# 2000–01 Rotherham United F.C. season

The 2000–01 season saw Rotherham United compete in the Football League Second Division where they finished in 2nd position with 91 points and gained promotion to the Football League First Division.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Millwall (C, P) | 46 | 28 | 9 | 9 | 89 | 38 | +51 | 93 | Promotion to Football League First Division |
| 2 | Rotherham United (P) | 46 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 79 | 55 | +24 | 91 | Promotion to Football League First Division |
| 3 | Reading | 46 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 86 | 52 | +34 | 86 | Qualification for the Second Division play-offs |
| 4 | Walsall (O, P) | 46 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 79 | 50 | +29 | 81 | Qualification for the Second Division play-offs |
| 5 | Stoke City | 46 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 74 | 49 | +25 | 77 | Qualification for the Second Division play-offs |

## Results

Rotherham United's score comes first

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |

### Football League First Division

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 12 August 2000 | Walsall | H | 2–3 | 5,200 | Robins (2) |
| 2 | 18 August 2000 | Colchester United | A | 1–0 | 3,807 | Robins |
| 3 | 26 August 2000 | Bury | H | 1–2 | 3,739 | Scott |
| 4 | 28 August 2000 | Bristol City | A | 1–0 | 8,280 | Fortune-West |
| 5 | 2 September 2000 | Luton Town | H | 1–1 | 4,061 | Robins |
| 6 | 9 September 2000 | Cambridge United | A | 1–6 | 3,925 | Robins |
| 7 | 12 September 2000 | Wrexham | A | 3–1 | 2,126 | Warne (2), Scott |
| 8 | 16 September 2000 | Wycombe Wanderers | H | 1–0 | 3,545 | Branston |
| 9 | 23 September 2000 | Stoke City | A | 1–1 | 13,372 | Artell |
| 10 | 30 September 2000 | Reading | H | 1–3 | 4,288 | Robins |
| 11 | 8 October 2000 | Oldham Athletic | H | 3–0 | 3,774 | Warne, Artell, Talbot |
| 12 | 14 October 2000 | Bournemouth | A | 1–0 | 3,378 | Watson |
| 13 | 17 October 2000 | Bristol Rovers | A | 1–1 | 6,910 | Watson |
| 14 | 21 October 2000 | Oxford United | H | 3–1 | 3,983 | Watson, Warne (2) |
| 15 | 24 October 2000 | Swansea City | H | 4–2 | 3,892 | Watson, Robins, Robins, Lee |
| 16 | 28 October 2000 | Northampton Town | A | 1–0 | 6,478 | Talbot |
| 17 | 4 November 2000 | Wigan Athletic | H | 1–1 | 6,192 | Robins |
| 18 | 11 November 2000 | Brentford | A | 3–0 | 4,544 | Talbot (2), Lee |
| 19 | 25 November 2000 | Peterborough United | H | 3–0 | 5,519 | Branston, Robins, Hurst |
| 20 | 2 December 2000 | Millwall | H | 3–2 | 7,155 | Artell, Lee (2) |
| 21 | 16 December 2000 | Swindon Town | A | 1–2 | 4,752 | Branston |
| 22 | 22 December 2000 | Port Vale | A | 2–0 | 4,110 | Robins, Hurst |
| 23 | 26 December 2000 | Notts County | H | 0–0 | 7,673 | |
| 24 | 1 January 2001 | Bury | A | 0–0 | 3,743 | |
| 25 | 13 January 2001 | Bristol City | H | 1–1 | 5,654 | Robins |
| 26 | 20 January 2001 | Notts County | A | 1–4 | 7,010 | Branston |
| 27 | 23 January 2001 | Walsall | A | 1–1 | 4,437 | Sedgwick |
| 28 | 27 January 2001 | Port Vale | H | 3–2 | 5,044 | Robins, Lee, Warne |
| 29 | 10 February 2001 | Cambridge United | H | 3–0 | 4,497 | Lee (3) |
| 30 | 20 February 2001 | Wrexham | H | 2–0 | 4,528 | Lee, Wilsterman |
| 31 | 24 February 2001 | Stoke City | H | 2–1 | 8,211 | Robins (2) |
| 32 | 27 February 2001 | Colchester United | H | 3–2 | 5,864 | Robins, Hurst, Artell |
| 33 | 3 March 2001 | Reading | A | 0–2 | 13,103 | |
| 34 | 6 March 2001 | Bournemouth | H | 3–1 | 6,488 | Robins (2), Lee |
| 35 | 10 March 2001 | Oldham Athletic | A | 3–2 | 5,993 | Robins, Branston, Garnett (o.g.) |
| 36 | 17 March 2001 | Bristol Rovers | H | 3–0 | 7,098 | Barker, Minton (2) |
| 37 | 20 March 2001 | Wycombe Wanderers | A | 1–0 | 5,254 | Lee |
| 38 | 24 March 2001 | Oxford United | A | 3–4 | 4,493 | Robins, Branston, Lee |
| 39 | 31 March 2001 | Swindon Town | H | 4–3 | 7,106 | Robins (3), Reeves (o.g.) |
| 40 | 7 April 2001 | Millwall | A | 0–4 | 16,015 | |
| 41 | 14 April 2001 | Swansea City | A | 0–0 | 4,327 | |
| 42 | 16 April 2001 | Northampton Town | H | 1–0 | 6,714 | Robins |
| 43 | 21 April 2001 | Wigan Athletic | A | 2–0 | 8,836 | Robins, Watson |
| 44 | 24 April 2001 | Luton Town | A | 1–0 | 4,854 | Sedgwick |
| 45 | 28 April 2001 | Brentford | H | 2–1 | 9,760 | Talbot, Lee |
| 46 | 5 May 2001 | Peterborough United | A | 1–1 | 11,274 | Warne |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| First round | 18 November 2000 | Wrexham | A | 1–0 | 3,887 | Lee |
| Second round | 9 December 2000 | Northampton Town | H | 1–0 | 4,964 | Hughes (o.g.) |
| Third round | 6 January 2001 | Liverpool | A | 0–3 | 30,689 | |

