2001–02 Millwall F.C. season

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Millwall
2001–02 season
ManagerMark McGhee
StadiumThe Den
First Division4th
FA CupFourth round
League CupSecond round
Top goalscorerSteve Claridge (18)
Average home league attendance13,380

During the 2001–02 English football season, Millwall competed in the First Division.

Season summary[]

Millwall finished fourth and qualified for the First Division play-offs, but were defeated by Birmingham City in the semi-final.

Final league table[]

Main article: 2001–02 Football League § First Division
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
2 West Bromwich Albion (P) 46 27 8 11 61 29 +32 89 Promotion to the Premier League
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
6 Norwich City 46 22 9 15 60 51 +9 75
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.
(O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted

Kit[]

Millwall's kit was manufactured by Strikeforce and sponsored by 24 Seven.

Players[]

First-team squad[]

Squad at end of season[1]

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 England ENG Tony Warner[notes 1]
2 DF England ENG Matt Lawrence
3 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Robbie Ryan
4 MF Samoa SAM Tim Cahill[notes 2]
5 DF England ENG Stuart Nethercott
6 DF Northern Ireland NIR Joe Dolan[notes 3]
7 MF England ENG Paul Ifill[notes 4]
8 MF England ENG David Livermore
9 FW England ENG Neil Harris
10 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Richard Sadlier
11 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Steven Reid[notes 5]
12 DF England ENG Darren Ward
13 GK Guadeloupe GLP Willy Guéret
14 DF Wales WAL Ryan Green
15 DF England ENG Dave Tuttle
16 MF Belgium BEL Christophe Kinet
17 MF England ENG Leke Odunsi
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF Canada CAN Marc Bircham[notes 6]
19 DF England ENG Sean Dyche
20 DF England ENG Ronnie Bull
21 FW England ENG Leon Constantine
22 FW Northern Ireland NIR Kevin Braniff
25 FW England ENG Dion Dublin (on loan from Aston Villa)
26 MF Scotland SCO Peter Sweeney
27 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Alan Dunne
28 DF England ENG Mark Phillips
29 MF England ENG
30 MF England ENG Charley Hearn
31 DF Wales WAL Matthew Rees
32 FW England ENG Ben May
33 FW Northern Ireland NIR
34 DF England ENG Paul Robinson
35 FW England ENG Steve Claridge
37 GK South Africa RSA Chad Harpur

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
12 FW England ENG Paul Moody (to Oxford United)
14 DF Australia AUS Lucas Neill (to Blackburn Rovers)
23 MF England ENG Phil Stamp (on loan from Middlesbrough)
23 DF England ENG Richard Naylor (on loan from Ipswich Town)
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Stephen McPhail[notes 7] (on loan from Leeds United)
26 FW Venezuela VEN Giovanni Savarese (released)
36 MF England ENG Rio Alderton (released)

Notes[]

  1. ^ Warner was born in Liverpool, England, but also qualified to represent Trinidad and Tobago internationally and made his international debut for Trinidad and Tobago in February 2006.
  2. ^ Cahill was born in Sydney, Australia, but also qualified to represent Samoa, England, and the Republic of Ireland through his mother, father, and grandparents respectively, and represented Samoa (then called Western Samoa) at U-20 level, unsuccessfully attempted to overturn a FIFA ruling that prevented him from representing the Republic of Ireland during the 2001–02 season, changed his allegiance to Australia in 2003 following a change in FIFA's eligibility rules and made his international debut for Australia in March 2004.
  3. ^ Dolan was born in Southwark, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and represented Northern Ireland at U-18 and U-21 level.
  4. ^ Ifill was born in Brighton, England, but also qualified to represent Barbados internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Barbados in June 2004.
  5. ^ Reid was born in Kingston upon Thames, England, and represented England at U-16 level, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandfather and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 2001.
  6. ^ Bircham was born in Brent, England, but also qualified to represent Canada internationally through his grandfather and made his international debut for Canada in April 1999.
  7. ^ McPhail was born in Westminster, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in May 2000.

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2001-2002/d1/millwall.htm
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