2000–01 Swansea City A.F.C. season

Swansea City

2000–01 season
Football League Second Division	23rd
FA Cup	First round
League Cup	First round
League Trophy	Quarter Final

The 2000–01 season saw Swansea City compete in the Football League Second Division where they finished in 23rd position with 37 points and were relegated to the Third Division.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
20	Swindon Town	46	13	13	20	47	65	−18	52
21	Bristol Rovers	46	12	15	19	53	57	−4	51	Relegated
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

Source:
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Results

Swansea City's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Second Division

Main article: 2000–01 Football League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	12 August 2000	Wigan Athletic	H	0–0	8,391
2	19 August 2000	Brentford	A	0–0	5,039
3	26 August 2000	Colchester United	H	0–2	6,247
4	28 August 2000	Peterborough United	A	2–0	6,428	Bound, Price
5	9 September 2000	Millwall	A	0–1	9,550
6	12 September 2000	Notts County	A	1–0	3,395	Thomas
7	16 September 2000	Luton Town	H	4–0	6,011	Bound, Boyd, Cusack, Roberts
8	23 September 2000	Reading	A	1–5	11,003	Watkin
9	30 September 2000	Bury	H	0–2	5,362
10	14 October 2000	Stoke City	H	2–1	6,498	Savarese (2)
11	17 October 2000	Swindon Town	H	0–0	6,333
12	21 October 2000	Wrexham	A	0–1	4,008
13	24 October 2000	Rotherham United	A	2–4	3,892	Watkin, Bound
14	28 October 2000	Port Vale	H	0–1	3,715
15	31 October 2000	Bristol City	H	2–2	5,286	Savarese (2)
16	4 November 2000	Oldham Athletic	A	1–1	4,282	Smith
17	11 November 2000	Oxford United	H	1–2	4,892	Watkin
18	25 November 2000	Cambridge United	A	3–3	3,269	Watkin, Savarese (2)
19	2 December 2000	Bristol Rovers	H	0–0	5,563
20	16 December 2000	Bournemouth	A	0–2	3,738
21	23 December 2000	Wycombe Wanderers	A	1–2	5,001	Roberts
22	26 December 2000	Walsall	H	3–1	5,795	Watkin, Savarese, Jones
23	6 January 2001	Wigan Athletic	A	0–2	5,571
24	13 January 2001	Peterborough United	H	2–2	5,288	Savarese, Casey
25	20 January 2001	Walsall	A	1–5	5,227	Watkin
26	3 February 2001	Bristol City	A	1–3	10,379	Roberts
27	11 February 2001	Millwall	H	0–0	6,905
28	17 February 2001	Luton Town	A	3–5	7,085	Savarese (3)
29	20 February 2001	Notts County	H	0–1	4,058
30	24 February 2001	Reading	H	0–1	5,073
31	27 February 2001	Northampton Town	A	1–2	4,361	Fabiano
32	3 March 2001	Bury	A	0–3	3,443
33	7 March 2001	Stoke City	A	2–1	10,091	Price, O'Leary
34	10 March 2001	Northampton Town	H	1–1	4,911	Watkin
35	17 March 2001	Swindon Town	A	1–1	6,724	Roberts
36	31 March 2001	Bournemouth	H	0–3	4,013
37	3 April 2001	Colchester United	A	0–3	2,886
38	7 April 2001	Bristol Rovers	A	0–1	6,505
39	10 April 2001	Wycombe Wanderers	H	3–1	3,010	Price, Boyd (2)
40	14 April 2001	Rotherham United	H	0–0	4,327
41	16 April 2001	Port Vale	A	0–1	4,396
42	21 April 2001	Oldham Athletic	H	1–2	3,261	Roberts
43	24 April 2001	Wrexham	H	0–1	2,665
44	28 April 2001	Oxford United	A	1–3	4,148	Price
45	1 May 2001	Brentford	H	6–0	2,002	Verschave (2), O'Leary, Cusack, Coates, Todd
46	5 May 2001	Cambridge United	A	1–1	3,383	Verschave

FA Cup

Main article: 2000–01 FA Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	18 November 2000	Bournemouth	A	0–2	3,422

Football League Cup

Main article: 2000–01 Football League Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1 1st leg	22 August 2000	West Bromwich Albion	H	0–0	4,758
R1 2nd leg	6 September 2000	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–2	7,328	Bound

Football League Trophy

Main article: 2000–01 Football League Trophy

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	9 January 2001	Bournemouth	H	1–0	3,810	Savarese
R2	30 January 2001	Reading	H	1–0	2,516	Savarese
QF	14 February 2001	Brentford	H	2–3	2,222	Lacey, Price

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Roger Freestone	43	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	49	0
2	DF	Steve Jones	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	1
3	DF	Michael Howard	39(2)	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	44(2)	0
4	MF	Nick Cusack	30(10)	2	1	0	1	0	0(1)	0	32(11)	2
5	MF	Jason Smith	22	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	27	1
6	DF	Matthew Bound	39(1)	3	1	0	2	1	0(1)	0	42(2)	4
7	MF	Richard Appleby	0(5)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(5)	0
8	MF	Martin Thomas	12(9)	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	15(9)	1
9	FW	Giovanni Savarese	28(3)	11	0(1)	0	0	0	3	2	31(4)	13
10	FW	Steve Watkin	27(8)	7	1	0	2	0	0(1)	0	30(9)	7
11	MF	Jonathan Coates	16(3)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	17(3)	1
12	MF	Gareth Phillips	9(6)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9(6)	0
13	GK	Jason Jones	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
14	MF	Kristian O'Leary	22(2)	2	0	0	2	0	3	0	27(2)	2
15	MF	Damien Lacey	17(1)	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	20(1)	1
16	MF	Tommy Mutton	3(2)	0	0	0	0(2)	0	0	0	3(4)	0
17	MF	Stuart Roberts	21(15)	5	1	0	1(1)	0	3	0	26(16)	5
18	FW	Jason Price	41	4	0	0	2	0	2	1	45	5
19	DF	Ryan Casey	3(6)	1	0(1)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	3(8)	1
20	MF	Lee Jenkins	29(10)	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	33(10)	0
21	MF	Andrew Mumford	2(4)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2(4)	0
23	MF	Bari Morgan	0(5)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(5)	0
25	MF	Michael Keegan	4	0	0(1)	0	1(1)	0	2	0	7(2)	0
26	MF	Leigh De-Vulgt	6(1)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	8(1)	0
27	GK	Carl Mounty	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0(1)	0
29	DF	Chris Todd	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	1
30	DF	David Romo	28(5)	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	32(5)	0
31	MF	Nicolas Fabiano	12(4)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12(4)	1
32	FW	Matthias Verschave	12	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	13	3
35	FW	Walter Boyd	14(3)	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	17(3)	3
36	GK	Alex Davies	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0

External links

• Swansea City 2000–01 at Soccerbase.com (select relevant season from dropdown list)