2000–01 Watford F.C. season

Watford
2000–01 season
Chairman	Elton John
Manager	Graham Taylor
Stadium	Vicarage Road
First Division	9th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Tommy Mooney (19); All: ; Tommy Mooney (22)
Average home league attendance	13,941
	← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

During the 2000–01 English football season, Watford competed in the Football League First Division. The club was relegated from the Premier League in the previous season.

Season summary

After relegation from the Premier League, Watford stabilised in the First Division to finish 9th, five points off the play-off places. A total of 143 goals were scored in league matches involving Watford; only champions Fulham scored more goals than Watford's 76, whilst Sheffield Wednesday, Crystal Palace, Tranmere Rovers and Queens Park Rangers were the only teams to concede more than Watford's 67 league goals.^[1] Manager Graham Taylor announced his retirement at the end of the season - former Chelsea manager Gianluca Vialli was named as his replacement.^[2]

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Burnley	46	21	9	16	50	54	−4	72
8	Wimbledon	46	17	18	11	71	50	+21	69
9	Watford	46	20	9	17	76	67	+9	69
10	Sheffield United	46	19	11	16	52	49	+3	68
11	Nottingham Forest	46	20	8	18	55	53	+2	68

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	20	9	17	76	67	+9	69	11	6	6	46	29	+17	9	3	11	30	38	−8

Source: 2000-01 Football League First Division table

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A
Result	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	D	L	D	W	L	L	W	D	L	W	L	D	W	L
Position	5	3	4	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	4	5	4	6	8	6	5	5	5	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	9	7	7	8	7	8	8	8	10	11	7	9

Source: 11v11.com: 2000-01 Watford results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Watford's score comes first^[3]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
12 August 2000	Huddersfield Town	A	2–1	13,018	Cox, Smith
19 August 2000	Barnsley	H	1–0	13,186	Foley
26 August 2000	Wimbledon	A	0–0	8,447
28 August 2000	Sheffield United	H	4-1	12,675	Helguson, Mooney, Noel-Williams, Hyde
9 September 2000	Portsmouth	A	3–1	14,012	Nielsen, Mooney, Helguson
12 September 2000	Blackburn Rovers	A	4-3	17,258	Hyde (2), Helguson, Mooney
16 September 2000	Crewe Alexandra	H	3–0	13,784	Smith, Noel-Williams, Hyde
23 September 2000	Stockport County	A	3–2	6,933	Smith, Noel-Williams, Nielsen
1 October 2000	Birmingham City	H	2-0	12,355	Nielsen, Cox
14 October 2000	Queens Park Rangers	H	3–1	17,488	Cox (2), Noel-Williams
17 October 2000	Gillingham	H	0–0	12,356
21 October 2000	Nottingham Forest	A	2–0	20,065	Hyde (2)
24 October 2000	Bolton Wanderers	H	1–0	11,799	Mooney (pen)
28 October 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2-2	20,296
4 November 2000	Grimsby Town	H	4–0	11,600	Nielsen, Mooney (2), Noel-Williams
7 November 2000	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–3	11,166	Smith
11 November 2000	Tranmere Rovers	A	0–2	8,858
18 November 2000	Preston North End	H	2–3	13,066	Mooney, Palmer
3 December 2000	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–2	13,904	Smith
9 December 2000	Crystal Palace	A	0–1	16,049
16 December 2000	West Bromwich Albion	H	3–3	14,601	Butler (own goal), Mooney (2)
23 December 2000	Huddersfield Town	H	1–2	13,371	Heary (own goal)
26 December 2000	Fulham	A	0–5	5,752
29 December 2000	Barnsley	A	1–0	13,820	Nielsen
2 January 2001	Wimbledon	H	3–1	11,336	Mooney (2), Noel-Williams
13 January 2001	Sheffield United	A	1–0	17,551	Mooney
20 January 2001	Fulham	H	1-3	18,333	Helguson
27 January 2001	Norwich City	A	1-2	15,309	Helguson
3 February 2001	Sheffield Wednesday	A	3–2	16,134	Vernazza, Ward, Smith
10 February 2001	Portsmouth	H	2–2	16,051	Smith (2)
17 February 2001	Crewe Alexandra	A	0–2	6,757
20 February 2001	Blackburn Rovers	H	0-1	15,970
24 February 2001	Stockport County	H	2–2	13,647	Mooney, Nielsen
2 March 2001	Birmingham City	A	0–2	20,724
7 March 2001	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–1	12,436	Nielsen
10 March 2001	Norwich City	H	4-1	15,123	Wooter, Smith, Helguson, Nielsen
13 March 2001	Burnley	H	0–1	13,653
31 March 2001	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–3	17,261
3 April 2001	Nottingham Forest	H	3–0	13,651	Noel-Williams, Mooney (2)
7 April 2001	Crystal Palace	H	2–2	15,598	Nielsen, Mooney
14 April 2001	Grimsby Town	A	1–2	6,110	Mooney
17 April 2001	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3–2	13,765	Mooney, Smith, Helguson
22 April 2001	Preston North End	A	2–3	14,071	Noel-Williams, Page
28 April 2001	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–1	16,063	Nielsen
1 May 2001	Gillingham	A	3–0	9,098	Helguson, Smith, Vernazza
6 May 2001	Burnley	A	0–2	18,283

