2001–02 Stockport County F.C. season

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

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

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


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

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

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

No.	Position	Player
24	MF	Keith Briggs
25	FW	Luke Beckett
26	DF	Glyn Hancock
27	FW	Neil Ross
28	FW	Peter Wild
29	MF	Andy Welsh
30	FW	Jon Daly
31	GK	Sam Turner
32	DF	Robert Clare
33	DF	Andy Thomas
34	MF	Fraser McLachlan
35	DF	Anthony Kielthy
36	FW	Phil Carratt
37	FW	Mark Byrne
38	FW	Chris Williams
41	GK	James Spencer
42	FW	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.	Position	Player
18	FW	Ian Lawson (to Bury)
23	DF	Lee Sandford (on loan from Sheffield United)
22	GK	Tim Flowers (on loan from Leicester City)
8	MF	Richard Sneekes (to Hull City)
6	DF	Jason van Blerk (to Wrexham)
25	GK	Pegguy Arphexad (on loan from Liverpool)
37	FW	Glynn Hurst (to Chesterfield)
9	FW	Shefki Kuqi (to Sheffield Wednesday)

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

References

↑ "Kilner leaves Stockport". BBC Sport. 29 October 2001. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
↑ "Stockport appoint Palmer". Telegraph, 6 November 2001. London. 6 November 2001. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/stockport-county/2001-2002/results

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