2001–02 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

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Wolverhampton Wanderers
2001–02 season
ChairmanSir Jack Hayward OBE
ManagerDave Jones
Football League First Division3rd (lost in play-offs)
FA Cup3rd Round
League Cup1st Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Dean Sturridge (21)
All: Dean Sturridge (21)
Highest home attendance28,015 (vs Manchester City, 1 April 2002)
Lowest home attendance7,598 (vs Swindon, 22 August 2001)
Average home league attendance23,796 (league only)

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.[1] Defeat to Norwich City in the semi-finals then ended their hopes of returning to the top flight for the first time since 1984.[2]

The club had spent in excess of £11 million before and during the season to try and achieve promotion, in this, manager Dave Jones' first full season in charge.[2]

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.

12 July 2001 Telford United 0–4 Wolverhampton Wanderers Telford
19:00 BST Report Kennedy 21'
Ndah 26'
Ketsbaia 35'
Robinson 37'
Stadium: Bucks Head
Attendance: 1,641
12 July 2001 Oswestry Town 0–3 Wolverhampton Wanderers Oswestry
19:00 BST Report Bazeley
Tudor 55'
Eccleston 65' (o.g.)
Stadium: Park Hall
Attendance: 583
16 July 2001 Espinho 2–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
18:00 BST Marcelo 42'
Phill 52'
Report Roussel 54'
Robinson 58'
Stadium: Campo da Mata
Referee: Carlo Coutinho
18 July 2001 União de Leiria 2–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Leiria, Portugal
21:30 BST Derlei 65' (pen.), 77' Report Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Leiria
3 August 2001 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–3 Liverpool Wolverhampton
19:45 BST Report Hyypiä 27'
Hamann 32'
Fowler 58'
Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 27,510
Referee: Mark Warren

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.[3]

11 August 2001 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–2 Portsmouth Wolverhampton
15:00 BST Newton 45'
Roussel 57'
Report Crouch 8'
Crowe 20'
Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 23,012
Referee: Mike Pike
25 August 2001 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0 Watford Wolverhampton
15:00 BST Vega 9' (o.g.) Report Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 20,257
Referee: Roger Furnandiz
18 September 2001 7 Gillingham 2–3 Wolverhampton Wanderers Gillingham
19:45 BST Ipoua 84'
King 90' (pen.)
Report Blake 37'
Miller 40'
Newton 90'
Stadium: Priestfield
Attendance: 8,966
Referee: Peter Walton
21 September 2001 8 Walsall 0–3 Wolverhampton Wanderers Walsall
19:45 BST Report Kennedy 20'
Miller 22'
Newton 26'
Stadium: Bescot Stadium
Attendance: 8,327
Referee: Graham Poll
29 September 2001 10 Rotherham United 0–3 Wolverhampton Wanderers Rotherham
15:00 BST Report Cameron 18'
Kennedy 23'
Rae 87'
Stadium: Millmoor
Attendance: 8,298
Referee: Matt Messias
13 October 2001 11 Bradford City 0–3 Wolverhampton Wanderers Bradford
15:00 BST Report Proudlock 45', 76', 79' Stadium: Valley Parade
Attendance: 16,878
Referee: Paul Danson
28 October 2001 15 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–0 Burnley Wolverhampton
15:00 BST Taylor 10' (o.g.)
Rae 20'
Cameron 39'
Report Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 24,893
Referee: Phil Joslin
31 October 2001 16 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0 Millwall Wolverhampton
19:45 GMT Rae 90' Report Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 23,018
Referee: Steve Baines
3 November 2001 17 Norwich City 2–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Norwich
15:00 GMT Roberts 7'
McVeigh 33'
Report Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 20,335
Referee: Paul Durkin
24 November 2001 19 Wimbledon 0–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers London
15:00 GMT Report Sturridge 82' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 9,873
Referee: Phil Dowd
27 November 2001 20 Wolverhampton Wanderers 4–1 Barnsley Wolverhampton
19:45 GMT Sturridge 9', 33', 76'
Newton 68'
Report Barker 44' Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 19,231
Referee: Graham Barber
7 December 2001 22 Grimsby Town 1–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Cleethorpes
19:45 GMT Jevons 2' Report Groves 7' (o.g.) Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 5,143
Referee: Keith Hill
22 December 2001 25 Watford 1–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Watford
15:00 GMT Smith 26' Report Newton 8' Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 17,389
Referee: David Crick
13 January 2002 28 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–1 Coventry City Wolverhampton
14:15 GMT Sturridge 50', 53'
Cameron 56'
Report Bothroyd 90' Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 21,009
Referee: Paul Durkin
17 January 2002 29 Portsmouth 2–3 Wolverhampton Wanderers Portsmouth
19:45 GMT Quashie 11'
Prosinečki 79'
Report Rae 15'
Blake 61'
Sturridge 85'
Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 13,105
Referee: Mike Dean
29 January 2002 30 Barnsley 1–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Barnsley
19:45 GMT Sheron 40' Report Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 13,825
Referee: Graham Frankland
16 February 2002 33 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–1 Bradford City Wolverhampton
12:00 GMT Sturridge 76', 90' (pen.)
Newton 83'
Report Ward 31' Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 21,935
Referee: Dermot Gallagher
20 February 2002 34 Crewe Alexandra 1–4 Wolverhampton Wanderers Crewe
19:45 GMT Jack 88' Report Blake 53', 60'
Rae 57'
Kennedy 67'
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 8,371
Referee: Jeff Winter
23 February 2002 35 Stockport County 1–4 Wolverhampton Wanderers Stockport
15:00 GMT Beckett 33' Report Sturridge 16' (pen.), 44'
Kennedy 28', 72'
Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 8,481
Referee: David Pugh
26 February 2002 36 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–0 Walsall Wolverhampton
19:45 GMT Sturridge 54', 76'
Blake 77'
Report Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 27,043
Referee: Mike Dean
2 March 2002 37 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 Gillingham Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT Rae 26'
Blake 45'
Report Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 25,908
Referee: Alan Butler
16 March 2002 40 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–1 Grimsby Town Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT Report Todd 79' Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 25,967
Referee: Phil Richards
30 March 2002 42 Burnley 2–3 Wolverhampton Wanderers Burnley
15:00 GMT Moore 47'
Johnson 85'
Report Sturridge 9', 26'
Cameron 45'
Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 21,823
Referee: Barry Knight
5 April 2002 44 Millwall 1–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers London
19:45 BST Claridge 73' (pen.) Report Stadium: The New Den
Attendance: 17,058
Referee: Tony Leake
14 April 2002 45 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0 Wimbledon Wolverhampton
13:00 BST Blake 23' Report Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 26,920
Referee: Roger Furnandiz

Final table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Manchester City 46 31 6 9 108 52 +56 99
2 West Bromwich Albion 46 27 8 11 61 29 +32 89
3 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 25 11 10 76 43 +33 86
4 Millwall 46 22 11 13 69 48 +21 77
5 Birmingham City 46 21 13 12 70 49 +21 76
6 Norwich City 46 22 9 15 60 51 +21 75

Source: Statto.com

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 25 11 10 76 43  +33 86 13 4 6 33 18  +15 12 7 4 43 25  +18

Source: Statto.com

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Play-offs

1 May 2002 SF2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0
(2–3 agg.)
Norwich City Wolverhampton
19:45 BST Cooper 77' Report Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 27,418
Referee: Tony Leake

FA Cup

5 January 2002 R3 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–1 Gillingham Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT Report Shaw 53' Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 15,271
Referee: Mike Jones

League Cup

Players

Statistics

Key:
  ‡ On loan from another club   * First appearance(s) for the club
Correct as of the season's end. Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances in parentheses where applicable.
No.PosNamePGPGPGPG A yellow card A red card Notes
League FA CupLeague CupTotalDiscipline
1 GK England Michael Oakes 48 0 1 0 1 0 50 0 0 0
2 DF Australia Kevin Muscat 37 0 1 0 0 0 38 0 4 1
3 DF England Lee Naylor 26(1) 0 0 0 0 0 26(1) 0 3 0
4 MF Wales Carl Robinson 15(8) 2 0 0 1 0 16(8) 2 1 0
5 DF England Joleon Lescott 46 5 0 0 0 0 46 5 4 1
6 DF Republic of Ireland Paul Butler 45 1 1 0 1 0 47 1 8 1
7 FW England Michael Branch ¤ 5(2) 0 0 0 0 0 5(2) 0 1 0
8 MF Republic of Ireland Keith Andrews 4(7) 0 0 0 0 0 4(7) 0 2 0
9 FW England Adam Proudlock ¤ 12(8) 3 0 0 1 0 13(8) 3 2 0
10 FW Georgia (country) Temuri Ketsbaia 0(2) 0 0 0 1 0 1(2) 0 0 0
10 MF England Kevin Cooper 6(1) 1 0 0 0 0 6(1) 1 2 0
11 MF Republic of Ireland Mark Kennedy 35(1) 5 1 0 1 0 37(1) 5 2 0
12 GK England Stephen Bywater 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 GK England Marlon Beresford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 GK Australia Danny Milosevic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 FW Nigeria George Ndah 1(14) 1 0 0 0 0 1(14) 1 0 0
15 FW Belgium Cédric Roussel 6(11) 2 0(1) 0 0(1) 0 6(13) 2 1 0
16 MF England Andy Sinton 3(4) 1 0 0 0(1) 0 3(5) 1 1 0
17 FW England Robert Taylor ¤ † 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 DF England Sean Connelly 5(3) 0 0 0 1 0 6(3) 0 0 0
20 MF England Shaun Newton 47 8 1 0 1 0 49 8 8 0
21 MF Scotland Colin Cameron 40(3) 4 1 0 0 0 41(3) 4 7 0
22 FW Republic of Ireland Colin Larkin ¤ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 DF France Ludovic Pollet 5(3) 0 1 0 1 0 7(3) 0 0 0
24 MF England Tony Dinning ¤ † 4 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 0 0
24 MF Scotland Alex Rae 33(5) 7 1 0 0 0 34(5) 7 10 0
25 DF Guinea Mo Camara 25(4) 0 1 0 1 0 27(4) 0 7 0
26 FW Scotland Kenny Miller 5(17) 2 0(1) 0 0 0 5(18) 2 1 0
27 FW Wales Nathan Blake 40(1) 11 1 0 0 0 41(1) 11 7 0
28 MF England Shane Tudor ¤ † 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 DF Denmark Jacob Laursen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 DF Wales Ryan Green 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 FW England Dean Sturridge 29 21 1 0 0 0 30 21 5 0
30 GK England Matt Murray 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DF Norway Gunnar Halle 6(1) 0 0 0 0 0 6(1) 0 0 0
32 MF Republic of Ireland John Melligan ¤ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 GK England Lewis Solly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Awards

Award Winner[4]
Fans' Player of the Season Alex Rae
Young Player of the Season Joleon Lescott

Transfers

In

Date Player From Fee
4 July 2001 Republic of Ireland Mark Kennedy Manchester City £2 million[5]
7 August 2001 England Shaun Newton Charlton Athletic £850,000[6]
24 August 2001 Scotland Colin Cameron Hearts £1.75 million[7]
13 September 2001 Wales Nathan Blake Blackburn Rovers £1.5 million[8]
19 September 2001 Scotland Alex Rae Sunderland £1.2 million[9]
13 December 2001 Scotland Kenny Miller Rangers £3 million[10]
24 December 2001 England Dean Sturridge Leicester City £350,000[11]
27 March 2002 England Kevin Cooper Wimbledon £1 million[12]

Out

Date Player To Fee
June 2001 Republic of Ireland Seamus Crowe Released Free
June 2001 Norway Håvard Flo Released Free[13]
June 2001 Northern Ireland Aaron Kerr Released Free
June 2001 Germany Robert Niestroj Released Free
June 2001 England Mike Stowell Released Free[14]
June 2001 England Scott Taylor Released Free[13]
11 July 2001 England Neil Emblen Norwich City £500,000[15]
10 September 2001 England Tony Dinning Wigan Athletic £750,000[16]
18 October 2001 Georgia (country) Temuri Ketsbaia Dundee £500,000[17]
19 October 2001 Wales Ryan Green Millwall Free[18]
21 November 2001 England Shane Tudor Cambridge United Free[19]
28 March 2002 England Robert Taylor Released Free

Loans in

Start date Player From End date
14 July 2001 England Stephen Bywater West Ham United 16 August 2001[20][21]
18 August 2001 England Marlon Beresford Middlesbrough 18 September 2001[22]
7 September 2001 Scotland Kenny Miller Rangers 6 December 2001[23]
23 November 2001 England Dean Sturridge Leicester City 23 December 2001[24]
21 December 2001 Australia Danny Milosevic Leeds United 28 December 2001[25]
27 March 2002 Denmark Jacob Laursen Leicester City End of season[26]
28 March 2002 Norway Gunnar Halle Bradford City End of season[27]

Loans out

Start date Player To End date
29 August 2001 England Robert Taylor Queens Park Rangers 26 September 2001[28]
7 September 2001 England Tony Dinning Wigan Athletic 10 September 2001
13 September 2001 Republic of Ireland Colin Larkin Kidderminster Harriers End of season[29]
9 October 2001 England Robert Taylor Gillingham 3 January 2002
24 October 2001 England Shane Tudor Cambridge United 24 November 2001
29 November 2001 Republic of Ireland John Melligan Bournemouth 9 February 2002
17 January 2002 England Robert Taylor Grimsby Town 17 February 2002[30]
19 March 2002 England Adam Proudlock Nottingham Forest 16 April 2002[31][32]
21 March 2002 England Michael Branch Reading End of season[33]

Management and coaching staff

Position Name
Manager Dave Jones
Assistant manager John Ward
Reserve team coach Terry Connor
Academy director Chris Evans
Under-19s coach John Perkins
Under-17s coach Keith Downing
Club doctor Dr Peter Ackroyd
Club physio Barry 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

  1. ^ "Wolves capitulate in Division One, 2001-02". When Saturday Comes. 14 March 2012.
  2. ^ a b "How Wolves threw it away". BBC Sport. 2 May 2002.
  3. ^ "Keegan v Vialli showdown". BBC Sport. 21 June 2001.
  4. ^ "Player of the Year". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 15 April 2002.
  5. ^ "Wolves unveil Kennedy". BBC Sport. 4 July 2001.
  6. ^ "Wolves seal Newton deal". BBC Sport. 7 August 2001.
  7. ^ Burnton, Simon (25 August 2001). "Wolves' hunger nets Cameron". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  8. ^ "Wolves sign Blake". BBC Sport. 13 September 2001.
  9. ^ "Rae completes move". BBC Sport. 19 September 2001.
  10. ^ "Wolves seal Miller deal". BBC Sport. 13 December 2001.
  11. ^ "Sturridge seals Wolves move". BBC Sport. 24 December 2001.
  12. ^ "Cooper signs for Wolves". BBC Sport. 27 March 2002.
  13. ^ a b "Flo, Taylor head for Wolves exit". BBC Sport. 16 May 2001.
  14. ^ "Stowell and Molineux part ways". BBC Sport. 22 May 2001.
  15. ^ "Canaries complete Emblen deal". BBC Sport. 12 July 2001.
  16. ^ "Dinning makes Wigan move". BBC Sport. 10 September 2001.
  17. ^ "Dundee catch Ketsbaia". BBC Sport. 17 October 2002.
  18. ^ "Green joins Millwall". BBC Sport. 19 October 2002.
  19. ^ "Tudor signs new deal". BBC Sport. 21 November 2002.
  20. ^ "Wolves turn to Bywater". BBC Sport. 14 July 2001.
  21. ^ "Bywater recalled". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 16 August 2001.
  22. ^ "Keeper signs on loan". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 18 August 2001.
  23. ^ "Miller starts Wolves loan". BBC Sport. 7 September 2001.
  24. ^ "Sturridge joins Wolves". BBC Sport. 23 November 2001.
  25. ^ "Keeper on loan". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 21 December 2001.
  26. ^ "Pre-deadline signing number two". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 27 March 2002.
  27. ^ "Halle heads for Wolves". BBC Sport. 28 March 2002.
  28. ^ "Rangers grab Taylor". BBC Sport. 29 August 2001.
  29. ^ "Larkin out on loan". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 13 September 2001.
  30. ^ "Grimsby swoop for Taylor". BBC Sport. 17 January 2002.
  31. ^ "Forest take Proudlock". BBC Sport. 19 March 2002.
  32. ^ "Wolves recall Proudlock". BBC Sport. 16 April 2002.
  33. ^ "Royals clinch Branch deal". BBC Sport. 21 March 2002.