2000–01 Swindon Town F.C. season

During the 2000–01 English football season, Swindon Town F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division.

Swindon Town

2000–01 season
Chairman	Terry Brady
Manager	Colin Todd (until 1 November) Andy King (from 8 November)
Stadium	County Ground
Second Division	20th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
LDV Vans Trophy	Semi-finals (Southern Area)
Top goalscorer	League: Invincibile (9) All: Invincibile (10)
Average home league attendance	6,187
Home colours Away colours
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

Season summary

Swindon had a dismal start to the 2000–01 season and Todd quit in November to take the assistant manager's job at Premiership side Derby County. Todd's assistant, Andy King, stepped up to the manager's seat and remained there for the rest of the season. He achieved survival in Division Two^[1] but his short-term contract was not renewed at the end of the season.^[2]

Final league table

Main article: 2000–01 Football League § Second Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
18	Northampton Town	46	15	12	19	46	59	−13	57
19	Cambridge United	46	14	11	21	61	77	−16	53
20	Swindon Town	46	13	13	20	47	65	−18	52
21	Bristol Rovers (R)	46	12	15	19	53	57	−4	51	Relegation to Football League Third Division
22	Luton Town (R)	46	9	13	24	52	80	−28	40

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated

Results

Swindon Town's score comes first^[3]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
12 August 2000	Colchester United	H	0–0	7,296
19 August 2000	Reading	A	0–2	14,134
26 August 2000	Walsall	H	1–4	5,492	Invincibile
28 August 2000	Port Vale	A	0–3	3,926
9 September 2000	Bristol City	A	1–0	10,110	Reeves
12 September 2000	Bournemouth	A	0–3	3,673
23 September 2000	Luton Town	A	3–2	4,933	Duke, M Williams (2)
30 September 2000	Wigan Athletic	H	2–2	4,895	Alexander, M Robinson
8 October 2000	Oxford United	H	2–1	7,975	Reeves, Grazioli
14 October 2000	Oldham Athletic	A	0–1	4,009
17 October 2000	Swansea City	A	0–0	6,331
21 October 2000	Bristol Rovers	H	1–3	8,097	Robertson
24 October 2000	Millwall	H	0–2	5,014
28 October 2000	Notts County	A	2–3	5,402	Invincibile (2)
31 October 2000	Cambridge United	H	3–1	3,452	Invincibile (2), O'Halloran
4 November 2000	Wycombe Wanderers	H	1–1	5,226	Reeves
7 November 2000	Wrexham	H	2–2	4,423	Invincibile, O'Halloran (pen)
11 November 2000	Peterborough United	A	0–4	5,700
25 November 2000	Stoke City	H	0–3	4,904
2 December 2000	Northampton Town	A	1–0	5,816	Alexander
16 December 2000	Rotherham United	H	2–1	4,740	Woan, Invincibile
23 December 2000	Bury	A	0–1	2,921
26 December 2000	Brentford	H	2–3	6,649	Invincibile, Howe
1 January 2001	Walsall	A	0–1	5,548
13 January 2001	Port Vale	H	0–1	5,175
27 January 2001	Bury	H	3–0	4,960	Reddy, O'Halloran (pen), Cowe
3 February 2001	Wrexham	A	1–1	3,004	van der Linden
10 February 2001	Bristol City	H	1–1	10,031	Reddy
17 February 2001	Cambridge United	A	1–0	4,046	Reddy
20 February 2001	Bournemouth	H	1–1	5,948	Alexander
24 February 2001	Luton Town	H	1–3	7,160	Alexander
3 March 2001	Wigan Athletic	A	0–0	6,563
6 March 2001	Oldham Athletic	H	3–0	4,168	Kelly (own goal), McAreavey, Grazioli
10 March 2001	Oxford United	A	2–0	7,480	S Robinson (2)
17 March 2001	Swansea City	H	1–1	6,724	O'Halloran (pen)
20 March 2001	Colchester United	A	1–0	2,736	Reddy
24 March 2001	Bristol Rovers	A	0–0	8,114
27 March 2001	Reading	H	0–1	9,673
31 March 2001	Rotherham United	A	3–4	7,106	Alexander (2), Woan
7 April 2001	Northampton Town	H	1–1	5,932	Woan
10 April 2001	Brentford	A	1–0	4,180	Heywood
14 April 2001	Millwall	A	0–1	12,266
16 April 2001	Notts County	H	1–2	6,207	Heywood
21 April 2001	Wycombe Wanderers	A	0–0	6,844
28 April 2001	Peterborough United	H	2–1	8,145	Alexander, Invincibile
5 May 2001	Stoke City	A	1–4	20,591	O'Halloran (pen)

FA Cup

Main article: 2000–01 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	18 November 2000	Ilkeston Town	H	0–1	4,406	Willis, M Williams, Howe, Young
R2	9 December 2000	Gateshead	H	5–0	3,907	O'Halloran (2), Cowe (2), Howe
R3	6 January 2001	Coventry City	H	0–2	14,445

League Cup

Main article: 2000–01 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	22 August 2000	Exeter City	H	1–1	5,193	Howe
R1 2nd Leg	6 September 2000	Exeter City	A	2–1 (won 3–2 on agg)	2,825	Reeves, Invincibile
R2 1st Leg	18 September 2000	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–1	4,289	Hazell (own goal)
R2 2nd Leg	26 September 2000	Tranmere Rovers	H	0–1 (lost 1–2 on agg)	4,573

Football League Trophy

Main article: 2000-01 Football League Trophy

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
Southern R2	9 January 2001	Millwall	A	0–0 (won 3–2 on pens)	2,394
Southern QF	30 January 2001	Wycombe Wanderers	H	2–1	3,244	Alexander
Southern SF	13 February 2001	Southend United	A	1–2 (a.e.t.)	3,337	Reddy

Squad

^[4] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  NED Bart Griemink 2 DF  ENG Mark Robinson 3 DF  ENG Sol Davis 4 MF  ENG Matthew Hewlett 5 DF  ENG Adam Willis 6 DF  NED Antoine van der Linden 7 MF  IRL Keith O'Halloran 8 MF  ENG Bobby Howe 10 FW  ENG Giuliano Grazioli 11 MF  SCO David Duke 12 DF  ARG Juan Cobián 14 MF  ENG Steve Cowe 15 MF  WAL Andy Williams 17 FW  AUS Danny Invincibile 18 FW  ENG Gary Alexander 19 DF  ENG Matthew Heywood

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  ENG Frazer McHugh 21 DF  WAL Gareth Davies 22 DF  ENG Alan Reeves 23 GK  ENG Steve Mildenhall 24 MF  BEL Adrian Bakalli 25 MF  ENG Steve Robinson 26 FW  ENG Alan Young 27 MF  NIR Paul McAreavey 28 MF  ENG Jamie Mills 29 DF  ENG James Williams 30 DF  WAL Gareth Hall 31 MF  ENG Ian Woan 32 DF  ENG Sam Campagna 33 GK  ENG Craig Farr 35 MF  ENG Kevin Halliday

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 DF  FIN Marko Tuomela (on loan from Tromsø IL) 9 DF  ENG Charlie Griffin (to Woking) 16 DF  DEN Kim Heiselberg (Released) 19 MF  AUS Mark Robertson (to Dundee) 16 MF  NIR Jim Whitley (on loan from Manchester City)

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 DF  ENG Richard Dryden (on loan from Southampton) 9 FW  BER Kyle Lightbourne (on loan from Stoke City) 24 FW  ENG Martin Williams (Released) 16 FW  IRL Michael Reddy (on loan from Sunderland)