2001–02 Blackpool F.C. season

Blackpool F.C.
Season 2001-02
League	Division Two
Manager	Steve McMahon
League position	16th
Top goalscorers	League: John Murphy & Brett Ormerod (13 each) Combined:John Murphy & Brett Ormerod (20 each)
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
Highest home attendance
Lowest home attendance
Previous season	← 2000-01
Next season	2002-03 →

The 2001-02 season was Blackpool F.C.'s 95th season (92nd consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Two, then the third tier of English league football, finishing sixteenth.

John Murphy and Brett Ormerod were the club's joint-top scorers, with twenty goals each in all competitions. Ormerod achieved this feat despite being sold to Southampton for a Blackpool club-record £1.75million in November.

Table

Pos	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1.	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	25	15	6	66	42	+24	90
2.	Reading	46	23	15	8	70	43	+27	84
3.	Brentford	46	24	11	11	77	43	+34	83
4.	Cardiff City	46	23	14	9	75	50	+25	83
5.	Stoke City	46	23	11	12	67	40	+27	80
6.	Huddersfield Town	46	21	15	10	65	47	+18	78
7.	Bristol City	46	21	10	15	68	53	+15	73
8.	Queens Park Rangers	46	19	14	13	60	49	+11	71
9.	Oldham Athletic	46	18	16	12	77	65	+12	70
10.	Wigan Athletic	46	16	16	14	66	51	+15	64
11.	Wycombe Wanderers	46	17	13	26	58	64	-6	64
12.	Tranmere Rovers	46	16	15	15	63	60	+3	63
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
18.	Chesterfield	46	13	13	20	53	65	-12	52
19.	Notts County	46	13	11	22	59	71	-12	50
20.	Northampton Town	46	14	7	25	54	79	-25	49
21.	Bournemouth	46	10	14	22	56	71	-15	44
22.	Bury	46	11	11	24	43	75	-32	44
23.	Wrexham	46	11	10	25	56	89	-33	43
24.	Cambridge United	46	7	13	26	47	93	-46	34

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points

References

Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992. Breedon Books Sport. ISBN 1-873626-07-X.

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2001–02 in English football

« 2000–01 2002–03 »

FA competitions	FA Cup (Qualifying Rounds Final) Charity Shield FA Trophy (Final)

Premier League and Football League	Premier League Football League (First Division Second Division Third Division) League Cup (Final) Football League Trophy (Final) Play-offs (First Division Final Second Division Final Third Division Final)

Football Conference	Football Conference Conference League Cup

Lower leagues	Northern Premier League Southern Football League Isthmian League

European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup

Related to national team	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (Group 9) Sven-Göran Eriksson

Club seasons

Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Charlton Athletic Chelsea Derby County Everton Fulham Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Southampton Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United

First Division	Barnsley Birmingham City Bradford City Burnley Coventry City Crewe Alexandra Crystal Palace Gillingham Grimsby Town Manchester City Millwall Norwich City Nottingham Forest Portsmouth Preston North End Rotherham United Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Stockport County Walsall Watford West Bromwich Albion Wimbledon Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Blackpool Bournemouth Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Bury Cambridge United Cardiff City Chesterfield Colchester United Huddersfield Town Northampton Town Notts County Oldham Athletic Peterborough United Port Vale Queens Park Rangers Reading Stoke City Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Wigan Athletic Wrexham Wycombe Wanderers

Third Division	Bristol Rovers Carlisle United Cheltenham Town Darlington Exeter City Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hull City Kidderminster Harriers Leyton Orient Lincoln City Luton Town Macclesfield Town Mansfield Town Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Rochdale Rushden & Diamonds Scunthorpe United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swansea City Torquay United York City

Football Conference	Barnet Boston United Chester City Dagenham & Redbridge Doncaster Rovers Dover Athletic Farnborough Town Forest Green Rovers Hayes Hereford United Leigh RMI Margate Morecambe Northwich Victoria Nuneaton Borough Scarborough Southport Stalybridge Celtic Stevenage Borough Telford United Woking Yeovil Town

Others	Newport County

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