2000–01 Wimbledon F.C. season

Wimbledon
2000–01 season
Chairman	Charles Koppel
Manager	Terry Burton
Stadium	Selhurst Park
First Division	8th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Jason Euell (19); All: ; Jason Euell (20)
Average home league attendance	7,901

During the 2000–01 English football season, Wimbledon F.C. competed in the Football League First Division, following relegation from the FA Premier League the previous season.

Season summary

Following the departures of key frontmen John Hartson and Carl Cort, Wimbledon were unable to make an immediate return to the top flight and finished in 8th, five points short of the playoffs; were it not for their mediocre home form (with 11 draws and only 7 wins all season) they could have aimed for a playoff spot or even an attempt for automatic promotion. Despite this disappointing season, Wimbledon did enjoy some highlights, including a 5-0 demolition of London rivals Queens Park Rangers at home and a 5-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough.

Wimbledon's struggle to return to the top flight was only made harder with the sale of the club's top scorer, Jason Euell, to South London rivals Charlton Athletic at the end of the season.

Kit

German company Puma became Wimbledon's kit manufacturers. Tiny Computers remained the kit sponsor.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Fulham	46	16	5	2	49	14	14	6	3	41	18	90	32	+58	101
2	Blackburn Rovers	46	15	5	3	43	20	11	8	4	33	19	76	39	+37	91
3	Bolton Wanderers	46	10	10	3	40	28	14	5	4	36	17	76	45	+31	87
4	Preston North End	46	12	6	5	32	18	11	3	9	32	34	64	52	+12	78
5	Birmingham City	46	14	3	6	34	22	9	6	8	25	26	59	48	+11	78
6	West Bromwich Albion	46	13	5	5	37	23	8	6	9	23	29	60	52	+8	74
7	Burnley	46	14	5	4	30	17	7	4	12	20	37	50	54	–4	72
8	Wimbledon	46	7	11	5	33	26	10	7	6	38	24	71	50	+21	69
9	Watford	46	11	6	6	46	29	9	3	11	30	38	76	67	+9	69
10	Sheffield United	46	14	4	5	34	18	5	7	11	18	31	52	49	+3	68
11	Nottingham Forest	46	11	3	9	28	24	9	5	9	27	29	55	53	+2	68
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	7	9	7	25	20	7	4	12	20	28	45	48	–3	55
13	Gillingham	46	9	6	8	32	28	4	10	9	29	38	61	66	–5	55
14	Crewe Alexandra	46	12	5	6	30	24	3	5	15	17	38	47	62	–15	55
15	Norwich City	46	10	7	6	25	18	4	5	14	21	40	46	58	–12	54
16	Barnsley	46	11	3	9	32	26	4	6	13	17	36	49	62	–13	54
17	Sheffield Wednesday	46	9	4	10	34	38	6	4	13	18	33	52	71	–19	53
18	Grimsby Town	46	10	4	9	26	27	4	6	13	17	35	43	62	–19	52
19	Stockport County	46	6	11	6	29	26	5	7	11	29	39	58	65	–7	51
20	Portsmouth	46	9	8	6	31	25	1	11	11	16	34	47	59	–12	49
21	Crystal Palace	46	6	6	11	28	34	6	7	10	29	36	57	70	–13	49
22	Huddersfield Town	46	7	6	10	29	26	4	9	10	19	31	48	57	–9	48
23	Queens Park Rangers	46	6	9	8	24	28	1	10	12	21	47	45	75	–30	40
24	Tranmere Rovers	46	8	7	8	30	33	1	4	18	16	44	46	77	–31	38

Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	Football League Champions, promoted to FA Premier League
	Promoted to FA Premier League
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted to Premier League through play-offs
	Relegated

