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2001–02 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

English football club season


English football club season

FieldValue
clubWolverhampton Wanderers
season2001–02
managerDave Jones
mgrtitleManager
chairmanSir Jack Hayward OBE
chrtitleChairman
leagueFootball League First Division
league result3rd (lost in play-offs)
cup1FA Cup
cup1 result3rd Round
cup2League Cup
cup2 result1st Round
league topscorerDean Sturridge (21)
season topscorerDean Sturridge (21)
highest attendance28,015 (vs Manchester City, 1 April 2002)
lowest attendance7,598 (vs Swindon, 22 August 2001)
average attendance23,796 (league only)
prevseason2000–01
nextseason2002–03

The 2001–02 season was the 103rd season of competitive league football in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. They played the season in the second tier of the English football system, the Football League First Division.

The season proved a notable disappointment for the club after being denied promotion in the play-offs. The team had sat in the automatic promotion spots for the majority of the campaign, but a late slump in form saw local rivals West Bromwich Albion pip them to second place. Defeat to Norwich City in the semi-finals then ended their hopes of returning to the top flight for the first time since 1984.

The club had spent in excess of £11 million before and during the season to try to achieve promotion, in this, manager Dave Jones' first full season in charge.

Results

Pre season

Wolves' pre season saw them spend a week in Caldas da Rainha, Portugal (13–22 July), training and playing three Portuguese sides. This schedule was a change from their initial plans to compete in the Toronto Soccer Festival against both Canadian sides and other overseas entrants. However this event was cancelled two months beforehand. Ndah Ketsbaia Robinson Tudor Eccleston Phill Robinson Ramires Butler Sergeant Roussel Hamann Fowler

Football League First Division

A total of 24 teams competed in the Football League First Division in the 2001–02 season. Each team played every other team twice: once at their stadium, and once at the opposition's. Three points were awarded to teams for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats.

The provisional fixture list was released on 21 June 2001, but was subject to change in the event of matches being selected for television coverage or police concerns. Roussel Crowe Asaba Lescott Lescott Blake Taylor King Miller Newton Miller Newton Kennedy Rae Rae Cameron McVeigh Newton Rae Blake Anderson Gregan Cameron Prosinečki Blake Sturridge Ndah Newton Newton Rae Kennedy Kennedy Blake Blake Harewood Lescott Devlin Lescott Johnson Cameron Kuqi 83' Lescott

Final table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1Manchester City46316910852+5699
2West Bromwich Albion46278116129+3289
3Wolverhampton Wanderers462511107643+3386
4Millwall462211136948+2177
5Birmingham City462113127049+2176
6Norwich City46229156051+2175

Source: Statto.com

Results summary

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Play-offs

McVeigh Mackay

FA Cup

League Cup

O'Halloran

Players

Statistics

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Awards

AwardWinner
Fans' Player of the SeasonAlex Rae
Young Player of the SeasonJoleon Lescott

Transfers

In

DatePlayerFromFee
4 July 2001IRL Mark KennedyManchester City£2 million
7 August 2001ENG Shaun NewtonCharlton Athletic£850,000
24 August 2001SCO Colin CameronSCO Hearts£1.75 million
13 September 2001WAL Nathan BlakeBlackburn Rovers£1.5 million
19 September 2001SCO Alex RaeSunderland£1.2 million
13 December 2001SCO Kenny MillerSCO Rangers£3 million
24 December 2001ENG Dean SturridgeLeicester City£350,000
27 March 2002ENG Kevin CooperWimbledon£1 million

Out

DatePlayerToFee
June 2001IRL Seamus CroweReleasedFree
June 2001NOR Håvard FloReleasedFree
June 2001NIR Aaron KerrReleasedFree
June 2001GER Robert NiestrojReleasedFree
June 2001ENG Mike StowellReleasedFree
June 2001ENG Scott TaylorReleasedFree
11 July 2001ENG Neil EmblenNorwich City£500,000
10 September 2001ENG Tony DinningWigan Athletic£750,000
18 October 2001GEO Temuri KetsbaiaSCO Dundee£500,000
19 October 2001WAL Ryan GreenMillwallFree
21 November 2001ENG Shane TudorCambridge UnitedFree
28 March 2002ENG Robert TaylorReleasedFree

Loans in

Start datePlayerFromEnd date
14 July 2001ENG Stephen BywaterWest Ham United16 August 2001
18 August 2001ENG Marlon BeresfordMiddlesbrough18 September 2001
7 September 2001SCO Kenny MillerRangers6 December 2001
23 November 2001ENG Dean SturridgeLeicester City23 December 2001
21 December 2001AUS Danny MilosevicLeeds United28 December 2001
27 March 2002DEN Jacob LaursenLeicester CityEnd of season
28 March 2002NOR Gunnar HalleBradford CityEnd of season

Loans out

Start datePlayerToEnd date
29 August 2001ENG Robert TaylorQueens Park Rangers26 September 2001
7 September 2001ENG Tony DinningWigan Athletic10 September 2001
13 September 2001IRL Colin LarkinKidderminster HarriersEnd of season
9 October 2001ENG Robert TaylorGillingham3 January 2002
24 October 2001ENG Shane TudorCambridge United24 November 2001
29 November 2001IRL John MelliganBournemouth9 February 2002
17 January 2002ENG Robert TaylorGrimsby Town17 February 2002
19 March 2002ENG Adam ProudlockNottingham Forest16 April 2002
21 March 2002ENG Michael BranchReadingEnd of season

Management and coaching staff

PositionName
ManagerDave Jones
Assistant managerJohn Ward
Reserve team coachTerry Connor
Academy directorChris Evans
Under-19s coachJohn Perkins
Under-17s coachKeith Downing
Chief scoutGeorge Foster
Club doctorDr Peter Ackroyd
Club physioBarry Holmes

Kit

The season retained the home kit from the previous year; a darker "old gold" style shirt with black shorts. A new away kit, however, was launched: an all-silver design with blue trims; their previous light blue away kit became a third choice strip. All were manufactured by WWFC, the club's own label, and sponsored by Goodyear (for a twelfth and final year).

References

References

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  9. (19 September 2001). "Rae completes move". BBC Sport.
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  14. (22 May 2001). "Stowell and Molineux part ways". BBC Sport.
  15. (12 July 2001). "Canaries complete Emblen deal". BBC Sport.
  16. (10 September 2001). "Dinning makes Wigan move". BBC Sport.
  17. (17 October 2002). "Dundee catch Ketsbaia". BBC Sport.
  18. (19 October 2002). "Green joins Millwall". BBC Sport.
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  30. (17 January 2002). "Grimsby swoop for Taylor". BBC Sport.
  31. (19 March 2002). "Forest take Proudlock". BBC Sport.
  32. (16 April 2002). "Wolves recall Proudlock". BBC Sport.
  33. (21 March 2002). "Royals clinch Branch deal". BBC Sport.
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