2001-02 in English football

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Major events

November 20 2001 - Despite a managerial climate that has already seen more than 20 changes this season, Dario Gradi celebrates his 1,000th game in charge of Crewe Alexandra.
16 March 2002 - In an ugly First Division match, Sheffield United has three players sent off, two for violent acts, against West Brom. After the sendings off, two Sheffield players are injured, and the referee abandons the match with West Brom up 3-0 and Sheffield down to six men. This match would enter English football infamy as the Battle of Bramall Lane.
28 May 2002 - A three-man panel of The Football Association gives permission for Wimbledon F.C. to move from its historic South London home to Milton Keynes.
10 July 2002 - Only six weeks after The FA approves the Wimbledon move, AFC Wimbledon, formed by outraged former Wimbledon FC supporters, plays its first-ever match, a preseason friendly against FA Cup Arsenal*

FA Trophy Yeovil Town FA VaseWhitley Bay League Cup Blackburn Rovers Football League Trophy Blackpool FA Premier League Arsenal* Football League First Division Manchester City Football League Second Division Brighton & Hove Albion Football League Third Division Plymouth Argyle Football Conference Boston United Northern Premier League Burton Albion Isthmian League Gravesend & Northfleet Southern LeagueKettering Town

* Arsenal won the double, that is they won the FA Cup and the FA Premier League in the same season.

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Date	Opposition	Venue	Competition	Result	Score
15 August 2001	Netherlands	Home	White Hart Lane, London	Friendly	Lost	0-2
1 September 2001	Germany	Away	Olympic Stadium, Munich	World Cup Qualifier	Won	5-1
5 September 2001	Albania	Home	St James' Park, Newcastle	World Cup Qualifier	Won	2-0
6 October 2001	Greece	Home	Old Trafford, Manchester	World Cup Qualifier	Drawn	2-2
10 November 2001	Sweden	Home	Old Trafford, Manchester	Friendly	Drawn	1-1
13 February 2002	Netherlands	Away	Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam	Friendly	Drawn	1-1
27 March 2002	Italy	Home	Elland Road, Leeds	Friendly	Lost	1-2
17 April 2002	Paraguay	Home	Anfield, Liverpool	Friendly	Won	4-0
21 May 2002	South Korea	Away	Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo	Friendly	Drawn	1-1
26 May 2002	Cameroon	Neutral	Wing Stadium, Kobe	Friendly	Drawn	2-2
2 June 2002	Sweden	Neutral	Saitama Stadium, Saitama	World Cup First Round	Drawn	1-1
7 June 2002	Argentina	Neutral	Sapporo Dome, Sapporo	World Cup First Round	Won	1-0
12 June 2002	Nigeria	Neutral	Nagai Stadium, Osaka	World Cup First Round	Drawn	0-0
15 June 2002	Denmark	Neutral	Stadium Big Swan, Niigata	World Cup Second Round	Won	3-0
21 June 2002	Brazil	Neutral	Stadium Epoca, Fukuroi	World Cup Quarter Final	Lost	1-2

Tables

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P W D L F A W D L F A GD Pts 1. Arsenal 38 12 4 3 42 25 14 5 0 37 11 +43 87 2. Liverpool 38 12 5 2 33 14 12 3 4 34 16 +37 80 3. Manchester United 38 11 2 6 40 17 13 3 3 47 28 +42 77 4. Newcastle United 38 12 3 4 40 23 9 5 5 34 29 +22 71 5. Leeds United 38 9 6 4 31 21 9 6 4 22 16 +16 66 6. Chelsea 38 11 4 4 43 21 6 9 4 23 17 +28 64 7. West Ham United 38 12 4 3 32 14 3 4 12 16 43 -9 53 8. Aston Villa 38 8 7 4 22 17 4 7 8 24 30 -1 50 9. Tottenham Hotspur 38 10 4 5 32 24 4 4 11 17 29 -4 50 10. Blackburn Rovers 38 8 6 5 33 20 4 4 11 22 31 +4 46 11. Southampton 38 7 5 7 23 22 5 4 10 23 32 -8 45 12. Middlesbrough 38 7 5 7 23 26 5 4 10 12 21 -12 45 13. Fulham 38 7 7 5 21 16 3 7 9 15 28 -8 44 14. Charlton Athletic 38 5 6 8 23 30 5 8 6 15 19 -11 44 15. Everton 38 8 4 7 26 23 3 6 10 19 34 -12 43 16. Bolton Wanderers 38 5 7 7 20 31 4 6 9 24 31 -18 40 17. Sunderland 38 7 7 5 18 16 3 3 13 11 35 -22 40 18. Ipswich Town 38 6 4 9 20 24 3 5 11 21 40 -23 36 19. Derby County 38 5 4 10 20 26 3 2 14 13 37 -30 30 20. Leicester City 38 3 7 9 15 34 2 6 11 15 30 -34 28

