# 2000–01 Bradford City A.F.C. season

During the 2000–01 English football season, Bradford City competed in the Premier League. It was their second consecutive season in England's top flight, having retained their Premiership status on the last day of the previous season.

## Season summary

The Bantams produced a promising start to the new season with a narrow 1–0 defeat at Anfield to Liverpool followed by a brilliant 2–0 home win over Chelsea in the first two games. However, that was as good as it got for the club and an overall-terrible start to the season saw inexperienced young manager Chris Hutchings dismissed after 12 games at the helm. In came Jim Jefferies as his successor, but Jefferies could do little to alter Bradford's dismal fortunes and they went down in bottom place with just five Premiership wins all season.
Bradford City made their first ever foray into European competition, competing in the UEFA Intertoto Cup. They reached the semi-finals before being knocked out by Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg.

## Kit

Bradford City retained the previous season's kit, manufactured by Japanese company ASICS and sponsored by Bradford-based car dealership JCT600.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 16 | Everton | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 45 | 59 | −14 | 42 | |
| 17 | Derby County | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 37 | 59 | −22 | 42 | |
| 18 | Manchester City (R) | 38 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 41 | 65 | −24 | 34 | Relegation to the Football League First Division |
| 19 | Coventry City (R) | 38 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 36 | 63 | −27 | 34 | Relegation to the Football League First Division |
| 20 | Bradford City (R) | 38 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 30 | 70 | −40 | 26 | Relegation to the Football League First Division |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: 2000–01 FA Premier League table

### Results by round

| Round | 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 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A |
| Result | L | W | D | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | W | D | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | W | W | L | L | D | L | D |
| Position | 15 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |

## Results

Bradford City's score comes first

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |

### FA Premier League

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 19 August 2000 | Liverpool | A | 0–1 | 44,183 | |
| 22 August 2000 | Chelsea | H | 2–0 | 17,872 | Windass, Carbone |
| 26 August 2000 | Leicester City | H | 0–0 | 16,766 | |
| 5 September 2000 | Manchester United | A | 0–6 | 66,447 | |
| 9 September 2000 | Arsenal | H | 1–1 | 17,160 | McCall |
| 16 September 2000 | Aston Villa | A | 0–2 | 27,849 | |
| 23 September 2000 | Southampton | H | 0–1 | 16,163 | |
| 30 September 2000 | West Ham United | A | 1–1 | 25,407 | Petrescu |
| 14 October 2000 | Manchester City | A | 0–2 | 34,229 | |
| 21 October 2000 | Ipswich Town | H | 0–2 | 17,045 | |
| 29 October 2000 | Leeds United | H | 1–1 | 17,364 | Collymore |
| 4 November 2000 | Charlton Athletic | A | 0–2 | 19,655 | |
| 11 November 2000 | Everton | H | 0–1 | 17,276 | |
| 18 November 2000 | Derby County | A | 0–2 | 31,614 | |
| 25 November 2000 | Middlesbrough | A | 2–2 | 28,526 | Windass, Carbone |
| 2 December 2000 | Coventry City | H | 2–1 | 15,523 | Collymore, Beagrie |
| 9 December 2000 | Tottenham Hotspur | H | 3–3 | 17,225 | Lawrence, Windass, Carbone |
| 16 December 2000 | Newcastle United | A | 1–2 | 50,470 | Molenaar |
| 23 December 2000 | Chelsea | A | 0–3 | 33,377 | |
| 26 December 2000 | Sunderland | H | 1–4 | 20,370 | Blake |
| 1 January 2001 | Leicester City | A | 2–1 | 19,278 | Jess, Jacobs |
| 13 January 2001 | Manchester United | H | 0–3 | 20,551 | |
| 21 January 2001 | Sunderland | A | 0–0 | 47,812 | |
| 30 January 2001 | Arsenal | A | 0–2 | 37,318 | |
| 3 February 2001 | Aston Villa | H | 0–3 | 19,591 | |
| 10 February 2001 | Southampton | A | 0–2 | 14,651 | |
| 24 February 2001 | West Ham United | H | 1–2 | 20,469 | Jess |
| 4 March 2001 | Ipswich Town | A | 1–3 | 21,820 | Carbone |
| 17 March 2001 | Manchester City | H | 2–2 | 19,117 | Blake, Ward |
| 31 March 2001 | Newcastle United | H | 2–2 | 20,160 | Wetherall, Blake (pen) |
| 10 April 2001 | Tottenham Hotspur | A | 1–2 | 28,306 | Jess |
| 13 April 2001 | Charlton Athletic | H | 2–0 | 17,511 | Blake (pen), Carbone |
| 21 April 2001 | Derby County | H | 2–0 | 18,564 | Ward (2) |
| 28 April 2001 | Everton | A | 1–2 | 34,256 | Myers |
| 1 May 2001 | Liverpool | H | 0–2 | 22,057 | |
| 5 May 2001 | Middlesbrough | H | 1–1 | 20,921 | Jacobs |
| 13 May 2001 | Leeds United | A | 1–6 | 38,300 | Ward |
| 19 May 2001 | Coventry City | A | 0–0 | 20,299 | |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
| R3 | 8 January 2001 | Middlesbrough | H | 0–1 | 7,303 | |

