The 2000-01 season was Reading's third season in the Division Two, following their relegation from the Division One in 1998.
 It was Alan Pardew's second season as manager of the club.
During the 1985–86 English football season, Reading F.C. competed in the Football League Third Division where they finished in 1st position with 94 points.
 Reading set a new league record during the season for the most consecutive wins from the start of a season (13).
During the 1998–99 English football season, Reading F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division.
 It was their first full season under manager Tommy Burns and the first at the Madejski Stadium.
The 2001-02 season was Reading's fourth season in the Division Two, following their relegation from the Division One in 1998.
 It was Alan Pardew's third season as manager of the club.
During the 1994–95 English football season, Reading F.C. competed in the Football League First Division, following promotion from the Second Division the previous season.
Reading F.C. is an association football club based in Reading, that competes in the Championship, the second football league in England.
 Established in 1871, the club is one of the oldest teams in England.
 They first entered the FA Cup in 1878–79 but did not play league football until the 1920–21 season.
 Reading have played in all four tiers of English Football though their first season in the top tier of English football did not come until the 2006–07 season.
London football team, West Ham United have had only fifteen permanent managers in their history and an additional three caretaker managers.
 Up until 1989 the club had only had five different managers.
 Before the appointment of Gianfranco Zola in 2008 the club never had an overseas manager, with the only non-Englishman being the Scot, Lou Macari.
 The current manager is Slaven Bilić who was appointed in June 2015.
 The most recent manager before that was Sam Allardyce who was appointed in May 2011 and left the club in May 2015.
 Numerous former West Ham players have taken on temporary managerial roles at the club, between permanent managers.
 Ronnie Boyce briefly took the reins, in February 1990, between Macari's resignation and the appointment of Billy Bonds.
 Former Hammer's player and board member Trevor Brooking was briefly in charge during two separate spells as caretaker manager in 2003, first during the illness of Glenn Roeder and again between Roeder's sacking and the appointment of Alan Pardew.
 Former player Kevin Keen has been caretaker manager twice; immediately prior to Gianfranco Zola's appointment in 2008 and after the sacking of Avram Grant in 2011.
During the 1991–92 English football season, Reading F.C. competed in the Football League Third Division, FA Cup, League Cup and League Trophy.
 It was their first season with Mark McGhee as their player-manager and they finished in 12th place in the league.
 They also reached Round 3 of the FA Cup, Round 1 of the League Cup and the Southern Primarily Group of the League Trophy.
During the 1997–98 English football season, Reading F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.
 It was their first season under new manager Terry Bullivant, but due to poor results, Bullivant was sacked in March 1998.
 Alan Pardew was caretaker-manager for seven days before the club appointed Tommy Burns.
Alan Scott Pardew (born 18 July 1961) is an English football manager and former professional player who most recently was the manager of Crystal Palace.

Question: Alan Pardew, English football manager and former professional player, was a part of the 2000-01 Reading F.C. season as what?
Answer: manager of the club