Blue bold text = To enter the Champions League at the first round stage
Blue normal text = To enter the Champions League at the qualifier stage
Red text = Relegated to Division One

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Football League Division One

P W D L F A W D L F A GD Pts 1. Manchester City 46 19 3 1 63 19 12 3 8 45 33 +56 99 2. West Bromwich Albion 46 15 4 4 36 11 12 4 7 25 18 +32 89 3. Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 13 4 6 33 18 12 7 4 43 25 +33 86 4. Millwall 46 15 3 5 43 22 7 8 8 26 26 +21 77 5. Birmingham City 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 46 8 8 7 23 32 4 5 14 24 44 -29 49 23. Barnsley 46 9 9 5 37 33 2 6 15 22 53 -27 48 24. Stockport County 46 5 1 17 19 44 1 7 15 23 58 -60 26

Blue text = Promoted to The Premiership
Green text = Losing play-off candidates
Red text = Relegated to Division Two

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Football League Division Two

P W D L F A W D L F A GD Pts 1. Brighton & Hove Albion 46 17 5 1 42 16 8 10 5 24 26 +24 90 2. Reading 46 12 7 4 36 20 11 8 4 34 23 +27 84 3. Brentford 46 17 5 1 48 12 7 6 10 29 31 +34 83 4. Cardiff City 46 12 8 3 39 25 11 6 6 36 25 +25 83 5. Stoke City 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 6 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. A.F.C. Bournemouth 46 9 4 10 36 33 1 10 12 20 38 -15 44 22. Bury 46 6 9 8 26 32 5 2 16 17 43 -32 44 23. Wrexham 46 7 7 9 29 32 4 3 16 27 57 -33 43 24. Cambridge United 46 7 7 9 29 34 0 6 17 18 59 -46 34

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Football League Division Three

P W D L F A W D L F A GD Pts 1. Plymouth Argyle 46 19 2 2 41 11 12 7 4 30 17 +43 102 2. Luton Town 46 15 5 3 50 18 15 2 6 46 30 +48 97 3. Mansfield Town 46 17 3 3 49 24 7 4 12 23 36 +12 79 4. Cheltenham Town 46 11 11 1 40 20 10 4 9 26 29 +17 78 5. Rochdale 46 13 8 2 41 22 8 7 8 24 30 +13 78 6. Rushden & Diamonds 46 14 5 4 40 20 6 8 9 29 33 +15 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 46 5 9 9 24 28 3 3 17 15 56 -45 36

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European qualifiers

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UEFA Cup

Chelsea (FA Cup finalist; winners Arsenal qualified for Champions League)
Blackburn Rovers (League Cup)
Leeds United
Fulham (via Intertoto Cup)
Ipswich Town (Fair Play entry)

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Promoted teams

From Division One to The Premier League:

Manchester City

West Bromwich Albion

Birmingham City

From Division Two to Division One:

Brighton & Hove Albion

Reading

Stoke City

From Division Three to Division Two:

From The Football Conference to Division Three:

Boston United

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Relegated teams

From The Premier League to Division One:

Ipswich Town

Derby County

Leicester City

From Division One to Division Two:

Crewe Alexandra

Barnsley

Stockport County

From Division Two to Division Three:

From Division Three to The Football Conference:

