2000–01 Derby County F.C. season explained

Club:Derby County
Season:2000–01
Manager:Jim Smith
Chairman:Lionel Pickering
Stadium:Pride Park Stadium
League:Premiership
League Result:17th
Cup1:FA Cup
Cup1 Result:Fourth round
Cup2:League Cup
Cup2 Result:Fourth round
League Topscorer:Christie (8)
Season Topscorer:Christie (12)
Highest Attendance:33,239 vs Ipswich Town
(19 May 2001, Premier League)
Lowest Attendance:11,273 vs Norwich City
(1 Nov 2000, League Cup)
Average Attendance:28,551
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Prevseason:1999–2000
Nextseason:2001–02

During the 2000–01 English football season, Derby County competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

Season summary

Derby's season started with one defeat and four draws in their first five games during which they scored 11 goals. However, the goals soon dried up and overall, another season of struggle plagued Pride Park, but Jim Smith's men were saved with one week of the season left after a shock 1–0 win over champions Manchester United at Old Trafford[1] as well as Manchester City losing their penultimate game of the season at Ipswich Town. The attention was then quickly focused on improving the squad for 2001–02 in a bid to prevent another relegation battle.

Final league table

See main article: 2000–01 FA Premier League.

Results summary
Results by round

Results

Derby County's score comes first[2]

Legend

WinDrawLoss

FA Premier League

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
19 August 2000 SouthamptonH2–227,223Strupar, Burton
23 August 2000 Newcastle UnitedA2–351,327Strupar, Johnson
26 August 2000 EvertonA2–234,840Sturridge, Strupar
6 September 2000 MiddlesbroughH3–324,290Christie (2), Strupar
10 September 2000 Charlton AthleticH2–222,310Christie, Valakari
16 September 2000 SunderlandA1–245,343Christie
23 September 2000 Leeds UnitedH1–126,248Kinkladze
30 September 2000 Aston VillaA1–426,534Riggott
15 October 2000 LiverpoolH0–430,532
21 October 2000 Tottenham HotspurA1–334,483Riggott
28 October 2000 Leicester CityA1–220,525Delap
6 November 2000 West Ham UnitedH0–024,621
11 November 2000 ArsenalA0–037,679
18 November 2000 Bradford CityH2–031,614Christie, Delap
25 November 2000 Manchester UnitedH0–332,910
2 December 2000 Ipswich TownA1–022,003Delap
9 December 2000 ChelseaA1–434,317Riggott
16 December 2000 Coventry CityH1–027,869Christie
23 December 2000 Newcastle UnitedH2–029,978Carbonari, Burton
26 December 2000 Manchester CityA0–034,321
30 December 2000 SouthamptonA0–115,075
1 January 2001 EvertonH1–027,358Burton
13 January 2001 MiddlesbroughA0–429,041
20 January 2001 Manchester CityH1–131,174Powell
30 January 2001 Charlton AthleticA1–220,043Burley
3 February 2001 SunderlandH1–029,129Burley
10 February 2001 Leeds UnitedA0–038,789
24 February 2001 Aston VillaH1–027,289Burton (pen)
3 March 2001 Tottenham HotspurH2–129,410Strupar (2, 1 pen)
18 March 2001 LiverpoolA1–143,362Burton
31 March 2001 Coventry CityA0–219,654
7 April 2001 ChelseaH0–429,320
14 April 2001 West Ham UnitedA1–325,319Guðjónsson
16 April 2001 Leicester CityH2–028,387Boertien, Eranio
21 April 2001 Bradford CityA0–218,564
28 April 2001 ArsenalH1–229,567Eranio
5 May 2001 Manchester UnitedA1–067,526Christie
19 May 2001 Ipswich TownH1–133,239Christie

FA Cup

See main article: 2000–01 FA Cup.

!Round!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Goalscorers
R36 January 2001 West Bromwich AlbionH3–219,232Christie (2), Eranio
R427 January 2001 Blackburn RoversA0–018,858
R4R7 February 2001 Blackburn RoversH2–515,203Riggott, Eranio

League Cup

See main article: 2000–01 Football League Cup.

!Round!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg 19 September 2000 West Bromwich AlbionH1–212,183Burton
R2 2nd Leg 26 September 2000 West Bromwich AlbionA4–2 (won 5–4 on agg)19,112Bragstad (2), Riggott, Burley
R31 November 2000 Norwich CityH3–011,273Delap, Burley (pen), Christie
R429 November 2000 FulhamA2–311,761Christie, Powell

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[3]

Reserve squad

Transfers

In

DatePosNameFromFee
1 June 2000MFSimo ValakariMotherwellFree transfer
5 July 2000DFDanny HigginbothamManchester United£2,000,000
26 July 2000DFBjørn Otto BragstadRosenborg£1,500,000
2 August 2000DFYoul MawénéRC Lens£500,000
8 August 2000DFCon BlatsisSouth Melbourne£150,000
1 November 2000DFLilian MartinMarseilleLoan
2 November 2000DFTaribo WestMilanMonthly
13 November 2000DFBrian O'NeilVfL WolfsburgSwap
1 March 2001MFÞórður GuðjónssonLas PalmasLoan

Out

DatePosNameToFee
20 May 2000MFMarc Bridge-WilkinsonPort ValeFree transfer
6 June 2000GKRichard KnightOxford UnitedFree transfer
16 June 2000FWEsteban FuertesRC Lens£2,800,000
5 July 2000MFMikkel BeckLille£500,000
11 July 2000FWSinclair Le GeytPort ValeFree transfer
12 July 2000DFTony DorigoStoke CityFree transfer
24 August 2000DFJacob LaursenFC CopenhagenFree transfer
13 November 2000DFStefan SchnoorVfL WolfsburgSwap
19 January 2001FWDean SturridgeLeicester City£350,000
23 January 2001MFLars BohinenLyngby BoldklubFree transfer

Transfers in: £4,150,000

Transfers out: £3,650,000

Total spending: £500,000

Loan in

Statistics

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions[8]

Notes and References

  1. News: Rams gatecrash United's title party. BBC Sport. 13 July 2012. 5 May 2001.
  2. http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=747&teamTabs=results&season_id=130 Soccerbase: 2000–01 Derby County results
  3. Web site: FootballSquads - Derby County - 2000/01.
  4. News: County capture Martin . BBC News . 1 November 2000.
  5. News: West heads for Derby . BBC News . 2 November 2000.
  6. News: West stays with Rams . BBC News . 24 January 2001.
  7. News: Gudjonsson agrees Rams terms . BBC News . 1 March 2001.
  8. Web site: All Derby County players: 2001 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130101164915/http://www.11v11.com/teams/derby-county/tab/players/season/2001 . 1 January 2013 . live . 2013-06-22 . dmy .

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