2001–02 season of Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace 2001–02 football season
During the 2001–02 English football season, Crystal Palace F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.
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]
Source:
[citation needed ] Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Crystal Palace's score comes first [7]
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
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers R3 5 January 2002 Newcastle United A 0–2 38,089
Squad at end of season [8] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Left club during season [ edit ] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
^ Morrison was born in Wandsworth , England , but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandmother and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in August 2001. ^ Fleming was born in Basingstoke , England , but also qualified to represent Wales internationally through his father and made his international debut for Wales in February 1992. ^ Fleming was born in Manchester , England , but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in April 1996. ^ Akinbiyi was born in Hackney , England , but also qualified to represent Nigeria internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Nigeria in 1999. ^ 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.
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