2001 Football League play-offs

Football League play-offs
Season2000–01
ChampionsBolton Wanderers
(First Division)
Walsall
(Second Division)
Blackpool
(Third Division)
Matches played15
Goals scored43 (2.87 per match)
Biggest home winBolton 3–0 WBA
(First Division)
Biggest away winHartlepool 1–3 Blackpool
(Third Division)
Highest scoringWalsall 4–2 Stoke
Blackpool 4–2 Leyton Orient
(6 goals)
Highest attendance54,328 – Bolton v Preston
(First Division final)
Lowest attendance5,720 – Blackpool v Hartlepool
(Third Division semi-final)
Average attendance21,183
2000
2002

The Football League play-offs for the 2000–01 season were held in May 2001, with the finals taking place at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. The play-off semi-finals will be played over two legs and will be contested by the teams who finish in 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th place in the Football League First Division and Football League Second Division and the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th placed teams in the Football League Third Division table. The winners of the semi-finals will go through to the finals, with the winner of the matches gaining promotion for the following season.