Results

Wimbledon's score comes first[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
12 August 2000	Tranmere Rovers	H	0-0	8,266
19 August 2000	Burnley	A	0-1	15,124
26 August 2000	Watford	H	0-0	8,447
28 August 2000	Preston North End	A	1-1	13,519	Williams
9 September 2000	Sheffield Wednesday	A	5-0	15,856	Francis, Hartson (2), Euell (2)
12 September 2000	Huddersfield Town	A	2-0	7,592	Hartson (2)
16 September 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-1	8,761	Hartson
23 September 2000	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-2	11,720	Euell
30 September 2000	Stockport County	H	2-0	6,087	Ardley (pen), Francis
14 October 2000	Gillingham	H	4-4	9,030	Francis, Hartson (2), Euell
18 October 2000	Blackburn Rovers	H	0-2	6,019
21 October 2000	Crewe Alexandra	A	4-0	5,469	Harley (2), Gayle, Euell
24 October 2000	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-3	15,570	Euell (pen)
28 October 2000	Sheffield United	H	0-0	7,327
5 November 2000	Barnsley	A	1-0	13,641	Francis
11 November 2000	Fulham	H	0-3	14,071
18 November 2000	Nottingham Forest	A	2-1	18,159	Euell, Andersen
25 November 2000	Norwich City	A	2-1	14,059	Hartson, Francis
2 December 2000	West Bromwich Albion	H	0-1	8,608
5 December 2000	Crystal Palace	A	1-3	16,699	Roberts
9 December 2000	Birmingham City	A	3-0	16,778	Francis (2), Euell
13 December 2000	Grimsby Town	H	2-2	4,489	Euell, Andersen
16 December 2000	Bolton Wanderers	H	0-1	6,076
23 December 2000	Tranmere Rovers	A	4-0	8,058	Andersen, Williams, Euell (2)
26 December 2000	Portsmouth	H	1-1	9,245	Francis
2 January 2001	Watford	A	1-3	11,336	Gayle
13 January 2001	Preston North End	H	3-1	7,242	Euell (2), Williams
20 January 2001	Portsmouth	A	1-2	12,488	Euell
10 February 2001	Sheffield Wednesday	H	4-1	6,741	Andersen (2), Euell, Beresford (own goal)
24 February 2001	Queens Park Rangers	H	5-0	9,446	Williams (2), Gayle, Euell (2)
3 March 2001	Stockport County	A	2-2	5,519	Agyemang, Wiss (own goal)
6 March 2001	Gillingham	A	0-0	8,841
10 March 2001	Crystal Palace	H	1-0	13,167	Agyemang
13 March 2001	Grimsby Town	A	1-1	4,276	Agyemang
17 March 2001	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-1	19,000	Euell
31 March 2001	Bolton Wanderers	A	2-2	14,562	Agyemang, Cooper
4 April 2001	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-0	16,767	Ardley
7 April 2001	Birmingham City	H	3-1	6,619	Nielsen, Hughes, Williams
10 April 2001	Burnley	H	0-2	6,132
14 April 2001	Barnsley	H	1-1	7,609	Ainsworth
17 April 2001	Sheffield United	A	1-0	14,527	Roberts
21 April 2001	Nottingham Forest	H	2-1	10,027	Nielsen, Cooper
24 April 2001	Crewe Alexandra	H	3-3	5,468	Willmott, Cooper, Ardley
28 April 2001	Fulham	A	1-1	18,576	Euell (pen)
1 May 2001	Huddersfield Town	H	1-1	4,956	Ainsworth
6 May 2001	Norwich City	H	0-0	7,888

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 2001	Notts County	H	2-2	4,391	Ardley, Karlsson
R3R	27 January 2001	Notts County	A	1-0	9,084	Andersen
R4	6 February 2001	Middlesbrough	A	0-0	20,625
R4R	13 February 2001	Middlesbrough	H	3-1	5,991	Ardley (pen), Euell, Hunt
R5	17 February 2001	Wycombe Wanderers	A	2-2	9,650	Williams, Agyemang
R5R	20 February 2001	Wycombe Wanderers	H	2-2 (lost 7-8 on pens)	4,391	Ainsworth, Gray

