2000–01 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

Queens Park Rangers
2000–01 season
Manager	Gerry Francis (until 25 February); Ian Holloway (from 26 February)
Stadium	Loftus Road
First Division	23rd (relegated)
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Peter Crouch (10); All: ; Peter Crouch (12)
Highest home attendance	19,003 27 January 2001 Arsenal
Lowest home attendance	4,0426 September 2000 Colchester United
Average home league attendance	12,013
Biggest win	2-0 Vs West Bromwich Albion (13 January 2001), Tranmere Rovers (16 April 2001), Barnsley (17 February 2001)
Biggest defeat	0-5 Vs Preston North End (10 February 2001), Wimbledon (24 February 2001)
	← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

During the 2000–01 English football season, Queens Park Rangers F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

In the 2000–2001 season, Peter crouch emerged as a future star but despite this QPR were relegated to the third tier for the first time since 1967, Manager Gerry Francis was fired a day after a 5-nil defeat to Wimbledon and replaced by Ian Holloway.

Kit

Le Coq Sportif continued as QPR's kit manufacturers. Telecommunications giant Ericsson continued as kit sponsors.

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
20	Portsmouth	46	10	19	17	47	59	−12	49
21	Crystal Palace	46	12	13	21	57	70	−13	49
22	Huddersfield Town (R)	46	11	15	20	48	57	−9	48	Relegation to the Second Division
23	Queens Park Rangers (R)	46	7	19	20	45	75	−30	40
24	Tranmere Rovers (R)	46	9	11	26	46	77	−31	38

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated

Results

Queens Park Rangers' score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Position
1	12 August 2000	Birmingham City	H	0 – 0		13,926	9
2	20 August 2000	Crystal Palace	A	1 – 1	Carlisle	19,020	14
3	26 August 2000	Crewe Alexandra	H	1 – 0	Furlong	9,415	8
4	28 August 2000	West Bromwich Albion	A	1 – 2	Kiwomya	14,831	10
5	9 September 2000	Preston North End	H	0 – 0		11,092	13
6	13 September 2000	Gillingham	H	2 – 2	Kiwomya, Crouch	10,655	13
7	16 September 2000	Barnsley	A	2 – 4	Kiwomya (2)	12,763	17
8	23 September 2000	Wimbledon	H	2 – 1	Crouch, Wardley	11,720	13
9	30 September 2000	Sheffield United	A	1 – 1	Koejoe	13,803	16
10	14 October 2000	Watford	A	1 – 3	Connolly	17,488	17
11	17 October 2000	Grimsby Town	A	1 – 3	Connolly	4,428	18
12	21 October 2000	Burnley	H	0 – 1		11,426	19
13	25 October 2000	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1 – 2	Peacock	10,353	20
14	28 October 2000	Tranmere Rovers	A	1 – 1	Connolly	7,268	20
15	31 October 2000	Bolton Wanderers	A	1 – 3	Crouch	10,180	20
16	4 November 2000	Portsmouth	H	1 – 1	Peschisolido	12,036	20
17	11 November 2000	Stockport County	A	2 – 2	Carlisle, Langley	6,356	22
18	18 November 2000	Huddersfield Town	H	1 – 1	Connolly	11,543	22
19	25 November 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2 – 2	Peacock (2)	11,156	22
20	2 December 2000	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2 – 5	Crouch (2)	21,728	22
21	9 December 2000	Blackburn Rovers	A	0 – 0		16,886	23
22	16 December 2000	Nottingham Forest	H	1 – 0	Crouch	14,409	23
23	23 December 2000	Birmingham City	A	0 – 0		24,311	24
24	26 December 2000	Norwich City	H	2 – 3	Carlisle, Wardley	12,338	23
25	30 December 2000	Crystal Palace	H	1 – 1	Crouch	14,439	23
26	13 January 2001	West Bromwich Albion	H	2 – 0	Koejoe, Plummer	11,881	23
27	20 January 2001	Norwich City	A	0 – 1		16,472	23
28	31 January 2001	Fulham	H	0 – 2		16,403	24
29	3 February 2001	Bolton Wanderers	H	1 – 1	Ngonge	10,293	23
30	10 February 2001	Preston North End	A	0 – 5		14,423	23
31	17 February 2001	Barnsley	H	2 – 0	Kiwomya, Crouch	9,388	21
32	20 February 2001	Gillingham	A	1 – 0	Kiwomya	10,432	20
33	24 February 2001	Wimbledon	A	0 – 5		9,446	21
34	3 March 2001	Sheffield United	H	1 – 3	Ngonge	11,024	22
35	7 March 2001	Watford	H	1 – 1	Ngonge	12,436	22
36	10 March 2001	Fulham	A	0 – 2		16,021	22
37	17 March 2001	Grimsby Town	H	0 – 1		17,608	23
38	24 March 2001	Burnley	A	1 – 2	Bignot	14,018	23
39	31 March 2001	Nottingham Forest	A	1 – 1	Wardley	22,208	23
40	7 April 2001	Blackburn Rovers	H	1 – 3	Plummer	12,449	23
41	10 April 2001	Crewe Alexandra	A	2 – 2	Crouch, Thomson	6,354	24
42	14 April 2001	Portsmouth	A	1 – 1	Thomson	13,426	23
43	16 April 2001	Tranmere Rovers	H	2 – 0	Thomson, Crouch	9,696	23
44	21 April 2001	Huddersfield Town	A	1 – 2	Thomson	12,846	23
45	28 April 2001	Stockport County	H	0 – 3		10,608	23
46	6 May 2001	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1 – 1	Bruce	17,447	23

