2001–02 Stockport County F.C. season

Stockport County

2001–02 season
Chairman	Brendan Elwood
Manager	Andy Kilner (until 29 October) Craig Madden (caretaker until 6 November) Carlton Palmer (player-manager from 6 November)
Stadium	Edgeley Park
First Division	24th (relegated)
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Beckett (7) All: Beckett/Taylor (7)
Average home league attendance	6,245

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

Season summary

The 2001–02 season turned out to be the Stockport's worst ever season at the time. With Stockport already bottom of the league, a 4–0 home defeat to Millwall saw manager Kilner sacked.^[1] Shortly after he was replaced with former England international Carlton Palmer.^[2] A 2–1 win over Norwich gave them some hope, but Stockport then went on to lose 11 matches in a row, another unwanted club record. The Hatters picked up just 3 more wins during the rest of the season (one of these being another unforgettable 2–1 victory over Manchester City, having been 1–0 down with just 5 minutes left) finishing the season with just 26 points, going down on 16 March, the quickest post-war relegation.

Final league table

Main article: 2001–02 Football League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
20	Sheffield Wednesday	46	12	14	20	49	71	−22	50
21	Rotherham United	46	10	19	17	52	66	−14	49
22	Crewe Alexandra (R)	46	12	13	21	47	76	−29	49	Relegation to the Second Division
23	Barnsley (R)	46	11	15	20	59	86	−27	48
24	Stockport County (R)	46	6	8	32	42	102	−60	26

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated

Results

Stockport County's score comes first^[3]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
11 August 2001	Coventry City	H	0–2	9,329
18 August 2001	Crystal Palace	A	1–4	15,760	Fradin
25 August 2001	Portsmouth	H	0–1	5,090
27 August 2001	Birmingham City	A	1–2	18,478	Kuqi (pen)
8 September 2001	Barnsley	A	2–2	11,192	Flynn, Taylor
15 September 2001	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2–2	20,742	Kuqi, Taylor
18 September 2001	Sheffield United	H	1–2	5,137	Roget (pen)
22 September 2001	Grimsby Town	H	3–3	7,834	Hardy (2), Wilbraham
25 September 2001	Bradford City	A	4–2	12,940	Hurst (2), Taylor (2)
29 September 2001	Nottingham Forest	A	1–2	17,584	Flynn
13 October 2001	Manchester City	A	2–2	34,214	Hurst, Kuqi (pen)
16 October 2001	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–2	6,052	Fradin
20 October 2001	Rotherham United	H	0–1	6,616
24 October 2001	Crewe Alexandra	A	0–0	6,679
27 October 2001	Millwall	H	0–4	5,371
30 October 2001	Walsall	H	0–2	4,553
3 November 2001	Preston North End	A	0–6	13,776
10 November 2001	Watford	A	1–1	12,576	Robinson (own goal)
15 November 2001	Norwich City	H	2–1	6,551	Hurst, Palmer
24 November 2001	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0–5	17,365
27 November 2001	Gillingham	H	0–2	4,854
1 December 2001	Crewe Alexandra	H	0–1	5,308
8 December 2001	Wimbledon	H	1–2	4,673	Wilbraham
15 December 2001	Burnley	A	2–3	15,526	McSheffrey, Kuqi (pen)
22 December 2001	Portsmouth	A	0–2	13,887
26 December 2001	Barnsley	H	1–3	6,885	Kuqi
29 December 2001	Birmingham City	H	0–3	5,827
1 January 2002	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–4	20,541
13 January 2002	Crystal Palace	H	0–1	5,541
19 January 2002	Coventry City	A	0–0	12,448
29 January 2002	Gillingham	A	3–3	7,217	Beckett (2), Ross
2 February 2002	Nottingham Forest	H	1–3	6,513	Palmer
9 February 2002	Rotherham United	A	2–3	6,413	Hardiker, Delaney
23 February 2002	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–4	8,481	Beckett
26 February 2002	Grimsby Town	A	1–3	6,836	Palmer
2 March 2002	Sheffield United	A	0–3	15,642
5 March 2002	Bradford City	H	1–0	4,148	Beckett
9 March 2002	Burnley	H	0–2	6,410
16 March 2002	Wimbledon	A	1–3	5,224	Daly
19 March 2002	Manchester City	H	2–1	9,537	Hardiker (2)
23 March 2002	Preston North End	H	0–2	6,139
30 March 2002	Millwall	A	0–3	13,570
1 April 2002	Watford	H	2–1	4,086	McLachlan, Beckett
6 April 2002	Walsall	A	0–1	6,322
13 April 2002	Sheffield Wednesday	H	3–1	8,706	Wilbraham, Beckett (2)
21 April 2002	Norwich City	A	0–2	20,897

