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2000–01 Colchester United F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Colchester United
season	2000–01
chairman	Peter Heard
manager	Steve Whitton
stadium	Layer Road
league	Second Division
league result	17th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	1st round
(eliminated by
Yeovil Town)
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	2nd round
(eliminated by
Sheffield United)
cup3	Football League Trophy
cup3 result	1st round (southern section)
(eliminated by
Cambridge United)
league topscorer
Mick Stockwell (11)
season topscorer
Mick Stockwell (11)
highest attendance	5,010
v Reading, 28 April 2001
lowest attendance	1,981
v Sheffield United, 27 September 2000
average attendance	3,466
largest win	4–0
v Bristol City, 24 February 2001
largest loss	1–6
v Millwall, 26 December 2000
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pattern_b1	_stripesonwhite2
pattern_ra1	_lineonwhite
pattern_sh1	_sides_on_white
pattern_so1	_top_on_white
leftarm1	0000FF
body1	0000FF
rightarm1	0000FF
shorts1	0000FF
socks1	0000FF
prevseason	1999–2000
nextseason	2001–02

(eliminated by Yeovil Town) (eliminated by Sheffield United) (eliminated by Cambridge United) Mick Stockwell (11) Mick Stockwell (11) v Reading, 28 April 2001 v Sheffield United, 27 September 2000 v Bristol City, 24 February 2001 v Millwall, 26 December 2000

The 2000–01 season was Colchester United's 59th season in their history and their third successive season in the third tier of English football, the Second Division. Alongside competing in the Second Division, the club also participated in the FA Cup, the League Cup and the Football League Trophy.

The main story of the season was the sale of star striker Lomana LuaLua to Premier League side Newcastle United for £2.25m. The proceeds from the sale helped to secure the medium-term future of the club.

Steve Whitton's first full season in charge of the U's ended with a minor improvement on last season with a 17th position finish. In the cups, it was a familiar story to the preceding seasons, with a first round exit in the Football League Trophy and a second round defeat to Sheffield United in the League Cup. Colchester were again dumped out of the FA Cup by non-League opposition when Yeovil Town thrashed them 5–1 in the first round.

Season overview

After scoring 14 goals for Colchester in the previous season, the U's began to receive interest in Lomana LuaLua. After scoring a hat-trick against Queens Park Rangers in the League Cup, LuaLua made his transfer to Bobby Robson's Newcastle United for a fee of £2.25m in September. The deal proved to be a huge financial boost to the club that helped secure the medium-term future of Colchester United.

In the FA Cup, Colchester suffered another first round exit to non-League opposition when Yeovil Town comprehensively won 5–1 at Huish Park. In the Football League Trophy, Colchester lost in the first round to Cambridge United while Sheffield United beat the U's in the second round of the League Cup after the U's had overcome QPR in the first round.

In the league, Steve Whitton guided his side to 17th position, six points clear of the relegation places.

Players

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
8 June 2000	CB	ENG	Simon Clark	ENG Leyton Orient	Free transfer
1 July 2000	MF	ENG	Matt Hearn	Youth team	Free transfer
16 July 2000	CB	ENG	Alan White	ENG Luton Town	Free transfer
23 July 2000	MF	ENG	Mick Stockwell	ENG Ipswich Town	Free transfer
1 August 2000	FW	MSR	Dean Morgan	Youth team	Free transfer
18 August 2000	MF	ENG	Adam Tanner	ENG Peterborough United	Free transfer	url=http://www.coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=632	title=Adam Tanner	publisher=Coludata.co.uk	access-date=26 September 2018 }}
19 October 2000	CB	IRL	Scott Fitzgerald	ENG Millwall	Free transfer
1 January 2001	GK	ENG	Andy Woodman	ENG Brentford	Free transfer	url=http://www.coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=638	title=Andy Woodman (Goalkeeper)	publisher=Coludata.co.uk	access-date=26 September 2018 }}
12 January 2001	FW	ENG	Scott McGleish	ENG Barnet	£15,000
19 March 2001	FW	ENG	Keith Scott	ENG Reading	Free transfer	url=http://www.coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=634	title=Keith Scott	publisher=Coludata.co.uk	access-date=26 September 2018 }}
13 April 2001	MF	ENG	Kemal Izzet	ENG Charlton Athletic	Free transfer	url=http://www.coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=639	title=Kem Izzet (Midfielder)	publisher=Coludata.co.uk	access-date=26 September 2018 }}

Total spending: ~ £15,000

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee
End of season	FB	ENG	Andy Taylor	Free agent	Released
31 May 2000	CB	ENG	Craig Farley	ENG Chesham United	Released
31 May 2000	FW	ENG	Jamie Moralee	WAL Barry Town	Released
31 May 2000	MF	NZL	Adrian Webster	ENG Faversham Town	Released
7 July 2000	CB	IRL	David Greene	WAL Cardiff City	Free transfer
19 September 2000	FW	DRC	Lomana LuaLua	ENG Newcastle United	£2,250,000
7 December 2000	FW	NGA	KK Opara	ENG Leyton Orient	Nominal
26 December 2000	MF	ENG	Jason Dozzell	ENG Canvey Island	Released
21 January 2001	MF	ENG	Adam Tanner	ENG Canvey Island	Released
1 February 2001	DF	ENG	Sean Hillier	Free agent	Released
16 February 2001	CB	ENG	Jack Wignall	ENG Dagenham & Redbridge	Released
22 March 2001	FW	ENG	Tony Lock	ENG Dagenham & Redbridge	Released

