2000–01 Coventry City F.C. season

February 2015 September 2020 Coventry City F.C. 2000–01 Bryan Richardson Gordon Strachan Highfield Road FA Premier League 19th (relegated) FA Cup Fourth round League Cup Fourth round Craig Bellamy/John Hartson/Moustapha Hadji (6) Craig Bellamy (8) 23,063 vs Liverpool (28 April 2001, FA Premier League) 7,425 vs Preston North End (27 September 2000, League Cup) 20,535 _3whitestripes _blanksides2 _sky_blue_on_top 00FFFF 00FFFF 00FFFF 00FFFF FFFFFF _skycollar _lightblue stripes _sky_blue_on_top 000000 000000 000000 000000 FFFFFF 1999–2000 2001–02 During the 2000–01 English football season, Coventry City F.C. competed in the FA Premier League. It was their 34th consecutive season in the top division, but this season saw the club relegated. They would not return to the Premier League for another 25 years until the 2026–27 Coventry City F.C. season. Season summary Coventry City's season started promisingly. Despite an opening-day 3–1 home defeat to Middlesbrough, this was followed by back-to-back away victories at Southampton and Manchester City, which was the first time they had won an away league game since April 1999 and the first time they had won back-to-back away league games since February 1998. However, this burst of form instantly evaporated and by December 2000, Coventry had dropped into the relegation zone after obtaining only one more win (a 2–1 home win over Tottenham Hotspur) and 6 points from 13 matches. With the exception of three rounds, all of which were before January 2001, Coventry would ultimately stay there for the rest of the season. After 34 years in the top flight and 10 close shaves with relegation, their luck finally ran out and they were relegated to the First Division after a 3–2 away defeat at Aston Villa on 5 May 2001. It was the first time they had suffered relegation since 1958, when they were relegated to Division Four - then the fourth tier of English football.Coventry relegated at Villa http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/1310324.stm BBC Sport 5 May 2001 4 August 2015 Much optimism followed Coventry's relegation with everyone at the club working hard to attain promotion at the first attempt. These hopes were boosted with the signing of prolific striker Lee Hughes from local rivals West Bromwich Albion.Coventry seal Hughes deal http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/coventry_city/1478115.stm BBC Sport 8 August 2001 4 August 2015 In the FA Cup, Coventry won 2–0 away at Swindon Town in the third round, but were eliminated by Manchester City after a 1–0 defeat at Maine Road. Their League Cup campaign began with the club convincingly beating Preston North End 7–2 on aggregate in the second round (in which they won both legs), before defeating Southampton away for the second time in the season. However, this cup run came to an end after a 2–1 defeat by Ipswich Town at Portman Road. Final league table 2000–01 FA Premier League COV Results summary 4 7 8 14 23 4 3 12 22 40 2000-01 FA Premier League table August 2015 Results by round table b Round Ground H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H Result L/W/W/L/D/L/L/D/W/L/L/L/L/L/D/L/W/L/D/W/D/D/L/L/L/L/D/D/D/L/W/W/L/W/L/L/L/D Position 17/11/4/9/9/12/17/16/13/15/16/17/17/17/17/18/17/18/18/18/17/17/18/19/19/19/19/19/19/19/19/18/19/18/18/19/19/19 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd red1 11v11.com: 2000–01 Coventry City results August 2015 Results Coventry City's score comes firsthttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/coventry-city/2000-2001/results Coventry City results for the 2000-2001 season - Statto.com 7 October 2015 4 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304121648/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/coventry-city/2000-2001/results live Legend WinDrawLoss FA Premier League 1 19 August 2000 Coventry City 1–3 (Report) Middlesbrough Eustace 40 Job 19 Bokšić 58 63 Coventry Highfield Road 20,624 Barry Knight L 2 23 August 2000 Southampton 