2001–02 Colchester United F.C. season

Colchester United
2001–02 season
Chairman	Peter Heard
Manager	Steve Whitton
Stadium	Layer Road
Second Division	15th
FA Cup	1st round; (eliminated by; York City)
League Cup	2nd round; (eliminated by; Barnsley)
Football League Trophy	2nd round (southern section); (eliminated by; Reading)
Top goalscorer	League: ; Scott McGleish (15); All: ; Scott McGleish (16)
Highest home attendance	5,186; v Wycombe Wanderers, 23 October 2001
Lowest home attendance	1,251; v Swindon Town, 16 October 2001
Average home league attendance	3,705
Biggest win	6–3; v Chesterfield, 11 August 2001
Biggest defeat	0–3; v Stoke City, 26 September 2001; v Reading, 26 January 2002; 1–4; v Brentford, 29 September 2001; v Oldham Athletic, 2 March 2002; v Brighton & Hove Albion, 30 March 2002
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 2000–01 2002–03 →

The 2001–02 season was Colchester United's 60th season in their history and their fourth successive season in the third tier of English football, the Second Division. Alongside competing in the Second Division, the club also participated in the FA Cup, the League Cup and the Football League Trophy.

Steve Whitton led the U's to a 15th placed league finish. They were knocked out of the FA Cup by York City in the first round. In the League Cup, Colchester defeated First Division Portsmouth at Fratton Park, before falling to defeat to Barnsley in the second round. They also reached the second round of the Football League Trophy, beating Swindon Town in the first round but they were eliminated by Reading in the second round.

Season overview

Colchester leapt to the top of the Second Division table by the end of August, having beaten Chesterfield 6–3 in the opening game of the season, and also knocked out First Division Portsmouth out of the League Cup at Fratton Park. However, they failed to capitalise on this despite manager Steve Whitton equalling the club's record transfer fee of £50,000 for Northern Ireland international Adrian Coote from Norwich City. They finished 15th, a steady year-on-year improvement after recording 18th and then 17th-place finishes in the previous campaigns respectively.

After beating Portsmouth in the first round of the League Cup, Barnsley proved too much for the U's in the second round. York City eliminated Colchester from the FA Cup in the first round, and Reading defeated the U's in the second round of the Football League Trophy following a first round win over Swindon Town.^[5]

Players

As of match played 20 April 2002.^[6]^[7]^[8]

