2001–02 season of Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace 2001–02 football season
During the 2001–02 English football season, Crystal Palace F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.
Season summary [ edit ] Palace turned to Steve Bruce for the 2001–02 season.[1] A good start to the season gave Palace hope for a promotion challenge, but Bruce attempted to walk out on the club after just four months at the helm to take charge of Birmingham City .[2] [3] After a short spell on 'gardening leave',[4] Bruce was eventually allowed to join Birmingham City,[5] succeeded by Trevor Francis , who had ironically been his predecessor at Birmingham.[6]
Final league table [ edit ]
Source:
[citation needed ] Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Results [ edit ] Crystal Palace's score comes first [7]
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 11 August 2001 Rotherham United A 3–2 6,994 Freedman (pen), Riihilahti , Smith 18 August 2001 Stockport County H 4–1 15,760 Riihilahti , Morrison (pen), Freedman 25 August 2001 Nottingham Forest A 2–4 18,239 Freedman (2) 8 September 2001 Millwall H 1–3 21,641 Morrison 15 September 2001 Portsmouth A 2–4 18,149 Rodger , Freedman 18 September 2001 Grimsby Town H 5–0 13,970 Kirovski , Popovic (2), Freedman , Morrison 22 September 2001 Barnsley H 1–0 15,433 Riihilahti 25 September 2001 Sheffield United A 3–1 14,180 Smith , Freedman (pen), Hopkin 29 September 2001 Sheffield Wednesday H 4–1 17,066 Freedman (2), Morrison (2) 13 October 2001 Wimbledon H 4–0 20,009 Morrison , Kirovski , Riihilahti , Brown (own goal) 16 October 2001 Bradford City H 2–0 15,721 Morrison (2) 20 October 2001 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 1–0 26,471 Kirovski 23 October 2001 Burnley A 0–1 14,713 28 October 2001 Norwich City H 3–2 19,553 Morrison (2), Freedman 31 October 2001 West Bromwich Albion H 0–1 17,273 3 November 2001 Walsall A 2–2 6,795 Hopkin , Freedman 17 November 2001 Crewe Alexandra H 4–1 21,802 Walton (own goal), Morrison , Kirovski , Freedman 21 November 2001 Gillingham A 0–3 9,396 24 November 2001 Preston North End A 1–2 15,264 Freedman 28 November 2001 Coventry City A 0–2 13,695 1 December 2001 Burnley H 1–2 18,457 Morrison 8 December 2001 Manchester City H 2–1 22,080 Freedman , Kirovski 11 December 2001 Birmingham City A 0–1 20,119 15 December 2001 Watford A 0–1 16,499 20 December 2001 Nottingham Forest H 1–1 15,645 Morrison 26 December 2001 Millwall A 0–3 16,630 29 December 2001 Bradford City A 2–1 14,233 Berhalter , Benjamin 13 January 2002 Stockport County A 1–0 5,541 Freedman 16 January 2002 Gillingham H 3–1 17,646 Morrison (2), Freedman 19 January 2002 Rotherham United H 2–0 17,311 Morrison , Smith 29 January 2002 Coventry City H 1–3 16,197 Freedman 2 February 2002 Sheffield Wednesday A 3–1 20,099 Morrison , Freedman , Smith 7 February 2002 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 0–2 18,475 16 February 2002 Wimbledon A 1–1 13,564 Morrison 23 February 2002 Sheffield United H 0–1 18,009 26 February 2002 Barnsley A 4–1 11,207 Freedman , Riihilahti , Akinbiyi , Gray 2 March 2002 Grimsby Town A 2–5 5,924 Gray , Morrison 5 March 2002 Portsmouth H 0–0 15,915 9 March 2002 Watford H 0–2 16,817 16 March 2002 Manchester City A 0–1 33,637 23 March 2002 Walsall H 2–0 21,038 Morrison , Freedman (pen) 30 March 2002 Norwich City A 1–2 21,251 Morrison 1 April 2002 Birmingham City H 0–0 19,598 7 April 2002 Crewe Alexandra A 0–0 6,724 13 April 2002 Preston North End H 2–0 21,361 Hopkin , Akinbiyi 21 April 2002 West Bromwich Albion A 0–2 26,712
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers R3 5 January 2002 Newcastle United A 0–2 38,089
League Cup [ edit ] Players [ edit ] First-team squad [ edit ] Squad at end of season [8] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Left club during season [ edit ] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Reserve squad [ edit ] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
References [ edit ] ^ Morrison was born in Wandsworth , England , but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandmother and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in August 2001. ^ Fleming was born in Basingstoke , England , but also qualified to represent Wales internationally through his father and made his international debut for Wales in February 1992. ^ Fleming was born in Manchester , England , but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in April 1996. ^ Akinbiyi was born in Hackney , England , but also qualified to represent Nigeria internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Nigeria in 1999. ^ Benjamin was born in Kettering , England , and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and would make his international debut for Jamaica in November 2002.
National teams
League competitions
Level 1 Levels 2–4 Level 5 Levels 6–7 Levels 8–9 Isthmian League (Two , Three ) Combined Counties League (level 8 only ) Eastern Counties League (Premier , One ) Essex Senior League (level 9 only ) Hellenic League (Premier , One East , One West ) Kent League (level 8 only ) Midland Alliance (level 8 only ) Midland Football Combination (level 9 only ) North West Counties League (One , Two ) Northern Counties East League (Premier , One ) Northern League (One , Two ) Spartan South Midlands League (Premier , One ) Sussex County League (One , Two ) United Counties League (Premier , One ) Wessex League (level 8 only ) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 9 only ) Western League (Premier , One )
Cup competitions
FA cups Football League cups
European competitions