2000–01 Leicester City F.C. season

Season summary

A superb start to the season saw Leicester City begin October on top of the league just four months after the appointment of Peter Taylor as Martin O'Neill's successor - they had not occupied top place since 1963. Two weeks later, they surrendered their lead to Manchester United but were still in the top four by Christmas. By the midway point of the league season, the Foxes were third in the table with 35 points.

However, their impressive league form soon wore off, and they would only collect another 13 points in the second half of the season. Notably, an upset to Division Two underdogs Wycombe Wanderers in the FA Cup quarter-final midway through March had a negative effect on the Foxes, who endured 9 defeats and attained one win from their final 10 games, collecting only 3 points from a possible 30 and losing 8 consecutive league games. This slump dragged them down to 13th place - their lowest finish since winning promotion to the FA Premier League back in 1996. Several high-profile end-of-season signings - including that of Chelsea legend Dennis Wise - gave fans hope that Leicester could regain their form and rejoin the challenge for honours in 2001–02.

November saw the announcement of plans to relocate to a new 32,000-seat stadium at a site adjacent to Filbert Street, with a targeted completion for the start of the 2003–04 season. Later in the season, it was announced that Leicester would only have to spend one more season at Filbert Street before they could move into their new home.

Final league table

Main article: 2000–01 FA Premier League

;Results summary

;Results by round

Results

Leicester City's score comes first

Legend

Pre-season

Savage Collymore Dudfield Taylor Barlow Izzet

FA Premier League

Main article: 2000–01 FA Premier League

Savage Merson Vassell Carrick Di Canio Izzet Eadie Eadie Taggart Akinbiyi Elliott Magilton Morris Hasselbaink Izzet Collymore Savage Eadie Taggart Unsworth Gray Thome Solskjær Heskey Davidson Elliott Gunnlaugsson Valakari Christie Elliott Sinclair Savage Gunnlaugsson Speed Fleming Marinelli Benjamin Eadie Lennon Clemence Savage Lennon Akinbiyi Taggart Taggart Radebe Viduka Eadie Elliott Gunnlaugsson Svensson Johansson Izzet Savage Vieira Ljungberg Adams Jess Jacobs Windass McKinlay Bramble Scowcroft Sturridge Keown Elliott Izzet Rowett Hasselbaink Campbell Gemmill Unsworth Moore Sturridge Rowett Akinbiyi Kilbane Quinn Williams Izzet Izzet Yorke Silvestre Todd Parker Bartlett Sturridge Stone Alpay Hendrie Davidson Taggart Akinbiyi Rowett Taggart Carsley Carsley Hartson Hadji Taggart Akinbiyi Dunne Grant Wanchope Wanchope Delap Kinkladze Carbonari Boertien Burton Eranio Elliott Savage Sinclair Windass Bokšić Ince Cort Sturridge Sturridge Savage Sinclair Guppy Savage Carr Ferdinand Carr Dacourt Harte Bowyer Bakke Davidson Benjamin Sinclair Savage

FA Cup

Main article: 2000–01 FA Cup

Izzet Cresswell Boateng Joachim Akinbiyi Gunnlaugsson Hill Elliott Izzet Millen Oakes Izzet Brown McCarthy Simpson Essandoh

League Cup

Main article: 2000–01 Football League Cup

Thomson Rubins Black

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2000–01 UEFA Cup

Taggart Collymore Lalatović Glogovac Kocić Lerinc Vitakić Gvozdenović Bajčetić Izzet Eadie Elliott

First-team squad

::Squad at end of season

Left club during season

Reserve squad

Staff

Out

:Transfers in: £16,300,000 :Transfers out: £6,250,000 :Total spending: £10,050,000

Loan in

Loan out

Statistics

Appearances, goals and cards

:(Starting appearances + substitute appearances) :Players with squad numbers struck through and marked left the club during the playing season. :Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Leicester.

References

References

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2. (28 November 2000). "Foxes detail stadium plans". BBC Sport.
3. (11 June 2001). "Leicester's stadium start date". BBC Sport.
4. "Leicester City 2000-2001 Results - statto.com".
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50. (28 September 2000). "Red Star end Leicester dreams". British Broadcasting Corporation.
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52. Sinclair was born in [[London Borough of Lambeth. Lambeth]], [[England]], but also qualified to represent [[Jamaica]] internationally and made his international debut for [[Jamaica national football team. Jamaica]] in 1997.
53. Izzet was born in [[London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Tower Hamlets]], [[England]], but also qualified to represent [[Turkey]] internationally through his father and made his international debut for [[Turkey national football team. Turkey]] in 2000.
54. Campbell was born in [[Corby]], [[England]], but also qualified to represent [[Scotland]] internationally through his parents and has represented them at [[Scotland national under-21 football team. U-21]] level.
55. Elliott was born in [[London Borough of Wandsworth. Wandsworth]], [[England]], but also qualified to represent [[Scotland]] internationally through his grandmother and made his international debut for [[Scotland national football team. Scotland]] in 1997.
56. Benjamin was born in [[Kettering]], [[England]], and would make his international debut for the [[England national under-21 football team. U-21]] side in May 2001, but also qualified to represent [[Jamaica]] internationally and would make his international debut for [[Jamaica national football team. Jamaica]] in November 2002.
57. Akinbiyi was born in [[London Borough of Hackney. Hackney]], [[England]], but also qualified to represent [[Nigeria]] internationally through his parents and made his international debut for [[Nigeria national football team. Nigeria]] in 1999.
58. (7 July 2000). "Foxes sign £1.75m Davidson". BBC Sport.
59. (11 July 2000). "Royce rolls into Leicester". BBC Sport.
60. (12 July 2000). "Leicester sign Benjamin". BBC Sport.
61. (25 July 2000). "Akinbiyi swaps Wolves for Foxes". BBC Sport.
62. (1 September 2000). "Foxes to net Cresswell". BBC Sport.
63. (14 December 2000). "Jones handed Lennon's number seven shirt". BBC Sport.
64. (19 January 2001). "Leicester sign Sturridge". BBC Sport.
65. (6 February 2001). "Foxes capture Ellison". BBC Sport.
66. (15 March 2001). "Taylor signs Lewis again". BBC Sport.
67. (22 March 2001). "Foxes swoop for £600,000 Marshall". BBC Sport.
68. (29 March 2001). "Leicester snap up Lyth". BBC Sport.
69. (10 August 2000). "Fenton joins Stoke on loan". BBC Sport.
70. (10 September 2000). "Cottee clinches Canaries deal". BBC Sport.
71. (15 September 2000). "Canaries sign veteran Walsh". BBC Sport.
72. (26 October 2000). "Bradford swoop for Collymore". BBC Sport.
73. (2000-12-07). "Lennon realises dream to join his idols Celtic".
74. (23 March 2001). "Gilchrist moves to West Brom". BBC Sport.
75. (28 October 2000). "McKinlay joins Leicester on loan". BBC Sport.
76. (30 January 2001). "Foxes sign on-loan Lewis". BBC Sport.
77. (18 January 2001). "Leicester land Mancini". BBC Sport.
78. (9 March 2001). "Preston take Cresswell on loan". BBC Sport.