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	19 September 2000	Wigan Athletic	H	0-0	1,941
R2 2nd Leg	26 September 2000	Wigan Athletic	A	2-1	5,387	Hartson, Gayle
R3	31 October 2000	Middlesbrough	H	1-0	3,666	Hartson (pen)
R4	29 November 2000	Manchester City	A	1-2	19,513	Roberts

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.	Position	Player
1	GK	Kelvin Davis
2	DF	Kenny Cunningham
3	DF	Alan Kimble
4	MF	Andy Roberts
5	DF	Dean Blackwell
6	DF	Darren Holloway
7	DF	Neal Ardley
10	FW	Jason Euell[notes 1]
11	MF	Kevin Cooper
12	DF	Trond Andersen
14	GK	Paul Heald
15	FW	Carl Leaburn
16	MF	Michael Hughes
17	DF	Mark Williams[notes 2]
18	MF	Gareth Ainsworth
19	FW	Paul Robinson
20	GK	Ian Feuer
21	DF	Duncan Jupp[notes 3]

No.	Position	Player
22	MF	Chris Willmott
23	FW	Ian Selley
24	MF	Damien Francis[notes 4]
25	FW	Wayne Gray
26	FW	Patrick Agyemang[notes 5]
27	DF	Des Byrne
28	DF	Peter Hawkins
29	MF	Michael Thomas
30	MF	Pär Karlsson
31	MF	Kjetil Wæhler
32	MF	Ansah Owusu
33	MF	Rob Gier[notes 6]
34	MF	Jonathan Hunt
35	FW	Lionel Morgan
36	FW	David Nielsen
37	MF	Alex Tapp
38	DF	Matthew Booth (on loan from Mamelodi Sundowns)
39	GK	Shane Gore

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
6	DF	Hermann Hreiðarsson (to Ipswich Town)
8	MF	Robbie Earle[notes 7] (retired)
9	FW	John Hartson (to Coventry City)

No.		Position	Player
11		FW	Marcus Gayle[notes 8] (to Rangers)
36		DF	Jon Harley (on loan from Chelsea)

Reserve squad

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

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Samuel Okikiolu
		DF	Simon Mensing

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Heikki Haara
		FW	Stephen O'Flynn

Appearances and goals

Source:

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

Players with names struck through and marked

left the club during the playing season.

Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Wimbledon.

Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.

Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward

Players contracted for the 2000–01 season
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Kelvin Davis	45	0	6	0	4	0	55	0
2	DF	IRL	Kenny Cunningham	15	0	4 (1)	0	0	0	19 (1)	0
3	DF	ENG	Alan Kimble	21 (4)	0	3	0	1	0	25 (4)	0
4	MF	ENG	Andy Roberts	25 (2)	2	0 (1)	0	3	1	28 (3)	1
5	DF	ENG	Dean Blackwell	5 (1)	0	1	0	1	0	7 (1)	0
6	DF	ISL	~~Hermann Hreiðarsson~~	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
6	DF	ENG	Darren Holloway	30 (1)	0	4	0	0	0	34 (1)	0
7	MF	ENG	Neal Ardley	36 (1)	3	4 (1)	2	2	0	42 (2)	5
8	MF	JAM	~~Robbie Earle~~	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	WAL	~~John Hartson~~	19	8	0	0	4	2	23	10
10	FW	ENG	Jason Euell	33 (3)	19	6	1	1	0	40 (3)	20
11	FW	JAM	~~Marcus Gayle~~	24 (8)	3	0 (4)	0	3	1	27 (12)	4
11	MF	ENG	Kevin Cooper	11	3	0	0	0	0	11	3
12	DF	NOR	Trond Andersen	40 (2)	5	6	1	4	0	50 (2)	6
14	GK	ENG	Paul Heald	1 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	1 (2)	0
15	FW	ENG	Carl Leaburn	2 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	2 (1)	0
16	MF	NIR	Michael Hughes	5 (5)	1	0	0	0	0	5 (5)	1
17	DF	NIR	Mark Williams	42	6	6	1	4	0	52	7
18	MF	ENG	Gareth Ainsworth	8 (4)	2	5 (1)	1	0	0	13 (5)	3
19	FW	ENG	Paul Robinson	0 (3)	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	1 (4)	0
20	GK	USA	Ian Feuer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF	SCO	Duncan Jupp	4	0	0	0	2	0	6	0
22	DF	ENG	Chris Willmott	13 (1)	1	1	0	2	0	16 (1)	1
23	MF	ENG	Ian Selley	1 (3)	0	0	0	0	0	1 (3)	0
24	MF	ENG	Damien Francis	29	8	4	0	3	0	36	8
25	FW	ENG	Wayne Gray	1 (10)	0	0 (3)	1	0	0	1 (13)	1
26	FW	ENG	Patrick Agyemang	16 (13)	4	6	1	1 (1)	0	23 (14)	5
27	DF	IRL	Des Byrne	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF	ENG	Peter Hawkins	29 (1)	0	5	0	3	0	37 (1)	0
29	MF	ENG	Michael Thomas	5 (3)	0	0	0	1	0	6 (3)	0
30	MF	SWE	Pär Karlsson	7 (9)	0	5	1	1	0	13 (9)	1
31	DF	NOR	Kjetil Wæhler	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	ENG	Ansah Owusu	1 (3)	0	0	0	1	0	2 (3)	0
33	DF	ENG	Rob Gier	13 (1)	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	14 (2)	0
34	MF	ENG	Jonathan Hunt	8 (4)	0	0 (2)	1	1 (1)	0	9 (7)	1
35	FW	ENG	Lionel Morgan	1 (4)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	1 (5)	0
36	DF	ENG	~~Jon Harley *~~	6	2	0	0	0	0	6	2
36	FW	DEN	David Nielsen	9 (2)	2	0	0	0	0	9 (2)	2
37	MF	ENG	Alex Tapp	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	DF	RSA	Matthew Booth *	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	GK	ENG	Shane Gore	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

