2001–02 Wrexham F.C. season

Wrexham

2001–02 season
Second Division	23rd
FA Cup	First Round
League Cup	First Round
League Trophy	Second Round
Home colours

The 2001–02 season saw Wrexham compete in Second Division where they finished in 23rd position with 43 points and were relegated to the Third Division.

Final league table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	25	15	6	66	42	+24	90
2	Reading	46	23	15	8	70	43	+27	84
3	Brentford	46	24	11	11	77	43	+34	83
4	Cardiff City	46	23	14	9	75	50	+25	83
5	Stoke City	46	23	11	12	67	40	+27	80
6	Huddersfield Town	46	21	15	10	65	47	+18	78
7	Bristol City	46	21	10	15	68	53	+15	73
8	Queens Park Rangers	46	19	14	13	60	49	+11	71
9	Oldham Athletic	46	18	16	12	77	65	+12	70
10	Wigan Athletic	46	16	16	14	66	51	+15	64
11	Wycombe Wanderers	46	17	13	16	58	64	–6	64
12	Tranmere Rovers	46	16	15	15	63	60	+3	63
13	Swindon Town	46	15	14	17	46	56	–10	59
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
17	Peterborough United	46	15	10	21	64	59	+5	55
18	Chesterfield	46	13	13	20	53	65	–12	52
19	Notts County	46	13	11	22	59	71	–12	50
20	Northampton Town	46	14	7	25	54	79	–25	49
21	Bournemouth	46	10	14	22	56	71	–15	44
22	Bury	46	11	11	24	43	75	–32	44
23	Wrexham	46	11	10	25	56	89	–33	43
24	Cambridge United	46	7	13	26	47	93	–46	34

Key: P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Results

Wrexham's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Second Division

Main article: 2001–02 Football League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	11 August 2001	Oldham Athletic	H	3–3	4,881	Lawrence, Edwards, Faulconbridge
2	18 August 2001	Wycombe Wanderers	A	2–5	5,425	Faulconbridge, Chalk
3	25 August 2001	Colchester United	H	1–1	2,952	Edwards
4	8 September 2001	Notts County	A	2–2	4,776	Faulconbridge, Trundle
5	11 September 2001	Bury	H	1–0	2,470	Trundle
6	14 September 2001	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	1–2	3,434	Thomas
7	18 September 2001	Chesterfield	A	2–3	3,538	Roberts, Ferguson
8	21 September 2001	Tranmere Rovers	A	0–5	10,285
9	25 September 2001	Port Vale	H	1–3	3,091	Faulconbridge
10	29 September 2001	Peterborough United	H	1–2	2,640	Faulconbridge
11	13 October 2001	Queens Park Rangers	H	1–0	4,474	Blackwood
12	20 October 2001	Wigan Athletic	A	3–2	5,979	Hill, Sam, Faulconbridge
13	23 October 2001	Blackpool	H	1–1	5,640	Trundle
14	27 October 2001	Huddersfield Town	A	1–5	9,888	Chalk
15	4 November 2001	Cardiff City	H	1–3	5,832	Edwards
16	6 November 2001	Reading	A	0–2	8,081
17	10 November 2001	Bournemouth	A	0–3	5,031
18	20 November 2001	Cambridge United	A	2–0	2,648	Ferguson, Faulconbridge
19	24 November 2001	Stoke City	H	0–1	5,477
20	27 November 2001	Swindon Town	A	1–3	4,127	Faulconbridge
21	1 December 2001	Northampton Town	H	3–2	2,708	Carey, Chalk, Ferguson
22	8 December 2001	Bristol City	H	0–2	3,091
23	15 December 2001	Brentford	A	0–3	5,326
24	22 December 2001	Bristol City	A	0–1	12,137
25	26 December 2001	Notts County	H	2–1	3,707	Trundle, Phillips
26	29 December 2001	Reading	H	0–2	3,885
27	5 January 2002	Colchester United	A	1–2	2,835	Thomas
28	12 January 2002	Wycombe Wanderers	H	0–0	2,752
29	19 January 2002	Oldham Athletic	A	1–3	5,451	Morrell
30	26 January 2002	Swindon Town	H	2–2	2,879	Faulconbridge, Carey
31	29 January 2002	Bury	A	2–2	2,732	Sam (2)
32	2 February 2002	Peterborough United	A	3–2	4,675	Faulconbridge, Blackwood, Sam
33	9 February 2002	Wigan Athletic	H	2–0	4,135	Faulconbridge, Lawrence
34	16 February 2002	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–2	9,706	Thomas
35	23 February 2002	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	0–0	6,649
36	26 February 2002	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–1	5,702	Trundle
37	2 March 2002	Chesterfield	H	0–1	3,328
38	5 March 2002	Port Vale	A	3–1	4,436	Trundle (2), Edwards
39	9 March 2002	Brentford	H	0–3	3,343
40	16 March 2002	Northampton Town	A	1–4	5,029	Trundle
41	22 March 2002	Cardiff City	A	2–3	15,702	Faulconbridge, Sam
42	30 March 2002	Huddersfield Town	H	1–1	4,448	Faulconbridge
43	1 April 2002	Blackpool	A	0–3	7,066
44	6 April 2002	Cambridge United	H	5–0	2,581	Jones (5)
45	13 April 2002	Stoke City	A	0–1	14,298
46	20 April 2002	Bournemouth	H	2–1	4,200	Edwards, Morrell

FA Cup

Main article: 2001–02 FA Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	18 November 2001	Hereford United	A	0–1	4,109

Football League Cup

Main article: 2001–02 Football League Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	21 August 2001	Hull City	H	2–3	1,761	Faulconbridge, Russell

Football League Trophy

Main article: 2001–02 Football League Trophy

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	16 October 2001	Wigan Athletic	H	5–1	1,550	Thomas, Trundle (2), Morrell
R2	30 October 2001	Huddersfield Town	H	0–1	1,725

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Marius Røvde	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
2	DF	Willie Miller	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
3	DF	Shaun Holmes	39(1)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	42(1)	0
4	MF	Martyn Chalk	17(6)	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	20(6)	3
5	DF	Brian Carey	16(2)	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	18(2)	2
6	DF	Dennis Lawrence	29(3)	2	0(1)	0	1	0	0	0	30(4)	2
7	MF	Carlos Edwards	10(15)	5	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	10(16)	5
8	FW	Craig Faulconbridge	36(1)	13	1	0	1	1	2	0	40(1)	14
9	FW	Lee Trundle	30(6)	8	0	0	0	0	1(1)	2	31(7)	10
10	MF	Darren Ferguson	37(1)	3	1	0	1	0	2	0	41(1)	3
11	MF	Kevin Russell	8(2)	0	0	0	0(1)	1	1	0	9(3)	1
12	MF	Paul Barrett	10(5)	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	10(6)	0
13	GK	Dave Walsh	7(2)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8(2)	0
14	MF	Robin Gibson	11(7)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12(7)	0
15	MF	Stephen Roberts	24	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	27	1
16	MF	Wayne Phillips	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	1
17	FW	Andy Morrell	13(11)	2	0(1)	0	0	0	0(2)	2	13(16)	4
18	FW	Dave Warren	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
19	MF	Steve Thomas	30(8)	3	0	0	1	0	2	1	33(8)	3
20	MF	Michael Blackwood	21(10)	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	24(10)	2
21	GK	Kristian Rogers	27	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	30	0
22	MF	Mark Evans	0(4)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(4)	0
23	FW	Hector Sam	15(14)	5	1	0	1	0	2	0	19(14)	5
24	DF	Adrian Moody	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0
25	DF	Keith Hill	12	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	15	1
26	MF	Jim Whitley	34	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	37	0
27	MF	Kevin Sharp	12(3)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12(3)	0
28	DF	Dan Bennett	5(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5(1)	0
31	DF	Shaun Pejic	11(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11(1)	0
40	DF	Craig Morgan	0(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0
44	FW	Lee Jones	3(1)	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3(1)	5

External links

• Wrexham 2001–02 at Soccerbase.com (select relevant season from dropdown list)