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2000–01 Southampton F.C. Season
The 2000–01 Southampton F.C. season was the club's 100th season of competitive football, their 31st (and 23rd consecutive) in the top flight of Football in England, English football, and their ninth in the FA Premier League. Having achieved a relatively comfortable 15th-place finish the previous season, the club built on this to finish in the top half of the league for the first time in six years, ending the season 10th in the table just as they had done in 1994–95 Southampton F.C. season, 1994–95. After leading the club for the second half of the 1999–2000 Southampton F.C. season, 1999–2000 season, Glenn Hoddle remained Southampton manager for most of the 2000–01 campaign, although he left in March 2001 and was replaced by Stuart Gray (footballer, born 1960), Stuart Gray, who saw out the year. This was also the last season the club played at The Dell (Southampton), The Dell before moving to St Mary's Stadium. Having made numerous changes to the squad after his arrival ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southampton F
Southampton is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England. It is located approximately southwest of London, west of Portsmouth, and southeast of Salisbury. Southampton had a population of 253,651 at the 2011 census, making it one of the most populous cities in southern England. Southampton forms part of the larger South Hampshire conurbation which includes the city of Portsmouth and the boroughs of Borough of Havant, Havant, Borough of Eastleigh, Eastleigh, Borough of Fareham, Fareham and Gosport. A major port, and close to the New Forest, Southampton lies at the northernmost point of Southampton Water, at the confluence of the River Test and River Itchen, Hampshire, Itchen, with the River Hamble joining to the south. Southampton is classified as a Medium-Port City. Southampton was the departure point for the and home to 500 of the people who perished on board. The Supermarine Spitfire, Spitfire was built in the city and Sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football League First Division
The Football League First Division was the top division of the Football League in England from 1888 until the end of the 1991–92 season, when its teams broke away to form the Premier League. From 1992 to 2004, the name First Division was given to what had previously been called the Second Division. After the 2003–04 season, the division was renamed the Football League Championship (now EFL Championship, with the division below it called EFL League One). The First Division contained between 12 and 24 clubs, playing each other home and away in a double round robin. The competition was based on two points for a win from 1888 until the increase to three points for a win in 1981. History The Football League was founded in 1888 by Aston Villa director William McGregor. It originally consisted of a single division of 12 clubs ( Accrington, Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Burnley, Derby County, Everton, Notts County, Preston North End, Stoke ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trond Egil Soltvedt
Trond Egil Soltvedt (born 15 February 1967) is a Norwegian former footballer who played as a midfielder. After playing for Viking, Brann and Rosenborg in Norway, he played in England with Coventry, Southampton and Sheffield Wednesday before he retired. Soltvedt was capped four times playing for Norway. Playing career Norway Soltvedt started his professional career at Viking in Stavanger in 1987 and was a member of the team who won the Norwegian Cup in 1989 and the Tippeligaen in its inaugural year, 1991. In 1992, he joined mid-table club Brann. At the end of his first season he was voted the club's "most popular" player. During his time at Brann, the club finished each season in 6th or 7th place in the league. His extremely dedicated style, his innocent and somewhat naïve personality and the fact that many of his goals were scored as a midfielder made him immensely popular. Just before the start of the 1995 season, however, he was sacked by Brann's board for "illoyality", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Dryden
Richard Andrew Dryden (born 14 June 1969) is an English former professional footballer turned manager and coach. Playing career Born in Stroud, Gloucestershire, Dryden started his career as a trainee with Bristol Rovers, joining them as a professional on 14 July 1987. He then joined Exeter City on loan on 22 September 1988 before signing permanently on 8 March 1989 for a fee of £10,000, where he first played under manager Terry Cooper. During Dryden's time at Exeter, he made a total of 92 appearances and also spent time on loan with Manchester City. While at Exeter, he played a major part in their 1989–90 Fourth Division title triumph. Notts County was the next stop for Dryden, joining on 9 August 1991 for a fee of £250,000. He moved on to Birmingham City for £165,000 on 19 March 1993, where he was re-united with Terry Cooper. After Birmingham, Dryden moved on 16 December 1994 to Bristol City for a fee of £140,000, the rivals of his first club, Bristol Rovers. On the reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Colleter
Patrick Colleter (born 6 November 1965) is a French former professional footballer who played as a full-back. Career Early career Colleter begin his football career with his local team Brest in 1986. After some impressive performances, Colleter was rewarded with a call-up to the French B national team, and a transfer to Montpellier in 1990. After one season at the southern club he spent five seasons at Paris Saint-Germain, where he won the Ligue 1 in 1994, the Coupe de France in 1993 and 1995 and the Coupe de la Ligue in 1995 as well as the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1996. In 1996, he left Paris to enjoy single-season spells at Bordeaux and Olympique de Marseille. Southampton In December 1998, he was signed by Southampton for £300,000. He made his debut at left-back on 26 December 1998 at home to Chelsea taking the place of the Saints' long-established left-back Francis Benali. He scored one goal for the club, a long-range strike in a 3-1 victory at home to Charlton Athletic on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Petrescu
