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?
17. Breakfast time
Daniel O' Donnell fans Elaine Dymond and Sharron Guest enjoy breakfast as they queue outside Sheffield City Hall for tickets in May 2001 | Sheffield Newspapers Ltd
18. Sheffield Show
Gladiator Wolf and strongman Geoff Capes visiting The Star stand at the Sheffield Show in Graves Park, August 27, 2001
19. Pottery
Pictured at the Overdale Pottery, Prospect Road, Bradway, Sheffield, where potter James Stead is seen with a selection of his work, July 3, 2001
20. Tuckwoods
Tuckwoods Restaurant, on Surrey Street, Sheffield city centre, in July 1989. The traditional English restaurant was famous for its cream teas and operated for 145 years before closing in 2001. | Picture Sheffield/Sheffield Newspapers Ltd