References

Notes

Euell was born in Lambeth, England, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally through his father and would make his international debut for Jamaica in November 2004
Williams was born in Stalybridge, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and made his international debut for Northern Ireland in 1999.
Jupp was born in Haslemere, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and represented them at U-21 level.
Francis was born in Wandsworth, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and would make his international debut for Jamaica in 2003.
Agyemang was born in Waltham Forest, England, but also qualified to represent Ghana internationally and would make his international debut for Ghana in May 2003.
Gier was born in Ascot, England, but also qualified to represent the Philippines internationally through his mother and would make his international debut for the Philippines in April 2009.
Earle was born in Newcastle-under-Lyme, England, and was called up for England without playing, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 1997.
Gayle was born in Hammersmith, London, and represented them at U-18 level, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally through his father and made his international debut for Jamaica in 1998.

External links

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[1] ttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/wimbledon/2000-2001/results

[2] ttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2000-2001/d1/wimbled.htm

[3] Euell was born in Lambeth, England, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally through his father and would make his international debut for Jamaica in November 2004

[4] Williams was born in Stalybridge, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and made his international debut for Northern Ireland in 1999.

[5] Jupp was born in Haslemere, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and represented them at U-21 level.

[6] Francis was born in Wandsworth, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and would make his international debut for Jamaica in 2003.

[7] Agyemang was born in Waltham Forest, England, but also qualified to represent Ghana internationally and would make his international debut for Ghana in May 2003.

[8] Gier was born in Ascot, England, but also qualified to represent the Philippines internationally through his mother and would make his international debut for the Philippines in April 2009.

[9] Earle was born in Newcastle-under-Lyme, England, and was called up for England without playing, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 1997.

[10] Gayle was born in Hammersmith, London, and represented them at U-18 level, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally through his father and made his international debut for Jamaica in 1998.

Wimbledon Football Club
The Club	History Seasons Crazy Gang Relocation to Milton Keynes
Grounds	Wimbledon Common Worple Road Pepys Road Grand Drive Plough Lane Selhurst Park National Hockey Stadium
Notable matches	1988 FA Cup Final 1988 FA Charity Shield
Rivalries	South London derby
See also	AFC Wimbledon Milton Keynes Dons