# 2000–01 Mansfield Town F.C. season

During the 2000–01 English football season, Mansfield Town Football Club competed in the Football League Third Division where they finished in 13th position on 58 points.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 11 | Southend United | 46 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 55 | 53 | +2 | 63 |
| 12 | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 54 | 61 | −7 | 58 |
| 13 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 64 | 72 | −8 | 58 |
| 14 | Macclesfield Town | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 51 | 62 | −11 | 56 |
| 15 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 49 | 65 | −16 | 55 |

## Results

Mansfield Town's score comes first

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |

### Football League Third Division

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 12 August 2000 | Cheltenham Town | A | 2–2 | 4,051 | Blake, Greenacre |
| 2 | 19 August 2000 | Barnet | A | 3–3 | 1,732 | Blake, Greenacre, Clarke |
| 3 | 26 August 2000 | Plymouth Argyle | A | 0–2 | 4,069 | |
| 4 | 28 August 2000 | Macclesfield Town | H | 4–4 | 3,360 | Blake, Clarke (2), Bradley |
| 5 | 2 September 2000 | Exeter City | A | 0–0 | 2,737 | |
| 6 | 9 September 2000 | Halifax Town | H | 5–1 | 2,939 | Blake, Greenacre (3), Williams |
| 7 | 12 September 2000 | Hull City | H | 1–1 | 2,629 | Clarke |
| 8 | 16 September 2000 | Chesterfield | A | 0–4 | 6,793 | |
| 9 | 23 September 2000 | Hartlepool United | H | 4–3 | 2,135 | Greenacre (2), Corden, Boulding |
| 10 | 30 September 2000 | Lincoln City | A | 2–0 | 3,494 | Boulding, Clarke |
| 11 | 6 October 2000 | York City | A | 1–2 | 2,681 | Boulding |
| 12 | 14 October 2000 | Shrewsbury Town | H | 1–0 | 2,206 | Boulding |
| 13 | 17 October 2000 | Blackpool | H | 0–1 | 2,328 | |
| 14 | 21 October 2000 | Cardiff City | A | 0–2 | 4,625 | |
| 15 | 24 October 2000 | Torquay United | A | 2–2 | 1,880 | Greenacre, Bacon |
| 16 | 28 October 2000 | Southend United | H | 1–1 | 2,200 | Greenacre |
| 17 | 4 November 2000 | Leyton Orient | A | 1–2 | 4,165 | Clarke |
| 18 | 11 November 2000 | Rochdale | H | 1–0 | 2,543 | Greenacre |
| 19 | 25 November 2000 | Scunthorpe United | A | 0–6 | 3,258 | |
| 20 | 2 December 2000 | Darlington | A | 1–2 | 3,087 | Pemberton |
| 21 | 16 December 2000 | Brighton & Hove Albion | H | 2–0 | 2,668 | Greenacre (2) |
| 22 | 22 December 2000 | Carlisle United | H | 1–1 | 2,247 | Barrett |
| 23 | 26 December 2000 | Kidderminster Harriers | H | 0–1 | 3,842 | |
| 24 | 6 January 2001 | Plymouth Argyle | A | 0–0 | 2,321 | |
| 25 | 14 January 2001 | Macclesfield Town | A | 1–0 | 1,893 | Blake |
| 26 | 23 January 2001 | Kidderminster Harriers | H | 2–1 | 1,712 | Greenacre, Boulding |
| 27 | 27 January 2001 | Carlisle United | A | 1–2 | 3,375 | Bradley |
| 28 | 2 February 2001 | Exeter City | H | 1–1 | 3,830 | Corden |
| 29 | 10 February 2001 | Halifax Town | A | 4–3 | 1,857 | Williams, Greenacre (2), Clarke (o.g.) |
| 30 | 13 February 2001 | Cheltenham Town | H | 2–1 | 1,940 | Blake, Bradley |
| 31 | 17 February 2001 | Chesterfield | H | 0–1 | 7,899 | |
| 32 | 20 February 2001 | Hull City | A | 1–2 | 7,248 | Corden |
| 33 | 24 February 2001 | Hartlepool United | A | 1–1 | 3,699 | Blake |
| 34 | 27 February 2001 | Barnet | H | 4–1 | 1,623 | Bradley, Williams, Greenacre (2) |
| 35 | 3 March 2001 | Lincoln City | H | 2–3 | 3,201 | Blake, Bradley |
| 36 | 6 March 2001 | Shrewsbury Town | A | 1–2 | 2,219 | Williams |
| 37 | 10 March 2001 | York City | H | 1–3 | 2,405 | Lawrence |
| 38 | 17 March 2001 | Blackpool | A | 2–2 | 5,241 | Greenacre (2) |
| 39 | 31 March 2001 | Brighton & Hove Albion | A | 0–2 | 6,703 | |
| 40 | 14 April 2001 | Torquay United | H | 0–0 | 2,225 | |
| 41 | 21 April 2001 | Leyton Orient | H | 2–0 | 3,356 | Lawrence, Bradley |
| 42 | 24 April 2001 | Cardiff City | H | 2–1 | 2,204 | Bradley, Greenacre |
| 43 | 28 April 2001 | Rochdale | A | 0–1 | 3,114 | |
| 44 | 1 May 2001 | Darlington | H | 3–2 | 1,878 | Brightwell (o.g.), Lawrence, Hassell |
| 45 | 5 May 2001 | Scunthorpe United | H | 1–0 | 2,938 | Boulding |
| 46 | 8 May 2001 | Southend United | A | 1–3 | 3,345 | Lawrence |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 18 November 2000 | Peterborough United | H | 1–1 | 3,257 | Greenacre |
| R1 Replay | 28 November 2000 | Peterborough United | A | 0–4 | 4,540 | |

