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2000–01 Portsmouth F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Portsmouth
season	2000–01
manager	Tony Pulis (until 12 October)
Steve Claridge (12 October – 25 February)
Graham Rix (from 25 February)
chairman	Milan Mandaric
stadium	Fratton Park
league	Football League First Division
league result	20th
cup2	FA Cup
cup2 result	Third round
cup3	League Cup
cup3 result	Second round
league topscorer	Claridge (11)
season topscorer	Claridge/Bradbury (11)
highest attendance	19,013 vs. Crystal Palace
(2 May 2001)
lowest attendance	9,235 vs. Tranmere Rovers
(12 September 2000)
average attendance	14,124
prevseason	1999–2000
nextseason	2001–02

Steve Claridge (12 October – 25 February) Graham Rix (from 25 February) (2 May 2001) (12 September 2000) During the 2000–01 English football season, Portsmouth F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

In October, Tony Pulis was put on gardening leave (and sacked not long afterwards) due to a poor relationship with Mandaric. Veteran player Steve Claridge stepped up to the manager's seat, and some initial success saw talk of promotion to the Premier League, only for a horrific run of defeats to set in after the new year, resulting in Claridge being dismissed as manager (but retained as a player) and being replaced in March 2001 by Chelsea assistant manager Graham Rix. Rix did not prove an entirely popular appointment, as he had been jailed for a sexual offence two years previously, and the club only survived on the last day of the season when they won their final game and relegated Huddersfield Town at their expense.

Final league table

Main article: 2000–01 Football League

Results

Portsmouth's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
12 August 2000	Sheffield United	A	0–2	15,816
19 August 2000	Grimsby Town	H	1–1	12,511	Bradbury
25 August 2000	Gillingham	A	1–1	8,741	Moore
28 August 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3–1	14,124	Claridge (3, 1 pen)
2 September 2000	Preston North End	A	0–1	13,343
9 September 2000	Watford	H	1–3	14,012	Quashie
12 September 2000	Tranmere Rovers	H	2–0	9,235	Mills, Bradbury
16 September 2000	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–2	14,113
23 September 2000	West Bromwich Albion	H	0–1	11,937
30 September 2000	Burnley	A	1–1	15,494	Claridge
8 October 2000	Stockport County	A	1–1	6,212	Mills
14 October 2000	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2–1	16,040	Thøgersen, Claridge
17 October 2000	Crewe Alexandra	H	2–1	14,621	Thøgersen, Claridge (pen)
21 October 2000	Crystal Palace	A	3–2	15,693	Claridge, Thøgersen, Panopoulos
24 October 2000	Norwich City	A	0–0	18,772
28 October 2000	Birmingham City	H	1–1	15,218	Bradbury
4 November 2000	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–1	12,038	Bradbury
11 November 2000	Blackburn Rovers	H	2–2	14,141	Quashie, Panopoulos
18 November 2000	Fulham	A	1–3	19,005	Claridge
25 November 2000	Barnsley	A	0–1	12,853
2 December 2000	Norwich City	H	2–0	13,409	Panopoulos, Quashie
9 December 2000	Nottingham Forest	A	0–2	19,284
16 December 2000	Huddersfield Town	H	1–1	12,041	Claridge
23 December 2000	Sheffield United	H	0–0	13,606
26 December 2000	Wimbledon	A	1–1	10,518	Claridge
1 January 2001	Gillingham	H	0–0	14,526
13 January 2001	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–1	20,869	Lescott (own goal)
20 January 2001	Wimbledon	H	2–1	12,488	Bradbury (pen), Quashie
27 January 2001	Grimsby Town	A	1–2	4,128	Bradbury
3 February 2001	Preston North End	H	0–1	13,331
10 February 2001	Watford	A	2–2	16,051	Quashie, Claridge
17 February 2001	Bolton Wanderers	H	1–2	11,377	Panopoulos
24 February 2001	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–2	17,645
3 March 2001	Burnley	H	2–0	12,941	Nightingale, Panopoulos (pen)
7 March 2001	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0–0	20,503
10 March 2001	Stockport County	H	2–1	12,202	Bradbury, Lovell
14 March 2001	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–1	9,872	Harper
17 March 2001	Crewe Alexandra	A	0–1	5,182
31 March 2001	Huddersfield Town	A	1–4	13,199	Mills
7 April 2001	Nottingham Forest	H	0–2	13,018
14 April 2001	Queens Park Rangers	H	1–1	13,426	Bradbury
16 April 2001	Birmingham City	A	0–0	23,304
21 April 2001	Fulham	H	1–1	17,651	Bradbury
29 April 2001	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–3	24,257	Panopoulos
2 May 2001	Crystal Palace	H	2–4	19,013	Mills, Tiler
6 May 2001	Barnsley	H	3–0	13,064	Bradbury, O'Neil, Harper

FA Cup

Main article: 2000–01 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
	R3	6 January 2001	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–2	11,058	Bradbury

League Cup

Main article: 2000–01 Football League Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	22 August 2000	Cambridge United	A	0–0	2,904
R1 2nd Leg	5 September 2000	Cambridge United	H	1–0	5,570	Mills
R2 1st Leg	19 September 2000	Blackburn Rovers	A	0–4	10,360
R2 2nd Leg	26 September 2000	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–1 (lost 1–5 on agg)	2,731	Nightingale

Squad

http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2000-2001/d1/portsm.htm

Left club during season

References

(4 January 2001). "Pulis will fight misconduct charge". BBC Sport.
(3 January 2001). "Pulis sacked by Pompey". BBC Sport.
[https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/304412.stm Chelsea stands by Rix] BBC News, 26 March 1999
"Portsmouth 2000-2001 Home - statto.com".

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