2000–01 Wigan Athletic F.C. season

Wigan Athletic
2000–01 season
ChairmanDave Whelan
ManagerBruce Rioch (until 27 February 2001)
Colin Greenall (caretaker until 4 April)
Steve Bruce (from 4 April)
StadiumJJB Stadium
Second Division6th (qualified for play-offs)
Play-offsSemi-finals
FA CupSecond round
League CupSecond round
Football League TrophySecond round
Top goalscorerSimon Haworth (11)
Average home league attendance6,774

During the 2000–01 English football season, Wigan Athletic F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division.

Season summary

John Benson left after the end of the previous season, and former Arsenal manager Bruce Rioch was appointed in his place. Rioch had Wigan challenging for a play-off place but left in February; Wigan claimed that Rioch resigned, but Rioch insisted that he had been sacked. Former Manchester United player Steve Bruce took over and cemented Wigan's place in the top six, but they were knocked out of the play-offs by Reading in the semi-finals. Bruce then left to take charge of First Division Crystal Palace. Former Wigan striker Paul Jewell, who had previously led Bradford City to promotion to the Premier League but had failed to replicate the feat with Sheffield Wednesday, was appointed as his replacement.

Defender Arjan de Zeeuw was named Wigan's player of the season.

Transfers

In

No. Player Position From Fee Date Notes
10 Lee Ashcroft FW Grimsby Town £350,000 4 August 2000 [1]
19 Stefan Bidstrup MF Lyngby £450,000 November 2000 [2]
20 Ferdino Hernandez DF AZ Alkmaar Free November 2000 [2]
20 Ged Brannan MF Motherwell £175,000 16 February 2001 [3]
37 Steve McMillan DF Motherwell £550,000 2 March 2001 [4]
38 Lee McCulloch FW Motherwell £750,000 2 March 2001 [4]

Out

No. Player Position To Fee Date Notes
33 Kevin Pilkington GK Mansfield Town Free September 2000
20 Andy Porter MF Chester City Free October 2000
32 Neil Redfearn MF Halifax Town Free 15 March 2001 [5]
2 Carl Bradshaw DF Scunthorpe United Released 21 May 2001 [6]
5 Stuart Balmer DF Oldham Athletic Released 21 May 2001 [6]
11 Gino Padula MF Queens Park Rangers Released 21 May 2001 [6]
15 Gareth Griffiths DF Rochdale Released 21 May 2001 [6]
16 Roberto Martínez MF Motherwell Released 21 May 2001 [6]
22 Darren Sheridan MF Oldham Athletic Released 21 May 2001 [6]
23 Andrew Morris MF Released 21 May 2001 [6]
28 Francis McMahon DF Released 21 May 2001 [6]
36 Peter Beagrie MF Scunthorpe United Released 21 May 2001 [6]
19 Stefan Bidstrup MF AaB Contract terminated 22 May 2001 [7]

Loans in

No. Player Pos From Date Duration Notes
33 Alex O'Reilly GK West Ham United November 2000 One month
29 Keith Gillespie MF Blackburn Rovers 2 December 2000 One month [8]
33 Andy Marriott GK Sunderland 1 January 2001 Two months [9][10]
32 Paul Dalglish FW Norwich City 22 March 2001 End of season [11]
33 Raffaele Nuzzo GK Reggiana March 2001 End of season

Loans out

No. Player Pos To Date Duration Notes
24 Paul Mitchell DF Halifax Town 22 March 2001 End of season [11]

League

Main article: 2000-01 Football League

Results

Wigan Athletic's score comes first[12]

