# 2000–01 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season

During the 2000–01 English football season, Sheffield Wednesday F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

## Season summary

Peter Shreeves remained at Sheffield Wednesday for the 2000–01 season as assistant to their new manager Paul Jewell. But Jewell was unable to mount a promotion challenge and he was sacked the following February with the Owls hovering just above the Division One relegation zone. Shreeves was given a permanent contract to take charge of the first team and he guided them to a 17th-place finish.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 15 | Norwich City | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 46 | 58 | −12 | 54 |
| 16 | Barnsley | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 49 | 62 | −13 | 54 |
| 17 | Sheffield Wednesday | 46 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 52 | 71 | −19 | 53 |
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 43 | 62 | −19 | 52 |
| 19 | Stockport County | 46 | 11 | 18 | 17 | 58 | 65 | −7 | 51 |

### 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 Football League First Division 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 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | L | L | W | D | W | L | D |
| Position | 9 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 17 |

## Results

Sheffield Wednesday's score comes first

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |

### Football League First Division

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 13 August 2000 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | A | 1–1 | 19,086 | Booth |
| 19 August 2000 | Huddersfield Town | H | 2–3 | 22,704 | Booth, Hinchcliffe (pen) |
| 26 August 2000 | Grimsby Town | A | 1–0 | 7,755 | Di Piedi |
| 28 August 2000 | Blackburn Rovers | H | 1–1 | 15,646 | Westwood |
| 9 September 2000 | Wimbledon | H | 0–5 | 15,856 | |
| 13 September 2000 | Nottingham Forest | H | 0–1 | 15,700 | |
| 16 September 2000 | Tranmere Rovers | A | 0–2 | 9,352 | |
| 23 September 2000 | Preston North End | H | 1–3 | 17,379 | Morrison |
| 30 September 2000 | Gillingham | A | 0–2 | 9,099 | |
| 8 October 2000 | West Bromwich Albion | H | 1–2 | 15,338 | Morrison |
| 14 October 2000 | Portsmouth | A | 1–2 | 13,376 | Morrison |
| 17 October 2000 | Burnley | A | 0–1 | 16,372 | |
| 22 October 2000 | Birmingham City | H | 1–0 | 14,695 | Harkness |
| 25 October 2000 | Queens Park Rangers | A | 2–1 | 10,353 | Cooke, Quinn |
| 28 October 2000 | Fulham | H | 3–3 | 17,559 | Sibon, Morrison, Westwood |
| 4 November 2000 | Crystal Palace | A | 1–4 | 15,333 | Sibon (pen) |
| 7 November 2000 | Watford | A | 3–1 | 11,166 | Jobson, Crane, Quinn |
| 11 November 2000 | Norwich City | H | 3–2 | 16,956 | Hinchcliffe (pen), Crane, Di Piedi |
| 18 November 2000 | Barnsley | A | 0–1 | 19,989 | |
| 25 November 2000 | Crewe Alexandra | A | 0–1 | 7,103 | |
| 2 December 2000 | Queens Park Rangers | H | 5–2 | 21,782 | Sibon (3), Morrison, Ekoku |
| 9 December 2000 | Stockport County | H | 2–4 | 16,337 | Morrison, Ekoku |
| 16 December 2000 | Sheffield United | A | 1–1 | 25,156 | Hendon |
| 23 December 2000 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | H | 0–1 | 17,787 | |
| 26 December 2000 | Bolton Wanderers | A | 0–2 | 21,316 | |
| 30 December 2000 | Huddersfield Town | A | 0–0 | 18,931 | |
| 1 January 2001 | Grimsby Town | H | 1–0 | 17,004 | Sibon |
| 13 January 2001 | Blackburn Rovers | A | 0–2 | 19,308 | |
| 20 January 2001 | Bolton Wanderers | H | 0–3 | 17,638 | |
| 3 February 2001 | Watford | H | 2–3 | 16,134 | Sibon, Ekoku |
| 10 February 2001 | Wimbledon | A | 1–4 | 6,741 | Ekoku |
| 13 February 2001 | Tranmere Rovers | H | 1–0 | 15,444 | Ekoku |
| 21 February 2001 | Nottingham Forest | A | 1–0 | 23,266 | Sibon |
| 24 February 2001 | Preston North End | A | 0–2 | 14,379 | |
| 3 March 2001 | Gillingham | H | 2–1 | 18,702 | Ekoku, Di Piedi |
| 7 March 2001 | Portsmouth | H | 0–0 | 20,503 | |
| 10 March 2001 | West Bromwich Albion | A | 2–1 | 18,662 | Soltvedt, Booth |
| 17 March 2001 | Burnley | H | 2–0 | 20,184 | Hendon, Sibon (pen) |
| 24 March 2001 | Birmingham City | A | 2–1 | 19,733 | De Bilde, Di Piedi |
| 1 April 2001 | Sheffield United | H | 1–2 | 38,433 | Sibon |
| 7 April 2001 | Stockport County | A | 1–2 | 9,666 | De Bilde |
| 14 April 2001 | Crystal Palace | H | 4–1 | 19,877 | Ekoku, De Bilde, Sibon, Ripley |
| 16 April 2001 | Fulham | A | 1–1 | 17,500 | Sibon |
| 21 April 2001 | Barnsley | H | 2–1 | 23,498 | Sibon, Donnelly |
| 28 April 2001 | Norwich City | A | 0–1 | 21,241 | |
| 6 May 2001 | Crewe Alexandra | H | 0–0 | 28,007 | |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
| R3 | 6 January 2001 | Norwich City | H | 2–1 | 15,971 | Hamshaw, Sibon |
| R4 | 27 January 2001 | Southampton | A | 1–3 | 15,251 | Booth |

