2000–01 Sheffield United F.C. season

Sheffield United
2000–01 season
Chairman	Derek Dooley
Manager	Neil Warnock
Stadium	Bramall Lane
First Division	10th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Kelly (6); All: Kelly (8); Bent (8); Devlin (8)
Average home league attendance	17,211
	← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

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

Pos	Team v t e	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


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 2001	Southampton	A	0–1	14,158

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	ENG	Simon Tracey
2	DF	ENG	Rob Kozluk
4	DF	ENG	Lee Sandford
5	DF	AUS	Shaun Murphy
6	DF	ENG	Keith Curle
7	MF	ENG	Michael Brown
8	FW	ZIM	Peter Ndlovu
9	FW	WAL	James Thomas (on loan from Blackburn Rovers)
10	MF	ENG	Paul Devlin^{[notes 1]}
11	MF	ENG	Bobby Ford
12	FW	FRA	Laurent D'Jaffo^{[notes 2]}
13	GK	AUS	Frank Talia
14	MF	FRA	Georges Santos^{[notes 3]}
15	DF	ENG	Andy Woodward
17	FW	ENG	Carl Asaba
18	DF	BEL	Davy Gysbrechts
19	FW	CMR	Patrick Suffo
20	MF	POR	Bruno Ribeiro
21	DF	ENG	Phil Jagielka


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	FW	IRL	David Kelly^{[notes 4]}
23	DF	SCO	Andy Morrison (on loan from Manchester City)
24	DF	SUR	Gus Uhlenbeek
25	DF	ENG	Ben Doane
26	FW	NIR	Andy Smith
27	MF	ENG	Adam Burley
28	DF	ENG	Rob Ullathorne
30	MF	ENG	Darren Bullock (on loan from Bury)
31	DF	FRA	Jean-Manuel Thetis
32	MF	ENG	Michael Tonge
33	MF	ENG	Ian Hamilton
35	MF	IRL	Colin Cryan
36	MF	ENG	Nick Montgomery^{[notes 5]}
37	DF	IRL	John Hayden
38	FW	ENG	Mark Ward
39	MF	ENG	Michael Anderson
41	FW	ENG	Tyrone Thompson
43	MF	CMR	Kingsley Mbome
45	GK	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	ENG	Wayne Quinn (to Newcastle United)
8	MF	ENG	Curtis Woodhouse (to Birmingham City)
9	FW	ENG	Marcus Bent (to Blackburn Rovers)
13	GK	ENG	Matt Duke (to Burton Albion)
16	FW	CAN	Paul Peschisolido (on loan from Fulham)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
28	FW	ENG	Jon Newby (on loan from Liverpool)
34	DF	FRA	Nicolas Weber (on loan from Le Havre)
38	MF	IRL	Richie Lopez (to Northampton Town)
40	DF	ENG	Steve Spencer (released)
42	DF	ENG	Paul Dempsey (to Northampton Town)

References

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

Notes

^ 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.
^ D'Jaffo was born in Bazas, France, but also qualified to represent Benin internationally and would make his international debut for Benin in 2002.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Montgomery was born in Leeds, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and represented them at U-21 level.

[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.

[3] 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.

[4] D'Jaffo was born in Bazas, France, but also qualified to represent Benin internationally and would make his international debut for Benin in 2002.

[5] 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.

[6] 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.

[7] Montgomery was born in Leeds, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and represented them at U-21 level.

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