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1 Season summary  




2 Final league table  




3 Results  


3.1  Legend  




3.2  Football League First Division  




3.3  FA Cup  




3.4  League Cup  






4 Players  


4.1  First-team squad  




4.2  Left club during season  






5 References  




6 Notes  













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Crystal Palace
2000–01 season
ChairmanSimon Jordan
ManagerAlan Smith (until 29 April)
Steve Kember (caretaker from 29 April)
StadiumSelhurst Park
First Division21st
FA CupThird round
Worthington CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Morrison (14)
All: Morrison (19)
Average home league attendance17,061

Home colours

2001–02 →

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

Season summary[edit]

Singapore financer Jerry Lim purchased an almost bankrupt Crystal Palace in July 2000, and immediately sold the club to mobile phone tycoon and lifelong fan Simon Jordan who, following defeats to non-league sides in pre-season, replaced Coppell with Alan Smith – who had previously been manager from 1993 to 1995. The takeover solved Palace's financial problems, but their on-the-field form slumped and despite reaching the League Cup semi-finals, Smith was sacked in April 2001 with relegation to Division Two looking imminent. With two away games remaining, at Portsmouth and Stockport County, Palace were in 22nd place, three points behind Portsmouth (with an inferior goal difference and had played the same number of games), and five points behind Huddersfield (who had a superior goal difference but played a game more). Long serving coach Steve Kember was put in temporary charge of the first team alongside Terry Bullivant, and after making changes to the playing side, Palace travelled to Portsmouth and came away with a much needed 4–2 victory. When the last day of the season arrived, Palace were in 21st place, one goal better off than Portsmouth. With 87 minutes of the game at Stockport gone, the score was 0–0, a result that would have resulted in Palace's relegation, but Dougie Freedman burst into the Stockport County penalty area and lashed a shot past Stockport 'keeper Lee Jones into the back of the net, triggering the relegation of Huddersfield Town and saving Palace. The goal was controversial, as there had been a clear handball by Palace midfielder David Hopkin just moments before, which the referee had not awarded a free-kick for. Still, the Palace fans didn't care, and many of the 3,000 who had travelled poured onto Stockport's Edgeley Park pitch, celebrating with the players.[1]

Final league table[edit]

Main article: 2000–01 Football League

Pos Team
  • t
  • e
    		•  Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
    19 Stockport County 46 11 18 17 58 65 −7 51
    20 Portsmouth 46 10 19 17 47 59 −12 49
    21 Crystal Palace 46 12 13 21 57 70 −13 49
    22 Huddersfield Town (R) 46 11 15 20 48 57 −9 48 Relegation to the Second Division
    23 Queens Park Rangers (R) 46 7 19 20 45 75 −30 40
    Source: [citation needed]
    Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
    (R) Relegated

    Results[edit]

    Crystal Palace's score comes first[2]

    Legend[edit]

    Win Draw Loss

    Football League First Division[edit]

    Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
    12 August 2000 Blackburn Rovers A 0–2 18,733
    20 August 2000 Queens Park Rangers H 1–1 19,020 Forssell
    26 August 2000 Huddersfield Town A 2–1 10,670 Gray, Ruddock
    28 August 2000 Nottingham Forest H 2–3 18,865 Black, Fan
    3 September 2000 West Bromwich Albion A 0–1 13,980
    9 September 2000 Burnley H 0–1 18,531
    12 September 2000 Barnsley H 1–0 16,297 Morrison
    16 September 2000 Norwich City A 0–0 16,828
    23 September 2000 Sheffield United H 0–1 17,521
    30 September 2000 Preston North End A 0–2 13,028
    14 October 2000 Birmingham City A 1–2 17,191 Morrison
    18 October 2000 Fulham A 1–3 16,040 Ruddock
    21 October 2000 Portsmouth H 2–3 15,693 Black (2)
    24 October 2000 Grimsby Town H 0–1 16,685
    28 October 2000 Bolton Wanderers A 3–3 12,879 Freedman (2), Morrison
    4 November 2000 Sheffield Wednesday H 4–1 15,333 Freedman, Morrison, Pollock (2)
    11 November 2000 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 3–1 17,658 Freedman, Morrison (2)
    18 November 2000 Tranmere Rovers H 3–2 14,221 Staunton, Pollock, Morrison
    25 November 2000 Stockport County H 2–2 18,819 Forssell (2)
    2 December 2000 Grimsby Town A 2–2 5,802 Forssell, Morrison
    5 December 2000 Wimbledon H 3–1 16,699 Forssell, Morrison (2)
    9 December 2000 Watford H 1–0 16,049 Morrison
    16 December 2000 Crewe Alexandra A 1–1 5,752 Freedman
    22 December 2000 Blackburn Rovers H 2–3 15,010 Forssell, Mullins
    26 December 2000 Gillingham A 1–4 10,518 Freedman (pen)
    30 December 2000 Queens Park Rangers H 1–1 14,439 Morrison
    14 January 2001 Nottingham Forest A 3–0 21,198 Forssell (2), Freedman
    20 January 2001 Gillingham H 2–2 18,823 Freedman, Forssell
    3 February 2001 West Bromwich Albion H 2–2 16,692 Forssell, Pollock
    10 February 2001 Burnley A 2–1 14,973 Forssell, Morrison
    17 February 2001 Norwich City H 1–1 16,417 Forssell
    20 February 2001 Barnsley A 0–1 12,909
    24 February 2001 Sheffield United A 0–1 18,924
    3 March 2001 Preston North End H 0–2 15,160
    6 March 2001 Birmingham City H 1–2 13,987 Austin
    10 March 2001 Wimbledon A 0–1 13,167
    17 March 2001 Fulham H 0–2 21,133
    31 March 2001 Crewe Alexandra H 1–0 20,872 Austin
    3 April 2001 Huddersfield Town H 0–0 15,324
    7 April 2001 Watford A 2–2 15,598 Austin (pen), Black
    14 April 2001 Sheffield Wednesday A 1–4 19,877 Morrison
    16 April 2001 Bolton Wanderers H 0–2 16,842
    21 April 2001 Tranmere Rovers A 1–1 8,119 Hopkin
    28 April 2001 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 0–2 18,993
    2 May 2001 Portsmouth A 4–2 19,013 Forssell, Riihilahti, Freedman (2)
    6 May 2001 Stockport County A 1–0 9,782 Freedman

