During the 2000–01 English football season,

Millwall F.C. Millwall Football Club () is a professional football club in Bermondsey, South East London, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. Founded as Millwall Rovers in 1885, the club has retained its name ...

competed in the

Football League Second Division The Football League Second Division was the second level division in the English football league system between 1892 and 1992. Following the foundation of the FA Premier League, the Football League divisions were renumbered and the third ti ...

Season summary

In the 2000–01 season, Millwall controversially sacked joint managers

Keith Stevens Keith Henry Stevens (born 21 June 1964) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender, spending his entire career with Millwall. Career Stevens made his debut with Millwall in a Third Division fixture against Oxford Un ...

and

Alan McLeary Alan McLeary (born 6 October 1964) is an English football former defender. He spent the majority of his career at Millwall, but also had spells at Charlton Athletic and Bristol City, as well as loan spells at Sheffield United and Wimbledon. I ...

in September, stating that the club didn't believe Stevens and McLeary could meet Millwall's target goal. Ray Harford was appointed caretaker manager on a temporary basis and it seemed possible that he might be given the job permanently, but Mark McGhee was named as their replacement and eight months later the club won promotion as Division Two champions after five years in the lower tier of the league.

Final league table

Results

''Millwall's score comes first''

Legend

FA Cup

League Cup

Football League Trophy

Players

First-team squad

:''Squad at end of season''

Left club during season

Notes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:2000-01 Millwall F.C. season Millwall F.C. seasons

Millwall Millwall is a district on the western and southern side of the Isle of Dogs, in east London, England, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It lies to the immediate south of Canary Wharf and Limehouse, north of Greenwich and Deptford, east ...