2000–01 Middlesbrough F.C. season

Middlesbrough
2000–01 season
Chairman	Steve Gibson
Manager	Bryan Robson; Terry Venables (joint manager from 4 December)
Stadium	Riverside Stadium
Premiership	14th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	Alen Bokšić (12)
Highest home attendance	34,696 vs Liverpool ; (26 Dec 2000, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance	5,144 vs Macclesfield Town ; (19 Sep 2000, League Cup)
Average home league attendance	34,386
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

During the 2000–01 season, Middlesbrough participated in the FA Premier League.

Season summary

Some early season relegation worries saw Middlesbrough chairman Steve Gibson respond by installing former England boss Terry Venables as joint manager alongside Bryan Robson in December. This experiment with joint management paid off as Middlesbrough finished 14th to avoid the drop by a comfortable margin.

Robson and Venables both departed after the season was over, and in came Manchester United assistant Steve McClaren to manage the Teesside club.

Team kit and sponsors

Middlesbrough were again sponsored by BT Cellnet for the 2000–01 season.

The team's strip was produced by Errea. The home shirt consisted of a red shirt with white hoop, red shorts and red socks with white trim. The away strip consisted of a black shirt with red and white stripes in the middle, plain black shorts and black socks.^[1]

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

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	9	15	14	44	44	0	42	4	7	8	18	23	−5	5	8	6	26	21	+5

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	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	L	D	L	D	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	D	W	D	D	W	D	D	D	D	L	D	W	L	D	W	L	W	L	D	W
Position	3	1	8	10	12	15	14	11	14	16	17	18	18	18	18	19	20	19	19	19	18	18	15	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	15	16	17	14

Source: 11v11.com: 2000-01 Middlesbrough results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Middlesbrough's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
19 August 2000	Coventry City	A	3–1	20,624	Job, Bokšić (2)
22 August 2000	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–1	31,254	Summerbell
26 August 2000	Leeds United	H	1–2	31,626	Stamp
6 September 2000	Derby County	A	3–3	24,290	Bokšić (pen), Job, Deane
9 September 2000	Everton	H	1–2	30,885	Watson (own goal)
17 September 2000	Manchester City	A	1–1	32,053	Festa
23 September 2000	Aston Villa	H	1–1	27,556	Alpay (own goal)
30 September 2000	Southampton	A	3–1	14,903	Bokšić (2), Festa
16 October 2000	Newcastle United	H	1–3	31,436	Deane
21 October 2000	Charlton Athletic	A	0–1	20,043
28 October 2000	Ipswich Town	A	1–2	21,771	Gordon
4 November 2000	Arsenal	H	0–1	29,541
11 November 2000	Manchester United	A	1–2	67,576	Karembeu
18 November 2000	Leicester City	H	0–3	27,965
25 November 2000	Bradford City	H	2–2	28,526	Ehiogu, Ince
2 December 2000	West Ham United	A	0–1	25,459
9 December 2000	Sunderland	A	0–1	47,742
16 December 2000	Chelsea	H	1–0	29,422	Gordon
23 December 2000	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–0	35,638
26 December 2000	Liverpool	H	1–0	34,696	Karembeu
30 December 2000	Coventry City	H	1–1	30,499	Bokšić
1 January 2001	Leeds United	A	1–1	39,251	Bokšić
13 January 2001	Derby County	H	4–0	29,041	Bokšić (2, 1 pen), Ehiogu, Ricard (pen)
20 January 2001	Liverpool	A	0–0	43,042
31 January 2001	Everton	A	2–2	34,244	Ricard, Cooper
3 February 2001	Manchester City	H	1–1	31,794	Cooper
10 February 2001	Aston Villa	A	1–1	28,912	Ehiogu
24 February 2001	Southampton	H	0–1	28,725
3 March 2001	Charlton Athletic	H	0–0	28,177
17 March 2001	Newcastle United	A	2–1	51,751	Bokšić (2)
31 March 2001	Chelsea	A	1–2	34,933	Windass
9 April 2001	Sunderland	H	0–0	31,284
14 April 2001	Arsenal	A	3–0	37,879	Edu (own goal), Sylvinho (own goal), Ricard
16 April 2001	Ipswich Town	H	1–2	34,294	Windass
21 April 2001	Leicester City	A	3–0	18,162	Ricard, Bokšić, Ince
28 April 2001	Manchester United	H	0–2	34,417
5 May 2001	Bradford City	A	1–1	20,921	Karembeu
19 May 2001	West Ham United	H	2–1	33,057	Job, Karembeu

