2000–01 Swansea City A.F.C. season
# 2000–01 Swansea City A.F.C. season

The 2000–01 season saw Swansea City compete in the Football League Second Division where they finished in 23rd position with 37 points and were relegated to the Third Division.

## Final league table

| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20 | Swindon Town | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 47 | 65 | −18 | 52 | |
| 21 | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 53 | 57 | −4 | 51 | Relegated |
| 22 | Luton Town | 46 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 52 | 80 | −28 | 40 | Relegated |
| 23 | Swansea City | 46 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 47 | 73 | −26 | 37 | Relegated |
| 24 | Oxford United | 46 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 53 | 100 | −47 | 27 | Relegated |

## Results

Swansea City's score comes first

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |
| - | - | - |

### Football League Second Division

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 12 August 2000 | Wigan Athletic | H | 0–0 | 8,391 | |
| 2 | 19 August 2000 | Brentford | A | 0–0 | 5,039 | |
| 3 | 26 August 2000 | Colchester United | H | 0–2 | 6,247 | |
| 4 | 28 August 2000 | Peterborough United | A | 2–0 | 6,428 | Bound, Price |
| 5 | 9 September 2000 | Millwall | A | 0–1 | 9,550 | |
| 6 | 12 September 2000 | Notts County | A | 1–0 | 3,395 | Thomas |
| 7 | 16 September 2000 | Luton Town | H | 4–0 | 6,011 | Bound, Boyd, Cusack, Roberts |
| 8 | 23 September 2000 | Reading | A | 1–5 | 11,003 | Watkin |
| 9 | 30 September 2000 | Bury | H | 0–2 | 5,362 | |
| 10 | 14 October 2000 | Stoke City | H | 2–1 | 6,498 | Savarese (2) |
| 11 | 17 October 2000 | Swindon Town | H | 0–0 | 6,333 | |
| 12 | 21 October 2000 | Wrexham | A | 0–1 | 4,008 | |
| 13 | 24 October 2000 | Rotherham United | A | 2–4 | 3,892 | Watkin, Bound |
| 14 | 28 October 2000 | Port Vale | H | 0–1 | 3,715 | |
| 15 | 31 October 2000 | Bristol City | H | 2–2 | 5,286 | Savarese (2) |
| 16 | 4 November 2000 | Oldham Athletic | A | 1–1 | 4,282 | Smith |
| 17 | 11 November 2000 | Oxford United | H | 1–2 | 4,892 | Watkin |
| 18 | 25 November 2000 | Cambridge United | A | 3–3 | 3,269 | Watkin, Savarese (2) |
| 19 | 2 December 2000 | Bristol Rovers | H | 0–0 | 5,563 | |
| 20 | 16 December 2000 | Bournemouth | A | 0–2 | 3,738 | |
| 21 | 23 December 2000 | Wycombe Wanderers | A | 1–2 | 5,001 | Roberts |
| 22 | 26 December 2000 | Walsall | H | 3–1 | 5,795 | Watkin, Savarese, Jones |
| 23 | 6 January 2001 | Wigan Athletic | A | 0–2 | 5,571 | |
| 24 | 13 January 2001 | Peterborough United | H | 2–2 | 5,288 | Savarese, Casey |
| 25 | 20 January 2001 | Walsall | A | 1–5 | 5,227 | Watkin |
| 26 | 3 February 2001 | Bristol City | A | 1–3 | 10,379 | Roberts |
| 27 | 11 February 2001 | Millwall | H | 0–0 | 6,905 | |
| 28 | 17 February 2001 | Luton Town | A | 3–5 | 7,085 | Savarese (3) |
| 29 | 20 February 2001 | Notts County | H | 0–1 | 4,058 | |
| 30 | 24 February 2001 | Reading | H | 0–1 | 5,073 | |
| 31 | 27 February 2001 | Northampton Town | A | 1–2 | 4,361 | Fabiano |
| 32 | 3 March 2001 | Bury | A | 0–3 | 3,443 | |
| 33 | 7 March 2001 | Stoke City | A | 2–1 | 10,091 | Price, O'Leary |
| 34 | 10 March 2001 | Northampton Town | H | 1–1 | 4,911 | Watkin |
| 35 | 17 March 2001 | Swindon Town | A | 1–1 | 6,724 | Roberts |
| 36 | 31 March 2001 | Bournemouth | H | 0–3 | 4,013 | |
| 37 | 3 April 2001 | Colchester United | A | 0–3 | 2,886 | |
| 38 | 7 April 2001 | Bristol Rovers | A | 0–1 | 6,505 | |
| 39 | 10 April 2001 | Wycombe Wanderers | H | 3–1 | 3,010 | Price, Boyd (2) |
| 40 | 14 April 2001 | Rotherham United | H | 0–0 | 4,327 | |
| 41 | 16 April 2001 | Port Vale | A | 0–1 | 4,396 | |
| 42 | 21 April 2001 | Oldham Athletic | H | 1–2 | 3,261 | Roberts |
| 43 | 24 April 2001 | Wrexham | H | 0–1 | 2,665 | |
| 44 | 28 April 2001 | Oxford United | A | 1–3 | 4,148 | Price |
| 45 | 1 May 2001 | Brentford | H | 6–0 | 2,002 | Verschave (2), O'Leary, Cusack, Coates, Todd |
| 46 | 5 May 2001 | Cambridge United | A | 1–1 | 3,383 | Verschave |

