2000–01 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

Tottenham Hotspur

2000–01 season
Chairman	Alan Sugar (until February) Daniel Levy (from February)
Manager	George Graham (until 16 March) Glenn Hoddle (from 2 April)
Stadium	White Hart Lane
Premiership	12th
FA Cup	Semi-finals
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Les Ferdinand (10) All: Sergei Rebrov (12)
Highest home attendance	36,148 (vs. Ipswich Town, 19 August)
Lowest home attendance	26,909 (vs. Brentford, 27 September)
Average home league attendance	35,216
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

During the 2000–01 season, Tottenham Hotspur participated in the English Premier League, FA Cup, and Football League Cup.

Season summary

Tottenham were thrown into turmoil on 16 March when it was announced that manager George Graham had been sacked for breach of his contract. Countless names were linked with the vacancy, and a popular decision was made two weeks later when it was announced that former player Glenn Hoddle would be returning to the club as manager despite the final documents completing the move were not agreed by Southampton on 30 March and a few days later the registration by the Saints were released which allowed Hoddle to officially take over the reins as Tottenham boss. A few weeks later, he re-signed Teddy Sheringham from Manchester United as the first of many promised new signings in a new-look side which many fans felt would be just the right set of players to bring the glory days back to White Hart Lane.

Final league table

Main article: 2000-01 FA Premier League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester United (C)	38	24	8	6	79	31	+48	80	2001–02 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Arsenal	38	20	10	8	63	38	+25	70
3	Liverpool	38	20	9	9	71	39	+32	69	2001–02 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round 1
4	Leeds United	38	20	8	10	64	43	+21	68	2001–02 UEFA Cup First round 1
5	Ipswich Town	38	20	6	12	57	42	+15	66
6	Chelsea	38	17	10	11	68	45	+23	61
7	Sunderland	38	15	12	11	46	41	+5	57
8	Aston Villa	38	13	15	10	46	43	+3	54	2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
9	Charlton Athletic	38	14	10	14	50	57	−7	52
10	Southampton	38	14	10	14	40	48	−8	52
11	Newcastle United	38	14	9	15	44	50	−6	51	2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
12	Tottenham Hotspur	38	13	10	15	47	54	−7	49
13	Leicester City	38	14	6	18	39	51	−12	48
14	Middlesbrough	38	9	15	14	44	44	0	42
15	West Ham United	38	10	12	16	45	50	−5	42
16	Everton	38	11	9	18	45	59	−14	42
17	Derby County	38	10	12	16	37	59	−22	42
18	Manchester City (R)	38	8	10	20	41	65	−24	34	Relegation to 2001–02 Football League First Division
19	Coventry City (R)	38	8	10	20	36	63	−27	34
20	Bradford City (R)	38	5	11	22	30	70	−40	26

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Since Liverpool qualified for the Champions League, their place in the UEFA Cup as FA Cup winners went to Ipswich Town, and as Liverpool also won the League Cup that place went to Chelsea.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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	13	10	15	47	54	−7	49	11	6	2	31	16	+15	2	4	13	16	38	−22

Source: 2000-01 FA Premier League table

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	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	L	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	D	D	L	L	W	D	D	D	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	D	L	W
Position	4	2	10	2	5	5	6	10	11	8	12	9	10	9	7	9	9	11	11	11	13	12	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	11	12	12	9	10	11	11	12	12

Source: 11v11.com: 2000-01 Tottenham Hotspur results
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results

