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2000–01 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Bolton Wanderers
season	2000–01
manager	Sam Allardyce
chairman	Phil Gartside
stadium	Reebok Stadium
league	First Division
league result	3rd (qualified for play-offs)
cup1	Play-offs
cup1 result	Winners
cup2	FA Cup
cup2 result	Fifth round
cup3	League Cup
cup3 result	Second round
league topscorer
Michael Ricketts (21)
season topscorer
Michael Ricketts (24)
highest attendance	24,249 (vs. Grimsby Town, 20 February)
lowest attendance	4,957 (vs. Macclesfield Town, 27 August)
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prevseason	1999–2000
nextseason	2001–02

Michael Ricketts (21) Michael Ricketts (24) The 2000–01 season was the 122nd season in Bolton Wanderers Football Club's existence, and their third successive season in the Football League First Division. It covers the period from 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001.

Season summary

Bolton finished third, qualifying for the play-offs. Two late goals gave the Wanderers a 3–0 win over local rivals Preston North End, thus allowing Bolton return to the Premiership after an absence of three seasons.

Squad

:Squad at end of season

Left club during season

Results

First Division

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result	Scorers	Attendance
12 August 2000	Burnley	H	1 – 1	Frandsen 28' (pen)	20,662
19 August 2000	West Bromwich Albion	A	2 – 0	Rankin 23', Farrelly 75'	17,316
26 August 2000	Preston North End	H	2 – 0	Rankin 42', Ricketts 82'	19,954
28 August 2000	Tranmere Rovers	A	1 – 0	Whitlow 53'	9,350
9 September 2000	Huddersfield Town	A	3 – 2	Holdsworth 51', Ricketts (2) 70', 77'	12,248
12 September 2000	Grimsby Town	A	1 – 0	Ricketts 71'	3,732
16 September 2000	Portsmouth	H	2 – 0	Holdsworth 42', Ricketts 85'	14,113
23 September 2000	Blackburn Rovers	A	1 – 1	Hansen 88'	23,660
30 September 2000	Fulham	H	0 – 2		19,924
6 October 2000	Gillingham	A	2 – 2	Hansen 8', O'Kane 32'	9,311
14 October 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2 – 1	Holdsworth 28', Bergsson 68'	15,585
17 October 2000	Nottingham Forest	H	0 – 0		13,017
21 October 2000	Stockport County	A	3 – 4	Marshall (2) 59', 84', Ricketts 69'	8,266
24 October 2000	Watford	A	0 – 1		11,799
28 October 2000	Crystal Palace	H	3 – 3	Bergsson 20', Ricketts 75' Frandsen 77'	12,879
31 October 2000	Queens Park Rangers	H	3 – 1	Bergsson 45, Elliott 62', Ricketts 65'	10,180
4 November 2000	Birmingham City	A	1 – 1	Ricketts 66'	20,043
11 November 2000	Barnsley	H	2 – 0	Ricketts 14', Gardner 28'	13,406
18 November 2000	Norwich City	A	2 – 0	Ricketts 58', Bergsson 74'	15,224
25 November 2000	Sheffield United	A	0 – 1		14,962
3 December 2000	Watford	H	2 – 1	Gardner 71', Marshall 79'	13,904
9 December 2000	Crewe Alexandra	H	4 – 1	Frandsen 20', Marshall 22', Bergsson 44', Nolan 89'	12,836
16 December 2000	Wimbledon	A	1 – 0	Holdsworth 78'	6,076
23 December 2000	Burnley	A	2 – 0	Ricketts (2) 53', 72'	19,552
26 December 2000	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2 – 0	Holdsworth 15', Hendry 51'	21,316
30 December 2000	West Bromwich Albion	H	0 – 1		18,985
1 January 2001	Preston North End	A	2 – 0	Farrelly 8', Ricketts 84'	15,863
13 January 2001	Tranmere Rovers	H	2 – 0	Hansen 16', Hill 20' (og)	15,493
20 January 2001	Sheffield Wednesday	A	3 – 0	Gardner 19', Ricketts 40', Marshall 88'	17,638
3 February 2001	Queens Park Rangers	A	1 – 1	Frandsen 87'	10,293
10 February 2001	Huddersfield Town	H	2 – 2	Bergsson 60', Frandsen 90'	14,866
13 February 2001	Portsmouth	A	2 – 1	Ricketts 48', Hansen 71'	11,377
20 February 2001	Grimsby Town	H	2 – 2	Bergsson 61', Hansen 74'	24,249
23 February 2001	Blackburn Rovers	H	1 – 4	Ricketts 84'	20,017
4 March 2001	Fulham	A	1 – 1	Frandsen 52'	16,468
10 March 2001	Gillingham	H	3 – 3	Frandsen 30', Patterson 45' (og), Holdsworth 51'	13,161
17 March 2001	Nottingham Forest	A	2 – 0	Holdsworth 61', Farrelly 90'	22,162
31 March 2001	Wimbledon	H	2 – 2	Elliott 28', Hendry 66'	14,562
3 April 2001	Stockport County	H	1 – 1	Hendry 11'	12,492
13 April 2001	Birmingham City	H	2 – 2	Bergsson 53', Holdsworth 55'	15,025
16 April 2001	Crystal Palace	A	2 – 0	Marshall 12', Summerbee 68'	16,268
18 April 2001	Crewe Alexandra	A	1 – 2	Holdsworth 62'	8,054
21 April 2001	Norwich City	H	1 – 0	Holdsworth 66'	17,967
28 April 2001	Barnsley F.C.	A	1 – 0	Ricketts 56'	13,979
1 May 2001	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2 – 0	Holdsworth 20', Ricketts 70'	16,242
6 May 2001	Sheffield United	H	1 – 1	Holden 90'	14,836

