Football League First Division 2001/02

Football League First Division 2001/02
master	Manchester City
Climbers	Manchester City, West Bromwich Albion , Birmingham City (as play-off winners)
Relegated	Crewe Alexandra , Barnsley FC , Stockport County
Teams	24
Games	552 + 5 play-off games
Gates	1,485  (ø 2.69 per game)
Top scorer	Shaun Goater ( Manchester City )
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The Football League First Division 2001/02 was the tenth season of the Football League First Division as only the second highest English football league and 99th second division season overall. It started on August 11, 2001 and ended on May 12, 2002.

Manchester City won the championship , which also secured participation in the 2002/03 Premier League season . Behind runner-up West Bromwich Albion , Birmingham City also rose to the Premier League as a playoff winner. Crewe Alexandra , Barnsley FC and Stockport County had to relegate to the Football League Second Division .

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Manchester City (A)	46	31	6th	9	108: 520	+56	99
2.	West Bromwich Albion	46	27	8th	11	061:290	+32	89
3.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	25th	11	10	076:430	+33	86
4th	Millwall FC (N)	46	22nd	11	13	069:480	+21	77
5.	Birmingham City	46	21st	13	12	070:490	+21	76
6th	Norwich City	46	22nd	9	15th	060:510	+9	75
7th	Burnley FC	46	21st	12	13	070:620	+8	75
8th.	Preston North End	46	20th	12	14th	071:590	+12	72
9.	Wimbledon FC	46	18th	13	15th	063:570	+6	67
10.	Crystal Palace	46	20th	6th	20th	070:620	+8	66
11.	Coventry City (A)	46	20th	6th	20th	059:530	+6	66
12.	Gillingham FC	46	18th	10	18th	064:670	−3	64
13.	Sheffield United	46	15th	15th	16	053:540	−1	60
14th	Watford FC	46	16	11	19th	062:560	+6	59
15th	Bradford City (A)	46	15th	10	21st	069:760	−7	55
16.	Nottingham Forest	46	12	18th	16	050:510	−1	54
17th	Portsmouth FC	46	13	14th	19th	060:720	−12	53
18th	FC Walsall (N)	46	13	12	21st	051:710	−20	51
19th	Grimsby Town	46	12	14th	20th	050:720	−22	50
20th	Sheffield Wednesday	46	12	14th	20th	049:710	−22	50
21st	Rotherham United (N)	46	10	19th	17th	052:660	−14	49
22nd	Crewe Alexandra	46	12	13	21st	047:760	−29	49
23.	Barnsley FC	46	11	15th	20th	059:860	−27	48
24.	Stockport County	46	6th	8th	32	042: 102	−60	26th

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

Second division champion and promoted to the Premier League in 2002/03

Promoted to the Premier League 2002/03

defeated participants of the play-off round to participate in the Premier League

Winner of the play-off round and promoted to the Premier League in 2002/03

Relegation to the Football League Second Division 2002/03

(A)	Relegated from the Premier League 2000/01
(N)	Newcomer from the Football League Second Division 2000/01

Results table

The home teams are listed in the left column.