### League Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
| R2 1st Leg | 19 September 2000 | Darlington | A | 1–0 | 5,392 | Whalley |
| R2 2nd Leg | 25 September 2000 | Darlington | H | 7–2 (won 8–2 on agg) | 4,751 | Whalley, Windass (2), Carbone (2), Grant, Halle |
| R3 | 1 November 2000 | Newcastle United | A | 3–4 | 41,847 | Nolan, Ward (2) |

### UEFA Intertoto Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
| R2 1st Leg | 1 July 2000 | FK Atlantas | A | 3–1 | 3,500 | Rankin, Windass, Blake (pen) |
| R2 2nd Leg | 9 July 2000 | FK Atlantas | H | 4–1 (won 7–2 on agg) | 10,012 | Mills (2), Blake (pen), Grant |
| R3 1st Leg | 16 July 2000 | RKC Waalwijk | H | 2–0 | 8,343 | Windass (2, 1 pen) |
| R3 2nd Leg | 22 July 2000 | RKC Waalwijk | A | 1–0 (won 3–0 on agg) | 3,700 | Mills |
| SF 1st Leg | 26 July 2000 | FC Zenit Saint Petersburg | A | 0–1 | 18,500 | |
| SF 2nd Leg | 2 August 2000 | FC Zenit Saint Petersburg | H | 0–3 | 9,572 | |

## First-team squad

    Squad at end of 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 |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Gary Walsh |
| 2 | DF | NIR | Ian Nolan |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Andy Myers |
| 4 | MF | SCO | Stuart McCall (captain) |
| 5 | DF | ENG | David Wetherall |
| 6 | MF | IRL | Gareth Whalley |
| 7 | MF | JAM | Jamie Lawrence |
| 8 | FW | ENG | Robbie Blake |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Ashley Ward |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Benito Carbone |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Peter Beagrie |
| 12 | DF | NED | Robert Molenaar |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Matt Clarke |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Lee Sharpe |
| 17 | GK | NIR | Aidan Davison |
| 18 | DF | NOR | Gunnar Halle |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | SCO | Gary Locke |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Peter Atherton |
| 21 | FW | WAL | Dean Saunders |
| 22 | DF | ENG | Wayne Jacobs |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Mark Bower |
| 24 | FW | ENG | Gareth Grant |
| 25 | MF | ENG | Scott Kerr |
| 27 | MF | SCO | Billy McKinlay |
| 29 | MF | SCO | Eoin Jess (on loan from Aberdeen) |
| 31 | MF | RSA | Adam Hardy |
| 32 | GK | ENG | Jon Worsnop |
| 33 | FW | ENG | Ben Jones |
| 34 | DF | ENG | Lewis Emanuel |
| 35 | MF | ENG | Andy Lee |
| 36 | MF | ENG | Craig Fishlock |
| 45 | MF | ENG | Andy Long |

