2000–01 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

English football club season March 2015 March 2015 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2000–01 Colin Lee(until 18 December)Dave Jones(from 3 January) Manager Sir Jack Hayward OBE Chairman First Division 12th FA Cup 4th round League Cup 3rd round Adam Proudlock (8) Adam Proudlock (11) 26,627 (vs Gillingham, 3 February 2001) 8,058 (vs Grimsby, 2 October 2000) 19,258 (league only) 1999–2000 2001–02 The 2000–01 season was the 102nd season of competitive league football in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. They played the season in the second tier of the English football system, the Football League First Division. The team finished in 12th position, their lowest league finish for five seasons. Colin Lee began the season as manager but was sacked in December 2000 with the team just a single point clear of the relegation zone.Wolves sack Lee https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/wolverhampton_wanderers/1077233.stm BBC Sport 18 December 2000 Former Southampton manager Dave Jones replaced him in early January but could not take the side any higher than mid-table.Jones is new Wolves boss https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/wolverhampton_wanderers/1097069.stm BBC Sport 3 January 2001 Results Pre-season Wolves' pre season saw them travel to Ireland to play three local sides. They then returned home to play three Premiership teams at Molineux; the fixture against Aston Villa was a testimonial match for Mike Stowell. 17 July 2000 Waterford United 0–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Robinson 76Epesse-Titi 85 Regional Sports Centre Waterford, Ireland 2,211 Richard O'Hanlon W 19 July 2000 Cork City 0–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Turners Cross Cork, Ireland 3,500 Alan Kelly D 21 July 2000 Kilkenny City 0–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Robinson 15Branch 89 Buckley Park Kilkenny, Ireland 2,200 J O'Neill W 26 July 2000 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–1 Coventry City Keane 61 Molineux Wolverhampton 4,800 Andy Hall L 30 July 2000 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–2 Aston Villa Taylor 18Hendrie 66 Molineux Wolverhampton 11,351 Paul Rejer L 5 August 2000 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–2 Southampton Sinton 4 Pahars 19Kachloul 54 Molineux Wolverhampton 4,680 Mick Fletcher L Football League First Division 2000–01 Football League A total of 24 teams competed in the Football League First Division in the 2000–01 season. Each team played every other team twice: once at their stadium, and once at the opposition's. Three points were awarded to teams for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats. The provisional fixture list was released on 22 June 2000, but was subject to change in the event of matches being selected for television coverage or police concerns.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/801359.stm Champions kick off with Magpies BBC Sport 22 June 2000 13 August 2000 1 12:30 GMT Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Report Sheffield Wednesday Ketsbaia 18 Booth 79 Molineux Wolverhampton 19,086 (1,969 away fans) Mark Halsey D 19 August 2000 2 15:00 BST Stockport County 1–1 Report Wolverhampton Wanderers Moore 55 Bazeley 71 Edgeley Park Stockport 7,758 (2,146 away fans) Mark Cowburn D 26 August 2000 3 15:00 BST Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0 Report Burnley Sedgley 74 Molineux Wolverhampton 20,156 (2,682 away fans) Mike Jones W 28 August 2000 4 15:00 BST Portsmouth 3–1 Report Wolverhampton Wanderers Claridge 2 30 32 pen. Ketsbaia 45 Fratton Park Portsmouth 14,124 (1,586 away fans) Andy Butler L 2 September 2000 5 15:00 BST Gillingham 1–0 Report Wolverhampton Wanderers Lewis 4 Priestfield Gillingham 10,017 (1,531 away fans) Paul Durkin L Wolves v Tranmere 9 September 2000 6 15:00 