Football League Second Division 2001/02

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Football League Second Division 2001/02
Football League logo between 1988 and 2004
master Brighton & Hove Albion
Climbers Brighton & Hove Albion
Reading
Stoke City FC (as play-off winner)
Relegated Bournemouth AFC
Bury
AFC Wrexham
Cambridge United
Teams 24
Games 552
Gates 1,472  (ø 2.67 per game)
Top scorer Bobby Zamora
( Brighton & Hove Albion )
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The Football League Second Division 2001/02 was the tenth season of the Football League Second Division as the third highest English football league and 75th third division season overall. Third division champions were Brighton & Hove Albion and in addition, second-placed Brentford FC and, after play-off successes against Cardiff City and Brentford FC, fifth-placed Stoke City rose to the Football League First Division .

For the three promoted teams in the following third division season 2002/03, the three second division teams Crewe Alexandra , FC Barnsley and Stockport County, ranked in the table below, took the places. AFC Bournemouth , FC Bury , AFC Wrexham and Cambridge United had to relegate from the Second Division . Instead of these four clubs, the fourth division champions Plymouth Argyle , behind them Luton Town and Mansfield Town and the play-off winners Cheltenham Town took the vacant positions in the following season 2002/03 .

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Brighton & Hove Albion (N)  46  25th  15th  6th 066:420 +24 90
 2. Reading FC  46  23  15th  8th 070:430 +27 84
 3. Brentford FC  46  24  11  11 077:430 +34 83
 4th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Cardiff City (N)  46  23  14th  9 075:500 +25 83
 5. Stoke City  46  23  11  12 067:400 +27 80
 6th Huddersfield Town (A)  46  21st  15th  10 065:470 +18 78
 7th Bristol City  46  21st  10  15th 068:530 +15 73
 8th. Queens Park Rangers (A)  46  19th  14th  13 060:490 +11 71
 9. Oldham Athletic  46  18th  16  12 077:650 +12 70
10. Wigan Athletic  46  16  16  14th 066:510 +15 64
11. Wycombe Wanderers  46  17th  13  16 058:640  −6 64
12. Tranmere Rovers (A)  46  16  15th  15th 063:600  +3 63
13. Swindon Town  46  15th  14th  17th 046:560 −10 59
14th Port Vale  46  16  10  20th 051:620 −11 58
15th Colchester United  46  15th  12  19th 065:760 −11 57
16. Blackpool FC (N)  46  14th  14th  18th 066:690  −3 56
17th Peterborough United  46  15th  10  21st 064:590  +5 55
18th Chesterfield FC (N)  46  13  13  20th 053:650 −12 52
19th Notts County  46  13  11  22nd 059:710 −12 50
20th Northampton Town  46  14th  7th  25th 054:790 −25 49
21st Bournemouth AFC  46  10  14th  22nd 056:710 −15 44
22nd Bury FC  46  11  11  24 043:750 −32 44
23. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wrexham AFC  46  11  10  25th 056:890 −33 43
24. Cambridge United  46  7th  13  26th 047:930 −46 34

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

  • Third division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 2002/03
  • Promoted to the Football League First Division 2002/03
  • Play-off winners and promoted to Football League First Division in 2002/03
  • defeated participants of the play-off round to participate in the Football League First Division 2002/03
  • Relegation to the Football League Third Division 2002/03
    • (A) Relegated from the Football League First Division 2000/01
    (N) Newcomers from the Football League Third Division 2000/01

    Play-off games for participation in the First Division

      Semi-finals (first leg / second leg / total) Finals at the Millennium Stadium
                         
    3  Brentford FC 0 2 2    
    6th  Huddersfield Town 0 1 1  
    3  Brentford FC 0
      5  Stoke City 2
    4th  Cardiff City 2 0 2
    5  Stoke City 1 2 3  

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates
    1 EnglandEngland Bobby Zamora Brighton & Hove Albion 28
    2 ScotlandScotland Andy Thomson Queens Park Rangers 21st
    3 GhanaGhana Lloyd Owusu Brentford FC 20th
    4th AustraliaAustralia Daniel Allsopp Notts County 19th
    = EnglandEngland Nicky Forster Reading FC =

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    References and footnotes

    1. ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
    2. ↑ Jack Rollin (Ed.): Rothmans Football Yearbook 2002-2003 . Queen Anne Press, London 2002, ISBN 0-7553-1100-0 , pp. 50 .