2001 Football League play-offs

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Football League play-offs
Season 2000–01
Champions Bolton Wanderers
(First Division)
Walsall
(Second Division)
Blackpool
(Third Division)
Matches played 15
Goals scored 43 (2.87 per match)
Biggest home win Bolton 3–0 WBA
(First Division)
Biggest away win Hartlepool 1–3 Blackpool
(Third Division)
Highest scoring Walsall 4–2 Stoke
Blackpool 4–2 Leyton Orient
(6 goals)
Highest attendance 54,328 – Bolton v Preston
(First Division final)
Lowest attendance 5,720 – Blackpool v Hartlepool
(Third Division semi-final)
Average attendance 21,183
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2002 →

The Football League play-offs for the 2000–01 season were held in May 2001, with the finals taking place at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. The play-off semi-finals will be played over two legs and will be contested by the teams who finish in 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th place in the Football League First Division and Football League Second Division and the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th placed teams in the Football League Third Division table. The winners of the semi-finals will go through to the finals, with the winner of the matches gaining promotion for the following season.

The 2000–01 season was the 121st season of competitive football in England.

Millennium Stadium national stadium of Wales

The Millennium Stadium, since 2016 named for sponsorship purposes as the Principality Stadium, is the national stadium of Wales, located in Cardiff. It is the home of the Wales national rugby union team and has also staged games of the Wales national football team. Initially built to host the 1999 Rugby World Cup, it has gone on to host many other large-scale events, such as the Tsunami Relief concert, the Super Special Stage of Wales Rally Great Britain, the Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain and various music concerts. It also hosted six FA Cup finals and several other high-profile football fixtures while Wembley Stadium was being redeveloped.

Cardiff City & County in Wales

Cardiff is the capital of Wales, and its largest city. The eleventh-largest city in the United Kingdom, it is Wales's chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural institutions and Welsh media, and the seat of the National Assembly for Wales. At the 2011 census, the unitary authority area population was estimated to be 346,090, and the wider urban area 479,000. Cardiff is a significant tourist centre and the most popular visitor destination in Wales with 21.3 million visitors in 2017. In 2011, Cardiff was ranked sixth in the world in National Geographic's alternative tourist destinations.

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Background

The Football League play-offs have been held every year since 1987. They take place for each division following the conclusion of the regular season and are contested by the four clubs finishing below the automatic promotion places.

In the First Division, Bolton Wanderers, who are aiming to return to the top flight after nearly 3 seasons outside the top flight, finished 4 points behind second placed Blackburn Rovers, who in turn finished 10 points behind champions Fulham, who returned to the top flight for the first time since 1968. Preston North End who are aiming to return to the top flight for the first time since 1961, finished in fourth place in the table. Birmingham City, who are aiming to return to the top flight after 15 years outside the top division, finished in fifth place. West Bromwich Albion, who are also aiming to return to the top flight for the first time since 1986, finished 4 points behind Birmingham City and Preston North End in sixth place.

Bolton Wanderers F.C. association football club

Bolton Wanderers Football Club is a professional football club in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football.

Blackburn Rovers F.C. English football club

Blackburn Rovers Football Club is a professional football club in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, which competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system, following promotion from League One at the end of the 2017–18 season.

Fulham F.C. association football club

Fulham Football Club is a professional association football club based in Fulham, West London, England. Founded in 1879, they currently compete in the Premier League, the top tier of English football, following their promotion from the EFL Championship in the 2017–18 season. They are the oldest football team from London to play in the Football League.