FA Cup

Main article: 2001–02 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	16 January 2002	Bolton Wanderers	H	1–4	5,821	Daly (pen)

League Cup

Main article: 2001–02 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	21 August 2001	Carlisle United	H	3–0	2,075	Kuqi, Taylor (2)
R2	12 September 2001	Nottingham Forest	A	1–1 (lost 7–8 on pens)	5,432	Taylor

Squad

^[4] 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  WAL Lee Jones 2 DF  FIN Petri Helin 3 DF  ENG Peter Clark 4 DF  ENG Dave Challinor 6 FW  ENG Kevin Ellison 7 MF  ENG Carlton Palmer 10 DF  ENG John Hardiker 11 MF  ENG Colin Woodthorpe 12 MF  ENG Ali Gibb 13 GK  WAL Andy Dibble 15 MF  FRA Karim Fradin 16 DF  ENG Leo Roget 17 FW  ENG Neil Hardy 18 DF  ENG Aaron Lescott 19 FW  ENG Aaron Wilbraham 20 MF  ENG David Smith 21 MF  SWE Jonas Larsson

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 MF  ENG Keith Briggs 25 FW  ENG Luke Beckett 26 DF  ENG Glyn Hancock 27 FW  ENG Neil Ross 28 FW  ENG Peter Wild 29 MF  ENG Andy Welsh 30 FW  IRL Jon Daly 31 GK  WAL Sam Turner 32 DF  ENG Robert Clare 33 DF  ENG Andy Thomas 34 MF  ENG Fraser McLachlan 35 DF  ENG Anthony Kielthy 36 FW  ENG Phil Carratt 37 FW  ENG Mark Byrne 38 FW  ENG Chris Williams 41 GK  ENG James Spencer 42 FW  ENG David Holt

Left club during season

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 FW  ENG Ian Lawson (to Bury) 23 DF  ENG Lee Sandford (on loan from Sheffield United) 22 GK  ENG Tim Flowers (on loan from Leicester City) 8 MF  NED Richard Sneekes (to Hull City) 6 DF  AUS Jason van Blerk (to Wrexham) 25 GK  FRA Pegguy Arphexad (on loan from Liverpool) 37 FW  ENG Glynn Hurst (to Chesterfield) 9 FW  FIN Shefki Kuqi (to Sheffield Wednesday)

No. Pos. Nation Player 4 DF  SWE Fredrik Bryngelsson (Released) 14 MF  FIN Jarkko Wiss (to Hibernian) 10 FW  ENG Scott Taylor (to Blackpool) 22 MF  ENG Gary McSheffrey (on loan from Coventry City) 5 DF  WAL Mike Flynn (to Barnsley) 23 MF  IRL Damien Delaney (on loan from Leicester City) 40 GK  ENG Gary Maguire (Released)

References

1. "Kilner leaves Stockport". BBC Sport. 29 October 2001. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
2. "Stockport appoint Palmer". Telegraph, 6 November 2001. London. 6 November 2001. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
3. "Stockport County 2001-2002 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
4. "FootballSquads - Stockport County - 2001/02". www.footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 20 September 2020.