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2000–01 Oxford United F.C. season

The 2000–01 season saw Oxford United compete in the Football League Second Division where they finished in 24th position with 27 points and were relegated to the Third Division.[1] It was also Oxford's final season at the Manor Ground before moving to the Kassam Stadium.

Oxford United
2000–01 season
ChairmanFiroz Kassam
ManagerDenis Smith (until 2 October)
Mike Ford (caretaker until 31 October)
Dave Kemp (until 30 April)
Mike Ford (caretaker until 8 May)
StadiumManor Ground
Football League Second Division24th
FA CupSecond round
League CupFirst round
League TrophyFirst round

Season summary

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Any hopes that this season might mark a turn-around after two seasons of struggle were dashed right out of the gate, with Denis Smith's second spell as manager being brought to an end in early October after the team could only win one and draw one of their first ten outings. Club veteran Mike Ford took charge for the next five matches, but could manage a return of only one point. At the end of the month, the club announced a new management structure headed up by director of football Joe Kinnear, with Dave Kemp installed as manager.

Unfortunately, the change failed to result in any real improvement in results, and Kinnear departed shortly after the turn of the year to take over as manager of relegation rivals Luton Town. Ultimately, the team's terrible defensive record (they kept only three clean sheets all season, two of which were the result of goalless draws) meant that survival never looked realistically on the cards, and they finished in bottom place, with just twenty-seven points (half of what they would have needed to survive) to their name, and a hundred goals conceded.

Though chairman Firoz Kassam had initially indicated that Kemp would be allowed to remain for the following season and attempt to rebuild the squad, fan protests and a dreadful 6–2 loss to fellow strugglers Bristol Rovers soon changed his mind, and Kemp was sacked with two games remaining; his last game in charge would ironically result in a 3–1 victory over second-bottom Swansea City. Ford stepped in as caretaker for the final two matches, before Kassam appointed Mark Wright as the manager to lead Oxford into their first fourth-tier campaign since 1965.

Final league table

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Main article: 2000–01 Football League § Second Division

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
20 Swindon Town 46 13 13 20 47 65 −18 52
21 Bristol Rovers (R) 46 12 15 19 53 57 −4 51 Relegation to Football League Third Division
22 Luton Town (R) 46 9 13 24 52 80 −28 40
23 Swansea City (R) 46 8 13 25 47 73 −26 37
24 Oxford United (R) 46 7 6 33 53 100 −47 27
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated

Results

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Oxford United's score comes first

Legend

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Win Draw Loss

Football League Second Division

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Main article: 2000–01 Football League
Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
1 12 August 2000 Peterborough United H 0–1 5,870
2 19 August 2000 Port Vale A 0–3 3,814
3 26 August 2000 Brentford H 0–1 4,756
4 29 August 2000 Walsall A 2–3 5,678 Beauchamp (2)
5 2 September 2000 Cambridge United H 1–1 4,479 Jarman
6 8 September 2000 Wycombe Wanderers A 1–3 5,831 Tait
7 13 September 2000 Stoke City A 0–4 9,600
8 16 September 2000 Bury H 1–0 3,676 Cook
9 23 September 2000 Millwall A 0–5 8,565
10 30 September 2000 Bristol City H 0–1 5,308
11 8 October 2000 Swindon Town A 1–2 7,975 Whittingham
12 14 October 2000 Wrexham H 3–4 3,884 Tait, Beauchamp, McGregor (o.g.)
13 17 October 2000 Luton Town H 0–0 4,537
14 21 October 2000 Rotherham United A 1–3 3,938 Lilley
15 24 October 2000 Wigan Athletic H 0–2 4,030
16 28 October 2000 Reading A 3–4 16,022 Lilley, Viveash (o.g.), Richardson
17 4 November 2000 Bristol Rovers H 0–1 5,407
18 11 November 2000 Swansea City H 2–1 4,892 Beauchamp, Andrews
19 25 November 2000 Notts County H 2–3 4,765 Murphy (2)
20 2 December 2000 Oldham Athletic A 2–3 3,986 Gray, Innes (o.g.)
21 16 December 2000 Northampton Town H 3–1 4,899 Anthrobus, Murphy, Hackett
22 22 December 2000 Colchester United A 2–3 3,695 Beauchamp, Gray
23 26 December 2000 Bournemouth H 1–2 6,200 Fear
24 1 January 2001 Brentford A 0–3 5,020
25 13 January 2001 Walsall H 2–1 5,184 Gray (2)
26 27 January 2001 Colchester United H 0–1 5,064
27 30 January 2001 Peterborough United A 2–4 4,004 Fear, Murphy
28 10 February 2001 Wycombe Wanderers H 1–2 5,384 Hackett
29 17 February 2001 Bury A 1–3 3,320 Beauchamp
30 20 February 2001 Stoke City H 1–1 4,856 Patterson
31 24 February 2001 Millwall H 0–2 5,795
32 3 March 2001 Bristol City A 0–0 9,681
33 6 March 2001 Wrexham A 3–5 3,009 Gray, Powell, Murphy
34 10 March 2001 Swindon Town H 0–2 7,480
35 24 March 2001 Rotherham United H 4–3 4,493 Quinn, Omoyinmi (2), Scott
36 27 March 2001 Cambridge United A 0–1 3,502
37 31 March 2001 Northampton Town A 1–0 6,115 Tait
38 3 April 2001 Bournemouth A 3–4 3,747 Quinn, Gray (2)
39 7 April 2001 Oldham Athletic H 0–1 4,217
40 10 April 2001 Luton Town A 1–1 6,010 Scott
41 14 April 2001 Wigan Athletic A 2–3 5,322 Scott, Beauchamp
42 17 April 2001 Reading H 0–2 6,886
43 21 April 2001 Bristol Rovers A 2–6 7,554 Scott, Richardson
44 28 April 2001 Swansea City H 3–1 4,148 Omoyinmi, Brooks, Murphy
45 1 May 2001 Port Vale H 1–1 7,080 Scott
46 5 May 2001 Notts County A 1–2 5,513 Folland