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 2001	Everton	H	1–2	15,635	Mooney

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	22 August 2000	Cheltenham Town	H	0–0	8,289
R1 2nd Leg	5 September 2000	Cheltenham Town	A	3–0 (won 3–0 on agg)	5,078	Smith, Ward, Helguson
R2 1st Leg	19 September 2000	Notts County	A	3–1	2,346	Palmer, Mooney
R2 2nd Leg	26 September 2000	Notts County	H	0–2 (won on away goals)	7,677
R3	31 October 2000	Manchester United	H	0–3	18,871

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ENG	Alec Chamberlain
2	DF	ENG	Neil Cox
3	DF	ENG	Paul Robinson
4	DF	WAL	Rob Page
5	DF	ENG	Steve Palmer
6	MF	NIR	Peter Kennedy
8	MF	JAM	Micah Hyde^{[notes 1]}
9	FW	ENG	Tommy Mooney
10	MF	AUS	Richard Johnson
11	FW	ENG	Nick Wright
12	FW	SCO	Allan Smart
13	GK	ENG	Chris Day
14	MF	NED	Nordin Wooter^{[notes 2]}
15	FW	ENG	Gifton Noel-Williams


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	DF	ENG	Nigel Gibbs (captain)
17	FW	ENG	Tommy Smith
18	FW	ISL	Heiðar Helguson
19	MF	ENG	Clint Easton
21	FW	IRL	Dominic Foley
22	GK	NOR	Espen Baardsen^{[notes 3]}
23	DF	ENG	Darren Ward
25	MF	ENG	Paolo Vernazza
26	DF	ENG	David Perpetuini
27	DF	ENG	James Panayi
28	MF	DEN	Allan Nielsen
29	MF	ENG	Stephen Armstrong
33	MF	ENG	Fabian Forde^{[notes 4]}
34	MF	ENG	Lee Cook

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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
7	MF	COD	Michel Ngonge^{[notes 5]} (to Queens Park Rangers)
7	MF	ENG	Carlton Palmer (on loan from Coventry City)
20	MF	ISL	Jóhann Guðmundsson (to FK Lyn)
25	MF	BEL	Adrian Bakalli (to Swindon Town)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
30	DF	ENG	Richard Jobson (on loan from Manchester City)
32	FW	ENG	Steve Brooker (to Port Vale)
36	MF	SCO	Charlie Miller (to Dundee United)
—	FW	AUS	Chad Mansley (to Leyton Orient)

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
24	MF	FRA	Alexandre Bonnot
30	DF	ENG	Lloyd Doyley^{[notes 6]}
31	DF	ENG	Matthew Langston
32	DF	ENG	Tom Neill


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
35	FW	ENG	David Warner
37	MF	ENG	Gary Fisken
38	DF	ENG	Jerel Ifil

References

^ "Division One 2000–2001 table". Tony Brown. Statto.com. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
^ Ingle, Sean (2 May 2001). "Vialli named new Watford manager". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
^ "Watford results for the 2000-2001 season - Statto.com". Archived from the original on 13 January 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
^ "FootballSquads - Watford - 2000/01".

Notes

^ Hyde was born in Newham, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 2001.
^ Wooter was born in Paramaribo, Suriname, but also qualified to represent the Netherlands internationally and represented them at U-19 and U-21 level.
^ Baardsen was born in San Rafael, California, United States, and represented them at U-18 level, but also qualified to represent Norway internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Norway in September 1998.
^ Forde was born in Harrow, England, but also qualified to represent Barbados internationally and would make his international debut for Barbados in November 2002.
^ Ngonge was born in Huy, Belgium, but also qualified to represent the Democratic Republic of the Congo internationally and made his international debut for the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1995.
^ Doyley was born in Tower Hamlets, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and would make his international debut for Jamaica in March 2013.

[1] "Division One 2000–2001 table". Tony Brown. Statto.com. Retrieved 11 February 2012.

[2] Ingle, Sean (2 May 2001). "Vialli named new Watford manager". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 February 2012.

[3] "Watford results for the 2000-2001 season - Statto.com". Archived from the original on 13 January 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2012.

[4] "FootballSquads - Watford - 2000/01".

[5] Hyde was born in Newham, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 2001.

[6] Wooter was born in Paramaribo, Suriname, but also qualified to represent the Netherlands internationally and represented them at U-19 and U-21 level.

[7] Baardsen was born in San Rafael, California, United States, and represented them at U-18 level, but also qualified to represent Norway internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Norway in September 1998.

[8] Forde was born in Harrow, England, but also qualified to represent Barbados internationally and would make his international debut for Barbados in November 2002.

[9] Ngonge was born in Huy, Belgium, but also qualified to represent the Democratic Republic of the Congo internationally and made his international debut for the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1995.

[10] Doyley was born in Tower Hamlets, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and would make his international debut for Jamaica in March 2013.

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