2000–01 Oxford United F.C. season

English football club season March 2015 March 2015 Oxford United 2000–01 Denis Smith (until 2 October)Mike Ford (caretaker until 31 October)Dave Kemp (until 30 April)Mike Ford (caretaker until 8 May) Firoz Kassam Manor Ground Football League Second Division 24th FA Cup Second round League Cup First round League Trophy First round 1999–2000 2001–02 The 2000–01 season saw Oxford United compete in the Football League Second Division where they finished in 24th position with 27 points and were relegated to the Third Division.Oxford United 2000/01 http://www.statto.com/football/teams/oxford-united/2000-2001 Statto 5 September 2014 It was also Oxford's final season at the Manor Ground before moving to the Kassam Stadium. Season summary Any hopes that this season might mark a turn-around after two seasons of struggle were dashed right out of the gate, with Denis Smith's second spell as manager being brought to an end in early October after the team could only win one and draw one of their first ten outings. Club veteran Mike Ford took charge for the next five matches, but could manage a return of only one point. At the end of the month, the club announced a new management structure headed up by director of football Joe Kinnear, with Dave Kemp installed as manager. Unfortunately, the change failed to result in any real improvement in results, and Kinnear departed shortly after the turn of the year to take over as manager of relegation rivals Luton Town. Ultimately, the team's terrible defensive record (they kept only three clean sheets all season, two of which were the result of goalless draws) meant that survival never looked realistically on the cards, and they finished in bottom place, with just twenty-seven points (half of what they would have needed to survive) to their name, and a hundred goals conceded. Though chairman Firoz Kassam had initially indicated that Kemp would be allowed to remain for the following season and attempt to rebuild the squad, fan protests and a dreadful 6–2 loss to fellow strugglers Bristol Rovers soon changed his mind, and Kemp was sacked with two games remaining; his last game in charge would ironically result in a 3–1 victory over second-bottom Swansea City. Ford stepped in as caretaker for the final two matches, before Kassam appointed Mark Wright as the manager to lead Oxford into their first fourth-tier campaign since 1965. Final league table 2000–01 Football League#Second Division Second Division y OXF Results Oxford United's score comes first Legend WinDrawLoss Football League Second Division 2000–01 Football League MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers112 August 2000Peterborough UnitedH0–15,870219 August 2000Port ValeA0–33,814326 August 2000BrentfordH0–14,756429 August 2000WalsallA2–35,678Beauchamp (2)52 September 2000Cambridge UnitedH1–14,479Jarman68 September 2000Wycombe WanderersA1–35,831Tait713 September 2000Stoke CityA0–49,600816 September 2000BuryH1–03,676Cook923 September 2000MillwallA0–58,5651030 September 2000Bristol CityH0–15,308118 October 2000Swindon TownA1–27,975Whittingham1214 October 2000WrexhamH3–43,884Tait, Beauchamp, McGregor (o.g.)1317 October 2000Luton TownH0–04,5371421 October 2000Rotherham UnitedA1–33,938Lilley1524 October 2000Wigan AthleticH0–24,0301628 October 2000ReadingA3–416,022Lilley, Viveash (o.g.), Richardson174 November 2000Bristol RoversH0–15,4071811 November 2000Swansea CityA2–14,892Beauchamp, Andrews1925 November 2000Notts CountyH2–34,765Murphy (2)202 December 2000Oldham