Daniel "Dan" Vasile Petrescu (; born 22 December 1967) is a Romanian football manager and former player who is currently in charge of Liga I club CFR Cluj. As a player, Petrescu was deployed as a full-back or a winger and began his career at Steaua București, with which he played in the 1989 European Cup final. Abroad, he represented Serie A clubs Foggia and Genoa, before moving to the Premier League where he played for Sheffield Wednesday, Chelsea, Bradford City, and Southampton, respectively. With Chelsea, Petrescu won the 1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. He earned 95 caps for the Romania national team, being selected in two World Cup squads, in 1994 and 1998, and in two European Championships, in 1996 and 2000. Petrescu became player-assistant manager to Walter Zenga at Național București towards the end of his playing career, and has since had an extensive career as a head coach in Poland, Russia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, China, Turkey, and South Korea, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Caceres
Claudio Adrián Cáceres (born 10 January 1982) is an Argentine former Association football, footballer who last played for Balcatta FC. Club career Caceres started his professional career with English team Southampton F.C., Southampton before spending a few years with lower Football League clubs including Yeovil Town F.C., Yeovil Town, Hull City A.F.C., Hull City, Wycombe Wanderers F.C., Wycombe Wanderers, Brentford F.C., Brentford and Aldershot Town F.C., Aldershot Town . He moved back to Australia to play for Perth Glory FC, Perth Glory for the second time in the inaugural A-League season. While putting in some good performances he was never a first team regular because of injury and moved to Melbourne Victory for the second A-League season, where he has reunited with former Perth Glory teammate, Mark Byrnes. The pair played together at Perth Glory, where they won National Soccer League (NSL) championship medals. On 7 February 2008, Caceres signed a two-year deal with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrice Tano
Patrice Tano (born 22 September 1982) is a former professional footballer who played as a striker. Tano began his career at Monaco, before moving to English club Southampton in 2000. He later moved to Belgian side Mechelen, and then Dutch club Telstar. He had a trial with English side Colchester United in 2002 prior to signing a non-contract agreement, and then had a similar arrangement with Scottish club Falkirk. Career Born in Ivory Coast and a French passport holder, Tano began his career with Monaco. He joined Premier League side Southampton in July 2000 after he was recommended to the club by Hassan Kachloul, while Tano was advised by former Monaco teammate Thierry Henry. He signed a four-year deal with the Saints. Tano left Southampton after just four months in England, moving to Belgian side Mechelen in November 2000. He then moved to the Netherlands to play for Telstar in July 2001. In February 2002, he joined English Second Division club Colchester United, initially o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Draper
Mark Andrew Draper (born 11 November 1970) is an English football coach and former professional Association football, footballer. As a player, he was a midfielder from 1988 to 2003, notably in the Premier League for Leicester City F.C., Leicester City, Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa and Southampton F.C., Southampton. He also played in Spain for Rayo Vallecano and in the Football League with Notts County F.C., Notts County. He represented England at England national under-21 football team, under-21 level. In 2009, he briefly came out of retirement for non-league side Dunkirk F.C., Dunkirk. Since retiring Draper had a spell as kit man for former side Notts County but has since moved into coaching and runs a football training centre for children in Nottingham. Playing career Draper began his career as a product of the youth system at Notts County F.C., Notts County, making his professional debut in December 1988. A talented midfielder, he became recognised by County supporters as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uwe Rösler
Uwe Rösler (; born 15 November 1968) is a German football manager and former professional footballer. He most recently managed Danish Superliga club AGF from 2022 to 2025. As a player he was a centre forward, notably playing in the Premier League for Manchester City, where he was the leading goalscorer for three consecutive seasons from 1994–95 to 1996–97, and in the Bundesliga for 1. FC Nürnberg and 1. FC Kaiserslautern, playing in the UEFA Champions League with the latter. He also played Premier League football for Southampton, in the Football League for West Bromwich Albion and in Norway for Lillestrøm. Back in his native Germany, he represented 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig, BSG Chemie Leipzig, 1. FC Magdeburg, Dynamo Dresden, Tennis Borussia Berlin and SpVgg Unterhaching. Rösler is a former East Germany international, whom he represented in the under-21 team and five times as a senior. In 2004, he began his managerial career with Lillestrøm in Norway, and late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Mary's Stadium
St Mary's Stadium is a seated but also safe-standing football stadium in Southampton, Hampshire, England, which has been the home stadium of club Southampton since 2001. The stadium has a capacity of 32,384 and is currently the largest football stadium in South East England. The Taylor Report on 29 January 1990 required all First and Second Division clubs to have all-seater stadiums by August 1994, Southampton's directors initially decided to upgrade The Dell into an all-seater stadium (which was completed in 1993) but speculation about relocation continued, especially as an all-seater Dell had a capacity of just over 15,000; despite this, Southampton continued to defy the odds and survive in the new FA Premier League after 1992. After a lengthy and ultimately unsuccessful attempt to build a new 25,000-seater stadium and leisure complex at Stoneham, on the outskirts of Southampton, the city council offered the club the chance to build a new ground on the disused gas work site ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
