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 [2]
	← 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 [2]
	← 2000–01 2002–03 →

The Football League
Season	2001–02
Champions	Manchester City
Promoted	Manchester City; West Bromwich Albion; Birmingham City
Relegated	Halifax Town
	← 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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Manchester City	46	19	3	1	63	19	12	3	8	45	33	108	52	+56	99
2	West Bromwich Albion	46	15	4	4	36	11	12	4	7	25	18	61	29	+32	89
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	13	4	6	33	18	12	7	4	43	25	76	43	+33	86
4	Millwall	46	15	3	5	43	22	7	8	8	26	26	69	48	+21	77
5	Birmingham City	46	14	4	5	44	20	7	9	7	26	29	70	49	+21	76
6	Norwich City	46	15	6	2	36	16	7	3	13	24	35	60	51	+9	75
7	Burnley	46	11	7	5	39	29	10	5	8	31	33	70	62	+8	75
8	Preston North End	46	13	7	3	45	21	7	5	11	26	38	71	59	+12	72
9	Wimbledon	46	9	8	6	30	22	9	5	9	33	35	63	57	+6	67
10	Crystal Palace	46	13	3	7	42	22	7	3	13	28	40	70	62	+8	66
11	Coventry City	46	12	4	7	33	19	8	2	13	26	34	59	53	+6	66
12	Gillingham	46	12	5	6	38	26	6	5	12	26	41	64	67	–3	64
13	Sheffield United	46	8	8	7	34	30	7	7	9	19	24	53	54	–1	60
14	Watford	46	10	5	8	38	30	6	6	11	24	26	62	56	+6	59
15	Bradford City	46	10	1	12	41	39	5	9	9	28	37	69	76	–7	55
16	Nottingham Forest	46	7	11	5	26	21	5	7	11	24	30	50	51	–1	54
17	Portsmouth	46	9	6	8	36	31	4	8	11	24	41	60	72	–12	53
18	Walsall	46	10	6	7	29	27	3	6	14	22	44	51	71	–20	51
19	Grimsby Town	46	9	7	7	34	28	3	7	13	16	44	50	72	–22	50
20	Sheffield Wednesday	46	6	7	10	28	37	6	7	10	21	34	49	71	–22	50
21	Rotherham United	46	7	13	3	32	29	3	6	14	20	37	52	66	–14	49
22	Crewe Alexandra	46	8	8	7	23	32	4	5	14	24	44	47	76	–29	49
23	Barnsley	46	9	9	5	37	33	2	6	15	22	53	59	86	–27	48
24	Stockport County	46	5	1	17	19	44	1	7	15	23	58	42	102	–60	26

Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Key
	Football League Champions, promoted to FA Premier League
	Promoted to FA Premier League
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted to Premier League through play-offs
	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

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League First Division 2001–2002 teams

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

Second Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	17	5	1	42	16	8	10	5	24	26	66	42	+24	90
2	Reading	46	12	7	4	36	20	11	8	4	34	23	70	43	+27	84
3	Brentford	46	17	5	1	48	12	7	6	10	29	31	77	43	+34	83
4	Cardiff City	46	12	8	3	39	25	11	6	6	36	25	75	50	+25	83
5	Stoke City	46	16	4	3	43	12	7	7	9	24	28	67	40	+27	80
6	Huddersfield Town	46	13	7	3	35	19	8	8	7	30	28	65	47	+18	78
7	Bristol City	46	13	6	4	38	21	8	4	11	30	32	68	53	+15	73
8	Queens Park Rangers	46	11	10	2	35	18	8	4	11	25	31	60	49	+11	71
9	Oldham Athletic	46	14	6	3	47	27	4	10	9	30	38	77	65	+12	70
10	Wigan Athletic	46	9	6	8	36	23	7	10	6	30	28	66	51	+15	64
11	Wycombe Wanderers	46	13	5	5	38	26	4	8	11	20	38	58	64	–6	64
12	Tranmere Rovers	46	10	9	4	39	19	6	6	11	24	41	63	60	+3	63
13	Swindon Town	46	10	7	6	26	21	5	7	11	20	35	46	56	–10	59
14	Port Vale	46	11	6	6	35	24	5	4	14	16	38	51	62	–11	58
15	Colchester United	46	9	6	8	35	33	6	6	11	30	43	65	76	–11	57
16	Blackpool	46	8	9	6	39	31	6	5	12	27	38	66	69	–3	56
17	Peterborough United	46	11	5	7	46	26	4	5	14	18	33	64	59	+5	55
18	Chesterfield	46	9	3	11	35	36	4	10	9	18	29	53	65	–12	52
19	Notts County	46	8	7	8	28	29	5	4	14	31	42	59	71	–12	50
20	Northampton Town	46	9	4	10	30	33	5	3	15	24	46	54	79	–25	49
21	Bournemouth	46	9	4	10	36	33	1	10	12	20	38	56	71	–15	44
22	Bury	46	6	9	8	26	32	5	2	16	17	43	43	75	–32	44
23	Wrexham	46	7	7	9	29	32	4	3	16	27	57	56	89	–33	43
24	Cambridge United	46	7	7	9	29	34	0	6	17	18	59	47	93	–46	34

Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted through play-offs
	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

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 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Plymouth Argyle	46	19	2	2	41	11	12	7	4	30	17	71	28	+43	102
2	Luton Town	46	15	5	3	50	18	15	2	6	46	30	96	48	+48	97
3	Mansfield Town	46	17	3	3	49	24	7	4	12	23	36	72	60	+12	79
4	Cheltenham Town	46	11	11	1	40	20	10	4	9	26	29	66	49	+17	78
5	Rochdale	46	13	8	2	41	22	8	7	8	24	30	65	52	+13	78
6	Rushden & Diamonds	46	14	5	4	40	20	6	8	9	29	33	69	53	+16	73
7	Hartlepool United	46	12	6	5	53	23	8	5	10	21	25	74	48	+26	71
8	Scunthorpe United	46	14	5	4	43	22	5	9	9	31	34	74	56	+18	71
9	Shrewsbury Town	46	13	4	6	36	19	7	6	10	28	34	64	53	+11	70
10	Kidderminster Harriers	46	13	6	4	35	17	6	3	14	21	30	56	47	+9	66
11	Hull City	46	12	6	5	38	18	4	7	12	19	33	57	51	+6	61
12	Southend United	46	12	5	6	36	22	3	8	12	15	32	51	54	–3	58
13	Macclesfield Town	46	7	7	9	23	25	8	6	9	18	27	41	52	–11	58
14	York City	46	11	5	7	26	20	5	4	14	28	47	54	67	–13	57
15	Darlington	46	11	6	6	37	25	4	5	14	23	46	60	71	–11	56
16	Exeter City	46	7	9	7	25	32	7	4	12	23	41	48	73	–25	55
17	Carlisle United	46	11	5	7	31	21	1	11	11	18	35	48	56	–7	52
18	Leyton Orient	46	10	7	6	37	25	3	6	14	18	46	52	71	–16	52
19	Torquay United	46	8	6	9	27	31	4	9	10	19	32	46	53	–17	51
20	Swansea City	46	7	8	8	26	26	6	4	13	27	51	53	76	–24	51
21	Oxford United	46	8	7	8	34	28	3	7	13	19	34	53	62	–9	47
22	Lincoln City	46	8	4	11	25	27	2	12	9	19	35	44	62	–18	46
23	Bristol Rovers	46	8	7	8	28	28	3	5	15	12	32	40	60	–20	45
24	Halifax Town	46	5	9	9	24	28	3	3	17	15	56	39	84	–45	36

Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted through play-offs
	New club in the league, see Rushden & Diamonds
	Relegated to Conference

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

Kidderminster Harriers

Locations of the Football League Third Division teams 2001–2002

Leyton Orient

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

References

1 2 "England 2001–02". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 24 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
1 2 3 "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

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[rsssf-1] 1 2 "England 2001–02". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 24 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.

[topscorers-2] 1 2 3 "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

2001–02 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '01 '02 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '01 '02 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina (Republika Srpska) Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '01 '02 Faroe Islands '01 '02 Finland '01 '02 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '01 '02 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '01 '02 Latvia '01 '02 Lithuania '01 '02 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '01 '02 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '01 '02 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '01 '02 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '01 '02 Finland '01 '02 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '01 '02 Israel Italy Kazakhstan Latvia '01 '02 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '01 '02 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
League cups	England Finland '01 '02 France Germany Iceland '01 '02 Israel Northern Ireland Poland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying, Group stage, Second group stage, Knockout stage, Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

2001–02 Football League

Final league tables and results

First Division

Play-offs

First Division maps

Second Division

Play-offs

Second Division maps

Third Division

Play-offs

Third Division maps

See also

References