Some early season relegation worries saw Middlesbrough chairman Steve Gibson respond by installing former England boss Terry Venables as joint manager alongside Bryan Robson in December. This experiment with joint management paid off as Middlesbrough finished 14th to avoid the drop by a comfortable margin.
Robson and Venables both departed after the season was over, and in came Manchester United assistant Steve McClaren to manage the Teesside club.
Middlesbrough were again sponsored by BT Cellnet for the 2000–01 season.
The team's strip was produced by Errea . The home shirt consisted of a red shirt with white hoop, red shorts and red socks with white trim. The away strip consisted of a black shirt with red and white stripes in the middle, plain black shorts and black socks.[ 1]
Source:
Premier League Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Results summary
Overall
Home
Away
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
38
9
15
14
44
44
0
42
4
7
8
18
23
−5
5
8
6
26
21
+5
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 Ground A H H A H A H A H A A H A H H A A H A H H A H A A H A H H A A H A H A H A H Result W D L D L D D W L L L L L L D L L W D W D D W D D D D L D W L D W L W L D W Position 3 1 8 10 12 15 14 11 14 16 17 18 18 18 18 19 20 19 19 19 18 18 15 16 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 16 17 15 16 17 14
Middlesbrough's score comes first [ 2]
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
19 August 2000
Coventry City
A
3–1
20,624
Job , Bokšić (2)
22 August 2000
Tottenham Hotspur
H
1–1
31,254
Summerbell
26 August 2000
Leeds United
H
1–2
31,626
Stamp
6 September 2000
Derby County
A
3–3
24,290
Bokšić (pen), Job , Deane
9 September 2000
Everton
H
1–2
30,885
Watson (own goal)
17 September 2000
Manchester City
A
1–1
32,053
Festa
23 September 2000
Aston Villa
H
1–1
27,556
Alpay (own goal)
30 September 2000
Southampton
A
3–1
14,903
Bokšić (2), Festa
16 October 2000
Newcastle United
H
1–3
31,436
Deane
21 October 2000
Charlton Athletic
A
0–1
20,043
28 October 2000
Ipswich Town
A
1–2
21,771
Gordon
4 November 2000
Arsenal
H
0–1
29,541
11 November 2000
Manchester United
A
1–2
67,576
Karembeu
18 November 2000
Leicester City
H
0–3
27,965
25 November 2000
Bradford City
H
2–2
28,526
Ehiogu , Ince
2 December 2000
West Ham United
A
0–1
25,459
9 December 2000
Sunderland
A
0–1
47,742
16 December 2000
Chelsea
H
1–0
29,422
Gordon
23 December 2000
Tottenham Hotspur
A
0–0
35,638
26 December 2000
Liverpool
H
1–0
34,696
Karembeu
30 December 2000
Coventry City
H
1–1
30,499
Bokšić
1 January 2001
Leeds United
A
1–1
39,251
Bokšić
13 January 2001
Derby County
H
4–0
29,041
Bokšić (2, 1 pen), Ehiogu , Ricard (pen)
20 January 2001
Liverpool
A
0–0
43,042
31 January 2001
Everton
A
2–2
34,244
Ricard , Cooper
3 February 2001
Manchester City
H
1–1
31,794
Cooper
10 February 2001
Aston Villa
A
1–1
28,912
Ehiogu
24 February 2001
Southampton
H
0–1
28,725
3 March 2001
Charlton Athletic
H
0–0
28,177
17 March 2001
Newcastle United
A
2–1
51,751
Bokšić (2)
31 March 2001
Chelsea
A
1–2
34,933
Windass
9 April 2001
Sunderland
H
0–0
31,284
14 April 2001
Arsenal
A
3–0
37,879
Edu (own goal), Sylvinho (own goal), Ricard
16 April 2001
Ipswich Town
H
1–2
34,294
Windass
21 April 2001
Leicester City
A
3–0
18,162
Ricard , Bokšić , Ince
28 April 2001
Manchester United
H
0–2
34,417
5 May 2001
Bradford City
A
1–1
20,921
Karembeu
19 May 2001
West Ham United
H
2–1
33,057
Job , Karembeu
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.
Left the club during season
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Date
Pos
Name
From
Fee
Notes
5 July 2000
MF
Christian Karembeu
Real Madrid
£2,100,000
[ 4]
5 July 2000
MF
Paul Okon
Fiorentina
Free transfer
18 July 2000
GK
Mark Crossley
Nottingham Forest
Free transfer
[ 5]
31 July 2000
FW
Noel Whelan
Coventry City
£2,000,000
[ 6]
31 July 2000
FW
Joseph-Désiré Job
RC Lens
£3,000,000
7 August 2000
FW
Alen Bokšić
Lazio
£2,500,000
[ 7]
20 October 2000
DF
Ugo Ehiogu
Aston Villa
£8,000,000
[ 8]
8 March 2001
FW
Dean Windass
Bradford City
£600,000
Transfers in: £18,200,000
Transfers out: £6,200,000
Total spending: £12,000,000
Goalscoring statistics for 2000-01.[ 13]