2001–02 Wimbledon F.C. season

During the 2001–02 English football season, Wimbledon F.C. competed in the Football League First Division. It was their second consecutive season at this level.

Season summary

Wimbledon's form dipped slightly from the previous season and the Dons finished in 9th place, one place lower than the previous season. This was not considered good enough and led to the sacking of manager Terry Burton after two years. He was replaced by goalkeeping coach Stuart Murdoch.

Meanwhile, behind the scenes, Wimbledon, already one of the smallest clubs in the division financially in spite of having been a Premiership club for the previous fifteen seasons, had fallen on hard times. In August 2001 the club announced its intention to move to Milton Keynes; the move was approved by the FA in April. Many Wimbledon fans, disgusted by this decision, created their own football club in response, AFC Wimbledon.

Final league table

Main article: 2001-02 Football League

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

Wimbledon's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Nationwide League Division One

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
11 August 2001	Birmingham City	H	3-1	9,142	Shipperley, Cooper, Purse (og)
18 August 2001	Burnley	A	2-3	14,473	Nielsen, Shipperley
25 August 2001	Norwich City	H	0-1	6,084
27 August 2001	Preston North End	A	1-1	13,349	Shipperley
9 September 2001	Watford	A	0-3	15,466
12 September 2001	Portsmouth	H	3-3	7,138	Cooper, Hughes, Connolly
15 September 2001	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1-1	6,590	Hughes
18 September 2001	Crewe Alexandra	A	4-0	5,563	Brown, Connolly, Cooper, Nielsen
22 September 2001	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-0	19,222	Shipperley
25 September 2001	Millwall	H	2-2	7,020	Connolly, Agyemang
29 September 2001	Manchester City	A	4-0	32,989	Connolly (2 1(pen)), Shipperley (2)
13 October 2001	Crystal Palace	A	0-4	20,009
20 October 2001	Gillingham	H	3-1	8,042	Cooper (2), Hughes
24 October 2001	Coventry City	H	0-1	5,883
27 October 2001	Rotherham United	A	2-3	5,586	Connolly, McAnuff
30 October 2001	Bradford City	A	3-3	18,255	Connolly (2), Cooper
3 November 2001	Grimsby Town	H	2-1	6,189	Roberts, McAnuff
9 November 2001	Sheffield United	H	1-1	4,937	Cooper
17 November 2001	Barnsley	A	1-1	11,088	Cooper
20 November 2001	Walsall	H	2-2	4,249	Connolly (2)
24 November 2001	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0-1	9,873
1 December 2001	Coventry City	A	1-3	17,303	McAnuff
8 December 2001	Stockport County	A	2-1	4,673	Cooper, Connolly
16 December 2001	Nottingham Forest	H	1-0	5,920	Willmott
22 December 2001	Norwich City	A	1-2	17,286	Connolly (pen)
29 December 2001	Preston North End	H	2-0	6,051	Shipperley, Agyemang
12 January 2002	Burnley	H	0-0	7,675
19 January 2002	Birmingham City	A	2-0	17,766	Hughes, Agyemang
29 January 2002	Walsall	A	1-2	5,388	Shipperley
3 February 2002	Manchester City	H	2-1	10,664	Shipperley (2)
9 February 2002	Gillingham	A	0-0	8,494
16 February 2002	Crystal Palace	H	1-1	13,564	Francis
19 February 2002	Watford	H	0-0	5,551
23 February 2002	Millwall	A	1-0	13,788	Cooper
2 March 2002	West Bromwich Albion	H	0-1	8,363
6 March 2002	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2-1	18,930	Connolly, Ardley
9 March 2002	Nottingham Forest	A	0-0	24,292
12 March 2002	Portsmouth	A	2-1	13,118	Cooper, Connolly
16 March 2002	Stockport County	H	3-1	5,224	Connolly (2), Ardley
23 March 2002	Grimsby Town	A	2-6	6,473	Shipperley, Agyemang
30 March 2002	Rotherham United	H	1-0	4,751	Morgan
1 April 2002	Sheffield United	A	1-0	19,712	Ardley
4 April 2002	Crewe Alexandra	H	2-0	5,007	Shipperley, McAnuff
6 April 2002	Bradford City	H	1-2	5,595	Connolly (pen)
14 April 2002	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-1	26,920
21 April 2002	Barnsley	H	0-1	5,379

FA Cup

Main article: 2001-02 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	8 January 2002	Middlesbrough	H	0-0	6,885
R3R	15 January 2002	Middlesbrough	A	0-2	9,687

League Cup

Main article: 2001-02 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	21 August 2001	Brighton and Hove Albion	A	1-2	6,344	Williams

Kit

German company Puma remained Wimbledon's kit manufacturers.

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	Kelvin Davis
2	DF	Kenny Cunningham
3	DF	Alan Kimble
4	MF	Andy Roberts
5	DF	Dean Blackwell
6	DF	Darren Holloway
7	DF	Neal Ardley
8	MF	Damien Francis^[2]
9	FW	Neil Shipperley
10	FW	David Connolly^[3]
12	DF	Trond Andersen
14	GK	Paul Heald
16	MF	Michael Hughes (on loan to Birmingham City)
17	DF	Mark Williams^[4]
18	MF	Gareth Ainsworth
19	FW	Paul Robinson
20	FW	Patrick Agyemang^[5]
21	DF	Duncan Jupp

No.	Position	Player
22	MF	Chris Willmott
23	DF	Peter Hawkins
24	MF	Jermaine Darlington
26	GK	Ian Feuer
27	DF	Wayne Gray
28	MF	Pär Karlsson
29	DF	Des Byrne
30	MF	Rob Gier^[6]
31	FW	Lionel Morgan
32	MF	Adam Rowland
33	MF	Alex Tapp
34	MF	Ian Selley
35	MF	Jobi McAnuff^[7]
36	MF	Håkan Mild
37	MF	Mikele Leigertwood
38	GK	Shane Gore
39	MF	Nigel Reo-Coker
	MF	Simon Mensing^[8]

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
11		MF	Kevin Cooper (to Wolves)
15		FW	David Nielsen (to Norwich City)

No.		Position	Player
25		DF	Wayne Brown (on loan from Ipswich Town)

References

↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/wimbledon/2001-2002
↑ Francis was born in Wandsworth, England, but qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and would make his debut for Jamaica in 2003.
↑ Connolly was born in Willesden, England, but qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his debut for Ireland in 1996.
↑ Williams was born in Stalybridge, England, but qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and made his debut for Northern Ireland in 1999.
↑ Agyemang was born in Walthamstowe, England, but qualified to represent Ghana internationally and would make his debut for Ghana in 2003.
↑ Gier was born in Ascot, England, but qualified to represent the Philippines internationally and would make his debut for the Philippines in 2009.
↑ McAnuff was born in Edmonton, England, but qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his debut for Jamaica in 2002.
↑ Mensing was born in Wolfenbüttel, West Germany, but qualifies to represent England internationally.

External links

Wimbledon Football Club

The Club	History Seasons Relocation to Milton Keynes

Grounds	Wimbledon Common Plough Lane Selhurst Park National Hockey Stadium

Rivalries	South London derby

See also	AFC Wimbledon Milton Keynes Dons F.C.

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