2000–01 Manchester City F.C. season

Season review

Manchester City's return to the Premiership after a four-year exile was the result of back-to-back promotions from the Second Division. But perhaps the team's two-tier climb back to the top flight again had been a little too rapid because it became apparent after just a few games into the new season that Joe Royle's men would be struggling to hang on to their newly acquired top flight status. After their first ten games though, they were enjoying reasonably stable mid-table form with four wins and defeats each; however, after a 5–0 humbling at Arsenal, it all went wrong and only four wins were achieved during the remainder of the season.

The team's relegation was confirmed by a defeat in the penultimate game of the season, and manager Royle, who had been the guiding hand that had brought the team so quickly back to the Premiership from the Second Division, was dismissed within days. Former England coach Kevin Keegan was appointed to replace Royle on a three-year contract and fans were given renewed hope of an immediate return to the elite.

Team kit

The team kit was produced by Le Coq Sportif and the shirt sponsor was Eidos Interactive.

Historical league performance

Prior to this season, the history of Manchester City's performance in the English football league hierarchy since the creation of the Premier League in 1992 is summarised by the following timeline chart – which commences with the last season (1991–92) of the old Football League First Division (from which the Premier League was formed).

ImageSize = width:405 height:75 PlotArea = left:12 right:12 bottom:30 top:10 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:01/07/1991 till:01/07/2000 ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:1 start:1992 Colors = id:fdm value:rgb(0.9,0.9,0.9) id:plm value:rgb(0.5,0.8,0.9) id:plr value:rgb(0.3,0.5,0.9) id:d1p value:rgb(0.8,0.7,0.7) id:d1p value:rgb(0.0,0.99,0.0) id:d1m value:rgb(0.5,0.8,0.5) id:d1r value:rgb(0.2,0.7,0.2) id:d2p value:rgb(0.9,0.9,0.2) id:pro value:rgb(0.9,0.6,0.1) id:rel value:rgb(0.9,0.1,0.1)

PlotData= bar:Position width:18 color:white align:center from:01/07/1991 till:01/07/1992 Shift:(2,-4) text:5 from:01/07/1992 till:01/07/1993 shift:(2,-4) text:9 from:01/07/1993 till:01/07/1994 shift:(1,-4) text:16 from:01/07/1994 till:01/07/1995 shift:(1,-4) text:17 from:01/07/1995 till:01/07/1996 shift:(1,-4) text:18 from:01/07/1996 till:01/07/1997 shift:(1,-4) text:14 from:01/07/1997 till:01/07/1998 shift:(2,-4) text:22 from:01/07/1998 till:01/07/1999 shift:(1,-4) text:3 from:01/07/1999 till:01/07/2000 shift:(2,-4) text:2 from:01/07/1991 till:01/07/1992 color:fdm shift:(1,15) text: "First Div." from:01/07/1992 till:01/07/1995 color:plm shift:(25,15) text: "Premier League" from:01/07/1995 till:01/07/1996 color:plr shift:(0,0) from:01/07/1996 till:01/07/1997 color:d1m shift:(20,15) text: "Division 1" from:01/07/1997 till:01/07/1998 color:d1r shift:(0,0) from:01/07/1998 till:01/07/1999 color:d2p shift:(0,15) text: "Div. 2" from:01/07/1999 till:01/07/2000 color:d1p shift:(0,15) text: "Div. 1"