FA Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R3	6 January 2001	Luton Town	A	3 – 3	8,677	Crouch (2), Peacock
R3 Replay	17 January 2001	Luton Town	H	2 – 1	14,395	Kiwomya (2)
R4	27 January 2001	Arsenal	H	0 – 6	19,003

League Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1 1st leg	23 August 2000	Colchester United	A	1 – 0	3,916	Kiwomya
R1 2nd leg	6 September 2000	Colchester United	H	1 – 4	4,042	Kiwomya

Squad

Position	Nationality	Name	League Appearances	League Goals	Cup Appearances	League.Cup Goals	F.A.Cup Goals	Total Appearances	Total Goals
GK	CZE	Ludek Miklosko	17		1			18
GK	ENG	Lee Harper	29		2			31
DF	FIN	Antti Heinola						2
DF	ENG	Danny Maddix	1					2
DF	WAL	Karl Ready	19		1			24
DF	ENG	Jermaine Darlington	32		4			37
DF	ENG	Tim Breacker	8		1			11
DF	ENG	Wayne Brown	2					2
DF	ENG	Justin Cochrane						1
DF	ENG	Marcus Bignot	8	1				9	1
DF	ENG	Matthew Rose	26		3			29
DF	NIR	Steve Morrow	18		3			27
DF	ENG	Ian Baraclough	26		4			33
DF	AUS	George Kulcsar	9		1			15
DF	ENG	Chris Plummer	25	2	3			29	2
DF	ENG	Marlon Broomes	5					5
MF	ENG	Alex Higgins						1
MF	ENG	Paul Murray	4					6
MF	ENG	Ben Walshe						1
MF	ENG	Paul Bruce	5	1				8	1
MF	NIR	Keith Rowland	4					4
MF	ENG	Oliver Burgess						1
MF	ENG	Christer Warren	16					22
MF	ENG	Clarke Carlisle	27	3	5			32	3
MF	ENG	Mark Perry	23		4			33
MF	ENG	Gavin Peacock	31	3	2		1	35	4
MF	ENG	Richard Langley	26	1				31	1
MF	NIR	Terry McFlynn	1					2
FW	ENG	Karl Connolly	17	4	3			27	4
FW	IRE	Tony Scully	1					2
FW	ENG	Leon Knight	10					11
FW	ENG	Chris Kiwomya	20	6	3	2	2	30	10
FW	BEL	Michel Ngonge	7	3				15
FW	ENG	Alvin Bubb						1
FW	ENG	Andy Thomson	7	4				8	4
FW	JAM	Kevin Lisbie	1					2
FW	ENG	Paul Furlong	3	1				3	1
FW	NIR	Ian Dowie						1
FW	HOL	Sammy Koejoe	8	2	3			26	2
FW	ENG	Richard Pacquette	1					2
FW	ENG	Stuart Wardley	26		1			37	3
FW	CAN	Paul Peschisolido	5	1				5	1
FW	ENG	Peter Crouch	38	9	4		2	47	11

