2001–02 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season

Sheffield Wednesday
	2001–02 season
Chairman	Geoff Hulley
Manager	Peter Shreeves (until 17 October); Terry Yorath (from 17 October)
First Division	20th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Sibon (12); All: Sibon (13)
Highest home attendance	29,772 v Wolverhampton Wanderers; (Division One)
Lowest home attendance	8,796 v Crystal Palace; (League Cup)
Average home league attendance	20,870; (League games only)
← 2000–01	2002–03 →

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The 2001–02 season was Sheffield Wednesday F.C.'s 135th season. They competed in the twenty-four team First Division, the second tier of English football, finishing twentieth.

Season summary

After another bad start in the 2001–02 season, Shreeves handed the reins over to assistant Terry Yorath. Wednesday finished just two places above the Division One relegation zone and the only bright spot of the season was a run to the semi finals of the League Cup.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Manchester City	46	19	3	1	63	19	12	3	8	45	33	108	52	+56	99
2	West Bromwich Albion	46	15	4	4	36	11	12	4	7	25	18	61	29	+32	89
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	13	4	6	33	18	12	7	4	43	25	76	43	+33	86
4	Millwall	46	15	3	5	43	22	7	8	8	26	26	69	48	+21	77
5	Birmingham City	46	14	4	5	44	20	7	9	7	26	29	70	49	+21	76
6	Norwich City	46	15	6	2	36	16	7	3	13	24	35	60	51	+9	75
7	Burnley	46	11	7	5	39	29	10	5	8	31	33	70	62	+8	75
8	Preston North End	46	13	7	3	45	21	7	5	11	26	38	71	59	+12	72
9	Wimbledon	46	9	8	6	30	22	9	5	9	33	35	63	57	+6	67
10	Crystal Palace	46	13	3	7	42	22	7	3	13	28	40	70	62	+8	66
11	Coventry City	46	12	4	7	33	19	8	2	13	26	34	59	53	+6	66
12	Gillingham	46	12	5	6	38	26	6	5	12	26	41	64	67	–3	64
13	Sheffield United	46	8	8	7	34	30	7	7	9	19	24	53	54	–1	60
14	Watford	46	10	5	8	38	30	6	6	11	24	26	62	56	+6	59
15	Bradford City	46	10	1	12	41	39	5	9	9	28	37	69	76	–7	55
16	Nottingham Forest	46	7	11	5	26	21	5	7	11	24	30	50	51	–1	54
17	Portsmouth	46	9	6	8	36	31	4	8	11	24	41	60	72	–12	53
18	Walsall	46	10	6	7	29	27	3	6	14	22	44	51	71	–20	51
19	Grimsby Town	46	9	7	7	34	28	3	7	13	16	44	50	72	–22	50
20	Sheffield Wednesday	46	6	7	10	28	37	6	7	10	21	34	49	71	–22	50
21	Rotherham United	46	7	13	3	32	29	3	6	14	20	37	52	66	–14	49
22	Crewe Alexandra	46	8	8	7	23	32	4	5	14	24	44	47	76	–29	49
23	Barnsley	46	9	9	5	37	33	2	6	15	22	53	59	86	–27	48
24	Stockport County	46	5	1	17	19	44	1	7	15	23	58	42	102	–60	26

Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Key
	Football League Champions, promoted to FA Premier League
	Promoted to FA Premier League
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted to Premier League through play-offs
	Relegated

