# 2000–01 Bristol City F.C. season

The 2000–01 season saw Bristol City compete in the Football League Second Division where they finished in 9th position with 68 points.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | Bournemouth | 46 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 79 | 55 | +24 | 73 |
| 8 | Notts County | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 62 | 66 | −4 | 69 |
| 9 | Bristol City | 46 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 70 | 56 | +14 | 68 |
| 10 | Wrexham | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 65 | 71 | −6 | 63 |
| 11 | Port Vale | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 55 | 49 | +6 | 62 |

## Results

Bristol City's score comes first

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |

### Football League Second Division

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 12 August 2000 | Wrexham | A | 2–0 | 5,852 | Thorpe, Holland |
| 2 | 19 August 2000 | Stoke City | H | 1–2 | 12,590 | Thomas (o.g.) |
| 3 | 26 August 2000 | Cambridge United | A | 0–1 | 3,716 | |
| 4 | 28 August 2000 | Rotherham United | H | 0–1 | 8,280 | |
| 5 | 9 September 2000 | Swindon Town | H | 0–1 | 10,110 | |
| 6 | 16 September 2000 | Oldham Athletic | A | 0–0 | 4,095 | |
| 7 | 23 September 2000 | Colchester United | H | 1–1 | 7,411 | Thorpe |
| 8 | 30 September 2000 | Oxford United | A | 1–0 | 5,308 | Murray |
| 9 | 6 October 2000 | Bournemouth | H | 3–3 | 8,936 | Thorpe (3) |
| 10 | 14 October 2000 | Walsall | A | 0–0 | 6,576 | |
| 11 | 17 October 2000 | Millwall | A | 1–1 | 9,694 | Murray |
| 12 | 21 October 2000 | Reading | H | 4–0 | 11,134 | Murray, Bell, Peacock (2) |
| 13 | 24 October 2000 | Peterborough United | H | 2–1 | 9,219 | Peacock, Thorpe |
| 14 | 28 October 2000 | Wycombe Wanderers | A | 2–1 | 6,051 | Thorpe (2) |
| 15 | 31 October 2000 | Swansea City | A | 2–2 | 5,286 | Smith (o.g.), Carey |
| 16 | 4 November 2000 | Notts County | H | 4–0 | 10,250 | Clist, Murray, Thorpe, Peacock |
| 17 | 11 November 2000 | Luton Town | A | 3–0 | 6,595 | Murray, Peacock, Bell |
| 18 | 25 November 2000 | Wigan Athletic | H | 1–1 | 12,708 | Peacock |
| 19 | 2 December 2000 | Bury | H | 4–1 | 9,416 | Clist, Thorpe, Murray, Carey |
| 20 | 12 December 2000 | Brentford | H | 1–2 | 8,096 | Peacock |
| 21 | 16 December 2000 | Port Vale | A | 2–1 | 4,113 | Peacock (2) |
| 22 | 22 December 2000 | Bristol Rovers | H | 3–2 | 16,696 | Millen, Beadle, Thorpe |
| 23 | 26 December 2000 | Northampton Town | A | 0–2 | 6,064 | |
| 24 | 30 December 2000 | Stoke City | A | 0–1 | 14,629 | |
| 25 | 1 January 2001 | Cambridge United | H | 6–2 | 10,637 | Murray (2), Thorpe (3), Tinnion |
| 26 | 13 January 2001 | Rotherham United | A | 1–1 | 5,654 | Beadle |
| 27 | 20 January 2001 | Northampton United | H | 2–0 | 11,630 | Clist, Bell |
| 28 | 3 February 2001 | Swansea City | H | 3–1 | 10,379 | Bell, Beadle, Thorpe |
| 29 | 10 February 2001 | Swindon Town | A | 1–1 | 10,031 | Beadle |
| 30 | 13 February 2001 | Wrexham | H | 2–1 | 9,500 | Millen, Peacock |
| 31 | 20 February 2001 | Brentford | A | 1–2 | 4,823 | Thorpe |
| 32 | 24 February 2001 | Colchester United | A | 0–4 | 3,430 | |
| 33 | 3 March 2001 | Oxford United | H | 0–0 | 9,681 | |
| 34 | 6 March 2001 | Walsall | H | 1–3 | 9,263 | Thorpe |
| 35 | 10 March 2001 | Bournemouth | A | 0–4 | 4,028 | |
| 36 | 16 March 2001 | Millwall | H | 2–1 | 10,395 | Carey, Matthews |
| 37 | 23 March 2001 | Reading | A | 3–1 | 15,716 | Thorpe, Matthews, Peacock |
| 38 | 27 March 2001 | Oldham Athletic | H | 2–2 | 9,568 | Peacock, Maddison |
| 39 | 31 March 2001 | Port Vale | H | 1–1 | 11,782 | Murray |
| 40 | 3 April 2001 | Bristol Rovers | A | 1–1 | 9,361 | Peacock |
| 41 | 7 April 2001 | Bury | A | 1–0 | 3,729 | Lourenço |
| 42 | 14 April 2001 | Peterborough United | A | 1–2 | 6,560 | Matthews |
| 43 | 16 April 2001 | Wycombe Wanderers | H | 1–2 | 11,643 | Murray |
| 44 | 21 April 2001 | Notts County | A | 1–2 | 5,396 | Clist |
| 45 | 28 April 2001 | Luton Town | H | 3–1 | 9,161 | Thorpe, Brown (2) |
| 46 | 5 May 2001 | Wigan Athletic | A | 0–0 | 10,048 | |

