2000–01 Watford F.C. season

After relegation from the Premier League, Watford stabilised in the First Division to finish 9th, five points off the play-off places. A total of 143 goals were scored in league matches involving Watford; only champions Fulham scored more goals than Watford's 76, whilst Sheffield Wednesday, Crystal Palace, Tranmere Rovers and Queens Park Rangers were the only teams to concede more than Watford's 67 league goals.^[1] Manager Graham Taylor announced his retirement at the end of the season – former Chelsea manager Gianluca Vialli was named as his replacement.^[2]

Final league table

Main article: 2000–01 Football League

Pos	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1.	Fulham	46	30	11	5	90	32	+58	101
2.	Blackburn Rovers	46	26	13	7	76	39	+37	91
3.	Bolton Wanderers	46	24	15	7	76	45	+31	87
4.	Preston North End	46	23	9	14	64	52	+12	78
5.	Birmingham City	46	23	9	14	59	48	+11	78
6.	West Bromwich Albion	46	21	11	14	60	52	+8	74
7.	Burnley	46	21	9	16	50	54	-4	72
8.	Wimbledon	46	17	18	11	71	50	+21	69
9.	Watford	46	20	9	17	76	67	+9	69
10.	Sheffield United	46	19	11	16	52	49	+3	68
11.	Nottingham Forest	46	20	8	18	55	53	+2	68
12.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	14	13	19	45	48	-3	55
13.	Gillingham	46	13	16	17	61	66	-5	55
14.	Crewe Alexandra	46	15	10	21	47	62	-15	55
15.	Norwich City	46	14	12	20	46	58	-12	54
16.	Barnsley	46	15	9	22	49	62	-13	54
17.	Sheffield Wednesday	46	15	8	23	52	71	-19	53
18.	Grimsby Town	46	14	10	22	43	62	-19	52
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	46	11	15	20	48	57	-9	48
23.	Queens Park Rangers	46	7	19	20	45	75	-30	40
24.	Tranmere Rovers	46	9	11	26	46	77	-31	38

Key
Promoted to the Premier League
Qualified for the promotion playoff
Relegated to Division 2

Results

Watford's score comes first^[3]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
12 August 2000	Huddersfield Town	A	2-1	13,018	Cox, Smith
19 August 2000	Barnsley	H	1-0	13,186	Foley
26 August 2000	Wimbledon	A	0-0	8,447
28 August 2000	Sheffield United	H	4-1	12,675	Helguson, Mooney, Noel-Williams, Hyde
9 September 2000	Portsmouth	A	3-1	14,012	Nielsen, Mooney, Helguson
12 September 2000	Blackburn Rovers	A	4-3	17,258	Hyde (2), Helguson, Mooney
16 September 2000	Crewe Alexandra	H	3-0	13,784	Smith, Noel-Williams, Hyde
23 September 2000	Stockport County	A	3-2	6,933	Smith, Noel-Williams, Nielsen
1 October 2000	Birmingham City	H	2-0	12,355	Nielsen, Cox
14 October 2000	Queens Park Rangers	H	3-1	17,488	Cox (2), Noel-Williams
17 October 2000	Gillingham	H	0-0	12,356
21 October 2000	Nottingham Forest	A	2-0	20,065	Hyde (2)
24 October 2000	Bolton Wanderers	H	1-0	11,799	Mooney (pen)
28 October 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2-2	20,296
4 November 2000	Grimsby Town	H	4-0	11,600	Nielsen, Mooney (2), Noel-Williams
7 November 2000	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1-3	11,166	Smith
11 November 2000	Tranmere Rovers	A	0-2	8,858
18 November 2000	Preston North End	H	2-3	13,066	Mooney, Palmer
3 December 2000	Bolton Wanderers	A	1-2	13,904	Smith
9 December 2000	Crystal Palace	A	0-1	16,049
16 December 2000	West Bromwich Albion	H	3-3	14,601	Butler (own goal), Mooney (2)
23 December 2000	Huddersfield Town	H	1-2	13,371	Heary (own goal)
26 December 2000	Fulham	A	0-5	5,752
29 December 2000	Barnsley	A	1-0	13,820	Nielsen
2 January 2001	Wimbledon	H	3-1	11,336	Mooney (2), Noel-Williams
13 January 2001	Sheffield United	A	1-0	17,551	Mooney
20 January 2001	Fulham	H	1-3	18,333	Helguson
27 January 2001	Norwich City	A	1-2	15,309	Helguson
3 February 2001	Sheffield Wednesday	A	3-2	16,134	Vernazza, Ward, Smith
10 February 2001	Portsmouth	H	2-2	16,051	Smith (2)
17 February 2001	Crewe Alexandra	A	0-2	6,757
20 February 2001	Blackburn Rovers	H	0-1	15,970
24 February 2001	Stockport County	H	2-2	13,647	Mooney, Nielsen
2 March 2001	Birmingham City	A	0-2	20,724
7 March 2001	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-1	12,436	Nielsen
10 March 2001	Norwich City	H	4-1	15,123	Wooter, Smith, Helguson, Nielsen
13 March 2001	Burnley	H	0-1	13,653
31 March 2001	West Bromwich Albion	A	0-3	17,261
3 April 2001	Nottingham Forest	H	3-0	13,651	Noel-Williams, Mooney (2)
7 April 2001	Crystal Palace	H	2-2	15,598	Nielsen, Mooney
14 April 2001	Grimsby Town	A	1-2	6,110	Mooney
17 April 2001	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3-2	13,765	Mooney, Smith, Helguson
22 April 2001	Preston North End	A	2-3	14,071	Noel-Williams, Page
28 April 2001	Tranmere Rovers	H	1-1	16,063	Nielsen
1 May 2001	Gillingham	A	3-0	9,098	Helguson, Smith, Vernazza
6 May 2001	Burnley	A	0-2	18,283

