# 2000–01 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

The 2000–01 season was the 102nd season of competitive league football in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. They played the season in the second tier of the English football system, the Football League First Division.
The team finished in 12th position, their lowest league finish for five seasons. Colin Lee began the season as manager but was sacked in December 2000 with the team just a single point clear of the relegation zone. Former Southampton manager Dave Jones replaced him in early January but could not take the side any higher than mid-table.

## Results
### Pre-season

Wolves' pre season saw them travel to Ireland to play three local sides. They then returned home to play three Premiership teams at Molineux; the fixture against Aston Villa was a testimonial match for Mike Stowell.

### Football League First Division

A total of 24 teams competed in the Football League First Division in the 2000–01 season. Each team played every other team twice: once at their stadium, and once at the opposition's. Three points were awarded to teams for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats.
The provisional fixture list was released on 22 June 2000, but was subject to change in the event of matches being selected for television coverage or police concerns.
Final table
Source: Statto.com
Results summary
| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Statto.com
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 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Result | D | D | W | L | L | L | D | D | W | D | L | L | D | W | D | L | L | L | W | D | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | D | D | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | D | L | D | L | W | L | D |
| Position | 9 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 12 |

### League Cup
## Players
### Statistics

Key: ‡ On loan from another club * First appearance(s) for the club
* # = Squad number
* Pos = Playing position
* P = Number of games played 10
* G = Number of goals scored
* GK = Goalkeeper
* DF = Defender
* MF = Midfielder
* FW = Forward
* = Yellow cards
* = Red cards
* † Permanent player left club during the season
* ¤ Loaned to another club for part or all of season
Correct as of the season's end. Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances in parentheses where applicable.
| No. | Pos | Name | P | G | P | G | P | G | P | G | | |
| No. | Pos | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline | Notes |
| 1 | GK | Michael Oakes | 46 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Kevin Muscat (c) | 37 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Lee Naylor | 44(2) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 51(2) | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Carl Robinson | 36(4) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4(1) | 1 | 42(5) | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Ludovic Pollet | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Neil Emblen | 21(7) | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 26(8) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | Darren Bazeley | 23(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 28(1) | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Simon Osborn † | 16(4) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20(4) | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | Sean Connelly ‡ | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Temuri Ketsbaia | 14(8) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3(1) | 1 | 17(9) | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Michael Branch | 31(7) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 35(8) | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Andy Sinton | 28(2) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 32(3) | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | Mike Stowell | 0(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | George Ndah | 23(6) | 6 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 23(8) | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Steve Sedgley † | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 6(1) | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | Cédric Roussel | 3(6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3(6) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Scott Taylor | 3(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Robert Taylor | 5(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8(4) | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Ryan Green ¤ | 5(2) | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7(4) | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | DF | Joleon Lescott | 31(6) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 38(6) | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | Keith Andrews ¤ | 20(2) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22(2) | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 21 | FW | Håvard Flo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Colin Larkin | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Mo Camara ‡ | 4(14) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 5(16) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Tony Dinning | 31 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Gordon Simms † | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | Sami Al-Jaber ‡ | 0(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Manuel Thetis ‡ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Darren Peacock ‡ | 2(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Paul Butler ‡ | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Shane Tudor | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | Steeve Epesse-Titi † | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | Matt Murray ¤ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | Adam Proudlock ¤ | 28(7) | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3(1) | 2 | 33(8) | 11 | 4 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | Seamus Crowe ¤ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Mark Clyde | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | John Melligan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | GK | Lewis Solly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | Frank Talia † | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | Aaron Kerr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | GK | Carlo Nash ‡ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Awards

| Award | Winner |
| Fans' Player of the Season | Lee Naylor |
| Young Player of the Season | Joleon Lescott |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Player | From | Fee |
| 1 August 2000 | Steeve Epesse-Titi | Unattached | Free |
| 4 August 2000 | Temuri Ketsbaia | Newcastle United | £900,000 |
| 11 August 2000 | Frank Talia | Unattached | Free |
| 15 August 2000 | Robert Taylor | Manchester City | £1.55 million |
| 21 September 2000 | Tony Dinning | Stockport County | £600,000 |
| 1 December 2000 | Mo Camara | Le Havre | £100,000 |
| 31 January 2001 | Paul Butler | Sunderland | £1 million |
| 15 February 2001 | Cédric Roussel | Coventry City | £1.53 million |

### Out

| Date | Player | To | Fee |
| 21 June 2000 | Ady Williams | Reading | Free |
| 30 June 2000 | Keith Curle | Sheffield United | Free |
| 27 July 2000 | Ade Akinbiyi | Leicester City | £5 million |
| 28 July 2000 | Mark Jones | Chesterfield | Free |
| 11 August 2000 | Paul Simpson | Blackpool | Free |
| 11 September 2000 | Frank Talia | Released | Free |
| 11 December 2000 | Steve Sedgley | Released | Free |
| 9 March 2001 | Gordon Simms | Hartlepool United | Free |
| 22 March 2001 | Steeve Epesse-Titi | Exeter City | Free |
| 22 March 2001 | Simon Osborn | Tranmere Rovers | Free |

### Loans in

| Start date | Player | From | End date |
| 1 August 2000 | Mo Camara | Le Havre | 30 November 2000 |
| 22 August 2000 | Sami Al-Jaber | Al-Hilal | 22 January 2001 |
| 26 August 2000 | Manuel Thetis | Ipswich Town | 13 September 2000 |
| 13 October 2000 | Darren Peacock | Blackburn Rovers | 4 November 2000 |
| 17 November 2000 | Paul Butler | Sunderland | 17 December 2000 |
| 8 December 2000 | Carlo Nash | Stockport County | 31 December 2000 |
| 22 March 2001 | Sean Connelly | Stockport County | End of season |

### Loans out

| Start date | Player | To | End date |
| 1 August 2000 | Robert Niestroj | Iraklis | 1 February 2001 |
| 1 August 2000 | Adam Proudlock | Clyde | 5 September 2000 |
| September 2000 | Matt Murray | Slough Town | September 2000 |
| 20 October 2000 | Matt Murray | Kingstonian | 26 October 2000 |
| 10 November 2000 | Keith Andrews | Oxford United | 21 December 2000 |
| 1 March 2001 | Ryan Green | Torquay United | End of season |
| 22 March 2001 | Seamus Crowe | Hereford United | End of season |

## Kit

The season saw the team return to their historic "old gold" shade of shirt for the first time since the 1950s. There was also a new away kit that was a light blue design. Both were now manufactured by the club's own label, entitled "WWFC", and sponsored by Goodyear.