2001–02 Manchester City F.C. season

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Manchester City
2001–02 season
OwnerPublicly traded company
ChairmanDavid Bernstein
ManagerKevin Keegan
StadiumMaine Road
First Division1st (promoted to Premier League)
FA CupFifth round
League CupFourth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Shaun Goater (28 goals)
All: Goater (32 goals)
Highest home attendance
  • Home: 34,657 0v0 Portsmouth
    21 April 2002
  • Away: 51,069 0v0 Newcastle United
    17 February 2002
Lowest home attendance
  • Home: 13,912 0v0 Birmingham City
    10 October 2001
  • Away: 5,972 0v0 Notts County
    11 September 2001
Away colours
Third colours
Results summary - all competitions
Wins Draws Losses Win %
Home 21 3 1 84.0%
Away 14 3 10 51.9%
Both 35 6 11 67.3%
Results summary - First Division
Wins Draws Losses Win %
Home 19 3 1 82.6%
Away 12 3 8 52.2%
Both 31 6 9 67.4%

The 2001–02 season was Manchester City Football Club's 110th season playing in a division of English football, most of which have been spent in the top flight. This season was the club's most recent season of second-tier league football, with the team playing in the Football League First Division following its immediate relegation from the Premier League in the previous season after its promotion the season before that. This time around the team was promoted at the first time of asking, with it winning the First Division by a clear 10 points while scoring more than 100 league goals for the first time since the 1957–58 season.

Season review[]

The team's performance in the First Division this season matched a number of prior club records whilst also setting some new ones. The team equaled the record number of total goals scored (108) in any prior season; set a new club high for total league points accumulated (99) in a single season (since 3 points for a win was introduced into English football); produced the highest number of seasonal wins (31); and equaled the club's prior record for the total number of home wins (19). Additionally, Manchester City's First Division championship title became a record seventh English second-tier title won by the club, a record still to be surpassed by any other English team. Shaun Goater, the club's leading goal scorer this campaign with a tally of 32 goals - making him the first City player since Francis Lee in 1972 to net more than 30 goals in a season - scored 28 of those in the club's pursuit of promotion back to the top flight, which meant that he was also the leading goal scorer in the First Division this season.

Team kit[]

The team kit was produced by Le Coq Sportif and the shirt sponsor was Eidos Interactive.

Home
Away
Third

Historical league performance[]

Prior to this season, the history of Manchester City's performance in the English football league hierarchy since the creation of the Premier League in 1992 is summarised by the following timeline chart – which commences with the last season (1991–92) of the old Football League First Division (from which the Premier League was formed).

Games[]

Football League First Division[]

Position in final standings[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Manchester City (C, P) 46 31 6 9 108 52 +56 99 Promotion to the Premier League
2 West Bromwich Albion (P) 46 27 8 11 61 29 +32 89
3 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 25 11 10 76 43 +33 86 Participated in play-offs
4 Millwall 46 22 11 13 69 48 +21 77
5 Birmingham City (O, P) 46 21 13 12 70 49 +21 76
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

Results summary[]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 31 6 9 108 52  +56 99 19 3 1 63 19  +44 12 3 8 45 33  +12

Last updated: 21 April 2002 (end of season).
Source: Football League First Division 2001–02

Results by round[]

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundHAHAAHAAHHHHAHAAHAHAAAHHHHAHAHAHAHHAAAHAAHAHAH
ResultWLWWLWLWWLDDLWDWWLWWWLWWDWWWWWLWDWWWWWWLDWWWWW
Updated to match(es) played on 21 April 2002 (end of season). Source: 2001–02 Football League First Division
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Individual match reports[]

