2001–02 Manchester City F.C. season

Manchester City
Season 2001–02
Owner Publicly traded company
Chairmen David Bernstein
Manager Kevin Keegan
Team captain Stuart Pearce
Home stadium Maine Road
First Division Champions
(promoted to Premier League)
League Cup Fourth round
FA Cup Fifth round
Top goalscorer League: Shaun Goater (28 goals)
All comps: Shaun Goater (32 goals)
Highest home
attendance
34,657 v Portsmouth
21 April 2002
Highest away
attendance
51,020 v Newcastle United
17 February 2002
Lowest home
attendance
13,912 v Birmingham City
10 October 2001
Lowest away
attendance
5,972 v Notts County
11 September 2001
2000–01 2002–03
Results summary - all competitions
WinsDrawsLossesWin %
Home213 1 84.0%
Away143 1051.9%
Both356 1167.3%
Results summary - First Division
WinsDrawsLossesWin %
Home193 1 82.6%
Away123 8 52.2%
Both316 9 67.4%

The 2001–02 season was Manchester City Football Club's 110th season playing in a division of English football, most of which have been spent in the top flight. This season was the club's most recent season of second tier league football, with the team playing in the Football League First Division following its immediate relegation from the Premier League in the previous season after its promotion the season before that. This time around the team was promoted at the first time of asking, with it winning the First Division by a clear 10 points while scoring more than 100 league goals for the first time since the 1957–58 season.

Season review

The team's performance in the First Division this season matched a number of prior club records whilst also setting some new ones. The team equaled the record number of total goals scored (108) in any prior season; set a new club high for total league points accumulated (99) in a single season (since 3 points for a win was introduced into English football); produced the highest number of seasonal wins (31); and equaled the club's prior record for the total number of home wins (19). Additionally, Manchester City's First Division championship title became a record seventh English second-tier title won by the club, a record still to be surpassed by any other English team. Shaun Goater, the club's leading goal scorer this campaign with a tally of 32 goals - making him the first City player since Francis Lee in 1972 to net more than 30 goals in a season - scored 28 of those in the club's pursuit of promotion back to the top flight, which meant that he was also the leading goal scorer in the First Division this season.

Team kit

The team kit was produced by Le Coq Sportif and the shirt sponsor was Eidos Interactive.

Home
Away
Third

Historical league performance

Prior to this season, the history of Manchester City's performance in the English football league hierarchy since the creation of the Premier League in 1992 is summarised by the following timeline chart – which commences with the last season (1991–92) of the old Football League First Division (from which the Premier League was formed).

Games

Football League First Division

Position in final standings

Pos Club Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Comments
1Manchester City 46316910852+5699 Promotion to Premier League
2West Bromwich Albion 46278116129+3289
3Wolverhampton Wanderers 462511107643+3386 First Division Play-offs
4Millwall 462211136948+2177
5Birmingham City 462113127049+2176 Promoted to Premier League via Play-offs

Last updated: 21 April 2002 (end of season).
Source: Football League First Division 2001-02

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
46 31 6 9 108 52  +56 99 19 3 1 63 19  +44 12 3 8 45 33  +12

Last updated: 21 April 2002 (end of season).
Source: Football League First Division 2001-02

Points breakdown

Points at home: 60
Points away from home: 39

6 points: Barnsley, Birmingham City, Bradford City, Burnley, Crewe Alexandra,
0Gillingham, Grimsby Town, Millwall, Sheffield Wednesday, Watford,
0Wolverhampton Wanderers
4 points: Nottingham Forest, Rotherham United, Sheffield United, Walsall
3 points: Coventry City, Crystal Palace, Norwich City, Portsmouth, Preston N. End
1 point: 0Stockport County, West Bromwich Albion
0 points: Wimbledon

