2001–02 Crystal Palace F.C. season

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Crystal Palace
2001–02 season
ChairmanSimon Jordan
ManagerSteve Bruce (until 2 November)
Trevor Francis (from 30 November)
StadiumSelhurst Park
First Division10th
FA CupThird round
Worthington CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Morrison (22)
All: Morrison (24)
Average home league attendance17,177

During the 2001–02 English football season, Crystal Palace F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary[]

Palace turned to Steve Bruce for the 2001–02 season.[1] A good start to the season gave Palace hope for a promotion challenge, but Bruce attempted to walk out on the club after just four months at the helm to take charge of Birmingham City.[2][3] After a short spell on 'gardening leave',[4] Bruce was eventually allowed to join Birmingham City,[5] succeeded by Trevor Francis, who had ironically been his predecessor at Birmingham.[6]

Final league table[]

Main article: 2001–02 Football League § First Division
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
8 Preston North End 46 20 12 14 71 59 +12 72
9 Wimbledon 46 18 13 15 63 57 +6 67
10 Crystal Palace 46 20 6 20 70 62 +8 66
11 Coventry City 46 20 6 20 59 53 +6 66
12 Gillingham 46 18 10 18 64 67 −3 64
Source:[citation needed]
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD) when the goal difference between a certain number of teams is tied.

Results[]

Crystal Palace's score comes first[7]

Legend[]

Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division[]

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
11 August 2001 Rotherham United A 3–2 6,994 Freedman (pen), Riihilahti, Smith
18 August 2001 Stockport County H 4–1 15,760 Riihilahti, Morrison (pen), Freedman
25 August 2001 Nottingham Forest A 2–4 18,239 Freedman (2)
8 September 2001 Millwall H 1–3 21,641 Morrison
15 September 2001 Portsmouth A 2–4 18,149 Rodger, Freedman
18 September 2001 Grimsby Town H 5–0 13,970 Kirovski, Popovic (2), Freedman, Morrison
22 September 2001 Barnsley H 1–0 15,433 Riihilahti
25 September 2001 Sheffield United A 3–1 14,180 Smith, Freedman (pen), Hopkin
29 September 2001 Sheffield Wednesday H 4–1 17,066 Freedman (2), Morrison (2)
13 October 2001 Wimbledon H 4–0 20,009 Morrison, Kirovski, Riihilahti, Brown (own goal)
16 October 2001 Bradford City H 2–0 15,721 Morrison (2)
20 October 2001 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 1–0 26,471 Kirovski
23 October 2001 Burnley A 0–1 14,713
28 October 2001 Norwich City H 3–2 19,553 Morrison (2), Freedman
31 October 2001 West Bromwich Albion H 0–1 17,273
3 November 2001 Walsall A 2–2 6,795 Hopkin, Freedman
17 November 2001 Crewe Alexandra H 4–1 21,802 Walton (own goal), Morrison, Kirovski, Freedman
21 November 2001 Gillingham A 0–3 9,396
24 November 2001 Preston North End A 1–2 15,264 Freedman
28 November 2001 Coventry City A 0–2 13,695
1 December 2001 Burnley H 1–2 18,457 Morrison
8 December 2001 Manchester City H 2–1 22,080 Freedman, Kirovski
11 December 2001 Birmingham City A 0–1 20,119
15 December 2001 Watford A 0–1 16,499
20 December 2001 Nottingham Forest H 1–1 15,645 Morrison
26 December 2001 Millwall A 0–3 16,630
29 December 2001 Bradford City A 2–1 14,233 Berhalter, Benjamin
13 January 2002 Stockport County A 1–0 5,541 Freedman
16 January 2002 Gillingham H 3–1 17,646 Morrison (2), Freedman
19 January 2002 Rotherham United H 2–0 17,311 Morrison, Smith
29 January 2002 Coventry City H 1–3 16,197 Freedman
2 February 2002 Sheffield Wednesday A 3–1 20,099 Morrison, Freedman, Smith
7 February 2002 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 0–2 18,475
16 February 2002 Wimbledon A 1–1 13,564 Morrison
23 February 2002 Sheffield United H 0–1 18,009
26 February 2002 Barnsley A 4–1 11,207 Freedman, Riihilahti, Akinbiyi, Gray
2 March 2002 Grimsby Town A 2–5 5,924 Gray, Morrison
5 March 2002 Portsmouth H 0–0 15,915
9 March 2002 Watford H 0–2 16,817
16 March 2002 Manchester City A 0–1 33,637
23 March 2002 Walsall H 2–0 21,038 Morrison, Freedman (pen)
30 March 2002 Norwich City A 1–2 21,251 Morrison
1 April 2002 Birmingham City H 0–0 19,598
7 April 2002 Crewe Alexandra A 0–0 6,724
13 April 2002 Preston North End H 2–0 21,361 Hopkin, Akinbiyi
21 April 2002 West Bromwich Albion A 0–2 26,712

