Football League Second Division 2000/01

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Football League Second Division 2000/01
Football League logo between 1988 and 2004
master Millwall FC
Climbers Millwall FC
Rotherham United
Walsall FC (as play-off winner)
Relegated Bristol Rovers
Luton Town
Swansea City
Oxford United
Teams 24
Games 552
Gates 1,466  (ø 2.66 per game)
Top scorer Jamie Cureton ( Reading FC / Bristol Rovers ) / Neil Harris ( Millwall FC )
← Football League Second Division 1999/2000
^ Football League First Division 2000/01

The Football League Second Division 2000/01 was the ninth season of the Football League Second Division as the third highest English football league and 74th third division season overall. Third division champions were the Millwall FC and next to the second-placed Rotherham United and, after play-off successes against Stoke City and Reading FC, the fourth-placed FC Walsall rose to the Football League First Division .

For the three promoted in the following third division season 2001/02 the three in the table below ranked second division Huddersfield Town , Queens Park Rangers and Tranmere Rovers took the places. Bristol Rovers , Luton Town , Swansea City and Oxford United had to relegate from the Second Division . Instead of these four clubs, the fourth division champions Brighton & Hove Albion , behind them Cardiff City and Chesterfield FC and the play-off winners FC Blackpool took the vacant positions in the following season 2001/02 .

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Millwall FC  46  28  9  9 089:380 +51 93
 2. Rotherham United (N)  46  27  10  9 079:550 +24 91
 3. Reading FC  46  25th  11  10 086:520 +34 86
 4th FC Walsall (A)  46  23  12  11 079:500 +29 81
 5. Stoke City  46  21st  14th  11 074:490 +25 77
 6th Wigan Athletic  46  19th  18th  9 053:420 +11 75
 7th Bournemouth AFC  46  20th  13  13 079:550 +24 73
 8th. Notts County  46  19th  12  15th 062:660  −4 69
 9. Bristol City  46  18th  14th  14th 070:560 +14 68
10. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wrexham AFC  46  17th  12  17th 065:710  −6 63
11. Port Vale (A)  46  16  14th  16 055:490  +6 62
12. Peterborough United (N)  46  15th  14th  17th 061:660  −5 59
13. Wycombe Wanderers  46  15th  14th  17th 046:530  −7 59
14th Brentford FC  46  14th  17th  15th 056:700 −14 59
15th Oldham Athletic  46  15th  13  18th 053:650 −12 58
16. Bury FC  46  16  10  20th 045:590 −14 58
17th Colchester United  46  15th  12  19th 055:590  −4 57
18th Northampton Town (N)  46  15th  12  19th 046:590 −13 57
19th Cambridge United  46  14th  11  21st 061:770 −16 53
20th Swindon Town (A)  46  13  13  20th 047:650 −18 52
21st Bristol Rovers  46  12  15th  19th 053:570  −4 51
22nd Luton Town  46  9  13  24 052:800 −28 40
23. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Swansea City (N)  46  8th  13  25th 047:730 −26 37
24. Oxford United  46  7th  6th  33 053: 100 −47 27

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

  • Third division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 2001/02
  • Promoted to the Football League First Division 2001/02
  • Play-off winners and promoted to Football League First Division 2001/02
  • defeated participants of the play-off round to participate in the Football League First Division 2001/02
  • Relegation to the Football League Third Division 2001/02
    • (A) Relegated from the Football League First Division 1999/2000
    (N) Newcomer from the Football League Third Division 1999/2000

    Play-off games for participation in the First Division

      Semi-finals (first leg / second leg / total) Finals at the Millennium Stadium
                         
    3  Reading FC 0 2 2    
    6th  Wigan Athletic 0 1 1  
    3  Reading FC 2
      4th  Walsall FC 3
    4th  Walsall FC 0 4th 4th
    5  Stoke City 0 2 2  

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates
    1 EnglandEngland Jamie Cureton Reading FC / Bristol Rovers 27
    = EnglandEngland Neil Harris Millwall FC =
    3 EnglandEngland Martin Butler Reading FC 24
    = EnglandEngland Mark Robins Rotherham United =
    5 EnglandEngland Tony Thorpe Bristol City 19th

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    References and footnotes

    1. ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
    2. ↑ Jack Rollin (Ed.): Rothmans Football Yearbook 2001-2002 . Queen Anne Press, London 2001, ISBN 0-7472-7260-3 , pp. 48 .
    3. ↑ Result after extension.