1–2 (Report) Coventry City Tessem 52 Bellamy 19 pen. Roussel 61 Southampton The Dell 14,801 Paul Taylor W 3 26 August 2000 Manchester City 1–2 (Report) Coventry City Horlock 78 Edghill 23 o.g. Bellamy 45 Manchester Maine Road 34,140 Andy D'Urso W 4 6 September 2000 Coventry City 0–2 (Report) Newcastle United Shearer 30 pen. Gallacher 58 Coventry Highfield Road 22,109 Alan Wiley L 5 9 September 2000 Coventry City 0–0 (Report) Leeds United Coventry Highfield Road 20,377 Paul Durkin D 6 16 September 2000 Arsenal 2–1 (Report) Coventry City Wiltord 24 Vernazza 72 Hadji 80 London (Highbury) Arsenal Stadium 37,792 Mike Dean L 7 23 September 2000 Coventry City 0–3 (Report) West Ham United Di Canio 38 Cole 40 Lampard 69 Coventry Highfield Road 21,020 Neale Barry L 8 30 September 2000 Charlton Athletic 2–2 (Report) Coventry City Hunt 60 Johansson 88 Aloisi 41 Bellamy 71 pen. London (Charlton) The Valley 20,043 Rob Styles D 9 14 October 2000 Coventry City 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur Aloisi 12 Eustace 26 Rebrov 53 Coventry Highfield Road 21,435 Peter Jones W 10 21 October 2000 Chelsea 6–1 (Report) Coventry City Hasselbaink 25 pen. 42 52 58 Zola 48 Flo 68 Roussel 89 London (Fulham) Stamford Bridge 34,646 Stephen Lodge L 11 28 October 2000 Sunderland 1–0 (Report) Coventry City Thome 52 Sunderland Stadium of Light 44,526 Alan Wiley L 12 4 November 2000 Coventry City 1–2 (Report) Manchester United Zúñiga 64 Cole 27 Beckham 37 Coventry Highfield Road 21,079 Graham Poll L 13 12 November 2000 Liverpool 4–1 (Report) Coventry City McAllister 13 Gerrard 51 Heskey 82 87 Thompson 56 Liverpool Anfield 43,701 Mike Riley L 14 20 November 2000 Coventry City 0–1 (Report) Ipswich Town Wilnis 90 Coventry Highfield Road 19,324 David Elleray L 15 25 November 2000 Coventry City 1–1 Aston Villa Hadji 83 Dublin 8 Coventry Highfield Road 21,464 Jeff Winter D 16 2 December 2000 Bradford City 2–1 (Report) Coventry City Collymore 80 Beagrie 83 Aloisi 64 Bradford Valley Parade 15,523 Mike Dean L 17 10 December 2000 Coventry City 1–0 Leicester City Bellamy 40 Coventry Highfield Road 17,283 Steve Dunn W 18 16 December 2000 Derby County 1–0 (Report) Coventry City Christie 9 Derby Pride Park Stadium 27,869 Matt Messias L 19 22 December 2000 Coventry City 1–1 (Report) Southampton Thompson 33 Tessem 51 Coventry Highfield Road 18,090 Alan Wiley D 20 26 December 2000 Everton 1–2 (Report) Coventry City Gemmill 85 Hadji 69 Breen 87 Liverpool Goodison Park 35,704 Neale Barry W 21 30 December 2000 Middlesbrough 1–1 (Report) Coventry City Bokšić 86 Whelan 41 o.g. Middlesbrough Riverside Stadium 30,499 Dermot Gallagher D 22 1 January 2001 Coventry City 1–1 (Report) Manchester City Edworthy 72 Wanchope 54 Coventry Highfield Road 21,999 Barry Knight D 23 13 January 2001 Newcastle United 3–1 (Report) Coventry City Speed 4 Ameobi 55 Dyer 66 Thompson 78 Newcastle upon Tyne St James' Park 50,159 Jeff Winter L 24 20 January 2001 Coventry City 1–3 (Report) Everton Carsley 86 pen. Gemmill 8 Cadamarteri 15 Campbell 31 Coventry Highfield Road 19,174 Paul Durkin L 25 31 January 2001 Leeds United 1–0 (Report) Coventry City Keane 69 Leeds Elland Road 36,555 Rob Harris L 26 3 February 2001 Coventry City 0–1 (Report) Arsenal Bergkamp 78 Coventry Highfield Road 22,035 Mike Dean L 27 12 February 2001 West Ham United 1–1 (Report) Coventry City Cole 83 Dailly 90 o.g. London (Upton Park) Boleyn Ground 22,586 Dermot Gallagher D 28 24 February 2001 Coventry City 2–2 (Report) Charlton Athletic Bellamy 10 Hartson 67 Rufus 22 Johansson 46 Coventry Highfield Road 19,480 Mark Halsey D 29 3 March 2001 Coventry City 0–0 (Report) Chelsea Coventry Highfield Road 21,609 Steve Bennett D 30 17 March 2001 Tottenham Hotspur 3–0 (Report) Coventry City Iversen 29 Ferdinand 34 Rebrov 59 London (Tottenham) White Hart Lane 35,606 Graham Poll L 31 31 March 2001 Coventry City 2–0 (Report) Derby County Hadji 44 Hartson 49 Coventry Highfield Road 19,654 David Elleray W 32 7 April 2001 Leicester City 1–3 (Report) Coventry City