2000 �01 SOUTHAMPTON F.C. SEASON

Southampton F.C.
2000–01 season
Chairman	Rupert Lowe
Manager	Glenn Hoddle ; (until 27 March) ; Stuart Gray ; (from 30 March)
Stadium	The Dell
Premiership	10th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Beattie (11); All: Beattie (12)
Highest home attendance	15,252 vs Arsenal ; (19 May 2001, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance	8,802 vs Mansfield Town ; (20 Sep 2000, League Cup)
Average home league attendance	15,115
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

During the 2000–01 English football season, Southampton Football Club competed in the FA Premier League.

Season summary

Southampton enjoyed their best form in several years after it was announced that Glenn Hoddle was replacing Dave Jones as manager on a permanent basis.

But Hoddle caused outrage by walking out on the Saints in late March and taking the managerial vacancy at Tottenham Hotspur the next day.^[1] Coach Stuart Gray took over on a temporary basis,^[2] and with Southampton's good form continuing he was rewarded with the job on a permanent basis. Southampton's best moment was an 89th-minute winner by Matt Le Tissier to pull back from 2–1 down against runners-up Arsenal.^[3]

This was Southampton's final season at the Dell. After 103 years, they moved to the St Mary's Stadium on Brittania Road, which, with 32,000 seats, was more than twice the size of their old ground and seen by many as the way forward for the club.

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	Aston Villa	38	13	15	10	46	43	+3	54	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
9	Charlton Athletic	38	14	10	14	50	57	−7	52
10	Southampton	38	14	10	14	40	48	−8	52
11	Newcastle United	38	14	9	15	44	50	−6	51	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
12	Tottenham Hotspur	38	13	10	15	47	54	−7	49

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	14	10	14	40	48	−8	52	11	2	6	27	22	+5	3	8	8	13	26	−13

Source: 2000-01 FA Premier League table

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	H
Result	D	L	D	D	L	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	W	W
Position	9	18	18	18	19	14	8	12	16	17	18	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	12	12	14	14	12	12	10	9	8	10	11	12	11	12	12	13	10	10

Source: 11v11.com: 2000-01 Southampton results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Southampton's score comes first^[4]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
19 August 2000	Derby County	A	2–2	27,223	Kachloul (2)
23 August 2000	Coventry City	H	1–2	14,801	Tessem
26 August 2000	Liverpool	H	3–3	15,202	Pahars (2), Khalej
6 September 2000	Charlton Athletic	A	1–1	20,043	Pahars
9 September 2000	Leicester City	A	0–1	18,366
16 September 2000	Newcastle United	H	2–0	15,221	Pahars (2)
23 September 2000	Bradford City	A	1–0	16,163	Halle (own goal)
30 September 2000	Middlesbrough	H	1–3	14,903	Pahars
14 October 2000	Everton	A	1–1	29,491	Dodd
23 October 2000	Manchester City	H	0–2	15,056
28 October 2000	Manchester United	A	0–5	67,581
4 November 2000	Chelsea	H	3–2	15,236	Beattie (2), Tessem
11 November 2000	Sunderland	A	2–2	45,064	Beattie, Richards
18 November 2000	Aston Villa	H	2–0	14,979	Beattie (2)
25 November 2000	West Ham United	H	2–3	15,232	Oakley, Beattie
2 December 2000	Arsenal	A	0–1	38,036
9 December 2000	Leeds United	H	1–0	15,225	Beattie
16 December 2000	Ipswich Town	A	1–3	22,228	Beattie
22 December 2000	Coventry City	A	1–1	18,090	Tessem
27 December 2000	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2–0	15,237	Beattie, Davies
30 December 2000	Derby County	H	1–0	15,075	Beattie
1 January 2001	Liverpool	A	1–2	38,474	Soltvedt
13 January 2001	Charlton Athletic	H	0–0	15,220
20 January 2001	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–0	36,095
31 January 2001	Leicester City	H	1–0	14,909	Petrescu
10 February 2001	Bradford City	H	2–0	14,651	Pahars, Beattie
24 February 2001	Middlesbrough	A	1–0	28,725	Draper
3 March 2001	Manchester City	A	1–0	33,990	Petrescu
17 March 2001	Everton	H	1–0	15,251	Tessem
2 April 2001	Ipswich Town	H	0–3	15,244
7 April 2001	Leeds United	A	0–2	39,267
14 April 2001	Chelsea	A	0–1	35,136
21 April 2001	Aston Villa	A	0–0	29,336
28 April 2001	Sunderland	H	0–1	15,249
1 May 2001	Newcastle United	A	1–1	50,439	Pahars
5 May 2001	West Ham United	A	0–3	26,041
13 May 2001	Manchester United	H	2–1	15,246	Brown (own goal), Pahars
19 May 2001	Arsenal	H	3–2	15,252	Kachloul (2), Le Tissier

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 2001	Sheffield United	H	1–0	14,158	Dodd
R4	27 January 2001	Sheffield Wednesday	H	3–1	15,251	Davies, Dodd (pen), Beattie
R5	17 February 2001	Tranmere Rovers	H	0–0	15,232
R5R	20 February 2001	Tranmere Rovers	A	3–4	12,910	Kachloul, Tessem, Richards

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	20 September 2000	Mansfield Town	H	2–0	8,802	Tessem, Le Tissier
R2 2nd Leg	26 September 2000	Mansfield Town	A	3–1 (won 5–1 on agg)	3,528	Rosler, Soltvedt (2)
R3	1 November 2000	Coventry City	H	0–1	11,809

