2001–02 Swindon Town F.C. season

The 2001–02 season was Swindon Town's second season in the Division Two since their relegation from the second tier of English football in 2000. Alongside the league campaign, Swindon Town will also competed in the FA Cup, League Cup and the Football League Trophy.

Nationwide League Division Two

Brighton earned a second successive championship, despite the loss of manager Micky Adams early in the season - however, they would also have to cope with the loss of replacement manager Peter Taylor after the season ended. Reading earned the runners-up spot after four seasons in Division Two, and the play-offs were won by Stoke City who, despite this success, sacked manager Gudjon Thordarson immediately afterwards (leaving Reading in the odd position of being the only top six side to start the 2002–03 season with the same manager that they had at the start of the 2001–02 season).

QPR came out of administration at the end of a season where they finished a respectable eighth in their first campaign at this level since the 1960s, featuring in the race for a playoff place until the penultimate game of the season. Wigan Athletic finished a disappointing 10th after successive playoff appearances, but kept faith in manager Paul Jewell to deliver promotion in his second season at the helm.

Cambridge United were cut adrift early in the season, and never looked to have much chance of surviving. Long-time Division Two members Wrexham never recovered from a bad start, and also went down. Bury suffered a financial crisis off the pitch and the effects of this ultimately affected the team's performance and sent them down to the League's bottom tier. The final relegation spot was filled by Bournemouth.

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

Key
Promoted to Division 1
Qualified for the promotion playoff
Relegated to Division 3

