# 2000–01 AFC Bournemouth season

The 2000–01 season saw Bournemouth compete in the Football League Second Division where they finished in 7th position with 73 points.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Stoke City | 46 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 74 | 49 | +25 | 77 | Qualification for the Second Division play-offs |
| 6 | Wigan Athletic | 46 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 53 | 42 | +11 | 75 | Qualification for the Second Division play-offs |
| 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 | |

## Results

Bournemouth's score comes first

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |

### Football League First Division

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 12 August 2000 | Bristol Rovers | A | 1–1 | 8,046 | Eribenne |
| 2 | 19 August 2000 | Cambridge United | H | 1–1 | 4,869 | S Fletcher |
| 3 | 26 August 2000 | Luton Town | A | 0–1 | 5,221 | |
| 4 | 2 September 2000 | Colchester United | A | 1–3 | 3,459 | Jørgensen |
| 5 | 9 September 2000 | Port Vale | A | 1–1 | 3,859 | C Fletcher |
| 6 | 12 September 2000 | Swindon Town | H | 3–0 | 3,673 | S Fletcher (2), Hayter |
| 7 | 16 September 2000 | Walsall | A | 1–1 | 5,054 | Elliott |
| 8 | 23 September 2000 | Oldham Athletic | H | 1–1 | 3,976 | S Fletcher |
| 9 | 26 September 2000 | Wrexham | H | 1–2 | 3,004 | Jørgensen |
| 10 | 30 September 2000 | Brentford | A | 2–3 | 4,210 | Jørgensen, Hughes |
| 11 | 6 October 2000 | Bristol City | A | 3–3 | 8,936 | Jørgensen, C Fletcher, O'Connor |
| 12 | 14 October 2000 | Rotherham United | H | 0–1 | 3,878 | |
| 13 | 17 October 2000 | Wigan Athletic | H | 0–0 | 3,035 | |
| 14 | 21 October 2000 | Bury | A | 5–2 | 2,892 | Jørgensen, Hayter (4) |
| 15 | 24 October 2000 | Notts County | H | 0–1 | 3,556 | |
| 16 | 28 October 2000 | Stoke City | A | 1–2 | 11,572 | Defoe |
| 17 | 4 November 2000 | Peterborough United | H | 2–1 | 3,936 | Defoe, Cummings |
| 18 | 11 November 2000 | Northampton Town | H | 3–0 | 5,692 | Defoe (2), S Fletcher |
| 19 | 2 December 2000 | Wycombe Wanderers | A | 3–0 | 5,185 | Defoe, C Fletcher (2) |
| 20 | 16 December 2000 | Swansea City | H | 2–0 | 3,738 | Defoe, Hughes |
| 21 | 23 December 2000 | Millwall | H | 1–2 | 6,843 | Defoe |
| 22 | 26 December 2000 | Oxford United | A | 2–1 | 6,200 | Defoe (2) |
| 23 | 1 January 2001 | Luton Town | H | 3–2 | 5,411 | Defoe, Hughes, S Fletcher |
| 24 | 13 January 2001 | Wrexham | A | 2–2 | 2,835 | Defoe, Hayter |
| 25 | 23 January 2001 | Cambridge United | A | 2–0 | 3,027 | Defoe, Hayter |
| 26 | 27 January 2001 | Millwall | A | 1–0 | 12,713 | Jørgensen |
| 27 | 3 February 2001 | Colchester United | H | 2–2 | 4,407 | Hughes, C Fletcher |
| 28 | 10 February 2001 | Port Vale | A | 1–2 | 3,956 | Tindall |
| 29 | 17 February 2001 | Walsall | H | 2–2 | 4,564 | Defoe, Howe |
| 30 | 20 February 2001 | Swindon Town | A | 1–1 | 5,948 | Hughes |
| 31 | 24 February 2001 | Oldham Athletic | A | 1–2 | 4,845 | Hayter |
| 32 | 27 February 2001 | Bristol Rovers | H | 1–2 | 3,466 | Jørgensen |
| 33 | 3 March 2001 | Brentford | H | 2–0 | 4,438 | S Fletcher, Elliott |
| 34 | 6 March 2001 | Rotherham United | A | 1–3 | 6,488 | Hayter |
| 35 | 10 March 2001 | Bristol City | H | 4–0 | 4,028 | Elliott (2), C Fletcher, Hughes |
| 36 | 17 March 2001 | Wigan Athletic | A | 1–1 | 5,878 | Howe |
| 37 | 24 March 2001 | Bury | H | 1–0 | 3,325 | Defoe |
| 38 | 31 March 2001 | Swansea City | A | 3–0 | 4,013 | Elliott, Hayter, Feeney |
| 39 | 6 April 2001 | Oxford United | H | 4–3 | 3,747 | Hayter, Hughes (2), Feeney |
| 40 | 10 April 2001 | Reading | H | 1–2 | 6,603 | Defoe |
| 41 | 14 April 2001 | Notts County | A | 2–0 | 5,186 | S Fletcher (2) |
| 42 | 17 April 2001 | Stoke City | H | 1–0 | 5,373 | Defoe |
| 43 | 21 April 2001 | Peterborough United | A | 2–1 | 6,318 | Defoe, Feeney |
| 44 | 23 April 2001 | Wycombe Wanderers | H | 2–0 | 5,026 | Elliott, Feeney |
| 45 | 28 April 2001 | Northampton Town | H | 2–0 | 6,511 | Elliott, Jørgensen |
| 46 | 5 May 2001 | Reading | A | 3–3 | 20,589 | Elliott (2), Defoe |

