2001–02 Football League

Football League, Second Division
Season	2001–02
Champions	Brighton & Hove Albion (1st third tier title, and second successive division championship)
Direct promotion	Brighton & Hove Albion,; Reading
Promoted through play-offs	Stoke City
Relegated	Bournemouth,; Bury,; Cambridge United,; Wrexham
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,472 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bobby Zamora (Brighton & Hove Albion), 28
	← 2000–01 2002–03 →

Football League, First Division
Season	2001–02
Champions	Manchester City (7th second tier title)
Direct promotion to FA Premier League	Manchester City,; West Bromwich Albion
Promoted to FA Premier League through play-offs	Birmingham City
Relegated	Barnsley,; Crewe Alexandra,; Stockport County
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,485 (2.69 per match)
Top goalscorer	Shaun Goater (Manchester City), 28
	← 2000–01 2002–03 →

The Football League
Season	2001–02
Champions	Manchester City
Promoted	Manchester City; West Bromwich Albion; Birmingham City
Relegated	Halifax Town
New team in League	Rushden & Diamonds
	← 2000–01 2002–03 →

The 2001–02 Football League (known as the Nationwide Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 103rd completed season of The Football League.

Final league tables and results[]

The tables and results below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website,^[1] with home and away statistics separated. Play-off results are from the same website.

First Division[]

Team changes[]

The following teams changed division since the 2000–01 season.

From First Division[]

Promoted to FA Premier League

Fulham
Blackburn Rovers
Bolton Wanderers

Relegated to Second Division

Huddersfield Town
Queens Park Rangers
Tranmere Rovers

To First Division[]

Promoted from Second Division

Millwall
Rotherham United
Walsall

Relegated from FA Premier League

Manchester City
Coventry City
Bradford City

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Manchester City (C, P)	46	19	3	1	63	19	12	3	8	45	33	+56	99	Promotion to the Premier League
2	West Bromwich Albion (P)	46	15	4	4	36	11	12	4	7	25	18	+32	89	Promotion to the Premier League
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	13	4	6	33	18	12	7	4	43	25	+33	86	Participated in play-offs
4	Millwall	46	15	3	5	43	22	7	8	8	26	26	+21	77
5	Birmingham City (O, P)	46	14	4	5	44	20	7	9	7	26	29	+21	76
6	Norwich City	46	15	6	2	36	16	7	3	13	24	35	+9	75
7	Burnley	46	11	7	5	39	29	10	5	8	31	33	+8	75
8	Preston North End	46	13	7	3	45	21	7	5	11	26	38	+12	72
9	Wimbledon	46	9	8	6	30	22	9	5	9	33	35	+6	67
10	Crystal Palace	46	13	3	7	42	22	7	3	13	28	40	+8	66
11	Coventry City	46	12	4	7	33	19	8	2	13	26	34	+6	66
12	Gillingham	46	12	5	6	38	26	6	5	12	26	41	−3	64
13	Sheffield United	46	8	8	7	34	30	7	7	9	19	24	−1	60
14	Watford	46	10	5	8	38	30	6	6	11	24	26	+6	59
15	Bradford City	46	10	1	12	41	39	5	9	9	28	37	−7	55
16	Nottingham Forest	46	7	11	5	26	21	5	7	11	24	30	−1	54
17	Portsmouth	46	9	6	8	36	31	4	8	11	24	41	−12	53
18	Walsall	46	10	6	7	29	27	3	6	14	22	44	−20	51
19	Grimsby Town	46	9	7	7	34	28	3	7	13	16	44	−22	50
20	Sheffield Wednesday	46	6	7	10	28	37	6	7	10	21	34	−22	50
21	Rotherham United	46	7	13	3	32	29	3	6	14	20	37	−14	49
22	Crewe Alexandra (R)	46	8	8	7	23	32	4	5	14	24	44	−29	49	Relegated to Second Division
23	Barnsley (R)	46	9	9	5	37	33	2	6	15	22	53	−27	48
24	Stockport County (R)	46	5	1	17	19	44	1	7	15	23	58	−60	26

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.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Play-offs[]

Semifinals 1st leg –Apr 28th; 2nd leg –May 1st/2nd, 2002					Final at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff May 12th, 2002

3rd	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	2

6th	Norwich City	3	0	3
					5th	Birmingham City (pen.)	1 (4)

					6th	Norwich City	1 (2)
4th	Millwall	1	0	1

5th	Birmingham City	1	1	2

^[1]

