2001–02 Cardiff City F.C. season

During the 2001–02 season Cardiff City played in the Football League Division Two. They finished in fourth place before losing to Stoke City in the play-off semi finals after extra time in the second leg.

Cardiff City

2001–02 season
Chairman	Sam Hammam
Manager	Alan Cork Lennie Lawrence
Division Two	4th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	First round
LDV Vans Trophy	Second round
FAW Premier Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Graham Kavanagh (13) All: Graham Kavanagh (16)
Highest home attendance	22,009 vs Leeds United (6 January 2002)
Lowest home attendance	2,052 vs Rushden & Diamonds (16 September 2001)
Average home league attendance	12,522

Squad

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup		Other
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SCO	Neil Alexander	53	0	48	0	4	0	1	0	0	0
2	DF	WAL	Rhys Weston	44	0	39	0	3	0	1	0	1	0
3	DF	WAL	Andy Legg	41	2	35	2	4	0	1	0	1	0
4	DF	ENG	Des Hamilton	24	0	19	0	2	0	0	0	3	0
5	DF	ENG	Spencer Prior	44	2	39	2	3	0	0	0	2	0
6	DF	WAL	Danny Gabbidon	49	3	44	3	4	0	1	0	0	0
7	MF	WAL	Josh Low	27	0	22	0	1	0	1	0	3	0
8	MF	EIR	Graham Kavanagh	51	16	45	13	4	2	1	0	1	1
9	FW	ENG	Leo Fortune-West	46	11	38	10	4	1	1	0	3	0
10	FW	WAL	Robert Earnshaw	36	15	32	12	3	2	1	1	0	0
11	FW	WAL	Jason Bowen	29	5	26	5	2	0	0	0	1	0
12	MF	EIR	Willie Boland	50	1	44	1	4	0	1	0	1	0
13	GK	WAL	Mark Walton	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
14	FW	WAL	Paul Brayson	41	4	35	3	4	1	1	0	1	0
15	MF	ENG	Mark Bonner	37	0	31	0	4	0	0	0	2	0
16	DF	WAL	David Hughes	7	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
17	DF	SCO	Andy Jordan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF	WAL	Scott Young	40	5	35	4	3	1	0	0	2	0
19	MF	ENG	Michael Simpkins	19	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
20	FW	ENG	Gavin Gordon	19	8	15	2	2	1	1	0	1	5
21	GK	WAL	Lee Kendall	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	FW	ENG	Kevin Nugent	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
22	FW	ENG	Andy Campbell	10	7	10	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	WAL	Leyton Maxwell	23	1	18	1	1	0	0	0	4	0
24	MF	WAL	Gethin Jones	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
25	MF	WAL	Martyn Giles	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
26	MF	WAL	Kevin Evans	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	WAL	James Collins	15	2	8	1	2	0	0	0	5	1
28	DF	ENG	Andy Thompson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
28	DF	ENG	Gary Croft	8	1	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	WAL	Kurt Nogan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF	ENG	Jason Fowler	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF	WAL	Ceri Hughes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	ENG	Matt Brazier	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
31	GK	ENG	Stephen Bywater	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	DF	ENG	Russell Perrett	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	FW	ENG	Peter Thorne	28	8	28	8	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF	SCO	Scott McCulloch	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
34	MF	WAL	Leon Jeanne	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
35	DF	WAL	Byron Anthony	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	MF	WAL	Nicky Fish	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	DF	ENG	Dean Gordon	7	1	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Standings

Main article: 2001–02 Football League § Second Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
2	Reading (P)	46	23	15	8	70	43	+27	84	Promoted
3	Brentford	46	24	11	11	77	43	+34	83	Participated in play-offs
4	Cardiff City	46	23	14	9	75	50	+25	83
5	Stoke City (O, P)	46	23	11	12	67	40	+27	80
6	Huddersfield Town	46	21	15	10	65	47	+18	78

Source:
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
(O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	W	D	D	W	L	W	L	L	D	D	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	D	D	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W
Position	~	7	11	9	13	11	15	17	17	17	17	15	14	15	10	11	8	8	10	9	5	6	5	6	10	12	10	10	10	10	8	8	11	8	7	8	8	8	7	6	6	6	5	4	4	4

Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

Division Two

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
11 Aug	Wycombe Wanderers	H	W 1 – 0	17,403	Gabbidon
18 Aug	Peterborough United	A	D 1 – 1	6,437	Kavanagh
25 Aug	Bournemouth	H	D 2 – 2	13,383	Fortune-West, Earnshaw
8 Sep	Reading	A	W 2 – 1	13,017	Fortune-West (2)
15 Sep	Cambridge United	A	L 1 – 2	3,454	Legg
18 Sep	Northampton Town	H	W 2 – 0	11,232	Kavanagh, Brayson
22 Sep	Huddersfield Town	H	L 1 – 2	12,280	Thorne
25 Sep	Queens Park Rangers	A	L 1 – 2	11,667	Kavanagh
29 Sep	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	D 1 – 1	12,022	Brayson
9 Oct	Bristol City	A	D 1 – 1	13,804	Earnshaw
12 Oct	Wigan Athletic	H	D 2 – 2	11,072	Thorne, Brayson
21 Oct	Swindon Town	A	W 3 – 0	8,373	Earnshaw, Bowen, Kavanagh
24 Oct	Port Vale	A	W 2 – 0	4,552	Prior, Earnshaw
27 Oct	Tranmere Rovers	H	D 1 – 1	13,070	Bowen
4 Nov	Wrexham	A	W 3 – 1	5,832	Gordon, Kavanagh, Fortune-West
7 Nov	Bury	A	L 0 – 3	2,549
10 Nov	Chesterfield	H	W 2 – 1	9,516	Earnshaw, Fortune-West
20 Nov	Colchester United	H	D 1 – 1	8,013	Collins
24 Nov	Notts County	A	D 0 – 0	6,313
1 Dec	Oldham Athletic	H	W 3 – 1	10,004	Earnshaw, Kavanagh (2)
4 Dec	Brentford	H	W 3 – 1	10,184	Thorne, Earnshaw, Gabbidon
15 Dec	Blackpool	A	D 1 – 1	4,880	D Gordon
19 Dec	Stoke City	A	D 1 – 1	14,331	Gordon
26 Dec	Reading	H	D 2 – 2	16,708	Earnshaw (2)
29 Dec	Bristol City	H	L 1 – 3	16,149	Kavanagh
12 Jan	Peterborough United	H	L 0 – 2	11,301
19 Jan	Wycombe Wanderers	A	W 1 – 0	7,165	Kavanagh
22 Jan	Stoke City	H	W 2 – 0	11,771	O.G., Legg
31 Jan	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	L 0 – 1	6,117
5 Feb	Bournemouth	A	W 3 – 1	4,336	Kavanagh, Earnshaw, Boland
9 Feb	Swindon Town	H	W 3 – 0	12,045	Earnshaw, Bowen (2)
12 Feb	Brentford	A	L 1 – 2	6,718	Bowen
16 Feb	Wigan Athletic	A	L 0 – 4	5,487
19 Feb	Bury	H	W 1 – 0	8,273	Kavanagh
23 Feb	Cambridge United	H	W 2 – 0	10,182	Kavanagh (2)
2 Mar	Northampton Town	A	W 2 – 1	5,495	Maxwell, Campbell
5 Mar	Queens Park Rangers	H	D 1 – 1	13,425	Young
9 Mar	Blackpool	H	D 2 – 2	11,629	Campbell (2)
16 Mar	Oldham Athletic	A	W 7 – 1	6,786	Young, Fortune-West (2), Thorne, Campbell (3)
22 Mar	Wrexham	H	W 3 – 2	15,702	Young, Thorne, Gabbidon
30 Mar	Chesterfield	A	W 2 – 0	5,442	Fortune-West, Campbell
1 Apr	Port Vale	H	W 1 – 0	15,556	Thorne
6 Apr	Colchester United	A	W 1 – 0	3,970	Prior
9 Apr	Huddersfield Town	A	D 2 – 2	11,660	Thorne (2)
13 Apr	Notts County	H	W 2 – 1	17,105	Fortune-West, Young
20 Apr	Tranmere Rovers	A	W 1 – 0	8,375	Croft

Play-offs

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
28 Apr	Semi-final (first leg)	Stoke City	A	W 2 – 1	21,245	Earnshaw, Fortune-West
1 May	Semi-final (second leg)	Stoke City	H	L 0 – 2	19,367

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 Nov	One	Tiverton Town	A*	W 3 – 1	6,638	Brayson, Hamilton, Earnshaw
8 Dec	Two	Port Vale	H	W 3 – 0	–	Earnshaw, Gavin Gordon, Fortune-West
6 Jan	Three	Leeds United	H	W 2 – 1	22,009	Kavanagh, Young
27 Jan	Four	Tranmere Rovers	A	L 1 – 3	–	Kavanagh

• – Tiverton Town were drawn as the home side but the match was switched to Ninian Park.

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
21 Aug	One	Millwall	A	L 1 – 2	5,516	Earnshaw

LDV Vans trophy

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
16 Sep	One	Rushden & Diamonds	H	W 7 – 1	2,052	Bonner, Gordon (5), Giles
30 Sep	Two	Peterborough United	H	L 1 -3	2,584	Nugent

FAW Premier Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
16 Jan	Quarter-final	Newtown	A	W 3 – 0	Jeanne, Collins, Wallis
12 Mar	Semi-final	Wrexham	A	W 1 – 1 (4–3 on pens)	Giles
13 May	Final	Swansea City	H	W 1 – 0	Kavanagh

See also

• List of Cardiff City F.C. seasons
• 2001–02 in English football