2001–02 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season

West Bromwich Albion
2001–02 season
ChairmanPaul Thompson
ManagerGary Megson
Football League First Division2nd (promoted)
FA CupSixth round
League CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Scott Dobie (10)
All: Scott Dobie (12)
Highest home attendanceLeague: 26,701 (vs. Crystal Palace F.C., 21 April 2002)
All: 27,179 (vs. Cheltenham Town, FA Cup fifth round, 16 February 2002)
Lowest home attendanceLeague: 17,335 (vs. Millwall, 11 October 2001)
All: 14,536 (vs. Swindon Town, League Cup second round, 11 September 2001)
Average home league attendanceLeague: 20,691

The 2001–02 season was West Bromwich Albion's 106th season in The Football League. The team had lost in the playoff semi-final to Bolton Wanderers in 2000–01, meaning that they would be playing in the Football League First Division for the ninth consecutive season, their 33rd season in total at the second level of English football.

Albion won eight and drew two of their last ten league games and sealed promotion by beating Crystal Palace on the final day of the season. The club's success was built on a solid defence; although only 12th in the division in terms of goals scored, they conceded just 29 times, the fewest goals the club has ever conceded in a league season of 42 or more games. The team kept a club record 27 clean sheets (24 of which were in the league), including 17 1–0 wins (15 in the league).

The £7.5 million East Stand at the club's home ground, The Hawthorns, was completed in time for the start of the season. It replaced the old 'Rainbow Stand', which had been built in 1964.[1]

Kit

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West Bromwich Albion retained the previous season's kit, manufactured by Patrick and sponsored by the West Bromwich Building Society.

Players

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First-team squad

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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 Russell Hoult
2 DF England ENG Des Lyttle
3 DF England ENG Neil Clement
4 MF Scotland SCO Derek McInnes
5 DF England ENG Tony Butler
6 DF England ENG Phil Gilchrist
7 MF England ENG Ruel Fox[notes 1]
8 MF England ENG Michael Appleton
9 FW England ENG Bob Taylor
10 MF Wales WAL Andy Johnson[notes 2]
11 FW Grenada GRN Jason Roberts[notes 3]
12 FW Northern Ireland NIR James Quinn[notes 4]
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 FW England ENG Daniele Dichio
15 DF Jamaica JAM Darren Moore[notes 5]
16 DF Slovakia SVK Igor Bališ
17 DF Iceland ISL Lárus Sigurðsson
18 FW Scotland SCO Scott Dobie[notes 6]
19 DF Scotland SCO Warren Cummings (on loan from Chelsea)
20 MF Portugal POR Jordão[notes 7]
21 GK Denmark DEN Brian Jensen
22 DF England ENG James Chambers
23 DF England ENG Adam Chambers
26 DF Slovakia SVK Stanislav Varga (on loan from Sunderland)
27 FW England ENG Trevor Benjamin[notes 8] (on loan from Leicester City)

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
10 FW England ENG Lee Hughes (to Coventry City)
25 FW Germany GER Uwe Rösler (on loan from Southampton)
No. Pos. Nation Player
26 MF Italy ITA Massimiliano Iezzi (released)

Reserve squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
24 MF England ENG Adam Oliver
28 FW England ENG Matthew Turner
29 MF England ENG Mark Briggs
30 GK England ENG Chris Adamson
31 GK Northern Ireland NIR Elliot Morris
No. Pos. Nation Player
32 DF England ENG Matt Collins
33 FW England ENG Mark Scott
34 GK Australia AUS Andy Petterson
— MF England ENG Lloyd Dyer

Match results

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Legend

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Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

