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

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	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1.	Fulham	46	30	11	5	90	32	+58	101
2.	Blackburn Rovers	46	26	13	7	76	39	+37	91
3.	Bolton Wanderers	46	24	15	7	76	45	+31	87
4.	Preston North End	46	23	9	14	64	52	+12	78
5.	Birmingham City	46	23	9	14	59	48	+11	78
6.	West Bromwich Albion	46	21	11	14	60	52	+8	74
7.	Burnley	46	21	9	16	50	54	-4	72
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
13.	Gillingham	46	13	16	17	61	66	-5	55
14.	Crewe Alexandra	46	15	10	21	47	62	-15	55
15.	Norwich City	46	14	12	20	46	58	-12	54
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
21.	Crystal Palace	46	12	13	21	57	70	-13	49
22.	Huddersfield Town	46	11	15	20	48	57	-9	48
23.	Queens Park Rangers	46	7	19	20	45	75	-30	40
24.	Tranmere Rovers	46	9	11	26	46	77	-31	38

Key
Promoted to the Premier League
Qualified for the promotion playoff
Relegated to Division 2

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

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Andy Petterson
2	DF	Linvoy Primus
3	DF	Justin Edinburgh
4	MF	Shaun Derry
6	DF	Darren Moore
7	MF	Kevin Harper
8	MF	Mladen Rudonja
9	FW	Steve Claridge
10	FW	Lee Bradbury
11	MF	Ceri Hughes
12	MF	Nigel Quashie
13	GK	Aaron Flahavan
14	MF	Tom Curtis
15	DF	Jamie Vincent
16	DF	Thomas Thøgersen
17	MF	Lee Sharpe (on loan from Bradford City)
18	DF	Dave Waterman
19	FW	Luke Nightingale

No.	Position	Player
20	FW	Rory Allen
21	MF	Gary O'Neil
22	FW	Lee Mills
23	FW	Rowan Vine
24	DF	Scott Hiley
25	DF	Jason Crowe
26	GK	Chris Tardif
27	MF	Garry Brady
28	MF	Rob Wolleaston (on loan from Chelsea)
29	DF	Tom White
30	MF	Stefani Miglioranzi
31	FW	Steve Lovell
32	MF	Michael Panopoulos
35	DF	Lewis Buxton
36	DF	Carl Tiler
37	DF	Shaun Cooper
38	MF	Carl Pettefer
44	GK	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.	Position	Player
23	DF	Bernard Lambourde (on loan from Chelsea)
26	DF	Jason Cundy (Retired)
15	FW	Andy Awford (Retired)
25	MF	Marc Keller (on loan from West Ham United)
27	DF	David Birmingham (to Bournemouth)
39	MF	Adam Holbrook (Released)

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

References

↑ "Pulis will fight misconduct charge". BBC Sport. 4 January 2001. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
↑ "Pulis sacked by Pompey". BBC Sport. 3 January 2001. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
↑ Chelsea stands by Rix BBC News, 26 March 1999
↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/portsmouth/2000-2001

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[1] "Pulis will fight misconduct charge". BBC Sport. 4 January 2001. Retrieved 6 January 2010.

[2] "Pulis sacked by Pompey". BBC Sport. 3 January 2001. Retrieved 6 January 2010.

[3] Chelsea stands by Rix BBC News, 26 March 1999

[4] ttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/portsmouth/2000-2001

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