BST Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–2 Report Tranmere Rovers Robinson 12 Allison 43Barlow 83 pen. Molineux Wolverhampton 17,252 (806 away fans) Steve Lodge L 12 September 2000 7 19:45 BST Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–0 Report Sheffield United Molineux Wolverhampton 14,853 (677 away fans) George Cain D 16 September 2000 8 15:00 BST Wimbledon 1–1 Report Wolverhampton Wanderers Hartson 58 Lescott 79 Selhurst Park London 8,761 (1,786 away fans) Peter Walton D 24 September 2000 9 13:00 BST Wolverhampton Wanderers 4–0 Report Norwich City Proudlock 21Dinning 26Robinson 45Branch 70 Molineux Wolverhampton 15,105 (473 away fans) Scott Mathieson W 30 September 2000 10 15:00 BST Nottingham Forest 0–0 Report Wolverhampton Wanderers City Ground Nottingham 19,110 (1,743 away fans) Roger Furnandiz D 14 October 2000 11 15:00 BST Bolton Wanderers 2–1 Report Wolverhampton Wanderers Holdsworth 28Bergsson 68 Dinning 53 pen. Reebok Stadium Bolton 15,585 (1,053 away fans) Roy Pearson L WBA v Wolves 17 October 2000 12 20:00 BST West Bromwich Albion 1–0 Report Wolverhampton Wanderers Hughes 19 pen. The Hawthorns West Bromwich 21,492 (5,162 away fans) Clive Wilkes L 21 October 2000 13 15:00 BST Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–0 Report Fulham Molineux Wolverhampton 21,080 (1,437 away fans) Graham Laws D 24 October 2000 14 19:45 BST Barnsley 1–2 Report Wolverhampton Wanderers McClare 8 Muscat 18Ketsbaia 45 Oakwell Barnsley 13,393 (508 away fans) Jeff Winter W 28 October 2000 15 15:00 BST Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–2 Report Watford Muscat 47 pen.Dinning 75 Cox 33Mooney 39 Molineux Wolverhampton 20,296 (1,613 away fans) William Burns D 4 November 2000 16 15:00 GMT Crewe Alexandra 2–0 Report Wolverhampton Wanderers Cramb 27 45 Gresty Road Crewe 7,147 (1,454 away fans) Jeff Winter L 11 November 2000 17 15:00 GMT Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–3 Report Crystal Palace Branch 60 Freedman 23Morrison 45 72 Molineux Wolverhampton 17,658 (820 away fans) Neale Barry L 18 November 2000 18 15:00 GMT Blackburn Rovers 1–0 Report Wolverhampton Wanderers Dunn 64 pen. Ewood Park Blackburn 20,380 (2,127 away fans) Graham Frankland L 21 November 2000 19 19:45 GMT Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 Report Grimsby Town Dinning 6Ndah 45 Molineux Wolverhampton 16,088 (382 away fans) Rob Harris W 25 November 2000 20 15:00 GMT Queens Park Rangers 2–2 Report Wolverhampton Wanderers Peacock 38' 38 86 Ndah 19Pollet 43 Loftus Road London 11,156 (1,036 away fans) Lee Cable D 2 December 2000 21 15:00 GMT Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 Report Barnsley Robinson 28Dinning 59 Molineux Wolverhampton 17,340 (398 away fans) Chris Foy W 9 December 2000 22 15:00 GMT Huddersfield Town 3–0 Report Wolverhampton Wanderers Ndlovu 49 90Facey 86 McAlpine Stadium Huddersfield 11,506 (1,488 away fans) Paul Danson L 17 December 2000 23 13:00 GMT Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–1 Report Birmingham City Adebola 32 Molineux Wolverhampton 19,938 (2,180 away fans) Graham Laws L 23 December 2000 24 15:00 GMT Sheffield Wednesday 0–1 Report Wolverhampton Wanderers Muscat 45 Hillsborough Sheffield 17,787 (883 away fans) Roy Pearson W 26 December 2000 25 15:00 GMT Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–1 Report Preston North End Anderson 14 Molineux Wolverhampton 24,306 (1,839 away fans) Bill Jordan L 30 December 2000 26 15:00 GMT Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–2 Report Stockport County Proudlock 22Wiss 32 o.g.Branch 45 Nicholson 45 pen.Wiss 90 Molineux Wolverhampton 16,667 (488 away fans) Mike Ryan W 1 January 2001 27 13:00 GMT Burnley 1–2 Report Wolverhampton Wanderers Branch 9 Proudlock 28Naylor 85 Turf Moor Burnley 15,483 (1,127 away fans) Roger Furnandiz W 13 January 2001 28 15:00 GMT Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Report Portsmouth Sinton 