Biggest & smallest

Biggest home wins: 5–1 vs. Burnley, 29 December 2001 & vs. Barnsley, 6 April 2002
0 0 0 04–0 vs. Grimsby Town, 23 October 2001 & vs. Sheffield Wednesday, 27 Feb. 2002
Biggest home defeat: 0–4 vs. Wimbledon, 1 October 2001
Biggest away win: 2–6 vs. Sheffield Wednesday, 22 September 2001
Biggest away defeat: 4–0 vs. West Bromwich Albion, 8 September 2001

Biggest home attendance: 34,657 vs. Portsmouth, 21 April 2002
Smallest home attendance: 30,238 vs. Millwall, 30 January 2002
Biggest away attendance: 28,266 vs. Nottingham Forest, 28 October 2001
Smallest away attendance: 7,618 vs. Walsall, 23 February 2002

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundHAHAAHAAHHHHAHAAHAHAAAHHHHAHAHAHAHHAAAHAAHAHAH
Result W L W W L W L W W L D D L W D W W L W W W L W W D W W W W W L W D W W W W W W L D W W W W W

Last updated: 21 April 2002 (end of season).
Source: Football League First Division 2001-02
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Individual match reports

11 August 2001
15:00
Manchester City England 3 0 England Watford
Goater  59'
Berkovic  64'
Pearce  87'
(Report) Robinson Yellow cardYellow cardRed card 72'
Maine Road
Manchester

Attendance: 33,939
Referee: Mike Riley

18 August 2001
15:00
Norwich City England 2 0 England Manchester City
Libbra  75'
McVeigh
(Report) Wanchope Yellow cardYellow cardRed card 90'
Carrow Road
Norwich

Attendance: 18,745
Referee: Paul Taylor

25 August 2001
17:15
Manchester City England 5 2 England Crewe Alexandra
Wanchope  33',  90'
Pearce  pen' (41)
Goater  80',  89'
(Report) Hulse  44'
Little  45'
Maine Road
Manchester

Attendance: 32,844
Referee: Howard Webb

27 August 2001
18:15
Burnley England 2 4 England Manchester City
Davis  25'
Armstrong Red card 36'
Briscoe  52'
(Report) Goater  17',  62',  86'
Wanchope  50'
Turf Moor
Burnley

Attendance: 19,602
Referee: Clive Wilkes

8 September 2001
15:00
West Bromwich Albion England 4 0 England Manchester City
McInnes  10'
Clement  pen' (66),  79'
Dobie  83'
(Report)
The Hawthorns
West Bromwich

Attendance: 23,524
Referee: Graham Frankland

15 September 2001
12:30
Manchester City England 3 0 England Birmingham City
Goater  23',  42'
Dunne  25'
(Report)
Maine Road
Manchester

Attendance: 31,714
Referee: Jeff Winter

19 September 2001
19:45
Coventry City England 4 3 England Manchester City
Pearce  og' (15)
Konjic  45'
Hughes  65'
Thompson  89'
(Report) Benarbia  29'
Horlock  57'
Hall  og' (72)
Highfield Road
Coventry

Attendance: 18,804
Referee: Roger Furnandiz

22 September 2001
15:00
Sheffield Wednesday England 2 6 England Manchester City
Bonvin  3'
Bromby  47'
(Report) Benarbia  32'
Goater  35',  70'
Granville  59'
Wanchope  68',  pen' (79)
Hillsborough
Sheffield

Attendance: 25,731
Referee: Roy Pearson

25 September 2001
19:45
Manchester City England 3 0 England Walsall
Benarbia  24'
Goater  41'
Wanchope  pen' (59)
(Report)
Maine Road
Manchester

Attendance: 31,525
Referee: Rob Harris

29 September 2001
15:00
Manchester City England 0 4 England Wimbledon
(Report) Connolly  23',  pen' (35)
Shipperley  83',  90'
Maine Road
Manchester

Attendance: 32,989
Referee: John Brandwood

13 October 2001
15:00
Manchester City England 2 2 England Stockport County
Benarbia  51'
Goater  84'
(Report) Hurst  50'
Kuqi  pen' (68)
Maine Road
Manchester

