| Pride in our past The history of Leamington Football Club 1891-2009 |
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Season 2000-1: after 12 years, the Brakes are back
Midland Combination Division Two: Champions
Midland Challenge Vase: Semi Finalists
Midland Combination Team of the Month: January and April 2001
A season in which Leamington FC returned to league football for the first time since 1988,
playing at our new home, the New Windmill Ground.
Results
| Comp | Date | Opposition | Venue | Score | Scorers | Crowd |
| MC2 | 19 Aug 2000 | Enville Athletic | H | 3-1 | Blake (2), Mort | 730 |
| MC2 | 22 Aug | Earlswood Town | H | 3-1 | Blake (2), Billington | 569 |
| MC2 | 26 Aug | Wyre Forest1 | H | 1-2 | Mort | |
| MC2 | 30 Aug | Leamington Hibernian | A | 4-1 | Blake (2), Agar, Simmonds | 560 |
| MC2 | 2 Sep | County Sports Reserves | H | 2-1 | Blake (2) | 470 |
| MC2 | 9 Sep | West Midlands Police Reserves | H | 7-0 | Blake (5), Agar, Wickson | 580 |
| MC2 | 16 Sep | Rugby AFC | H | 2-1 | Blake (2) | 470 |
| MC2 | 23 Sep | Wilmcote Sports & Social | A | 1-1 | Payne | 292 |
| MC2 | 30 Sep | Cadbury Athletic | A | 2-2 | Shearsby (2) | 249 |
| MC2 | 14 Oct | Barnt Green Spartak | H | 1-1 | Blake | 409 |
| MCV 1 | 21 Oct | Kenilworth Wardens | A | 4-0 | Agar (2), Blake, Shearsby | 247 |
| BJC 1 | 24 Oct | Alvechurch Reserves | A | 1-0 | Burgess | |
| BJC 2 | 13 Dec | Rugby Town | H2 | 0-2 | 147 | |
| MC2 | 23 Dec | Litchfield Enots | A | 4-0 | Agar, Hepburn, McGovern, Wickson | |
| MCV 2 | 6 Jan 2001 | Barnt Green Spartak | H | 9-2 | Billington (3), Timms (3), Agar, Shearsby, Thompson | 283 |
| MC2 | 13 Jan | Chelmsley Town | H | 3-1 | Agar, Burgess, Timms | 423 |
| MCV 3 | 20 Jan | Burman Hi-Ton | A | 5-1 | Ariss, Billington, Blake, Shearsby, Wickson | |
| MC2 | 27 Jan | Malvern Athletic | A | 4-1 | Timms (2), Ariss, Billington | |
| MC2 | 31 Jan | West Midlands Police Reserves | A | 2-1 | Thompson, Timms | |
| MC2 | 10 Feb | Archdale '73 | A | 2-1 | Blake, Timms | |
| MC2 | 17 Feb | Leamington Hibernian | H | 5-3 | Blake (2), Agar (3) | 540 |
| MC2 | 24 Feb | Burman Hi-Ton | H | 3-1 | Thompson, Ariss, Blake | 474 |
| MCV SF | 3 Mar | Cadbury Athletic | A | 1-2 | Agar | 250 |
| MC2 | 10 Mar | Droitwich Spa | A | 2-1 | Blake, Rippon | |
| MC2 | 14 Mar | Rugby AFC | A | 3-2 | Agar, Shearsby, Blake | |
| MC2 | 31 Mar | Enville Athletic | A | 3-0 | Blake (2), Burgess | |
| MC2 | 11 Apr | Litchfield Enots | H | 5-0 | Timms, Thompson, Shearsby, Blake, Webb | 361 |
| MC2 | 14 Apr | Chelmsley Town | A | 4-1 | Timms, Billington, Wickson, Webb | |
| MC2 | 16 Apr | Rugby Town | A | 0-0 | 826 | |
| MC2 | 19 Apr | Cadbury Athletic | H | 1-0 | Agar | 392 |
| MC2 | 21 Apr | Malvern Athletic | H | 2-0 | Shearsby, Blake | 502 |
| MC2 | 28 Apr | Archdale '73 | H | 4-3 | Timms (2), Blake, Wickson | 451 |
| MC2 | 2 May | Earlswood Town | A3 | 5-0 | Agar (3), Timms, Blake | 370 |
| MC2 | 5 May | Wilmcote Sports & Social | H | 1-0 | Timms | 425 |
| MC2 | 7 May | Rugby Town | H | 0-2 | 1,263 | |
| MC2 | 10 May | County Sports Reserves | A | 4-1 | Timms, Webb, Agar, Shearsby | |
| MC2 | 12 May | Droitwich Spa | H | 2-0 | Webb, Timms | 422 |
| MC2 | 16 May | Burman Hi-Ton | A | 0-1 | ||
| MC2 | 19 May | Kenilworth Wardens | H | 4-1 | Blake (2), Burgess, Shearsby | 525 |
| MC2 | 23 May | Kenilworth Wardens | A3 | 2-1 | Shearsby, Hepburn | 375 |
| MC2 | 26 May | Barnt Green Spartak | A3 | 6-1 | O'Keeffe, Thompson, Blake (2), Webb, Shearby, | 660 |
| Key: MC2; Midland Combination Division Two; MCV: Midland Combination Challenge Vase; BJC: Birmingham County FA Junior Cup. Notes: 1 Wyre Forest's record was expunged during this season, therefore, the result, appearances and goal scored are not included in the season's totals. 2 Game played at Rugby Town's Webb Ellis Road 3 Game played at the New Windmill Ground |
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Average home league attendance 525; with cup matches 513: unprecedented at this
level of Midlands football. The attendance of 1263 against Rugby Town on 7 May 2001 set a record
that stood
for a considerable time.