20Muscat 88' Lescott 27 o.g. Molineux Wolverhampton 20,869 (1,325 away fans) Barry Curson D 3 February 2001 29 15:00 GMT Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Report Gillingham Branch 45 King 26 Molineux Wolverhampton 26,627 (1,476 away fans) Richard Beeby D 10 February 2001 30 15:00 GMT Tranmere Rovers 0–2 Report Wolverhampton Wanderers Flynn 21 o.g.Proudlock 47 Prenton Park Birkenhead 9,678 (2,051 away fans) Keith Hill W 20 February 2001 31 20:00 BST Sheffield United 1–0 Report Wolverhampton Wanderers D'Jaffo 21 Muscat 63' Bramall Lane Sheffield 20,282 (1,144 away fans) Scott Mathieson L 24 February 2001 32 15:00 GMT Norwich City 1–0 Report Wolverhampton Wanderers McVeigh 3 Carrow Road Norwich 17,288 (903 away fans) Peter Jones L 3 March 2001 33 15:00 GMT Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 Report Nottingham Forest Edds 48 o.g.Proudlock 62 Molineux Wolverhampton 20,291 (1,944 away fans) Phil Richards W 10 March 2001 34 15:00 GMT Grimsby Town 0–2 Report Wolverhampton Wanderers Dinning 66Proudlock 83 Blundell Park Cleethorpes 4,899 (1,260 away fans) Mike Dean W 14 March 2001 35 19:45 GMT Preston North End 2–0 Report Wolverhampton Wanderers McKenna 43Cresswell 78 Deepdale Preston 15,457 (922 away fans) Scott Mathieson L 18 March 2001 36 13:00 GMT Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–1 Report West Bromwich Albion Ndah 23 45Pollet 66 Clement 82 Molineux Wolverhampton 25,069 (3,198 away fans) Uriah Rennie W 1 April 2001 37 13:00 BST Birmingham City 0–1 Report Wolverhampton Wanderers Ndah 1 St Andrew's Birmingham 24,003 (2,104 away fans) Frazer Stretton W 4 April 2001 38 19:45 BST Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–1 Report Wimbledon Ardley 53 Molineux Wolverhampton 16,767 (168 away fans) Mark Cowburn L 7 April 2001 39 15:00 BST Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–1 Report Huddersfield Town Facey 10 Molineux Wolverhampton 19,423 (1,185 away fans) Graham Frankland L 14 April 2001 40 15:00 BST Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–0 Report Crewe Alexandra Molineux Wolverhampton 20,364 (814 away fans) Graham Laws D Watford v Wolves 17 April 2001 41 19:45 BST Watford 3–2 Report Wolverhampton Wanderers Mooney 8Smith 14Helguson 90 Ndah 44 pen.Proudlock 80 Vicarage Road Watford 13,765 (1,321 away fans) Mike Jones L 21 April 2001 42 15:00 BST Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–0 Report Blackburn Rovers Molineux Wolverhampton 20,018 (2,381 away fans) Paul Danson D 24 April 2001 43 19:45 BST Fulham 2–0 Report Wolverhampton Wanderers Saha 23 pen. 70 pen. Craven Cottage London 15,375 (447 away fans) Tony Leake L Crystal Palace v Wolves 28 April 2001 44 15:00 BST Crystal Palace 0–2 Report Wolverhampton Wanderers Sinton 16Proudlock 49 Selhurst Park London 18,993 (1,690 away fans) Mike Ryan W 1 May 2001 45 19:45 BST Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–2 Report Bolton Wanderers Holdsworth 20Ricketts 70 Molineux Wolverhampton 16,242 (510 away fans) David Elleray L 6 May 2001 46 13:30 BST Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Report Queens Park Rangers Lescott 36 Bruce 62 Molineux Wolverhampton 17,447 (1,618 away fans) Steve Bennett D Final table Pos Position Team Pld Played W Won D Drawn L Lost GF Goals for GA Goals against GD Goal difference Pts Points 10 Sheffield United 46 19 11 16 52 49 +3 68 11 Nottingham Forest 46 20 8 18 55 53 +2 68 12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 14 13 19 45 48 –3 55 13 Gillingham 46 13 16 17 61 66 –5 55 14 Crewe Alexandra 46 15 10 21 47 62 –15 55 15 Norwich City 46 14 12 20 46 58 –12 54 Source: Statto.com Results summary 7 9 7 25 20 7 4 12 20 28 Statto.com October 2019 Results by round table b Round Result D/D/W/L/L/L/D/D/W/D/L/L/D/W/D/L/L/L/W/D/W/L/L/W/L/W/W/D/D/W/L/L/W/W/L/W/W/L/L/D/L/D/L/W/L/D Position 9/13/8/15/17/19/16/18/13/15/16/16/17/15/14/18/20/21/15/16/14/15/16/15/17/14/12/12/13/12/14/15/14/13/13/13/13/13/13/14/14/15/16/12/12/12 