2000–01 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season

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.^[1]

Bolton Wanderers

2000–01 season
Chairman	Phil Gartside
Manager	Sam Allardyce
Stadium	Reebok Stadium
First Division	3rd (qualified for play-offs)
Play-offs	Winners
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Michael Ricketts (21) All: Michael Ricketts (24)
Highest home attendance	24,249 (vs. Grimsby Town, 20 February)
Lowest home attendance	4,957 (vs. Macclesfield Town, 27 August)
Home colours
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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^[2]

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   ENG Steve Banks 2 DF   ENG John O'Kane 3 DF   ENG Mike Whitlow 4 DF   ISL Guðni Bergsson 5 DF   ENG Paul Warhurst 7 DF   ENG Robbie Elliott 8 MF   DEN Per Frandsen 9 FW   DEN Bo Hansen 10 FW   ENG Dean Holdsworth 11 MF   JAM Ricardo Gardner 12 DF   ENG Dean Holden 14 MF   IRL Gareth Farrelly 15 MF   ENG Kevin Nolan 16 DF   ENG Jimmy Phillips 17 FW   ENG Michael Ricketts 18 FW   ENG Paul Wheatcroft 19 MF   ENG David Norris 20 GK   ENG Matthew Glennon 21 GK   ENG Matt Clarke (on loan from Bradford City) 22 GK   FIN Jussi Jääskeläinen 23 FW   FRA Mickaël Kapriélian 24 DF   ENG Anthony Barness

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 DF   ENG Simon Charlton 26 DF   ENG Leam Richardson 27 MF   FRA Franck Passi 28 FW   ENG Ian Marshall 29 MF   ENG Ryan Baldacchino 30 DF   SCO Colin Hendry 31 FW   ITA Emanuele Morini 32 DF   ENG Jeff Smith 33 MF   ENG Nicky Summerbee 34 GK   NIR Tommy Wright 35 FW   ENG Andy Campbell (on loan from Middlesbrough) 36 MF   NIR Keiran O'Connor 37 DF   NIR Gary Haveron 38 FW   ISL Olaf Snorrason 39 MF   ENG Danny Crumblehume 40 GK   SCO James Evans 41 MF   NIR Wayne Buchanan 42 MF   IRL Ciaran Ryan 43 DF   ENG Nicky Hunt 44 MF   ENG Shaun Dootson 45 FW   ENG Chris Downey

Left 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 6 DF   RSA Mark Fish (to Charlton Athletic) 13 DF   NCL John Gope-Fenepej (on loan from Nantes) 21 GK   USA Juergen Sommer (on loan from New England Revolution)

No. Pos. Nation Player 29 FW   ENG Isaiah Rankin (on loan from Bradford City) 32 MF   DEN Carsten Fredgaard (on loan from Sunderland) 44 MF   IRL Alan Power (released)

Results

First Division

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Fulham	46	30	11	5	90	32	+58	101	Football League Champions, promoted to FA Premier League
2	Blackburn Rovers	46	26	13	7	76	39	+37	91	Promoted to Premier League
3	Bolton Wanderers	46	24	15	7	76	45	+31	87	Promoted to Premier League through play-offs
4	Preston North End	46	23	9	14	64	52	+12	78	Participated in play-offs
5	Birmingham City	46	23	9	14	59	48	+11	78