Final league table
| Pos | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | LEAMINGTON | 34 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 96 | 31 | 65 | 88 |
| 2 | Rugby Town | 34 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 106 | 24 | 82 | 81 |
| 3 | Wilmcote Sports and Social | 34 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 87 | 28 | 59 | 74 |
| 4 | Cadbury Athletic | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 71 | 34 | 37 | 69 |
| 5 | Archdale '73 | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 82 | 43 | 39 | 65 |
| 6 | Leamington Hibernian | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 102 | 76 | 26 | 61 |
| 7 | Droitwich Spa | 34 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 64 | 55 | 9 | 54 |
| 8 | Enville Athletic | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 53 | 49 | 4 | 54 |
| 9 | Burman Hi-Ton | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 59 | 61 | -2 | 45 |
| 10 | Earlswood Town | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 58 | 73 | -15 | 40 |
| 11 | Chelmsley Town | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 43 | 72 | -29 | 38 |
| 12 | West Midlands Police Reserves | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 50 | 77 | -27 | 35 |
| 13 | Barnt Green Spartak | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 46 | 75 | -29 | 35 |
| 14 | Lichfield Enots | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 43 | 72 | -29 | 34 |
| 15 | * Rugby AFC | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 55 | 81 | -26 | 28 |
| 16 | Kenilworth Wardens | 34 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 48 | 94 | -46 | 24 |
| 17 | Malvern Athletic | 34 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 50 | 112 | -62 | 21 |
| 18 | County Sports Reserves | 34 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 61 | 117 | -56 | 16 |
* 3 points deducted
Wyre Forest resigned part way through the season and their record was
expunged
Leamington playing squad 2001-2
Back row: Will Payne, Hayden Proctor, Glenn Webb, Richard Morris, Paul
O'Keeffe, Louise Emery (physio),
Josh Blake, Adam Ball, Darren Timms, Kevin
Ariss, Guy Rippon.
Front: Barry Shearsby, Ian Billington, Brian Agar
(captain), Jonny Burgess, Martin Beeston, Barry Proctor
& Jason Cadden (co-managers),
Liam McGovern, Stuart Hepburn, Steve Thompson, Simon Wickson.
| Appearances | Goals scored | |||||||
| Player | Starts | Sub | Total | MC2 | MCV | BJC | Total | |
| Brian Agar | 33 | 4 | 37 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 17 | |
| Kevin Ariss | 23 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Louis Atkinson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Adam Ball | 28 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Martin Beeston | 1 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ian Billington | 28 | 4 | 32 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |
| Josh Blake | 32 | 3 | 35 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 33 | |
| Jonny Burgess | 23 | 9 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Andy Cameron | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steven Ford | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Simon Gulliver | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stuart Hepburn | 24 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Liam McGovern | 27 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Robin Morey | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Richard Morris (Goalkeeper) | 13 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Mort | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Paul O'Keeffe (Goalkeeper) | 27 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Will Payne | 36 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Neale Perry | 7 | 13 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Hayden Proctor | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Simon Proctor | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Guy Rippon | 14 | 10 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tim Romback | 9 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barry Shearsby | 24 | 11 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 12 | |
| Mark Simmonds | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Steve Thompson | 26 | 2 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Darren Timms | 24 | 5 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 16 | |
| Glen Webb | 13 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Simon Wickson | 21 | 5 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals 28 players used | Max apps=40 | 96 | 19 | 1 | 116 | |||
| Player | Starts | Sub | Total | MC2 | MCV | BJC | Total | |