2000–01 Barnsley F.C. season

Barnsley

2000–01 season
Chairman	John Dennis
Manager	Dave Bassett (until 19 December) Nigel Spackman (from 8 January)
Stadium	Oakwell
First Division	16th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Bruce Dyer and Neil Shipperley (14) All: Neil Shipperley (16)
Average home league attendance	14,465
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

During the 2000–01 English football season, Barnsley F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

With Craig Hignett and Nicky Eaden departing, manager Dave Bassett brought in inexperienced Carl Regan and Lee Jones to bolster the squad in the hopes that Barnsley would finally return to the Premiership. However, Barnsley's increasingly rapid turnover of managers was to continue during the season with Bassett leaving in December, a surprise decision to most.^[1] Nigel Spackman was brought in to replace Bassett,^[2] and the team eventually finished in sixteenth position, above Sheffield Wednesday by virtue of goal difference.

Final league table

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

Key
Promoted to the Premier League
Qualified for the promotion playoff
Relegated to Division 2

Results

Barnsley's score comes first^[3]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
12 August 2000	Norwich City	H	1-0	15,640	Jones
19 August 2000	Watford	A	0-1	13,186
26 August 2000	West Bromwich Albion	H	4-1	14,321	Jones (2), Shipperley (2)
28 August 2000	Birmingham City	A	1-4	17,160	Appleby
10 September 2000	Fulham	A	1-5	10,437	Appleby
12 September 2000	Crystal Palace	A	0-1	16,297
16 September 2000	Queens Park Rangers	H	4-2	12,763	Darlington (own goal), Shipperley, van der Laan, Dyer
23 September 2000	Crewe Alexandra	A	2-2	5,738	Barnard (pen), Dyer
30 September 2000	Grimsby Town	H	2-0	13,096	Chettle, Shipperley
6 October 2000	Huddersfield Town	A	1-1	13,556	Kozluk (own goal)
14 October 2000	Nottingham Forest	H	3-4	14,831	Shipperley (2), Dyer
17 October 2000	Tranmere Rovers	H	1-1	12,412	Barnard (pen)
21 October 2000	Gillingham	A	0-0	9,030
24 October 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-2	13,393	McClare
27 October 2000	Preston North End	A	2-1	13,566	Dyer, Sheron
5 November 2000	Wimbledon	H	0-1	13,641
8 November 2000	Blackburn Rovers	H	1-2	13,622	Ripley
11 November 2000	Bolton Wanderers	A	0-2	13,406
18 November 2000	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1-0	19,989	Dyer
25 November 2000	Portsmouth	H	1-0	12,853	Dyer
2 December 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-2	17,340
9 December 2000	Sheffield United	H	0-0	16,780
16 December 2000	Stockport County	A	0-2	5,383
23 December 2000	Norwich City	A	0-0	16,581
26 December 2000	Burnley	H	1-0	18,725	Morgan
29 December 2000	Watford	H	0-1	13,820
1 January 2001	West Bromwich Albion	A	0-1	19,423
13 January 2001	Birmingham City	H	2-3	13,631	Dyer, Jones
20 January 2001	Burnley	A	1-2	15,380	Hayward
3 February 2001	Blackburn Rovers	A	0-0	18,573
10 February 2001	Fulham	H	0-0	14,654
17 February 2001	Queens Park Rangers	A	0-2	9,388
20 February 2001	Crystal Palace	H	1-0	12,909	Shipperley
24 February 2001	Crewe Alexandra	H	3-0	4,899	Jones, Wright (own goal), Shipperley
3 March 2001	Grimsby Town	A	2-0	5,996	Dyer (2)
7 March 2001	Nottingham Forest	A	0-1	18,788
10 March 2001	Huddersfield Town	H	3-1	15,290	Dyer (2), Shipperley
17 March 2001	Tranmere Rovers	A	3-2	8,484	Dyer, Shipperley, Rankin
25 March 2001	Gillingham	H	3-1	13,609	Dyer (2), Shipperley (pen)
31 March 2001	Stockport County	H	0-2	13,203
7 April 2001	Sheffield United	A	2-1	22,811	Bullock, Shipperley
14 April 2001	Wimbledon	A	1-1	7,609	Shipperley
16 April 2001	Preston North End	H	0-4	16,361
21 April 2001	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-2	23,498	Shipperley
28 April 2001	Bolton Wanderers	H	0-1	13,979
6 May 2001	Portsmouth	A	0-3	13,064

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 2001	Leeds United	A	0-1	32,386

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	22 August 2000	Rotherham United	A	1-0	4,940	Barnard
R1 2nd Leg	5 September 2000	Rotherham United	H	3-2 (won 4-2 on agg)	8,088	Sheron (2), Barnard
R2 1st Leg	19 September 2000	Crewe Alexandra	H	4-0	5,005	Dyer, van der Laan, Sheron (2)
R2 2nd Leg	26 September 2000	Crewe Alexandra	A	3-0 (won 7-0 on agg)	1,775	Shipperley (2), Sheron
R3	1 November 2000	Stoke City	A	2-3	10,480	Corbo, Jones

Squad

Squad at end of season^[4]

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

No. Position Player 2 DF Carl Regan 3 MF Matty Appleby 4 DF Mitch Ward 5 MF Steve Hayward 6 DF Janne Salli 7 MF Eric Tinkler 8 FW Lee Jones 9 FW Neil Shipperley 10 FW Bruce Dyer 11 MF Darren Barnard 12 FW Mike Sheron 13 GK Leigh Walker 14 MF Martin Bullock 16 DF Lee Crooks 17 MF Sean McClare 18 DF Chris Morgan 19 DF Antony Kay 20 GK Kevin Miller

No. Position Player 21 MF Alex Neil 22 DF Brian O'Callaghan 23 MF Carl Barrowclough 24 DF James Dudgeon[5] 25 DF Kevin Austin 26 MF Ricky Ravenhill 27 DF Chris Barker 28 DF Keith Brown 29 FW Rory Fallon[6] 30 DF Mateo Corbo 31 DF Steve Chettle 33 DF Dave Mulligan[7] 34 MF Leo Bertos 35 DF Jon Parkin 36 GK Richard Siddall 37 FW Isaiah Rankin 40 GK Andy Marriott

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 1 GK David Watson (retired) 5 DF Adie Moses (on loan from Stockport County) 6 DF Scott Jones (to Bristol Rovers) 15 MF Robbie van der Laan (Retired) 16 MF Geoff Thomas (to Notts County)

No. Position Player 23 FW Mike Turner (to Doncaster Rovers) 32 MF Ian Woan (to Swindon Town) 32 MF Neil Maddison (on loan from Middlesbrough) 35 MF Stuart Ripley (on loan from Southampton) DF Jim Lauchlan (on loan from Kilmarnock)

References

1. "Bassett quits Barnsley". BBC Sport. 19 December 2000. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
2. "Spackman named Barnsley boss". BBC Sport. 8 January 2001. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
3. http://www.statto.com/football/teams/barnsley/2000-2001
4. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2000-2001/d1/barnsley.htm
5. Dudgeon was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, but represented Scotland at youth level.
6. Fallon was born in Gisborne, New Zealand, but represented England internationally at every youth level before changing his nationality to English. He later changed his nationality back to New Zealander and made his international debut for New Zealand in August 2009.
7. Mulligan was born in Liverpool, England, but qualified to represent New Zealand internationally and made his full debut for New Zealand in October 2002, having previously represented them at U-17, U-20 and U-23 level.