During the 2000–01 season,

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participated in the

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Season summary

Some early season relegation worries saw

chairman Steve Gibson respond by installing former England boss

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as joint manager alongside

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in December. This experiment with joint management paid off as Middlesbrough finished 14th to avoid the drop by a comfortable margin. Robson and Venables both departed after the season was over, and in came

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assistant

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to manage the Teesside club.

Team kit and sponsors

Middlesbrough were again sponsored by BT Cellnet for the 2000–01 season. The team's strip was produced by Errea. The home shirt consisted of a red shirt with white hoop, red shorts and red socks with white trim. The away strip consisted of a black shirt with red and white stripes in the middle, plain black shorts and black socks.

Final league table

;Results summary ;Results by round

Results

''Middlesbrough's score comes first''

Legend

FA Premier League

FA Cup

League Cup

First-team squad

:''Squad at end of season''

Left the club during season

Reserve squad

Transfers

In

Out

:Transfers in: £18,200,000 :Transfers out: £6,200,000 :Total spending: £12,000,000