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Norwich City
2001–02 season
ChairmanBob Cooper
Manager Nigel Worthington
Stadium Carrow Road
First Division 6th
FA Cup Third round
League Cup Second round
Top goalscorerLeague: Iwan Roberts (14) [1]
All: Iwan Roberts (14) [1]
Highest home attendance21,251 [2]
Lowest home attendance15,710 [1]
Average home league attendance18,629 [2]
←  2000–01
2002–03 →

During the 2001–02 English football season, Norwich City F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

Despite losing 4–0 to Millwall on the opening day of the season, 2001–02 was a successful one for Norwich City. The Canaries never dropped out of the top 10 in Division One following their opening result and sneaked into the playoff places on the last day, following a 2–0 win over Stockport County. Their FA Cup run was halted at the third round after losing 4–0 to Chelsea after a replay. The game featured a memorable backheeled goal by Chelsea's Italian forward Gianfranco Zola. Norwich's League Cup run was equally disappointing, losing 1–0 away to Brentford away in the first round. Norwich faced Wolverhampton Wanderers in the First Division playoff semi final, defeating them 3–2 on aggregate, setting up a tie with Birmingham City in the final. The Canaries were eventually defeated on penalties at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff after Iwan Roberts had opened the scoring for Norwich in extra time, following a goalless 90 minutes.

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
4 Millwall 46 22 11 13 69 48 +21 77 Qualification for the First Division play-offs
5 Birmingham City (O, P) 46 21 13 12 70 49 +21 76
6 Norwich City 46 22 9 15 60 51 +9 75
7 Burnley 46 21 12 13 70 62 +8 75
8 Preston North End 46 20 12 14 71 59 +12 72
Source: [ citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results

All results referenced from statto.com [3]

Football League First Division

11 August 2001 1 Millwall 4–0 Norwich City London
Stadium: The New Den
25 August 2001 3 Wimbledon 0–1 Norwich City
27 August 2001 4 Norwich City 2–0 Sheffield Wednesday Norwich
Stadium: Carrow Road
8 September 2001 5 Norwich City 1–0 Nottingham Forest Norwich
Stadium: Carrow Road
15 September 2001 6 Rotherham United 1–1 Norwich City
18 September 2001 7 Norwich City 3–1 Watford Norwich
Stadium: Carrow Road
22 September 2001 8 Norwich City 2–1 Burnley Norwich
Stadium: Carrow Road
26 September 2001 9 Preston North End 4–0 Norwich City
29 September 2001 10 Sheffield United 2–1 Norwich City
9 October 2001 11 Walsall 2–0 Norwich City
13 October 2001 12 Gillingham 0–2 Norwich City
19 October 2001 13 Norwich City 2–0 West Bromwich Albion Norwich
Stadium: Carrow Road
23 October 2001 14 Norwich City 0–0 Portsmouth Norwich
Stadium: Carrow Road
28 October 2001 15 Crystal Palace 3–2 Norwich City
30 October 2001 16 Grimsby Town 0-2 Norwich City
3 November 2001 17 Norwich City 2–0 Wolverhampton Wndrs Norwich
Stadium: Carrow Road
10 November 2001 18 Norwich City 1–4 Bradford City Norwich
Stadium: Carrow Road
15 November 2001 19 Stockport County 2-1 Norwich City
20 November 2001 20 Norwich City 2–2 Crewe Alexandra Norwich
Stadium: Carrow Road
24 November 2001 21 Norwich City 2–1 Barnsley Norwich
Stadium: Carrow Road
2 December 2001 22 Portsmouth 1-2 Norwich City
8 December 2001 23 Birmingham City 4–0 Norwich City
15 December 2001 24 Norwich City 2–0 Coventry City Norwich
Stadium: Carrow Road
22 December 2001 25 Norwich City 2–1 Wimbledon Norwich
Stadium: Carrow Road
26 December 2001 26 Nottingham Forest 2–0 Norwich City
29 December 2001 27 Sheffield Wednesday 0–5 Norwich City
1 January 2002 28 Norwich City 1–1 Walsall Norwich
Stadium: Carrow Road
13 January 2002 29 Manchester City 3–1 Norwich City
20 January 2002 30 Norwich City 0–0 Millwall Norwich
Stadium: Carrow Road
29 January 2002 31 Crewe Alexandra 1-0 Norwich City
3 February 2002 32 Norwich City 2–1 Sheffield United Norwich
Stadium: Carrow Road
10 February 2002 33 West Bromwich Albion 1-0 Norwich City
22 February 2002 34 Norwich City 3–0 Preston North End Norwich
Stadium: Carrow Road
26 February 2002 35 Watford 2-1 Norwich City
2 March 2002 36 Burnley 1–1 Norwich City
5 March 2002 37 Norwich City 0–0 Rotherham United Norwich
Stadium: Carrow Road
9 March 2002 38 Coventry City 2-1 Norwich City
15 March 2002 39 Norwich City 0–1 Birmingham City Norwich
Stadium: Carrow Road
19 March 2002 40 Norwich City 2–1 Gillingham Norwich
Stadium: Carrow Road
23 March 2002 41 Wolverhampton Wndrs 0–0 Norwich City
30 March 2002 42 Norwich City 2–1 Crystal Palace Norwich
Stadium: Carrow Road
1 April 2002 43 Bradford City 0–1 Norwich City
6 April 2002 44 Norwich City 1–1 Grimsby Town Norwich
Stadium: Carrow Road
13 April 2002 45 Barnsley 0–2 Norwich City
21 April 2002 46 Norwich City 2–0 Stockport County Norwich
Stadium: Carrow Road