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	8 January 2001	Bradford City	A	1–0	7,303	Ricard
R4	6 February 2001	Wimbledon	H	0–0	20,625
R4R	13 February 2001	Wimbledon	A	1–3 (a.e.t.)	5,991	Ricard

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	19 September 2000	Macclesfield Town	H	2–1	5,144	Whelan, Summerbell
R2 2nd Leg	26 September 2000	Macclesfield Town	A	3–1	3,153	Ricard (3)
R3	31 October 2000	Wimbledon	A	0–1	3,666

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[3]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	AUS	Mark Schwarzer
2	DF	IRL	Curtis Fleming
3	DF	ENG	Dean Gordon
4	DF	ENG	Steve Vickers
5	DF	ITA	Gianluca Festa
6	DF	ENG	Gary Pallister
7	MF	ENG	Robbie Mustoe
8	MF	FRA	Christian Karembeu
9	MF	ENG	Paul Ince (captain)
10	FW	ENG	Brian Deane
11	FW	CRO	Alen Bokšić
12	MF	IRL	Keith O'Neill
13	GK	ENG	Marlon Beresford
14	MF	AUS	Paul Okon
15	MF	ENG	Neil Maddison
16	FW	CMR	Joseph-Désiré Job
17	DF	ENG	Ugo Ehiogu
18	FW	ENG	Andy Campbell


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	FW	COL	Hamilton Ricard
20	FW	ENG	Dean Windass
22	MF	ENG	Mark Summerbell
23	MF	ARG	Carlos Marinelli
24	MF	ENG	Phil Stamp
25	GK	WAL	Mark Crossley
26	FW	ENG	Noel Whelan
27	DF	SCO	Robbie Stockdale
28	DF	ENG	Colin Cooper
29	DF	IRL	Jason Gavin
30	DF	ENG	Stuart Parnaby
31	MF	IRL	Alan Moore
32	DF	ENG	Steve Baker
33	MF	ENG	Anthony Ormerod
34	GK	SCO	Chris Bennion
35	MF	SCO	Sean Kilgannon
36	MF	ENG	Mark Hudson

Left the club during season

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	DF	GER	Christian Ziege (to Liverpool)
21	DF	ENG	Craig Harrison (to Crystal Palace)
20	FW	ENG	Alun Armstrong (to Ipswich Town)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
35	GK	ENG	Gary Walsh (on loan from Bradford City)
-	MF	ENG	Richard Kell (to Torquay United)

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
-	GK	AUS	Brad Jones
-	GK	ENG	Sam Russell
-	DF	ENG	Phil Gulliver
-	DF	ENG	Christian Hanson
-	DF	IRL	Sean Prunty


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	DF	AUS	Luke Wilkshire
-	MF	ENG	Stephen Brackstone
-	FW	BRA	Arthuro
-	FW	ENG	Aron Wilford

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee	Notes
5 July 2000	MF	Christian Karembeu	Real Madrid	£2,100,000	^[4]
5 July 2000	MF	Paul Okon	Fiorentina	Free transfer
18 July 2000	GK	Mark Crossley	Nottingham Forest	Free transfer	^[5]
31 July 2000	FW	Noel Whelan	Coventry City	£2,000,000	^[6]
31 July 2000	FW	Joseph-Désiré Job	RC Lens	£3,000,000
7 August 2000	FW	Alen Bokšić	Lazio	£2,500,000	^[7]
20 October 2000	DF	Ugo Ehiogu	Aston Villa	£8,000,000	^[8]
8 March 2001	FW	Dean Windass	Bradford City	£600,000