Final league table

Main article: 2000–01 FA Premier League

;Results summary

;Results by round

Results

Manchester City's score comes first

Legend

FA Premier League

John Robinson Mark Kinsella
Graham Stuart

Haaland
Wanchope
Wanchope Phillips

Bellamy

Wiekens

Hamann
Hamann Horlock

Haaland

Tiatto

Bergkamp Wiltord Henry

Lomas Sinclair Pearce Di Canio

Howey Hreiðarsson

Hasselbaink

Howey
Goater
Dickov
Naysmith

Ginola Wanchope

Johansson
Stuart
Jensen

Bowyer Keane

Ward Goater

Dublin
Hendrie

Ball
Weir

Wiltord Kanu

Wanchope

Haaland Howey Tiatto Dailly Pearce Carrick Šuker

Reuser

Hasselbaink

FA Cup

Main article: 2000–01 FA Cup

Huckerby Goater Adebola

Heskey Šmicer Babbel Goater

League Cup

Main article: 2000–01 Football League Cup

Thomson Weah
Dickov
Kennedy

Goater

Venus

First-team squad

:Squad at end of season

Left club during season

Reserve squad

Statistics

Appearances and goals

|- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season

Starting 11

:Considering starts in all competitions

Transfers

In

• NOR Alfie Haaland – ENG Leeds United, 12 June, £2,500,000
• LBR George Weah – ITA Milan, 1 August, free
• CRC Paulo Wanchope – ENG West Ham United, 8 August, £3,650,000
• ENG Steve Howey – ENG Newcastle United, 11 August, £2,000,000 (rising to £3,000,000 depending on appearances)
• SCO Paul Ritchie – SCO Rangers, 21 August, £500,000
• IRL Richard Dunne – ENG Everton, 16 October, £3,000,000
• FRA Laurent Charvet – ENG Newcastle United, 25 October, £1,000,000 (rising to £1,500,000 depending on appearances)
• ENG Darren Huckerby – ENG Leeds United, 29 December, £2,500,000
• ENG Carlo Nash – ENG Stockport County, 11 January, £100,000
• RUS Andrei Kanchelskis – SCO Rangers, 25 January, three-month loan
• NOR Egil Østenstad – ENG Blackburn Rovers, 5 February, two-month loan

Out

• ENG Craig Russell – SCO St Johnstone, 11 July, free
• ENG Lee Peacock – ENG Bristol City, 9 August, £600,000
• ENG Jamie Pollock – ENG Crystal Palace, 11 August, £75,000
• ENG Robert Taylor – ENG Wolverhampton Wanderers, 15 August, £1,550,000
• LBR George Weah – released, 16 October (later joined FRA Marseille on 18 October)
• ENG Nick Fenton – ENG Notts County, 9 November, £150,000
• SCO Gary Mason – SCO Dunfermline Athletic, 15 December, free
• ENG Ian Bishop – USA Miami Fusion, 28 February, undisclosed
• ENG Lee Crooks – ENG Barnsley, 2 March, undisclosed
• NIR Tommy Wright – ENG Bolton Wanderers, 22 March, free
• WAL Gareth Taylor – ENG Burnley, 22 March, loan
• ENG Chris Shuker – ENG Macclesfield Town, 22 March, loan
• SCO Andy Morrison – ENG Sheffield United, 22 March, loan
• ENG Lee Crooks – ENG Northampton Town, December, loan
• AUS Daniel Allsopp – ENG Notts County, December, £300,000
• ENG Richard Jobson – ENG Tranmere Rovers
• IRL Shaun Holmes – released
• ENG David Laycock – released
• NZL Chris Killen – WAL Wrexham, loan
• ENG Danny Granville – ENG Norwich City, October, loan
• ENG Terry Cooke – ENG Sheffield Wednesday, loan

References

References

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2. (21 May 2001). "Man City sack Royle". BBC Sport.
3. (24 May 2001). "Keegan relishing Man City role". BBC Sport.
4. [http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=1718&teamTabs=results&season_id=130 Soccerbase: 2000–01 Manchester City results]
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6. Horlock was born in [[London Borough of Bexley. Bexley]], [[England]], but also qualified to represent [[Northern Ireland]] internationally and made his international debut for [[Northern Ireland national football team. Northern Ireland]] in April 1995.
7. Kanchelskis was born in [[Kirovohrad]], [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Ukraine SSR]] (now [[Ukraine]]), but also qualified to represent [[Russia]] internationally and made his international debut for [[Russia national football team. Russia]] in 1992.
8. Whitley was born in [[Ndola]], [[Zambia]], but also qualified to represent [[Northern Ireland]] internationally through his father and made his international debut for [[Northern Ireland national football team. Northern Ireland]] in June 1998.
9. Whitley was born in [[Ndola]], [[Zambia]], but also qualified to represent [[Northern Ireland]] internationally through his father and made his international debut for [[Northern Ireland national football team. Northern Ireland]] in 1997.
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16. (16 October 2000). "Dunne signs for Man City". BBC Sport.
17. (29 December 2000). "ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP | Huckerby makes Man City move". BBC Sport.
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22. (15 August 2000). "WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS | Wolves sign Taylor". BBC Sport.
23. (18 October 2000). "EUROPE | Marseille secure Weah deal". BBC Sport.
24. (9 November 2000). "NOTTS COUNTY | Fenton set for County switch". BBC Sport.
25. (15 December 2000). "DUNFERMLINE ATHLETIC | Dunfermline sign Mason from City". BBC Sport.
26. (28 February 2001). "MAN CITY | Bishop in States switch". BBC Sport.
27. (2 March 2001). "BARNSLEY | Barnsley in double delight". BBC Sport.