### Football League Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| First round first leg | 22 August 2000 | Barnsley | H | 0–1 | 4,940 | |
| First round second leg | 5 September 2000 | Barnsley | A | 2–3 | 8,080 | Robins, Watson |

### Football League Trophy

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| First round | 5 December 2000 | Chesterfield | H | 3–4 | 3,488 | Robins, Lee, Monkhouse |

## 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 | Ian Gray | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Chris Beech | 8(7) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9(8) | 0 |
| 3 | DF | David Artell | 35(1) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39(1) | 4 |
| 4 | DF | Rob Scott | 39 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | Darren Garner | 30(1) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35(2) | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Marvin Bryan | 23(5) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27(5) | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Mark Robins | 42 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 48 | 26 |
| 8 | DF | Paul Dillon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Alan Lee | 29(2) | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33(2) | 15 |
| 9 | FW | Leo Fortune-West | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | Paul Warne | 44 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 7 |
| 11 | MF | Andy Turner | 3(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3(1) | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Stewart Talbot | 37(1) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42(1) | 5 |
| 13 | GK | Paul Pettinger | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Kevin Watson | 46 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 6 |
| 15 | DF | Alan Knill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Paul Hurst | 42(2) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 47(3) | 3 |
| 17 | DF | Will Varty | 5(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5(3) | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Brian Wilsterman | 9(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10(1) | 1 |
| 20 | FW | Andy Monkhouse | 1(11) | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 1 | 1(14) | 1 |
| 21 | MF | Danny Hudson | 1(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(4) | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Jeff Minton | 5(4) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5(4) | 2 |
| 22 | DF | Darren Carr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Trevor Berry | 5(6) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 5(9) | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Chris Sedgwick | 2(19) | 2 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(20) | 2 |
| 27 | DF | Shaun Barker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Guy Branston | 41 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 6 |
| 29 | FW | Richie Barker | 7(12) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7(12) | 1 |
| 30 | FW | Stéphane Lemarchand | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 |
| 31 | FW | Cedric Bolima | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 |