Legend

Win Draw Loss
Game Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers Notes
1 12 August 2000 Swansea City A 0–0 8,391
2 19 August 2000 Luton Town H 2–1 6,518 McGibbon, Liddell
3 26 August 2000 Wrexham A 3–1 5,271 Liddell, Haworth, de Zeeuw [13]
4 2 September 2000 Walsall A 0–2 7,156 [14]
5 9 September 2000 Colchester United H 3–1 5,782 Haworth (3) [15]
6 12 September 2000 Peterborough United H 1–0 4,798 Kilford
7 16 September 2000 Bristol Rovers A 0–0 8,109
8 23 September 2000 Northampton Town H 2–1 6,294 Haworth, Liddell
9 30 September 2000 Swindon Town A 2–2 4,895 Haworth, Green
10 6 October 2000 Reading H 1–1 7,021 Bradshaw
11 14 October 2000 Notts County A 2–2 4,567 Roberts, Redfearn (pen)
12 17 October 2000 Bournemouth A 0–0 3,035
13 21 October 2000 Port Vale H 1–0 6,275 Liddell
14 24 October 2000 Oxford United A 2–0 4,030 Green, Liddell [16]
15 28 October 2000 Bury H 1–0 6,622 Kilford
16 4 November 2000 Rotherham United A 1–1 6,192 Griffiths
17 7 November 2000 Millwall H 1–0 5,822 Liddell [17]
18 11 November 2000 Cambridge United H 2–1 6,537 Roberts, Wanless (own goal) [18]
19 25 November 2000 Bristol City A 1–1 12,708 Carey (own goal) [19]
20 2 December 2000 Brentford A 2–2 4,144 Ashcroft (2)
21 16 December 2000 Wycombe Wanderers H 2–1 5,779 Haworth, Roberts
22 23 December 2000 Stoke City H 1–1 8,957 Gunnarsson (own goal) [20]
23 26 December 2000 Oldham Athletic A 1–2 7,750 Haworth [21]
24 30 December 2000 Luton Town A 2–0 5,332 Haworth, Bidstrup
25 1 January 2001 Wrexham H 0–0 6,515
26 6 January 2001 Swansea City H 2–0 5,571 Liddell (2) [22]
27 13 January 2001 Millwall A 1–3 15,317 Roberts [23]
28 20 January 2001 Oldham Athletic H 3–1 8,274 Ashcroft, Redfearn (2)
29 27 January 2001 Stoke City A 0–2 16,859
30 2 February 2001 Walsall H 1–1 9,586 Ashcroft
31 10 February 2001 Colchester United A 2–0 3,275 Bidstrup, Liddell [24]
32 17 February 2001 Bristol Rovers H 0–0 7,271
33 20 February 2001 Peterborough United A 0–2 4,111 [25]
34 24 February 2001 Northampton Town A 0–1 5,571
35 3 March 2001 Swindon Town H 0–0 6,563 [26]
36 6 March 2001 Notts County H 1–1 5,021 Bradshaw (pen) [27]
37 9 March 2001 Reading A 0–1 12,307 [28]
38 17 March 2001 Bournemouth H 1–1 5,878 McGibbon [29]
39 24 March 2001 Port Vale A 0–0 5,017 [30]
40 31 March 2001 Wycombe Wanderers A 2–1 4,939 McCulloch, Beagrie [31]
41 7 April 2001 Brentford H 1–3 6,502 Haworth [32]
42 14 April 2001 Oxford United H 3–2 5,322 Haworth, Ashcroft (pen), McCulloch [33]
43 16 April 2001 Bury A 1–0 4,915 Balmer [34]
44 21 April 2001 Rotherham United H 0–2 8,836 [35]
45 28 April 2001 Cambridge United A 2–1 4,776 McCulloch, Bradshaw (pen) [36]
46 5 May 2001 Bristol City H 0–0 10,048 [37]

Final league table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
4 Walsall (O, P) 46 23 12 11 79 50 +29 81 Qualification for the Second Division play-offs
5 Stoke City 46 21 14 11 74 49 +25 77
6 Wigan Athletic 46 19 18 9 53 42 +11 75
7 Bournemouth 46 20 13 13 79 55 +24 73
8 Notts County 46 19 12 15 62 66 −4 69
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Second Division play-offs