Akinbiyi 10 Bellamy 2 Carsley 19 Hartson 51 Leicester Filbert Street 19,545 Graham Barber W 33 14 April 2001 Manchester United 4–2 (Report) Coventry City Yorke 12 27 Giggs 81 Scholes 87 Hartson 10 33 Manchester Old Trafford 67,637 Mike Riley L 34 16 April 2001 Coventry City 1–0 (Report) Sunderland Hartson 21 Coventry Highfield Road 20,946 Dermot Gallagher W 35 21 April 2001 Ipswich Town 2–0 (Report) Coventry City Reuser 20 Wright 56 Ipswich Portman Road 24,612 Graham Barber L 36 28 April 2001 Coventry City 0–2 (Report) Liverpool Hyypiä 83 McAllister 86 Coventry Highfield Road 23,063 Steve Bennett L 37 5 May 2001 Aston Villa 3–2 (Report) Coventry City Vassell 61 Ángel 81 Merson 86 Hadji 18 26 Birmingham Villa Park 39,761 Mike Riley L 38 19 May 2001 Coventry City 0–0 (Report) Bradford City Coventry Highfield Road 20,229 Alan Wiley D FA Cup 2000–01 FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR36 January 2001 Swindon TownA2–014,445Bellamy, HadjiR427 January 2001 Manchester CityA0–124,637 League Cup 2000–01 Football League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR2 1st Leg19 September 2000 Preston North EndA3–110,770Zúñiga, Hall, Strachan (pen)R2 2nd Leg27 September 2000 Preston North EndH4–1 (won 7–2 on agg)7,425Aloisi (3, 1 pen), EustaceR31 November 2000 SouthamptonA1–011,809EustaceR428 November 2000 Ipswich TownA1–219,563Bellamy (pen) Players First-team squad Squad at end of seasonhttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2000-2001/faprem/coventry.htm FootballSquads - Coventry City - 2000/01http://www.11v11.com/teams/coventry-city/tab/players/season/2001 All Coventry City players: 2001 1 SWE GK Magnus Hedman 2 ENG DF Marc Edworthy 3 ENG MF Steve Froggatt 4 ENG DF Paul Williams 5 WAL FW John Hartson 6 ENG DF Richard Shaw 7 ENG MF David Thompson 8 MAR MF Youssef Chippo 10 MAR MF Mustapha Hadji captain 11 PER FW Ysrael Zúñiga 12 SCO DF Paul Telfer 13 ENG GK Chris Kirkland 14 ENG MF Carlton Palmer 15 ENG MF John Eustace 16 AUS FW John Aloisi 17 IRL DF Gary BreenBreen was born in Barnet, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in May 1996. 18 WAL FW Craig Bellamy 19 Honduras MF Iván Guerrero 21 SCO MF Gavin Strachan 22 IRL DF Barry Quinn 24 ENG DF Marcus Hall 25 IRL MF Barry Ferguson 26 BIH DF Muhamed Konjić 27 SCO FW Stephen McPhee 28 ENG FW Jay Bothroyd 32 IRL MF Lee CarsleyCarsley was born in Birmingham, England, but qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandmother and represented the Republic of Ireland at U-21 and B level before making his international debut for Ireland in October 1997. 34 ENG GK Alan Miller on loan from Blackburn Rovers 41 ENG DF Calum Davenport 42 ENG MF Robert Betts Left club during season 5 SCO DF Colin Hendry to Bolton Wanderers 9 BEL FW Cédric Roussel to Wolverhampton Wanderers 32 IRL MF Daire Doyle to Kidderminster Harriers 42 ENG MF Robert Betts on loan to Plymouth Argyle Reserve squad The following players were contracted to Coventry, but did not appear for the first team this season. 20 SWE MF Tomas Gustafsson 23 DEN GK Morten Hyldgaard 29 NOR FW Runar Normann 30 BEL MF Laurent Delorge 31 HON FW Jairo Martínez 33 ENG FW Gary McSheffrey 35 ENG MF Craig Pead 36 WAL MF Lee Fowler 37 SCO MF Craig Strachan 38 ENG DF Thomas Cudworth 39 SWE DF Richard Spong 40 SCO MF Gary McPhee 50 SWE GK Per Fahlman ENG GK Gary Montgomery WAL DF David Pipe ENG MF Chris Barnett SWE MF Andreas Dahl SCO MF Martin Grant NIR MF Mark Magennis Transfers In DatePosNameFromFeeNotes12 July 2000FWENG Jay BothroydENG Arsenal£1,000,000Bothroyd hits out at Arsenal http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/coventry_city/830130.stm 7 October 2015 BBC Sport 12 July 20002 August 2000MFENG David ThompsonENG Liverpool£2,500,000Coventry sign £2.5m Thompson http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/coventry_city/863426.stm 7 October 2015 BBC Sport 2 August 200016 August 2000FWWAL Craig BellamyENG Norwich City£6,500,000Coventry hail Bellamy coup https://www.theguardian.com/football/2000/aug/17/newsstory.sport 