No.	Name	Position	Place of birth	Date of birth	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
1	Simon Brown	GK	Chelmsford	(1976-12-03)3 December 1976 (aged 24)	64	0	Tottenham Hotspur	20 July 1999	Free transfer
13	Glenn Williamson	GK	Enfield Town	(1982-12-22)22 December 1982 (aged 18)	0	0	Youth team	1 August 1999	Free transfer
Defenders
2	Joe Dunne	FB	Dublin	(1973-05-25)25 May 1973 (aged 28)	178	5	Dover Athletic	7 December 1999^[a]	Nominal
3	Joe Keith	FB	Plaistow	(1978-10-01)1 October 1978 (aged 22)	79	5	West Ham United	24 May 1999	Free transfer
5	Ross Johnson	CB	Brighton	(1976-01-02)2 January 1976 (aged 25)	36	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	14 February 2000	Free transfer
6	Con Blatsis	CB	Melbourne	(1977-07-06)6 July 1977 (aged 23)	0	0	Lillestrøm	15 March 2002	Non-contract
12	Scott Fitzgerald	CB	Westminster	(1969-08-13)13 August 1969 (aged 31)	32	0	Millwall	19 October 2000	Free transfer
18	Anthony Allman	DF/MF	Sidcup	(1980-12-14)14 December 1980 (aged 20)	0	0	Charlton Athletic	27 July 2001	Free transfer
19	Alan White	CB	Darlington	(1975-03-22)22 March 1975 (aged 26)	42	0	Luton Town	16 July 2000	Free transfer
26	David Hadrava	FB	Ilford	(1983-02-26)26 February 1983 (aged 18)	0	0	Youth team	1 August 2001	Free transfer
Midfielders
4	Gavin Johnson	MF	Eye	(1970-10-10)10 October 1970 (aged 30)	69	2	Dunfermline Athletic	14 November 1999	Free transfer
7	Karl Duguid	MF	Letchworth	(1978-03-21)21 March 1978 (aged 23)	194	29	Youth team	9 December 1995^[b]	Free transfer
8	David Gregory	MF	Sudbury	(1970-01-23)23 January 1970 (aged 31)	240	28	Peterborough United	8 December 1995	Free transfer
10	Kemal Izzet	MF	Whitechapel	(1980-09-29)29 September 1980 (aged 20)	6	1	Charlton Athletic	13 April 2001	Free transfer
14	Chris Keeble	MF	Colchester	(1978-09-17)17 September 1978 (aged 22)	25	2	Ipswich Town	23 March 2000	Free transfer
15	Thomas Pinault	MF	Grasse	(1981-12-04)4 December 1981 (aged 19)	10	1	AS Cannes	1 July 1999	Free transfer
17	Bobby Bowry	MF	Hampstead	(1971-05-19)19 May 1971 (aged 30)	0	0	Millwall	25 July 2001	Free transfer
20	Mick Stockwell	MF	Chelmsford	(1965-02-14)14 February 1965 (aged 36)	52	11	Ipswich Town	23 July 2000	Free transfer
23	Matt Hearn	MF	Barking	(1984-01-17)17 January 1984 (aged 17)	0	0	Youth team	1 July 2000	Free transfer
25	Marc Canham	MF	Wegberg	(1982-09-11)11 September 1982 (aged 18)	0	0	Youth team	1 August 2001	Free transfer
Forwards
9	Scott McGleish	FW	Chipping Barnet	(1974-02-10)10 February 1974 (aged 27)	38	11	Barnet	12 January 2001	£15,000
16	Dean Morgan	FW	Edmonton	(1983-10-03)3 October 1983 (aged 17)	4	0	Youth team	1 August 2000	Free transfer
21	Kevin Rapley	FW	Reading	(1977-09-21)21 September 1977 (aged 23)	0	0	Notts County	1 August 2001	Free transfer
22	Triston Chambers	FW	Enfield Town	(1982-12-25)25 December 1982 (aged 18)	0	0	Youth team	20 August 2001	Free transfer
23	Lloyd Opara	FW	Enfield Town	(1984-01-06)6 January 1984 (aged 17)	0	0	Youth team	20 August 2001	Free transfer
27	Ben Cranfield	FW	Ipswich	(1984-03-01)1 March 1984 (aged 17)	0	0	Youth team	1 August 2001	Free transfer
28	Adrian Coote	FW	Great Yarmouth	(1978-09-30)30 September 1978 (aged 22)	0	0	Norwich City	21 December 2001	£50,000

^ Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game in his second spell for the club
^ Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game for the club

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
25 July 2001	MF	Bobby Bowry	Millwall	Free transfer	^[9]^[10]
27 July 2001	DF/MF	Anthony Allman	Charlton Athletic	Free transfer	^[11]^[12]
1 August 2001	MF	Marc Canham	Youth team	Free transfer	^[13]^[14]
1 August 2001	FW	Ben Cranfield	Youth team	Free transfer	^[15]^[16]
1 August 2001	FB	David Hadrava	Youth team	Free transfer	^[17]^[18]
1 August 2001	FW	Lloyd Opara	Youth team	Free transfer	^[19]^[20]
1 August 2001	FW	Kevin Rapley	Notts County	Free transfer	^[21]^[22]
20 August 2001	FW	Triston Chambers	Youth team	Free transfer	^[23]^[24]
18 September 2001	CB	Olly Blackwell	Youth team	Free transfer	^[25]
21 December 2001	FW	Adrian Coote	Norwich City	£50,000	^[26]^[27]
15 February 2002	FW	Patrice Tano	Telstar	Non-contract	^[28]^[29]
15 March 2002	CB	Con Blatsis	Lillestrøm	Non-contract	^[30]^[31]

