2000–01 Portsmouth F.C. season


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 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 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, 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

Football League First Division

FA Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R36 January 2001Tranmere RoversH1-211,058Bradbury

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R1 1st Leg22 August 2000Cambridge UnitedA0-02,904
R1 2nd Leg5 September 2000Cambridge UnitedH1-05,570Mills
R2 1st Leg19 September 2000Blackburn RoversA0-410,360
R2 2nd Leg26 September 2000Blackburn RoversH1-1 2,731Nightingale

Squad

Left club during season