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Rotherham United
2001–02 season
ChairmanKen Booth
Manager Ronnie Moore
Stadium Millmoor
First Division 21st
FA Cup Fourth round
Worthington Cup Second round
Top goalscorerLeague: Robins (15)
All: Robins (16)
Highest home attendance11,426 vs Manchester City
(23 Mar 2002, First Division)
Lowest home attendance3,539 vs Bradford City
(11 Sep 2001, League Cup)
Average home league attendance7,455
←  2000–01
2002–03 →

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

Season summary

In Rotherham's first season in the second tier of English football since 1983, it was a huge struggle for manager Ronnie Moore as the team started the season poorly by failing to win any of their opening 10 league games which saw them bottom with only four points and seemed destined for a return to the Second Division but from the start of October went on a decent run by picking up 15 points from the next eight league games which saw them climb out of the relegation zone and kept themselves away from the drop for rest of the season despite failing to win any of their final 10 league matches.

Final league table

Main article: 2001–02 Football League § First Division

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
19 Grimsby Town 46 12 14 20 50 72 −22 50
20 Sheffield Wednesday 46 12 14 20 49 71 −22 50
21 Rotherham United 46 10 19 17 52 66 −14 49
22 Crewe Alexandra (R) 46 12 13 21 47 76 −29 49 Relegation to the Second Division
23 Barnsley (R) 46 11 15 20 59 86 −27 48
Source: [ citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated

Results

Rotherham United's score comes first [1]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
11 August 2001 Crystal Palace H 2–3 6,994 Branston, Robins
18 August 2001 Watford A 2–3 13,839 Robins (2)
23 August 2001 Sheffield United H 1–1 7,515 Scott
27 August 2001 Barnsley A 1–1 15,552 Robins
8 September 2001 Burnley A 0–3 14,820
15 September 2001 Norwich City H 1–1 6,099 Robins (pen)
17 September 2001 Nottingham Forest A 0–2 15,632
22 September 2001 Gillingham A 1–2 7,688 Robins
25 September 2001 Sheffield Wednesday H 1–1 8,474 McIntosh
29 September 2001 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 0–3 8,298
5 October 2001 Grimsby Town A 2–0 6,662 Robins (2)
12 October 2001 Portsmouth H 2–1 6,427 Monkhouse, Beech
17 October 2001 Coventry City H 0–0 6,582
20 October 2001 Stockport County A 1–0 6,616 Talbot
23 October 2001 Walsall A 2–3 6,162 Scott, Monkhouse
27 October 2001 Wimbledon H 3–2 5,586 Swailes, Robins (pen), McIntosh
30 October 2001 Crewe Alexandra H 2–2 5,971 Robins, Swailes
4 November 2001 Birmingham City A 2–2 28,436 Lee, Swailes
9 November 2001 Millwall A 0–1 12,173
17 November 2001 West Bromwich Albion H 2–1 8,509 Swailes, Lee
24 November 2001 Manchester City A 1–2 34,223 Swailes
1 December 2001 Walsall H 2–0 6,273 Mullin, Lee
8 December 2001 Bradford City A 1–3 14,529 Scott
15 December 2001 Preston North End H 1–0 6,558 McIntosh
22 December 2001 Sheffield United A 2–2 22,749 Watson, Swailes
29 December 2001 Barnsley H 1–1 9,737 Barker
12 January 2002 Watford H 1–1 6,409 Barker
19 January 2002 Crystal Palace A 0–2 17,311
29 January 2002 Grimsby Town H 1–1 6,098 Lee
2 February 2002 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 1–2 22,591 Lee
6 February 2002 Coventry City A 0–2 12,893
9 February 2002 Stockport County H 3–2 6,413 Sedgwick, Robins (2, 1 pen)
12 February 2002 Burnley H 1–1 9,021 Robins (pen)
16 February 2002 Portsmouth A 0–0 13,313
23 February 2002 Sheffield Wednesday A 2–1 28,179 Lee, Barker
26 February 2002 Gillingham H 3–2 6,005 Robins, Mullin, Daws
2 March 2002 Nottingham Forest H 1–2 8,455 Robins (pen)
5 March 2002 Norwich City A 0–0 18,485
9 March 2002 Preston North End A 1–2 14,579 Lee
16 March 2002 Bradford City H 1–1 7,182 Lee (pen)
23 March 2002 Manchester City H 1–1 11,426 Lee (pen)
30 March 2002 Wimbledon A 0–1 4,751
1 April 2002 Millwall H 0–0 6,888
7 April 2002 West Bromwich Albion A 1–1 22,376 Byfield
13 April 2002 Birmingham City H 2–2 10,536 Byfield, McIntosh
21 April 2002 Crewe Alexandra A 0–2 7,904

FA Cup

Main article: 2001–02 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
Third round 16 January 2002 Southampton H 2–1 8,464 Barker, Mullin
Fourth round 26 January 2002 Crewe Alexandra H 2–4 8,477 Mullin, Warne

League Cup

Main article: 2001–02 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
First round 20 August 2001 Scunthorpe United A 2–0 2,589 Lee, Robins
Second round 11 September 2001 Bradford City H 0–4 3,539

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season [2]

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 Mike Pollitt
2 DF England  ENG Chris Beech
3 DF England  ENG David Artell
4 DF England  ENG Rob Scott
5 MF England  ENG Darren Garner
6 DF England  ENG Marvin Bryan
7 FW England  ENG Mark Robins
8 DF England  ENG Chris Swailes
9 FW Republic of Ireland  IRL Alan Lee
10 MF England  ENG Paul Warne
11 MF England  ENG Nick Daws
12 MF England  ENG Stewart Talbot
13 GK England  ENG Ian Gray
14 FW England  ENG Nathan Lowndes (on loan from Livingston)
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF Scotland  SCO Martin McIntosh
16 DF England  ENG Paul Hurst
17 MF England  ENG John Mullin
18 FW Portugal  POR Jose Miranda
19 DF Wales  WAL Rhodri Jones
20 FW England  ENG Andy Monkhouse
21 MF England  ENG Danny Hudson
22 MF Wales  WAL Chris Holloway
23 FW Jamaica  JAM Darren Byfield
24 MF England  ENG Chris Sedgwick
28 DF England  ENG Guy Branston
29 FW England  ENG Richie Barker
30 GK Scotland  SCO Ryan Esson (on loan from Aberdeen)

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
14 MF England  ENG Kevin Watson (to Reading)
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF England  ENG Trevor Berry (to Waterford United)

References

  1. ^ Ltd, Statto Organisation. "Rotherham United results for the 2001-2002 season - Statto.com". Statto.com. Archived from the original on 14 September 2016.
  2. ^ "FootballSquads - Rotherham United - 2001/02". www.footballsquads.co.uk.
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