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2001–02 Bradford City A.F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Bradford City
season	2001-02
manager	Jim Jefferies (until 24 December)
Steve Smith (caretaker)
Nicky Law (from 1 January)
chairman	Geoffrey Richmond
stadium	Valley Parade
league	First Division
league result	15th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Third round
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	Third round
league topscorer
Eoin Jess (14)
season topscorer
Eoin Jess (14)
prevseason	2000–01
nextseason	2002–03

Steve Smith (caretaker) Nicky Law (from 1 January) Eoin Jess (14) Eoin Jess (14) During the 2001–02 English football season, Bradford City competed in the First Division.

Season summary

In the 2001–02 season, Bradford had high hopes of a return to the top flight following relegation last season, but it did not materialise, and on 24 December after an inconsistent run of results, boss Jim Jefferies resigned much to the chairman's fury, who branded Jefferies a "quitter". Chesterfield boss Nicky Law was then installed as their new manager on 1 January on a two-and-a-half-year contract and his assistant Ian Banks joined amongst the coaching staff. Results didn't improve too much though and Bradford ended up finishing in a disappointing 15th place.

Kit

Bradford City's kit was manufactured by the club's own brand, BCFC Leisure, and sponsored by Bradford-based car dealership JCT600.

League table

Main article: 2001–02 Football League#First Division

;Results summary

;Results by round

Results

Bradford City's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
11 August 2001	Barnsley	H	4–0	16,367	Ward (2 pens), Jess, Carbone
18 August 2001	Portsmouth	A	1–0	17,239	Jess
24 August 2001	Coventry City	H	2–1	15,085	Myers, Locke
2 September 2001	Burnley	H	2–3	17,547	Ward, McCall
8 September 2001	Sheffield United	A	2–2	17,394	Jess, Tod
14 September 2001	Gillingham	H	5–1	14,101	Wetherall, Tod, Jess, Blake, Carbone
17 September 2001	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–1	18,012	Carbone
20 September 2001	Nottingham Forest	A	0–1	28,546
25 September 2001	Stockport County	H	2–4	12,940	Carbone, Myers
29 September 2001	Grimsby Town	H	3–2	13,778	Blake, Jess, Ward
13 October 2001	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–3	16,878
16 October 2001	Crystal Palace	A	0–2	15,721
20 October 2001	Birmingham City	A	0–4	25,011
23 October 2001	Millwall	A	1–3	11,071	Locke
27 October 2001	Watford	H	4–3	16,860	Etherington, Jess (3)
30 October 2001	Wimbledon	H	3–3	18,255	Tod (2), Jess
2 November 2001	Crewe Alexandra	A	2–2	6,597	Blake, McCall
10 November 2001	Norwich City	A	4–1	17,414	Jess, Blake (2, 1 pen), Bower
17 November 2001	Walsall	H	2–0	14,251	Jess, Juanjo
20 November 2001	Preston North End	A	1–1	13,763	Blake
24 November 2001	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–1	18,910
1 December 2001	Millwall	H	1–2	14,148	Blake
8 December 2001	Rotherham United	H	3–1	14,529	Blake (2, 1 pen), Ward
16 December 2001	Manchester City	A	1–3	30,749	Dunne (own goal)
23 December 2001	Coventry City	A	0–4	14,977
26 December 2001	Sheffield United	H	1–2	18,869	Ward
29 December 2001	Crystal Palace	H	1–2	14,233	Blake
12 January 2002	Portsmouth	H	3–1	14,306	Grant, Sharpe (pen), Halle
19 January 2002	Barnsley	A	3–3	13,856	Sharpe, Ward (2)
29 January 2002	Preston North End	H	0–1	15,217
2 February 2002	Grimsby Town	A	1–0	5,054	Carbone
16 February 2002	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–3	21,935	Ward
23 February 2002	Gillingham	A	4–0	7,789	Patterson (own goal), Ward, Lawrence, Cadamarteri
26 February 2002	Nottingham Forest	H	2–1	13,505	Jess, Lawrence
2 March 2002	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0–2	16,904
5 March 2002	Stockport County	A	0–1	4,148
8 March 2002	Manchester City	H	0–2	18,168
12 March 2002	Birmingham City	H	1–3	13,105	Jess
16 March 2002	Rotherham United	A	1–1	7,182	Jacobs
20 March 2002	Burnley	A	1–1	19,479	Jørgensen
23 March 2002	Crewe Alexandra	H	2–0	12,846	Wetherall, McCall
29 March 2002	Watford	A	0–0	14,001
1 April 2002	Norwich City	H	0–1	14,143
6 April 2002	Wimbledon	A	2–1	5,595	Jess, Bower
13 April 2002	West Bromwich Albion	H	0–1	20,209
21 April 2002	Walsall	A	2–2	8,079	Cadamarteri, Uhlenbeek (own goal)

FA Cup

Main article: 2001–02 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
	R3	8 January 2002	Walsall	A	0–2	4,509

League Cup

Main article: 2001–02 Football League Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	21 August 2001	Macclesfield Town	A	2–1 (a.e.t.)	2,526	Tod, McCall
R2	11 September 2001	Rotherham United	A	4–0	3,539	Blake (2, 1 pen), Tod, Lawrence
R3	9 October 2001	Watford	A	1–4	8,613	Ward (pen)

First-team squad

:Squad at end of season McCall was born in Leeds, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his father and made his international debut for Scotland in March 1988.

Left club during season

Reserve squad

Notes

References

(30 December 2001). "Richmond blasts Jefferies". BBC Sport.
(1 January 2002). "Law moves to Bradford". BBC Sport.
http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Bradford_City/Bradford_City.htm Historical Bradford City kits
"Bradford City results for the 2001-2002 season".
"FootballSquads - Bradford City - 2001/02".

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