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2000–01 Watford F.C. season

English football team season

Field	Value
club	Watford
season	2000–01
manager	ENG Graham Taylor
chairman	ENG Elton John
stadium	Vicarage Road
league	First Division
league result	9th
cup2	FA Cup
cup2 result	Third round
cup3	League Cup
cup3 result	Third round
league topscorer
Tommy Mooney (19)
season topscorer
Tommy Mooney (22)
average attendance	13,941
prevseason	1999–2000
nextseason	2001–02

Tommy Mooney (19) Tommy Mooney (22) During the 2000–01 English football season, Watford competed in the Football League First Division. The club was relegated from the Premier League in the previous season.

Season summary

After relegation from the Premier League, Watford stabilised in the First Division to finish 9th, five points off the play-off places. A total of 143 goals were scored in league matches involving Watford; only champions Fulham scored more goals than Watford's 76, whilst Sheffield Wednesday, Crystal Palace, Tranmere Rovers and Queens Park Rangers were the only teams to concede more than Watford's 67 league goals. Manager Graham Taylor announced his retirement at the end of the season - former Chelsea manager Gianluca Vialli was named as his replacement.

Final league table

Main article: 2000–01 Football League#First Division

;Results summary

;Results by matchday

Results

Watford's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
12 August 2000	Huddersfield Town	A	2–1	13,018	Cox, Smith
19 August 2000	Barnsley	H	1–0	13,186	Foley
26 August 2000	Wimbledon	A	0–0	8,447
28 August 2000	Sheffield United	H	4-1	12,675	Helguson, Mooney, Noel-Williams, Hyde
9 September 2000	Portsmouth	A	3–1	14,012	Nielsen, Mooney, Helguson
12 September 2000	Blackburn Rovers	A	4-3	17,258	Hyde (2), Helguson, Mooney
16 September 2000	Crewe Alexandra	H	3–0	13,784	Smith, Noel-Williams, Hyde
23 September 2000	Stockport County	A	3–2	6,933	Smith, Noel-Williams, Nielsen
1 October 2000	Birmingham City	H	2-0	12,355	Nielsen, Cox
14 October 2000	Queens Park Rangers	H	3–1	17,488	Cox (2), Noel-Williams
17 October 2000	Gillingham	H	0–0	12,356
21 October 2000	Nottingham Forest	A	2–0	20,065	Hyde (2)
24 October 2000	Bolton Wanderers	H	1–0	11,799	Mooney (pen)
28 October 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2-2	20,296	Cox, Mooney
4 November 2000	Grimsby Town	H	4–0	11,600	Nielsen, Mooney (2), Noel-Williams
7 November 2000	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–3	11,166	Smith
11 November 2000	Tranmere Rovers	A	0–2	8,858
18 November 2000	Preston North End	H	2–3	13,066	Mooney, Palmer
3 December 2000	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–2	13,904	Smith
9 December 2000	Crystal Palace	A	0–1	16,049
16 December 2000	West Bromwich Albion	H	3–3	14,601	Butler (own goal), Mooney (2)
23 December 2000	Huddersfield Town	H	1–2	13,371	Heary (own goal)
26 December 2000	Fulham	A	0–5	5,752
29 December 2000	Barnsley	A	1–0	13,820	Nielsen
2 January 2001	Wimbledon	H	3–1	11,336	Mooney (2), Noel-Williams
13 January 2001	Sheffield United	A	1–0	17,551	Mooney
20 January 2001	Fulham	H	1-3	18,333	Helguson
27 January 2001	Norwich City	A	1-2	15,309	Helguson
3 February 2001	Sheffield Wednesday	A	3–2	16,134	Vernazza, Ward, Smith
10 February 2001	Portsmouth	H	2–2	16,051	Smith (2)
17 February 2001	Crewe Alexandra	A	0–2	6,757
20 February 2001	Blackburn Rovers	H	0-1	15,970
24 February 2001	Stockport County	H	2–2	13,647	Mooney, Nielsen
2 March 2001	Birmingham City	A	0–2	20,724
7 March 2001	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–1	12,436	Nielsen
10 March 2001	Norwich City	H	4-1	15,123	Wooter, Smith, Helguson, Nielsen
13 March 2001	Burnley	H	0–1	13,653
31 March 2001	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–3	17,261
3 April 2001	Nottingham Forest	H	3–0	13,651	Noel-Williams, Mooney (2)
7 April 2001	Crystal Palace	H	2–2	15,598	Nielsen, Mooney
14 April 2001	Grimsby Town	A	1–2	6,110	Mooney
17 April 2001	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3–2	13,765	Mooney, Smith, Helguson
22 April 2001	Preston North End	A	2–3	14,071	Noel-Williams, Page
28 April 2001	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–1	16,063	Nielsen
1 May 2001	Gillingham	A	3–0	9,098	Helguson, Smith, Vernazza
6 May 2001	Burnley	A	0–2	18,283

FA Cup

Main article: 2000–01 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
	R3	6 January 2001	Everton	H	1–2	15,635	Mooney

League Cup

Main article: 2000–01 Football League Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	22 August 2000	Cheltenham Town	H	0–0	8,289
R1 2nd Leg	5 September 2000	Cheltenham Town	A	3–0 (won 3–0 on agg)	5,078	Smith, Ward, Helguson
R2 1st Leg	19 September 2000	Notts County	A	3–1	2,346	Palmer, Mooney
R2 2nd Leg	26 September 2000	Notts County	H	0–2 (won on away goals)	7,677
R3	31 October 2000	Manchester United	H	0–3	18,871

Players

First-team squad

:Squad at end of season

Left club during season

Reserve squad

References

Notes

References

"Division One 2000–2001 table". Statto.com.
Ingle, Sean. (2 May 2001). "Vialli named new Watford manager". The Guardian.
"Watford results for the 2000-2001 season - Statto.com".
"FootballSquads - Watford - 2000/01".

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