### 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 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Lee Todd (to Rochdale) |
| 5 | MF | ENG | Ashley Westwood (to Sheffield Wednesday) |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Lee Mills (to Portsmouth) |
| 14 | DF | IRL | Andy O'Brien (to Newcastle United) |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Dean Windass (to Middlesbrough) |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Isaiah Rankin (to Barnsley) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 26 | MF | ROU | Dan Petrescu (to Southampton) |
| 28 | FW | ENG | Stan Collymore (to Real Oviedo) |
| 30 | MF | SCO | David Hopkin (to Crystal Palace) |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Intertoto Cup | Intertoto Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ENG | Gary Walsh | 21 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Matt Clarke | 21 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | GK | NIR | Aidan Davison | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | NIR | Ian Nolan | 27 | 1 | 17+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Andy Myers | 24 | 1 | 15+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | David Wetherall | 23 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | NED | Robert Molenaar | 22 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | NOR | Gunnar Halle | 17 | 1 | 10+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Peter Atherton | 33 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ENG | Wayne Jacobs | 26 | 2 | 19+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Mark Bower | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | SCO | Stuart McCall | 43 | 1 | 36+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | IRL | Gareth Whalley | 28 | 2 | 17+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | JAM | Jamie Lawrence | 21 | 1 | 15+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Peter Beagrie | 21 | 1 | 9+10 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Lee Sharpe | 16 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | SCO | Gary Locke | 7 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ENG | Scott Kerr | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | SCO | Billy McKinlay | 12 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | SCO | Eoin Jess | 17 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | RSA | Adam Hardy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 8 | FW | ENG | Robbie Blake | 26 | 6 | 14+7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Ashley Ward | 36 | 6 | 24+9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Benito Carbone | 34 | 7 | 29+2 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | WAL | Dean Saunders | 15 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ENG | Gareth Grant | 10 | 2 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ENG | Lee Todd | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | ENG | Ashley Westwood | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Lee Mills | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 14 | DF | IRL | Andy O'Brien | 23 | 0 | 17+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | ENG | Dean Windass | 34 | 8 | 22+2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Isaiah Rankin | 3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 26 | DF | ROU | Dan Petrescu | 20 | 1 | 16+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | ENG | Stan Collymore | 8 | 2 | 5+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | SCO | David Hopkin | 16 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |

### Starting 11

    Considering starts in all competitions
    Considering a 4–3–3 formation
| No. | Pos. | Name | MS | Notes |
| 13 | GK | Matt Clarke | 21 | Gary Walsh has 21 starts |
| 20 | RB | Peter Atherton | 33 | Dan Petrescu has 18 starts |
| 5 | CB | David Wetherall | 23 | Robert Molenaar has 22 starts |
| 14 | CB | Andy O'Brien | 22 | Andy Myers has 18 starts |
| 2 | LB | Ian Nolan | 23 | Wayne Jacobs has 23 starts |
| 29 | CM | Eoin Jess | 18 | |
| 4 | CM | Stuart McCall | 41 | |
| 6 | CM | Gareth Whalley | 25 | |
| 9 | RW | Ashley Ward | 26 | Robbie Blake has 18 starts |
| 10 | CF | Benito Carbone | 31 | |
| 15 | LW | Dean Windass | 32 | |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Name | From | Fee |
| 4 July 2000 | DF | Ian Nolan | Sheffield Wednesday | Free transfer |
| 4 July 2000 | DF | Peter Atherton | Sheffield Wednesday | Free transfer |
| 7 July 2000 | MF | David Hopkin | Leeds United | £2,500,000 |
| 30 July 2000 | MF | Dan Petrescu | Chelsea | £1,000,000 |
| 9 August 2000 | FW | Benito Carbone | Aston Villa | Free transfer |
| 18 August 2000 | FW | Ashley Ward | Blackburn Rovers | £1,500,000 |
| 26 October 2000 | FW | Stan Collymore | Leicester City | Free transfer |
| 24 November 2000 | MF | Billy McKinlay | Blackburn Rovers | Free transfer |
| 1 December 2000 | DF | Robert Molenaar | Leeds United | £500,000 |
| 25 January 2001 | DF | Gary Locke | Hearts | Free transfer |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Name | To | Fee |
| 14 July 2000 | DF | John Dreyer | Cambridge United | Free transfer |
| 2 August 2000 | DF | Lee Todd | Rochdale | Free transfer |
| 11 August 2000 | FW | Lee Mills | Portsmouth | £1,000,000 |
| 21 August 2000 | DF | Stephen Wright | Dundee United | Nominal |
| 11 September 2000 | DF | Ashley Westwood | Sheffield Wednesday | £150,000 |
| 12 January 2001 | MF | Dan Petrescu | Southampton | Nominal |
| 19 January 2001 | FW | Isaiah Rankin | Barnsley | £350,000 |
| 30 January 2001 | FW | Stan Collymore | Real Oviedo | Free transfer |
| 8 March 2001 | FW | Dean Windass | Middlesbrough | £600,000 |
| 15 March 2001 | MF | David Hopkin | Crystal Palace | £1,500,000 |
| 19 March 2001 | DF | Andy O'Brien | Newcastle United | £2,000,000 |
    Transfers in: £5,500,000
    Transfers out: £5,600,000
    Total spending: £100,000