2001–02 Crystal Palace F.C. season

Palace turned to Steve Bruce for the 2001–02 season.^[1] A good start to the season gave Palace hope for a promotion challenge, but Bruce attempted to walk out on the club after just four months at the helm to take charge of Birmingham City.^[2]^[3] After a short spell on 'gardening leave',^[4] Bruce was eventually allowed to join Birmingham City,^[5] succeeded by Trevor Francis, who had ironically been his predecessor at Birmingham.^[6]

Final league table

Main article: 2001-02 Football League

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

Crystal Palace's score comes first^[7]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
11 August 2001	Rotherham United	A	3–2	6,994	Freedman (pen), Riihilahti, Smith
18 August 2001	Stockport County	H	4–1	15,760	Riihilahti, Morrison (pen), Freedman
25 August 2001	Nottingham Forest	A	2–4	18,239	Freedman (2)
8 September 2001	Millwall	H	1–3	21,641	Morrison
15 September 2001	Portsmouth	A	2–4	18,149	Rodger, Freedman
18 September 2001	Grimsby Town	H	5–0	13,970	Kirovski, Popovic (2), Freedman, Morrison
22 September 2001	Barnsley	H	1–0	15,433	Riihilahti
25 September 2001	Sheffield United	A	3–1	14,180	Smith, Freedman (pen), Hopkin
29 September 2001	Sheffield Wednesday	H	4–1	17,066	Freedman (2), Morrison (2)
13 October 2001	Wimbledon	H	4–0	20,009	Morrison, Kirovski, Riihilahti, Brown (own goal)
16 October 2001	Bradford City	H	2–0	15,721	Morrison (2)
20 October 2001	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–0	26,471	Kirovski
23 October 2001	Burnley	A	0–1	14,713
28 October 2001	Norwich City	H	3–2	19,553	Morrison (2), Freedman
31 October 2001	West Bromwich Albion	H	0–1	17,273
3 November 2001	Walsall	A	2–2	6,795	Hopkin, Freedman
17 November 2001	Crewe Alexandra	H	4–1	21,802	Walton (own goal), Morrison, Kirovski, Freedman
21 November 2001	Gillingham	A	0–3	9,396
24 November 2001	Preston North End	A	1–2	15,264	Freedman
28 November 2001	Coventry City	A	0–2	13,695
1 December 2001	Burnley	H	1–2	18,457	Morrison
8 December 2001	Manchester City	H	2–1	22,080	Freedman, Kirovski
11 December 2001	Birmingham City	A	0–1	20,119
15 December 2001	Watford	A	0–1	16,499
20 December 2001	Nottingham Forest	H	1–1	15,645	Morrison
26 December 2001	Millwall	A	0–3	16,630
29 December 2001	Bradford City	A	2–1	14,233	Berhalter, Benjamin
13 January 2002	Stockport County	A	1–0	5,541	Freedman
16 January 2002	Gillingham	H	3–1	17,646	Morrison (2), Freedman
19 January 2002	Rotherham United	H	2–0	17,311	Morrison, Smith
29 January 2002	Coventry City	H	1–3	16,197	Freedman
2 February 2002	Sheffield Wednesday	A	3–1	20,099	Morrison, Freedman, Smith
7 February 2002	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–2	18,475
16 February 2002	Wimbledon	A	1–1	13,564	Morrison
23 February 2002	Sheffield United	H	0–1	18,009
26 February 2002	Barnsley	A	4–1	11,207	Freedman, Riihilahti, Akinbiyi, Gray
2 March 2002	Grimsby Town	A	2–5	5,924	Gray, Morrison
5 March 2002	Portsmouth	H	0–0	15,915
9 March 2002	Watford	H	0–2	16,817
16 March 2002	Manchester City	A	0–1	33,637
23 March 2002	Walsall	H	2–0	21,038	Morrison, Freedman (pen)
30 March 2002	Norwich City	A	1–2	21,251	Morrison
1 April 2002	Birmingham City	H	0–0	19,598
7 April 2002	Crewe Alexandra	A	0–0	6,724
13 April 2002	Preston North End	H	2–0	21,361	Hopkin, Akinbiyi
21 April 2002	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–2	26,712

FA Cup

Main article: 2001–02 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	5 January 2002	Newcastle United	A	0–2	38,089

League Cup

Main article: 2001–02 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	21 August 2001	Leyton Orient	A	4–2	4,290	Morrison (2), Black (2)
R2	12 September 2001	Everton	A	1–1 (won 5-4 on pens)	21,128	Freedman (pen)
R3	10 October 2001	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2–2 (lost 1-3 on pens)	8,796	Rodger, Riihilahti

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	Aleksandrs Koliņko
2	DF	Jamie Smith
3	DF	Craig Harrison
4	DF	Dean Austin
6	MF	David Hopkin
7	MF	Hayden Mullins
8	MF	Simon Rodger
9	FW	Dougie Freedman
10	FW	Clinton Morrison
11	MF	Tommy Black
12	DF	Gregg Berhalter
13	GK	Lance Cronin
14	MF	Steve Thomson
15	MF	Aki Riihilahti
16	DF	Andy Frampton
17	FW	Andrejs Rubins

No.	Position	Player
20	FW	Richard Harris
21	GK	Cedric Carasso
24	MF	Julian Gray
25	MF	Jovan Kirovski
27	FW	Steve Kabba
28	DF	Tony Popovic
30	DF	Danny Granville
31	GK	Matt Clarke
32	MF	Jamie Pollock
33	DF	Scott Gooding
34	MF	Robert Kember
35	DF	Ryan Williams
36	DF	Kit Symons
38	DF	Curtis Fleming
40	MF	Wayne Routledge
55	FW	Ade Akinbiyi

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
5	MF	Fan Zhiyi (to Dundee)
5	DF	Christian Edwards (on loan from Nottingham Forest)
18	MF	Wayne Carlisle (to Bristol Rovers)
19	DF	David Woozley (to Torquay United)
21	GK	Matthew Gregg (released)
22	FW	Andy Martin (to Torquay United)
23	MF	Stephen Evans (to Brentford)
26	MF	Sean Hankin (to Torquay United)

No.	Position	Player
26	FW	Trevor Benjamin (on loan from Leicester City)
26	DF	Shaun Murphy (on loan from Sheffield United)
29	MF	Johnathan Boardman (to Woking)
30	FW	Chris Sharpling (to Woking)
36	DF	Steve Vickers (on loan from Middlesbrough)
37	DF	Richard Howell (to Stevenage Borough)
41	GK	Gary Hateley (to Weston-Super-Mare)

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
		GK	Fraser Digby
		DF	Gareth Gwillim

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Steve Warren

References

↑ Rookwood, Dan (31 May 2001). "Bruce confirmed as Palace manager". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 3 June 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
↑ Fifield, Dominic (3 November 2001). "Palace farce as Bruce awaits escape to Blues". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 3 June 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
↑ Stewart, Colin. "Bruce Left in Limbo as Palace Turn Down Resignation." The Scotsman: 3. 3 Nov 2001. ProQuest. Web. 31 May 2013. Archived on 3 June 2013. Accessed 2013-07-04.
↑ Johnson, William (12 November 2001). "Palace stand firm over Bruce dispute". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 3 June 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
↑ "Bruce finally joins the Blues". The Guardian. 12 December 2001. Archived from the original on 3 June 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
↑ Rookwood, Dan (30 November 2001). "Palace name Francis as manager". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 3 June 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/crystal-palace/2001-2002/results

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