### League Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 1st Leg | 22 August 2000 | Wrexham | H | 0–1 | 1,052 | |
| R1 2nd Leg | 5 September 2000 | Wrexham | A | 3–0 | 1,447 | Greenacre, Corden (2) |
| R2 1st Leg | 20 September 2000 | Southampton | A | 0–2 | 8,802 | |
| R2 2nd Leg | 26 September 2000 | Southampton | H | 1–3 | 3,528 | Clarke |

### Football League Trophy

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 9 December 2000 | Bury | A | 1–2 | 1,117 | Bacon |

## Squad statistics

| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | League Trophy | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Bobby Mimms | 40 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Alistair Asher | 23(5) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27(7) | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Martin Pemberton | 16(2) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19(2) | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Les Robinson | 44 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Stuart Hicks | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Adam Barrett | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Lee Williams | 36(3) | 4 | 1(1) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41(4) | 4 |
| 8 | MF | Darrell Clarke | 30(2) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34(2) | 7 |
| 9 | FW | Shayne Bradley | 21(5) | 8 | 0(2) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22(8) | 8 |
| 10 | FW | Chris Greenacre | 46 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0(1) | 0 | 52(1) | 21 |
| 11 | MF | Wayne Corden | 31(3) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 37(3) | 5 |
| 12 | DF | Bobby Hassell | 39(1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42(2) | 1 |
| 14 | MF | Mark Blake | 38(3) | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 44(3) | 8 |
| 15 | GK | Ian Bowling | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Stuart Reddington | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Michael Sisson | 2(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3(2) | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Danny Bacon | 7(15) | 1 | 0(1) | 0 | 1(2) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9(18) | 2 |
| 18 | FW | Michael Boulding | 12(21) | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 15(23) | 6 |
| 19 | DF | John Andrews | 5(3) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11(3) | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Craig Disley | 16(8) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18(8) | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Andy White | 0(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(4) | 0 |
| 23 | FW | David Jervis | 17(5) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19(5) | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Lee Williamson | 10(5) | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0(3) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12(9) | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Liam Lawrence | 7(11) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7(11) | 4 |
| 26 | MF | Jamie Lomas | 4(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5(2) | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Jonathan Fortune | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | Kevin Pilkington | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| – | – | Own goals | – | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 |