During the 2000–01 English football season, Sheffield United competed in the First Division.
Season summary Neil Warnock's first full season saw the Blades flirting with the play-off places following pockets of good runs. A victory over rivals Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough was a highlight, but the Blades fell away from the play-off race to finish in 10th position.
Final league table
Results Sheffield United's score comes first
Legend WinDrawLoss
Football League First Division DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 12 August 2000 PortsmouthH2–015,816Devlin (pen), Primus (own goal) 19 August 2000 Preston North EndA0–313,948 26 August 2000 Tranmere RoversH2–012,074Bent (2) 28 August 2000 WatfordA1–412,675Quinn 9 September 2000 Birmingham CityA0–121,943 12 September 2000 Wolverhampton WanderersA0–014,853 15 September 2000 Blackburn RoversH2–010,816Kelly, Devlin 23 September 2000 Crystal PalaceA1–017,521Bent 30 September 2000 Queens Park RangersH1–113,803Murphy 14 October 2000 Crewe AlexandraH1–012,921Santos 17 October 2000 Huddersfield TownH3–014,062Kelly (2), Devlin 21 October 2000 Norwich CityA2–415,504Kelly, Brown 24 October 2000 Stockport CountyH1–013,542Murphy 28 October 2000 WimbledonA0–07,327 4 November 2000 GillinghamH1–214,028D'Jaffo 11 November 2000 BurnleyA0–216,635 18 November 2000 Grimsby TownH3–212,861Santos, Bent (2) 21 November 2000 FulhamH1–116,041D'Jaffo 25 November 2000 Bolton WanderersH1–014,962Sandford 29 November 2000 Nottingham ForestA0–217,089 2 December 2000 Stockport CountyA2–06,460Devlin, Quinn (pen) 9 December 2000 BarnsleyA0–016,780 16 December 2000 Sheffield WednesdayH1–125,156Ford (pen) 23 December 2000 PortsmouthA0–013,606 26 December 2000 West Bromwich AlbionH2–022,281Ford (pen), Kelly 30 December 2000 Preston North EndH3–222,316Ford (pen), Kelly, Thomas 1 January 2001 Tranmere RoversA0–18,474 13 January 2001 WatfordH0–117,551 20 January 2001 West Bromwich AlbionA1–216,778Peschisolido 4 February 2001 FulhamA1–112,480D'Jaffo 10 February 2001 Birmingham CityH3–119,313Murphy, Devlin (pen), Peschisolido 20 February 2001 Wolverhampton WanderersH1–020,282D'Jaffo 24 February 2001 Crystal PalaceH1–018,924Suffo 3 March 2001 Queens Park RangersA3–111,024Murphy, Santos (2) 6 March 2001 Crewe AlexandraA0–16,909 10 March 2001 Nottingham ForestH1–325,673Murphy 17 March 2001 Huddersfield TownA1–213,918Asaba 1 April 2001 Sheffield WednesdayA2–138,433D'Jaffo, Asaba 4 April 2001 Blackburn RoversA1–126,276Ndlovu 7 April 2001 BarnsleyH1–222,811Asaba 10 April 2001 Norwich CityH1–116,072Roberts (own goal) 14 April 2001 GillinghamA1–49,502Ndlovu 17 April 2001 WimbledonH0–114,527 21 April 2001 Grimsby TownA1–06,983Ndlovu 28 April 2001 BurnleyH2–020,013Ndlovu, Asaba 6 May 2001 Bolton WanderersA1-114,836Asaba
FA Cup
+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR36 January 2001 SouthamptonA0–114,158
League Cup
+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR1 1st Leg22 August 2000 Lincoln CityH6–14,152Bent (3), Devlin (pen), Kelly, Brown (own goal)R1 2nd Leg5 September 2000 Lincoln CityA0–1 (won 6–2 on agg)1,379R2 1st Leg19 September 2000 Colchester UnitedH3–03,531Devlin, Clark (own goal), KellyR2 2nd Leg27 September 2000 Colchester UnitedA1–0 (won 4–0 on agg)1,981DevlinR31 November 2000 Sheffield WednesdayA1–2 (a.e.t.)32,283Brown
Players First-team squad Squad at end of season
Left club during season
References
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