Tottenham Hotspur's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
19 August 2000	Ipswich Town	H	3-1	36,148	Anderton (pen), Carr, Ferdinand
22 August 2000	Middlesbrough	A	1-1	31,254	Leonhardsen
26 August 2000	Newcastle United	A	0-2	51,573
5 September 2000	Everton	H	3-2	36,010	Rebrov (2, 1 pen), Ferdinand
11 September 2000	West Ham United	H	1-0	33,282	Campbell
16 September 2000	Charlton Athletic	A	0-1	20,043
23 September 2000	Manchester City	H	0-0	36,069
30 September 2000	Leeds United	A	3-4	37,562	Rebrov (2), Perry
14 October 2000	Coventry City	A	1-2	21,435	Rebrov
21 October 2000	Derby County	H	3-1	34,483	Leonhardsen (2), Carr
28 October 2000	Chelsea	A	0-3	34,966
4 November 2000	Sunderland	H	2-1	36,016	Sherwood, Armstrong
11 November 2000	Aston Villa	A	0-2	33,608
19 November 2000	Liverpool	H	2-1	36,036	Ferdinand, Sherwood
25 November 2000	Leicester City	H	3-0	35,636	Ferdinand (3)
2 December 2000	Manchester United	A	0-2	67,583
9 December 2000	Bradford City	A	3-3	17,225	King, Campbell, Armstrong
18 December 2000	Arsenal	H	1-1	36,062	Rebrov
23 December 2000	Middlesbrough	H	0-0	35,638
27 December 2000	Southampton	A	0-2	15,237
30 December 2000	Ipswich Town	A	0-3	22,234
2 January 2001	Newcastle United	H	4-2	34,324	Doherty, Anderton (pen), Rebrov, Ferdinand
13 January 2001	Everton	A	0-0	32,290
20 January 2001	Southampton	H	0-0	36,095
31 January 2001	West Ham United	A	0-0	26,048
3 February 2001	Charlton Athletic	H	0-0	35,368
10 February 2001	Manchester City	A	1-0	34,399	Rebrov
24 February 2001	Leeds United	H	1-2	36,070	Ferdinand
3 March 2001	Derby County	A	1-2	29,410	West (own goal)
17 March 2001	Coventry City	H	3-0	35,606	Iversen, Ferdinand, Rebrov
31 March 2001	Arsenal	A	0-2	38,121
10 April 2001	Bradford City	H	2-1	28,306	Iversen, Davies
14 April 2001	Sunderland	A	3-2	48,029	Clemence, Doherty (2)
17 April 2001	Chelsea	H	0-3	36,074
22 April 2001	Liverpool	A	1-3	43,547	Korsten
28 April 2001	Aston Villa	H	0-0	36,096
5 May 2001	Leicester City	A	2-4	21,056	Davies, Carr
19 May 2001	Manchester United	H	3-1	36,072	Korsten (2), Ferdinand

FA Cup

Main article: 2000-01 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 2001	Leyton Orient	A	1-0	12,336	Doherty
R4	7 February 2001	Charlton Athletic	A	4-2	18,101	Rufus (own goal), Anderton, Leonhardsen, Rebrov
R5	17 February 2001	Stockport County	H	4-0	36,040	King, Davies (2), Flynn (own goal)
QF	11 March 2001	West Ham United	A	3-2	26,048	Rebrov (2), Doherty
SF	8 April 2001	Arsenal	N	1-2	63,541	Doherty

League Cup

Main article: 2000-01 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	19 September 2000	Brentford	A	0-0	8,580
R2 2nd Leg	27 September 2000	Brentford	H	2-0 (won 2-0 on agg)	26,909	Leonhardsen, Iversen
R3	31 October 2000	Birmingham City	H	1-3	27,096	Anderton (pen)

First-team squad

Squad at end of season

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 Ian Walker 2 DF Stephen Carr 3 DF Mauricio Taricco 4 MF Steffen Freund 5 DF Sol Campbell 6 DF Chris Perry 7 MF Darren Anderton 8 MF Tim Sherwood 9 FW Les Ferdinand 10 FW Steffen Iversen 11 FW Serhiy Rebrov 12 DF Gary Doherty 13 GK Neil Sullivan 15 MF Willem Korsten 16 FW Chris Armstrong 17 MF Øyvind Leonhardsen 18 DF Ben Thatcher 21 DF Luke Young

No. Position Player 24 GK Hans Segers 25 MF Stephen Clemence 26 DF Ledley King 27 FW Dave McEwen 28 MF Matthew Etherington 29 MF Simon Davies 30 DF Anthony Gardner 31 DF Alton Thelwell 35 FW Neale Fenn 36 DF Ian Hillier 37 MF John Piercy 38 MF Maurizio Consorti 39 GK Gavin Kelly 40 MF Ciarán Toner 41 MF Johnnie Jackson 42 FW Yannick Kamanan 43 GK Jamie Attwell 45 FW Steven Ferguson

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 19 FW Andy Booth (on loan from Sheffield Wednesday) 31 MF Ruel Fox (to West Bromwich Albion) 32 MF José Dominguez (to Kaiserslautern)

No. Position Player 33 MF Mark Gower (to Barnet) 34 DF Ramon Vega (on loan to Celtic)

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 DF Terry Adams DF Clayton Fortune DF Jon Jönsson DF Stephen Kelly DF Neil Lacy

No. Position Player MF Andrew Burke MF Johnnie Jackson FW Luca Di Giuliantonio FW George Snee