green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss green1 red1 Statto.com FA Cup 2000–01 FA Cup 7 January 2001 R3 15:00 GMT Nottingham Forest 0–1 Report Wolverhampton Wanderers Proudlock 87 City Ground Nottingham 14,601 (2,438 away fans) David Pugh W 27 January 2001 R4 15:00 GMT Wycombe Wanderers 2–1 Report Wolverhampton Wanderers Rammell 37Parkin 85 Robinson 59 Adams Park High Wycombe 9,617 (1,677 away fans) Paul Danson L League Cup 2000–01 Football League Cup 22 August 2000 R1.1 19:45 BST Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–1 Report Oxford United Murphy 37 Molineux Wolverhampton 9,399 Trevor Jones L Oxford v Wolves 5 September 2000 R1.2 19:45 BST Oxford United 1–3 2–3 Report Wolverhampton Wanderers Shepheard 16 Robinson 51Taylor 65Proudlock 68 Manor Ground Oxford 4,679 Paul Alcock W 26 September 2000 R2.1 19:45 BST Grimsby Town 3–2 Report Wolverhampton Wanderers Gallimore 12Rowan 81Allen 82 Taylor 6 45 Blundell Park Cleethorpes 2,396 Graham Laws L 2 October 2000 R2.2 19:45 BST Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 4–3 Report Grimsby Town Proudlock 36Muscat 73 pen. Molineux Wolverhampton 8,058 David Crick W 1 November 2000 R3 19:45 GMT Fulham 3–2 Report Wolverhampton Wanderers Boa Morte 67 83Saha 85 Ketsbaia 60Osborn 90 Craven Cottage London 6,763 Eddie Wolstenholme L Players Statistics yes ENG the season's end yes |- |align="left"|01 1||align="left"|01 GK||align="left"|ENG Michael Oakes |46||0||1||0||4||0||51||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|02 2||align="left"|02 DF||align="left"|AUS Kevin Muscat (c) |37||3||1||0||4||1||42||4||10||1|| |- |align="left"|03 3||align="left"|02 DF||align="left"|ENG Lee Naylor Lee Naylor (footballer) |45.5 44(2)||1||2||0||5||0||52.5 51(2)||1||4||0|| |- |align="left"|04 4||align="left"|03 MF||align="left"|WAL Carl Robinson |39.5 36(4)||3||2||1||4.5 4(1)||1||46.5 42(5)||5||4||0|| |- |align="left"|05 5||align="left"|02 DF||align="left"|FRA Ludovic Pollet |29||2||1||0||0||0||30||2||2||0|| |- |align="left"|06 6||align="left"|03 MF||align="left"|ENG Neil Emblen |27.5 21(7)||0||1.5 1(1)||0||4||0||33.5 26(8)||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|07 7||align="left"|02 DF||align="left"|ENG Darren Bazeley |23.5 23(1)||1||0||0||5||0||28.5 28(1)||1||2||0|| |- |align="left"|08 8||align="left"|03 MF||align="left"|ENG Simon Osborn † |19.5 16(4)||0||2||0||2||0||23.5 20(4)||0||5||0|| |- |align="left"|08 8||align="left"|02 DF||style="background:#faecc8" align="left"|ENG Sean Connelly ‡ |06 6||0||0||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|06 6||0||2||1|| |- |align="left"|09 9||align="left"|FW||align="left"|GEO Temuri Ketsbaia |21.5 14(8)||3||0||0||3.5 3(1)||1||style="background:#98FB98"|25.5 17(9)||4||3||0|| |- |align="left"|10||align="left"|FW||align="left"|ENG Michael Branch Michael Branch (footballer) |37.5 31(7)||4||2||0||2.5 2(1)||0||42.5 35(8)||4||9||0|| |- |align="left"|11||align="left"|03 MF||align="left"|ENG Andy Sinton |29.5 28(2)||2||2||0||2.5 2(1)||0||34.5 32(3)||2||4||0|| |- |align="left"|12||align="left"|01 GK||align="left"|ENG Mike Stowell |00.5 0(1)||0||1||0||1||0||02.5 2(1)||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|14||align="left"|FW||align="left"|NGR George Ndah |28.5 23(6)||6||0.5 0(1)||0||0.5 0(1)||0||30.5 23(8)||6||6||0|| |- |align="left"|15||align="left"|03 MF||align="left"|ENG Steve Sedgley † |05 5||1||0||0||1.5 1(1)||0||05.5 6(1)||1||2||0|| |- |align="left"|15||align="left"|FW||align="left"|BEL Cédric Roussel |08.5 3(6)||0||0||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|08.5 3(6)||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|16||align="left"|03 MF||align="left"|ENG Scott Taylor Scott Taylor (footballer born 1970) |03.5 3(1)||0||0||0||2||0||05.5 5(1)||0||2||0|| |- |align="left"|17||align="left"|FW||align="left"|ENG Robert Taylor Robert Taylor (footballer, born 1971) |08.5 