It was the year that marked the 100th Steel City Derby in a tense game at HIllsborough Stadium – Do you remember who won the April clash?
Off the pitch and on the ice, the Sheffield Steelers won a historic "Grand Slam" of all four available trophies during the 2000–01 Ice Hockey Superleague season.
We also waved goodbye to the Brutalist styled Sheffield Town Hall extension, popularly known as the ‘Egg Box’, with demolition of the building getting underway at the end of the year.
Norfolk Park also saw changes with the demolishing of the huge high rise flats on Guildford Avenue and the Talbot and Cliffe tower blocks, Kenninghall Mount, Park Grange Road at Norfolk Park – The city’s skyline would never be the same.
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2001 was also a year of world change, 9/11 in September created shockwaves around the globe. The September 11 attacks also hit close to home with the tragic death of Nigel Bruce Thompson. The 33-year-old from Sheffield was working in the North Tower of the World Trade Center at the time.
The photos from our archive take a look back at goings on in Sheffield all that time ago.
Schools, pubs, clubs and events feature in this photo gallery from 2004. Can you remember any of these people, places or events?
1. Shakespeare
Landlord and landlady Dave and Norma Fox at the Shakespeare pub on the corner of Well Road and Anns Road, Heeley, Sheffield, in 2001 | Sheffield Newspapers Ltd
2. Cup winners
Sheffield Steelers v Nottingham Panthers at Sheffield Arena. Our picture shows Steelers fans with the B&H Cup, on February 17, 2001
3. Protest
Steelers fans linking arms in a symbolic NO to the sale of their team outside the Sheffield Arena, on June 30, 2001
4. Key for Santa
The Mayor and Mayoress, Councillor David Baker and Penny Baker, give Santa the keys to open all the houses in Sheffield on Christmas Eve at the switch on of the Sheffield city centre Christmas lights on November 14, 2001