2000–01 Preston North End F.C. season

Preston North End
2000–01 season
Manager	David Moyes
Stadium	Deepdale
Division One	4th (qualified for play-offs)
Play-offs	Runners-up
FA Cup	Third round
Worthington Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; All: Macken (22)
	← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

During the 2000–01 English football season, Preston North End F.C. competed in the Football League First Division, the second tier of English football.

Season summary

After being promoted to the First Division, Preston North End occupied the play-offs spots for most of the season and eventually finished fourth to qualify for the play-offs for promotion to the Premiership. After beating Birmingham City 4–2 on penalties after a 2–2 draw on aggregate over two legs North End faced Lancashire rivals Bolton Wanderers at the Millennium Stadium. Bolton took a 17th-minute lead through Gareth Farrelly, and, despite Preston fighting for an equaliser, goals from Michael Ricketts and Ricardo Gardner in the 89th and 90th minutes ended Preston's hopes of a second successive promotion and a return to the top flight after an absence of over 50 years.

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ENG	David Lucas
2	DF	SCO	Graham Alexander (born in Coventry, England)
3	DF	ENG	Dominic Ludden
4	DF	ENG	Ryan Kidd
5	DF	ENG	Michael Jackson
6	DF	ENG	Sean Gregan
7	MF	ENG	Lee Cartwright
8	MF	ENG	Mark Rankine
9	FW	USA	Brian McBride (on loan from Columbus Crew)
10	FW	ENG	Steve Basham
11	FW	NIR	David Healy
12	DF	SCO	Derek Collins (on loan from Hibernian)
14	DF	NIR	Colin Murdock
15	DF	WAL	Rob Edwards (born in Kendal, England)
16	MF	ENG	Paul McKenna
17	FW	ENG	Jon Macken
18	FW	ENG	Paweł Abbott


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	FW	ISL	Bjarki Gunnlaugsson
20	MF	NIR	Paul Morgan
21	GK	FIN	Teuvo Moilanen
22	DF	ENG	Adam Eaton
23	FW	ENG	Mark Wright
24	FW	NIR	Steve Robinson
25	FW	ENG	Richard Cresswell (on loan from Leicester City)
26	MF	IRL	Stuart King
28	MF	IRL	Brian Barry-Murphy
29	FW	ENG	Joseph O'Neill
30	GK	IRL	Kelham O'Hanlon (O'Hanlon was born in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, England)
31	MF	SCO	Iain Anderson
32	DF	SCO	David Moyes (player-manager)
33	MF	ENG	John Bailey
38	MF	IRL	Michael Keane
44	GK	ENG	Andy Lonergan

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
11	MF	ENG	David Eyres (to Oldham Athletic)
12	DF	ENG	Gary Parkinson (to Blackpool)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	ENG	Michael Appleton (to West Bromwich Albion)
25	FW	NED	Erik Meijer (on loan from Liverpool)

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