### FA Cup

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 18 November 2000 | Swansea City | H | 2–0 | 3,422 | Elliott, Hayter |
| R2 | 9 December 2000 | Nuneaton Borough | H | 3–0 | 5,835 | Elliott, Hughes, O'Connor |
| R3 | 6 January 2001 | Gillingham | H | 2–3 | 7,403 | Defoe, C Fletcher |

### Football League Cup

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 1st leg | 22 August 2000 | Norwich City | A | 0–0 | 12,224 | |
| R1 2nd leg | 5 September 2000 | Norwich City | H | 1–2 | 3,634 | Jørgensen |

### Football League Trophy

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 5 December 2000 | Dover Athletic | H | 1–1 (4–2 pens) | 2,171 | Huck |
| R2 | 9 January 2001 | Swansea City | H | 0–1 | 3,810 | |

## 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 | Mickaël Ménétrier | 11(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15(1) | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Neil Young | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Stephen Purches | 25(9) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29(9) | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Eddie Howe | 30(1) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34(1) | 2 |
| 5 | FW | Warren Feeney | 3(7) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3(7) | 4 |
| 7 | MF | Carl Fletcher | 43 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 47(1) | 7 |
| 8 | MF | Peter Grant | 14(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17(1) | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Chukki Eribenne | 6(11) | 1 | 0(3) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10(14) | 1 |
| 10 | FW | Steve Fletcher | 45 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 9 |
| 11 | DF | Richard Hughes | 44 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 9 |
| 12 | DF | Garreth O'Connor | 1(21) | 1 | 0(3) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4(24) | 1 |
| 13 | GK | Gareth Stewart | 35 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | James Hayter | 29(11) | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 32(13) | 12 |
| 15 | DF | Narada Bernard | 6(8) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9(8) | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Wade Elliott | 27(9) | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 30(11) | 9 |
| 17 | MF | Willie Huck | 1(7) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3(9) | 1 |
| 18 | DF | Jason Tindall | 44(1) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50(1) | 1 |
| 19 | MF | Claus Bech Jørgensen | 43 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 9 |
| 20 | MF | Jamie Day | 6(1) | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9(2) | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Karl Broadhurst | 25(5) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27(5) | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Brian Stock | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 1(2) | 0 |
| 24 | MF | James Ford | 0(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(3) | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Daniel Smith | 7(7) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11(8) | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Stevland Angus | 7(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7(2) | 0 |
| 27 | FW | Jermain Defoe | 27(2) | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29(2) | 19 |
| 28 | DF | Warren Cummings | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 28 | DF | Nick Fenton | 4(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4(1) | 0 |
| 29 | DF | David Woozley | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | John O'Neill | 0(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(3) | 0 |
| 32 | MF | Justin Keeler | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0(3) | 0 |