2000 in England

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 36. Chapters: 2000-01 in English football, 1999-2000 in English football, 2000-01 FA Premier League, 1999-2000 FA Premier League, 2000 NatWest Trophy, 1999-2000 FA Cup, Murder of Sarah Payne, 1999-2000 Football League Cup, 2000-01 FA Cup, 2000-01 Football League Cup, 1999-2000 Chelsea F.C. season, 1999-2000 Football League Trophy, 2000 Football League play-offs, May Bumps 2000, 2000-01 Football League Trophy, 2000 Women's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier, Lent Bumps 2000, 2000 Grand National, 2000 World Snooker Championship, Laura Spence Affair, Super League V, Hatfield rail crash, 2000 Football League Cup Final, 1999-2000 Northern Premier League, 2000 World Club Challenge, 2000 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, West Indian cricket team in England in 2000, 1999-2000 Football Conference, Preston by-election, 2000, English cricket team in Zimbabwe in 1999-2000, Hallaton Treasure, Romsey by-election, 2000, Zimbabwean cricket team in England in 2000, West Bromwich West by-election, 2000, 2000 Super League Grand Final, 2000 Challenge Cup, 2000 English cricket season, 2000 All England Open Badminton Championships. Excerpt: The 2000-01 season was the 121st season of competitive football in England. Manchester United secured their 3rd Premiership title in succession and their 7th title in just nine seasons. Liverpool became only the second English side to win the League Cup and FA Cup in the same season and added the UEFA Cup to make it a unique treble. Fulham reached the Premiership as Division One champions to secure their five-season rise from Division Three. They also became the first club to have played in all four divisions of the English league since the creation of the Premiership. Arguably two of the most famous clubs outside the Premiership fell into Division Three. They were Luton Town - who had been League Cup winners 13 years earlier and top division members until 9 years ago - and Oxford United - who had been League Cup winners 15 years earlier and top division members until 13 years ago. Mid-table Division Two side Wycombe Wanderers beat all odds by reaching the FA Cup Semi-Final versus Liverpool, having beaten Division One sides Millwall, Wolves, Wimbledon and a very strong Premiership Leicester City en route. Wycombe were beaten 2-1 at Villa Park, Keith Ryan scoring the Chairboys' goal. Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. were Division Three champions. George Burley guided newly promoted Ipswich Town to fifth place in the Premiership and achieved qualification for the UEFA Cup. Gerard Houllier won a treble of trophies with Liverpool after they triumphed in the FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup. Sir Alex Ferguson became the first manager in English football to win three successive league titles after Manchester United (only the fourth team in history to win three straight titles) topped the Premiership's final table for the third year in a row. Alan Curbishley consolidated newly-promoted Charlton Athletic in the Premiership with a ninth-place finish - their highest standing for nearly 50 years. Jean Tigana won the Division One title with Fulham to gain promotion to the Premiership