	BAR	BIR	BRC	BUR	COV	CRE	CRY	GIL	GRI	MNC	Mil	NOR	NOF	POR	PNE	RED	SHU	SHW	STC	WHALE	WAT	WBA	WIM	WOL
Barnsley FC		1: 3	3: 3	1: 1	1: 1	2-0	1: 4	4: 1	0-0	0: 3	1: 1	0: 2	2: 1	1: 4	2: 1	1: 1	1: 1	3-0	2: 2	4: 1	2-0	3: 2	1: 1	1-0
Birmingham City	1-0		4-0	2: 3	2-0	3: 1	1-0	2: 1	4-0	1: 2	4-0	4-0	1: 1	1: 1	0: 1	2: 2	2-0	2-0	2: 1	1-0	3: 2	0: 1	0: 2	2: 2
Bradford City	4-0	1: 3		2: 3	2: 1	2-0	1: 2	5: 1	3: 2	0: 2	1: 2	0: 1	2: 1	3: 1	0: 1	3: 1	1: 2	0: 2	2: 4	2-0	4: 3	0: 1	3: 3	0: 3
Burnley FC	3: 3	0: 1	1: 1		1-0	3: 3	1-0	2-0	1-0	2: 4	0-0	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	2: 1	3-0	2-0	1: 2	3: 2	5: 2	1-0	0: 2	3: 2	2: 3
Coventry City	4-0	1: 1	4-0	0: 2		1-0	2-0	1: 2	0: 1	4: 3	0: 1	2: 1	0-0	2-0	2: 2	2-0	1-0	2-0	0-0	2: 1	0: 2	0: 1	3: 1	0: 1
Crewe Alexandra	2-0	0-0	2: 2	1: 2	1: 6		0-0	0-0	2-0	1: 3	1-0	1-0	0: 3	1: 1	2: 1	2-0	2: 2	0: 2	0-0	2: 1	1-0	1: 1	0: 4	1: 4
Crystal Palace	1-0	0-0	2-0	1: 2	1: 3	4: 1		3: 1	5-0	2: 1	1: 3	3: 2	1: 1	0-0	2-0	2-0	0: 1	4: 1	4: 1	2-0	0: 2	0: 1	4-0	0: 2
Gillingham FC	3-0	1: 1	0: 4	2: 2	1: 2	1-0	3-0		2: 1	1: 3	1-0	0: 2	3: 1	2-0	5-0	2: 1	0: 1	2: 1	3: 3	2-0	0-0	2: 1	0-0	2: 3
Grimsby Town	1-0	3: 1	0: 1	3: 1	0: 1	1-0	5: 2	1: 2		0: 2	2: 2	0: 2	0-0	3: 1	2: 2	0: 2	1-0	0-0	3: 1	2: 2	0: 3	0-0	6: 2	1: 1
Manchester City	5: 1	3-0	3: 1	5: 1	4: 2	5: 2	1-0	4: 1	4-0		2-0	3: 1	3-0	3: 1	3: 2	2: 1	0-0	4-0	2: 2	3-0	3-0	0-0	0: 4	1-0
Millwall FC	3: 1	1: 1	3: 1	0: 2	3: 2	2-0	3-0	1: 2	3: 1	2: 3		4-0	3: 3	1-0	2: 1	1-0	2-0	1: 2	3-0	2: 2	1-0	1-0	0: 1	1-0
Norwich City	2: 1	0: 1	1: 4	2: 1	2-0	2: 2	2: 1	2: 1	1: 1	2-0	0-0		1-0	0-0	3-0	0-0	2: 1	2-0	2-0	1: 1	3: 1	2-0	2: 1	2-0
Nottingham Forest	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	2: 1	2: 2	4: 2	2: 2	0-0	1: 1	1: 2	2-0		0: 1	1: 1	2-0	1: 1	0: 1	2: 1	2: 3	0-0	0: 1	0-0	2: 2
Portsmouth FC	4: 4	1: 1	0: 1	1: 1	1-0	2: 4	4: 2	2: 1	4: 2	2: 1	3-0	1: 2	3: 2		0: 1	0-0	1-0	0-0	2-0	1: 1	0: 1	1: 2	1: 2	2: 3
Preston North End	2: 2	1-0	1: 1	2: 3	4-0	2: 2	2: 1	0: 2	0-0	2: 1	1-0	4-0	2: 1	2-0		2: 1	3-0	4: 2	6-0	1: 1	1: 1	1-0	1: 1	1: 2
Rotherham United	1: 1	2: 2	1: 1	1: 1	0-0	2: 2	2: 3	3: 2	1: 1	1: 1	0-0	1: 1	1: 2	2: 1	1-0		1: 1	1: 1	3: 2	2-0	1: 1	2: 1	3: 2	0: 3
Sheffield United	1: 1	4-0	2: 2	3-0	0: 1	1-0	1: 3	0-0	3: 1	1: 3	3: 2	2: 1	0-0	4: 3	2: 2	2: 2		0-0	3-0	0: 1	0: 2	0: 3	0: 1	2: 2
Sheffield Wednesday	3: 1	0: 1	1: 1	0: 2	2: 1	1-0	1: 3	0-0	0-0	2: 6	1: 1	0: 5	0: 2	2: 3	1: 2	1: 2	0-0		5-0	2: 1	2: 1	1: 1	1: 2	2: 2
Stockport County	1: 3	0: 3	1-0	0: 2	0: 2	0: 1	0: 1	0: 2	3: 3	2: 1	0: 4	2: 1	1: 3	0: 1	0: 2	0: 1	1: 2	3: 1		0: 2	2: 1	1: 2	1: 2	1: 4
Walsall FC	2: 1	1: 2	2: 2	1-0	0: 1	2: 1	2: 2	1: 1	4-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	2-0	0-0	1: 2	3: 2	1: 2	0: 3	1-0		0: 3	2: 1	2: 1	0: 3
Watford FC	3-0	3: 3	0-0	1: 2	3-0	0: 1	1-0	2: 3	2-0	1: 2	1: 4	2: 1	1: 2	3-0	1: 1	3: 2	0: 3	3: 1	1: 1	2: 1		1: 2	3-0	1: 1
West Bromwich Albion	3: 1	1-0	1-0	1-0	1-0	4: 1	2-0	1-0	0: 1	4-0	0: 2	1-0	1-0	5-0	2-0	1: 1	0: 1	1: 1	4-0	1-0	1: 1		0: 1	1: 1
Wimbledon FC	0: 1	3: 1	1: 2	0-0	0: 1	2-0	1: 1	3: 1	2: 1	2: 1	2: 2	0: 1	1-0	3: 3	2-0	1-0	1: 1	1: 1	3: 1	2: 2	0-0	0: 1		0: 1
Wolverhampton Wanderers	4: 1	2: 1	3: 1	3-0	3: 1	0: 1	0: 1	2-0	0: 1	0: 2	1-0	0-0	1-0	2: 2	2: 3	2: 1	1-0	0-0	2: 2	3-0	1-0	0: 1	1-0

Play-off games

	Semi-finals (first leg / second leg / total)							Finals at the Millennium Stadium
	6th	Norwich City	3	0	3
	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	2
								6th	Norwich City	1
								5	Birmingham City	1
	5	Birmingham City	1	1	2
	4th	Millwall FC	1	0	1

List of goalscorers

	player	society	Gates
1	Shaun Goater	Manchester City	28

Web links

• Football League First Division 2001/02 in the soccerbase.com database

References and footnotes

1. ↑ Cross table of the English Football League Championship 2001/2002 (Fussballdaten.de)
2. ↑ Birmingham City won 4-2 goals on penalties.