2000–01 Peterborough United F.C. season

Peterborough United

2000–01 season
Football League Second Division	12th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	First round
League Trophy	Second round
Home colours

The 2000–01 season saw Peterborough United compete in the Football League Second Division where they finished in 12th position with 59 points.

Final league table

Main article: 2000–01 Football League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	Wrexham	46	17	12	17	65	71	−6	63
11	Port Vale	46	16	14	16	55	49	+6	62
12	Peterborough United	46	15	14	17	61	66	−5	59
13	Wycombe Wanderers	46	15	14	17	46	53	−7	59
14	Brentford	46	14	17	15	56	70	−14	59

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results

Peterborough United's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Second Division

Main article: 2000–01 Football League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	12 August 2000	Oxford United	A	1–0	5,870	Farrell
2	20 August 2000	Bristol Rovers	H	2–2	6,997	Clarke, Green
3	26 August 2000	Oldham Athletic	A	4–1	4,967	Clarke, Green, Whittingham, Jones (o.g.)
4	28 August 2000	Swansea City	H	0–2	6,428
5	2 September 2000	Bury	H	1–1	5,286	Green
6	9 September 2000	Stoke City	A	0–3	13,011
7	12 September 2000	Wigan Athletic	A	0–1	4,798
8	16 September 2000	Reading	H	1–0	5,767	Cullen
9	23 September 2000	Wycombe Wanderers	A	0–2	4,980
10	30 September 2000	Millwall	H	1–4	7,126	Shields
11	8 October 2000	Port Vale	H	2–0	4,752	Clarke, Lee
12	14 October 2000	Brentford	A	0–1	4,479
13	17 October 2000	Walsall	A	1–1	4,716	Oldfield
14	21 October 2000	Notts County	H	1–0	5,889	Clarke
15	24 October 2000	Bristol City	A	1–2	9,219	Farrell
16	28 October 2000	Colchester United	H	3–1	5,469	McKenzie, Lee, Clarke
17	4 November 2000	Bournemouth	A	1–2	3,936	Farrell
18	11 November 2000	Swindon Town	H	4–0	5,700	Farrell, McKenzie (2), Forsyth
19	25 November 2000	Rotherham United	A	0–3	5,519
20	2 December 2000	Wrexham	H	1–0	5,381	McKenzie
21	15 December 2000	Cambridge United	A	0–0	7,505
22	23 December 2000	Northampton Town	H	1–2	9,868	McKenzie
23	26 December 2000	Luton Town	A	2–3	7,374	McKenzie, Farrell
24	1 January 2001	Oldham Athletic	H	0–0	5,039
25	13 January 2001	Swansea City	A	2–2	5,288	McKenzie, Clarke
26	27 January 2001	Northampton Town	A	0–0	7,079
27	30 January 2001	Oxford United	H	4–2	4,004	Oldfield, McKenzie, Clarke, Gill
28	3 February 2001	Bury	A	1–2	2,725	Forinton
29	10 February 2001	Stoke City	H	0–4	7,568
30	17 February 2001	Reading	A	1–1	10,342	Lee
31	20 February 2001	Wigan Athletic	H	2–0	4,111	Rea, M. Williams
32	24 February 2001	Wycombe Wanderers	H	3–2	4,731	Lee, McKenzie
33	3 March 2001	Millwall	A	0–0	11,658
34	6 March 2001	Brentford	H	1–1	4,479	M. Williams
35	10 March 2001	Port Vale	A	0–5	4,787
36	23 March 2001	Notts County	A	3–3	6,510	McKenzie, Farrell, Green
37	27 March 2001	Luton Town	H	1–1	5,425	Clarke
38	31 March 2001	Cambridge United	H	4–1	10,086	Farrell, Green, Lee, Forsyth
39	7 April 2001	Wrexham	A	1–2	2,678	Edwards
40	11 April 2001	Bristol Rovers	A	2–1	6,540	Hanlon, Jones (o.g.)
41	14 April 2001	Bristol City	H	2–1	6,560	McKenzie, Green
42	17 April 2001	Colchester United	A	2–2	4,336	Lee, Oldfield
43	21 April 2001	Bournemouth	H	1–2	6,381	Clarke
44	24 April 2001	Walsall	H	2–0	5,549	Lee, Rea
45	28 April 2001	Swindon Town	A	1–2	8,145	Reeves (o.g.)
46	5 May 2001	Rotherham United	H	1–1	11,274	McKenzie

