During the 2000–01 English football season, Portsmouth F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary In October, Tony Pulis was put on gardening leave (and sacked not long afterwards) due to a poor relationship with Mandaric. Veteran player Steve Claridge stepped up to the manager's seat, and some initial success saw talk of promotion to the Premier League, only for a horrific run of defeats to set in after the new year, resulting in Claridge being dismissed as manager (but retained as a player) and being replaced in March 2001 by Chelsea assistant manager Graham Rix. Rix did not prove an entirely popular appointment, as he had been jailed for a sexual offence two years previously,Chelsea stands by Rix BBC News, 26 March 1999 and the club only survived on the last day of the season when they won their final game and relegated Huddersfield Town at their expense.

Final league table

Results Portsmouth's score comes first

Legend WinDrawLoss

Football League First Division DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 12 August 2000 Sheffield UnitedA0–215,816 19 August 2000 Grimsby TownH1–112,511Bradbury 25 August 2000 GillinghamA1–18,741Moore 28 August 2000 Wolverhampton WanderersH3–114,124Claridge (3, 1 pen) 2 September 2000 Preston North EndA0–113,343 9 September 2000 WatfordH1–314,012Quashie 12 September 2000 Tranmere RoversH2–09,235Mills, Bradbury 16 September 2000 Bolton WanderersA0–214,113 23 September 2000 West Bromwich AlbionH0–111,937 30 September 2000 BurnleyA1–115,494Claridge 8 October 2000 Stockport CountyA1–16,212Mills 14 October 2000 Sheffield WednesdayH2–116,040Thøgersen, Claridge 17 October 2000 Crewe AlexandraH2–114,621Thøgersen, Claridge (pen) 21 October 2000 Crystal PalaceA3–215,693Claridge, Thøgersen, Panopoulos 24 October 2000 Norwich CityA0–018,772 28 October 2000 Birmingham CityH1–115,218Bradbury 4 November 2000 Queens Park RangersA1–112,038Bradbury 11 November 2000 Blackburn RoversH2–214,141Quashie, Panopoulos 18 November 2000 FulhamA1–319,005Claridge 25 November 2000 BarnsleyA0–112,853 2 December 2000 Norwich CityH2–013,409Panopoulos, Quashie 9 December 2000 Nottingham ForestA0–219,284 16 December 2000 Huddersfield TownH1–112,041Claridge 23 December 2000 Sheffield UnitedH0–013,606 26 December 2000 WimbledonA1–110,518Claridge 1 January 2001 GillinghamH0–014,526 13 January 2001 Wolverhampton WanderersA1–120,869Lescott (own goal) 20 January 2001 WimbledonH2–112,488Bradbury (pen), Quashie 27 January 2001 Grimsby TownA1–24,128Bradbury 3 February 2001 Preston North EndH0–113,331 10 February 2001 WatfordA2–216,051Quashie, Claridge 17 February 2001 Bolton WanderersH1–211,377Panopoulos 24 February 2001 West Bromwich AlbionA0–217,645 3 March 2001 BurnleyH2–012,941Nightingale, Panopoulos (pen) 7 March 2001 Sheffield WednesdayA0–020,503 10 March 2001 Stockport CountyH2–112,202Bradbury, Lovell 14 March 2001 Tranmere RoversA1–19,872Harper 17 March 2001 Crewe AlexandraA0–15,182 31 March 2001 Huddersfield TownA1–413,199Mills 7 April 2001 Nottingham ForestH0–213,018 14 April 2001 Queens Park RangersH1–113,426Bradbury 16 April 2001 Birmingham CityA0–023,304 21 April 2001 FulhamH1–117,651Bradbury 29 April 2001 Blackburn RoversA1–324,257Panopoulos 2 May 2001 Crystal PalaceH2–419,013Mills, Tiler 6 May 2001 BarnsleyH3–013,064Bradbury, O'Neil, Harper

FA Cup

+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR36 January 2001 Tranmere RoversH1–211,058Bradbury

League Cup

+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR1 1st Leg22 August 2000 Cambridge UnitedA0–02,904R1 2nd Leg5 September 2000 Cambridge UnitedH1–05,570MillsR2 1st Leg19 September 2000 Blackburn RoversA0–410,360R2 2nd Leg26 September 2000 Blackburn RoversH1–1 (lost 1–5 on agg)2,731Nightingale

Squad

Left club during season

References