5(4)||0||0||0||3||3||style="background:#98FB98"|11.5 8(4)||3||1||0|| |- |align="left"|18||align="left"|02 DF||align="left"|WAL Ryan Green ¤ |06.5 5(2)||0||1.5 0(2)||0||2||0||10.5 7(4)||0||2||1|| |- |align="left"|19||align="left"|02 DF||align="left"|ENG Joleon Lescott |36.5 31(6)||2||2||0||5||0||style="background:#98FB98"|43.5 38(6)||2||3||1|| |- |align="left"|20||align="left"|03 MF||align="left"|IRL Keith Andrews Keith Andrews (footballer) ¤ |21.5 20(2)||0||2||0||0||0||23.5 22(2)||0||4||1|| |- |align="left"|21||align="left"|FW||align="left"|NOR Håvard Flo |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|22||align="left"|FW||align="left"|IRL Colin Larkin Colin Larkin (footballer) |01.5 0(2)||0||0||0||0||0||01.5 0(2)||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|23||align="left"|02 DF||style="background:#faecc8" align="left"|GUI Mo Camara ‡ |17.5 4(14)||0||0.5 0(1)||0||1.5 1(1)||0||style="background:#98FB98"|20.5 5(16)||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|24||align="left"|03 MF||align="left"|ENG Tony Dinning |31||6||1||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|32||6||5||0|| |- |align="left"|25||align="left"|02 DF||align="left"|NIR Gordon Simms † |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|26||align="left"|FW||style="background:#faecc8" align="left"|SAU Sami Al-Jaber ‡ |03.5 0(4)||0||0||0||1||0||style="background:#98FB98"|04.5 1(4)||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|27||align="left"|02 DF||style="background:#faecc8" align="left"|FRA Manuel Thetis Jean-Manuel Thetis ‡ |03 3||0||0||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|03 3||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|27||align="left"|02 DF||style="background:#faecc8" align="left"|ENG Darren Peacock ‡ |03.5 2(2)||0||0||0||1||0||style="background:#98FB98"|04.5 3(2)||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|27||align="left"|02 DF||style="background:#faecc8" align="left"|IRL Paul Butler Paul Butler (footballer born 1972) ‡ |12||0||0||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|12||0||2||0|| |- |align="left"|28||align="left"|03 MF||align="left"|ENG Shane Tudor |00.5 0(1)||0||0||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|00.5 0(1)||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|29||align="left"|02 DF||align="left"|FRA Steeve Epesse-Titi † |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|30||align="left"|01 GK||align="left"|ENG Matt Murray Matt Murray (English footballer) ¤ |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|31||align="left"|FW||align="left"|ENG Adam Proudlock ¤ |34.5 28(7)||8||2||1||3.5 3(1)||2||style="background:#98FB98"|40.5 33(8)||11||4||0|| |- |align="left"|32||align="left"|03 MF||align="left"|IRL Seamus Crowe 1 ¤ |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|33||align="left"|02 DF||align="left"|NIR Mark Clyde |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|36||align="left"|03 MF||align="left"|IRL John Melligan |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|39||align="left"|01 GK||align="left"|ENG Lewis Solly 1 |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|40||align="left"|01 GK||align="left"|AUS Frank Talia † |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|40||align="left"|01 GK||align="left"|NIR Aaron Kerr 1 |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|41||align="left"|01 GK||style="background:#faecc8" align="left"|ENG Carlo Nash ‡ |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0|| |} nb Awards AwardWinner Fans' Player of the Season Lee Naylor Young Player of the Season Joleon Lescott Transfers In DatePlayerFromFee1 August 2000FRA Steeve Epesse-TitiUnattachedFreehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/wolverhampton_wanderers/861651.stm Wolves sign Titi and Camara BBC Sport 1 August 20004 August 2000GEO Temuri KetsbaiaNewcastle United£900,000https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/wolverhampton_wanderers/866341.stm