Results

Sheffield Wednesday's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
12 August 2001	Burnley	H	0–2	21,766
18 August 2001	Crewe Alexandra	A	2–0	7,933	Sibon, McLaren
25 August 2001	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–1	18,844	Sibon
27 August 2001	Norwich City	A	0–2	16,820
8 September 2001	Birmingham City	A	0–2	19,421
15 September 2001	Wimbledon	A	1–1	7,348	T Johnson
17 September 2001	Bradford City	H	1–1	18,012	Di Piedi
22 September 2001	Manchester City	H	2–6	25,731	Bonvín, Bromby
25 September 2001	Rotherham United	A	1–1	8,474	Westwood
29 September 2001	Crystal Palace	A	1–4	17,066	T Johnson
7 October 2001	Sheffield United	H	0–0	29,281
13 October 2001	Watford	A	1–3	14,456	T Johnson
16 October 2001	Preston North End	H	1–2	15,592	Sibon
20 October 2001	Walsall	H	2–1	16,275	Sibon, Bonvín
24 October 2001	Barnsley	H	3–1	21,008	Sibon, Bonvín (2)
27 October 2001	Coventry City	A	0–2	17,381
31 October 2001	Nottingham Forest	A	1–0	20,206	Morrison
3 November 2001	Portsmouth	H	2–3	18,212	Donnelly, Sibon (pen)
10 November 2001	Grimsby Town	H	0–0	17,507
18 November 2001	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–0	19,947
24 November 2001	Stockport County	H	5–0	17,365	Maddix, Sibon (pen), Morrison, Soltvedt, Ekoku
2 December 2001	Barnsley	A	0–3	16,714
8 December 2001	Millwall	H	1–1	21,304	Ekoku
15 December 2001	Gillingham	A	1–2	8,586	Sibon (pen)
22 December 2001	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–1	20,340	Ekoku
26 December 2001	Birmingham City	H	0–1	24,335
29 December 2001	Norwich City	H	0–5	19,205
12 January 2002	Crewe Alexandra	H	1–0	16,737	Sibon
19 January 2002	Burnley	A	2–1	16,081	McLaren, Kuqi
29 January 2002	Sheffield United	A	0–0	29,364
2 February 2002	Crystal Palace	H	1–3	20,099	Ekoku
5 February 2002	Preston North End	A	2–4	14,038	Quinn, Ekoku (pen)
9 February 2002	Walsall	A	3–0	8,290	Ekoku, Kuqi, Sibon
16 February 2002	Watford	H	2–1	18,244	Ekoku (pen), Kuqi
23 February 2002	Rotherham United	H	1–2	28,179	Kuqi
27 February 2002	Manchester City	A	0–4	33,682
2 March 2002	Bradford City	A	2–0	16,904	D Johnson, Kuqi
6 March 2002	Wimbledon	H	1–2	18,930	D Johnson
9 March 2002	Gillingham	H	0–0	20,361
16 March 2002	Millwall	A	2–1	13,074	Donnelly (2)
23 March 2002	Portsmouth	A	0–0	14,819
29 March 2002	Coventry City	H	2–1	21,470	Sibon (2)
1 April 2002	Grimsby Town	A	0–0	9,236
6 April 2002	Nottingham Forest	H	0–2	21,782
13 April 2002	Stockport County	A	1–3	8,706	Quinn
21 April 2002	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–2	29,772	Donnelly, Kuqi

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	15 January 2002	Crewe Alexandra	A	1–2	6,271	Hamshaw

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	21 August 2001	Bury	A	3–1	3,129	Ekoku, Maddix, McLaren
R2	12 September 2001	Sunderland	H	4–2 (a.e.t.)	12,074	Ekoku, Morrison (pen), Di Piedi, Bonvín
R3	10 October 2001	Crystal Palace	H	2–2 (won 3–1 on pens)	8,796	Westwood, Crane
R4	28 November 2001	Aston Villa	A	1–0	26,526	Ekoku
R5	19 December 2001	Watford	H	4–0	20,319	Sibon, Hamshaw, O'Donnell, Soltvedt
SF First Leg	8 January 2002	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–2	30,883	Ekoku
SF Second Leg	22 January 2002	Blackburn Rovers	A	2–4 (lost 3–6 on agg)	26,844	Ekoku (pen), Soltvedt

Squad

FootballSquads – Sheffield Wednesday – 2001/02 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Kevin Pressman
2	DF	Ian Hendon
3	DF	Andy Hinchcliffe
4	MF	Paul McLaren
5	DF	Leigh Bromby
6	MF	Trond Egil Soltvedt
7	MF	Alan Quinn
8	FW	Gerald Sibon
9	FW	Efan Ekoku
10	FW	Pablo Facundo Bonvín (on loan from Boca Juniors)
11	FW	Owen Morrison
12	DF	Steve Haslam
13	GK	Chris Stringer
14	DF	Marlon Broomes
15	DF	Steve Harkness
16	MF	Matt Hamshaw
17	FW	Michele Di Piedi
18	MF	Simon Donnelly

No.	Position	Player
19	FW	Adam Muller
20	MF	Tony Crane
21	DF	Ashley Westwood
22	DF	Derek Geary
23	MF	Philip Scott
24	MF	Phil O'Donnell
25	DF	Danny Maddix
26	FW	Jon Shaw
27	MF	Laurie Wilson
28	FW	Shefki Kuqi
29	FW	Kevin Gallacher
30	GK	Sean Roberts
31	GK	Paul Heald (on loan from Wimbledon)
32	MF	Neil Gibson
34	DF	Craig Armstrong
35	DF	David Burrows
36	GK	Richard Siddall
37	MF	Jon McCarthy (on loan from Birmingham City)
-	DF	Craig Rand

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.	Position	Player
37	DF	Tom Staniforth (Deceased)
26	MF	Carlton Palmer (on loan from Coventry City)
14	MF	Aaron Lescott (to Stockport County)
27	FW	Tommy Johnson (to Kilmarnock)

No.	Position	Player
26	MF	Dean Windass (on loan from Middlesbrough)
28	MF	Bojan Djordjic (on loan from Manchester United)
33	FW	David Johnson (on loan from Nottingham Forest)

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Alan Cawley
		DF	Calem Connolly
		FW	Carlin Itonga (on loan from Arsenal)
		MF	Stephen Santry

No.		Position	Player
		FW	Matt Shaw
		DF	Anwar Uddin
		MF	Michael Williams
		DF	Greg Young

References

↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/sheffield-wednesday/2001-2002/results Archived 14 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] ttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/sheffield-wednesday/2001-2002/results Archived 14 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine

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2001–02 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season

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Results

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