Out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee	Notes
13 July 2000	GK	Ben Roberts	Charlton Athletic	Free transfer	^[9]
17 July 2000	MF	Paul Gascoigne	Everton	Free transfer	^[10]
25 August 2000	DF	Christian Ziege	Liverpool	£5,500,000	^[11]
1 September 2000	DF	Craig Harrison	Crystal Palace	£200,000
7 December 2000	FW	Alun Armstrong	Ipswich Town	£500,000	^[12]
9 March 2001	MF	Richard Kell	Torquay United	Free transfer

Transfers in:

£18,200,000

Transfers out:

£6,200,000

Total spending:

£12,000,000

Player statistics

Goalscorers

Goalscoring statistics for 2000-01.^[13]


Name	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
Bokšić	12	0	0	12
Ricard	4	2	3	9
Karembeu	4	0	0	4
Job	3	0	0	3
Ehiogu	3	0	0	3
Deane	2	0	0	2
Gordon	2	0	0	2
Ince	2	0	0	2
Cooper	2	0	0	2
Windass	2	0	0	2
Summerbell	1	0	1	2
Stamp	1	0	0	1
Festa	1	0	0	1
Whelan	0	0	1	1
Own Goals	4	0	0	4

References

^ "1980-2006 Kits". kitclassics.co.uk. Archived from the original on 7 October 2010.
^ "Middlesbrough 2000-2001 Results". statto.com. Archived from the original on 25 March 2013.
^ "FootballSquads - Middlesbrough - 2000/01". www.footballsquads.co.uk.
^ "Boro grab Karembeu and Okon". BBC News. 5 July 2000. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
^ "Boro snap up Crossley on free". BBC Sport. 18 July 2000. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
^ "Robson's Whelan deal". BBC Sport. 31 July 2000. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
^ "Green light for Boksic". BBC Sport. 7 August 2000. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
^ "Ehiogu joins Boro for £8m". BBC Sport. 20 October 2000. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
^ "Roberts goes to Addicks". BBC Sport. 13 July 2000. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
^ "Gazza signs for Everton". BBC Sport. 17 July 2000. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
^ "Robson's 'tapping' fury in Ziege deal". BBC Sport. 25 August 2000. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
^ "Armstrong lands at Portman Road". BBC Sport. 7 December 2000. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
^ "BORO 2004-05 Premiership". boroscoreforecast.co.uk. Archived from the original on 10 August 2007. Retrieved 19 June 2007.

[1] "1980-2006 Kits". kitclassics.co.uk. Archived from the original on 7 October 2010.

[2] "Middlesbrough 2000-2001 Results". statto.com. Archived from the original on 25 March 2013.

[3] "FootballSquads - Middlesbrough - 2000/01". www.footballsquads.co.uk.

[4] "Boro grab Karembeu and Okon". BBC News. 5 July 2000. Retrieved 9 October 2015.

[5] "Boro snap up Crossley on free". BBC Sport. 18 July 2000. Retrieved 9 October 2015.

[6] "Robson's Whelan deal". BBC Sport. 31 July 2000. Retrieved 9 October 2015.

[7] "Green light for Boksic". BBC Sport. 7 August 2000. Retrieved 9 October 2015.

[8] "Ehiogu joins Boro for £8m". BBC Sport. 20 October 2000. Retrieved 9 October 2015.

[9] "Roberts goes to Addicks". BBC Sport. 13 July 2000. Retrieved 9 October 2015.

[10] "Gazza signs for Everton". BBC Sport. 17 July 2000. Retrieved 9 October 2015.

[11] "Robson's 'tapping' fury in Ziege deal". BBC Sport. 25 August 2000. Retrieved 9 October 2015.

[12] "Armstrong lands at Portman Road". BBC Sport. 7 December 2000. Retrieved 9 October 2015.

[BoroforecastStats-13] "BORO 2004-05 Premiership". boroscoreforecast.co.uk. Archived from the original on 10 August 2007. Retrieved 19 June 2007.

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