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers Notes
Semi-final (1st leg) 13 May 2001 Reading H 0–0 12,638 [38]
Semi-final (2nd leg) 16 May 2001 Reading A 1–2 22,034 Nicholls [39]
Wigan lost 1–2 on aggregate

Cups

FA Cup

Main article: 2000–01 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers Notes
First 18 November 2000 Dorchester Town H 3–1 3,883 Roberts, Bidstrup, McIvor (own goal) [40]
Second 12 December 2000 Notts County H 1–1 3,886 Ashcroft [41]
Second (replay) 19 December 2000 Notts County A 1–2 (a.e.t.) 3,349 Kilford [42]

League Cup

Main article: 2000–01 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers Notes
First (1st leg) 22 August 2000 Scunthorpe United H 1–0 2,725 Roberts
First (2nd leg) 5 September 2000 Scunthorpe United A 4–1 2,062 Sharp, Kilford, Haworth, Liddell [43]
Wigan won 5–1 on aggregate
Second (1st leg) 19 September 2000 Wimbledon A 0–0 1,941 [44]
Second (2nd leg) 26 September 2000 Wimbledon H 1–2 5,387 Haworth [45]
Wigan lost 1–2 on aggregate

Football League Trophy

Main article: 2000-01 Football League Trophy
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers Notes
First (Northern) 9 January 2001 Oldham Athletic A 3–2 (a.e.t.) 2,551 McLaughlin, McLoughlin (2) [46]
Second (Northern) 30 January 2001 Walsall A 1–2 3,436 Padula

Squad

Squad at end of season[47]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Northern Ireland NIR Roy Carroll
2 DF England ENG Carl Bradshaw
3 DF England ENG Kevin Sharp
4 DF Northern Ireland NIR Pat McGibbon
5 DF Scotland SCO Stuart Balmer
6 DF Netherlands NED Arjan de Zeeuw
7 MF Scotland SCO Andy Liddell
8 MF England ENG Kevin Nicholls
9 FW Wales WAL Simon Haworth
10 FW England ENG Lee Ashcroft
11 DF Argentina ARG Gino Padula
12 FW Wales WAL Neil Roberts
13 GK Scotland SCO Derek Stillie
14 DF England ENG Scott Green
15 DF England ENG Gareth Griffiths
16 MF Spain ESP Roberto Martínez
17 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Hugh Dickson
18 MF England ENG Ian Kilford
19 MF Denmark DEN Stefan Bidstrup
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF England ENG Ged Brannan
21 MF Scotland SCO Brian McLaughlin
22 MF England ENG Darren Sheridan
23 MF England ENG Andrew Morris
24 DF England ENG Paul Mitchell
25 DF England ENG Tom Spearitt
26 MF England ENG Ian Johnson
27 GK England ENG Lee Ellis
28 DF England ENG Francis McMahon
29 MF England ENG Joel Johnson
30 DF England ENG Ben Kay
31 MF England ENG Craig Cunningham
32 FW Scotland SCO Paul Dalglish (on loan from Norwich City)
33 GK Italy ITA Raffaele Nuzzo (on loan from Reggina)
34 MF England ENG Alan McLoughlin
35 MF England ENG Gary Rae
36 MF England ENG Peter Beagrie
37 DF Scotland SCO Steve McMillan
38 FW Scotland SCO Lee McCulloch

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Netherlands Antilles ANT Ferdino Hernandez (released)
29 MF Northern Ireland NIR Keith Gillespie (on loan from Blackburn Rovers)
32 MF England ENG Neil Redfearn (to Halifax Town)
No. Pos. Nation Player
33 GK England ENG Kevin Pilkington (to Mansfield Town)
33 GK England ENG Alex O'Reilly (on loan from West Ham United)
33 GK Wales WAL Andy Marriott (on loan from Sunderland)

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