First Division maps[]

Barnsley

Birmingham

Bradford City

Burnley

Crewe Alexandra

Coventry

Crystal Palace

Gillingham

Grimsby Town

Manchester City

Millwall

Norwich City

Nottingham Forest

Portsmouth

Preston North End

Rotherham

Sheffield United

Sheffield Wednesday

Stockport

Walsall

Watford

West Bromwich Albion

Wimbledon

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League First Division 2001–2002 teams

Crystal Palace

Millwall

Watford

Wimbledon

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 2001–2002

Second Division[]

Team changes[]

The following teams changed division since the 2000–01 season.

From Second Division[]

Promoted to First Division

Millwall
Rotherham United
Walsall

Relegated to Third Division

Bristol Rovers
Luton Town
Swansea City
Oxford United

To Second Division[]

Promoted from Third Division

Brighton & Hove Albion
Cardiff City
Chesterfield
Blackpool

Relegated from First Division

Huddersfield Town
Queens Park Rangers
Tranmere Rovers

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Brighton & Hove Albion (C, P)	46	17	5	1	42	16	8	10	5	24	26	+24	90	Promoted
2	Reading (P)	46	12	7	4	36	20	11	8	4	34	23	+27	84	Promoted
3	Brentford	46	17	5	1	48	12	7	6	10	29	31	+34	83	Participated in play-offs
4	Cardiff City	46	12	8	3	39	25	11	6	6	36	25	+25	83
5	Stoke City (O, P)	46	16	4	3	43	12	7	7	9	24	28	+27	80
6	Huddersfield Town	46	13	7	3	35	19	8	8	7	30	28	+18	78
7	Bristol City	46	13	6	4	38	21	8	4	11	30	32	+15	73
8	Queens Park Rangers	46	11	10	2	35	18	8	4	11	25	31	+11	71
9	Oldham Athletic	46	14	6	3	47	27	4	10	9	30	38	+12	70
10	Wigan Athletic	46	9	6	8	36	23	7	10	6	30	28	+15	64
11	Wycombe Wanderers	46	13	5	5	38	26	4	8	11	20	38	−6	64
12	Tranmere Rovers	46	10	9	4	39	19	6	6	11	24	41	+3	63
13	Swindon Town	46	10	7	6	26	21	5	7	11	20	35	−10	59
14	Port Vale	46	11	6	6	35	24	5	4	14	16	38	−11	58
15	Colchester United	46	9	6	8	35	33	6	6	11	30	43	−11	57
16	Blackpool	46	8	9	6	39	31	6	5	12	27	38	−3	56
17	Peterborough United	46	11	5	7	46	26	4	5	14	18	33	+5	55
18	Chesterfield	46	9	3	11	35	36	4	10	9	18	29	−12	52
19	Notts County	46	8	7	8	28	29	5	4	14	31	42	−12	50
20	Northampton Town	46	9	4	10	30	33	5	3	15	24	46	−25	49
21	Bournemouth (R)	46	9	4	10	36	33	1	10	12	20	38	−15	44	Relegated
22	Bury (R)	46	6	9	8	26	32	5	2	16	17	43	−32	44
23	Wrexham (R)	46	7	7	9	29	32	4	3	16	27	57	−33	43
24	Cambridge United (R)	46	7	7	9	29	34	0	6	17	18	59	−46	34

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Play-offs[]

Semifinals 1st leg –Apr 28th; 2nd leg –May 1st, 2002					Final at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff May 11th, 2002

3rd	Brentford	0	2	2

6th	Huddersfield Town	0	1	1
					3rd	Brentford	0

					5th	Stoke City	2
4th	Cardiff City	2	0	2

5th	Stoke City	1	2	3

Second Division maps[]

Blackpool

Bournemouth

Brentford

Brighton & Hove

Bristol City

Bury

Chesterfield

Northampton Town

Notts County

Oldham

Peterborough

Port Vale

QPR

Reading

Stoke

Swindon

Tranmere

Wigan Athletic

Wrexham

Wycombe

Locations of the Football League Second Division 2001–2002 teams

Brentford

Queens Park Rangers

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 2001–2002

Third Division[]

Football League, Third Division
Season	2001–02
Champions	Plymouth Argyle (1st fourth tier title)
Direct promotion	Plymouth Argyle, Luton Town, Mansfield Town
Promoted through play-offs	Cheltenham Town
Relegated to Conference	Halifax Town
New club in the league	Rushden & Diamonds
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,397 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorer	Steve Howard (Luton Town), 24 ^[2]
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

Team changes[]

The following teams changed division since the 2000–01 season.