### FA Cup

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 18 November 2000 | Chesterfield | A | 1–0 | 5,210 | Thorpe |
| R2 | 9 December 2000 | Kettering Town | H | 3–1 | 7,641 | Peacock, Clist, Thorpe |
| R3 | 6 January 2001 | Huddersfield Town | A | 2–0 | 9,192 | Clist, Beadle |
| R4 | 27 January 2001 | Kingstonian | H | 1–1 | 14,787 | Thorpe |
| R4 Replay | 7 February 2001 | Kingstonian | A | 1–0 | 3,341 | Murray |
| R5 | 17 February 2001 | Leicester City | A | 0–3 | 20,905 | |

### Football League Cup

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 1st leg | 22 August 2000 | Brentford | H | 2–2 | 3,471 | Thorpe, Peacock |
| R1 2nd leg | 5 September 2000 | Brentford | A | 1–2 | 2,310 | Holland |

### Football League Trophy

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 5 December 2000 | Plymouth Argyle | A | 0–3 | 1,364 | |

## Squad statistics

| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Billy Mercer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Louis Carey | 46 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 3 |
| 3 | DF | Michael Bell | 41 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | Paul Holland | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | Keith Millen | 28(1) | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35(1) | 2 |
| 6 | MF | Neil Maddison | 4(3) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4(3) | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Andy Jordan | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(2) | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Scott Murray | 46 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 11 |
| 8 | MF | Tommy Doherty | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Peter Beadle | 18(15) | 4 | 3(2) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23(17) | 5 |
| 10 | FW | Tony Thorpe | 33(6) | 19 | 5(1) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39(7) | 23 |
| 11 | MF | Brian Tinnion | 40(2) | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48(2) | 1 |
| 12 | MF | Gregory Goodridge | 1(6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3(6) | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Alan Miller | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | Dani Rodrigues | 3(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3(1) | 0 |
| 14 | GK | Steve Phillips | 42 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Mark Lever | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | Lee Peacock | 31(4) | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36(4) | 15 |
| 17 | FW | Lee Matthews | 4(2) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4(2) | 3 |
| 17 | MF | Darren Dunning | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Luís Lourenço | 1(2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(2) | 1 |
| 18 | MF | Carl Hutchings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Gerard Lavin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Paul Mortimer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Ion Testemițanu | 4(7) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6(7) | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Aaron Brown | 27(8) | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34(8) | 2 |
| 23 | MF | Joe Burnell | 19(4) | 0 | 0(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20(7) | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Matt Hill | 32(2) | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39(2) | 0 |
| 25 | FW | Damian Spencer | 2(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 2(4) | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Kevin Amankwaah | 8(6) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9(7) | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Alex Meechan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Robin Hulbert | 14(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14(7) | 0 |
| 30 | FW | Marvin Brown | 0(5) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(6) | 0 |
| 31 | MF | Simon Clist | 36(2) | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 44(3) | 4 |
| 32 | FW | Kayode Odejayi | 0(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1(3) | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Danny Coles | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2(1) | 0 |
| 37 | DF | Craig Woodman | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2(1) | 0 |
| 41 | GK | Antony Malessa | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2(1) | 0 |
| 43 | DF | Darren Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 |