Play-offs

28 April 2002 Semi-final Norwich City 3–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Norwich
Stadium: Carrow Road
1 May 2002 Semi-final Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0 Norwich City Wolverhampton
Stadium: Molineux Stadium
12 May 2002 Final Norwich City 1–1 (aet) Birmingham City Cardiff
Main Article Stadium: Millennium Stadium

FA Cup

5 January 2002 3 Norwich City 0–0 Chelsea Norwich
Stadium: Carrow Road
5 January 2002 3 Replay Chelsea 4–0 Norwich City Chelsea
Stadium: Stamford Bridge Stadium

League Cup

21 August 2001 2 Brentford 1–0 Norwich City Brentford

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season [4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK England  ENG Robert Green
2 DF Republic of Ireland  IRL Brian McGovern
3 DF England  ENG Adam Drury
4 DF Scotland  SCO Malky Mackay
5 DF England  ENG Craig Fleming
6 FW Denmark  DEN David Nielsen (on loan from Wimbledon)
7 MF Northern Ireland  NIR Phil Mulryne
8 MF Scotland  SCO Gary Holt
9 FW Wales  WAL Iwan Roberts
10 FW England  ENG Zema Abbey
11 MF Wales  WAL Chris Llewellyn
12 MF England  ENG Darel Russell
13 GK England  ENG Arran Lee-Barrett
14 FW Scotland  SCO Alex Notman
15 DF England  ENG Darren Kenton
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF Denmark  DEN Steen Nedergaard
17 DF England  ENG Daryl Sutch
18 FW Northern Ireland  NIR Paul McVeigh
19 FW France  FRA Marc Libbra
20 FW Switzerland  SUI Gaetano Giallanza
22 FW England  ENG Ian Henderson
23 MF England  ENG Neil Emblen
24 MF England  ENG Clint Easton
25 MF England  ENG Lewis Blois
26 FW England  ENG Danny Bloomfield
27 MF England  ENG Mark Rivers
28 GK England  ENG Paul Crichton
29 MF England  ENG Andrew Oxby
30 FW England  ENG Paul Hayes

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. Pos. Nation Player
6 DF England  ENG Matt Jackson (to Wigan Athletic)
19 DF England  ENG Adrian Forbes (to Luton Town)
21 FW Northern Ireland  NIR Adrian Coote [notes 1] (to Colchester United)
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 FW Scotland  SCO Paul Dalglish (released)
31 FW England  ENG Trevor Benjamin [notes 2] (on loan from Leicester City)

Reserve squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF England  ENG Damian Batt
DF England  ENG Jason Shackell
MF England  ENG Dean Sinclair
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW England  ENG Danny Crow
FW England  ENG Ryan Jarvis

Notes

  1. ^ Coote was born in Belton with Browston, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for Northern Ireland in 1999.
  2. ^ Benjamin was born in Kettering, England, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and would make his international debut for Jamaica in November 2002.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Norwich City". stats.football365.co.uk. Archived from the original on 28 August 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Attendance Table". stats.football365.co.uk. Archived from the original on 17 January 2005. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Norwich City 2001-2002". statto.com. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  4. ^ "Norwich City". footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 24 April 2013.