AthleticA2–33,986Gray, Innes (o.g.)2116 December 2000Northampton TownH3–14,899Anthrobus, Murphy, Hackett2222 December 2000Colchester UnitedA2–33,695Beauchamp, Gray2326 December 2000BournemouthH1–26,200Fear241 January 2001BrentfordA0–35,0202513 January 2001WalsallH2–15,184Gray (2)2627 January 2001Colchester UnitedH0–15,0642730 January 2001Peterborough UnitedA2–44,004Fear, Murphy2810 February 2001Wycombe WanderersH1–25,384Hackett2917 February 2001BuryA1–33,320Beauchamp3020 February 2001Stoke CityH1–14,856Patterson3124 February 2001MillwallH0–25,795323 March 2001Bristol CityA0–09,681336 March 2001WrexhamA3–53,009Gray, Powell, Murphy3410 March 2001Swindon TownH0–27,4803524 March 2001Rotherham UnitedH4–34,493Quinn, Omoyinmi (2), Scott3627 March 2001Cambridge UnitedA0–13,5023731 March 2001Northampton TownA1–06,115Tait383 April 2001BournemouthA3–43,747Quinn, Gray (2)397 April 2001Oldham AthleticH0–14,2174010 April 2001Luton TownA1–16,010Scott4114 April 2001Wigan AthleticA2–35,322Scott, Beauchamp4217 April 2001ReadingH0–26,8864321 April 2001Bristol RoversA2–67,554Scott, Richardson4428 April 2001Swansea CityH3–14,148Omoyinmi, Brooks, Murphy451 May 2001Port ValeH1–17,080Scott465 May 2001Notts CountyA1–25,513Folland FA Cup 2000–01 FA Cup MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR118 November 2000Macclesfield TownA1–02,141GrayR29 December 2000Chester CityA2–32,798Gray, Murphy Football League Cup 2000–01 Football League Cup MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR1 1st leg22 August 2000Wolverhampton WanderersA1–09,399MurphyR1 2nd leg5 September 2000Wolverhampton WanderersH1–34,676Shepheard Football League Trophy 2000–01 Football League Trophy MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR15 December 2000BrentfordA1–41,517Anthrobus Squad statistics No.Pos.NameLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals1GKENG Richard Knight3302020003702DFSCO John Robertson37(3)010201041(3)03DFENG Paul Powell15(5)100100016(5)14MFENG Peter Fear14(6)220000016(6)25DFENG Jon Richardson4122020104626DFENG Ian McGuckin6(1)00000006(1)07MFENG Matt Murphy37(3)6211(1)11041(4)88MFENG Paul Tait22(4)300200024(4)39FWENG Steve Anthrobus13(6)110200(1)116(7)210FWENG Andy Scott000000000010FWSCO Derek Lilley15(4)0100(2)00016(6)011MFENG Joey Beauchamp32(11)7201(1)01036(12)712FWENG Jamie Cook4(5)10000004(5)113GKJAM Hubert Busby0(1)00000000(1)013GKENG Neil Cutler11000000011014FWNGR Emmanuel Omoyinmi16(8)30(1)0201019(9)315MFENG Simon Weatherstone6(1)00000006(1)016MFWAL Rob Folland1(4)1000(2)0001(6)117DFENG Jon Shepheard000000000018DFENG Chris Hackett10(6)210000(1)011(6)219DFWAL Lee Jarman15(6)120200019(6)120GKENG Phil Wilson1(1)00000001(1)021MFENG Jordan Holder0(2)00000000(2)021DFSCO Neil McGowan11000100012022DFENG Wayne Hatswell26(1)000001027(1)022DFENG Mickey Lewis000000000023DFENG Ross Weatherstone100000001024GKENG Jimmy Glass100000102024FWENG Guy Whittingham110000001125FWNIR Phil Gray21(2)722001024(2)925FWENG Ben Abbey000000000026DFENG Simon King200000002027MFENG Dean Whitehead16(4)00(1)0200018(5)028DFWAL Sam Ricketts13(1)000001014(1)029FWENG Leon Mike1(2)00000001(2)029MFIRL Keith Andrews410000105130DFENG Mike Ford100000001031FWENG Jamie Brooks3(1)10000003(1)132FWENG Leon Mike000000000032DFENG Garry Monk500000005033DFENG Andy Linighan12(1)020000014(1)034MFIRL Rob Quinn12(1)200000012(1)234DFSCO Keith Brown302000106035DFNIR Darren Patterson181000000181 References External links Oxford United 2000–01 at Soccerbase.com (select relevant season from dropdown list) Category:Oxford United F.C. seasons Oxford United