Halifax Town

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Major transfer deals

1 August 2001 - Christian Ziege from Liverpool to Tottenham Hotspur, £4m
2 August 2001 - John Hartson from Coventry City to Celtic, £6.5m
3 August 2001 - Fabrizio Ravanelli from Lazio to Derby County, free
9 August 2001 - Jon Harley from Chelsea to Fulham, £3.5m
9 August 2001 - Lee Hughes from West Bromwich Albion to Coventry City, £5m
10 August 2001 - Laurent Robert from Paris St. Germain to Newcastle United, £10.5m
10 August 2001 - Edwin van der Sar from Juventus to Fulham, £7m
10 August 2001 - Boudewijn Zenden from Barcelona to Chelsea, £7.5m
14 August 2001 - Steed Malbranque from Olympique Lyonnais to Fulham, £5m
16 August 2001 - Kasey Keller from Rayo Vallecano to Tottenham Hotspur, free
24 August 2001 - Bosko Balaban from Dinamo Zagreb to Aston Villa, £6m
31 August 2001 - Jerzy Dudek from Feyenoord to Liverpool, £4.85m
31 August 2001 - Don Hutchison from Sunderland to West Ham United, £5m
31 August 2001 - Chris Kirkland from Coventry City to Liverpool, £6m
3 September 2001 - Laurent Blanc from Internazionale to Manchester United, free
3 September 2001 - Steve Marlet from Olympique Lyonnais to Fulham, £13.5m
14 September 2001 - Tomas Repka from Fiorentina to West Ham United, £5.5m
24 September 2001 - Dean Richards from Southampton to Tottenham Hotspur, £8.1m
19 October 2001 - Seth Johnson from Derby County to Leeds United, £7m
30 November 2001 - Robbie Fowler from Liverpool to Leeds United, £11m
7 December 2001 - Claudio Reyna from Rangers to Sunderland, £4.5m
24 December 2001 - Milan Baros from Banik Ostrava to Liverpool
29 December 2001 - Andy Cole from Manchester United to Blackburn Rovers, £7.5m
23 January 2002 - Diego Forlan from Independiente to Manchester United, £7.5
30 January 2002 - Abel Zavier from Everton to Liverpool, £800,000
8 February 2002 - Jermaine Jenas from Nottingham Forest to Newcastle United, £5m
18 February 2002 - Kolo Toure from ASEC Mimosas to Arsenal, undisclosed
6 March 2002 - Jon Macken from Preston North End to Manchester City, £4m
18 March 2002 - Paul Gascoigne from Everton to Burnley, free
28 March 2002 - Peter Crouch from Portsmouth to Aston Villa, £4m
18 April 2002 - Jamie Redknapp from Liverpool to Tottenham Hotspur, free
2 May 2002 - Franck Queudrue from Racing Club de Lens to Middlesbrough, £2.5m

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Managerial changes

August

August 3 2001 - Roy Evans and Neil Ruddock take over at Swindon Town, replacing Andy King (sacked August 1)

September

September 13 - Colin Addison takes over at Swansea City, replacing John Hollins (sacked September 12)

October

October 8 - Denis Smith takes over at Wrexham, replacing Brian Flynn
October 8 - Colin Todd takes over at Derby County, replacing Jim Smith
October 10 - Dave Bassett takes over at Leicester City, replacing Peter Taylor (sacked September 30)
October 10 - Coach Gary Brazil takes over at Notts County, replacing Jocky Scott (sacked October 10)
October 12 - Alan Little takes over at Halifax Town, replacing Paul Bracewell (resigned August 30)
October 15 - Paul Brush takes over at Leyton Orient, replacing Tommy Taylor
October 16 - Roland Nilsson takes over at Coventry City, replacing Gordon Strachan (resigned September 10)
October 17 - Peter Taylor takes over at Brighton & Hove Albion
October 22 - Gordon Strachan takes over at Southampton, replacing Stuart Gray (sacked October 21)
October 22 - Caretaker manager Rob Newman takes over at Southend United, replacing David Webb (resigned October 9)
October 25 - Kevin Broadhurst takes over at Northampton Town, replacing Kevin Wilson (sacked September 26)
October 25 - Tommy Taylor takes over at Darlington until the end of the season, replacing Gary Bennett (resigned October 24)
October 30 - John Cornforth takes over at Exeter City, replacing Noel Blake (sacked September 23)

November

November 6 - Carlton Palmer takes over at Stockport County, replacing Andy Kilner (sacked October 29)
November 7 - Mick Wadsworth takes over at Oldham Athletic
November 8 - David Moss takes over at Macclesfield Town
November 9 - Steve Parkin takes over at Barnsley, replacing Nigel Spackman (sacked October 25)
November 14 - Terry Yorath takes over at Sheffield Wednesday, replacing Peter Shreeves (left October 17)
November 30 - Trevor Francis takes over at Crystal Palace, replacing Steve Bruce (resigned November 2)
November 30 - Ian Atkins takes over at Oxford United, replacing Mark Wright (resigned)

December

December 11 - John Hollins takes over at Rochdale, replacing Steve Parkin
December 12 - Steve Bruce takes over at Birmingham City, replacing Trevor Francis (left October 15)
December 22 - Andy King is reappointed at Swindon Town, replacing Roy Evans (resigned as Director of Football December 20)
December 28 - Garry Thompson takes over at Bristol Rovers for the second time, replacing Gerry Francis (resigned December 24)
December 28 - Paul Groves takes over at Grimsby Town, replacing Lennie Lawrence (resigned)

