2001–02 Stockport County F.C. season

Stockport County

2001–02 season
Chairman	Brendan Elwood
Manager	Andy Kilner (until 29 October) Craig Madden (caretaker until 6 November) Carlton Palmer (player-manager from 6 November)
Stadium	Edgeley Park
First Division	24th (relegated)
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Beckett (7) All: Beckett/Taylor (7)
Average home league attendance	6,245
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

During the 2001–02 English football season, Stockport County competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

The 2001–02 season turned out to be the Stockport's worst ever season at the time. With Stockport already bottom of the league, a 4–0 home defeat to Millwall saw manager Kilner sacked.^[1] Shortly after he was replaced with former England international Carlton Palmer.^[2] A 2–1 win over Norwich gave them some hope, but Stockport then went on to lose 11 matches in a row, another unwanted club record. The Hatters picked up just 3 more wins during the rest of the season (one of these being another unforgettable 2–1 victory over Manchester City, having been 1–0 down with just 5 minutes left) finishing the season with just 26 points, going down on 16 March, the quickest post-war relegation.

Final league table

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

Results

Stockport County's score comes first^[3]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
11 August 2001	Coventry City	H	0–2	9,329
18 August 2001	Crystal Palace	A	1–4	15,760	Fradin
25 August 2001	Portsmouth	H	0–1	5,090
27 August 2001	Birmingham City	A	1–2	18,478	Kuqi (pen)
8 September 2001	Barnsley	A	2–2	11,192	Flynn, Taylor
15 September 2001	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2–2	20,742	Kuqi, Taylor
18 September 2001	Sheffield United	H	1–2	5,137	Roget (pen)
22 September 2001	Grimsby Town	H	3–3	7,834	Hardy (2), Wilbraham
25 September 2001	Bradford City	A	4–2	12,940	Hurst (2), Taylor (2)
29 September 2001	Nottingham Forest	A	1–2	17,584	Flynn
13 October 2001	Manchester City	A	2–2	34,214	Hurst, Kuqi (pen)
16 October 2001	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–2	6,052	Fradin
20 October 2001	Rotherham United	H	0–1	6,616
24 October 2001	Crewe Alexandra	A	0–0	6,679
27 October 2001	Millwall	H	0–4	5,371
30 October 2001	Walsall	H	0–2	4,553
3 November 2001	Preston North End	A	0–6	13,776
10 November 2001	Watford	A	1–1	12,576	Robinson (own goal)
15 November 2001	Norwich City	H	2–1	6,551	Hurst, Palmer
24 November 2001	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0–5	17,365
27 November 2001	Gillingham	H	0–2	4,854
1 December 2001	Crewe Alexandra	H	0–1	5,308
8 December 2001	Wimbledon	H	1–2	4,673	Wilbraham
15 December 2001	Burnley	A	2–3	15,526	McSheffrey, Kuqi (pen)
22 December 2001	Portsmouth	A	0–2	13,887
26 December 2001	Barnsley	H	1–3	6,885	Kuqi
29 December 2001	Birmingham City	H	0–3	5,827
1 January 2002	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–4	20,541
13 January 2002	Crystal Palace	H	0–1	5,541
19 January 2002	Coventry City	A	0–0	12,448
29 January 2002	Gillingham	A	3–3	7,217	Beckett (2), Ross
2 February 2002	Nottingham Forest	H	1–3	6,513	Palmer
9 February 2002	Rotherham United	A	2–3	6,413	Hardiker, Delaney
23 February 2002	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–4	8,481	Beckett
26 February 2002	Grimsby Town	A	1–3	6,836	Palmer
2 March 2002	Sheffield United	A	0–3	15,642
5 March 2002	Bradford City	H	1–0	4,148	Beckett
9 March 2002	Burnley	H	0–2	6,410
16 March 2002	Wimbledon	A	1–3	5,224	Daly
19 March 2002	Manchester City	H	2–1	9,537	Hardiker (2)
23 March 2002	Preston North End	H	0–2	6,139
30 March 2002	Millwall	A	0–3	13,570
1 April 2002	Watford	H	2–1	4,086	McLachlan, Beckett
6 April 2002	Walsall	A	0–1	6,322
13 April 2002	Sheffield Wednesday	H	3–1	8,706	Wilbraham, Beckett (2)
21 April 2002	Norwich City	A	0–2	20,897

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	16 January 2002	Bolton Wanderers	H	1–4	5,821	Daly (pen)

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	21 August 2001	Carlisle United	H	3–0	2,075	Kuqi, Taylor (2)
R2	12 September 2001	Nottingham Forest	A	1–1 (lost 7-8 on pens)	5,432	Taylor

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Lee Jones 2 DF Petri Helin 3 DF Peter Clark 4 DF Dave Challinor 6 FW Kevin Ellison 7 MF Carlton Palmer 10 DF John Hardiker 11 MF Colin Woodthorpe 12 MF Ali Gibb 13 GK Andy Dibble 15 MF Karim Fradin 16 DF Leo Roget 17 FW Neil Hardy 18 DF Aaron Lescott 19 FW Aaron Wilbraham 20 MF David Smith 21 MF Jonas Larsson

No. Position Player 24 MF Keith Briggs 25 FW Luke Beckett 26 DF Glyn Hancock 27 FW Neil Ross 28 FW Peter Wild 29 MF Andy Welsh 30 FW Jon Daly 31 GK Sam Turner 32 DF Robert Clare 33 DF Andy Thomas 34 MF Fraser McLachlan 35 DF Anthony Kielthy 36 FW Phil Carratt 37 FW Mark Byrne 38 FW Chris Williams 41 GK James Spencer 42 FW David Holt

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. Position Player 18 FW Ian Lawson (to Bury) 23 DF Lee Sandford (on loan from Sheffield United) 22 GK Tim Flowers (on loan from Leicester City) 8 MF Richard Sneekes (to Hull City) 6 DF Jason van Blerk (to Wrexham) 25 GK Pegguy Arphexad (on loan from Liverpool) 37 FW Glynn Hurst (to Chesterfield) 9 FW Shefki Kuqi (to Sheffield Wednesday)

No. Position Player 4 DF Fredrik Bryngelsson (Released) 14 MF Jarkko Wiss (to Hibernian) 10 FW Scott Taylor (to Blackpool) 22 MF Gary McSheffrey (on loan from Coventry City) 5 DF Mike Flynn (to Barnsley) 23 MF Damien Delaney (on loan from Leicester City) 40 GK Gary Maguire (Released)

References

1. "Kilner leaves Stockport". BBC Sport. 29 October 2001. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
2. "Stockport appoint Palmer". Telegraph, 6 November 2001 (London). 6 November 2001. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
3. http://www.statto.com/football/teams/stockport-county/2001-2002/results