### League Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
| R2 1st Leg | 19 September 2000 | Oldham Athletic | A | 3–1 | 3,213 | Morrison, De Bilde, Westwood |
| R2 2nd Leg | 27 September 2000 | Oldham Athletic | H | 5–1 | 4,773 | Hamshaw, Westwood, Di Piedi, Sibon, Quinn |
| R3 | 1 November 2000 | Sheffield United | H | 2–1 | 32,283 | Ekoku (2) |
| R4 | 29 November 2000 | West Ham United | A | 2–1 | 20,853 | Morrison, Westwood |
| QF | 12 December 2000 | Birmingham City | A | 0–2 | 22,911 | |

## Squad list

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 | Kevin Pressman |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Steve Haslam |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Andy Hinchcliffe |
| 4 | MF | NED | Wim Jonk |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Steve Harkness |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Des Walker |
| 7 | MF | IRL | Alan Quinn |
| 8 | FW | NED | Gerald Sibon |
| 9 | MF | ENG | Stuart Ripley (on loan from Southampton) |
| 10 | FW | BEL | Gilles De Bilde |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Phil O'Donnell |
| 12 | DF | ENG | Ian Hendon |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Aaron Lescott |
| 15 | MF | SCO | Philip Scott |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Matt Hamshaw |
| 17 | FW | ITA | Michele Di Piedi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | SCO | Simon Donnelly |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Adam Muller |
| 20 | FW | NOR | Trond Egil Soltvedt |
| 21 | DF | ENG | Ashley Westwood |
| 22 | FW | NGA | Efan Ekoku (on loan from Grasshoppers) |
| 23 | MF | ENG | Carlton Palmer (on loan from Coventry City) |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Leigh Bromby |
| 29 | GK | ENG | Chris Stringer |
| 30 | DF | IRL | Derek Geary |
| 31 | DF | ENG | John Hutton |
| 32 | FW | IRL | Owen Morrison |
| 33 | DF | ENG | Craig Rand |
| 35 | MF | ENG | Peter Holmes |
| 36 | MF | ENG | Tony Crane |
| 37 | DF | ENG | Tom Staniforth |

### 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 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Simon Grayson (on loan from Blackburn Rovers) |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Andy Booth (to Huddersfield Town) |
| 12 | FW | ENG | Richard Cresswell (to Leicester City) |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Paul Musselwhite (to Hull City) |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Marlon Beresford (on loan from Middlesbrough) |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Martin Hodge (retired) |
| 14 | MF | NOR | Petter Rudi (to Molde) |
| 20 | FW | ENG | Ritchie Humphreys (to Cambridge United) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | DF | ENG | Robbie Stockdale (on loan from Middlesbrough) |
| 23 | MF | ENG | Terry Cooke (on loan from Manchester City) |
| 24 | MF | NIR | Mark McKeever (to Bristol Rovers) |
| 25 | MF | ENG | David Billington (retired) |
| 27 | DF | AUS | Con Blatsis (on loan from Derby County) |
| 28 | MF | SWE | Jesper Johansson (to Djurgården) |
| 34 | MF | ENG | Alex Higgins (to QPR) |
| 38 | DF | ENG | Kevin Nicholson (to Northampton Town) |

### Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | ENG | Greg Young |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | ENG | Dene Cropper |