| English Div 2 |
| No. | Date | Ven | Opponent | Result | HT | Attend |
| 1 | 12-Aug-00 | H | Reading | W | 2-0 | (1-0) | 11,043 |
| Cahill 5, 50 |
| 2 | 19-Aug-00 | A | Notts County | W | 4-3 | (3-1) | 6,046 |
| Moody 16; Reid 38; Harris 39; Bircham 90 |
| 3 | 26-Aug-00 | H | Wycombe Wanderers | L | 1-2 | (1-0) | 10,139 |
| Harris 10 |
| 4 | 09-Sep-00 | H | Swansea City | W | 1-0 | (0-0) | 9,550 |
| Harris 89 |
| 5 | 12-Sep-00 | H | Northampton Town | L | 0-1 | (0-0) | 7,064 |
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| 6 | 16-Sep-00 | A | Brentford | D | 1-1 | (0-0) | 5,495 |
| Harris 80 |
| 7 | 23-Sep-00 | H | Oxford United | W | 5-0 | (3-0) | 8,565 |
| Parkin 2, 63; Harris 36, 40, 68 |
| 8 | 30-Sep-00 | A | Peterborough United | W | 4-1 | (1-0) | 7,126 |
| Dolan 23; Neill 64; Parkin 79; Cahill 89 |
| 9 | 08-Oct-00 | A | Luton Town | W | 1-0 | (0-0) | 5,345 |
| McGowan(og) 83 |
| 10 | 14-Oct-00 | H | Bury | W | 4-0 | (2-0) | 10,203 |
| Harris 28, 83; Neill 41; Livermore 77 |
| 11 | 17-Oct-00 | H | Bristol City | D | 1-1 | (1-0) | 9,694 |
| Parkin 3 |
| 12 | 21-Oct-00 | A | Stoke City | L | 2-3 | (2-2) | 13,758 |
| Harris 1, 44 |
| 13 | 24-Oct-00 | A | Swindon Town | W | 2-0 | (1-0) | 5,030 |
| Sadlier 43, 76 |
| 14 | 28-Oct-00 | H | Cambridge United | W | 3-1 | (3-1) | 10,104 |
| Sadlier 13, 21; Harris 33 |
| 15 | 04-Nov-00 | A | Port Vale | D | 1-1 | (0-0) | 4,559 |
| Livermore 68 |
| 16 | 07-Nov-00 | A | Wigan Athletic | L | 0-1 | (0-0) | 5,822 |
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| 17 | 11-Nov-00 | H | Wrexham | W | 1-0 | (0-0) | 9,607 |
| Moody 56 |
| 18 | 22-Nov-00 | A | Bristol Rovers | W | 2-1 | (1-0) | 5,502 |
| Harris 5; Reid 74 |
| 19 | 25-Nov-00 | A | Oldham Athletic | W | 1-0 | (0-0) | 4,779 |
| Cahill 79 |
| 20 | 02-Dec-00 | A | Rotherham United | L | 2-3 | (0-0) | 7,155 |
| Reid 55, 62 |
| 21 | 16-Dec-00 | H | Walsall | W | 2-0 | (1-0) | 11,737 |
| Bircham 6; Reid 47 |
| 22 | 23-Dec-00 | A | AFC Bournemouth | W | 2-1 | (1-0) | 6,843 |
| Kinet 41; Harris 70 |
| 23 | 26-Dec-00 | H | Colchester United | W | 6-1 | (2-0) | 11,156 |
| Harris 18, 76, 90p; Moody 26, 62; Ifill 88 |
| 24 | 30-Dec-00 | H | Notts County | L | 2-3 | (2-2) | 11,495 |
| Ifill 17; Moody 38 |
| 25 | 06-Jan-01 | A | Reading | W | 4-3 | (3-0) | 14,743 |
| Harris 17, 22, 50p; Newman(og) 29 |
| 26 | 13-Jan-01 | H | Wigan Athletic | W | 3-1 | (2-0) | 15,317 |
| Moody 13, 26, 61 |
| 27 | 27-Jan-01 | H | AFC Bournemouth | L | 0-1 | (0-1) | 12,713 |
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| 28 | 03-Feb-01 | H | Bristol Rovers | W | 3-0 | (1-0) | 10,828 |
| Cahill 31; Moody 60; Harris 89p |
| 29 | 06-Feb-01 | A | Colchester United | W | 1-0 | (1-0) | 4,523 |
| Ifill 21 |
| 30 | 11-Feb-01 | A | Swansea City | D | 0-0 | (0-0) | 6,905 |