11 August 2001 Manchester City England 3 – 0 England Watford Manchester, England
15:00 Goater Goal 59'
Berkovic Goal 64'
Pearce Goal 87'
(Report) Robinson Yellow card 72' Yellow-red card Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 33,939
Referee: Mike Riley
18 August 2001 Norwich City England 2 – 0 England Manchester City Norwich
15:00 Libbra Goal 75'
McVeigh
(Report) Wanchope Yellow card 90' Yellow-red card Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 18,745
Referee: Paul Taylor
25 August 2001 Manchester City England 5 – 2 England Crewe Alexandra Manchester
17:15 Wanchope Goal 33', Goal 90'
Pearce Goal pen' (41)
Goater Goal 80', Goal 89'
(Report) Hulse Goal 44'
Little Goal 45'
Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 32,844
Referee: Howard Webb
27 August 2001 Burnley England 2 – 4 England Manchester City Burnley
18:15 Davis Goal 25'
Armstrong Red card 36'
Briscoe Goal 52'
(Report) Goater Goal 17', Goal 62', Goal 86'
Wanchope Goal 50'
Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 19,602
Referee:
8 September 2001 West Bromwich Albion England 4 – 0 England Manchester City West Bromwich
15:00 McInnes Goal 10'
Clement Goal pen' (66), Goal 79'
Dobie Goal 83'
(Report) Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 23,524
Referee:
15 September 2001 Manchester City England 3 – 0 England Birmingham City Manchester
12:30 Goater Goal 23', Goal 42'
Dunne Goal 25'
(Report) Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 31,714
Referee: Jeff Winter
19 September 2001 Coventry City England 4 – 3 England Manchester City Coventry
19:45 Pearce Goal og' (15)
Konjic Goal 45'
Hughes Goal 65'
Thompson Goal 89'
(Report) Benarbia Goal 29'
Horlock Goal 57'
Hall Goal og' (72)
Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 18,804
Referee:
22 September 2001 Sheffield Wednesday England 2 – 6 England Manchester City Sheffield
15:00 Goal 3'
Bromby Goal 47'
(Report) Benarbia Goal 32'
Goater Goal 35', Goal 70'
Granville Goal 59'
Wanchope Goal 68', Goal pen' (79)
Stadium: Hillsborough
Attendance: 25,731
Referee: Roy Pearson
25 September 2001 Manchester City England 3 – 0 England Walsall Manchester
19:45 Benarbia Goal 24'
Goater Goal 41'
Wanchope Goal pen' (59)
(Report) Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 31,525
Referee: Rob Harris
29 September 2001 Manchester City England 0 – 4 England Wimbledon Manchester
15:00 (Report) Connolly Goal 23', Goal pen' (35)
Shipperley Goal 83', Goal 90'
Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 32,989
Referee:
13 October 2001 Manchester City England 2 – 2 England Stockport County Manchester
15:00 Benarbia Goal 51'
Goater Goal 84'
(Report) Hurst Goal 50'
Kuqi Goal pen' (68)
Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 34,214
Referee:
16 October 2001 Manchester City England 0 – 0 England Sheffield United Manchester
19:45 Horlock Yellow card 76' Yellow-red card (Report) Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 32,454
Referee: Steve Bennett
21 October 2001 Preston North End England 2 – 1 England Manchester City Preston
14:15 Healy Goal 50'
Macken Goal 67'
(Report) Huckerby Goal 37'
Berkovic Red card 89'
Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 21,013
Referee: Mike Dean
23 October 2001 Manchester City England 4 – 0 England Grimsby Town Manchester
19:45 Goater Goal 2'
Howey Goal 20'
Huckerby Goal 24', Goal 64'
(Report) Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 30,797
Referee:
28 October 2001 Nottingham Forest England 1 – 1 England Manchester City Nottingham
17:15 Bart-Williams Goal 7' (Report) Goater Goal 9' Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 28,266
Referee: John Brandwood
31 October 2001 Barnsley England 0 – 3 England Manchester City Barnsley
19:45 (Report) Goater Goal 14'
Pearce Goal 35'
Huckerby Goal 45'
Stadium: Oakwell Stadium
Attendance: 15,159
Referee: Phil Joslin
3 November 2001 Manchester City England 4 – 1 England Gillingham Manchester
15:00 Goater Goal 18', Goal 20', Goal 52'
Huckerby Goal 35'
(Report) King Goal 71' Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 33,067
Referee: Richard Beeby
17 November 2001 Portsmouth England 2 – 1 England Manchester City Portsmouth
12:30 Bradbury Goal 54'
Crouch Goal 78'
(Report) Huckerby Goal 28' Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 19,103
Referee: Paul Alcock
24 November 2001 Manchester City England 2 – 1 England Rotherham United Manchester
15:00 Negouai Goal 43'
Benarbia Goal 88'
(Report) Swailes Goal 24' Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 34,223
Referee:
1 December 2001 Grimsby Town England 0 – 2 England Manchester City Grimsby
15:00 (Report) Huckerby Goal pen' (74)
Goater Goal 90'
Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 7,960
Referee: Paul Rejer
4 December 2001 Millwall England 2 – 3 England Manchester City London
19:45 Sadlier Goal 45'
Claridge Goal pen' (75)
(Report) Goater Goal 23'
Huckerby Goal 68'
Wright-Phillips Goal 83'
Stadium: New Den
Attendance: 13,026
Referee:
8 December 2001 Crystal Palace England 2 – 1 England Manchester City London
15:15 Freedman Goal 31'
Kirovski Goal 45'
(Report) Goater Goal 68' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 22,080
Referee:
11 December 2001 Manchester City England 1 – 0 England Wolverhampton Wanderers Manchester