Squad

^[5] 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	WAL	Paul Jones
2	DF	ENG	Jason Dodd ( captain)
3	DF	ENG	John Beresford
4	MF	ENG	Chris Marsden
5	DF	NOR	Claus Lundekvam
6	DF	ENG	Dean Richards
7	MF	ENG	Matt Le Tissier ( Vice captain)
8	MF	ENG	Matt Oakley
9	MF	ENG	Mark Draper
10	FW	ENG	Kevin Davies
11	FW	GER	Uwe Rösler
13	GK	ENG	Neil Moss
14	MF	ENG	Stuart Ripley
15	DF	ENG	Francis Benali
16	FW	ENG	James Beattie
17	FW	LVA	Marian Pahars


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	DF	ENG	Wayne Bridge
19	MF	POR	Dani Rodrigues
20	DF	MAR	Tahar El Khalej
21	FW	NOR	Jo Tessem
22	FW	AUS	Adrian Caceres
24	DF	ROU	Dan Petrescu
25	DF	ENG	Garry Monk
26	MF	LVA	Imants Bleidelis
27	GK	ENG	Scott Bevan
28	MF	ENG	Kevin Gibbens
29	MF	ENG	Paul Hughes
30	MF	MAR	Hassan Kachloul
31	DF	ENG	Ryan Ashford
33	DF	ENG	Phil Warner
35	MF	POR	Luis Boa Morte (on loan to Fulham)

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
12	DF	ENG	Richard Dryden (to Luton Town)
22	MF	WAL	David Hughes (retired)
23	FW	CIV	Patrice Tano (released)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
24	DF	FRA	Patrick Colleter (to AS Cannes)
31	FW	ENG	Shayne Bradley (to Mansfield Town)
32	MF	NOR	Trond Egil Soltvedt (to Sheffield Wednesday)

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	DF	NIR	Chris Baird
-	DF	ENG	Matthew Davies
-	DF	ENG	Daniel Webb
-	MF	WAL	Matt Crowell


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	MF	WAL	Aaron Davies
-	MF	ENG	Brian Howard
-	FW	ENG	Mark Peters
-	FW	AUS	Scott McDonald

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee	Notes
3 July 2000	FW	Uwe Rösler	Tennis Borussia Berlin	Free transfer	^[6]
18 July 2000	MF	Mark Draper	Aston Villa	£1,250,000	^[7]
1 September 2000	FW	Adrian Caceres	Perth SC	£25,000
12 January 2001	DF	Dan Petrescu	Bradford City	Nominal	^[8]

Out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee	Notes
22 August 2000	FW	Shayne Bradley	Mansfield Town	Signed
4 December 2000	DF	Daniel Webb	Southend United	£10,000
2 February 2001	DF	Richard Dryden	Luton Town	Free transfer
2 March 2001	DF	Matthew Davies	Woking	Free transfer
22 March 2001	MF	Trond Egil Soltvedt	Sheffield Wednesday	Nominal	^[9]

Transfers in:

£1,275,000

Transfers out:

£10,000

Total spending:

£1,265,000

Statistics

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[10]^[11]

No.	Pos.	Name	MS
1	GK	Paul Jones	42
2	RB	Jason Dodd	35
6	CB	Dean Richards	33
5	CB	Claus Lundekvam	44
18	LB	Wayne Bridge	44
17	RM	Tahar El Khalej	31
8	CM	Matt Oakley	40
21	CM	Jo Tessem	32
20	LM	Hassan Kachloul	27
17	CF	Marian Pahars	31
16	CF	James Beattie	35

References

^ "Hoddle slips quietly away". BBC Sport. 29 March 2001. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
^ "Gray takes charge at Southampton". BBC Sport. 30 March 2001. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
^ "Le Tissier caps Dell farewell". BBC Sport. 19 May 2001. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
^ "Southampton results for the 2000-2001". Statto Organisation Ltd.
^ "Southampton - 2000/01". FootballSquads.
^ "Saints sign Rosler". BBC News. 3 July 2000. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
^ "Draper completes Saints switch". BBC News. 18 July 2000. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
^ "Petrescu completes Saints move". BBC Sport. 12 January 2001. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
^ "Saints duo wing way to Owls". BBC Sport. 22 March 2001. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
^ "All Southampton players: 2001".
^ "Southampton in FA Premier League 2000/2001 fixture".

[1] "Hoddle slips quietly away". BBC Sport. 29 March 2001. Retrieved 3 March 2012.

[2] "Gray takes charge at Southampton". BBC Sport. 30 March 2001. Retrieved 4 August 2015.

[3] "Le Tissier caps Dell farewell". BBC Sport. 19 May 2001. Retrieved 3 March 2012.

[4] "Southampton results for the 2000-2001". Statto Organisation Ltd.

[5] "Southampton - 2000/01". FootballSquads.

[6] "Saints sign Rosler". BBC News. 3 July 2000. Retrieved 12 October 2015.

[7] "Draper completes Saints switch". BBC News. 18 July 2000. Retrieved 12 October 2015.

[8] "Petrescu completes Saints move". BBC Sport. 12 January 2001. Retrieved 12 October 2015.

[9] "Saints duo wing way to Owls". BBC Sport. 22 March 2001. Retrieved 12 October 2015.

[10] "All Southampton players: 2001".

[11] "Southampton in FA Premier League 2000/2001 fixture".

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Season summary

Final league table