Total incoming: ~ £2,250,000

Loans in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date
6 October 2000	FW	ENG	Mark Nicholls	ENG Chelsea	6 November 2000
12 October 2000	FW	ENG	Keith Scott	ENG Reading	12 November 2000
8 November 2000	FW	IRL	Barry Conlon	ENG York City	8 May 2001
10 November 2000	GK	ENG	Andy Woodman	ENG Brentford	31 December 2000
22 March 2001	DF/MF	IRL	Shaun Byrne	ENG West Ham United	22 April 2001
22 March 2001	MF	ENG	Kemal Izzet	ENG Charlton Athletic	12 April 2001

Loans out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
22 March 2001	MF	NGA	Sam Okafor	ENG Dartford	8 May 2001

Match details

Second Division

Main article: 2000–01 Football League

League table

Results round by round

Matches

Stockwell Smith Leitão Barras Naylor White Duguid Lee Clarke Clark Howard Conlon Gregory Pinault Stockwell Beauchamp Moody Ifill C. Fletcher Stockwell Liddell Keith Stockwell Conlon Artell Hurst Keith Kavanagh Stockwell Duguid Skelton McGleish Ellington Izzet Oldfield Forrester Skelton Cowan Jacobsen McGleish

Football League Cup

Main article: 2000–01 Football League Cup

McGavin Clark Kelly

FA Cup

Main article: 2000–01 FA Cup

Belgrave Skiverton Way

Football League Trophy

Main article: 2000–01 Football League Trophy

Axeldal

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

|- !colspan="16"|Players who appeared for Colchester who left during the season |}

Goalscorers

Place	Number	Nationality	Position	Name	Second Division	FA Cup	League Cup	Football League Trophy	Total
1	20	ENG	MF	Mick Stockwell	11	0	0	0	11
2	28	IRL	FW	Barry Conlon	8	0	0	0	8
3	7	ENG	MF	Karl Duguid	5	1	0	0	6
18	ENG	MF/DF	Aaron Skelton	6	0	0	0	6
5	9	DRC	FW	Lomana LuaLua	2	0	3	0	5
9	ENG	FW	Scott McGleish	5	0	0	0	5
7	3	ENG	FB	Joe Keith	3	0	0	0	3
8	ENG	MF	David Gregory	3	0	0	0	3
10	ENG	FW	Steve McGavin	2	0	1	0	3
10	4	ENG	MF	Gavin Johnson	2	0	0	0	2
17	ENG	FW	Tony Lock	2	0	0	0	2
12	2	IRL	FB	Joe Dunne	1	0	0	0	1
14	ENG	MF	Chris Keeble	1	0	0	0	1
15	FRA	MF	Thomas Pinault	1	0	0	0	1
24	ENG	MF	Kemal Izzet	1	0	0	0	1
21	ENG	FW	Keith Scott	1	0	0	0	1
	Own goals	1	0	0	0	1
	TOTALS	55	1	4	0	60

Disciplinary record

Number	Nationality	Position	Name	Second Division	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
6	ENG	CB	Simon Clark	8	1	0	0
19	ENG	CB	Alan White	6	1	0	1
2	IRL	FB	Joe Dunne	4	0	1	0
4	ENG	MF	Gavin Johnson	5	0	0	0
7	ENG	MF	Karl Duguid	5	0	0	0
9	DRC	FW	Lomana LuaLua	4	0	0	0
17	ENG	FW	Tony Lock	1	1	0	0
18	ENG	MF/DF	Aaron Skelton	3	0	0	0
26	IRL	CB	Scott Fitzgerald	3	0	0	0
3	ENG	FB	Joe Keith	2	0	0	0
8	ENG	MF	David Gregory	2	0	0	0
11	ENG	MF	Jason Dozzell	2	0	0	0
28	IRL	FW	Barry Conlon	2	0	0	0
1	ENG	GK	Simon Brown	1	0	0	0
5	ENG	CB	Ross Johnson	1	0	0	0
9	ENG	FW	Scott McGleish	1	0	0	0
14	ENG	MF	Chris Keeble	1	0	0	0
20	ENG	MF	Mick Stockwell	1	0	0	0
21	ENG	MF	Adam Tanner	1	0	0	0
24	ENG	MF	Kemal Izzet	1	0	0	0
29	ENG	GK	Andy Woodman	1	0	0	0
	TOTALS	55	3	1	0	1	0

Clean sheets

Number of games goalkeepers kept a clean sheet.