19.45 Horlock Goal 21' (Report) Lescott Red card 42' Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 33,639
Referee: Mike Riley
16 December 2001 Manchester City England 3 – 1 England Bradford City Manchester
14:15 Mettomo Goal 36'
Horlock Goal 58'
Wright-Phillips Goal 64'
(Report) Dunne Goal og' (15) Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 30,749
Referee:
26 December 2001 Manchester City England 0 – 0 England West Bromwich Albion Manchester
15:00 Edghill Yellow card 48' Yellow-red card (Report) Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 34,407
Referee:
29 December 2001 Manchester City England 5 – 1 England Burnley Manchester
12:00 Wanchope Goal 2', Goal 28', Goal 45'
Berkovic Goal 38'
Huckerby Goal 90'
(Report) Thomas-Moore Goal 61' Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 34,250
Referee: Matt Messias
1 January 2002 Sheffield United England 1 – 3 England Manchester City Sheffield
15:00 Brown Goal 90' (Report) Goater Goal 55'
Berkovic Goal 68'
Wright-Phillips Goal 90'
Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 26,291
Referee: Alan Wiley
13 January 2002 Manchester City England 3 – 1 England Norwich City Manchester
14:15 Tiatto Red card 12'
Berkovic Goal 43', Goal 65'
Wanchope Goal pen' (61)
(Report) Nielsen Goal 47' Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 31,794
Referee:
20 January 2002 Watford England 1 – 2 England Manchester City Watford
18:15 Wanchope Goal 30'
Helguson Goal og' (80)
(Report) Smith Goal 26' Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 17,724
Referee: Dermot Gallagher
30 January 2002 Manchester City England 2 – 0 England Millwall Manchester
19:45 Benarbia Red card 7'
Goater Goal 78', Goal 87'
(Report) Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 30,238
Referee: Peter Walton
3 February 2002 Wimbledon England 2 – 1 England Manchester City London
14:00 Shipperley Goal 34', Goal 69' (Report) Benarbia Goal 54'
Pearce Red card 90'
Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 10,664
Referee: Phil Dowd
10 February 2002 Manchester City England 3 – 2 England Preston North End Manchester
14:15 Wright-Phillips Goal 49'
Howey Goal 56'
Wanchope Goal 74'
(Report) Macken Goal 47'
Anderson Goal 90'
Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 34,220
Referee: Anthony Bates
23 February 2002 Walsall England 0 – 0 England Manchester City Walsall
15:00 [ (Report)] Stadium: Bescot Stadium
Attendance: 7,618
Referee:
27 February 2002 Manchester City England 4 – 0 England Sheffield Wednesday Manchester
19:45 Horlock Goal 9'
Huckerby Goal 32'
Berkovic Goal 76'
Goater Goal 88'
(Report) Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 33,682
Referee: Paul Durkin
3 March 2002 Manchester City England 4 – 2 England Coventry City Manchester
13:00 Huckerby Goal 15'
Tiatto Goal 35'
Wright-Phillips Goal 42', Goal 71'
(Report) Mills Goal 19', Goal 88' Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 33,335
Referee: Mike Pike
5 March 2002 Birmingham City England 1 – 2 England Manchester City Birmingham
19:45 Johnson Goal 4' (Report) Jensen Goal 43'
Horlock Goal 68'
Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 24,160
Referee:
8 March 2002 Bradford City England 0 – 2 England Manchester City Bradford
19:45 (Report) Huckerby Goal 44'
Macken Goal 90'
Stadium: Valley Parade
Attendance: 18,168
12 March 2002 Crewe Alexandra England 1 – 3 England Manchester City Crewe
19:45 Jack Goal 55' (Report) Benarbia Goal 30'
Huckerby Goal 45'
Goater Goal 75'
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 10,092
Referee: Paul Danson
16 March 2002 Manchester City England 1 – 0 England Crystal Palace Manchester
15:00 Horlock Goal 10' (Report) Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 33,637
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
19 March 2002 Stockport County England 2 – 1 England Manchester City Stockport
19:45 Hardiker Goal 85', Goal 90' (Report) Macken Goal 18'
Goater Red card 30'
Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 9,537
Referee:
23 March 2002 Rotherham United England 1 – 1 England Manchester City Rotherham
15:00 Lee Goal 45' (Report) Benarbia Goal 60' Stadium: Millmoor
Attendance: 11,426
Referee: Dermot Gallagher
30 March 2002 Manchester City England 3 – 0 England Nottingham Forest Manchester
15:00 Huckerby Goal 40', Goal 45', Goal pen' (84) (Report) Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 34,345
Referee: Mike Jones
1 April 2002 Wolverhampton Wanderers England 0 – 2 England Manchester City Wolverhampton
13:00 Butler Yellow card 83' Yellow-red card (Report) Wright-Phillips Goal 36', Goal 80' Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 28,015
Referee: Graham Barber
6 April 2002 Manchester City England 5 – 1 England Barnsley Manchester
13:00 Huckerby Goal 12', Goal 36', Goal 63'
Macken Goal 53', Goal 70'
(Report) Dyer Goal 43' Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 33,628
13 April 2002 Gillingham England 1 – 3 England Manchester City Gillingham
15:00 Onuora Goal 34' (Report) Horlock Goal 20'
Goater Goal 39'
Huckerby Goal 85'
Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 9,494
Referee: Matt Messias
21 April 2002 Manchester City England 3 – 1 England Portsmouth Manchester
15:00 Howey Goal 9'
Goater Goal 27'
Macken Goal 86'
(Report) Pitt Goal 59' Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 34,657
Referee:

League Cup[]

Second round[]

11 September 2001 Notts County England 2 – 2
2 – 4 (aet)
England Manchester City Nottingham
19:45 Allsopp Goal pen' (68)
Stallard Goal 70'
(Report) Shuker Goal 61'
Goater Goal 86'
Dickov Goal 92'
Huckerby Goal 103'
Stadium: Meadow Lane
Attendance: 5,972
Referee: Andy Hall

Third round[]

10 October 2001 Manchester City England 6 – 0 England Birmingham City Manchester
19:45 Huckerby Goal 10', Goal 25', Goal 81', Goal 89'
Luntala Goal og' (14)
Goater Goal 53'
(Report) Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 13,912
Referee: Rob Styles

Fourth round[]

28 November 2001 Blackburn Rovers England 2 – 0 England Manchester City Blackburn
19:45 Johansson Goal 44'
D. Johnson Goal 89'
(Report) Negouai Yellow card 26' Yellow-red card Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 17,907
Referee: Uriah Rennie

FA Cup[]

Third round[]

5 January 2002 Manchester City England 2 – 0 England Swindon Town Manchester
13:00 Wanchope Goal 8'
Horlock Goal 62'
(Report) Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 21,581
Referee: Chris Foy

Fourth round[]

27 January 2002 Ipswich Town England 1 – 4 England Manchester City Ipswich
19:00 Bent Goal 83' (Report) Berkovic Goal 43'
Goater Goal 65', Goal 86'
Huckerby Goal 90'
Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 21,119
Referee: Graham Poll

Fifth round[]

17 February 2002 Newcastle United England 1 – 0 England Manchester City Newcastle
19:00 Solano Goal 59' (Report) Dunne Red card 29' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 51,020
Referee: Alan Wiley

