2000–01 Preston North End F.C. season

2000–01 Preston North End F.C. season
Manager	David Moyes
Stadium	Deepdale
Division One	4th (qualified for play-offs)
Play-offs	Runners-up
FA Cup	Third round
Worthington Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; All: Macken (22)

During the 2000–01 English football season, Preston North End F.C. competed in the Football League First Division, the second tier of English football.

Season summary

After being promoted to the First Division, Preston North End occupied the play-offs spots for most of the season and eventually finished fourth to qualify for the play-offs for promotion to the Premiership. After beating Birmingham City 4-2 on penalties after a 2-2 draw on aggregate over two legs North End faced Lancashire rivals Bolton Wanderers at the Millennium Stadium. Bolton took a 17th-minute lead through Gareth Farrelly, and, despite Preston fighting for an equaliser, goals from Michael Ricketts and Ricardo Gardner in the 89th and 90th minutes ended Preston's hopes of a second successive promotion and a return to the top flight after an absence of over 50 years.

First-team 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	David Lucas
2	DF	Graham Alexander (born in Coventry, England)
3	DF	Dominic Ludden
4	DF	Ryan Kidd
5	DF	Michael Jackson
6	DF	Sean Gregan
7	MF	Lee Cartwright
8	MF	Mark Rankine
9	FW	Brian McBride (on loan from Columbus Crew)
10	FW	Steve Basham
11	FW	David Healy
12	DF	Derek Collins (on loan from Hibernian)
14	DF	Colin Murdock
15	DF	Rob Edwards (born in Kendal, England)
16	MF	Paul McKenna
17	FW	Jon Macken
18	FW	Paweł Abbott

No.	Position	Player
19	FW	Bjarki Gunnlaugsson
20	MF	Paul Morgan
21	GK	Teuvo Moilanen
22	DF	Adam Eaton
23	FW	Mark Wright
24	FW	Steve Robinson
25	FW	Richard Cresswell (on loan from Leicester City)
26	MF	Stuart King
28	MF	Brian Barry-Murphy
29	FW	Joseph O'Neill
30	GK	Kelham O'Hanlon (O'Hanlon was born in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, England)
31	MF	Iain Anderson
32	DF	David Moyes (player-manager)
33	MF	John Bailey
38	MF	Michael Keane
44	GK	Andy Lonergan

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
11		MF	David Eyres (to Oldham Athletic)
12		DF	Gary Parkinson (to Blackpool)

No.		Position	Player
18		MF	Michael Appleton (to West Bromwich Albion)
25		FW	Erik Meijer (on loan from Liverpool)

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Preston North End F.C. seasons
1888–89 1889–90
1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 99–1900
1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10
1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20
1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30
1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40
1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50
1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60
1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70
1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 99–2000
2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20

Preston North End Football Club
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Grounds	Deepdale
Rivalries	West Lancashire derby League record by opponent Burial of the Coffin