From Third Division[]

Promoted to Second Division

Brighton & Hove Albion
Cardiff City
Chesterfield
Blackpool

Relegated to Football Conference

Barnet

To Third Division[]

Promoted from Football Conference

Rushden & Diamonds

Relegated from Second Division

Bristol Rovers
Luton Town
Swansea City
Oxford United

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Plymouth Argyle (C, P)	46	19	2	2	41	11	12	7	4	30	17	+43	102	Promoted
2	Luton Town (P)	46	15	5	3	50	18	15	2	6	46	30	+48	97
3	Mansfield Town (P)	46	17	3	3	49	24	7	4	12	23	36	+12	79
4	Cheltenham Town (O, P)	46	11	11	1	40	20	10	4	9	26	29	+17	78	Participated in play-offs
5	Rochdale	46	13	8	2	41	22	8	7	8	24	30	+13	78
6	Rushden & Diamonds^[a]	46	14	5	4	40	20	6	8	9	29	33	+16	73
7	Hartlepool United	46	12	6	5	53	23	8	5	10	21	25	+26	71
8	Scunthorpe United	46	14	5	4	43	22	5	9	9	31	34	+18	71
9	Shrewsbury Town	46	13	4	6	36	19	7	6	10	28	34	+11	70
10	Kidderminster Harriers	46	13	6	4	35	17	6	3	14	21	30	+9	66
11	Hull City	46	12	6	5	38	18	4	7	12	19	33	+6	61
12	Southend United	46	12	5	6	36	22	3	8	12	15	32	−3	58
13	Macclesfield Town	46	7	7	9	23	25	8	6	9	18	27	−11	58
14	York City	46	11	5	7	26	20	5	4	14	28	47	−13	57
15	Darlington	46	11	6	6	37	25	4	5	14	23	46	−11	56
16	Exeter City	46	7	9	7	25	32	7	4	12	23	41	−25	55
17	Carlisle United	46	11	5	7	31	21	1	11	11	18	35	−7	52
18	Leyton Orient	46	10	7	6	37	25	3	6	14	18	46	−16	52
19	Torquay United	46	8	6	9	27	31	4	9	10	19	32	−17	51
20	Swansea City	46	7	8	8	26	26	6	4	13	27	51	−24	51
21	Oxford United	46	8	7	8	34	28	3	7	13	19	34	−9	47
22	Lincoln City	46	8	4	11	25	27	2	12	9	19	35	−18	46
23	Bristol Rovers	46	8	7	8	28	28	3	5	15	12	32	−20	45
24	Halifax Town (R)	46	5	9	9	24	28	3	3	17	15	56	−45	36	Relegated to Conference

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ New club in the league

Play-offs[]

Semifinals 1st leg –Apr 27th; 2nd leg –Apr 30th, 2002					Final at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff May 6th, 2002

4th	Cheltenham Town (pens.)	1	1	2 (5)

7th	Hartlepool United	1	1	2 (4)
					4th	Cheltenham Town	3

					6th	Rushden & Diamonds	1
5th	Rochdale	2	1	3

6th	Rushden & Diamonds	2	2	4

Third Division maps[]

Bristol Rovers

Carlisle United

Cheltenham

Darlington

Exeter City

Halifax Town

Hartlepool

Hull

Kidderminster Harriers

Leyton Orient

Lincoln City

Luton Town

Macclesfield

Mansfield Town

Oxford

Plymouth Argyle

Rochdale

Rushden & Diamonds

Scunthorpe United

Southend

Shrewsbury

Swansea City

Torquay

York City

Locations of the Football League Third Division teams 2001–2002

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "England 2001–02". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 24 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

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[rsssf-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "England 2001–02". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 24 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.

[topscorers-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

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2001–02 Football League

Contents

Final league tables and results[]

First Division[]

Team changes[]

From First Division[]

To First Division[]

Play-offs[]

First Division maps[]

Second Division[]

Team changes[]

From Second Division[]

To Second Division[]

Play-offs[]

Second Division maps[]

Third Division[]

Team changes[]

From Third Division[]

To Third Division[]

Play-offs[]

Third Division maps[]

See also[]

References[]