2000–01 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

Blackburn Rovers
	2000–01 season
Chairman	John Williams
Manager	Graeme Souness
First Division	2nd (promoted)
FA Cup	Quarter finals
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League:; Matt Jansen (23); All:; Matt Jansen (24)
Average home league attendance	20,740
← 1999–2000	2001–02 →

During the 2000–01 English football season, Blackburn Rovers F.C. competed in the Football League First Division (known as the Nationwide Division One for sponsorship reasons).

Season summary

Blackburn returned to the top flight of English football, thanks to a second-place finish in Division One which came two seasons after relegation. Marking the breakthrough of a new breed of players from the academy, Blackburn looked intent on returning to the top flight in style, especially with David Dunn catching the eyes of top-flight clubs with an impressive season. Striker Matt Jansen, signed during the relegation campaign, was the club's top scorer with 23 Division One goals. Rovers also re-signed Henning Berg just after the start of the season, three years after they sold him to Manchester United. Berg was one of the club's last remaining links with the 1995 title winning side.

Souness signing autographs outside Loftus Road following Queens Park Rangers vs Blackburn Rovers on 7 April 2001.

Friedel posing for picture outside Loftus Road following Queens Park Rangers vs Blackburn Rovers on 7 April 2001.

Final league table

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

Blackburn Rovers' score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
12 August 2000	Crystal Palace	H	2-0	18,733	Blake, Jansen
19 August 2000	Crewe Alexandra	A	0-0	7,500
26 August 2000	Norwich City	H	3-2	19,542	Dunn (pen), Blake, Jansen
28 August 2000	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-1	15,646	Taylor
9 September 2000	Nottingham Forest	H	3-0	18,471	Jansen, Dunn (pen), Blake
12 September 2000	Watford	H	3-4	17,258	Dunn, Blake (2)
15 September 2000	Sheffield United	A	0-2	10,816
23 September 2000	Bolton Wanderers	H	1-1	23,660	Thomas
30 September 2000	West Bromwich Albion	A	0-1	16,794
15 October 2000	Fulham	A	1-2	15,247	Jansen
18 October 2000	Wimbledon	A	2-0	6,019	Willmott (own goal), Flitcroft
21 October 2000	Grimsby Town	H	2-0	16,397	Flitcroft, Jansen
25 October 2000	Tranmere Rovers	H	3-2	17,010	Hughes (2), Østenstad
28 October 2000	Huddersfield Town	A	1-0	12,287	Østenstad
4 November 2000	Stockport County	H	2-1	17,404	Hughes, Hignett
8 November 2000	Barnsley	A	2-1	13,622	Jansen, Dunn
11 November 2000	Portsmouth	A	2-2	14,141	Bjørnebye, Jansen
18 November 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-0	20,380	Dunn (pen)
25 November 2000	Gillingham	H	1-2	18,061	Hughes
2 December 2000	Tranmere Rovers	A	1-1	10,063	Dunn
9 December 2000	Queens Park Rangers	H	0-0	16,886
17 December 2000	Burnley	A	2-0	21,369	McAteer, Bent
22 December 2000	Crystal Palace	A	3-2	15,010	Dunn (2, 1 pen), Taylor
26 December 2000	Birmingham City	H	2-1	24,899	Jansen (2)
30 December 2000	Crewe Alexandra	H	1-0	18,554	Jansen
1 January 2001	Norwich City	A	1-1	16,695	Bent
10 January 2001	Preston North End	H	3-2	23,983	Jansen (2), Hughes
13 January 2001	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2-0	19,308	Bent, Taylor
3 February 2001	Barnsley	H	0-0	18,573
10 February 2001	Nottingham Forest	A	1-2	22,455	Jansen
20 February 2001	Watford	A	1-0	15,970	Bent
23 February 2001	Bolton Wanderers	A	4-1	20,017	Bent, Dunn, Jansen, Hignett
3 March 2001	West Bromwich Albion	H	1-0	23,926	Bent
14 March 2001	Birmingham City	A	2-0	29,150	Bent, Duff
17 March 2001	Wimbledon	H	1-1	19,000	Jansen
1 April 2001	Burnley	H	5-0	23,442	Short, Davis (own goal), Jansen (2), Hignett
4 April 2001	Sheffield United	H	1-1	26,276	Berg
7 April 2001	Queens Park Rangers	A	3-1	12,449	Dunn, Jansen, Berkovic
11 April 2001	Fulham	H	1-2	21,578	Jansen
14 April 2001	Stockport County	A	0-0	9,705
16 April 2001	Huddersfield Town	H	2-0	29,426	Flitcroft, Jansen
21 April 2001	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-0	20,018
24 April 2001	Grimsby Town	A	4-1	6,507	Dunn, Berkovic, Jansen (2)
29 April 2001	Portsmouth	H	3-1	24,257	Hiley (own goal), Dunn, Bent
2 May 2001	Preston North End	A	1-0	16,975	Jansen
6 May 2001	Gillingham	A	1-1	10,319	Blake

