2011-07-26

2000-01 Stoke City F.C. season

2000–01 Stoke City F.C. season

Stoke City
2000–01 season
Chairman Iceland Gunnar Thor Gislason
Manager IcelandGuðjón Þórðarson
Football League Division Two 5th (77 Points)
FA Cup Round 1
League Cup Round 4
LDV Vans Trophy Northern Area Semi-final
Top goalscorer Peter Thorne (19)
Highest home attendance 22,133 vs Port Vale (17 February 2001)
Lowest home attendance 9,350 vs Brentford (17 January 2001)
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

The 2000–01 season was Stoke City's 101st season of League football and the 7th in the third tier of English football.

Overview

Following last seasons controversial play-off exit at Gillingham the aim was to gain an automatic promotion place. Guðjón Þórðarson brought in number of new players in from Iceland with arrivals of Stefán Þórðarson, Ríkharður Daðason and goalkeeper Birkir Kristinsson while Tony Dorigo became captain.

Stoke started the season slowly and never looked like the same side last season with a number of embarrassing results being suffered. However with the turn of the new year Stoke started to get the results needed to get in the play-off's and indeed they did finishing 5th.

Walsall were the opposition this season and in the first leg there was not a lot of difference between the two sides and the game finished goalless. Ben Petty 'sacrificed' himself to stop Don Goodman from scoring in the final few seconds and consequently got sent off. In the second leg, Stoke played very poorly while Walsall played very well and eased to a 4–2 win. Stoke failed in the play-off's for a second season running.

In all three cup competitions Stoke suffered huge embarrassment. In the FA Cup non-league side Nuneaton Borough took Stoke to a replay and scored the only goal in the 90th minute. In the League Cup Stoke advanced past York, Charlton and Barnsley before meeting Liverpool in the fourth round. Liverpool seemed to scored with every shot they took and won the match 8–0, the result still stands as the clubs worst home defeat. In the Football League Trophy Stoke lost to local side Port Vale in the Semis.

Final league table

Second Division

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1. Millwall 46 28 9 9 89 38 +51 93
2. Rotherham United 46 27 10 9 79 55 +24 91
3. Reading 46 25 11 10 86 52 +34 86
4. Walsall 46 23 12 11 79 50 +29 81
5. Stoke City 46 21 14 11 74 49 +25 77
6. Wigan Athletic 46 19 18 9 53 42 +11 75
7. Bournemouth 46 20 13 13 79 55 +22 73
8. Notts County 46 19 12 15 62 66 -4 69
9. Bristol City 46 18 14 14 70 56 +14 68
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
15. Oldham Athletic 46 15 13 18 53 65 -12 58
16. Bury 46 16 10 20 45 59 -14 58
17. Colchester United 46 15 12 19 55 59 -4 57
18. Northampton Town 46 15 12 19 46 59 -13 57
19. Cambridge United 46 14 11 21 61 77 -16 53
20. Swindon Town 46 13 13 20 47 65 -18 52
21. Bristol Rovers 46 12 15 19 53 57 -4 51
22. Luton Town 46 9 13 24 52 80 -28 40
23. Swansea City 46 8 13 25 47 73 -26 37
24. Oxford United 46 7 6 33 53 100 -47 27

Results

Stoke's score comes first

Legend

Pre-Season Friendlies

Football League Division Two

Division Two Play-offs

League Cup

FA Cup

Football League Trophy

Squad

Appearances for competitive matches only

References

  • Lowe, Simon: "Stoke City The Modern Era - A Complete Record" (Desert Island Books, ISBN 1-874287-39-2).

See also






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