Total spending: ~ £50,000

Out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
31 May 2001	MF	Sam Okafor	Sittingbourne	Released	^[32]^[33]
1 July 2001	FW	Steve McGavin	Dagenham & Redbridge	Released	^[34]^[35]
4 July 2001	MF/DF	Aaron Skelton	Luton Town	Free transfer	^[36]^[37]
1 August 2001	MF	Andy Arnott	Stevenage Borough	Free transfer	^[38]^[39]
8 August 2001	FW	Keith Scott	Dover Athletic	Free transfer	^[40]^[41]
31 January 2002	CB	Simon Clark	Woodlands Wellington	Released	^[42]^[43]
4 March 2002	FW	Patrice Tano	Falkirk	Free transfer	^[28]^[29]
18 March 2002	CB	Olly Blackwell	Billericay Town	Undisclosed	^[25]
28 March 2002	GK	Andy Woodman	Oxford United	Free transfer	^[44]^[45]

Total incoming: ~ £0

Loans in

Date	Position	Name	From	End date	Ref.
14 December 2001	FW	Graham Barrett	Arsenal	21 April 2002	^[46]^[47]
18 January 2002	FB	John Halls	Arsenal	18 February 2002	^[48]^[49]
27 March 2002	FW	Charlie MacDonald	Charlton Athletic	21 April 2002	^[50]^[51]
28 March 2002	GK	Richard Knight	Oxford United	21 April 2002	^[52]^[53]

Loans out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
18 January 2002	GK		Andy Woodman	Oxford United	18 March 2002	^[44]^[45]
15 February 2002	MF		Matt Hearn	Southend United	15 March 2002	^[54]^[55]

Match details

Second Division

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Source: ^[56]
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Results round 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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	W	D	L	D	W	D	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	D	D	D	L	L	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	D
Position	1	2	2	1	2	2	5	2	4	9	11	7	11	8	8	9	12	9	9	13	12	11	12	12	12	12	10	12	12	12	13	14	12	13	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	17	16	16	16	15

Source: Statto.com (archived)
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

11 August 2001 (2001-08-11) 1	Chesterfield	3–6	Colchester United	Chesterfield
	Willis 10' Beckett 47' Payne 55'	Report	Dunne 9' Booty 26' (o.g.) Stockwell 37' Rapley 48' McGleish 62', 78'	Stadium: Saltergate Attendance: 3,939 Referee: G Cain

18 August 2001 (2001-08-18) 2	Colchester United	2–1	Tranmere Rovers	Colchester
	Rapley 84' McGleish 89'	Report	Barlow 90' (pen.) Hazell 87'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,618 Referee: Phil Prosser

25 August 2001 (2001-08-25) 3	Wrexham	1–1	Colchester United	Wrexham
	Edwards 73' Chalk 45' Ferguson 65'	Report	Stockwell 20'	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 2,952 Referee: M Cowburn

27 August 2001 (2001-08-27) 4	Colchester United	2–0	Port Vale	Colchester
15:00 BST	Keith 21' McGleish 46'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,611 Referee: P Armstrong

1 September 2001 (2001-09-01) 5	Swindon Town	1–0	Colchester United	Swindon
	Ruddock 53'	Report		Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 4,889 Referee: Rob Harris

8 September 2001 (2001-09-08) 6	Colchester United	3–1	Northampton Town	Colchester
15:00 BST	Rapley 7' McGleish 8' (pen.) Hope 42' (o.g.) Gregory 56'	Report	Hargreaves 78'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,705 Referee: Paul Rejer

15 September 2001 (2001-09-15) 7	Bristol City	3–1	Colchester United	Bristol
	Murray 40' Jones 47' Clist 87'	Report	Rapley 45'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 9,992 Referee: Ray Olivier

18 September 2001 (2001-09-18) 8	Colchester United	2–1	Oldham Athletic	Colchester
19:45 BST	Izzet 10' McGleish 27'	Report	Eyres 81' J. Sheridan 71'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,991 Referee: Paul Alcock

22 September 2001 (2001-09-22) 9	Colchester United	0–1	Notts County	Colchester
15:00 BST		Report	Allsopp 62'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,796 Referee: S Tomlin

