2000–01 Wycombe Wanderers F.C. season

Wycombe Wanderers

2000–01 season
Chairman	Ivor Beeks
Manager	Lawrie Sanchez
Stadium	Adams Park
Second Division	13th
FA Cup	Semi-finals
League Cup	Second round
Football League Trophy	Area quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Andy Rammell (10) All: Andy Rammell (13)
Average home league attendance	5,549
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

During the 2000–01 English football season, Wycombe Wanderers competed in the Football League Second Division.

Season summary

Having barely escaped relegation the previous season, this time round Wycombe achieved survival in the Second Division by a comfortable margin. Their defensive record, the best of any team outside the top six, ensured they finished well clear of relegation in 13th place. Wycombe enjoyed their greatest success in the FA Cup, defeating First Division teams Grimsby Town, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Wimbledon before edging Premier League side Leicester City 2-1 at Filbert Street; this result caused Leicester, then sitting fourth in the Premier League, to enter a poor run of form that dragged them down to 13th. The win at Leicester set up a dream semi-final tie against Liverpool at Villa Park - Wycombe pushed Gérard Houllier's men all the way before losing 2-1; Liverpool would go on to finish third in the Premier League and win a treble of the League, FA and UEFA Cups.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GD		Pts
1	Millwall	46		17	2	4	49	11		11	7	5	40	27		89	38	+51		93
2	Rotherham United	46		16	4	3	50	26		11	6	6	29	29		79	55	+24		91
3	Reading	46		15	5	3	58	26		10	6	7	28	26		86	52	+34		86
4	Walsall	46		15	5	3	51	23		8	7	8	28	27		79	50	+29		81
5	Stoke City	46		12	6	5	39	21		9	8	6	35	28		74	49	+25		77
6	Wigan Athletic	46		12	9	2	29	18		7	9	7	24	24		53	42	+11		75
7	Bournemouth	46		11	6	6	37	23		9	7	7	42	32		79	55	+24		73
8	Notts County	46		10	6	7	37	33		9	6	8	25	33		62	66	–4		69
9	Bristol City	46		11	6	6	47	29		7	8	8	23	27		70	56	+14		68
10	Wrexham	46		10	6	7	33	28		7	6	10	32	43		65	71	–6		63
11	Port Vale	46		9	8	6	35	22		7	6	10	20	27		55	49	+6		62
12	Peterborough United	46		12	6	5	38	27		3	8	12	23	39		61	66	–5		59
13	Wycombe Wanderers	46		8	7	8	24	23		7	7	9	22	30		46	53	–7		59
14	Brentford	46		9	10	4	34	30		5	7	11	22	40		56	70	–14		59
15	Oldham Athletic	46		11	5	7	35	26		4	8	11	18	39		53	65	–12		58
16	Bury	46		10	6	7	25	22		6	4	13	20	37		45	59	–14		58
17	Colchester United	46		10	5	8	32	23		5	7	11	23	36		55	59	–4		57
18	Northampton Town	46		9	6	8	26	28		6	6	11	20	31		46	59	–13		57
19	Cambridge United	46		8	6	9	32	31		6	5	12	29	46		61	77	–16		53
20	Swindon Town	46		6	8	9	30	35		7	5	11	17	30		47	65	–18		52
21	Bristol Rovers	46		6	10	7	28	26		6	5	12	25	31		53	57	–4		51
22	Luton Town	46		5	6	12	24	35		4	7	12	28	45		52	80	–28		40
23	Swansea City	46		5	9	9	26	24		3	4	16	21	49		47	73	–26		37
24	Oxford United	46		5	4	14	23	34		2	2	19	30	66		53	100	–47		27

• Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
• NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted through play-offs
	Relegated

Results

Wycombe Wanderers' score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	18 November 2000	Harrow Borough	H	3-0	2,681	Bates (2), Simpson
R2	10 December 2000	Millwall	A	0-0	7,819
R2R	19 December 2000	Millwall	H	2-1	3,878	Rammell, McCarthy
R3	6 January 2001	Grimsby Town	H	1-1	5,390	McCarthy
R3R	16 January 2001	Grimsby Town	A	3-1	3,269	McCarthy, Simpson, Rogers
R4	27 January 2001	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2-1	9,617	Rammell, Parkin
R5	17 February 2001	Wimbledon	H	2-2	9,650	Simpson, Brown
R5R	20 February 2001	Wimbledon	A	2-2 (won 8-7 on pens)	9,464	Carroll, McCarthy
QF	10 March 2001	Leicester City	A	2-1	21,969	McCarthy, Essandoh
SF	8 April 2001	Liverpool	N	1-2	40,037	Ryan

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	22 August 2000	Barnet	A	1-2	1,741	Rogers
R1 2nd Leg	5 September 2000	Barnet	H	3-1 (won 4-3 on agg)	2,205	McSporran, Castledine, McCarthy
R2 1st Leg	19 September 2000	Birmingham City	H	3-4	2,537	Rammell, Baird, Bates
R2 2nd Leg	26 September 2000	Birmingham City	A	0-1 (lost 3-5 on agg)	8,960

Squad

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 Martin Taylor 2 DF Chris Marsh 3 DF Chris Vinnicombe 4 DF Jason Cousins 5 DF Paul McCarthy 6 DF Jamie Bates 7 MF Dave Carroll 8 MF Keith Ryan 9 FW Andrew Baird 10 FW Sean Devine 11 MF Paul Emblen 12 MF Peter Holsgrove 14 MF Maurice Harkin 15 FW Jermaine McSporran 16 FW Andy Rammell 17 DF Mark Rogers 18 DF Ben Townsend

No. Position Player 19 MF Stewart Castledine 20 FW George Clegg (on loan from Manchester United) 21 DF Alan Beeton 22 MF Dannie Bullman 23 MF Ian Simpemba 24 FW Guy Whittingham 25 MF Martyn Lee 26 GK Mark Osborn 27 FW Leeyon Phelan 28 MF Michael Simpson 29 FW Danny Senda 30 FW Steve Brown 32 DF John Nutter 33 FW Matthew Brady 34 DF Roger Johnson 35 GK Mark Westhead 36 FW Roy Essandoh

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 21 FW Kevin Butts (loaned to Charleston SC) 20 FW Steve Jones (on loan from Bristol City)

No. Position Player 20 FW Niall Thompson (released) 24 FW Sam Parkin (on loan from Chelsea)

References

1. http://www.statto.com/football/teams/wycombe-wanderers/2000-2001/results