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2001–02 Sheffield United F.C. season

During the 2001–02 English football season, Sheffield United competed in the Football League First Division.

Sheffield United
2001–02 season
ChairmanDerek Dooley
ManagerNeil Warnock
StadiumBramall Lane
First Division13th
FA CupFourth round
League CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Asaba (7)[1]
All: Asaba (7)
Highest home attendance29,364 vs Sheffield Wednesday
(29 Jan 2002, First Division)
Lowest home attendance14,180 vs Crystal Palace
(25 Sep 2001, First Division)
Average home league attendance18,020

Season summary edit

During the 2001–02 campaign, the Blades hoped to build on last season's top-half finish, but inconsistent results and too many draws cost them the opportunity to challenge for promotion via the play-offs. They finished in 13th place – a disappointing mid-table finish in Neil Warnock's second full season in charge.

Final league table edit

Main article: 2001–02 Football League § First Division

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
11 Coventry City 46 20 6 20 59 53 +6 66
12 Gillingham 46 18 10 18 64 67 −3 64
13 Sheffield United 46 15 15 16 53 54 −1 60
14 Watford 46 16 11 19 62 56 +6 59
15 Bradford City 46 15 10 21 69 76 −7 55
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
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 15 15 16 53 54  −1 60 8 8 7 34 30  +4 7 7 9 19 24  −5
Results by round
Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundAHAHHHAAHHAHAAAHHAAHAHAHHAAHAHHAHAAHAAHHHAHAHA
ResultDDDDDLWLLWDWDLLWLLDWWDWDDWLLWDDLWLWWLDLWWDLWLL
Position12151314152015182017171415171715161816161516151416141616141514161415131115151514121313131313
Source: 11v11.com: 2001-02 Sheffield United results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results edit

Sheffield United's score comes first[2]

Legend edit

Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division edit

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
11 August 2001 Nottingham Forest A 1–1 25,513 Devlin
18 August 2001 Gillingham H 0–0 16,998
23 August 2001 Rotherham United A 1–1 7,515 D'Jaffo (pen)
27 August 2001 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 2–2 16,497 D'Jaffo (pen), Asaba
8 September 2001 Bradford City H 2–2 17,394 Curle, Asaba
15 September 2001 Coventry City H 0–1 16,168
18 September 2001 Stockport County A 2–1 5,137 Nicholson (pen), Ndlovu
22 September 2001 Millwall A 0–2 12,276
25 September 2001 Crystal Palace H 1–3 14,180 Nicholson
29 September 2001 Norwich City H 2–1 15,523 Asaba, Suffo
7 October 2001 Sheffield Wednesday A 0–0 29,281
13 October 2001 Grimsby Town H 3–1 15,442 Suffo (2), Brown
16 October 2001 Manchester City A 0–0 32,454
20 October 2001 Portsmouth A 0–1 15,538
23 October 2001 Preston North End A 0–3 14,027
27 October 2001 Crewe Alexandra H 1–0 15,185 Tonge
30 October 2001 Watford H 0–2 14,338
4 November 2001 Burnley A 0–2 13,166
9 November 2001 Wimbledon A 1–1 4,937 Santos
17 November 2001 Birmingham City H 4–0 15,686 Montgomery, Brown, Peschisolido (2)
24 November 2001 Walsall A 2–1 6,415 Brown, Nicholson (pen)
1 December 2001 Preston North End H 2–2 16,270 Peschisolido, Santos
8 December 2001 West Bromwich Albion A 1–0 19,462 Asaba
14 December 2001 Barnsley H 1–1 17,858 Peschisolido
22 December 2001 Rotherham United H 2–2 22,749 Suffo, Devlin
26 December 2001 Bradford City A 2–1 18,869 Asaba (2)
29 December 2001 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 0–1 24,138
1 January 2002 Manchester City H 1–3 26,291 Brown
12 January 2002 Gillingham A 1–0 8,814 Tonge
19 January 2002 Nottingham Forest H 0–0 18,352
29 January 2002 Sheffield Wednesday H 0–0 29,364
3 February 2002 Norwich City A 1–2 17,348 Brown
9 February 2002 Portsmouth H 4–3 17,553 Montgomery, Furlong (2, 1 pen), Asaba
16 February 2002 Grimsby Town A 0–1 7,141
23 February 2002 Crystal Palace A 1–0 18,009 Brown
2 March 2002 Stockport County H 3–0 15,642 Woodthorpe (own goal), Peschisolido, Ndlovu
6 March 2002 Coventry City A 0–1 12,963
9 March 2002 Barnsley A 1–1 15,430 D'Jaffo
16 March 2002 West Bromwich Albion H 0–3 17,653
19 March 2002 Millwall H 3–2 16,037 Tonge, Ndlovu (2)
23 March 2002 Burnley H 3–0 19,003 Jagielka (2), D'Jaffo
30 March 2002 Crewe Alexandra A 2–2 7,855 D'Jaffo, Doane
1 April 2002 Wimbledon H 0–1 19,712
6 April 2002 Watford A 3–0 13,377 Javary, Jagielka, Lovell
13 April 2002 Walsall H 0–1 20,520
21 April 2002 Birmingham City A 0–2 29,178