26 September 2001 (2001-09-26) 10	Stoke City	3–0	Colchester United	Stoke-on-Trent
	Vandeurzen 45' Þórðarson 57', 90'	Report		Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 9,515 Referee: R Pearson

29 September 2001 (2001-09-29) 11	Brentford	4–1	Colchester United	Brentford
	Evans 5', 62' (pen.) Burgess 34' Owusu 83' Anderson 87'	Report	McGleish 17'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 5,179 Referee: B Jordan

5 October 2001 (2001-10-05) 12	Colchester United	2–0	Reading	Colchester
19:45 BST	Rapley 8' McGleish 26'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,691 Referee: Keith Hill

13 October 2001 (2001-10-13) 13	Blackpool	2–1	Colchester United	Blackpool
	Ormerod 50', 90'	Report	Izzet 86'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 11,097 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

20 October 2001 (2001-10-20) 14	Colchester United	3–1	Cambridge United	Colchester
15:00 BST	McGleish 37', 87' G. Johnson 42'	Report	Oné 14'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,684 Referee: Phil Dowd

23 October 2001 (2001-10-23) 15	Colchester United	2–2	Wycombe Wanderers	Colchester
19:45 BST	Stockwell 13' Rapley 28'	Report	Brown 14' Currie 45'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,186 Referee: Trevor Parkes

27 October 2001 (2001-10-27) 16	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–0	Colchester United	Brighton
	Zamora 16'	Report		Stadium: Withdean Stadium Attendance: 6,531 Referee: Matt Messias

3 November 2001 (2001-11-03) 17	Colchester United	1–2	AFC Bournemouth	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Duguid 25'	Report	Feeney 13' Howe 20' Hayter 87'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,369 Referee: Mark Warren

9 November 2001 (2001-11-09) 18	Wigan Athletic	2–3	Colchester United	Wigan
	Fitzgerald 52' (o.g.) Liddell 56'	Report	Stockwell 13', 19' R. Johnson 77'	Stadium: JJB Stadium Attendance: 5,735 Referee: Graham Laws

20 November 2001 (2001-11-20) 19	Cardiff City	1–1	Colchester United	Cardiff
	Collins 33'	Report	Dunne 87'	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,013 Referee: Clive Wilkes

24 November 2001 (2001-11-24) 20	Colchester United	0–1	Bury	Colchester
15:00 GMT		Report	Newby 82'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,534 Referee: Joe Ross

1 December 2001 (2001-12-01) 21	Queens Park Rangers	2–2	Colchester United	Shepherd's Bush
15:00 GMT	Gallen 22', 54'	Report	Stockwell 29' Keith 39'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 11,158 Referee: P Armstrong

15 December 2001 (2001-12-15) 22	Colchester United	2–1	Peterborough United	Colchester
15:00 GMT	McGleish 8' White 70'	Report	Edwards 7'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,480 Referee: Peter Jones

22 December 2001 (2001-12-22) 23	Colchester United	3–3	Huddersfield Town	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Duguid 9' Stockwell 23' McGleish 74'	Report	Booth 40', 61' Schofield 59' Jenkins 80'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,543 Referee: Lee Cable

26 December 2001 (2001-12-26) 24	Northampton Town	2–3	Colchester United	Northampton
	Hope 36' Forrester 80'	Report	Sampson 45' (o.g.) Barrett 50', 66'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,740 Referee: Anthony Bates

29 December 2001 (2001-12-29) 25	Port Vale	3–1	Colchester United	Burslem
	Armstrong 35' Rowland 39' Brooker 69'	Report	Duguid 90'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 4,444 Referee: D Crick

5 January 2002 (2002-01-05) 26	Colchester United	2–1	Wrexham	Colchester
	Stockwell 12' Bowry 78'	Report	Thomas 29'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,835 Referee: Keith Hill

12 January 2002 (2002-01-12) 27	Tranmere Rovers	0–0	Colchester United	Birkenhead
	Allen 53'	Report		Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 8,387 Referee: Mike Pike

19 January 2002 (2002-01-19) 28	Colchester United	1–2	Chesterfield	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Barrett 49' Duguid 54'	Report	Burt 17' Hurst 75'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,060 Referee: Paul Danson