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See also: The Football League 2001–02
Game Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers Notes
1 11 August 2001 Walsall Away 1–2 9,181 (2,000) Clement
2 18 August 2001 Grimsby Town Home 0–1 17,921 (684)
3 25 August 2001 Sheffield Wednesday Away 1–1 18,844 (1,865) Dichio
4 27 August 2001 Gillingham Home 1–0 18,180 (832) Dichio
5 8 September 2001 Manchester City Home 4–0 23,524 (4,892) McInnes, Clement (2, 1 pen), Dobie
6 15 September 2001 Watford Away 2–1 15,726 (1,974) Dobie (2)
7 18 September 2001 Preston North End Home 2–0 18,289 (893) Dobie (2)
8 22 September 2001 Wimbledon Home 0–1 19,222
9 25 September 2001 Portsmouth Away 2–1 17,287 Clement, Dobie
10 29 September 2001 Burnley Home 1–0 21,442 (2,503) Dobie
11 11 October 2001 Millwall Home 0–2 17,335 (378)
12 16 October 2001 Stockport County Away 2–1 6,052 (1,276) Taylor (2)
13 19 October 2001 Norwich City Away 0–2 20,465 (1,173)
14 25 October 2001 Wolverhampton Wanderers Home 1–1 26,143 (5,186) Clement
15 28 October 2001 Barnsley Away 2–3 12,490 (853) Johnson, Clement
16 31 October 2001 Crystal Palace Away 1–0 17,273 (1,202) Taylor
17 4 November 2001 Nottingham Forest Home 1–0 18,281 (1,300) Rösler
18 7 November 2001 Birmingham City Away 1–0 23,554 Johnson
19 17 November 2001 Rotherham United Away 1–2 8,509 (2,400) Moore
20 24 November 2001 Bradford City Home 1–0 18,910 (944) McInnes
21 2 December 2001 Wolverhampton Wanderers Away 1–0 27,515 (3,200) Jordão
22 8 December 2001 Sheffield United Home 0–1 19,462
23 12 December 2001 Coventry City Home 1–0 22,543 (1,371) Konjić (own goal)
24 15 December 2001 Crewe Alexandra Away 1–1 8,154 (2,176) Jordão
25 22 December 2001 Sheffield Wednesday Home 1–1 20,340 (1,393) Fox
26 26 December 2001 Manchester City Away 0–0 34,407 (2,100)
27 29 December 2001 Gillingham Away 1–2 9,912 (1,600) Johnson
28 1 January 2002 Stockport County Home 4–0 20,541 (683) Dichio (2), Roberts, Johnson
29 12 January 2002 Grimsby Town Away 0–0 6,011 (1,498)
30 20 January 2002 Walsall Home 1–0 20,290 (2,387) Roberts
31 29 January 2002 Birmingham City Home 1–0 25,266 (5,049) Roberts
32 3 February 2002 Burnley Away 2–0 15,846 (1,452) Roberts (2)
33 10 February 2002 Norwich City Home 1–0 19,115 (542) Dichio
34 19 February 2002 Millwall Away 0–1 13,716 (1,255)
35 23 February 2002 Portsmouth Home 5–0 21,028 (1,374) Roberts (2), Sigurðsson, Dobie, Bališ
36 26 February 2002 Preston North End Away 0–1 14,487 (1,432)
37 2 March 2002 Wimbledon Away 1–0 8,363 (1,803) Dichio
38 5 March 2002 Watford Home 1–1 19,580 (946) Dichio
39 16 March 2002 Sheffield United Away 3–0 17,653 (2,646) Dobie (2), McInnes
40 22 March 2002 Nottingham Forest Away 1–0 24,788 (5,000) Taylor
41 26 March 2002 Crewe Alexandra Home 4–1 21,303 (544) Jordão (2), Dichio, Wright (own goal)
42 30 March 2002 Barnsley Home 3–1 23,167 (1,253) Jordão, Dichio, Benjamin
43 1 April 2002 Coventry City Away 1–0 21,513 (3,800) Taylor
44 7 April 2002 Rotherham United Home 1–1 22,376 (703) Taylor
45 13 April 2002 Bradford City Away 1–0 20,209 (3,500) Bališ (pen)
46 21 April 2002 Crystal Palace Home 2–0 26,712 (1,896) Moore, Taylor

FA Cup

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See also: FA Cup 2001–02
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers Notes
3 5 January 2002 Sunderland Away 2–1 29,133 (5,300) Clement (pen), Johnson
4 26 January 2002 Leicester City Home 1–0 26,820 (5,184) Clement (pen)
5 16 February 2002 Cheltenham Town Home 1–0 27,179 Dichio
6 10 March 2002 Fulham Home 0–1 24,811

League Cup

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See also: Football League Cup 2001–02
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers Notes
1 22 August 2001 Cambridge United Away 1–1 3,363 Dobie (after extra time; Albion won 4–3 on penalties)
2 11 September 2001 Swindon Town Home 2–0 14,536 (643) Dobie, Jordão (after extra time)
3 9 October 2001 Charlton Athletic Home 0–1 9,625

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Fox was born in Norwich, England, and played for the England B team, but also qualified to represent Montserrat internationally and would make his international debut for Montserrat in 2004.
  2. ^ Johnson was born in Bristol, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in 1998.
  3. ^ Roberts was born in Park Royal, England, but also qualified to represent Grenada internationally through his father and made his international debut for Grenada in 1998.
  4. ^ Quinn was born in Coventry, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and made his international debut for Northern Ireland in 1996.
  5. ^ Moore was born in Birmingham, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 1999.
  6. ^ Dobie was born in Workington, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and made his international debut for Scotland in 2002.
  7. ^ Jordão was born in Malanje, Portuguese Angola (now Angola), but also qualified to represent Portugal internationally and represented them at U-21 level.
  8. ^ 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

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  1. ^ "A History of The Hawthorns". West Bromwich Albion F.C. Archived from the original on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  • McOwan, Gavin (2002). The Essential History of West Bromwich Albion. Headline. ISBN 0-7553-1146-9.
  • Matthews, Tony (2007). West Bromwich Albion: The Complete Record. Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-565-4.
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