Leading goalscorer: Bobby Zamora (Brighton and Hove Albion) - 28

Results and matchday squads

Division Two line-ups

Date	Opposition	V	Score	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
11/08/01	Peterborough United	H	0-0	Griemink	Gurney	Duke	Reeves	Heywood	Howe₁	O'Halloran	Hewlett	Invincibile₃	Sabin₂	Grazioli	S.Robinson₁	Davis₂	Brayley₃	Ruddock	McKinney
18/08/01	Bristol City	A	1-3	Griemink	Gurney	Duke	Reeves	Heywood	S.Robinson₃	O'Halloran	Hewlett	Invincibile₁	Sabin	Grazioli₂	Davis₁	Howe₂	Brayley₃	Ruddock	McKinney
25/08/01	Oldham Athletic	H	0-2	Griemink	Gurney	Davis	Reeves	Heywood	Howe₂	O'Halloran	Hewlett	Invincibile	Sabin	Duke₁	Kuffour₁	Brayley₂	Cobian	Ruddock	McKinney
27/08/01	Bury	A	3-0	Griemink	Gurney	Davis₁	Reeves	Heywood	Howe	O'Halloran	Hewlett	Kuffour₂	Sabin	Duke	Invincibile₁	Brayley₂	McAreavey	Ruddock	McKinney
01/09/01	Colchester United	H	1-0	Griemink	Gurney	Davis	Ruddock	Heywood	Howe	O'Halloran	Hewlett	Kuffour₂	Sabin₃	Duke₁	S.Robinson₁	Invincibile₂	Davies₃	P.Edwards	McKinney
08/09/01	Bournemouth	A	0-0	Griemink	Gurney	Davis	Ruddock	Heywood	Howe	O'Halloran₁	Hewlett	Kuffour	S.Robinson	Duke₂	Grazioli₁	Invincibile₂	P.Edwards	Reeves	McKinney
15/09/01	Tranmere Rovers	H	2-2	Griemink	Gurney	Duke	Ruddock	Heywood	Howe	S.Robinson	Hewlett	Invincibile	Kuffour₁	Grazioli₁	P.Edwards₁	Brayley₂	Reeves₃	McAreavey	McKinney
18/09/01	Port Vale	A	2-0	Griemink	Gurney	Duke	Ruddock₁	Reeves	Howe	S.Robinson	Hewlett	Invincibile	Grazioli	P.Edwards₂	Heywood₁	McAreavey₂	Kuffour	Brayley	McKinney
22/09/01	Chesterfield	A	0-4	Griemink	Gurney₃	Duke₁	Reeves	Heywood	Howe	S.Robinson	Hewlett	Invincibile	Grazioli₂	P.Edwards	Kuffour₁	Brayley₂	Davies₃	McAreavey	McKinney
25/09/01	Brentford	H	2-0	Griemink	Gurney	Duke	Reeves	Heywood	Howe	S.Robinson	Hewlett	Invincibile	Grazioli	P.Edwards	Kuffour	Brayley	Davies	McAreavey	McKinney
29/09/01	Northampton Town	A	1-1	Griemink	Gurney	Duke	Reeves	Heywood	Howe	S.Robinson	Hewlett₁	Invincibile	Grazioli₂	P.Edwards	Ruddock₁	Kuffour₂	Brayley	Davies	McKinney
13/10/01	Reading	A	3-1	Griemink	Gurney	Duke	Ruddock	Reeves	Howe	S.Robinson₂	Hewlett	Invincibile	Grazioli₃	P.Edwards₁	Heywood₁	McAreavey₂	Kuffour₃	Carlisle	McKinney
21/10/01	Cardiff City	H	0-3	Griemink	Gurney	Duke	Ruddock	Reeves	Howe	S.Robinson	Hewlett	Invincibile	Grazioli₁	P.Edwards	N.Edwards₁	Kuffour	Heywood	McAreavey	McKinney
24/10/01	Cambridge United	H	2-0	Griemink	Gurney	Duke₁	Ruddock	Reeves	Howe	S.Robinson	Hewlett	Invincibile	Grazioli	P.Edwards	Carlisle₁	Kuffour	Heywood	McAreavey	McKinney
27/10/01	Wycombe	A	1-1	Griemink	Willis	Duke	Ruddock	Heywood	S.Robinson	Carlisle	Hewlett	Invincibile	Grazioli₁	P.Edwards	Kuffour₁	McAreavey₂	N.Edwards	Halliday	McKinney
03/11/01	Stoke City	H	0-3	Griemink	Gurney	Duke₂	Ruddock	Heywood	Howe	Carlisle	Hewlett	Invincibile	Grazioli₁	P.Edwards	Sabin₁	Kuffour₂	Willis	S.Robinson	McKinney
10/11/01	Blackpool	A	0-1	Griemink	Gurney	Willis₂	Ruddock	Heywood	Howe	Carlisle	Hewlett	Invincibile	Sabin₃	Grazioli₁	McAreavey₁	M.Robinson₂	Brayley₃	Halliday	McKinney
20/11/01	QPR	A	0-4	Griemink	Gurney	Duke	Ruddock	Heywood	S.Robinson₂	Carlisle	Hewlett	Invincibile	Sabin₁	M.Robinson	Grazioli₁	Kuffour₂	Willis	McAreavey	McKinney
24/11/01	Brighton	H	1-1	Griemink	Gurney	Duke	Ruddock	Heywood	S.Robinson	Carlisle	Hewlett	Invincibile	Sabin	M.Robinson	Willis	Kuffour	Brayley	McAreavey	McKinney
27/11/01	Wrexham	H	3-1	Griemink	Gurney	Duke	Ruddock	Heywood	S.Robinson	Carlisle	Hewlett	Invincibile	Sabin	M.Robinson	Willis	Howe	Brayley	McAreavey	McKinney
01/12/01	Wigan Athletic	A	0-1	Griemink	Gurney	Duke	Willis	Heywood	S.Robinson	Carlisle	Hewlett	Invincibile₃	Sabin₁	M.Robinson₂	Howe₁	P.Edwards₂	Davis₃	McAreavey	McKinney
21/12/01	Notts County	A	1-3	Griemink	Willis	Duke	Ruddock	Heywood	Howe₃	Carlisle	S.Robinson	Invincibile	Sabin	P.Edwards₁	Davis₁₂	Grazioli₂	McAreavey₃	Reeves	McKinney
