2001–02 Colchester United F.C. season

Colchester United
2001–02 season
Chairman	Peter Heard
Manager	Steve Whitton
Second Division	15th
FA Cup	1st Round
League Cup	2nd Round
Football League Trophy	2nd Round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Scott McGleish (15); All: ; Scott McGleish (16)
Highest home attendance	5,186 (Wycombe Wanderers)
Lowest home attendance	2,835 (Wrexham)
Average home league attendance	3,839
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	← 2000–01 2002–03 →

The 2001–02 season was Colchester United's fourth consecutive season in the third tier of English football.

Season Review

The 2001–02 season kicked off with an entertaining 6-3 win at Chesterfield. United were top of Division Two by the end of August and knocked First Division Portsmouth out of the League Cup at Fratton Park. They failed to capitalise and despite manager Steve Whitton equalling the record transfer fee of £50,000 for Northern Ireland international Adrian Coote, the U's finished 15th - a steady year on year improvement after recording 18th and then 17th places previously.^[2]

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ENG	Simon Brown
2	DF	IRL	Joe Dunne
3	DF	ENG	Joe Keith
4	DF	ENG	Gavin Johnson
5	DF	ENG	Ross Johnson
6	DF	AUS	Con Blatsis
7	MF	ENG	Karl Duguid
8	MF	ENG	David Gregory
9	FW	ENG	Scott McGleish
10	MF	ENG	Kemal Izzet
11	MF	ENG	Jason Dozzell
12	DF	IRL	Scott Fitzgerald
13	GK	ENG	Glenn Williamson


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	MF	ENG	Chris Keeble
15	MF	FRA	Thomas Pinault
16	FW	ENG	Dean Morgan
17	MF	SKN	Bobby Bowry
18	DF	ENG	Anthony Allman
19	DF	ENG	Alan White
20	MF	ENG	Mick Stockwell
21	FW	ENG	Kevin Rapley
22	FW	ENG	Triston Chambers
23	FW	ENG	Lloyd Opara
25	MF	ENG	Marc Canham
26	DF	ENG	David Hadrava
28	FW	NIR	Adrian Coote

Player Info

No.	Name	Place of Birth	Date of Birth	Previous Club	Date Joined	Fee
1	Simon Brown	Chelmsford	5 December 1976	Tottenham Hotspur	20 July 1999	Free
2	Joe Dunne	Dublin	25 May 1973	Dover Athletic	15 December 1999	Free
3	Joe Keith	London	1 October 1978	West Ham United	24 May 1999	Free
4	Gavin Johnson	Stowmarket	10 October 1970	Dunfermline Athletic	14 November 1999	Free
5	Ross Johnson	Brighton	2 February 1976	Brighton & Hove Albion	14 February 2000	Free
6	Con Blatsis	Melbourne	6 July 1977	Derby County	15 March 2002	Free
7	Karl Duguid	Hitchin	21 March 1978	Youth Team	16 July 1995	Free
8	David Gregory	Polstead	23 January 1970	Peterborough United	7 December 1995	Free
9	Scott McGleish	Barnet	10 February 1974	Barnet	12 January 2001	£15,000
10	Kemal Izzet	Whitechapel	29 September 1980	Charlton Athletic	13 April 2001	Free
11	Jason Dozzell	Ipswich	9 December 1967	Northampton Town F.C.	15 October 1998	Free
12	Scott Fitzgerald	Westminster	13 August 1969	Millwall	19 October 2000	Free
13	Glenn Williamson	Enfield	22 December 1982	Youth Team	1 August 1999	Free
14	Chris Keeble	Colchester	17 September 1978	Ipswich Town	23 March 2000	Free
15	Thomas Pinault	Grasse	4 December 1981	AS Cannes	1 July 1999	Free
16	Dean Morgan	Edmonton	3 October 1983	Youth Team	1 August 2000	Free
17	Bobby Bowry	Croydon	19 May 1971	Millwall	25 July 2001	Free
18	Anthony Allman	Sidcup	14 December 1980	Charlton Athletic	27 July 2001	Free
19	Alan White	Darlington	22 March 1976	Luton Town	16 July 2000	Free
20	Mick Stockwell	Chelmsford	14 February 1965	Ipswich Town	23 July 2000	Free
21	Kevin Rapley	Reading	21 September 1977	Notts County	1 August 2001	Free
22	Triston Chambers	Enfield	25 December 1982	Youth Team	1 August 2001	Free
23	Lloyd Opara	Enfield	6 January 1984	Youth Team	1 August 2001	Free
25	Marc Canham	Wegberg	11 September 1982	Youth Team	1 August 2001	Free
26	David Hadrava	London	26 February 1983	Youth Team	1 August 2001	Free
28	Adrian Coote	Belton	30 September 1978	Norwich City	21 December 2001	£50,000

