)
9 FW England ENG Marcus Bent (to Blackburn Rovers)
13 GK England ENG Matt Duke (to Burton Albion)
16 FW Canada CAN Paul Peschisolido (on loan from Fulham)
No. Pos. Nation Player
28 FW England ENG Jon Newby (on loan from Liverpool)
34 DF France FRA Nicolas Weber (on loan from Le Havre)
38 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Richie Lopez (to Northampton Town)
40 DF England ENG Steve Spencer (released)
42 DF England ENG Paul Dempsey (to Northampton Town)

References

  1. ^ "Sheffield United 2000-2001 Home". statto.com. Archived from the original on 31 December 2009.
  2. ^ "FootballSquads - Sheffield United - 2000/01". www.footballsquads.co.uk.

Notes

  1. ^ Devlin was born in Birmingham, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his father and would make his international debut for Scotland in October 2002.
  2. ^ D'Jaffo was born in Bazas, France, but also qualified to represent Benin internationally and would make his international debut for Benin in 2002.
  3. ^ Santos was born in Marseille, France, but also qualified to represent Cape Verde internationally through his parents and would make his international debut for Cape Verde in September 2002.
  4. ^ Kelly was born in Birmingham, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his father and made his international debut for Republic of Ireland in November 1987.
  5. ^ Montgomery was born in Leeds, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and represented them at U-21 level.
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