First Division

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
3 Bolton Wanderers 46241577645+3187
4 Preston North End 46239146452+1278
5 Birmingham City 46239145948+1178
6 West Bromwich Albion 462111146052+874

Semi-finals

First leg
West Bromwich Albion 2–2 Bolton Wanderers
Roberts Soccerball shade.svg 44'
Hughes Soccerball shade.svg 55' (pen.)		 Report Bergsson Soccerball shade.svg 81'
Frandsen Soccerball shade.svg 88' (pen.)
The Hawthorns, West Bromwich
Attendance: 18,167
Referee: David Laws
Birmingham City 1–0 Preston North End
Eaden Soccerball shade.svg 55' Report
St Andrew's, Birmingham
Attendance: 29,072
Referee: David Pugh
Second leg
Bolton Wanderers 3–0 West Bromwich Albion
Bergsson Soccerball shade.svg 10'
Ricketts Soccerball shade.svg 63'
Gardner Soccerball shade.svg 90'		 Report
Reebok Stadium, Bolton
Attendance: 23,515
Referee: Roy Pearson

Bolton Wanderers won 5–2 on aggregate.

Preston North End 2–2 Birmingham City on aggregate. Preston North End won 4–2 on penalties.

Final

Bolton Wanderers 3–0 Preston North End
Farrelly Soccerball shade.svg 17'
Ricketts Soccerball shade.svg 89'
Gardner Soccerball shade.svg 90'		 Report
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 54,328
Referee: Uriah Rennie

Second Division

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
3 Reading 462511108652+3486
4 Walsall 462312117950+2981
5 Stoke City 462114117449+2577
6 Wigan Athletic 46191896052+875

Semi-finals

First leg
Stoke City 0–0 Walsall
Report
Britannia Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent
Attendance: 23,689
Referee: Uriah Rennie
Wigan Athletic 0–0 Reading
Report
JJB Stadium, Wigan
Attendance: 12,638
Referee: Roy Pearson
Second leg
Reading 2–1 Wigan Athletic
Butler Soccerball shade.svg 86'
Forster Soccerball shade.svg 90'		 Report Nicholls Soccerball shade.svg 26'
Madjeski Stadium, Reading
Attendance: 22,034
Referee: David Laws

Reading won 2–1 on aggregate.

Walsall 4–2 Stoke City
Ward Soccerball shade.svg 42' (o.g.)
Matías Soccerball shade.svg 47', 61'
Keates Soccerball shade.svg 50'		 Report Kavanagh Soccerball shade.svg 31'
Thorne Soccerball shade.svg 85'
Bescot Stadium, Walsall
Attendance: 8,993
Referee: Eddie Wolstenholme

Walsall won 4–2 on aggregate.

Final

Reading 2–3 (a.e.t.) Walsall
Cureton Soccerball shade.svg 31'
Butler Soccerball shade.svg 91'		 Report Goodman Soccerball shade.svg 48'
Rougier Soccerball shade.svg 107' (o.g.)
Byfield Soccerball shade.svg 109'
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 50,496
Referee: Eddie Wolstenholme

Third Division

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
4 Hartlepool United 462114117154+1777
5 Leyton Orient 462015115951+875
6 Hull City 461917104739+874
7 Blackpool 46226187458+1672

Semi-finals

First leg
Blackpool 2–0 Hartlepool United
Ormerod Soccerball shade.svg 61', 78' Report
Bloomfield Road, Blackpool
Attendance: 5,720
Referee: William Burns
Hull City 1–0 Leyton Orient
Eyre Soccerball shade.svg 69' Report
Boothferry Park, Kingston upon Hull
Attendance: 13,310
Referee: Eddie Wolstenholme
Second leg
Hartlepool United 1–3 Blackpool
Henderson Soccerball shade.svg 48' Report Ormerod Soccerball shade.svg 21', 68'
Hills Soccerball shade.svg 50'
Victoria Park, Hartlepool
Attendance: 5,836
Referee: Uriah Rennie

Blackpool won 5–1 on aggregate.

Leyton Orient 2–0 Hull City
Watts Soccerball shade.svg 44'
Lockwood Soccerball shade.svg 70'		 Report
Brisbane Road, London
Attendance: 9,419
Referee: David Pugh

Leyton Orient won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

Blackpool 4–2 Leyton Orient
Hughes Soccerball shade.svg 35'
Reid Soccerball shade.svg 45'
Simpson Soccerball shade.svg 77'
Ormerod Soccerball shade.svg 88'		 Report Tate Soccerball shade.svg 1'
Houghton Soccerball shade.svg 37'
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 23,600
Referee: David Pugh
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