Click scoreline for match reports and details. Match Reports denoted by bold scoreline.

Date	Day	Opponents	Venue	Res.	Atten.
11/08	Sat	Sheffield United	City Ground	1-1	25,513
18/08	Sat	Barnsley	Oakwell	1-2	14,203
20/08	Mon	Hartlepool United	Victoria Park	2-0	3,983
25/08	Sat	Crystal Palace	City Ground	4-2	18,239
27/08	Mon	Coventry City	Highfield Road	0-0	18,467
08/09	Sat	Norwich City	Carrow Road	0-1	18,061
12/09	Wed	Stockport County	City Ground	p 1-1	5,432
15/09	Sat	Grimsby Town	Blundell Park	0-0	8,746
17/09	Mon	Rotherham United	City Ground	2-0	15,632
20/09	Thu	Bradford City	City Ground	1-0	28,546
25/09	Tue	Wolves	Molineux	0-1	24,350
29/09	Sat	Stockport County	City Ground	2-1	17,584
08/10	Mon	Bolton Wanderers	The Reebok Std.	0-1	6,681
13/10	Sat	Burnley	City Ground	1-0	24016
17/10	Wed	Birmingham City	City Ground	0-0	18,210
20/10	Sat	Millwall	The New Den	3-3	14,154
23/10	Tue	Watford	Vicarage Road	2-1	16,355
28/10	Sun	Manchester City	City Ground	1-1	28,266
31/10	Wed	Sheffield Wednesday	City Ground	0-1	20,206
04/11	Sun	West Brom	The Hawthorns	0-1	18,281
11/11	Sun	Walsall	The Bescott Std.	0-2	6,754
17/11	Sat	Preston North End	City Ground	1-1	21,020
24/11	Sat	Crewe Alexandra	Gresty Road	3-0	8,402
28/11	Wed	Portsmouth	Fratton Park	2-3	14,837
01/12	Sat	Watford	City Ground	0-0	24,015
08/12	Sat	Gillingham	City Ground	2-2	18,303
16/12	Sun	Wimbledon	Selhurst Park	0-1	5,920
20/12	Thu	Crystal Palace	Selhurst Park	1-1	15,645
26/12	Wed	Norwich City	City Ground	2-0	23,003
29/12	Sat	Coventry City	City Ground	2-1	22,706
01/01	Tue	Birmingham City	St Andrews	1-1	19,770
05/01	Sat	Sheffield United	Bramall Lane	0-1	14,696
12/01	Sat	Barnsley	City Ground	0-0	18,190
19/01	Sat	Sheffield United	Blundell Park	0-0	18,352
30/01	Wed	Portsmouth	City Ground	0-0	26,476
02/02	Sat	Stockport County	Edgley Park	3-1	6,513
09/02	Sat	Millwall	City Ground	1-2	18,511
16/02	Sat	Burnley	Turf Moor	1-1	15,085
23/02	Sat	Grimsby Town	City Ground	0-0	21,081
24/02	Sun	League Cup Final	Millenium Std.	Report
26/02	Tues	Bradford City	Valley Parade	1-2	13,505
02/03	Sat	Rotherham United	Millmoor	2-1	8,455
06/03	Wed	Wolves	City Ground	2-2	21,010
09/03	Sat	Wimbledon	City Ground	0-0	24,292
16/03	Sat	Gillingham	Priestfield	1-3	8,928
22/03	Fri	West Brom	City Ground	0-1	24,788
30/03	Sat	Manchester City	Maine Road	0-3	34,345
01/04	Mon	Walsall	City Ground	2-3	16,659
06/04	Sat	Sheffield Wednesday	Hillsborough	2-0	21,782
13/04	Sat	Crewe Alexandra	City Ground	2-2	22,870
21/04	Sun	Preston North End	Deepdale	1-2	17,390
04/05	Sat	Arsenal v Chelasea	Millenium Std.	2-0

Pre-Season 2001