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player Name	Previous Club	League	Transfer Fee	Notes
25 July 2001	MF	Bobby Bowry	Millwall	Football League Division One	Free
27 July 2001	DF	Anthony Allman	Charlton Athletic	Premier League	Free
1 August 2001	DF	David Hadrava	Youth Team	N/A	Free
1 August 2001	MF	Marc Canham	Youth Team	N/A	Free
1 August 2001	FW	Triston Chambers	Youth Team	N/A	Free
1 August 2001	FW	Lloyd Opara	Youth Team	N/A	Free
1 August 2001	FW	Kevin Rapley	Notts County	Football League Division Two	Free
21 December 2001	FW	Adrian Coote	Norwich City	Football League Division One	£50,000
22 February 2002	FW	Patrice Tano	KV Mechelen	Belgian Pro League	Free
15 March 2002	DF	Con Blatsis	Derby County	Premier League	Free

Out

Date	Pos.	Player Name	New Club	League	Transfer Fee	Notes
4 July 2001	FW	Aaron Skelton	Luton Town	Football League Division Three	Free
31 July 2001	FW	Steve McGavin	Dagenham & Redbridge	Conference National	Free
1 August 2001	MF	Andy Arnott	Stevenage Borough	Conference National	Free
8 August 2001	FW	Keith Scott	Dover Athletic	Conference National	Free
11 September 2001	GK	Andy Walker	Exeter City	Football League Division Three	Free
9 November 2001	MF	Sam Okafor	Sittingbourne	Isthmian League Premier Division	Free
31 January 2002	DF	Simon Clark	Woodlands Wellington	S.League	Free
4 March 2002	FW	Patrice Tano	Falkirk	Scottish First Division	Free
28 March 2002	GK	Andy Woodman	Oxford United	Football League Division Three	Free

Loans in

Date	Pos.	Player name	Parent club	League	Date returned	Notes
14 December 2001	FW	Graham Barrett	Arsenal	Premier League	21 April 2002
18 January 2002	DF	John Halls	Arsenal	Premier League	18 February 2002
27 March 2002	FW	Charlie MacDonald	Charlton Athletic	Premier League	21 April 2002
28 March 2002	GK	Richard Knight	Oxford United	Football League Division Three	21 April 2002

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Player name	New club	League	Date returned	Notes
18 January 2002	GK	Andy Woodman	Oxford United	Football League Division Three	18 March 2002

Results

Division Two Results Summary

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
14	Port Vale	46	16	10	20	51	62	-11	58
15	Colchester United	46	15	12	19	65	76	-11	57
16	Blackpool	46	14	14	18	66	69	-3	56

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Division Two Results

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
11/08/2001	Chesterfield	A	6-3	3,939	Dunne, Booty (o.g.), Stockwell, Rapley, McGleish (2)
18/08/2001	Tranmere Rovers	H	2-1	3,618	Rapley, McGleish
15/08/2001	Wrexham	A	1-1	2,952	Stockwell
27/08/2001	Port Vale	H	2-0	3,611	Keith, McGleish
01/09/2001	Swindon Town	A	0-1	4,889
08/09/2001	Northampton Town	H	3-1	3,705	Rapley, McGleish (pen.), Hope (o.g.)
15/09/2001	Bristol City	A	1-3	9,992	Rapley
18/09/2001	Oldham Athletic	H	2-1	2,991	Izzet, McGleish
22/09/2001	Notts County	H	0-1	3,796
26/09/2001	Stoke City	A	0-3	14,803
29/09/2001	Brentford	A	1-4	5,179	McGleish
05/10/2001	Reading	H	2-0	3,691	Rapley, McGleish
13/10/2001	Blackpool	A	1-2	5,546	Izzet
20/10/2001	Cambridge United	H	3-1	4,684	McGleish (2), G. Johnson
23/10/2001	Wycombe Wanderers	H	2-2	5,186	Stockwell, Rapley
27/10/2001	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	0-1	6,531
03/11/2001	Bournemouth	H	1-2	4,369	Duguid
09/11/2001	Wigan Athletic	A	3-2	5,735	Stockwell (2), R. Johnson
20/11/2001	Cardiff City	A	1-1	8,013	Dunne
24/11/2001	Bury	H	0-1	3,534
01/12/2001	QPR	A	2-2	11,158	Stockwell, Keith
15/12/2001	Peterborough United	H	2-1	3,480	McGleish, White
22/12/2001	Huddersfield Town	H	3-3	3,543	Duguid, Stockwell, McGleish
26/12/2001	Northampton Town	A	3-2	4,740	Sampson (o.g.), Barrett (2)
29/12/2001	Port Vale	A	1-3	4,444	Duguid
05/01/2002	Wrexham	H	2-1	2,835	Stockwell, Bowry
12/01/2002	Tranmere Rovers	A	0-0	8,387
19/01/2002	Chesterfield	H	1-2	4,060	Barrett
22/01/2002	Huddersfield Town	A	1-2	7,179	White
26/01/2002	Reading City	A	0-3	12,743
30/01/2002	Swindon Town	H	1-3	3,132	Keith (pen.)
02/02/2002	Brentford	H	1-1	3,657	Coote
09/02/2002	Cambridge United	A	2-1	3,954	Coote, Rapley
16/02/2002	Blackpool	H	1-1	3,553	Keith (pen.)
23/02/2002	Bristol City	H	0-0	3,558
26/02/2002	Notts County	A	1-1	3,140	White
02/03/2002	Oldham Athletic	A	1-4	5,457	Izzet
05/03/2002	Stoke City	H	1-3	3,866	Duguid
09/03/2002	Peterborough United	A	1-3	4,625	Barrett
16/03/2002	QPR	H	3-1	4,903	Rapley (2), McGleish
23/03/2002	Wycombe Wanderers	A	0-0	6,737
30/03/2002	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	1-4	4,881	Stockwell
02/04/2002	Bournemouth	A	1-0	5,908	Maher (o.g.)
06/04/2002	Cardiff City	H	0-1	3,970
13/04/2002	Bury	A	3-1	5,014	McGleish, Coote (2)
20/04/2002	Wigan Athletic	H	2-2	3,672	McGleish, MacDonald

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
21/08/2001	R1	Portsmouth	A	2-1	7,078	Stockwell, Izzet
11/09/2001	R2	Barnsley	H	1-3	3,442	Keith

League Trophy

Southern Section

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
14/10/2003	R1 (S)	Swindon Town	H	1-0 (a.e.t.)	1,251	Izzet
30/10/2001	R2 (S)	Reading	A	1-2 (a.e.t.)	2,725	Stockwell

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17/11/2001	R1	York City	H	0-0	3,350
17/11/2001	R1	York City	A	2-2 2-3 on Pens	3,350	McGleish, Duguid

Squad statistics

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No.	Nat.	Pos.	Name	Total		Division Two		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy
No.	Nat.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Simon Brown	21	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2	DF	IRL	Joe Dunne	10	2	8	2	1	0	1	0	0	0
3	DF	ENG	Joe Keith	47	5	41	4	2	0	2	1	2	0
4	DF	ENG	Gavin Johnson	24	1	20	1	2	0	0	0	2	0
5	DF	ENG	Ross Johnson	19	1	16	1	2	0	0	0	1	0
6	DF	AUS	Con Blatsis	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	ENG	Karl Duguid	45	5	41	4	2	1	1	0	1	0
8	MF	ENG	David Gregory	19	0	16	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
9	FW	ENG	Scott McGleish	52	16	46	15	2	1	2	0	2	0
10	MF	ENG	Kemal Izzet	45	5	40	3	1	0	2	1	2	1
11	FW	IRL	Graham Barrett	20	4	20	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF	IRL	Scott Fitzgerald	42	0	37	0	2	0	2	0	1	0
13	GK	ENG	Glenn Williamson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	ENG	Chris Keeble	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF	FRA	Thomas Pinault	48	0	42	0	2	0	2	0	2	0
16	FW	ENG	Dean Morgan	34	0	30	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
17	MF	SKN	Bobby Bowry	41	1	36	1	1	0	2	0	2	0
18	DF	ENG	Anthony Allman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF	ENG	Alan White	35	3	33	3	1	0	1	0	0	0
20	MF	ENG	Mick Stockwell	52	11	46	9	2	0	2	1	2	1
21	FW	ENG	Kevin Rapley	40	9	35	9	2	0	2	0	1	0
22	FW	ENG	Triston Chambers	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW	ENG	Lloyd Opara	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
25	MF	ENG	Marc Canham	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	ENG	David Hadrava	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
28	FW	NIR	Adrian Coote	19	4	19	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	FW	ENG	Charlie MacDonald	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK	ENG	Richard Knight	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who appeared for Colchester who left during the season
6	DF	ENG	Simon Clark	25	0	21	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
29	GK	ENG	Andy Woodman	30	0	26	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
30	DF	ENG	John Halls	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	FW	FRA	Patrice Tano	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Scorers

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All

Scorer	Goals
Scott McGleish	16
Mick Stockwell	11
Kevin Rapley	9
Karl Duguid	5
Kemal Izzet
Joe Keith
Graham Barrett	4
Adrian Coote	4
Alan White	3
Joe Dunne	2
Bobby Bowry	1
Gavin Johnson
Ross Johnson
Charlie MacDonald
Own goal	4

League

Scorer	Goals
Scott McGleish	15
Kevin Rapley	9
Mick Stockwell	9
Graham Barrett	6
Adrian Coote
Karl Duguid
Joe Keith
Kemal Izzet	3
Alan White	3
Joe Dunne	2
Bobby Bowry	1
Gavin Johnson
Ross Johnson
Charlie MacDonald
Own goal	4

FA Cup

Scorer	Goals
Karl Duguid	1
Scott McGleish	1

League Cup

Scorer	Goals
Kemal Izzet	1
Joe Keith
Mick Stockwell

League Trophy

Scorer	Goals
Kemal Izzet	1
Mick Stockwell	1

Most Frequent Starting XI

This section shows players in a 4-5-1 formation with the most league starts during the season.

No.	Pos.	Name	Apps.	Goals
29	GK	Andy Woodman	26	0
6	DF	Simon Clark	19	0
19	DF	Alan White	28	3
12	DF	Scott Fitzgerald	36	0
3	DF	Joe Keith	33	4
7	MF	Karl Duguid	36	4
17	MF	Bobby Bowry	27	1
10	MF	Kemal Izzet	36	3
15	MF	Thomas Pinault	37	0
20	MF	Mick Stockwell	45	9
9	FW	Scott McGleish	44	15

Woodman

Clark

White

Fitzgerald

Keith

Duguid

Izzet

Pinault

Bowry

Stockwell

McGleish

References

^ Whitehead, Jeff; Drury, Kevin (2008). The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 279. ISBN 978-1-85983-629-3.
^ "The U's History: The 00s". Colchester United F.C. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
^ "2001–02 Season Appearance Data". coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
^ "2001–02 Season Goalscorers Data". coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2011.

[WWCU-1] Whitehead, Jeff; Drury, Kevin (2008). The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 279. ISBN 978-1-85983-629-3.

[2] "The U's History: The 00s". Colchester United F.C. Retrieved 1 April 2011.

[3] "2001–02 Season Appearance Data". coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2011.

[4] "2001–02 Season Goalscorers Data". coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2011.

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