FA Cup

Main article: 2000–01 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 2001	Everton	H	1-2	15,635	Mooney

League Cup

Main article: 2000–01 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	22 August 2000	Cheltenham Town	H	0-0	8,289
R1 2nd Leg	5 September 2000	Cheltenham Town	A	3-0 (won 3-0 on agg)	5,078	Smith, Ward, Helguson
R2 1st Leg	19 September 2000	Notts County	A	3-1	2,346	Palmer, Mooney
R2 2nd Leg	26 September 2000	Notts County	H	0-2 (won on away goals)	7,677
R3	31 October 2000	Manchester United	H	0-3	18,871

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[4]

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Alec Chamberlain
2	DF	Neil Cox
3	DF	Paul Robinson
4	DF	Rob Page
5	DF	Steve Palmer
6	MF	Peter Kennedy
8	MF	Micah Hyde^[5]
9	FW	Tommy Mooney
10	MF	Richard Johnson
11	FW	Nick Wright
12	FW	Allan Smart
13	GK	Chris Day
14	MF	Nordin Wooter
15	FW	Gifton Noel-Williams

No.	Position	Player
16	DF	Nigel Gibbs (captain)
17	FW	Tommy Smith
18	FW	Heiðar Helguson
19	MF	Clint Easton
21	FW	Dominic Foley
22	GK	Espen Baardsen
23	DF	Darren Ward
25	MF	Paolo Vernazza
26	DF	David Perpetuini
27	DF	James Panayi
28	MF	Allan Nielsen
29	MF	Stephen Armstrong
33	MF	Fabien Forde
34	FW	Lee Cook

Left club during season

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

No.	Position	Player
7	MF	Michel Ngonge^[6] (to Queens Park Rangers)
7	MF	Carlton Palmer (on loan from Coventry City)
20	MF	Jóhann Guðmundsson (to FK Lyn)
25	MF	Adrian Bakalli (to Swindon Town)

No.	Position	Player
30	DF	Richard Jobson (on loan from Manchester City)
32	FW	Steve Brooker (to Port Vale)
36	MF	Charlie Miller (to Dundee United)

Reserve squad

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

No.	Position	Player
24	MF	Alexandre Bonnot
30	DF	Lloyd Doyley
31	DF	Matthew Langston
32	DF	Tom Neill

No.	Position	Player
35	FW	David Warner
37	MF	Gary Fisken
38	DF	Jerel Ifil

References

↑ "Division One 2000–2001 table". Tony Brown. Statto.com. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
↑ Ingle, Sean (2 May 2001). "Vialli named new Watford manager". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/watford/2000-2001
↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2000-2001/d1/watford.htm
↑ Hyde was born in Newham, England, but qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and would make his international debut for Jamaica in 2001.
↑ Ngonge was born in Huy, Belgium, but qualified to represent the Democratic Republic of the Congo (and its predecessor, Zaire) internationally.

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