Attendance: 34,214
Referee: David Pugh


21 October 2001
14:15
Preston North End England 2 1 England Manchester City
Healy  50'
Macken  67'
(Report) Huckerby  37'
Berkovic Red card 89'
Deepdale
Preston

Attendance: 21,013
Referee: Mike Dean

23 October 2001
19:45
Manchester City England 4 0 England Grimsby Town
Goater  2'
Howey  20'
Huckerby  24',  64'
(Report)
Maine Road
Manchester

Attendance: 30,797
Referee: Mark Cowburn


31 October 2001
19:45
Barnsley England 0 3 England Manchester City
(Report) Goater  14'
Pearce  35'
Huckerby  45'
Oakwell Stadium
Barnsley

Attendance: 15,159
Referee: Phil Joslin

3 November 2001
15:00
Manchester City England 4 1 England Gillingham
Goater  18',  20',  52'
Huckerby  35'
(Report) King  71'
Maine Road
Manchester

Attendance: 33,067
Referee: Richard Beeby

17 November 2001
12:30
Portsmouth England 2 1 England Manchester City
Bradbury  54'
Crouch  78'
(Report) Huckerby  28'
Fratton Park
Portsmouth

Attendance: 19,103
Referee: Paul Alcock

24 November 2001
15:00
Manchester City England 2 1 England Rotherham United
Negouai  43'
Benarbia  88'
(Report) Swailes  24'
Maine Road
Manchester

Attendance: 34,223
Referee: Mick Fletcher

1 December 2001
15:00
Grimsby Town England 0 2 England Manchester City
(Report) Huckerby  pen' (74)
Goater  90'
Blundell Park
Grimsby

Attendance: 7,960
Referee: Paul Rejer

4 December 2001
19:45
Millwall England 2 3 England Manchester City
Sadlier  45'
Claridge  pen' (75)
(Report) Goater  23'
Huckerby  68'
Wright-Phillips  83'
New Den
London

Attendance: 13,026
Referee: Clive Wilkes

8 December 2001
15:15
Crystal Palace England 2 1 England Manchester City
Freedman  31'
Kirovski  45'
(Report) Goater  68'
Selhurst Park
London

Attendance: 22,080
Referee: Bill Jordan


16 December 2001
14:15
Manchester City England 3 1 England Bradford City
Mettomo  36'
Horlock  58'
Wright-Phillips  64'
(Report) Dunne  og' (15)
Maine Road
Manchester

Attendance: 30,749
Referee: Phil Richards

26 December 2001
15:00
Manchester City England 0 0 England West Bromwich Albion
Edghill Yellow cardYellow cardRed card 48' (Report)
Maine Road
Manchester

Attendance: 34,407
Referee: Roger Furnandiz

29 December 2001
12:00
Manchester City England 5 1 England Burnley
Wanchope  2',  28',  45'
Berkovic  38'
Huckerby  90'
(Report) Thomas-Moore  61'
Maine Road
Manchester

Attendance: 34,250
Referee: Matt Messias

1 January 2002
15:00
Sheffield United England 1 3 England Manchester City
Brown  90' (Report) Goater  55'
Berkovic  68'
Wright-Phillips  90'
Bramall Lane
Sheffield

Attendance: 26,291
Referee: Alan Wiley

13 January 2002
14:15
Manchester City England 3 1 England Norwich City
Tiatto Red card 12'
Berkovic  43',  65'
Wanchope  pen' (61)
(Report) Nielsen  47'
Maine Road
Manchester

Attendance: 31,794
Referee: Roy Pearson

20 January 2002
18:15
Watford England 1 2 England Manchester City
Wanchope  30'
Helguson  og' (80)
(Report) Smith  26'
Vicarage Road
Watford

Attendance: 17,724
Referee: Dermot Gallagher

30 January 2002
19:45
Manchester City England 2 0 England Millwall
Benarbia Red card 7'
Goater  78',  87'
(Report)
Maine Road
Manchester