January

January 1 - Nicky Law takes over at Bradford City, replacing Jim Jefferies (resigned December 24)
January 6 - John Taylor takes over at Cambridge United, replacing John Beck (resigned November 22)
January 7 - Billy Dearden takes over at Notts County, replacing Gary Brazil (steps back down to coach)
January 9 - Assistant manager Stuart Watkiss takes over at Mansfield Town, replacing Billy Dearden (resigned January 6)
January 23 - Colin Lee takes over at Walsall, replacing Ray Graydon (sacked January 22)
January 30 - John Gregory takes over at Derby County, replacing Colin Todd (resigned January 14 after just 98 days as manager)

February

February 5 - Non-executive director Graham Taylor takes over as manager at Aston Villa, replacing John Gregory (resigned January 24)
February 18 - Director of Football Lennie Lawrence takes over as manager at Cardiff City, replacing Alan Cork (resigned)
February 22 - Dave Rushbury takes over at Chesterfield, replacing Nicky Law (resigned January 1)

March

March 14 - David Moyes takes over at Everton, replacing Walter Smith (left March 12)
March 25 - Director of Football Harry Redknapp takes over at Portsmouth, replacing Graham Rix (sacked)

April

April 4 - Micky Adams takes over at Leicester City, replacing Dave Bassett (becomes Director of Football)
April 4 - Jan Molby takes over at Hull City, replacing Brian Little (left February 27)
April 24 - Gary McAllister takes over at Coventry City, replacing Roland Nilsson (sacked April 16)
April 25 - Ray Graydon takes over at Bristol Rovers, replacing Garry Thompson (sacked April 9)
April 25 - Ian Britton takes over at Kidderminster Harriers, replacing Jan Molby (resigned April 4)
April 29 - Craig Brown takes over at Preston North End, replacing David Moyes (left March 14)

May

May 5 - Caretaker Keith Alexander takes over at Lincoln City, replacing Alan Buckley (left April 25)
May 9 - Leroy Rosenior takes over at Torquay United, replacing Roy McFarland (sacked April 23)
May 27 - Steve Cotterill takes over at Stoke City, replacing Gudjon Thordarson (sacked May 16)
May 29 - Paul Simpson takes over at Rochdale, replacing John Hollins (sacked May 13)
May 30 - Coach Graham Allner takes over at Cheltenham Town, replacing Steve Cotterill (resigned May 16)
May 31 - Coach Iain Dowie takes over at Oldham Athletic, replacing Mick Wadsworth (sacked)

June

June - Stuart Murdoch takes over at Wimbledon, replacing Terry Burton (left April 25)
June 28 - Assistant Wally Downes takes over at Brentford, replacing Steve Coppell (resigned June 6)

July

July 1 - Mick Wadsworth takes over at Huddersfield Town, replacing Lou Macari
July 11 - Ray Lewington takes over at Watford, replacing Gianluca Vialli
July - Chris Wilder takes over at Halifax Town, replacing caretaker Neil Redfearn (resigned May 23), who replaced Alan Little (left April 8)

July 15 - Youth director Martin Hinshelwood takes over at Brighton & Hove Albion, replacing Peter Taylor (resigned April 29)
July - Terry Venables takes over at Leeds United, replacing David O'Leary (sacked June 27)

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Deaths

August 5 2001 - Aaron Flahavan, Portsmouth goalkeeper (25)
August 19 2001 - Les Sealey, Coventry City and Manchester United goalkeeper (43)
September 1 2001 - Brian Moore, BBC Radio and ITV commentator (69)
October 22 2001 - Bertie Mee, Arsenal double-winning manager 1970-71 (80)
October 23 2001 - Ken Aston, World Cup referee and inventor of the red and yellow cards system (86)
January 19 2002 - Jeff Astle, West Bromwich Albion and England striker (59)
February 16 2002 - Sir Walter Winterbottom, the first England manager (89)
March 25 2002 - Kenneth Wolstenholme, BBC television commentator (81)
July 7 2002 - Ray Wood, Manchester United and England goalkeeper (71)

Seasons in English football
1996-97 - 1997-98 - 1998-99 - 1999-2000 - 2000-01 - 2001-02 - 2002-03 - 2003-04 - 2004-05 - 2005-06 - 2006-07


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2001-02 in English football

Major events

English national team

Tables

FA Premier League

Football League Division One

Football League Division Two

Football League Division Three

European qualifiers

Champions League

Group phase

Qualifying round

UEFA Cup

Promoted teams

Relegated teams

Major transfer deals

Managerial changes

Deaths