Ketsbaia moves to Wolves BBC Sport 4 August 200011 August 2000AUS Frank Talia UnattachedFreehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wolverhampton_wanderers/876184.stm Talia is Wolves' temporary measure BBC Sport 11 August 200015 August 2000ENG Robert Taylor Manchester City£1.55 millionhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/wolverhampton_wanderers/881235.stm Wolves sign Taylor BBC Sport 15 August 200021 September 2000ENG Tony Dinning Stockport County£600,000https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/wolverhampton_wanderers/935624.stm Dinning moves to Molineux BBC Sport 21 September 20001 December 2000GUI Mo CamaraFRA Le Havre£100,00031 January 2001IRL Paul Butler Sunderland£1 millionhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/wolverhampton_wanderers/1146262.stm Wolves seal Butler deal BBC Sport 31 January 200115 February 2001BEL Cédric Roussel Coventry City£1.53 millionhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/wolverhampton_wanderers/1168036.stm Roussel completes Wolves switch BBC Sport 15 February 2001 Out DatePlayerToFee21 June 2000WAL Ady WilliamsReadingFree30 June 2000ENG Keith CurleSheffield UnitedFreehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_utd/813564.stm Curle makes Blades move BBC Sport 30 June 200027 July 2000NGA Ade AkinbiyiLeicester City£5 millionhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/leicester_city/850372.stm Akinbiyi swaps Wolves for Foxes BBC Sport 25 July 200028 July 2000ENG Mark JonesChesterfieldFree11 August 2000ENG Paul SimpsonBlackpoolFree11 September 2000AUS Frank TaliaReleasedFree11 December 2000ENG Steve SedgleyReleasedFreehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wolverhampton_wanderers/1066206.stm Sedgley severs his links with Wolves BBC Sport 11 December 2000 28 March 2012 18 September 2002 https://web.archive.org/web/20020918045528/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wolverhampton_wanderers/1066206.stm dead 9 March 2001NIR Gordon SimmsHartlepool UnitedFree22 March 2001FRA Steeve Epesse-TitiExeter CityFree22 March 2001ENG Simon OsbornTranmere RoversFree Loans in Start datePlayerFromEnd date1 August 2000GUI Mo CamaraFRA Le Havre30 November 200022 August 2000SAU Sami Al-JaberSAU Al-Hilal22 January 2001https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/842043.stm Saudi star to join Wolves BBC Sport 22 August 200026 August 2000FRA Manuel ThetisIpswich Town13 September 200013 October 2000ENG Darren PeacockBlackburn Rovers4 November 2000https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/wolverhampton_wanderers/971230.stm Peacock flies south to Wolves BBC Sport 13 October 200017 November 2000IRL Paul ButlerSunderland17 December 2000https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wolverhampton_wanderers/1029074.stm Butler makes Molineux switch BBC Sport 17 November 20008 December 2000ENG Carlo NashStockport County31 December 2000https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_1/1065575.stm Wolves take Nash on loan BBC Sport 11 December 200022 March 2001ENG Sean ConnellyStockport CountyEnd of season Loans out Start datePlayerToEnd date1 August 2000GER Robert NiestrojGRE Iraklis1 February 20011 August 2000ENG Adam ProudlockSCO Clyde5 September 2000September 2000ENG Matt MurraySlough TownSeptember 200020 October 2000ENG Matt MurrayKingstonian26 October 200010 November 2000IRL Keith AndrewsOxford United21 December 20001 March 2001WAL Ryan GreenTorquay UnitedEnd of season22 March 2001IRL Seamus CroweHereford UnitedEnd of season Kit The season saw the team return to their historic "old gold" shade of shirt for the first time since the 1950s. There was also a new away kit that was a light blue design. Both were now manufactured by the club's own label, entitled "WWFC", and sponsored by Goodyear. References 2 Category:Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. seasons Wolverhampton Wanderers