26/12/01	Bournemouth	H	0-0	Griemink	Gurney	Duke₂	Reeves	Heywood	Howe	Carlisle₁	S.Robinson	Invincibile	Sabin	Grazioli	M.Robinson₁	Davis₂	Willis	McAreavey	McKinney
29/12/01	Bury	H	3-1	Griemink	Gurney	Duke	Reeves	Heywood	Howe	Carlisle	S.Robinson	Invincibile	Sabin	Grazioli₁	McAreavey₁	M.Robinson	Davis	Willis	McKinney
13/01/02	Bristol City	H	1-2	Griemink	Willis	Davis	Reeves	Heywood	McAreavey₂	S.Robinson	Foley	Invincibile	Sabin₁	Duke	Young₁	Williams₂	M.Robinson	N.Edwards	McKinney
16/01/02	Oldham Athletic	A	0-2	Griemink	Gurney	Duke	Reeves	Heywood	Howe₁	S.Robinson	Foley	Invincibile	Sabin	McAreavey	Young₁	M.Robinson	Davis	Willis	McKinney
19/01/02	Peterborough United	A	1-1	Griemink	Gurney	Davis₃	Reeves	Heywood	M.Robinson	S.Robinson	Foley₂	Invincibile	Sabin	Duke₁	Willis₁	Grazioli₂	Howe₃	McAreavey	McKinney
23/01/02	Notts County	H	1-0	Griemink	Gurney	Davis	Reeves	Heywood	M.Robinson₂	S.Robinson	Foley₁	Invincibile	Sabin	Duke	Grazioli₁	Willis₂	Howe	Young	McKinney
26/01/02	Wrexham	A	2-2	Griemink	Gurney	Davis	Reeves	Heywood	Willis	S.Robinson₃	Foley₁	Invincibile	Sabin	Duke₂	Grazioli₁	Hewlett₂	Howe₃	N.Edwards	McKinney
30/01/02	Colchester United	A	3-1	Griemink	Gurney	Davis	Willis	Heywood	Howe₃	S.Robinson	Hewlett₂	Invincibile	Sabin	Grazioli₁	Foley₁	Duke₂	McAreavey₃	N.Edwards	McKinney
02/02/02	Northampton Town	H	2-1	Griemink	Gurney	Davis	Willis	Heywood	Howe	S.Robinson	Hewlett	Invincibile	Sabin	Grazioli₁	Duke₁	Foley	McAreavey	N.Edwards	McKinney
05/02/02	Huddersfield Town	H	0-1	Griemink	Gurney	McAreavey	Willis	Heywood	Howe₂	S.Robinson₃	Hewlett	Invincibile	Sabin	Grazioli₁	Duke₁	Young₂	N.Edwards₃	Foley	McKinney
09/02/02	Cardiff City	A	0-3	Griemink	Gurney	Davis	Willis	Heywood	McAreavey₂	S.Robinson	Hewlett	Invincibile	Sabin₁	Duke₃	Foley₁	Howe₂	Grazioli₃	N.Edwards	Farr
14/02/02	Reading	H	0-0	Griemink	Gurney	Davis	Reeves	Heywood	Howe₂	S.Robinson	Hewlett	Invincibile	Sabin	Grazioli₁	Willis₁	McAreavey₂	Duke	Young	McKinney
22/02/02	Tranmere Rovers	A	0-0	Griemink	Gurney	McAreavey	Reeves	Heywood	Howe₂	S.Robinson	Hewlett	Invincibile	Sabin₂	Grazioli	N.Edwards₁	Young₂	Willis	P.Edwards	Farr
26/02/02	Chesterfield	H	2-1	Griemink	Gurney	McAreavey₁	Reeves	Heywood	Howe	S.Robinson	Hewlett	Invincibile	Sabin₂	Grazioli	Davis₁	P.Edwards₂	Willis	Duke	Farr
02/03/02	Port Vale	H	3-0	Griemink	Gurney	Davis	Willis	Heywood	Howe	S.Robinson	Hewlett	Invincibile	Grazioli₂	Young₁	Duke₁	N.Edwards₂	P.Edwards	Smith	Farr
05/03/02	Brentford	A	0-2	Griemink	Gurney	Davis	Willis	Heywood	Howe	S.Robinson	Hewlett₁	Invincibile	Grazioli₂	Duke	Young₁	P.Edwards₂	Halliday	Smith	Farr
09/03/02	Huddersfield Town	A	0-2	Griemink	Gurney	Duke	Willis	Heywood	Howe₂	S.Robinson	Hewlett	Invincibile₁	Sabin	Grazioli	Young₁	P.Edwards₂	Halliday	Herring	McKinney
16/03/02	Wigan Athletic	H	1-1	Griemink	Gurney	Davis₁	Willis	Heywood	Howe	S.Robinson	Hewlett	Invincibile₃	Sabin₂	Young	Duke₁	P.Edwards₂	McAreavey₃	Brayley	McKinney
30/03/02	Blackpool	H	1-0	Griemink	Gurney	Duke	Willis	Heywood	Howe	S.Robinson	Hewlett	Invincibile	Sabin	Young	Brayley	P. Edwards	N.Edwards	Halliday	McKinney
01/04/02	Stoke City	A	0-2	McKinney	Gurney	Willis	Reeves₃	Heywood	Howe	N.Edwards	Hewlett	Invincibile	Sabin₂	P.Edwards₁	Duke₁	Young₂	Cobian₃	S.Robinson	Griemink
06/04/02	QPR	H	0-1	Griemink	Gurney	Duke	Willis	Heywood	Howe	S.Robinson	Hewlett	Invincibile	Sabin	Young	McAreavey₁	Reeves₂	P.Edwards	N.Edwards	McKinney
09/04/02	Cambridge United	A	2-1	Griemink	Gurney	Duke	Willis	Heywood	McAreavey₃	S.Robinson₁	Hewlett	Young	Sabin	P.Edwards₂	Howe₁	Invincibile₂	N.Edwards₃	Reeves	McKinney
13/04/02	Brighton	A	0-0	Griemink	Gurney	Duke	Reeves	Heywood	Howe	Willis₂	Hewlett	Young₁	Sabin	P.Edwards	McAreavey₁	S.Robinson₂	Williams	N.Edwards	McKinney
20/04/02	Wycombe	H	1-1	Griemink	Gurney	Duke	Reeves	Heywood	McAreavey₁	N.Edwards	Hewlett	Young	Sabin	P.Edwards	Herring₁	Howe	Thomas	S.Robinson	Farr

