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2001–02 Colchester United F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Colchester United
season	2001–02
chairman	Peter Heard
manager	Steve Whitton
stadium	Layer Road
league	Second Division
league result	15th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	1st round
(eliminated by
York City)
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	2nd round
(eliminated by
Barnsley)
cup3	Football League Trophy
cup3 result	2nd round (southern section)
(eliminated by
Reading)
league topscorer
Scott McGleish (15)
season topscorer
Scott McGleish (16)
highest attendance	5,186
v Wycombe Wanderers, 23 October 2001
lowest attendance	1,251
v Swindon Town, 16 October 2001
average attendance	3,705
largest win	6–3
v Chesterfield, 11 August 2001
largest loss	0–3
v Stoke City, 26 September 2001
v Reading, 26 January 2002
1–4
v Brentford, 29 September 2001
v Oldham Athletic, 2 March 2002
v Brighton & Hove Albion, 30 March 2002
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pattern_b1	_stripesonwhite2
pattern_ra1	_lineonwhite
pattern_sh1	_sides_on_white
pattern_so1	_top_on_white
leftarm1	0000FF
body1	0000FF
rightarm1	0000FF
shorts1	0000FF
socks1	0000FF
prevseason	2000–01
nextseason	2002–03

(eliminated by York City) (eliminated by Barnsley) (eliminated by Reading) Scott McGleish (15) Scott McGleish (16) v Wycombe Wanderers, 23 October 2001 v Swindon Town, 16 October 2001 v Chesterfield, 11 August 2001 v Stoke City, 26 September 2001 v Reading, 26 January 2002 1–4 v Brentford, 29 September 2001 v Oldham Athletic, 2 March 2002 v Brighton & Hove Albion, 30 March 2002

The 2001–02 season was Colchester United's 60th season in their history and their fourth successive season in the third tier of English football, the Second Division. Alongside competing in the Second Division, the club also participated in the FA Cup, the League Cup and the Football League Trophy.

Steve Whitton led the U's to a 15th placed league finish. They were knocked out of the FA Cup by York City in the first round. In the League Cup, Colchester defeated First Division Portsmouth at Fratton Park, before falling to defeat to Barnsley in the second round. They also reached the second round of the Football League Trophy, beating Swindon Town in the first round but they were eliminated by Reading in the second round.

Season overview

Colchester leapt to the top of the Second Division table by the end of August, having beaten Chesterfield 6–3 in the opening game of the season, and also knocked out First Division Portsmouth out of the League Cup at Fratton Park. However, they failed to capitalise on this despite manager Steve Whitton equalling the club's record transfer fee of £50,000 for Northern Ireland international Adrian Coote from Norwich City. They finished 15th, a steady year-on-year improvement after recording 18th and then 17th-place finishes in the previous campaigns respectively.

After beating Portsmouth in the first round of the League Cup, Barnsley proved too much for the U's in the second round. York City eliminated Colchester from the FA Cup in the first round, and Reading defeated the U's in the second round of the Football League Trophy following a first round win over Swindon Town.

Players

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
25 July 2001	MF	SKN	Bobby Bowry	ENG Millwall	Free transfer
27 July 2001	DF/MF	ENG	Anthony Allman	ENG Charlton Athletic	Free transfer
1 August 2001	MF	ENG	Marc Canham	Youth team	Free transfer
1 August 2001	FW	ENG	Ben Cranfield	Youth team	Free transfer
1 August 2001	FB	ENG	David Hadrava	Youth team	Free transfer
1 August 2001	FW	ENG	Lloyd Opara	Youth team	Free transfer
1 August 2001	FW	ENG	Kevin Rapley	ENG Notts County	Free transfer
20 August 2001	FW	ENG	Triston Chambers	Youth team	Free transfer
18 September 2001	CB	ENG	Olly Blackwell	Youth team	Free transfer	url=https://www.11v11.com/players/olly-blackwell-17537/	title=Olly Blackwell	publisher=11v11.com	access-date=7 October 2018 }}
21 December 2001	FW	NIR	Adrian Coote	ENG Norwich City	£50,000
15 February 2002	FW	FRA	Patrice Tano	NED Telstar	Non-contract	url=https://www.11v11.com/players/patrice-tano-18729/	title=Patrice Tano	publisher=11v11.com	access-date=7 October 2018 }}
15 March 2002	CB	AUS	Con Blatsis	NOR Lillestrøm	Non-contract

Total spending: ~ £50,000

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
31 May 2001	MF	NGA	Sam Okafor	ENG Sittingbourne	Released
1 July 2001	FW	ENG	Steve McGavin	ENG Dagenham & Redbridge	Released
4 July 2001	MF/DF	ENG	Aaron Skelton	ENG Luton Town	Free transfer
1 August 2001	MF	ENG	Andy Arnott	ENG Stevenage Borough	Free transfer
8 August 2001	FW	ENG	Keith Scott	ENG Dover Athletic	Free transfer
31 January 2002	CB	ENG	Simon Clark	SIN Woodlands Wellington	Released
4 March 2002	FW	FRA	Patrice Tano	SCO Falkirk	Free transfer
18 March 2002	CB	ENG	Olly Blackwell	ENG Billericay Town	Undisclosed
28 March 2002	GK	ENG	Andy Woodman	ENG Oxford United	Free transfer	url=http://www.coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=630	title=Simon Clark	publisher=Coludata.co.uk	access-date=7 October 2018 }}

Total incoming: ~ £0

Loans in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date
14 December 2001	FW	IRL	Graham Barrett	ENG Arsenal	21 April 2002
18 January 2002	FB	ENG	John Halls	ENG Arsenal	18 February 2002
27 March 2002	FW	ENG	Charlie MacDonald	ENG Charlton Athletic	21 April 2002
28 March 2002	GK	ENG	Richard Knight	ENG Oxford United	21 April 2002

Loans out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
18 January 2002	GK	ENG	Andy Woodman	ENG Oxford United	18 March 2002
15 February 2002	MF	ENG	Matt Hearn	ENG Southend United	15 March 2002

Match details

Second Division

Main article: 2001–02 Football League

League table

Results round by round

Matches

Beckett Payne Booty Stockwell Rapley McGleish McGleish Hazell Chalk Ferguson McGleish McGleish Hope Gregory Jones Clist McGleish J. Sheridan Þórðarson Burgess Owusu Anderson McGleish G. Johnson Rapley Currie Howe Hayter Liddell R. Johnson Keith White Stockwell McGleish Schofield Jenkins Forrester Barrett Rowland Brooker Bowry Duguid Hurst Hughes Sabin Rapley Murray Eyres Corazzin Burton Greene McKenzie McGleish Gray Brooker Coote MacDonald

Football League Cup

Main article: 2001–02 Football League Cup

Izzet Jones

Football League Trophy

Main article: 2001–02 Football League Trophy

Henderson

FA Cup

Main article: 2001–02 FA Cup

Potter Duguid

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

|- !colspan="16"|Players who appeared for Colchester who left during the season |}

Goalscorers

Place	Number	Nationality	Position	Name	Second Division	FA Cup	League Cup	Football League Trophy	Total
1	9	ENG	FW	Scott McGleish	15	1	0	0	16
2	20	ENG	MF	Mick Stockwell	9	0	1	1	11
3	21	ENG	FW	Kevin Rapley	9	0	0	0	9
4	3	ENG	FB	Joe Keith	4	0	1	0	5
7	ENG	MF	Karl Duguid	4	1	0	0	5
10	ENG	MF	Kemal Izzet	3	0	1	1	5
7	11	IRL	FW	Graham Barrett	4	0	0	0	4
28	NIR	FW	Adrian Coote	4	0	0	0	4
9	19	ENG	CB	Alan White	3	0	0	0	3
10	2	IRL	FB	Joe Dunne	2	0	0	0	2
11	4	ENG	MF	Gavin Johnson	1	0	0	0	1
5	ENG	CB	Ross Johnson	1	0	0	0	1
17	SKN	MF	Bobby Bowry	1	0	0	0	1
30	ENG	FW	Charlie MacDonald	1	0	0	0	1
	Own goals	4	0	0	0	4
	TOTALS	65	2	3	2	72

Disciplinary record

Number	Nationality	Position	Name	Second Division	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
7	ENG	MF	Karl Duguid	6	1	0	0
15	FRA	MF	Thomas Pinault	7	0	0	1
19	FRA	CB	Alan White	7	0	0	0
17	SKN	MF	Bobby Bowry	6	0	0	0
10	ENG	MF	Kemal Izzet	4	0	0	1
4	ENG	MF	Gavin Johnson	3	0	1	0
6	ENG	CB	Simon Clark	3	0	0	1
28	NIR	FW	Adrian Coote	4	0	0	0
3	ENG	FB	Joe Keith	3	0	0	0
8	ENG	MF	David Gregory	0	1	0	0
9	ENG	FW	Scott McGleish	3	0	0	0
2	IRL	FB	Joe Dunne	2	0	0	0
6	AUS	CB	Con Blatsis	2	0	0	0
5	ENG	CB	Ross Johnson	1	0	0	0
11	IRL	FW	Graham Barrett	1	0	0	0
12	IRL	CB	Scott Fitzgerald	1	0	0	0
16	MSR	FW	Dean Morgan	1	0	0	0
21	ENG	FW	Kevin Rapley	1	0	0	0
29	ENG	GK	Andy Woodman	1	0	0	0
	TOTALS	56	2	1	0	3	1

Clean sheets

Number of games goalkeepers kept a clean sheet.

Place	Number	Nationality	Player	Second Division	FA Cup	League Cup	Football League Trophy	Total
1	1	ENG	Simon Brown	4	0	0	1	5
2	29	ENG	Andy Woodman	2	1	0	0	3
	TOTALS	6	1	0	1	8

Player debuts

Players making their first-team Colchester United debut in a fully competitive match.

Number	Position	Nationality	Player	Date	Opponent	Ground
17	MF	SKN	Bobby Bowry	11 August 2001	Chesterfield	Saltergate
21	FW	ENG	Kevin Rapley	11 August 2001	Chesterfield	Saltergate
23	FW	ENG	Lloyd Opara	13 October 2001	Blackpool	Bloomfield Road
26	FB	ENG	David Hadrava	30 October 2001	Reading	Madejski Stadium
11	FW	IRL	Graham Barrett	15 December 2001	Peterborough United	Layer Road
28	FW	NIR	Adrian Coote	22 December 2001	Huddersfield Town	Layer Road
30	FB	ENG	John Halls	19 January 2002	Chestefield	Layer Road
6	CB	AUS	Con Blatsis	16 March 2002	Queens Park Rangers	Layer Road
30	FW	ENG	Charlie MacDonald	30 March 2002	Brighton & Hove Albion	Layer Road
22	FW	ENG	Triston Chambers	6 April 2002	Cardiff City	Layer Road
25	MF	ENG	Marc Canham	6 April 2002	Cardiff City	Layer Road
31	GK	ENG	Richard Knight	13 April 2002	Bury	Gigg Lane

References

General

Books

Websites

Specific

References

(2008). "The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years". Breedon Books.
"Colchester Utd 2–2 Wycombe Wanderers". Coludata.co.uk.
"Colchester Utd 1–0 Swindon Town". Coludata.co.uk.
"Average Attendance Figures Per Season". Coludaybyday.co.uk.
Hudson, Matt. (11 August 2013). "The 1990s and 2000s". Colchester United FC.
"Appearances". Coludata.co.uk.
"Colchester United". FootballSquads.
"All Colchester United football club players: 2001". 11v11.com.
"Bobby Bowry". Coludata.co.uk.
{{Soccerbase. 865. Bobby Bowry
"Anthony Allman". 11v11.com.
{{Soccerbase. 16863. Anthony Allman
"Marc Canham". Coludata.co.uk.
{{Soccerbase. 28575. Marc Canham
"Ben Cranfield". Coludata.co.uk.
{{Soccerbase. 29464. Ben Cranfield
"David Hadrava". Coludata.co.uk.
{{Soccerbase. 28638. David Hadrava
"Lloyd Opara". Coludata.co.uk.
{{Soccerbase. 27362. Lloyd Opara
"Kevin Rapley". Coludata.co.uk.
{{Soccerbase. 9588. Kevin Rapley
"Triston Chambers". Coludata.co.uk.
{{Soccerbase. 28216. Triston Chambers
"Olly Blackwell". 11v11.com.
"Adrian Coote". Coludata.co.uk.
{{Soccerbase. 10706. Adrian Coote
"Patrice Tano". 11v11.com.
{{Soccerbase. 20975. Patrice Tano
"Con Blatsis". Coludata.co.uk.
{{Soccerbase. 19050. Con Blatsis
"Sam Okafor". Coludata.co.uk.
{{Soccerbase. 16742. Sam Okafor
"Steve McGavin". Coludata.co.uk.
{{Soccerbase. 5094. Steve McGavin
"Aaron Skelton". Coludata.co.uk.
{{Soccerbase. 7332. Aaron Skelton
"Andy Arnott". Coludata.co.uk.
{{Soccerbase. 242. Andy Arnott
"Keith Scott". Coludata.co.uk.
{{Soccerbase. 7121. Keith Scott
"Simon Clark". Coludata.co.uk.
{{Soccerbase. 1483. Simon Clark
"Simon Clark". Coludata.co.uk.
{{Soccerbase. 8677. Andy Woodman
"Graham Barrett". Coludata.co.uk.
{{Soccerbase. 18804. Graham Barrett
"John Halls". Coludata.co.uk.
{{Soccerbase. 23836. John Halls
"Charlie MacDonald". Coludata.co.uk.
{{Soccerbase. 16869. Charlie MacDonald
"Richard Knight (Goalkeeper)". Coludata.co.uk.
{{Soccerbase. 13886. Richard Knight
"Matt Hearn". 11v11.com.
{{Soccerbase. 22392. Matt Hearn
"Goals". Coludata.co.uk.
"Discipline". Coludata.co.uk.
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"Alltime- List of Debuts". Coludaybyday.co.uk.

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