2000–01 season of Watford F.C.
Watford 2000–01 football season
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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ]
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
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
Results [ edit ] Watford's score comes first [3]
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
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers R3 6 January 2001 Everton H 1–2 15,635 Mooney
League Cup [ edit ] Players [ edit ] First-team squad [ edit ] 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.
Left club during season [ edit ] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Reserve squad [ edit ] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
References [ edit ] ^ 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.
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