Place	Number	Nationality	Player	Second Division	League Cup	Football League Trophy	Total
1	29	ENG	Andy Woodman	8	0	0	8
2	1	ENG	Simon Brown	4	0	0	4
	TOTALS	12	0	0	12

Player debuts

Players making their first-team Colchester United debut in a fully competitive match.

Number	Position	Nationality	Player	Date	Opponent	Ground	Notes
6	CB	ENG	Simon Clark	12 August 2000	Swindon Town	County Ground
19	CB	ENG	Alan White	12 August 2000	Swindon Town	County Ground
20	MF	ENG	Mick Stockwell	12 August 2000	Swindon Town	County Ground
21	MF	ENG	Adam Tanner	12 September 2000	Bury	Gigg Lane
24	FW	ENG	Mark Nicholls	6 October 2000	Walsall	Layer Road
25	FW	ENG	Keith Scott	14 October 2000	Port Vale	Vale Park
26	CB	IRL	Scott Fitzgerald	21 October 2000	Cambridge United	Layer Road
27	FW	MSR	Dean Morgan	4 November 2000	Northampton Town	Layer Road
28	FW	IRL	Barry Conlon	11 November 2000	Reading	Madejski Stadium
29	GK	ENG	Andy Woodman	11 November 2000	Reading	Madejski Stadium
9	FW	ENG	Scott McGleish	13 January 2001	Oldham Athletic	Boundary Park	url=http://www.coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=matchesplayed&fplyShowAll=true&fdfaShowAll=true&frt=rescomp&pd=1022&fsea=61&fdfa=1&fply=638&it=2983	title=Oldham Athletic 1–1 Colchester Utd	publisher=Coludata.co.uk	access-date=4 October 2018 }}
29	GK	ENG	Andy Woodman	13 January 2001	Oldham Athletic	Boundary Park	name=2deb}}
21	FW	ENG	Keith Scott	20 March 2001	Swindon Town	Layer Road
24	MF	ENG	Kemal Izzet	31 March 2001	Luton Town	Layer Road
24	MF	ENG	Kemal Izzet	14 April 2001	Bristol Rovers	Memorial Stadium

References

General

Books

Websites

Specific

References

(2008). "The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years". Breedon Books.
"Colchester Utd 2–1 Reading". Coludata.co.uk.
"Colchester Utd 0–1 Sheffield United". Coludata.co.uk.
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Hudson, Matt. (11 August 2013). "The 1990s and 2000s". Colchester United FC.
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"Simon Clark". Coludata.co.uk.
{{Soccerbase. 1483. Simon Clark
"Matt Hearn". 11v11.com.
{{Soccerbase. 22392. Matthew Hearn
"Alan White". Coludata.co.uk.
{{Soccerbase. 8451. Alan White
"Micky Stockwell". Coludata.co.uk.
{{Soccerbase. 7646. Mick Stockwell
"Dean Morgan". Coludata.co.uk.
{{Soccerbase. 23306. Dean Morgan
"Adam Tanner". Coludata.co.uk.
{{Soccerbase. 7796. Adam Tanner
"Scott Fitzgerald". Coludata.co.uk.
{{Soccerbase. 2530. Scott Fitzgerald
"Andy Woodman (Goalkeeper)". Coludata.co.uk.
{{Soccerbase. 8677. Andy Woodman
"Scott McGleish". Coludata.co.uk.
{{Soccerbase. 5108. Scott McGleish
"Keith Scott". Coludata.co.uk.
{{Soccerbase. 7121. Keith Scott
"Kem Izzet (Midfielder)". Coludata.co.uk.
{{Soccerbase. 16867. Kemal Izzet
"Andy Taylor". Stowmarket Town FC.
"Craig Farley". Coludata.co.uk.
{{Soccerbase. 17065. Craig Farley
"Jamie Moralee". Coludata.co.uk.
{{Soccerbase. 5563. Jamie Moralee
"Adrian Webster". 11v11.com.
{{Soccerbase. 16782. Adrian Webster
"David Greene". Coludata.co.uk.
{{Soccerbase. 3070. David Greene
"Lomana Tresor Lua Lua". Coludata.co.uk.
{{Soccerbase. 16127. Lomana LuaLua
"KK Opara". Coludata.co.uk.
{{Soccerbase. 16743. KK Opara
"Jason Dozzell". Coludata.co.uk.
{{Soccerbase. 2159. Jason Dozzell
(2008). "The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years". Breedon Books.
{{Soccerbase. 16744. Sean Hillier
"Jack Wignall". Coludata.co.uk.
{{Soccerbase. 18546. Jack Wignall
"Tony Lock". Coludata.co.uk.
{{Soccerbase. 4574. Tony Lock
"Mark Nicholls". Coludata.co.uk.
{{Soccerbase. 9694. Mark Nicholls
"Barry Conlon". Coludata.co.uk.
{{Soccerbase. 12178. Barry Conlon
"Shaun Byrne". 11v11.com.
"Sam Okafor". Coludata.co.uk.
{{Soccerbase. 16742. Sam Okafor
"Goals". Coludata.co.uk.
"Discipline". Coludata.co.uk.
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