During the 2001–02 English football season, Crystal Palace F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.
Palace turned to Steve Bruce for the 2001–02 season.[ 1] Birmingham City .[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] Trevor Francis , who had ironically been his predecessor at Birmingham.[ 6]
Source:
[citation needed Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
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
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
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
^ 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.