22 January 2002 (2002-01-22) 29	Huddersfield Town	2–1	Colchester United	Huddersfield
	Schofield 5', 25'	Report	White 83'	Stadium: Kirklees Stadium Attendance: 7,179 Referee: M Cooper

26 January 2002 (2002-01-26) 30	Reading	3–0	Colchester United	Reading
15:00 GMT	Forster 38' (pen.), 69' Hughes 48'	Report		Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 12,743 Referee: Paul Taylor

30 January 2002 (2002-01-30) 31	Colchester United	1–3	Swindon Town	Colchester
	Keith 41' (pen.)	Report	Gurney 61' (pen.), 74' Sabin 63'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,132 Referee: B Jordan

2 February 2002 (2002-02-02) 32	Colchester United	1–1	Brentford	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Coote 66'	Report	Owusu 25'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,657 Referee: M Fletcher

9 February 2002 (2002-02-09) 33	Cambridge United	1–2	Colchester United	Cambridge
15:00 GMT	Youngs 1'	Report	Coote 68' Rapley 85'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 3,954 Referee: Paul Alcock

16 February 2002 (2002-02-16) 34	Colchester United	1–1	Blackpool	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Keith 72' (pen.)	Report	Walker 41'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,553 Referee: Phil Joslin

23 February 2002 (2002-02-23) 35	Colchester United	0–0	Bristol City	Colchester
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,558 Referee: A Butler

26 February 2002 (2002-02-26) 36	Notts County	1–1	Colchester United	Nottingham
	Allsopp 51'	Report	White 36'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 3,140 Referee: Graham Salisbury

26 February 2002 (2002-02-26) 37	Oldham Athletic	4–1	Colchester United	Oldham
	Smart 24' Murray 44' Eyres 77' Corazzin 90'	Report	Izzet 12'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 5,457 Referee: Howard Webb

5 March 2002 (2002-03-05) 38	Colchester United	1–3	Stoke City	Colchester
19:45 GMT	Duguid 54'	Report	Guðjónsson 42' Burton 45', 80'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,866 Referee: D Crick

9 March 2002 (2002-03-09) 39	Peterborough United	3–1	Colchester United	Peterborough
	Farrell 26' Greene 39' McKenzie 77'	Report	Barrett 87'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 4,625 Referee: S Tomlin

16 March 2002 (2002-03-16) 40	Colchester United	3–1	Queens Park Rangers	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Rapley 12', 85' McGleish 53'	Report	Doudou 90'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,903 Referee: Lee Cable

23 March 2002 (2002-03-23) 41	Wycombe Wanderers	0–0	Colchester United	High Wycombe
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 6,737 Referee: Scott Mathieson

30 March 2002 (2002-03-30) 42	Colchester United	1–4	Brighton & Hove Albion	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Stockwell 88'	Report	Carpenter 23', 90' Gray 27' Brooker 29'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,881 Referee: Peter Jones

2 April 2002 (2002-04-02) 43	AFC Bournemouth	0–1	Colchester United	Bournemouth
		Report	Maher 62' (o.g.)	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 4,908 Referee: Trevor Parkes

6 April 2002 (2002-04-06) 44	Colchester United	0–1	Cardiff City	Colchester
15:00 BST		Report	Prior 20'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,970 Referee: Paul Danson

13 April 2002 (2002-04-13) 45	Bury	1–3	Colchester United	Bury
	Billy 74'	Report	McGleish 45' Coote 72', 87'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 5,014 Referee: Ray Olivier

20 April 2002 (2002-04-20) 46	Colchester United	2–2	Wigan Athletic	Colchester
15:00 BST	McGleish 42' MacDonald 45'	Report	Roberts 60', 86'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,672 Referee: Steve Baines

Football League Cup

21 August 2001 (2001-08-21) 1st round	Portsmouth	1–2	Colchester United	Portsmouth
	Crouch 77'	Report	Stockwell 53' Izzet 82'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 7,078 Referee: Paul Taylor

11 September 2001 (2001-09-11) 2nd round	Colchester United	1–3	Barnsley	Colchester
19:45 BST	Keith 72'	Report	Dyer 27', 90' Jones 88'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,442 Referee: D Crick

