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2000–01 Birmingham City F.C. season

The 2000–01 season was Birmingham City Football Club's 98th season in the English football league system. It ran from 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001.

Led by manager Trevor Francis, the team repeated the previous season's fifth-place finish in the Football League First Division to qualify for the play-offs for a second consecutive season, but suffered another semi-final defeat, this time to Preston North End, losing 4–2 on penalties after drawing 2–2 over two legs. They were eliminated in the third round of the FA Cup, and reached the Football League Cup final for the first time since 1963, facing Liverpool. Liverpool took the lead in the 30th minute through Robbie Fowler, but Birmingham equalised in the last minute of normal time with a Darren Purse penalty. No further goals were scored in extra time, so the match was settled in a penalty shoot-out; Martin Grainger's and Andrew Johnson's penalties were saved, and Liverpool won 5–4 on penalties.

The top scorer for the season was Geoff Horsfield, with twelve goals in all competitions, of which seven were in the League; Marcelo also scored seven league goals.

Kit

French apparel manufacturers Le Coq Sportif remained Birmingham's kit suppliers for the third season in a row, and introduced a new kit for the season. Auto Windscreens remained the kit sponsors, also for the third consecutive season.[1]

Football League First Division

Match details

General sources:[2] Match content not verifiable from these sources is referenced individually.

League table (part)

Results summary

Source: [4]

Play-offs

FA Cup

League Cup

General sources:[2] Match content not verifiable from these sources is referenced individually.

Final

Transfers

In

† Brackets round club names indicate the player's contract with that club had expired before he joined Birmingham.

Out

† Brackets round a club denote the player joined that club after his Birmingham City contract expired.

Loan in

Loan out

Appearances and goals

Source:[29][30]
Numbers in parentheses denote appearances made as a substitute.
Players marked † left the club during the playing season.
Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Birmingham.
Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.
Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward

References

General
Specific
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  12. ^ a b "Woodhouse snapped up by Blues". BBC Sport. 2 February 2001. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
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    "Lambs boss Gee lures Marsh back to game". Birmingham Post. 30 August 2002. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
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  19. ^ "Rae of hope for Pitmen". Non-League Daily. 25 February 2002. Archived from the original on 17 September 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
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  23. ^ "Richard Edghill: Career". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
  24. ^ "Steve Jenkins: Career". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
  25. ^ "Carl Tiler: Career". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
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    Thorpe, Martin (19 April 2001). "Chesterfield gamble on appeal against points cut". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
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  29. ^ Matthews, pp. 436–37.
  30. ^ "Birmingham 2000/01 Player Appearances". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 August 2012. Discipline statistics are sourced to individual player/season pages linked from this page.