2000–01 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season

Crewe Alexandra

2000–01 season
Chairman	John Bowler
Manager	Dario Gradi
Stadium	Alexandra Stadium
First Division	14th
FA Cup	Fourth round
Worthington Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	Hulse (11)
Average home league attendance	9,293
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

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

Season summary

A terrible first half of the 2000–01 season saw Crewe bottom at Christmas. Then with the emergence of Rob Hulse and Dean Ashton, Crewe went on a fantastic run, winning nine of their remaining matches to starve off relegation to finish 14th. A 3-1 defeat by Preston on 28 April finally saw the Alex beaten at home after an unbeaten run of nine in the league.

Final league table

Main article: 2000–01 Football League

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

Crewe Alexandra's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
12 August 2000	Fulham	A	0-2	11,157
19 August 2000	Blackburn Rovers	H	0-0	7,500
26 August 2000	Queens Park Rangers	A	0-1	9,415
29 August 2000	Grimsby Town	H	2-0	5,305	Rivers, Jack
9 September 2000	Norwich City	H	0-0	5,955
12 September 2000	West Bromwich Albion	H	0-1	6,222
16 September 2000	Watford	A	0-3	13,784
23 September 2000	Barnsley	H	2-2	5,738	Hulse, Jack
30 September 2000	Tranmere Rovers	A	3-1	8,162	Hulse (2), Little
8 October 2000	Birmingham City	H	0-2	6,829
14 October 2000	Sheffield United	A	0-1	12,921
17 October 2000	Portsmouth	A	1-2	14,621	Smith (pen)
21 October 2000	Wimbledon	H	0-4	5,469
24 October 2000	Huddersfield Town	H	1-0	5,215	Cramb
28 October 2000	Gillingham	A	1-0	8,347	Little
31 October 2000	Burnley	A	0-1	13,189
4 November 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2-0	7,147	Cramb (2)
10 November 2000	Preston North End	A	1-2	12,632	Rivers
18 November 2000	Stockport County	H	1-2	6,099	Hulse
25 November 2000	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1-0	7,103	Rivers
2 December 2000	Huddersfield Town	A	1-3	10,603	Cramb
9 December 2000	Bolton Wanderers	A	1-4	12,836	Sorvel
16 December 2000	Crystal Palace	H	1-1	5,752	Little
23 December 2000	Fulham	H	1-2	6,935	Rivers
26 December 2000	Nottingham Forest	A	0-1	20,903
30 December 2000	Blackburn Rovers	A	0-1	18,554
13 January 2001	Grimsby Town	A	3-1	4,495	Hulse (2), Rivers
3 February 2001	Burnley	H	4-2	6,994	Street, Smith (2 pens), Ashton
10 February 2001	Norwich City	A	1-1	15,164	Jack
17 February 2001	Watford	H	2-0	6,757	Jack, Ashton
20 February 2001	West Bromwich Albion	A	2-2	15,476	Ashton, Hulse
24 February 2001	Barnsley	A	0-3	13,175
3 March 2001	Tranmere Rovers	H	3-1	7,157	Macauley, Hulse, Little
6 March 2001	Sheffield United	H	1-0	6,909	Lunt
10 March 2001	Birmingham City	A	0-2	28,042
13 March 2001	Nottingham Forest	H	1-0	7,916	Rivers
17 March 2001	Portsmouth	H	1-0	6,182	Ashton
31 March 2001	Crystal Palace	A	0-1	20,872
10 April 2001	Queens Park Rangers	H	2-2	6,354	Ashton, Smith
14 April 2001	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-0	20,364
16 April 2001	Gillingham	H	2-1	7,051	Navarro, Ashton
18 April 2001	Bolton Wanderers	H	2-1	8,054	Hulse, Ashton
21 April 2001	Stockport County	A	0-3	7,163
24 April 2001	Wimbledon	A	3-3	5,468	Rivers, Hulse, Ashton
28 April 2001	Preston North End	H	1-3	9,415	Hulse
6 May 2001	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0-0	28,007

FA Cup

Main article: 2000–01 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 2001	Cardiff City	A	1-1	13,403	Bowen (own goal)
R3R	16 January 2001	Cardiff City	H	2-1	5,785	Smith (pen), Rivers
R4	27 January 2001	Stockport County	H	0-1	7,318

League Cup

Main article: 2000–01 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	22 August 2000	Bury	H	2-2	3,199	Foster, Rivers
R1 2nd Leg	5 September 2000	Bury	A	2-1 (won 4-3 on agg)	2,106	Rivers, Little
R2 1st Leg	19 September 2000	Barnsley	A	0-4	5,005
R2 2nd Leg	26 September 2000	Barnsley	H	0-3 (lost 0-7 on agg)	1,775

Squad

[1] 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 Jason Kearton 2 DF David Wright 3 DF Shaun Smith 4 MF Kenny Lunt 5 DF Dave Walton 6 DF Steve Macauley 7 MF Colin Little 8 MF Phil Charnock 9 FW Paul Tait 10 MF Mark Rivers 11 FW Rodney Jack 12 DF Efetobore Sodje 13 GK Clayton Ince 14 FW Kevin Street 16 FW Rob Hulse 17 MF Neil Sorvel 18 DF Anthony Charles 19 MF Chris Lightfoot

No. Position Player 20 FW Peter Smith 21 MF Jamie Collins 22 DF Stephen Foster 23 MF Phil Trainer 24 GK Kevin Welsby 25 DF Richard Walker 26 FW John Grant 27 DF Gareth Liddle 28 DF Chris McCready 29 DF Dean Howell 30 FW Colin Cramb 31 GK Ademola Bankole 32 MF David Vaughan 35 MF Alan Navarro (on loan from Liverpool) 36 FW Dean Ashton 37 DF Jim Gannon 38 MF Ben Rix

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 34 MF Chris Lumsdon (on loan from Sunderland)

No. Position Player 35 DF Alan Maybury (on loan from Leeds United)