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| 31 | 16-Feb-01 | H | Brentford | W | 1-0 | (1-0) | 10,233 |
| Cahill 18 |
| 32 | 20-Feb-01 | A | Northampton Town | D | 3-3 | (1-0) | 5,026 |
| Moody 13; Harris 54; Kinet 87 |
| 33 | 24-Feb-01 | A | Oxford United | W | 2-0 | (2-0) | 5,795 |
| Moody 12; Livermore 45 |
| 34 | 03-Mar-01 | H | Peterborough United | D | 0-0 | (0-0) | 11,658 |
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| 35 | 06-Mar-01 | A | Bury | L | 1-2 | (1-1) | 3,587 |
| Harris 4 |
| 36 | 10-Mar-01 | H | Luton Town | W | 1-0 | (1-0) | 11,691 |
| Nethercott 41 |
| 37 | 16-Mar-01 | A | Bristol City | L | 1-2 | (0-1) | 10,395 |
| Harris 60p |
| 38 | 27-Mar-01 | A | Wycombe Wanderers | D | 0-0 | (0-0) | 5,094 |
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| 39 | 31-Mar-01 | A | Walsall | D | 0-0 | (0-0) | 7,073 |
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| 40 | 03-Apr-01 | H | Stoke City | W | 2-0 | (1-0) | 11,639 |
| Sadlier 6; Cahill 78 |
| 41 | 07-Apr-01 | H | Rotherham United | W | 4-0 | (3-0) | 16,015 |
| Cahill 13; Reid 31; Claridge 42, 52 |
| 42 | 11-Apr-01 | H | Port Vale | W | 1-0 | (1-0) | 11,944 |
| Sadlier 17 |
| 43 | 14-Apr-01 | H | Swindon Town | W | 1-0 | (0-0) | 12,266 |
| Harris 65 |
| 44 | 17-Apr-01 | A | Cambridge United | W | 5-1 | (1-0) | 5,223 |
| Nethercott 35; Ifill 52, 79, 81; Claridge 74 |
| 45 | 28-Apr-01 | A | Wrexham | D | 1-1 | (0-1) | 5,939 |
| Cahill 53 |
| 46 | 05-May-01 | H | Oldham Athletic | W | 5-0 | (2-0) | 18,510 |
| Moody 21, 66; Harris 30, 90p; Reid 52 |
| English FA Cup |
| Round | Date | Ven | Opponent | Result | HT | Attend |
| 1 | 19-Nov-00 | A | Leigh RMI | W | 3-0 | (1-0) | 6,907 |
| Harris 1p; Bircham 67; Moody 75 |
| 2 | 10-Dec-00 | H | Wycombe Wanderers | D | 0-0 | (0-0) | 7,819 |
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| 2r | 19-Dec-00 | A | Wycombe Wanderers | L | 1-2 | (1-2) | 3,878 |
| Dolan 25 |
| English League Cup |
| Round | Date | Ven | Opponent | Result | HT | Attend |
| 1 L1 | 22-Aug-00 | A | Brighton & Hove Albion | W | 2-1 | (1-1) | 6,039 |
| Braniff 39; Livermore 53 |
| 1 L2 | 05-Sep-00 | H | Brighton & Hove Albion | D | 1-1 | (1-0) | 5,227 |
| Kinet 45 |
| 2 L1 | 19-Sep-00 | H | Ipswich Town | W | 2-0 | (1-0) | 8,068 |
| Ifill 37; Cahill 80 |
| 2 L2 | 26-Sep-00 | A | Ipswich Town | L | 0-5 | (0-0) | 13,008 |
| [aet] |
| LDV Vans Trophy |
| Round | Date | Ven | Opponent | Result | HT | Attend |
| 1 | 05-Dec-00 | H | Northampton Town | W | 4-1 | (2-0) | 2,369 |
| Kinet 10, 15, 50p; Sadlier 56 |
| 2 | 09-Jan-01 | H | Swindon Town | D | 0-0 | (0-0) | 2,394 |
| [aet, pen 2-3] |
Home and away results against each team, listed in the current league table standings
Score distributions by match - goals scored by row, and goals conceded by column. Each box shows the number of this season's matches with the resulting scoreline.