FA Cup

Main article: 2000–01 FA Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	18 November 2000	Mansfield Town	A	1–1	3,257	Farrell
R1 Replay	28 November 2000	Mansfield Town	H	4–0	4,540	Oldfield, Edwards, Clarke, Shields
R2	10 December 2000	Oldham Athletic	H	1–1	5,662	Lee
R2 Replay	19 December 2000	Oldham Athletic	A	1–0	3,404	Forsyth
R3	6 January 2001	Chelsea	A	0–5	31,932

Football League Cup

Main article: 2000–01 Football League Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1 1st leg	22 August 2000	Luton Town	A	0–0	3,175
R1 2nd leg	5 September 2000	Luton Town	H	2–2	4,286	Farrell, Clarke

Peterborough United eliminated on away goal rule

Football League Trophy

Main article: 2000–01 Football League Trophy

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	5 December 2000	Luton Town	H	1–0	2,075	Green
R2	9 January 2001	Barnet	H	1–3	1,891	Cullen

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Mark Tyler	40	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	47	0
2	DF	Dean Hooper	28(4)	0	3(1)	0	2	0	2	0	35(5)	0
3	DF	Steve Morrow	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
3	DF	Adam Drury	29	0	5	0	2	0	0(1)	0	36(1)	0
4	MF	Richard Scott	18(2)	0	0	0	0(2)	0	1	0	19(4)	0
5	DF	Simon Rea	35(1)	2	3	0	2	0	1	0	41(1)	2
6	DF	Andy Edwards	43	1	5	1	2	0	0	0	50	2
7	MF	David Farrell	39(5)	7	5	1	1(1)	1	0	0	45(6)	9
8	MF	David Oldfield	32(7)	3	5	1	2	0	0	0	39(7)	4
9	FW	Andy Clarke	36(6)	9	4	1	1	1	1	0	42(6)	11
10	FW	Jason Lee	14(16)	7	4	1	0	0	0(1)	0	18(17)	8
11	MF	Jon Cullen	12(6)	1	1	0	0(1)	0	2	1	15(7)	2
12	MF	Matthew Gill	11(5)	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	15(5)	1
13	GK	Dan Connor	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
14	FW	Francis Green	18(14)	6	2	0	2	0	2	1	24(14)	7
15	DF	Dan Murray	1(2)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3(2)	0
16	FW	Martin Williams	13(2)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	13(2)	2
16	MF	Matthew Hann	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW	Leon McKenzie	30	13	3(1)	0	0	0	0	0	33(1)	13
18	MF	Ritchie Hanlon	21(5)	1	0(1)	0	1(1)	0	2	0	24(7)	1
19	DF	Gareth Jelleyman	6(2)	0	1(1)	0	0	0	2	0	9(3)	0
20	MF	Tony Shields	28(5)	1	1(3)	1	1(1)	0	0	0	30(9)	2
21	FW	Howard Forinton	2(6)	1	0(2)	0	2	0	1	0	4(6)	1
22	MF	Tom Williams	1(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1(1)	0
22	FW	Drewe Broughton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF	Dave Rogers	1(2)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2(2)	0
22	GK	Stuart Taylor	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
23	MF	Helgi Daníelsson	3(3)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3(3)	0
24	MF	Daniel French	1(1)	0	0	0	0	0	1(1)	0	2(2)	0
25	MF	Richard Forsyth	25(5)	2	5	1	2	0	(1)	0	32(6)	3
26	DF	Gary McDonald	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
26	DF	Matt Wicks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW	Guy Whittingham	1(4)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2(4)	1

External links

• Peterborough United 2000–01 at Soccerbase.com (select relevant season from dropdown list)