At the end of 2000 the Jesters had lost four games in a row, and hired Canadian NHL veteran Bob Halkidis as a defender to boost their flagging fortunes.

[2] By March 2001 it was revealed that the Jesters owed two months unpaid wages to their playing squad, who took legal action against the club.

[3] By April 2001 the general manager of the club was in talks to move to Sheffield.

[4] The Jesters were subsequently banned by the league from hiring new players due to the non-payment of salaries, but shortly before the start of the 2001-2 season Paul Smith, the chairman of the team, was still insisting that they would be playing that season.

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