2001–02 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season

During the 2001–02 English football season, Oldham Athletic A.F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division.

Oldham Athletic
2001–02 season
ChairmanDavid Brierley
ManagerAndy Ritchie
John Sheridan (C)
Billy Urmson (C)
Mick Wadsworth
StadiumBoundary Park
Second Division9th
FA CupThird round
League CupSecond round
Auto Windscreens ShieldSemi-final
Top goalscorerDavid Eyres (14)

Statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Division 2 F.A. Cup League Cup League Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   IRL Gary Kelly 31 0 22+1 0 4+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
2 DF   SCO Scott McNiven 43 0 32+3 0 3+0 0 2+0 0 1+2 0
3 MF   ENG Darren Sheridan 37 2 25+3 2 4+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
4 DF   ENG Shaun Garnett 9 0 4+4 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF   SCO Stuart Balmer 44 6 35+1 6 4+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
6 MF   ENG Lee Duxbury 48 7 34+6 4 4+0 2 2+0 0 2+0 1
7 MF   ENG Paul Rickers 30 2 13+11 2 1+1 0 2+0 0 1+1 0
8 MF   IRL John Sheridan 31 3 24+3 2 4+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW   NGA Dele Adebola 5 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW   WAL Matthew Tipton 30 5 11+11 5 2+2 0 1+1 0 2+0 0
10 FW   ENG John Eyre 28 6 11+9 5 2+1 0 2+0 0 2+1 1
11 MF   ENG Matty Appleby 17 2 16+1 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
11 DF   SCO Mark Innes 10 0 0+5 0 0+2 0 0+1 0 2+0 0
12 MF   ENG Mark Allott 20 4 9+6 4 1+1 0 1+0 0 0+2 0
13 GK   NIR David Miskelly 4 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 DF   ENG Michael Clegg 6 0 5+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 MF   ENG Lee Hardy 1 1 0+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 GK   SCO Andy Goram 4 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 FW   ENG Craig Dudley 14 1 6+3 1 0+2 0 0+1 0 0+2 0
18 MF   ENG Danny Boshell 4 0 2+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 FW   CAN Carlo Corazzin 37 9 24+9 9 2+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
20 MF   ARG Cristian Colusso 13 2 6+7 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 DF   ENG Mark Hotte 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
21 DF   ENG Fitz Hall 4 1 4+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 DF   IRL Barry Prenderville 14 0 10+2 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
23 DF   SCO Will Haining 4 0 1+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
24 DF   ENG Dean Holden 27 2 20+3 2 1+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
25 MF   ENG Wayne Gill 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 DF   ENG Adam Griffin 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 FW   ENG Marc Richards 6 1 3+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 1
28 MF   ENG David Eyres 52 13 40+5 9 4+0 3 2+0 0 1+0 1
30 MF   ENG Paul Murray 26 5 23+1 5 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
31 MF   ENG Tony Carss 15 1 7+7 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
32 DF   ENG David Beharall 22 1 18+0 1 2+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
33 DF   ENG Chris Armstrong 35 0 31+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
34 DF   FRA Julien Baudet 24 1 13+7 1 1+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
35 FW   SCO Allan Smart 24 7 14+7 6 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 1
37 GK   ENG Paul Rachubka 17 0 16+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
38 FW   ENG Dave Reeves 13 3 11+2 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

[1]

Final league table edit

Pos Team Pld HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GD Pts
7 Bristol City 46 13 6 4 38 21 8 4 11 30 32 +15 73
8 Queens Park Rangers 46 11 10 2 35 18 8 4 11 25 31 +11 71
9 Oldham Athletic 46 14 6 3 47 27 4 10 9 30 38 +12 70
10 Wigan Athletic 46 9 6 8 36 23 7 10 6 30 28 +15 64
11 Wycombe Wanderers 46 13 5 5 38 26 4 8 11 20 38 −6 64
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Competitions edit

League Division 2 edit

11 August  2001 (2001 -08-11) 1 Wrexham 3–3 Oldham Athletic Wrexham
Lawrence   51 '
Edwards   59 '
Faulconbridge   63 '
Report Allott   38 '
Eyres   73 '
Garnett    78 '
Sheridan    86 '
Corazzin   90 '
Tipton    90 '
Stadium: Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 4,881
Referee: Brian Curson
18 August  2001 (2001 -08-18) 2 Oldham Athletic 1–1 Chesterfield Oldham
Allott   33 ' Report Willis   70 ' Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 5,534
Referee: Howard Webb
25 August  2001 (2001 -08-25) 3 Swindon Town 0–2 Oldham Athletic Swindon
Davis    65 '
Gurney    79 '
Report Balmer    1 '   39 '
Sheridan   17 '
McNiven    58 '
Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 5,219
Referee: Paul Armstrong
28 August  2001 (2001 -08-28) 4 Oldham Athletic 4–2 Northampton Town Oldham
Balmer   6 '
Rickers   35 '
Duxbury   63 '
Tipton   78 '
Report Hope   53', 90 ' Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 4,941
Referee: Frazer Stretton
1 September  2001 (2001 -09-01) 5 Tranmere Rovers 2–2 Oldham Athletic Birkenhead
Barlow   36 '
Challinor    38 '
Mellon    38 '   88 '
Hazell    66 '
Yates    74 '
Thornton    81 '
Report Sheridan   12 '    22 '
Eyre   33 '
Rickers    34 '
Duxbury    45 '
Prenderville    49 '
Balmer    52 '
McNiven    79 '
Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 8,716
Referee: Mick Fletcher
8 September  2001 (2001 -09-08) 6 Oldham Athletic 2–1 Blackpool Oldham
Allott    4 '
Sheridan   30 '    41 '
Duxbury    36 '
McNiven    67 '
Eyre    77 '
Duxbury   88 '
Report O'Kane   27'   60 '
Wellens    58 '
Ormerod   78 '
Hughes    88 '
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 6,650
Referee: Mike Ryan
15 September  2001 (2001 -09-15) 7 Oldham Athletic 2–0 Peterborough United Oldham
Corazzin   85 '
Tipton   90' (pen.)
Report Edwards    44 ' Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 4,855
Referee: Tony Leake
18 September  2001 (2001 -09-18) 8 Colchester United 2–1 Oldham Athletic Colchester
Izzet   10 '
McGleish   27 '
Report D. Sheridan    18 '
J. Sheridan    71 '
Eyres   81 '
Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 2,991
Referee: Paul Alcock
22 September  2001 (2001 -09-22) 9 Brentford 2–2 Oldham Athletic Brentford
Owusu    45 '   47 '
Evans   50' (pen.)
Rowlands    77 '
Report Prenderville    26 '
Rickers   36 '
Kelly    53 '
McNiven    62 '
Corazzin   74 '
Stadium: Griffin Park
Attendance: 5,525
Referee: Richard Beeby
25 September  2001 (2001 -09-25) 10 Oldham Athletic 4–0 Bury Oldham
Duxbury   8 '
Rickers    26 '
Tipton   45 '
Corazzin   63 '
Allott   90 '
Report Unsworth    20 '
Seddon    72 '
Billy    76 '
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 5,605
Referee: Mike Pike
29 September  2001 (2001 -09-29) 11 Oldham Athletic 4–1 Notts County Oldham
Fenton   20' (o.g.)
Dudley   22 '
Tipton    32 '
McNiven    51 '
Eyre   84 '
Corazzin   90' (pen.)
Report Richardson    16 '
Baraclough    48 '
Stallard   62 '
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 6,864
Referee: Graham Laws
5 October  2001 (2001 -10-05) 12 Bournemouth 3–2 Oldham Athletic Dorchester
Tindall   44'    70 '
Hayter   57 '
Holmes   60 '
Elliott   65 '
Howe    89 '
Report Tipton   1 '
Boshell    53 '
Eyres    63 '
Tindall   66' (o.g.)
Eyre    83 '
Stadium: The Avenue Stadium
Attendance: 3,312
Referee: Andy Hall
13 October  2001 (2001 -10-13) 13 Oldham Athletic 0–1 Bristol City Oldham
Holden    41 '
Richards    68 '
Report Murray   39 '
Jones    78 '
Thorpe    90 '
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 6,565
Referee: Phil Joslin
20 October  2001 (2001 -10-20) 14 Brighton & Hove Albion 3–0 Oldham Athletic Brighton and Hove
Rogers   7 '
Steele   14', 28 '
Report Balmer    43 '
Tipton    48 '
Stadium: Withdean Stadium
Attendance: 6,793
Referee: Lee Cable
23 October  2001 (2001 -10-23) 15 Oldham Athletic 0–1 Reading Oldham
McNiven    50 '
Sheridan    80 '
Report Cureton   19 '
Butler    77 '
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 4,901
Referee: Roger Furnandiz
27 October  2001 (2001 -10-27) 16 Queens Park Rangers 1–1 Oldham Athletic London
Doudou   26 '
De Ornelas    83 '
Report Balmer   65 ' Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 10,556
Referee: Grant Hegley
3 November  2001 (2001 -11-03) 17 Oldham Athletic 1–1 Huddersfield Town Oldham
Holden    58 '
Balmer   76 '
Report Schofield   23 ' Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 8,859
Referee: Mike Dean
10 November  2001 (2001 -11-10) 18 Cambridge United 1–1 Oldham Athletic Cambridge
Ashbee    27 '
Pérez    39 '
Kitson   58 '
Alcide    58 '
Tudor    60 '
Report Allott   18 '
Armstrong    47 '
Stadium: Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 3,378
Referee: Paul Taylor
21 November  2001 (2001 -11-21) 19 Stoke City 0–0 Oldham Athletic Stoke-on-Trent
Thomas    50 '
Smart    84 '
Report Stadium: Britannia Stadium
Attendance: 11,031
Referee: Graham Frankland
24 November  2001 (2001 -11-24) 20 Oldham Athletic 2–0 Wycombe Wanderers Oldham
Holden    21 '
Tipton   31 '
Rammell   39' (o.g.)
Report Simpson    35 '
Rammell    70 '
Walker    72 '
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 4,731
Referee: Alan Kaye
1 December  2001 (2001 -12-01) 21 Cardiff City 3–1 Oldham Athletic Cardiff
Earnshaw   37 '
Kavanagh   74', 90 '
Report Smart    3 '
Holden    10 '
Balmer    53 '
Eyre   75 '    90 '
Sheridan    90 '
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 10,004
Referee: Ray Olivier
15 December  2001 (2001 -12-15) 22 Oldham Athletic 1–1 Wigan Athletic Oldham
Armstrong    56 '
Beharall   89 '
Report Liddell   62 ' Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 6,407
Referee: Uriah Rennie
21 December  2001 (2001 -12-21) 23 Oldham Athletic 2–0 Port Vale Oldham
Holden    19 '
Armstrong    21 '
Eyres   30 '
Reeves   57 '
Report Rowland    32 ' Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 4,317
Referee: Graham Salisbury
26 December  2001 (2001 -12-26) 24 Blackpool 0–2 Oldham Athletic Blackpool
Barnes    55 '
Collins    64 '
Report Reeves   56' (pen.), 66 ' Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 5,772
Referee: George Cain
29 December  2001 (2001 -12-29) 25 Northampton Town 0–1 Oldham Athletic Northampton
Sampson    37 '
Welch    45 '
Report Murray    55 '
Eyres   80 '
Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 4,760
Referee: Joe Ross
12 January  2002 (2002 -01-12) 26 Chesterfield 4–2 Oldham Athletic Chesterfield
Allott   53 '
Hurst   54', 90 '
Parrish    59 '
Burt   66 '
Williams    69 '
Report Murray   11 '
Eyres    28 '   47 '
Baudet    70 '
Smart    83 '
Stadium: Saltergate
Attendance: 4,716
Referee: Bill Jordan
16 January  2002 (2002 -01-16) 27 Oldham Athletic 2–0 Swindon Town Oldham
Eyre   45', 81 ' Report Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 3,970
Referee: Steve Baines
19 January  2002 (2002 -01-19) 28 Oldham Athletic 3–1 Wrexham Oldham
Murray   34 '
Sheridan   56' (pen.)
Corazzin   90 '
Report Morrell   11 '
Carey    49 '    55 '
Roberts    90 '
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 5,451
Referee: Mark Cowburn
22 January  2002 (2002 -01-22) 29 Port Vale 3–2 Oldham Athletic Stoke-on-Trent
McClare   22 '
Cummins    32 '
Brooker   45 '
McPhee   80 '
Report Appleby   48 '
Balmer    57 '
Corazzin   70 '
Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 4,408
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
26 January  2002 (2002 -01-26) 30 Oldham Athletic 3–3 Bournemouth Oldham
Balmer   18 '
Murray    55 '
Broadhurst   56' (o.g.)
Eyres   63 '
Report Broadhurst    21 '
Howe   53 '
Feeney   56' (pen.)
Hughes   66 '
Hayter    73 '
O'Connor    90 '
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 4,853
Referee: Paul Danson
2 February  2002 (2002 -02-02) 31 Notts County 0–2 Oldham Athletic Nottingham
Caskey    78 ' Report Corazzin    5 '   54 '
Murray   49 '
Stadium: Meadow Lane
Attendance: 4,555
Referee: Trevor Parkes
9 February  2002 (2002 -02-09) 32 Oldham Athletic 2–0 Brighton & Hove Albion Oldham
Appleby   30 '
Duxbury    49 '
Eyres   81 '
Report Webb    29 '
Zamora    84 '
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 6,951
Referee: Chris Foy
16 February  2002 (2002 -02-16) 33 Bristol City 3–0 Oldham Athletic Bristol
Peacock   47 '
Thorpe   70' (pen.)
Lever   72 '
Report Murray    43 '
Duxbury    45 '
Holden    46 '
Baudet   54'   68'
Appleby    90 '
Colusso    90 '
Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium
Attendance: 10,849
Referee: Mark Cooper
19 February  2002 (2002 -02-19) 34 Oldham Athletic 1–1 Tranmere Rovers Oldham
Murray    58 '
Colusso   60 '
Appleby    67 '
Report Rideout   12 ' Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 5,998
Referee: Neale Barry
23 February  2002 (2002 -02-23) 35 Peterborough United 2–2 Oldham Athletic Peterborough
Forinton   9 '
Gill    18 '
Bullard    53 '
Fenn   65 '
Report Murray    8 '   11 '
Smart   15 '
Appleby    90 '
Stadium: London Road Stadium
Attendance: 4,308
Referee: Mark Warren
26 February  2002 (2002 -02-26) 36 Oldham Athletic 3–2 Brentford Oldham
Eyres   45' (pen.)    58 '
Smart   62', 69 '
Murray    79 '
Report Hunt    18 '
Burgess   30', 87 '
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 4,935
Referee: Paul Rejer
2 March  2002 (2002 -03-02) 37 Oldham Athletic 4–1 Colchester United Oldham
Smart   24 '
Murray   44 '
Eyres   77 '
Corazzin   90 '
Report Izzet   12 '
White    59 '
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 5,457
Referee: Howard Webb
5 March  2002 (2002 -03-05) 38 Bury 1–1 Oldham Athletic Bury
Forrest   14 ' Report Armstrong    20 '
Colusso   90 '
Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: Gigg Lane
Referee: Tony Bates
9 March  2002 (2002 -03-09) 39 Wigan Athletic 1–0 Oldham Athletic Wigan
Mitchell    34 '
Liddell   61 '
Report Smart    30 '
Appleby    34 '
Balmer    85 '
Stadium: JJB Stadium
Attendance: 7,389
Referee: Mike Jones
16 March  2002 (2002 -03-16) 40 Oldham Athletic 1–7 Cardiff City Oldham
Appleby   18'   32 '
Armstrong    47 '
Balmer   74 '
Report Young   6 '
Fortune-West   22 '
Thorne   23 '
Campbell   30', 64', 73 '    31 '
Fortune-West   45 '
Legg    60 '
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 6,786
Referee: Colin Webster
23 March  2002 (2002 -03-23) 41 Reading 2–2 Oldham Athletic Reading
Mackie   8 '
Parkinson   45 '
Report Eyres    25 '
Duxbury   31 '
Baudet    54 '
Smart    70 '   75 '
Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 15,191
Referee: Clive Penton
30 March  2002 (2002 -03-30) 42 Oldham Athletic 2–2 Cambridge United Oldham
Armstrong    4 '
Sheridan    26 '
Duxbury    38 '
Holden   45', 90 '    62 '
Eyres    65 '
Report Ashbee   37 '
Guttridge   57' (pen.)    79 '
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 4,957
Referee: Mike Ryan
1 April  2002 (2002 -04-01) 43 Huddersfield Town 0–0 Oldham Athletic Huddersfield
Knight    4 '
Gray    13 '
Report McNiven    11 ' Stadium: Kirklees Stadium
Attendance: 14,343
Referee: Matt Messias
6 April  2002 (2002 -04-06) 44 Oldham Athletic 2–1 Stoke City Oldham
Carss   25 '
Hall   88 '
Report Thomas   44'   48 '
Holden   63' (o.g.)
Gudjónsson    65 '
Thórdarson    87 '
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 6,548
Referee: Dermot Gallagher
13 April  2002 (2002 -04-13) 45 Wycombe Wanderers 2–1 Oldham Athletic Wycombe
Devine   3 '
Brown   15' (pen.)
McCarthy    60 '
Report Smart   82' (pen.) Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 6,728
Referee: Phil Joslin
20 April  2002 (2002 -04-20) 46 Oldham Athletic 1–0 Queens Park Rangers Oldham
Baudet   10 '
Smart    45 '
Colusso    53 '
Report Langley    47 '
Palmer    59 '
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 7,262
Referee: Graham Laws

F.A. Cup edit

17 November  2001 (2001 -11-17) 1 Oldham Athletic 1–1 Barrow Oldham
Duxbury   33 ' Report Housham   3 ' Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 5,795
Referee: George Cain
27 November  2001 (2001 -11-27) 1 Barrow 0–1 Oldham Athletic Barrow-in-Furness
Shaw    18 '
Anthony    38 '
Report Eyres   5 ' Stadium: Holker Street
Attendance: 4,368
Referee: George Cain
8 December  2001 (2001 -12-08) 2 Hull City 2–3 Oldham Athletic Hull
Dudfield   15 '
Whittle    31 '
Alexander   64 '    65 '
Johnsson    83 '
Report Sheridan   32 '
Tipton    47 '
Eyres   48 '
Duxbury   50 '
Balmer    56 '
Stadium: Boothferry Park
Attendance: 9,422
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
6 January  2002 (2002 -01-06) 3 Cheltenham Town 2–1 Oldham Athletic Cheltenham
Naylor   25', 60 ' Report Eyres   43 '
Sheridan   73'   81 '
Stadium: Whaddon Road
Attendance: 5,801
Referee: John Brandwood

Football League Cup edit

22 August  2001 (2001 -08-22) 1 Stoke City 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5–6 p)
Oldham Athletic Stoke-on-Trent
Rowson    45 '
Thórdarson    80 '
Handyside    102 '
Report Tipton    2 ' Stadium: Britannia Stadium
Attendance: 5,636
Referee: Alan Kaye
Penalties
Shtanyuk  
Guðjónsson  
Clarke  
Vandeurzen  
Thomas  
Iwelumo  
Cooke  
Hoekstra  
Henry  
Tipton  
Duxbury  
Sheridan  
Balmer  
Carss  
McNiven  
Innes  
Dudley  
Kelly  
12 September  2001 (2001 -09-12) 2 Blackburn Rovers 2–0 Oldham Athletic Blackburn
Jansen   14 '
Dunning   77 '
Report Sheridan    51 '    84 '
Eyres    88 '
Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 9,559
Referee: Tony Bates

Football League Trophy (LDV Vans Trophy) edit

30 October  2001 (2001 -10-30) 2 Oldham Athletic 2–0 Tranmere Rovers Oldham
Eyre   18 '
Innes    21 '
Sheridan    58 '
Richards   90 '
Report Mellon    25 ' Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 2,940
Referee: Frazer Stretton
4 December  2001 (2001 -12-04) QF Notts County 0–1 Oldham Athletic Nottingham
Report Smart   41 ' Stadium: Meadow Lane
Attendance: 1,047
Referee: Tony Bates
9 January  2002 (2002 -01-09) SF Oldham Athletic 2–5 Blackpool Oldham
Duxbury   3 '
Sheridan    26 '
Eyres   46 '
Smart    83 '
Report Walker   28', 36', 88 '
Murphy   65 '
Bullock    74 '   80 '
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 3,349
Referee: Richard Beeby

References edit

  1. ^ https://www.11v11.com/teams/oldham-athletic/tab/matches/season/2002/
  2. ^ "England 2001–02". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 24 January 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.