FA Cup edit

Main article: 2001–02 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 5 January 2002 Nottingham Forest H 1–0 14,696 Brown
R4 26 January 2002 Preston North End A 1–2 13,068 Ndlovu

League Cup edit

Main article: 2001–02 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R1 20 August 2001 Darlington A 1–0 3,983 D'Jaffo
R2 11 September 2001 Grimsby Town A 3–3 (lost 2–4 on pens) 5,236 Devlin, Ndlovu, Suffo

Players edit

First-team squad edit

Squad at end of season[3]

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 Tracey
2 DF   ENG Rob Kozluk
3 DF   ENG Shane Nicholson
4 DF   ENG Lee Sandford
5 DF   AUS Shaun Murphy
6 DF   ENG Keith Curle (captain)
7 MF   ENG Michael Brown
8 FW   CAN Paul Peschisolido
9 FW   ENG Carl Asaba
10 MF   ENG Paul Devlin[notes 1]
11 MF   ENG Bobby Ford
12 FW   BEN Laurent D'Jaffo[notes 2]
13 GK   NED Wilko de Vogt
14 MF   FRA Georges Santos[notes 3]
15 DF   ENG Ben Doane
16 FW   ZIM Peter Ndlovu
17 DF   ENG Phil Jagielka
18 FW   ENG Steve Lovell (on loan from Portsmouth)
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW   CMR Patrick Suffo
20 MF   FRA Jean-Philippe Javary
21 MF   ENG Adam Burley
22 MF   ENG Nick Montgomery[notes 4]
23 DF   ENG Rob Ullathorne
24 DF   SUR Gus Uhlenbeek
25 FW   ENG Tyrone Thompson
26 MF   ENG Michael Tonge
28 MF   SCO Grant Smith
29 FW   ENG Mark Ward
30 MF   ENG Lee Thompson
31 MF   IRL Colin Cryan
32 DF   WAL Rob Page
33 DF   FRA Benoît Croissant
34 FW   ENG Ryan Mallon
35 GK   ENG Kevin Blackwell
36 FW   ENG Lewis Killeen

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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF   BEL Davy Gysbrechts (released)
18 FW   ENG Paul Furlong (on loan from Birmingham City)
20 FW   NIR Andy Smith (to Glentoran)
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 DF   IRL Terry Phelan[notes 5] (released)
27 MF   CMR Buba Yohanna (released)
35 FW   ENG Adrian Littlejohn (released])

References edit

  1. ^ "Sheffield United players: League Division 1 2002". 11v11.com. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  2. ^ "Sheffield United results for the 2001-2002 season - Statto.com". 22 March 2016. Archived from the original on 22 March 2016.
  3. ^ "FootballSquads - Sheffield United - 2001/02". www.footballsquads.co.uk.

Notes edit

  1. ^ Devlin was born in Birmingham, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his father and would make his international debut for Scotland in October 2002.
  2. ^ D'Jaffo was born in Bazas, France, but also qualified to represent Benin internationally and would make his international debut for Benin in 2002.
  3. ^ Santos was born in Marseille, France, but also qualified to represent Cape Verde internationally through his parents and would make his international debut for Cape Verde in September 2002.
  4. ^ Montgomery was born in Leeds, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and represented them at U-21 level.
  5. ^ Phelan was born in Manchester, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21, U-23, and B level before making his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 1991.
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