FA Cup[]

Main article: 2001–02 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 5 January 2002 Newcastle United A 0–2 38,089

League Cup[]

Main article: 2001–02 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R1 21 August 2001 Leyton Orient A 4–2 4,290 Morrison (2), Black (2)
R2 12 September 2001 Everton A 1–1 (won 5–4 on pens) 21,128 Freedman (pen)
R3 10 October 2001 Sheffield Wednesday A 2–2 (lost 1–3 on pens) 8,796 Rodger, Riihilahti

Players[]

First-team squad[]

Squad at end of season[8]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Latvia LVA Aleksandrs Koliņko
2 DF England ENG Jamie Smith
3 DF England ENG Craig Harrison
4 DF England ENG Dean Austin
6 MF Scotland SCO David Hopkin
7 MF England ENG Hayden Mullins
8 MF England ENG Simon Rodger
9 FW Scotland SCO Dougie Freedman
10 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Clinton Morrison[notes 1]
11 MF England ENG Tommy Black
12 DF United States USA Gregg Berhalter
13 GK England ENG Lance Cronin
14 MF Scotland SCO Steven Thomson
15 MF Finland FIN Aki Riihilahti
16 DF England ENG Andy Frampton
17 FW Latvia LVA Andrejs Rubins
20 FW England ENG Richard Harris
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 GK France FRA Cédric Carrasso
24 MF England ENG Julian Gray
25 MF United States USA Jovan Kirovski
27 FW England ENG Steve Kabba
28 DF Australia AUS Tony Popovic
30 DF England ENG Danny Granville
31 GK England ENG Matt Clarke
32 MF England ENG Jamie Pollock
33 DF England ENG Scott Gooding
34 MF England ENG Robert Kember
35 DF England ENG Ryan Williams
36 DF Wales WAL Kit Symons[notes 2]
38 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Curtis Fleming[notes 3]
39 FW Wales WAL Gareth Williams
40 MF England ENG Wayne Routledge
55 FW Nigeria NGA Ade Akinbiyi[notes 4]

Left club during season[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
5 MF China CHN Fan Zhiyi (to Dundee)
5 DF Wales WAL Christian Edwards (on loan from Nottingham Forest)
18 MF Northern Ireland NIR Wayne Carlisle (to Bristol Rovers)
19 DF England ENG David Woozley (to Torquay United)
21 GK England ENG Matthew Gregg (released)
22 FW Wales WAL Andy Martin (to Torquay United)
23 MF Wales WAL Stephen Evans (to Brentford)
26 MF England ENG Sean Hankin (to Torquay United)
No. Pos. Nation Player
26 FW England ENG Trevor Benjamin[notes 5] (on loan from Leicester City)
26 DF Australia AUS Shaun Murphy (on loan from Sheffield United)
29 MF England ENG Jon Boardman (to Woking)
30 FW England ENG Chris Sharpling (to Woking)
36 DF England ENG Steve Vickers (on loan from Middlesbrough)
37 DF England ENG Richard Howell (to Stevenage Borough)
41 GK England ENG (to Weston-Super-Mare)

Reserve squad[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK England ENG Fraser Digby
— DF England ENG Gareth Gwillim
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF England ENG Steve Warren

References[]

  1. ^ Rookwood, Dan (31 May 2001). "Bruce confirmed as Palace manager". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 3 June 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  2. ^ Fifield, Dominic (3 November 2001). "Palace farce as Bruce awaits escape to Blues". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 3 June 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  3. ^ Stewart, Colin. "Bruce Left in Limbo as Palace Turn Down Resignation." The Scotsman: 3. 3 Nov 2001. ProQuest. Web. 31 May 2013. Archived on 3 June 2013. Accessed 2013-07-04.
  4. ^ Johnson, William (12 November 2001). "Palace stand firm over Bruce dispute". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 3 June 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  5. ^ "Bruce finally joins the Blues". The Guardian. 12 December 2001. Archived from the original on 3 June 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  6. ^ Rookwood, Dan (30 November 2001). "Palace name Francis as manager". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 3 June 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  7. ^ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/crystal-palace/2001-2002/results
  8. ^ "FootballSquads - Crystal Palace - 2001/02".

Notes[]

  1. ^ Morrison was born in Wandsworth, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandmother and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in August 2001.
  2. ^ Fleming was born in Basingstoke, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally through his father and made his international debut for Wales in February 1992.
  3. ^ Fleming was born in Manchester, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in April 1996.
  4. ^ Akinbiyi was born in Hackney, England, but also qualified to represent Nigeria internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Nigeria in 1999.
  5. ^ Benjamin was born in Kettering, England, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and would make his international debut for Jamaica in November 2002.
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