| Club: | Plymouth Argyle |
| Season: | 2000–01 |
| Manager: | Kevin Hodges Paul Sturrock |
| Chairman: | Dan McCauley |
| Stadium: | Home Park |
| League: | Third Division |
| League Result: | 12th |
| Cup1: | FA Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | First round |
| Cup2: | League Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | First round |
| Cup3: | Football League Trophy |
| Cup3 Result: | Second round |
| Pattern La1: | _blackborder |
| Pattern B1: | _collarblack |
| Pattern Ra1: | _blackborder |
| Pattern Sh1: | _whitesides |
| Pattern So1: | _3_stripes_green |
| Shorts1: | 137a24 |
| Prevseason: | 1999–00 |
| Nextseason: | 2001–02 |
The 2000–01 season was the 88th competitive season in the history of Plymouth Argyle Football Club.[1]
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| 10 | Scunthorpe United | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 62 | 52 | +10 | 65 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Southend United | 46 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 55 | 53 | +2 | 63 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 54 | 61 | –7 | 58 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 64 | 72 | –8 | 58 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Macclesfield Town | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 51 | 62 | –11 | 56 |
Squad at end of season[2]
| Pos. | Name | League | FA Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| GK | John Hodges | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| GK |  Romain Larrieu | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| GK | Luke McCormick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| GK | Jon Sheffield | 29 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
| DF | Danny Bance | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| DF | Adam Barrett | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| DF | Jon Beswetherick | 45 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 0 | |
| DF | Paul Connolly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| DF | Michael Heathcote | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| DF | Paul Mardon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| DF | Brian McGlinchey | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
| DF | Sacha Opinel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| DF |  Wayne O'Sullivan | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 1 | |
| DF | Craig Taylor | 39 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 4 | |
| DF | Lee Wilkie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| DF | David Worrell | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| DF | Paul Wotton | 42 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 4 | |
| MF | Steve Adams | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
| MF | Martin Barlow | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
| MF | Robert Betts | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| MF | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| MF | Sean Evers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| MF | Terry Fleming | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
| MF | David Friio | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 5 | |
| MF | Jean-Philippe Javary | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| MF | Chris Leadbitter | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| MF | Michael Meaker | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |
| MF | Kevin Nancekivell | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
| MF | Jason Peake | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | |
| MF | Martin Phillips | 42 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 1 | |
| MF | Kevin Wills | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 | |
| FW | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | ||
| FW | Martin Gritton | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 2 | |
| FW | Steve Guinan | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 1 | |
| FW | Sean McCarthy | 37 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 11 | |
| FW | Paul McGregor | 33 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 8 | |
| FW | Lee Phillips | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| FW | Ian Stonebridge | 31 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 12 | |
| FW | Ryan Trudgian | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |