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2001–02 Coventry City F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Coventry City
season	2001–02
manager	Gordon Strachan (until 10 September)
Roland Nilsson (player-manager until 16 April)
Gary McAllister (from 24 April)
chairman	Bryan Richardson (until 30 January)
Mike McGinnity (from 30 January)
stadium	Highfield Road
league	First Division
league result	11th
cup2	FA Cup
cup2 result	Third round
cup3	League Cup
cup3 result	Third round
league topscorer	Lee Hughes (14)
average attendance	15,436
prevseason	2000–01
nextseason	2002–03

Roland Nilsson (player-manager until 16 April) Gary McAllister (from 24 April) Mike McGinnity (from 30 January) During the 2001–02 English football season, Coventry City F.C. competed in the Football League First Division, following relegation from the FA Premier League the previous season.

Season summary

Despite the signing of prolific striker Lee Hughes from local rivals West Bromwich Albion, Coventry City were unable to make a genuine push for an immediate return to the Premier League and finished well away from promotion in 11th place. Manager Gordon Strachan had been sacked after five games with only one win and Coventry 19th; this heralded the beginning of an eleven-match unbeaten run which saw Coventry top the table with a third of the season gone, but from then three straight losses took them down to ninth. Coventry never regained the form from that unbeaten run, but with seven games left to play they stood fourth and appeared almost certain to gain a playoff place. Unfortunately, Coventry only gained one point from those last seven games and fell down to 11th place.

Final league table

Main article: 2001–02 Football League#First Division

Results

Coventry City's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
11 August 2001	Stockport County	A	2–0	9,329	Hughes, Carsley
19 August 2001	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–1	22,902
24 August 2001	Bradford City	A	1–2	15,085	Bothroyd
27 August 2001	Nottingham Forest	H	0–0	18,467
8 September 2001	Grimsby Town	H	0–1	14,980
15 September 2001	Sheffield United	A	1–0	16,168	Delorge
19 September 2001	Manchester City	H	4–3	18,804	Pearce (own goal), Konjić, Hughes, Thompson
22 September 2001	Portsmouth	H	2–0	18,303	Bothroyd, Carsley
25 September 2001	Barnsley	A	1–1	11,692	Martínez
29 September 2001	Gillingham	A	2–1	9,435	Martínez, Chippo
14 October 2001	Walsall	A	1–0	7,515	Thompson
17 October 2001	Rotherham United	A	0–0	6,582
21 October 2001	Crewe Alexandra	H	1–0	15,788	Hughes (pen)
24 October 2001	Wimbledon	A	1–0	5,883	Thompson
27 October 2001	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2–0	17,381	Safri, Hughes (pen)
31 October 2001	Preston North End	H	2–2	15,755	Thompson (2)
3 November 2001	Millwall	A	2–3	15,748	Martínez, Bothroyd
17 November 2001	Burnley	H	0–2	16,849
25 November 2001	Birmingham City	A	0–2	18,279
28 November 2001	Crystal Palace	H	2–0	13,695	Delorge, Mills
1 December 2001	Wimbledon	H	3–1	17,303	Hughes, Mills, Thompson
9 December 2001	Watford	H	0–2	13,251
12 December 2001	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–1	22,543
15 December 2001	Norwich City	A	0–2	17,889
23 December 2001	Bradford City	H	4–0	14,977	Hughes (2, 1 pen), Thompson, Joachim
26 December 2001	Grimsby Town	A	1–0	7,568	Hughes
29 December 2001	Nottingham Forest	A	1–2	22,706	Chippo
13 January 2002	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–3	21,009	Bothroyd
19 January 2002	Stockport County	H	0–0	12,448
29 January 2002	Crystal Palace	A	3–1	16,197	Bothroyd, Hall, McSheffrey
2 February 2002	Gillingham	H	1–2	14,337	Bothroyd
6 February 2002	Rotherham United	H	2–0	12,893	Konjić, Hughes
9 February 2002	Crewe Alexandra	A	6–1	7,835	Delorge (2), Hughes (3), Thompson
16 February 2002	Walsall	H	2–1	13,736	Thompson, Chippo
23 February 2002	Barnsley	H	4–0	15,092	Chippo, Thompson (2), Mills
26 February 2002	Portsmouth	A	0–1	12,336
3 March 2002	Manchester City	A	2–4	33,335	Mills (2)
6 March 2002	Sheffield United	H	1–0	12,963	Thompson
9 March 2002	Norwich City	H	2–1	16,744	Hughes (2, 1 pen)
16 March 2002	Watford	A	0–3	15,833
24 March 2002	Birmingham City	H	1–1	17,945	Healy
29 March 2002	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–2	21,470	Healy
1 April 2002	West Bromwich Albion	H	0–1	21,513
6 April 2002	Preston North End	A	0–4	15,665
12 April 2002	Millwall	H	0–1	15,335
21 April 2002	Burnley	A	0–1	18,751

FA Cup

Main article: 2001–02 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
	R3	16 January 2002	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–2	20,758

League Cup

Main article: 2001–02 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
	R2	11 September 2001	Peterborough United	A	2–2 (won 4–2 on pens)	5,729	Thompson, Carsley
	R3	9 October 2001	Chelsea	H	0–2	12,582

Squad

Left club during season

Reserve squad

Transfers

In

ENG Julian Joachim - ENG Aston Villa, 6 July, part-exchange
IRL Keith O'Neill - ENG Middlesbrough, 8 August, £750,000
ENG Lee Hughes - ENG West Bromwich Albion, 8 August, £5,000,001
MAR Youssef Safri - MAR Raja Casablanca, 11 August, £700,000
SCO Andy Goram - unattached (last at SCO Hamilton Academical), 24 August
ENG Lee Mills - ENG Portsmouth, 1 January, £250,000
WAL Paul Trollope - ENG Fulham, 22 March, free

Out

SCO Stephen McPhee - released (later joined ENG Port Vale on 24 June)
WAL Craig Bellamy - ENG Newcastle United, 25 June, £6,000,000
AUS John Aloisi - ESP Osasuna, 3 July, £1,200,000
MAR Mustapha Hadji - ENG Aston Villa, 6 July, £2,000,000 plus Julian Joachim
WAL John Hartson - SCO Celtic, 2 August, £6,000,000
ENG Chris Kirkland - ENG Liverpool, 31 August, £6,000,000
ENG Paul Williams - ENG Southampton, 31 October, free
SCO Paul Telfer - ENG Southampton, 31 October, free
ENG Carlton Palmer - ENG Stockport County, 6 November, free
SWE Tomas Gustafsson - DEN Copenhagen, 4 February, undisclosed
IRL Lee Carsley - ENG Everton, 8 February, £1,900,000
SWE Roland Nilsson - retired, 8 April
ENG Steve Froggatt - retired
SCO Andy Goram - ENG Oldham Athletic

Loan in

ENG Lee Mills - ENG Portsmouth, December, one month
ARG Horacio Carbonari - ENG Derby County, 22 March, one month
IRL Colin Healy - SCO Celtic, 29 January, 84 days
ENG Tim Flowers - ENG Leicester City

Loan out

ENG Carlton Palmer - ENG Sheffield Wednesday, 4 September, 46 days

Statistics

Appearances and goals

References

"Coventry City results for the 2001-2002 season - Statto.com".
"FootballSquads - Coventry City - 2001/02".
(8 August 2001). "Coventry seal Hughes deal". [[BBC Sport]].
(11 August 2001). "Safri signs for Coventry". BBC News.
Goram initially signed a month-to-month deal before signing with the club for the rest of the season on 24 October.
Tynan, Gordon. (1 January 2002). "Coventry sign cut-price Mills". [[The Independent]].
(6 July 2001). "Hadji completes Villa move". BBC News.
(2 August 2001). "Celtic sign trio on deadline day". BBC Sport.
(31 August 2001). "Liverpool sign Kirkland and Dudek". The Guardian.
(6 November 2001). "Palmer named Stockport boss". BBC News.
(8 February 2002). "Carsley joins Everton". BBC Sport.
(8 April 2002). "Nilsson hangs up boots". British Broadcasting Corporation.
Palmer originally signed on loan for three months, but the loan was terminated early.

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