2000–01 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season explained

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

Season summary

In the 2000–2001 season, Peter crouch emerged as a future star but despite this QPR were relegated to the third tier for the first time since 1967,Manager Gerry Francis was fired a day after a 5-nil defeat to Wimbledon and replaced by Ian Holloway.

Kit

Le Coq Sportif continued as QPR's kit manufacturers. Telecommunications giant Ericsson continued as kit sponsors.

Results

Queens Park Rangers' score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

See main article: 2000–01 Football League.

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Position
1	12 August 2000	Birmingham City	H	0 – 0		13,926	9
2	20 August 2000	Crystal Palace	A	1 – 1	Carlisle	19,020	14
3	26 August 2000	Crewe Alexandra	H	1 – 0	Furlong	9,415	8
4	28 August 2000	West Bromwich Albion	A	1 – 2	Kiwomya	14,831	10
5	9 September 2000	Preston North End	H	0 – 0		11,092	13
6	13 September 2000	Gillingham	H	2 – 2	Kiwomya, Crouch	10,655	13
7	16 September 2000	Barnsley	A	2 – 4	Kiwomya (2)	12,763	17
8	23 September 2000	Wimbledon	H	2 – 1	Crouch, Wardley	11,720	13
9	30 September 2000	Sheffield United	A	1 – 1	Koejoe	13,803	16
10	14 October 2000	Watford	A	1 – 3	Connolly	17,488	17
11	17 October 2000	Grimsby Town	A	1 – 3	Connolly	4,428	18
12	21 October 2000	Burnley	H	0 – 1		11,426	19
13	25 October 2000	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1 – 2	Peacock	10,353	20
14	28 October 2000	Tranmere Rovers	A	1 – 1	Connolly	7,268	20
15	31 October 2000	Bolton Wanderers	A	1 – 3	Crouch	10,180	20
16	4 November 2000	Portsmouth	H	1 – 1	Peschisolido	12,036	20
17	11 November 2000	Stockport County	A	2 – 2	Carlisle, Langley	6,356	22
18	18 November 2000	Huddersfield Town	H	1 – 1	Connolly	11,543	22
19	25 November 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2 – 2	Peacock (2)	11,156	22
20	2 December 2000	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2 – 5	Crouch (2)	21,728	22
21	9 December 2000	Blackburn Rovers	A	0 – 0		16,886	23
22	16 December 2000	Nottingham Forest	H	1 – 0	Crouch	14,409	23
23	23 December 2000	Birmingham City	A	0 – 0		24,311	24
24	26 December 2000	Norwich City	H	2 – 3	Carlisle, Wardley	12,338	23
25	30 December 2000	Crystal Palace	H	1 – 1	Crouch	14,439	23
26	13 January 2001	West Bromwich Albion	H	2 – 0	Koejoe, Plummer	11,881	23
27	20 January 2001	Norwich City	A	0 – 1		16,472	23
28	31 January 2001	Fulham	H	0 – 2		16,403	24
29	3 February 2001	Bolton Wanderers	H	1 – 1	Ngonge	10,293	23
30	10 February 2001	Preston North End	A	0 – 5		14,423	23
31	17 February 2001	Barnsley	H	2 – 0	Kiwomya, Crouch	9,388	21
32	20 February 2001	Gillingham	A	1 – 0	Kiwomya	10,432	20
33	24 February 2001	Wimbledon	A	0 – 5		9,446	21
34	3 March 2001	Sheffield United	H	1 – 3	Ngonge	11,024	22
35	7 March 2001	Watford	H	1 – 1	Ngonge	12,436	22
36	10 March 2001	Fulham	A	0 – 2		16,021	22
37	17 March 2001	Grimsby Town	H	0 – 1		17,608	23
38	24 March 2001	Burnley	A	1 – 2	Bignot	14,018	23
39	31 March 2001	Nottingham Forest	A	1 – 1	Wardley	22,208	23
40	7 April 2001	Blackburn Rovers	H	1 – 3	Plummer	12,449	23
41	10 April 2001	Crewe Alexandra	A	2 – 2	Crouch, Thomson	6,354	24
42	14 April 2001	Portsmouth	A	1 – 1	Thomson	13,426	23
43	16 April 2001	Tranmere Rovers	H	2 – 0	Thomson, Crouch	9,696	23
44	21 April 2001	Huddersfield Town	A	1 – 2	Thomson	12,846	23
45	28 April 2001	Stockport County	H	0 – 3		10,608	23
46	6 May 2001	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1 – 1	Bruce	17,447	23

FA Cup

See main article: 2000–01 FA Cup.

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R3	6 January 2001	Luton Town	A	3 – 3	8,677	Crouch (2), Peacock
R3 Replay	17 January 2001	Luton Town	H	2 – 1	14,395	Kiwomya (2)
R4	27 January 2001	Arsenal	H	0 – 6	19,003

League Cup

See main article: 2000–01 Football League Cup.