Attendance: 30,238
Referee: Peter Walton

3 February 2002
14:00
Wimbledon England 2 1 England Manchester City
Shipperley  34',  69' (Report) Benarbia  54'
Pearce Red card 90'
Selhurst Park
London

Attendance: 10,664
Referee: Phil Dowd

10 February 2002
14:15
Manchester City England 3 2 England Preston North End
Wright-Phillips  49'
Howey  56'
Wanchope  74'
(Report) Macken  47'
Anderson  90'
Maine Road
Manchester

Attendance: 34,220
Referee: Anthony Bates

23 February 2002
15:00
Walsall England 0 0 England Manchester City
[ (Report)]
Bescot Stadium
Walsall

Attendance: 7,618
Referee: David Crick


3 March 2002
13:00
Manchester City England 4 2 England Coventry City
Huckerby  15'
Tiatto  35'
Wright-Phillips  42',  71'
(Report) Mills  19',  88'
Maine Road
Manchester

Attendance: 33,335
Referee: Mike Pike

5 March 2002
19:45
Birmingham City England 1 2 England Manchester City
Johnson  4' (Report) Jensen  43'
Horlock  68'
St Andrew's
Birmingham

Attendance: 24,160
Referee: Bill Jordan

8 March 2002
19:45
Bradford City England 0 2 England Manchester City
(Report) Huckerby  44'
Macken  90'
Valley Parade
Bradford

Attendance: 18,168

12 March 2002
19:45
Crewe Alexandra England 1 3 England Manchester City
Jack  55' (Report) Benarbia  30'
Huckerby  45'
Goater  75'
Gresty Road
Crewe

Attendance: 10,092
Referee: Paul Danson


19 March 2002
19:45
Stockport County England 2 1 England Manchester City
Hardiker  85',  90' (Report) Macken  18'
Goater Red card 30'
Edgeley Park
Stockport

Attendance: 9,537
Referee: Clive Wilkes

23 March 2002
15:00
Rotherham United England 1 1 England Manchester City
Lee  45' (Report) Benarbia  60'
Millmoor
Rotherham

Attendance: 11,426
Referee: Dermot Gallagher

30 March 2002
15:00
Manchester City England 3 0 England Nottingham Forest
Huckerby  40',  45',  pen' (84) (Report)
Maine Road
Manchester

Attendance: 34,345
Referee: Mike Jones


6 April 2002
13:00
Manchester City England 5 1 England Barnsley
Huckerby  12',  36',  63'
Macken  53',  70'
(Report) Dyer  43'
Maine Road
Manchester

Attendance: 33,628

13 April 2002
15:00
Gillingham England 1 3 England Manchester City
Onuora  34' (Report) Horlock  20'
Goater  39'
Huckerby  85'

21 April 2002
15:00
Manchester City England 3 1 England Portsmouth
Howey  9'
Goater  27'
Macken  86'
(Report) Pitt  59'
Maine Road
Manchester

Attendance: 34,657
Referee: Roger Furnandiz

League Cup

Second round

11 September 2001
19:45
Notts County England 2 2
2 4 (aet)
England Manchester City
Allsopp  pen' (68)
Stallard  70'
(Report) Shuker  61'
Goater  86'
Dickov  92'
Huckerby  103'
Meadow Lane
Nottingham

Attendance: 5,972

Third round

10 October 2001
19:45
Manchester City England 6 0 England Birmingham City
Huckerby  10',  25',  81',  89'
Luntala  og' (14)
Goater  53'
(Report)
Maine Road
Manchester

Attendance: 13,912
Referee: Rob Styles

Fourth round

28 November 2001
19:45
Blackburn Rovers England 2 0 England Manchester City
Johansson  44'
D. Johnson  89'
(Report) Negouai Yellow cardYellow cardRed card 26'
Ewood Park
Blackburn

Attendance: 17,907
Referee: Uriah Rennie

FA Cup

Third round

5 January 2002
13:00
Manchester City England 2 0 England Swindon Town
Wanchope  8'
Horlock  62'
(Report)
Maine Road
Manchester