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 2001	Chester City	H	2-0	15,223	Taylor, Bent
R4	27 January 2001	Derby County	H	0-0	18,858
R4R	7 February 2001	Derby County	A	5-2	15,203	Flitcroft, Bent (2), Dunn (pen), Jansen
R5	17 February 2001	Bolton Wanderers	A	1-1	22,048	Dunn
R5R	7 March 2001	Bolton Wanderers	H	3-0	20,318	Flitcroft, Hignett (2, 1 pen)
QF	10 March 2001	Arsenal	A	0-3	36,304

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	22 August 2000	Rochdale	A	1-1	4,873	Blake
R1 2nd Leg	6 September 2000	Rochdale	H	6-1 (won 7-2 on agg)	12,977	Duff (2), Dunn (3 pens), Diawara
R2 1st Leg	19 September 2000	Portsmouth	H	4-0	10,360	Carsley, Thomas (2), Østenstad
R2 2nd Leg	26 September 2000	Portsmouth	A	1-1 (won 5-1 on agg)	2,731	Dunn
R3	31 October 2000	West Ham United	A	0-2	21,863

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[2]

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	John Filan
2	DF	John Curtis
4	MF	Jason McAteer^[3]
5	DF	Stig Inge Bjørnebye
6	DF	Craig Short
7	MF	Garry Flitcroft
8	MF	David Dunn
9	FW	Mark Hughes
10	MF	Craig Hignett
11	MF	Damien Duff
12	DF	Jeff Kenna
13	GK	Alan Kelly
14	FW	Nathan Blake
15	FW	Matt Jansen
16	DF	Marlon Broomes
17	FW	Marcus Bent
18	MF	Keith Gillespie

No.	Position	Player
19	MF	Damien Johnson
20	FW	Egil Østenstad
21	DF	Henning Berg
22	MF	Eyal Berkovic (on loan from Celtic)
23	MF	Alan Mahon (on loan from Sporting Lisbon)
24	DF	Darren Dunning
25	DF	Simon Grayson
26	FW	James Thomas
27	GK	Alan Miller
28	DF	Martin Taylor
29	MF	Marc Keller
30	FW	Gary Hamilton
31	MF	Burton O'Brien^[4]
32	GK	Brad Friedel
33	MF	Jonathan Douglas
34	FW	Marc Richards
	MF	Jimmy Corbett

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
3	DF	Christian Dailly (to West Ham United)
9	FW	Kaba Diawara (on loan from Paris Saint-Germain)
17	MF	Billy McKinlay (to Bradford City)
22	FW	Ben Burgess^[5] (to Northern Spirit)

No.	Position	Player
23	MF	Lee Carsley (to Coventry City)
24	DF	Steve Harkness (to Sheffield Wednesday)
29	DF	Darren Peacock (retired)

Top scorers

First Division

References

↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/blackburn-rovers/2000-2001
↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2000-2001/d1/blackbrn.htm
↑ McAteer was born in Birkenhead, England.
↑ O'Brien was born in Johannesburg, South Africa.
↑ Burgess was born in Buxton, England.

[1] ttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/blackburn-rovers/2000-2001

[2] ttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2000-2001/d1/blackbrn.htm

[3] McAteer was born in Birkenhead, England.

[4] O'Brien was born in Johannesburg, South Africa.

[5] Burgess was born in Buxton, England.

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2000–01 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

Contents

Season summary

Final league table

Results

Legend

Football League First Division

FA Cup

League Cup

First-team squad

Left club during season

Top scorers

First Division

References

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