2000–01 Football League Third Division (1992-2004)

Football League Third Division 2000-01
Season information
Winners	Brighton & Hove Albion
Promoted	Brighton & Hove Albion, Cardiff City, Chesterfield, Blackpool
Relegated	Barnet
Season statistics
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,397
Top goalscorer	Bobby Zamora (Brighton), 28
← 1999-00	2001-02 →

Promotion and relegation

Start of season

Teams promoted to Second Division 2000-01

• Swansea City
• Northampton
• Rotherham United
• Peterborough United

Teams promoted from Conference 1999-00

• Chester

End of season

Teams relegated from Second Division 2000-01

• Bristol Rovers
• Luton Town
• Oxford United
• Swansea City

Teams relegated to Conference 2001-02

• Barnet

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GD		Pts	Notes
1	Brighton & Hove Albion	46		19	2	2	52	14		9	6	8	21	21		73	35	+38		92
2	Cardiff City	46		16	7	0	56	20		7	6	10	39	38		95	58	+37		82
3	Chesterfield	46		16	5	2	46	14		9	9	5	33	28		79	42	+37		80
4	Hartlepool United	46		12	8	3	40	23		9	6	8	31	31		71	54	+17		77
5	Leyton Orient	46		13	7	3	31	18		7	8	8	28	33		59	51	+8		75
6	Hull City	46		12	7	4	27	18		7	10	6	20	21		47	39	+8		74
7	Blackpool	46		14	4	5	50	26		8	2	13	24	32		74	58	+16		72
8	Rochdale	46		11	8	4	36	25		7	9	7	23	23		59	48	+11		71
9	Cheltenham Town	46		12	5	6	37	27		6	9	8	22	25		59	52	+7		68
10	Scunthorpe United	46		13	7	3	42	16		5	4	14	20	36		62	52	+10		65
11	Southend United	46		10	8	5	29	23		5	10	8	26	30		55	53	+2		63
12	Plymouth Argyle	46		13	5	5	33	17		2	8	13	21	44		54	61	–7		58
13	Mansfield Town	46		12	7	4	40	26		3	6	14	24	46		64	72	–8		58
14	Macclesfield Town	46		10	5	8	23	21		4	9	10	28	41		51	62	–11		56
15	Shrewsbury Town	46		12	5	6	30	26		3	5	15	19	39		49	65	–16		55
16	Kidderminster Harriers	46		10	6	7	29	27		3	8	12	18	34		47	61	–14		53
17	York City	46		9	6	8	23	26		4	7	12	19	37		42	63	–21		52
18	Lincoln City	46		9	9	5	36	28		3	6	14	22	38		58	66	–8		51
19	Exeter City	46		8	9	6	22	20		4	5	14	18	38		40	58	–18		50
20	Darlington	46		10	6	7	28	23		2	7	14	16	33		44	56	–12		49
21	Torquay United	46		8	9	6	30	29		4	4	15	22	48		52	77	–25		49
22	Carlisle United	46		8	8	7	26	26		3	7	13	16	39		42	65	–23		48
23	Halifax Town	46		7	6	10	33	32		5	5	13	21	36		54	68	–14		47
24	Barnet	46		9	8	6	44	29		3	1	19	23	52		67	81	–14		45

Play-offs

Main article: Football League Two play-offs#2001

Source:

Semifinals 1st leg –May 13th; 2nd leg –May 16th, 2001

Final at Wembley Stadium May 26th, 2001

4th

Hartlepool United

7th

Blackpool

5th

Leyton Orient

2

7th

Blackpool

4

5th

Leyton Orient

6th

Hull City