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1 1st leg	23 August 2000	Colchester United	A	1 – 0	3,916	Kiwomya
R1 2nd leg	6 September 2000	Colchester United	H	1 – 4	4,042	Kiwomya

Squad

Position	Nationality	Name	League Appearances	League Goals	Cup Appearances	League.Cup Goals	F.A.Cup Goals	Total Appearances	Total Goals
GK	Czech Republic	Ludek Miklosko	17		1			18
GK		Lee Harper	29		2			31
DF	Finland	Antti Heinola						2
DF		Danny Maddix	1					2
DF		Karl Ready	19		1			24
DF		Jermaine Darlington	32		4			37
DF		Tim Breacker	8		1			11
DF		Wayne Brown	2					2
DF		Justin Cochrane						1
DF		Marcus Bignot	8	1				9	1
DF		Matthew Rose	26		3			29
DF		Steve Morrow	18		3			27
DF		Ian Baraclough	26		4			33
DF	Australia	George Kulcsar	9		1			15
DF		Chris Plummer	25	2	3			29	2
DF		Marlon Broomes	5					5
MF		Alex Higgins						1
MF		Paul Murray	4					6
MF		Ben Walshe						1
MF		Paul Bruce	5	1				8	1
MF		Keith Rowland	4					4
MF		Oliver Burgess						1
MF		Christer Warren	16					22
MF		Clarke Carlisle	27	3	5			32	3
MF		Mark Perry	23		4			33
MF		Gavin Peacock	31	3	2		1	35	4
MF		Richard Langley	26	1				31	1
MF		Terry McFlynn	1					2
FW		Karl Connolly	17	4	3			27	4
FW		Tony Scully	1					2
FW		Leon Knight	10					11
FW		Chris Kiwomya	20	6	3	2	2	30	10
FW	Belgium	Michel Ngonge	7	3				15
FW		Alvin Bubb						1
FW		Andy Thomson	7	4				8	4
FW	Jamaica	Kevin Lisbie	1					2
FW		Paul Furlong	3	1				3	1
FW		Ian Dowie						1
FW		Sammy Koejoe	8	2	3			26	2
FW		Richard Pacquette	1					2
FW		Stuart Wardley	26		1			37	3
FW	Canada	Paul Peschisolido	5	1				5	1
FW		Peter Crouch	38	9	4		2	47	11

Reserve squad

Transfers Out

Name	from	Date	Fee	Date	Club	Fee
Kevin Gallen	Queens Park Rangers Juniors	September 1992		August 2000	Huddersfield Town
Steve Slade	Tottenham Hotspur	July 1996	£350,000	August 2000	Cambridge United
Keith Rowland	West Ham United	January 1998	With Iain Dowie and £2,300,000 For Trevor Sinclair	January 2001	Luton Town	Loan
Steve Morrow	Arsenal	March 1997	£1,000,000	March 2001	Peterborough United	Loan
Tim Breacker	West Ham United	February 1999		April 2001	Retired
Danny Maddix	Tottenham Hotspur	July 1987	Free	July 2001	Sheffield Wednesday
Karl Ready	Queens Park Rangers Juniors	August 1990		July 2001	Motherwell
Antti Heinola	Heracles	January 1998	£100,000	July 2001	HJK Helsinki
Steve Morrow	Arsenal	March 1997	£1,000,000	July 2001	Released
Ian Baraclough	Notts County	March 1998	£75,000	July 2001	Notts County
George Kulcsar	Bradford City	December 1997	£250,000	July 2001	Home United
Iain Dowie	West Ham United	January 1998	With Keith Rowland and £2,300,000 For Trevor Sinclair	July 2001	Retired
Terry McFlynn	Queens Park Rangers Juniors	May 1998		July 2001	Woking
Tony Scully	Manchester City	March 1998	£155,000	July 2001
Leon Jeanne	Queens Park Rangers Juniors	November 1997		July 2001	Cardiff City
Luděk Mikloško	West Ham United	October 1998	Loan Then £50,000	July 2001	Retired
Lee Harper	Arsenal	July 1997	£125,000	July 2001	Walsall
Jermaine Darlington	Aylesbury United	March 1999	£25,000	July 2001	Wimbledon	£200,000
Alvin Bubb	Queens Park Rangers Juniors	November 1998		July 2001	Bristol Rovers
Ian Baraclough	Notts County	March 1998	£75,000	July 2001	Notts County
Michel Ngonge	Watford	December 2000	£50,000	July 2001	Kilmarnock

Transfers In

Name	from	Date	Fee
Paul Furlong	Birmingham City	August 2000	Loan
Marlon Broomes	Blackburn Rovers	October 2000	Loan
Brian Fitzgerald	Queens Park Rangers Juniors	October 2000
Michel Ngonge	Watford	December 2000	£50,000
Kevin Lisbie	Charlton Athletic	December 2000	Loan
Paul Peschisolido	Fulham	November 2000	Loan
Wayne Brown	Ipswich Town	March 2001	Loan
Leon Knight	Chelsea	March 2001	Loan
Andy Thomson	Gillingham	March 2001	free
Marcus Bignot	Bristol Rovers	March 2001
Alex Higgins	Sheffield Wednesday	March 2001
Leroy Griffiths	Hampton & Richmond Borough	May 2001	£40,000
Steve Palmer	Watford	July 2001
Terrell Forbes	West Ham United	July 2001	free
Oliver Burgess	Queens Park Rangers Juniors	July 2001
Dave McEwen	Tottenham Hotspur	July 2001
Chris Day	Watford	July 2001

Notes and References

1. Web site: Queens Park Rangers 2000-2001 Home - statto.com . 31 March 2012 . 28 September 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120928070942/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/queens-park-rangers/2000-2001 . dead .