Football League Trophy

16 October 2001 (2001-10-16) 1st round (southern section)	Colchester United	1–0	Swindon Town	Colchester
19:45 BST	Izzet 49'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 1,251 Referee: Grant Hegley

30 October 2001 (2001-10-30) 2nd round (southern section)	Reading	2–1	Colchester United	Reading
	N. Smith 45' Henderson 72'	Report	Stockwell 77'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 2,725 Referee: Andy Hall

FA Cup

17 November 2001 (2001-11-17) 1st round	Colchester United	0–0	York City	Colchester
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,350 Referee: Steve Baines

27 November 2001 (2001-11-27) 1st round replay	York City	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	Colchester United	York
	Brass 8' Potter 84'	Report	McGleish 81' Duguid 90'	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 2,014 Referee: Steve Baines

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

^[6]^[57]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Second Division		FA Cup		League Cup		Football League Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Simon Brown	21	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2	DF	IRL	Joe Dunne	10	2	6+2	2	0+1	0	1	0	0	0
3	DF	ENG	Joe Keith	47	5	33+8	4	2	0	2	1	1+1	0
4	MF	ENG	Gavin Johnson	24	1	19+1	1	2	0	0	0	2	0
5	DF	ENG	Ross Johnson	19	1	13+3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0
6	DF	AUS	Con Blatsis	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	ENG	Karl Duguid	45	5	36+5	4	2	1	1	0	1	0
8	MF	ENG	David Gregory	19	0	15+1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
9	FW	ENG	Scott McGleish	52	16	44+2	15	2	1	2	0	2	0
10	MF	ENG	Kemal Izzet	45	5	36+4	3	1	0	2	1	2	1
12	DF	IRL	Scott Fitzgerald	42	0	36+1	0	2	0	2	0	1	0
15	MF	FRA	Thomas Pinault	48	0	37+5	0	2	0	2	0	2	0
16	FW	MSR	Dean Morgan	34	0	1+29	0	0+2	0	0	0	1+1	0
17	MF	SKN	Bobby Bowry	41	1	27+9	1	1	0	0+2	0	2	0
19	DF	ENG	Alan White	35	3	28+5	3	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
20	MF	ENG	Mick Stockwell	52	11	45+1	9	2	0	2	1	1+1	1
21	FW	ENG	Kevin Rapley	40	9	26+9	9	2	0	2	0	1	0
22	FW	ENG	Triston Chambers	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW	ENG	Lloyd Opara	3	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
25	MF	ENG	Marc Canham	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	ENG	David Hadrava	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
28	FW	NIR	Adrian Coote	19	4	5+14	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who appeared for Colchester who left during the season
6	DF	ENG	Simon Clark	25	0	19+2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
11	FW	IRL	Graham Barrett	20	4	19+1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	GK	ENG	Andy Woodman	30	0	26	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
30	DF	ENG	John Halls	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	FW	ENG	Charlie MacDonald	4	1	2+2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK	ENG	Richard Knight	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

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Place	Number	Position	Name	Second Division	FA Cup	League Cup	Football League Trophy	Total
1	9	FW	Scott McGleish	15	1	0	0	16
2	20	MF	Mick Stockwell	9	0	1	1	11
3	21	FW	Kevin Rapley	9	0	0	0	9
4	3	FB	Joe Keith	4	0	1	0	5
	7	MF	Karl Duguid	4	1	0	0	5
	10	MF	Kemal Izzet	3	0	1	1	5
7	11	FW	Graham Barrett	4	0	0	0	4
7	28	FW	Adrian Coote	4	0	0	0	4
9	19	CB	Alan White	3	0	0	0	3
10	2	FB	Joe Dunne	2	0	0	0	2
11	4	MF	Gavin Johnson	1	0	0	0	1
	5	CB	Ross Johnson	1	0	0	0	1
	17	MF	Bobby Bowry	1	0	0	0	1
	30	FW	Charlie MacDonald	1	0	0	0	1
			Own goals	4	0	0	0	4
			TOTALS	65	2	3	2	72

