2000–01 St Mirren F.C. season

The 2000–01 season saw St Mirren compete in the Scottish Premier League where they finished in 12th position with 30 points, suffering relegation.[1]

St Mirren

Scottish Premier League	12th
Scottish Cup	Third Round
Scottish League Cup	Semi-final

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
8	Motherwell	38	12	7	19	42	56	−14	43
9	Dunfermline Athletic	38	11	9	18	34	54	−20	42
10	St Johnstone	38	9	13	16	40	56	−16	40
11	Dundee United	38	9	8	21	38	63	−25	35
12	St Mirren	38	8	6	24	32	72	−40	30	Relegation to the First Division

Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:

1. Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.

Results

St Mirren's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Scottish Premier League

Main article: 2000–01 Scottish Premier League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	29 July 2000	Kilmarnock	H	0–1	7,388
2	5 August 2000	Aberdeen	A	1–2	11,997	Gillies 38'
3	13 August 2000	Rangers	H	1–3	8,851	Paeslack 62'
4	19 August 2000	Dundee	H	2–1	5,165	Gillies 69', McGarry 82'
5	26 August 2000	Hibernian	A	0–2	11,806
6	9 September 2000	Motherwell	H	0–1	5,274
7	16 September 2000	Dundee United	A	0–0	5,943
8	20 September 2000	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–2	10,524
9	23 September 2000	St Johnstone	H	0–1	4,519
10	30 September 2000	Dundee United	H	2–1	5,002	McGowan 21', Yardley 32'
12	14 October 2000	Celtic	A	0–2	60,002
13	21 October 2000	Kilmarnock	A	1–2	7,861	Yardley 29'
14	28 October 2000	Aberdeen	H	2–0	5,763	Walker 24', Gillies 53'
15	4 November 2000	Rangers	A	1–7	48,795	Gillies 44'
16	11 November 2000	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–2	5,328	Gillies 89'
17	18 November 2000	Dundee	A	0–5	6,333
18	25 November 2000	Hibernian	H	1–1	5,255	McGarry 89'
19	29 November 2000	Motherwell	A	0–2	5,312
20	5 December 2000	Dundee United	H	1–1	4,985	Renfurm 71'
21	9 December 2000	St Johnstone	A	0–2	4,434
22	16 December 2000	Dunfermline Athletic	A	0–2	5,061
23	23 December 2000	Celtic	H	0–2	9,487
24	26 December 2000	Kilmarnock	H	1–3	5,649	Fenton 14'
25	2 January 2001	Rangers	H	1–3	8,142	Gillies 37'
26	31 January 2001	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–1	10,164
27	3 February 2001	Dundee	H	2–1	4,197	Rudden 40', Dagnogo 84'
28	10 February 2001	Hibernian	A	2–4	8,872	Gillies 44', 54'
28	21 February 2001	Aberdeen	A	0–3	9,946
29	24 February 2001	Motherwell	H	0–1	4,034
30	3 March 2001	Dundee United	A	0–4	8,334
31	17 March 2001	St Johnstone	H	1–0	4,565	McGarry 28'
32	31 March 2001	Dunfermline Athletic	H	1–1	5,371	McGowan 81'
33	7 April 2001	Celtic	A	0–1	60,440	McGowan 81'
34	23 April 2001	Dundee United	H	2–1	6,473	Gillies 70', 90'
35	28 April 2001	Dunfermline Athletic	A	2–1	5,058	McGowan 31', Yardley 41'
36	5 May 2001	St Johnstone	A	2–2	4,199	Dods 13', Yardley 22'
37	12 May 2001	Aberdeen	H	2–1	5,708	Walker 42', McGarry 45'
38	20 May 2001	Motherwell	A	3–3	4,158	Quitongo 32', 57', Fenton 49'

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2000–01 Scottish Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R3	27 January 2001	Motherwell	H	1–2	5,002	Quitongo 89'

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2000–01 Scottish League Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R2	22 August 2000	Ross County	A	3–1	957	Murray 84', Walker 93', Brown 112'
R3	5 September 2000	Dundee	H	3–0	3,988	Walker 46', Brown 61', Paeslack 87'
QF	31 October 2000	Dunfermline Athletic	H	2–1	4,095	McGarry 25', Gillies 42'
SF	6 February 2001	Kilmarnock	N	0–3	9,213

References

1. "Scotland 2000/01". RSSSF.

External links

• St Mirren 2000–01 at Soccerbase.com (select relevant season from dropdown list)