Play-offs

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result	Scorers	Attendance
13 May 2001	Semi-final first leg	West Bromwich Albion	A	2 – 2	Bergsson 81', Frandsen 88' (pen)	18,167
17 May 2001	Semi-final second leg	West Bromwich Albion	H	3 – 0
5 – 2 (agg)	Bergsson 10', Gardner 63', Ricketts 90'	23,515
28 May 2001	Final	Preston North End	Millennium Stadium	3 – 0	Farrelly 17', Ricketts 89', Gardner 90'	54,328

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result	Scorers	Attendance
6 January 2001	Round 3	Yeovil Town	H	2 – 1	O'Kane 44', Ricketts 90'	11,161
28 January 2001	Round 4	Scunthorpe United	H	5 – 1	Holdsworth (3) 27', 29', 47', Nolan (2) 51', 75'	11,737
17 February 2001	Round 5	Blackburn Rovers	H	1 – 1	Ricketts 62'	22,048
7 March 2001	Round 5 replay	Blackburn Rovers	A	0 – 3		20,318

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result	Scorers	Attendance
22 August 2000	Round 1 first leg	Macclesfield Town F.C.	H	1 – 0	Holdsworth 84'	4,957
5 September 2000	Round 1 second leg	Macclesfield Town	A	1 – 3
2 – 3 (agg)	Ricketts 71'	2,235

Appearances

Bolton used a total of 35 players during the season.

P	Player	Position	FLFD	FAC	LC	Total
1	ISL Guðni Bergsson	Defender	47 (0)	2 (0)	1 (1)	50 (1)
2	DEN Bo Hansen	Midfielder/Striker	41 (3)	2 (1)	1 (1)	44 (5)
3	IRL Gareth Farrelly	Midfielder	39 (5)	3 (0)	1 (0)	43 (5)
4	DEN Per Frandsen	Midfielder	37 (3)	3 (1)	1 (1)	41 (5)
5	ENG Kevin Nolan	Midfielder	27 (6)	3 (1)	3 (0)	33 (7)
6	ENG Robbie Elliott	Defender	31 (3)	2 (0)	0 (0)	33 (3)
7	JAM Ricardo Gardner	Midfielder	29 (5)	2 (0)	0 (0)	31 (5)
8	ENG Dean Holdsworth	Striker	25 (9)	2 (1)	2 (0)	29 (10)
9	ENG John O'Kane	Defender	24 (2)	2 (0)	2 (0)	28 (2)
10	FIN Jussi Jääskeläinen	Goalkeeper	27 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	27 (0)
11	ENG Michael Ricketts	Striker	24 (17)	2 (2)	0 (1)	26 (20)
12	SCO Colin Hendry	Defender	25 (0)	1 (0)	0 (0)	26 (0)
13	ENG Simon Charlton	Defender	21 (4)	3 (1)	0 (0)	24 (5)
14	ENG Anthony Barness	Defender	20 (3)	2 (0)	2 (0)	24 (3)
15	ENG Paul Warhurst	Defender	19 (1)	2 (0)	1 (0)	22 (1)
16	FRA Franck Passi	Midfielder	12 (9)	3 (0)	2 (0)	17 (9)
17	ENG Ian Marshall	Defender/Striker	13 (25)	3 (0)	0 (0)	16 (25)
18	RSA Mark Fish	Defender	13 (1)	0 (0)	2 (0)	15 (1)
19	ENG Steve Banks	Goalkeeper	8 (1)	3 (0)	2 (0)	13 (1)
20	ENG Nicky Summerbee	Midfielder	9 (3)	3 (0)	0 (0)	12 (3)
21	ENG Isaiah Rankin	Striker	9 (7)	0 (0)	2 (0)	11 (7)
22	ENG Matt Clarke	Goalkeeper	11 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	11 (0)
23	ENG Mike Whitlow	Defender	7 (4)	1 (0)	0 (0)	8 (4)
24	ENG Leam Richardson	Defender	4 (7)	1 (0)	1 (1)	6 (8)
25	ENG Andy Campbell	Striker	3 (3)	0 (0)	0 (0)	3 (3)
26	NIR Tommy Wright	Goalkeeper	3 (1)	0 (0)	0 (0)	3 (1)
27=	ITA Emanuele Morini	Striker	1 (0)	1 (0)	0 (0)	2 (0)
27=	ENG David Norris	Midfielder	0 (0)	0 (0)	2 (0)	2 (0)
29	DEN Carsten Fredgaard	Striker	1 (4)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (4)
30=	ENG Dean Holden	Defender	1 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (0)
30=	ENG Jeff Smith	Midfielder	1 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (0)
30=	USA Juergen Sommer	Goalkeeper	0 (0)	1 (0)	0 (0)	1 (0)
33	ENG Paul Wheatcroft	Striker	0 (0)	0 (2)	0 (1)	0 (3)
34	FRA John Gope-Fenepej	Defender	0 (2)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (2)
35=	ENG Chris Downey	Striker	0 (1)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (1)
35=	ENG Nicky Hunt	Defender	0 (1)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (1)

Top scorers

P	Player	Position	FLFD	FAC	LC	Total
1	ENG Michael Ricketts	Striker	21	1	2	24
2	ENG Dean Holdsworth	Striker	11	1	3	15
3	Iceland Guðni Bergsson	Defender	10	0	0	10
4	DEN Per Frandsen	Midfielder	8	0	0	8
5	ENG Ian Marshall	Defender/Striker	6	0	0	6

References

"Bolton Wanderers 2000/01". bwfcstats.com.
"FootballSquads - Bolton Wanderers - 2000/01".

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