    FA Cup[edit]

    Main article: 2000–01 FA Cup
    Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
    R3 6 January 2001 Sunderland A 0–0 30,908
    R3R 17 January 2001 Sunderland H 2–4 (a.e.t.) 15,454 Morrison, Thomson

    League Cup[edit]

    Main article: 2000–01 Football League Cup
    Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
    R1 1st Leg 23 August 2000 Cardiff City H 2–1 5,983 Morrison, Ruddock
    R1 2nd Leg 5 September 2000 Cardiff City A 0–0 4,904
    R2 1st Leg 19 September 2000 Burnley A 2–2 5,889 Forssell, Black
    R2 2nd Leg 26 September 2000 Burnley H 1–1 (won on away goals) 5,720 Linighan
    R3 1 November 2000 Leicester City A 3–0 12,965 Morrison, Thomson, Rubins
    R4 28 November 2000 Tranmere Rovers H 0–0 (won 6–5 on pens) 10,271
    R5 19 December 2000 Sunderland H 2–1 15,945 Forssell, Morrison
    SF 1st Leg 10 January 2001 Liverpool H 2–1 25,933 Rubins, Morrison
    SF 2nd Leg 24 January 2001 Liverpool A 0–5 41,854

    Players[edit]

    First-team squad[edit]

    Squad at end of season[3]

    Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

    No. Pos. Nation Player
    2 DF England ENG Jamie Smith
    3 DF England ENG Matthew Upson (on loan from Arsenal)
    4 DF England ENG Dean Austin
    5 MF China CHN Fan Zhiyi
    6 DF England ENG Neil Ruddock
    7 MF England ENG Hayden Mullins
    8 MF England ENG Simon Rodger
    9 FW Scotland SCO Dougie Freedman
    10 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Clinton Morrison[notes 1]
    11 MF England ENG Tommy Black
    12 MF England ENG Julian Gray
    13 GK Canada CAN Hubert Busby
    14 MF Scotland SCO Steven Thomson
    15 FW Finland FIN Mikael Forssell (on loan from Chelsea)
    16 DF England ENG Andy Frampton
    17 FW Latvia LVA Andrejs Rubins
    18 MF Northern Ireland NIR Wayne Carlisle
    19 DF England ENG David Woozley
    20 DF England ENG Richard Harris
    No. Pos. Nation Player
    21 GK England ENG Matt Gregg
    22 FW Wales WAL Andy Martin
    23 DF Wales WAL Stephen Evans
    24 DF England ENG Jimmy Hibburt
    25 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Stephen Hunt
    26 DF England ENG Sean Hankin
    27 FW England ENG Steve Kabba
    28 FW England ENG Roscoe Dsane
    29 DF England ENG Jonathan Boardman
    30 FW England ENG Chris Sharpling
    31 DF United States USA Gregg Berhalter
    32 MF England ENG Jamie Pollock
    33 DF England ENG Craig Harrison
    34 FW Jamaica JAM Ricardo Fuller
    35 GK Latvia LVA Aleksandrs Koliņko
    37 DF England ENG Richard Howell
    38 MF Scotland SCO David Hopkin
    39 DF Belgium BEL Kenny Verhoene
    40 MF Finland FIN Aki Riihilahti

    Left club during season[edit]

    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 England ENG Stuart Taylor (on loan from Arsenal)
    17 DF England ENG Andy Linighan (toOxford United)
    34 FW England ENG Paul Kitson (on loan from West Ham United)
    9 FW England ENG Leon McKenzie (toPeterborough United)
    3 MF Scotland SCO Jamie Fullarton (toDundee United)
    No. Pos. Nation Player
    31 GK Wales WAL Lee Kendall (toCardiff City)
    34 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Steve Staunton (on loan from Liverpool)
    36 DF Scotland SCO Andy Morrison (on loan from Manchester City)
    13 GK England ENG Fraser Digby (Released)
    36 DF Slovenia SVN Amir Karić (on loan from Ipswich Town)

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "Palace survive at Stockport". BBC Sport. 6 May 2001. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
  • ^ "Crystal Palace 2000-2001 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 24 March 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
  • ^ "FootballSquads - Crystal Palace - 2000/01".

    • Notes[edit]

    1. ^ Morrison was born in Wandsworth, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandmother and would make his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in August 2001.

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