₁ 1st Substitution, ₂ 2nd Substitution, ₃ 3rd Substitution.

FA Cup line-ups

Date	Opposition	V	Score	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
17/11/01	Hartlepool United	H	3-1	Griemink	Gurney	Duke	Ruddock	Heywood	S.Robinson	M.Robinson	Hewlett	Invincibile	Sabin₂	Grazioli₁	McAreavey₁	Brayley₂	Willis	Halliday	McKinney
08/12/01	Hereford United	H	3-2	Griemink	P.Edwards	Willis	Ruddock	Heywood	S.Robinson	Carlisle	Howe	Invincibile	Sabin	Duke	M.Robinson₁	Davis	Grazioli	McAreavey	McKinney
05/01/02	Manchester City	A	0-2	Griemink	Gurney	Duke	Reeves	Heywood	S.Robinson	Carlisle	Howe₂	Invincibile	Sabin	McAreavey₁	Davis₁	Grazioli₂	M.Robinson	Brayley	McKinney

₁ 1st Substitution, ₂ 2nd Substitution, ₃ 3rd Substitution.

League Cup line-ups

Date	Opposition	V	Score	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
22/08/01	Wolves	A	2-1	Griemink	Gurney	Davis	Reeves	Heywood	Hewlett	O'Halloran	Howe	Invincibile₁	Sabin	Duke	Grazioli₁	Brayley₂	P.Edwards	Davies	McKinney
11/09/01	West Bromwich Albion	A	0-2	Griemink	Gurney	Davis₁	Ruddock₃	Heywood	Hewlett	S.Robinson	Howe	Invincibile	Kuffour₂	Duke	Grazioli₁	Reeves₂	P.Edwards₃	McAreavey	McKinney

₁ 1st Substitution, ₂ 2nd Substitution, ₃ 3rd Substitution.

Football League Trophy line-ups

Date	Opposition	V	Score		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11		12	13	14	15	16
16/10/01	Colchester United	A	0-1		Griemink	Gurney	Duke	Reeves₁	Heywood	N.Edwards₃	McAreavey	Howe	Grazioli₂	Kuffour	P.Edwards		Brayley₁	Ruddock₂	Halliday₃	Willis	McKinney

₁ 1st Substitution, ₂ 2nd Substitution, ₃ 3rd Substitution.

References

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