2001–02 Football League

Football League, Second Division
Season	2001–02
Champions	Brighton & Hove Albion (1st third tier title, and second successive division championship)
Direct promotion	Brighton & Hove Albion,; Reading
Promoted through play-offs	Stoke City
Relegated	AFC Bournemouth,; Bury,; Cambridge United,; Wrexham
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,472 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bobby Zamora (Brighton & Hove Albion), 28
	← 2000–01 2002–03 →

First Division
Season	2001–02
Champions	Manchester City
Promoted	Manchester City; West Bromwich Albion; Birmingham City
Relegated	Crewe Alexandra; Barnsley; Stockport County
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,485 (2.69 per match)
Top goalscorer	Shaun Goater; (28 goals)
	← 2000–01 2002–03 →

The Football League
Season	2001–02
Champions	Manchester City
Promoted	Manchester City; West Bromwich Albion; Birmingham City
Relegated	Halifax Town
New team in League	Rushden & Diamonds
	← 2000–01 2002–03 →

The 2001–02 Football League (known as the Nationwide Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 103rd completed season of The Football League.

Final league tables and results

The tables and results below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website.^[1] Play-off results are from the same website.

First Division

Team changes

The following teams changed division since the 2000–01 season.

From First Division

Promoted to FA Premier League

Relegated to Second Division

To First Division

Promoted from Second Division

Relegated from FA Premier League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester City (C, P)	46	31	6	9	108	52	+56	99	Promotion to the Premier League
2	West Bromwich Albion (P)	46	27	8	11	61	29	+32	89	Promotion to the Premier League
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	25	11	10	76	43	+33	86	Qualification for the First Division play-offs
4	Millwall	46	22	11	13	69	48	+21	77
5	Birmingham City (O, P)	46	21	13	12	70	49	+21	76
6	Norwich City	46	22	9	15	60	51	+9	75
7	Burnley	46	21	12	13	70	62	+8	75
8	Preston North End	46	20	12	14	71	59	+12	72
9	Wimbledon	46	18	13	15	63	57	+6	67
10	Crystal Palace	46	20	6	20	70	62	+8	66
11	Coventry City	46	20	6	20	59	53	+6	66
12	Gillingham	46	18	10	18	64	67	−3	64
13	Sheffield United	46	15	15	16	53	54	−1	60
14	Watford	46	16	11	19	62	56	+6	59
15	Bradford City	46	15	10	21	69	76	−7	55
16	Nottingham Forest	46	12	18	16	50	51	−1	54
17	Portsmouth	46	13	14	19	60	72	−12	53
18	Walsall	46	13	12	21	51	71	−20	51
19	Grimsby Town	46	12	14	20	50	72	−22	50
20	Sheffield Wednesday	46	12	14	20	49	71	−22	50
21	Rotherham United	46	10	19	17	52	66	−14	49
22	Crewe Alexandra (R)	46	12	13	21	47	76	−29	49	Relegation to the Second Division
23	Barnsley (R)	46	11	15	20	59	86	−27	48
24	Stockport County (R)	46	6	8	32	42	102	−60	26

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Play-offs

Semifinals 1st leg –Apr 28; 2nd leg –May 1/2, 2002					Final at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff May 12, 2002

3rd	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	2

6th	Norwich City	3	0	3
					5th	Birmingham City (pen.)	1 (4)

					6th	Norwich City	1 (2)
4th	Millwall	1	0	1

5th	Birmingham City	1	1	2

^[1]

First Division maps

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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Locations of the Football League First Division 2001–2002 teams

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 2001–2002

Second Division

Team changes

The following teams changed division since the 2000–01 season.

From Second Division

Promoted to First Division

Relegated to Third Division

To Second Division

Promoted from Third Division

Relegated from First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Brighton & Hove Albion (C, P)	46	17	5	1	42	16	8	10	5	24	26	+24	90	Promoted
2	Reading (P)	46	12	7	4	36	20	11	8	4	34	23	+27	84	Promoted
3	Brentford	46	17	5	1	48	12	7	6	10	29	31	+34	83	Participated in play-offs
4	Cardiff City	46	12	8	3	39	25	11	6	6	36	25	+25	83
5	Stoke City (O, P)	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	8	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	AFC Bournemouth (R)	46	9	4	10	36	33	1	10	12	20	38	−15	44	Relegated
22	Bury (R)	46	6	9	8	26	32	5	2	16	17	43	−32	44
23	Wrexham (R)	46	7	7	9	29	32	4	3	16	27	57	−33	43
24	Cambridge United (R)	46	7	7	9	29	34	0	6	17	18	59	−46	34

Source: ^[1]
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Play-offs

Semifinals 1st leg –Apr 28th; 2nd leg –May 1st, 2002					Final at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff May 11th, 2002

3rd	Brentford	0	2	2

6th	Huddersfield Town	0	1	1
					3rd	Brentford	0

					5th	Stoke City	2
4th	Cardiff City	2	0	2

5th	Stoke City	1	2	3

Second Division maps

Locations of the Football League Second Division 2001–2002 teams

Brentford

Queens Park Rangers

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Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 2001–2002

Third Division

Third Division
Season	2001–02
Champions	Plymouth Argyle
Promoted	Plymouth Argyle Luton Town Mansfield Town Cheltenham Town
Relegated	Halifax Town
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,397 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorer	Steve Howard (24 goals)^[2]
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

Team changes

The following teams changed division since the 2000–01 season.

From Third Division

Promoted to Second Division

Relegated to Football Conference

Barnet

To Third Division

Promoted from Football Conference

Rushden & Diamonds

Relegated from Second Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Plymouth Argyle (C, P)	46	31	9	6	71	28	+43	102	Promotion to the Second Division
2	Luton Town (P)	46	30	7	9	96	48	+48	97
3	Mansfield Town (P)	46	24	7	15	72	60	+12	79
4	Cheltenham Town (O, P)	46	21	15	10	66	49	+17	78	Qualification for the Third Division play-offs
5	Rochdale	46	21	15	10	65	52	+13	78
6	Rushden & Diamonds	46	20	13	13	69	53	+16	73
7	Hartlepool United	46	20	11	15	74	48	+26	71
8	Scunthorpe United	46	19	14	13	74	56	+18	71
9	Shrewsbury Town	46	20	10	16	64	53	+11	70
10	Kidderminster Harriers	46	19	9	18	56	47	+9	66
11	Hull City	46	16	13	17	57	51	+6	61
12	Southend United	46	15	13	18	51	54	−3	58
13	Macclesfield Town	46	15	13	18	41	52	−11	58
14	York City	46	16	9	21	54	67	−13	57
15	Darlington	46	15	11	20	60	71	−11	56
16	Exeter City	46	14	13	19	48	73	−25	55
17	Carlisle United	46	12	16	18	49	56	−7	52
18	Leyton Orient	46	13	13	20	55	71	−16	52
19	Torquay United	46	12	15	19	46	63	−17	51
20	Swansea City	46	13	12	21	53	77	−24	51
21	Oxford United	46	11	14	21	53	62	−9	47
22	Lincoln City	46	10	16	20	44	62	−18	46
23	Bristol Rovers	46	11	12	23	40	60	−20	45
24	Halifax Town (R)	46	8	12	26	39	84	−45	36	Relegation to the Conference

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Play-offs

Semifinals 1st leg –Apr 27th; 2nd leg –Apr 30th, 2002					Final at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff May 6th, 2002

4th	Cheltenham Town (pens.)	1	1	2 (5)

7th	Hartlepool United	1	1	2 (4)
					4th	Cheltenham Town	3

					6th	Rushden & Diamonds	1
5th	Rochdale	2	1	3

6th	Rushden & Diamonds	2	2	4