7 October 2015 The Guardian 17 August 20006 September 2000FWHonduras Jairo MartínezHonduras MotaguaSignedSky Blues sign second Honduran http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/coventry_city/913400.stm 7 October 2015 BBC Sport 6 September 200019 October 2000MFHonduras Iván GuerreroHonduras MotaguaSigned1 December 2000MFIRL Lee CarsleyENG Blackburn Rovers£2,500,000Persistent Coventry land Carsley http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/coventry_city/1048934.stm 7 October 2015 BBC Sport 1 December 200022 December 2000MFSWE Andreas DahlSWE IFK Hässleholm£300,0008 February 2001FWWAL John HartsonENG WimbledonSignedCoventry complete Hartson deal http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/coventry_city/1144409.stm 7 October 2015 BBC Sport 8 February 2001 Out DatePosNameToFeeNotes9 June 2000FWENG Chukki EribenneENG BournemouthFree transfer28 June 2000DFENG David BurrowsENG Birmingham CityFree transfer1 July 2000MFSCO Gary McAllisterENG LiverpoolFree transferMcAllister confirms Reds move http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/763889.stm 7 October 2015 BBC News 25 May 20005 July 2000DFENG Ian BrightwellENG WalsallFree transfer6 July 2000DFENG Mark Burrows ENG Exeter CityFree transfer30 July 2000FWIRL Robbie KeaneITA Inter Milan£13,000,000Keane in £13m Inter switch http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/coventry_city/856399.stm 7 October 2015 BBC Sport 30 July 200031 July 2000FWENG Noel WhelanENG Middlesbrough£2,000,000Robson's Whelan deal http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/859609.stm 7 October 2015 BBC Sport 31 July 200012 January 2001MFIRL Daire DoyleENG Kidderminster HarriersFree transfer13 February 2001DFSCO Colin HendryENG Bolton Wanderers£250,000Hendry completes Bolton move http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bolton_wanderers/1168533.stm 7 October 2015 BBC Sport 13 February 200115 February 2001FWBEL Cédric RousselENG Wolverhampton Wanderers£1,500,000Roussel completes Wolves switch http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wolverhampton_wanderers/1168036.stm 7 October 2015 BBC Sport 15 February 2001 Transfers in: £12,800,000 Transfers out: £16,750,000 Total spending: £3,950,000 Loan in Alan Miller - Blackburn Rovers, 20 October, 37 days Loan out Colin Hendry - Bolton Wanderers Robert Betts - Plymouth Argyle, 16 February, 19 days Statistics Appearances and goals FA Premier League FA Cup League Cup |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers 1 Magnus Hedman GK SWE 15 0 1 0 2 0 13 Chris Kirkland GK ENG 23 0 1 0 2+1 0 34 Alan Miller GK ENG 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders 2 Marc Edworthy DF ENG 18+6 1 2 0 2 0 4 Paul Williams DF ENG 27+3 0 2 0 4 0 6 Richard Shaw DF ENG 23+1 0 1 0 3 0 12 Paul Telfer DF SCO 27+4 0 1+1 0 2 0 17 Gary Breen DF IRL 29+2 1 2 0 2+2 0 19 Iván Guerrero DF HON 3 0 0 0 1 0 22 Barry Quinn DF IRL 25 0 2 0 2 0 24 Marcus Hall DF ENG 21 0 1 0 2 1 26 Muhamed Konjić DF BIH 8 0 0 0 1 0 41 Calum Davenport DF ENG 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders 7 David Thompson MF ENG 22+3 3 1 0 1+1 0 8 Youssef Chippo MF MAR 18+14 0 1 0 4 0 10 Mustapha Hadji MF MAR 28+1 6 1 1 3+1 0 14 Carlton Palmer MF ENG 12+3 0 0 0 1 0 15 John Eustace MF ENG 22+10 2 1 0 4 2 21 Gavin Strachan MF SCO 1 0 0 0 0+2 1 32 Lee Carsley MF IRL 21 2 2 0 0 0 37 Craig Strachan MF SCO 1 0 0 0 0 0 42 Robert Betts MF ENG 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards 5 John Hartson FW WAL 12 6 0 0 0 0 11 Ysrael Zúñiga FW PER 7+8 1 0 0 2 1 16 John Aloisi FW AUS 8+10 3 0 0 2+1 3 18 Craig Bellamy FW WAL 33+1 6 2 1 3 1 28 Jay Bothroyd FW ENG 3+5 0 1 0 0+1 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred or loaned out during the season 5 Colin Hendry DF SCO 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 9 Cédric Roussel FW BEL 10+6 2 0 0 1 0 |- 31 June 2002 Competitions May 2023 Notes notes References Category:Coventry City F.C. seasons Coventry City