Disciplinary record

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Number	Nationality	Position	Name	Second Division		FA Cup		League Cup		Football League Trophy		Total
Number	Nationality	Position	Name
7		MF	Karl Duguid	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
15		MF	Thomas Pinault	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	9	0
19		CB	Alan White	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
17		MF	Bobby Bowry	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
10		MF	Kemal Izzet	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
4		MF	Gavin Johnson	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
6		CB	Simon Clark	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
28		FW	Adrian Coote	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
3		FB	Joe Keith	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
8		MF	David Gregory	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9		FW	Scott McGleish	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2		FB	Joe Dunne	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
6		CB	Con Blatsis	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
5		CB	Ross Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11		FW	Graham Barrett	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
12		CB	Scott Fitzgerald	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
16		FW	Dean Morgan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21		FW	Kevin Rapley	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
29		GK	Andy Woodman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	56	2	1	0	3	0	1	0	61	2

Clean sheets

Number of games goalkeepers kept a clean sheet.^[59]

Place	Number	Player	Second Division	FA Cup	Football League Trophy	Total
1	1	Simon Brown	4	0	1	5
2	29	Andy Woodman	2	1	0	3
		TOTALS	6	1	1	8

Player debuts

Players making their first-team Colchester United debut in a fully competitive match.^[60]

Number	Position	Player	Date	Opponent	Ground
17	MF	Bobby Bowry	11 August 2001	Chesterfield	Saltergate
21	FW	Kevin Rapley	11 August 2001	Chesterfield	Saltergate
23	FW	Lloyd Opara	13 October 2001	Blackpool	Bloomfield Road
26	FB	David Hadrava	30 October 2001	Reading	Madejski Stadium
11	FW	Graham Barrett	15 December 2001	Peterborough United	Layer Road
28	FW	Adrian Coote	22 December 2001	Huddersfield Town	Layer Road
30	FB	John Halls	19 January 2002	Chestefield	Layer Road
6	CB	Con Blatsis	16 March 2002	Queens Park Rangers	Layer Road
30	FW	Charlie MacDonald	30 March 2002	Brighton & Hove Albion	Layer Road
22	FW	Triston Chambers	6 April 2002	Cardiff City	Layer Road
25	MF	Marc Canham	6 April 2002	Cardiff City	Layer Road
31	GK	Richard Knight	13 April 2002	Bury	Gigg Lane

References

General

Books

Whitehead, Jeff; Drury, Kevin (2008). The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-629-3.

Websites

"Colchester United football club match record: 2002". 11v11.com. Retrieved 12 October 2018.

Specific

^ Whitehead, Jeff; Drury, Kevin (2008). The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 279. ISBN 978-1-85983-629-3.
^ "Colchester Utd 2–2 Wycombe Wanderers". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
^ "Colchester Utd 1–0 Swindon Town". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
^ "Average Attendance Figures Per Season". Coludaybyday.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
^ Hudson, Matt (11 August 2013). "The 1990s and 2000s". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Appearances". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
^ "Colchester United". FootballSquads. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
^ "All Colchester United football club players: 2001". 11v11.com. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
^ "Bobby Bowry". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
^ Bobby Bowry at Soccerbase
^ "Anthony Allman". 11v11.com. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
^ Anthony Allman at Soccerbase
^ "Marc Canham". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
^ Marc Canham at Soccerbase
^ "Ben Cranfield". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
^ Ben Cranfield at Soccerbase
^ "David Hadrava". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
^ David Hadrava at Soccerbase
^ "Lloyd Opara". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
^ Lloyd Opara at Soccerbase
^ "Kevin Rapley". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
^ Kevin Rapley at Soccerbase
^ "Triston Chambers". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
^ Triston Chambers at Soccerbase
^ ^a ^b "Olly Blackwell". 11v11.com. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
^ "Adrian Coote". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
^ Adrian Coote at Soccerbase
^ ^a ^b "Patrice Tano". 11v11.com. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
^ ^a ^b Patrice Tano at Soccerbase
^ "Con Blatsis". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
^ Con Blatsis at Soccerbase
^ "Sam Okafor". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
^ Sam Okafor at Soccerbase
^ "Steve McGavin". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
^ Steve McGavin at Soccerbase
^ "Aaron Skelton". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
^ Aaron Skelton at Soccerbase
^ "Andy Arnott". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
^ Andy Arnott at Soccerbase
^ "Keith Scott". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
^ Keith Scott at Soccerbase
^ "Simon Clark". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
^ Simon Clark at Soccerbase
^ ^a ^b "Simon Clark". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
^ ^a ^b Andy Woodman at Soccerbase
^ "Graham Barrett". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
^ Graham Barrett at Soccerbase
^ "John Halls". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
^ John Halls at Soccerbase
^ "Charlie MacDonald". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
^ Charlie MacDonald at Soccerbase
^ "Richard Knight (Goalkeeper)". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
^ Richard Knight at Soccerbase
^ "Matt Hearn". 11v11.com. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
^ Matt Hearn at Soccerbase
^ "England 2001–02". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 24 January 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Goals". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
^ "Discipline". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
^ "Clean sheets (1st team)". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
^ "Alltime- List of Debuts". Coludaybyday.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2018.