Playing statistics[]

Appearances for competitive matches only

No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England Nicky Weaver 240(1) 0 20(0) 0 20(0) 0 280(1) 0
2 DF England Stuart Pearce 380(0) 3 10(1) 0 30(0) 0 420(1) 3
3 DF England Richard Edghill 090(1) 0 10(2) 0 0 0 100(3) 0
4 DF Netherlands Gerard Wiekens 210(5) 0 10(0) 0 20(0) 0 240(5) 0
5 DF Scotland Andy Morrison 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 MF England Kevin Horlock 330(9) 7 30(0) 1 20(0) 0 380(9) 8
7 FW England Darren Huckerby 300(8) 20 30(2) 1 20(1) 5 35(11) 26
8 DF Australia Simon Colosimo 000(6) 0 0 0 10(0) 0 010(6) 0
8 FW England Jon Macken 040(4) 5 0 0 0 0 040(4) 5
9 FW Scotland Paul Dickov 000(6) 0 00(1) 0 00(1) 0 000(8) 1
10 FW Bermuda Shaun Goater 420(0) 28 10(1) 2 20(0) 2 450(1) 32
11 MF England Terry Cooke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 MF Martinique Christian Negouai 020(2) 1 00(2) 0 20(0) 0 040(4) 1
14 MF Israel Eyal Berkovic 200(5) 6 30(0) 1 20(1) 0 250(6) 7
15 DF Norway Alf-Inge Håland 000(3) 0 00(1) 0 0 0 000(4) 0
16 DF Scotland Paul Ritchie 000(7) 0 20(1) 0 00(1) 0 020(9) 0
17 DF China Sun Jihai 020(5) 0 0 0 0 0 020(5) 0
18 MF Northern Ireland Jeff Whitley 000(2) 0 0 0 0 0 000(2) 0
19 DF Australia Danny Tiatto 360(1) 1 10(0) 0 20(0) 0 390(1) 1
20 GK England Carlo Nash 220(1) 0 10(0) 0 10(0) 0 240(1) 0
21 MF France Alioune Touré 000(1) 0 0 0 00(1) 0 000(2) 0
22 DF Republic of Ireland Richard Dunne 420(2) 1 30(0) 0 30(0) 0 480(2) 1
23 FW Costa Rica Paulo Wanchope 140(1) 12 20(0) 1 10(0) 0 170(1) 13
24 DF England Steve Howey 340(0) 3 20(0) 0 20(0) 0 380(0) 3
25 DF Cameroon Lucien Mettomo 160(5) 1 0 0 10(1) 0 170(6) 1
26 DF England Tyrone Mears 000(1) 0 0 0 0 0 000(1) 0
27 DF England Stephen Jordan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 MF England Tony Grant 020(1) 0 0 0 10(0) 0 030(1) 0
29 MF England Shaun Wright-Phillips 300(4) 8 30(0) 0 10(1) 0 340(5) 8
31 DF France Laurent Charvet 030(0) 0 0 0 0 0 030(0) 0
32 GK England Simon Royce 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 FW England Leon Mike 010(1) 0 0 0 0 0 010(1) 0
33 FW New Zealand Chris Killen 000(2) 0 00(1) 0 0 0 000(3) 0
35 GK Republic of Ireland Brian Murphy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 DF Denmark Niclas Jensen 160(1) 1 20(1) 0 0 0 180(2) 1
36 DF England Danny Granville 120(4) 1 0 0 10(1) 0 130(5) 1
37 MF Canada Terry Dunfield 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 DF Wales Rhys Day 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 MF Nigeria Dickson Etuhu 110(1) 0 0 0 10(0) 0 120(1) 0
40 MF England Chris Shuker 000(2) 0 0 0 00(1) 0 000(3) 1
44 MF Algeria Ali Benarbia 380(0) 8 20(0) 0 20(0) 0 420(0) 8

Information current as of 21 April 2002 (end of season)

Last updated: 24 November 2010.
Source: (for appearances, goals and discipline stats.) All match Reports in Games section above

Goal scorers[]

Information current as of 21 April 2002 (end of season)

See also[]

  • Manchester City F.C. seasons

References[]

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