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2000–01 Preston North End F.C. season

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Preston North End
2000–01 season
ManagerDavid Moyes
StadiumDeepdale
Division One4th (qualified for play-offs)
Play-offsRunners-up
FA CupThird round
Worthington CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
All: Macken (22)

During the 2000–01 English football season, Preston North End F.C. competed in the Football League First Division, the second tier of English football.

Season summary

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After being promoted to the First Division, Preston North End occupied the play-offs spots for most of the season and eventually finished fourth to qualify for the play-offs for promotion to the Premiership. After beating Birmingham City 4–2 on penalties after a 2–2 draw on aggregate over two legs North End faced Lancashire rivals Bolton Wanderers at the Millennium Stadium. Bolton took a 17th-minute lead through Gareth Farrelly, and, despite Preston fighting for an equaliser, goals from Michael Ricketts and Ricardo Gardner in the 89th and 90th minutes ended Preston's hopes of a second successive promotion and a return to the top flight after an absence of over 50 years.

First-team squad

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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 England ENG David Lucas
2 DF Scotland SCO Graham Alexander (born in Coventry, England)
3 DF England ENG Dominic Ludden
4 DF England ENG Ryan Kidd
5 DF England ENG Michael Jackson
6 DF England ENG Sean Gregan
7 MF England ENG Lee Cartwright
8 MF England ENG Mark Rankine
9 FW United States USA Brian McBride (on loan from Columbus Crew)
10 FW England ENG Steve Basham
11 FW Northern Ireland NIR David Healy
12 DF Scotland SCO Derek Collins (on loan from Hibernian)
14 DF Northern Ireland NIR Colin Murdock
15 DF Wales WAL Rob Edwards (born in Kendal, England)
16 MF England ENG Paul McKenna
17 FW England ENG Jon Macken
18 FW England ENG Paweł Abbott
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW Iceland ISL Bjarki Gunnlaugsson
20 MF Northern Ireland NIR Paul Morgan
21 GK Finland FIN Teuvo Moilanen
22 DF England ENG Adam Eaton
23 FW England ENG Mark Wright
24 FW Northern Ireland NIR Steve Robinson
25 FW England ENG Richard Cresswell (on loan from Leicester City)
26 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Stuart King
28 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Brian Barry-Murphy
29 FW England ENG Joseph O'Neill
30 GK Republic of Ireland IRL Kelham O'Hanlon (O'Hanlon was born in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, England)
31 MF Scotland SCO Iain Anderson
32 DF Scotland SCO David Moyes (player-manager)
33 MF England ENG John Bailey
38 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Michael Keane
44 GK England ENG Andy Lonergan

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
11 MF England ENG David Eyres (to Oldham Athletic)
12 DF England ENG Gary Parkinson (to Blackpool)
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF England ENG Michael Appleton (to West Bromwich Albion)
25 FW Netherlands NED Erik Meijer (on loan from Liverpool)