### FA Cup

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R1 | 18 November 2000 | Bournemouth | A | 0–2 | 3,422 | |

### Football League Cup

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R1 1st leg | 22 August 2000 | West Bromwich Albion | H | 0–0 | 4,758 | |
| R1 2nd leg | 6 September 2000 | West Bromwich Albion | A | 1–2 | 7,328 | Bound |

### Football League Trophy

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R1 | 9 January 2001 | Bournemouth | H | 1–0 | 3,810 | Savarese |
| R2 | 30 January 2001 | Reading | H | 1–0 | 2,516 | Savarese |
| QF | 14 February 2001 | Brentford | H | 2–3 | 2,222 | Lacey, Price |

## Squad statistics

| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Roger Freestone | 43 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 49 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Steve Jones | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Michael Howard | 39(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 44(2) | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Nick Cusack | 30(10) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 32(11) | 2 |
| 5 | MF | Jason Smith | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Matthew Bound | 39(1) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0(1) | 0 | 42(2) | 4 |
| 7 | MF | Richard Appleby | 0(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(5) | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Martin Thomas | 12(9) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15(9) | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Giovanni Savarese | 28(3) | 11 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 31(4) | 13 |
| 10 | FW | Steve Watkin | 27(8) | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 30(9) | 7 |
| 11 | MF | Jonathan Coates | 16(3) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17(3) | 1 |
| 12 | MF | Gareth Phillips | 9(6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9(6) | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Jason Jones | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Kristian O'Leary | 22(2) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27(2) | 2 |
| 15 | MF | Damien Lacey | 17(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 20(1) | 1 |
| 16 | MF | Tommy Mutton | 3(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3(4) | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Stuart Roberts | 21(15) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 26(16) | 5 |
| 18 | FW | Jason Price | 41 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 5 |
| 19 | DF | Ryan Casey | 3(6) | 1 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 3(8) | 1 |
| 20 | MF | Lee Jenkins | 29(10) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33(10) | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Andrew Mumford | 2(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(4) | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Bari Morgan | 0(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(5) | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Michael Keegan | 4 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7(2) | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Leigh De-Vulgt | 6(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8(1) | 0 |
| 27 | GK | Carl Mounty | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 |
| 29 | DF | Chris Todd | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 30 | DF | David Romo | 28(5) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 32(5) | 0 |
| 31 | MF | Nicolas Fabiano | 12(4) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12(4) | 1 |
| 32 | FW | Matthias Verschave | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 |
| 35 | FW | Walter Boyd | 14(3) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17(3) | 3 |
| 36 | GK | Alex Davies | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 |