[SDG-9] Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game in his second spell for the club

[DG-10] Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game for the club

[WWCU-1] Whitehead, Jeff; Drury, Kevin (2008). The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 279. ISBN 978-1-85983-629-3.

[2] "Colchester Utd 2–2 Wycombe Wanderers". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 5 October 2018.

[3] "Colchester Utd 1–0 Swindon Town". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 5 October 2018.

[4] "Average Attendance Figures Per Season". Coludaybyday.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2018.

[5] Hudson, Matt (11 August 2013). "The 1990s and 2000s". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[apps-6] "Appearances". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[FS-7] "Colchester United". FootballSquads. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[8] "All Colchester United football club players: 2001". 11v11.com. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[11] "Bobby Bowry". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[12] Bobby Bowry at Soccerbase

[13] "Anthony Allman". 11v11.com. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[14] Anthony Allman at Soccerbase

[15] "Marc Canham". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[16] Marc Canham at Soccerbase

[17] "Ben Cranfield". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[18] Ben Cranfield at Soccerbase

[19] "David Hadrava". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[20] David Hadrava at Soccerbase

[21] "Lloyd Opara". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[22] Lloyd Opara at Soccerbase

[23] "Kevin Rapley". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[24] Kevin Rapley at Soccerbase

[25] "Triston Chambers". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[26] Triston Chambers at Soccerbase

[Blackwell-27] "Olly Blackwell". 11v11.com. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[28] "Adrian Coote". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[29] Adrian Coote at Soccerbase

[Tano-30] "Patrice Tano". 11v11.com. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[Tano_SB-31] Patrice Tano at Soccerbase

[32] "Con Blatsis". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[33] Con Blatsis at Soccerbase

[34] "Sam Okafor". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[35] Sam Okafor at Soccerbase

[36] "Steve McGavin". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[37] Steve McGavin at Soccerbase

[38] "Aaron Skelton". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[39] Aaron Skelton at Soccerbase

[40] "Andy Arnott". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[41] Andy Arnott at Soccerbase

[42] "Keith Scott". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[43] Keith Scott at Soccerbase

[44] "Simon Clark". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[45] Simon Clark at Soccerbase

[Woodman-46] "Simon Clark". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[Woodman_SB-47] Andy Woodman at Soccerbase

[48] "Graham Barrett". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[49] Graham Barrett at Soccerbase

[50] "John Halls". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[51] John Halls at Soccerbase

[52] "Charlie MacDonald". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[53] Charlie MacDonald at Soccerbase

[54] "Richard Knight (Goalkeeper)". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[55] Richard Knight at Soccerbase

[56] "Matt Hearn". 11v11.com. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[57] Matt Hearn at Soccerbase

[rsssf-58] "England 2001–02". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 24 January 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.

[goals-59] "Goals". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 11 October 2018.

[60] "Discipline". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 12 October 2018.

[61] "Clean sheets (1st team)". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 12 October 2018.

[62] "Alltime- List of Debuts". Coludaybyday.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2018.

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