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