FA Cup

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Main article: 2000–01 FA Cup
Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 18 November 2000 Macclesfield Town A 1–0 2,141 Gray
R2 9 December 2000 Chester City A 2–3 2,798 Gray, Murphy

Football League Cup

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Main article: 2000–01 Football League Cup
Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 1st leg 22 August 2000 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 1–0 9,399 Murphy
R1 2nd leg 5 September 2000 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 1–3 4,676 Shepheard

Football League Trophy

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Main article: 2000–01 Football League Trophy
Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 5 December 2000 Brentford A 1–4 1,517 Anthrobus

Squad statistics

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No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   Richard Knight 33 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 37 0
2 DF   John Robertson 37(3) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 41(3) 0
3 DF   Paul Powell 15(5) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 16(5) 1
4 MF   Peter Fear 14(6) 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 16(6) 2
5 DF   Jon Richardson 41 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 46 2
6 DF   Ian McGuckin 6(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6(1) 0
7 MF   Matt Murphy 37(3) 6 2 1 1(1) 1 1 0 41(4) 8
8 MF   Paul Tait 22(4) 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 24(4) 3
9 FW   Steve Anthrobus 13(6) 1 1 0 2 0 0(1) 1 16(7) 2
10 FW   Andy Scott 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 FW   Derek Lilley 15(4) 0 1 0 0(2) 0 0 0 16(6) 0
11 MF   Joey Beauchamp 32(11) 7 2 0 1(1) 0 1 0 36(12) 7
12 FW   Jamie Cook 4(5) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4(5) 1
13 GK   Hubert Busby 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0
13 GK   Neil Cutler 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
14 FW   Emmanuel Omoyinmi 16(8) 3 0(1) 0 2 0 1 0 19(9) 3
15 MF   Simon Weatherstone 6(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6(1) 0
16 MF   Rob Folland 1(4) 1 0 0 0(2) 0 0 0 1(6) 1
17 DF   Jon Shepheard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 DF   Chris Hackett 10(6) 2 1 0 0 0 0(1) 0 11(6) 2
19 DF   Lee Jarman 15(6) 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 19(6) 1
20 GK   Phil Wilson 1(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1(1) 0
21 MF   Jordan Holder 0(2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(2) 0
21 DF   Neil McGowan 11 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 0
22 DF   Wayne Hatswell 26(1) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 27(1) 0
22 DF   Mickey Lewis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 DF   Ross Weatherstone 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
24 GK   Jimmy Glass 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
24 FW   Guy Whittingham 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
25 FW   Phil Gray 21(2) 7 2 2 0 0 1 0 24(2) 9
25 FW   Ben Abbey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 DF   Simon King 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
27 MF   Dean Whitehead 16(4) 0 0(1) 0 2 0 0 0 18(5) 0
28 DF   Sam Ricketts 13(1) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14(1) 0
29 FW   Leon Mike 1(2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1(2) 0
29 MF   Keith Andrews 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1
30 DF   Mike Ford 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
31 FW   Jamie Brooks 3(1) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3(1) 1
32 FW   Leon Mike 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DF   Garry Monk 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
33 DF   Andy Linighan 12(1) 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14(1) 0
34 MF   Rob Quinn 12(1) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12(1) 2
34 DF   Keith Brown 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
35 DF   Darren Patterson 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 1

References

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  1. ^ "Oxford United 2000/01". Statto. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
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