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Play-offs

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	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 F – A	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 F – A	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	PL	FAC	LC	Total
1	Guðni Bergsson	Defender	47 0(0)	02 0(0)	01 0(1)	50 0(1)
2	Bo Hansen	Midfielder/Striker	41 0(3)	02 0(1)	01 0(1)	44 0(5)
3	Gareth Farrelly	Midfielder	39 0(5)	03 0(0)	01 0(0)	43 0(5)
4	Per Frandsen	Midfielder	37 0(3)	03 0(1)	01 0(1)	41 0(5)
5	Kevin Nolan	Midfielder	27 0(6)	03 0(1)	03 0(0)	33 0(7)
6	Robbie Elliott	Defender	31 0(3)	02 0(0)	00 0(0)	33 0(3)
7	Ricardo Gardner	Midfielder	29 0(5)	02 0(0)	00 0(0)	31 0(5)
8	Dean Holdsworth	Striker	25 0(9)	02 0(1)	02 0(0)	29 (10)
9	John O'Kane	Defender	24 0(2)	02 0(0)	02 0(0)	28 0(2)
10	Jussi Jääskeläinen	Goalkeeper	27 0(0)	00 0(0)	00 0(0)	27 0(0)
11	Michael Ricketts	Striker	24 (17)	02 0(2)	00 0(1)	26 (20)
12	Colin Hendry	Defender	25 0(0)	01 0(0)	00 0(0)	26 0(0)
13	Simon Charlton	Defender	21 0(4)	03 0(1)	00 0(0)	24 0(5)
14	Anthony Barness	Defender	20 0(3)	02 0(0)	02 0(0)	24 0(3)
15	Paul Warhurst	Defender	19 0 (1)	02 0(0)	01 0(0)	22 0(1)
16	Franck Passi	Midfielder	12 0(9)	03 0(0)	02 0(0)	17 0(9)
17	Ian Marshall	Defender/Striker	13 (25)	03 0(0)	00 0(0)	16 (25)
18	Mark Fish	Defender	13 0(1)	00 0(0)	02 0(0)	15 0(1)
19	Steve Banks	Goalkeeper	08 0(1)	03 0(0)	02 0(0)	13 0(1)
20	Nicky Summerbee	Midfielder	09 0(3)	03 0(0)	00 0(0)	12 0(3)
21	Isaiah Rankin	Striker	09 0(7)	00 0(0)	02 0(0)	11 0(7)
22	Matt Clarke	Goalkeeper	11 0(0)	00 0(0)	00 0(0)	11 0(0)
23	Mike Whitlow	Defender	07 0(4)	01 0(0)	00 0(0)	08 0(4)
24	Leam Richardson	Defender	04 0(7)	01 0(0)	01 0(1)	06 0(8)
25	Andy Campbell	Striker	03 0(3)	00 0(0)	00 0(0)	03 0(3)
26	Tommy Wright	Goalkeeper	03 0(1)	00 0(0)	00 0(0)	03 0(1)
27=	Emanuele Morini	Striker	01 0(0)	01 0(0)	00 0(0)	02 0(0)
27=	David Norris	Midfielder	00 0(0)	00 0(0)	02 0(0)	02 0(0)
29	Carsten Fredgaard	Striker	01 0(4)	00 0(0)	00 0(0)	01 0(4)
30=	Dean Holden	Defender	01 0(0)	00 0(0)	00 0(0)	01 0(0)
30=	Jeff Smith	Midfielder	01 0(0)	00 0(0)	00 0(0)	01 0(0)
30=	Juergen Sommer	Goalkeeper	00 0(0)	01 0(0)	00 0(0)	01 0(0)
33	Paul Wheatcroft	Striker	00 0(0)	00 0(2)	00 0(1)	00 0(3)
34	John Gope-Fenepej	Defender	00 0(2)	00 0(0)	00 0(0)	00 0(2)
35=	Chris Downey	Striker	00 0(1)	00 0(0)	00 0(0)	00 0(1)
35=	Nicky Hunt	Defender	00 0(1)	00 0(0)	00 0(0)	00 0(1)

Top scorers

P	Player	Position	PL	FAC	LC	Total
1	Michael Ricketts	Striker	21	1	2	24
2	Dean Holdsworth	Striker	11	1	3	15
3	Guðni Bergsson	Defender	10	0	0	10
4	Per Frandsen	Midfielder	08	0	0	08
5	Ian Marshall	Defender/Striker	06	0	0	06

References

1. . bwfcstats.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
2. "FootballSquads - Bolton Wanderers - 2000/01".