Attendance: 21,581
Referee: Chris Foy

Fourth round

27 January 2002
19:00
Ipswich Town England 1 4 England Manchester City
Bent  83' (Report) Berkovic  43'
Goater  65',  86'
Huckerby  90'
Portman Road
Ipswich

Attendance: 21,119
Referee: Graham Poll

Fifth round

17 February 2002
19:00
Newcastle United England 1 0 England Manchester City
Solano  59' (Report) Dunne Red card 29'
St James' Park
Newcastle

Attendance: 51,020
Referee: Alan Wiley

Playing statistics

Appearances for competitive matches only

No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1GKEngland Nicky Weaver 24(1)02(0)02(0)028(1)0
2DFEngland Stuart Pearce 38(0)31(1)03(0)042(1)3
3DFEngland Richard Edghill 9(1)01(2)00010(3)0
4DFNetherlands Gerard Wiekens 21(5)01(0)02(0)024(5)0
5DFScotland Andy Morrison 00000000
6MFEngland Kevin Horlock 33(9)73(0)12(0)038(9)8
7FWEngland Darren Huckerby 30(8)203(2)12(1)535(11)26
8DFAustralia Simon Colosimo 0(6)0001(0)01(6)0
8FWEngland Jon Macken 4(4)500004(4)5
9FWScotland Paul Dickov 0(6)00(1)00(1)00(8)1
10FWBermuda Shaun Goater 42(0)281(1)22(0)245(1)32
11MFEngland Terry Cooke 00000000
13MFMartinique Christian Negouai 2(2)10(2)02(0)04(4)1
14MFIsrael Eyal Berkovic 20(5)63(0)12(1)025(6)7
15DFNorway Alf-Inge Håland 0(3)00(1)0000(4)0
16DFScotland Paul Ritchie 0(7)02(1)00(1)02(9)0
17DFChina Sun Jihai 2(5)000002(5)0
18MFNorthern Ireland Jeff Whitley 0(2)000000(2)0
19DFAustralia Danny Tiatto 36(1)11(0)02(0)039(1)1
20GKEngland Carlo Nash 22(1)01(0)01(0)024(1)0
21MFFrance Alioune Touré 0(1)0000(1)00(2)0
22DFRepublic of Ireland Richard Dunne 42(2)13(0)03(0)048(2)1
23FWCosta Rica Paulo Wanchope 14(1)122(0)11(0)017(1)13
24DFEngland Steve Howey 34(0)32(0)02(0)038(0)3
25DFCameroon Lucien Mettomo 16(5)1001(1)017(6)1
26DFEngland Tyrone Mears 0(1)000000(1)0
27DFEngland Stephen Jordan 00000000
28MFEngland Tony Grant 2(1)0001(0)03(1)0
29MFEngland Shaun Wright-Phillips 30(4)83(0)01(1)034(5)8
31DFFrance Laurent Charvet 3(0)000003(0)0
32GKEngland Simon Royce 00000000
32FWEngland Leon Mike 1(1)000001(1)0
33FWNew Zealand Chris Killen 0(2)00(1)0000(3)0
35GKRepublic of Ireland Brian Murphy 00000000
36DFDenmark Niclas Jensen 16(1)12(1)00018(2)1
36DFEngland Danny Granville 12(4)1001(1)013(5)1
37MFCanada Terry Dunfield 00000000
38DFWales Rhys Day 00000000
39MFNigeria Dickson Etuhu 11(1)0001(0)012(1)0
40MFEngland Chris Shuker 0(2)0000(1)00(3)1
44MFAlgeria Ali Benarbia 38(0)82(0)02(0)042(0)8

Information current as of 21 April 2002 (end of season)

Last updated: 24 November 2010.
Source: (for appearances, goals and discipline stats.) All match Reports in Games section above

Goal scorers

Information current as of 21 April 2002 (end of season)

See also

References

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