2000–01 Port Vale F.C. season
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The 2000–01 season was Port Vale's 89th season of football in the English Football League, and first season back (thirty-eighth overall) in the Second Division. A season of two halves, Vale were struggling at the bottom of the table when Isthmian League minnows Canvey Island knocked the Vale out of the FA Cup with a 2–1 victory at Vale Park in 'one of the great shocks in FA Cup history'.[1] They also exited the League Cup at the First Round. Things turned round in the second half of the season, as a twelve-game unbeaten run in the league was complemented with a Football League Trophy final win over Brentford – the second time the club lifted the trophy. In the background of this was a financial crisis at the club, which motivated fan protests against Chairman Bill Bell.
2000–01 season | |||
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Chairman | Bill Bell | ||
Manager | Brian Horton | ||
Stadium | Vale Park | ||
Football League Second Division | 11th (62 Points) | ||
FA Cup | First Round (knocked out by Canvey Island) | ||
League Cup | First Round (knocked out by Chesterfield) | ||
Football League Trophy | Winners | ||
Player of the Year | Dave Brammer | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Tony Naylor (15) All: Tony Naylor (21) | ||
Highest home attendance | 8,948 vs. Stoke City, 17 September 2000 | ||
Lowest home attendance | 1,919 vs. Notts County, 9 January 2001 | ||
Average home league attendance | 4,458 | ||
Biggest win | 5–0 vs. Peterborough United, 10 March 2001 | ||
Biggest defeat | 0–4 vs. Cambridge United, 12 September 2000 | ||
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