Reserve squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
26	MF	NIR	Richard Graham
29	FW	ENG	Ross Weare


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
32	MF	ENG	Danny Grieves (on loan from Maccabi Haifa)
34	GK	ENG	Nikki Bull

Transfers Out

Name	from	Date	Fee	Date	Club	Fee
Kevin Gallen	Queens Park Rangers Juniors	September 1992		August 2000	Huddersfield Town
Steve Slade	Tottenham Hotspur	July 1996	£350,000	August 2000	Cambridge United
Keith Rowland	West Ham United	January 1998	With Iain Dowie and £2,300,000 For Trevor Sinclair	January 2001	Luton Town	Loan
Steve Morrow	Arsenal	March 1997	£1,000,000	March 2001	Peterborough United	Loan
Tim Breacker	West Ham United	February 1999		April 2001	Retired
Danny Maddix	Tottenham Hotspur	July 1987	Free	July 2001	Sheffield Wednesday
Karl Ready	Queens Park Rangers Juniors	August 1990		July 2001	Motherwell
Antti Heinola	Heracles	January 1998	£100,000	July 2001	HJK Helsinki
Steve Morrow	Arsenal	March 1997	£1,000,000	July 2001	Released
Ian Baraclough	Notts County	March 1998	£75,000	July 2001	Notts County
George Kulcsar	Bradford City	December 1997	£250,000	July 2001	Home United
Iain Dowie	West Ham United	January 1998	With Keith Rowland and £2,300,000 For Trevor Sinclair	July 2001	Retired
Terry McFlynn	Queens Park Rangers Juniors	May 1998		July 2001	Woking
Tony Scully	Manchester City	March 1998	£155,000	July 2001	Cambridge United
Leon Jeanne	Queens Park Rangers Juniors	November 1997		July 2001	Cardiff City
Luděk Mikloško	West Ham United	October 1998	Loan Then £50,000	July 2001	Retired
Lee Harper	Arsenal	July 1997	£125,000	July 2001	Walsall
Jermaine Darlington	Aylesbury United	March 1999	£25,000	July 2001	Wimbledon	£200,000
Alvin Bubb	Queens Park Rangers Juniors	November 1998		July 2001	Bristol Rovers
Ian Baraclough	Notts County	March 1998	£75,000	July 2001	Notts County
Michel Ngonge	Watford	December 2000	£50,000	July 2001	Kilmarnock

Transfers In

Name	from	Date	Fee
Paul Furlong	Birmingham City	August 2000	Loan
Marlon Broomes	Blackburn Rovers	October 2000	Loan
Brian Fitzgerald	Queens Park Rangers Juniors	October 2000
Michel Ngonge	Watford	December 2000	£50,000
Kevin Lisbie	Charlton Athletic	December 2000	Loan
Paul Peschisolido	Fulham	November 2000	Loan
Wayne Brown	Ipswich Town	March 2001	Loan
Leon Knight	Chelsea	March 2001	Loan
Andy Thomson	Gillingham	March 2001	free
Marcus Bignot	Bristol Rovers	March 2001
Alex Higgins	Sheffield Wednesday	March 2001
Leroy Griffiths	Hampton & Richmond Borough	May 2001	£40,000
Steve Palmer	Watford	July 2001
Terrell Forbes	West Ham United	July 2001	free
Oliver Burgess	Queens Park Rangers Juniors	July 2001
Dave McEwen	Tottenham Hotspur	July 2001
Chris Day	Watford	July 2001

References

^ "Queens Park Rangers 2000-2001 Home - statto.com". Archived from the original on 28 September 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2012.

Notes

[1] "Queens Park Rangers 2000-2001 Home - statto.com". Archived from the original on 28 September 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2012.

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