2001-02 in English football

Football League Division Two

                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A   GD  Pts
 1. Brighton & Hove Albion   46  17  5  1  42  16   8 10  5  24  26  +24  90
 2. Reading                  46  12  7  4  36  20  11  8  4  34  23  +27  84
 3. Brentford                46  17  5  1  48  12   7  6 10  29  31  +34  83
 4. Cardiff City             46  12  8  3  39  25  11  6  6  36  25  +25  83
 5. Stoke City               46  16  4  3  43  12   7  7  9  24  28  +27  80
 6. Huddersfield Town        46  13  7  3  35  19   8  8  7  30  28  +18  78
 7. Bristol City             46  13  6  4  38  21   8  4 11  30  32  +15  73
 8. Queens Park Rangers      46  11 10  2  35  18   8  4 11  25  31  +11  71
 9. Oldham Athletic          46  14  6  3  47  27   4  10 9  30  38  +12  70
10. Wigan Athletic           46   9  6  8  36  23   7  10 6  30  28  +15  64
11. Wycombe Wanderers        46  13  5  5  38  26   4  8 11  20  38   -6  64
12. Tranmere Rovers          46  10  9  4  39  19   6  6 11  24  41   +3  63
13. Swindon Town             46  10  7  6  26  21   5  7 11  20  35  -10  59
14. Port Vale                46  11  6  6  35  24   5  4 14  16  38  -11  58
15. Colchester United        46   9  6  6  35  33   6  6 11  30  43  -11  57
16. Blackpool                46   8  9  6  39  31   6  5 12  27  38   -3  56
17. Peterborough United      46  11  5  7  46  26   4  5 14  18  33   -5  55
18. Chesterfield             46   9  3 11  35  36   4 10  9  18  29  -12  52
19. Notts County             46   8  7  8  28  29   5  4 14  31  42  -12  50
20. Northampton Town         46   9  4 10  30  33   5  3 15  24  46  -25  49
21. A.F.C. Bournemouth       46   9  4 10  36  33   1 10 12  20  38  -15  44
22. Bury                     46   6  9  8  26  32   5  2 16  17  43  -32  44
23. Wrexham                  46   7  7  9  29  32   4  3 16  27  57  -33  43
24. Cambridge United         46   7  7  9  29  34   0  6 17  18  59  -46  34

Football League Division Three

                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A   GD  Pts
 1. Plymouth Argyle          46  19  2  2  41  11  12  7  4  30  17  +43  102
 2. Luton Town               46  15  5  3  50  18  15  2  6  46  30  +48  97
 3. Mansfield Town           46  17  3  3  49  24   7  4 12  23  36  +12  79
 4. Cheltenham Town          46  11 11  1  40  20  10  4  9  26  29  +17  78
 5. Rochdale                 46  13  8  2  41  22   8  7  8  24  30  +13  78
 6. Rushden & Diamonds       46  14  5  4  40  20   6  8  9  29  33  +15  73
 7. Hartlepool United        46  12  6  5  53  23   8  5 10  21  25  +26  71  
 8. Scunthorpe United        46  14  5  4  43  22   5  9  9  31  34  +18  71
 9. Shrewsbury Town          46  13  4  6  36  19   7  6 10  28  34  +11  70
10. Kidderminster Harriers   46  13  6  4  35  17   6  3 14  21  30   +9  66
11. Hull City                46  12  6  5  38  18   4  7 12  19  33   +6  61   
12. Southend United          46  12  5  6  36  22   3  8 12  15  32   -3  58
13. Macclesfield Town        46   7  7  9  23  25   8  6  9  18  27  -11  58
14. York City                46  11  5  7  26  20   5  4 14  28  47  -13  57
15. Darlington               46  11  6  6  37  25   4  5 14  23  46  -11  56
16. Exeter City              46   7  9  7  25  32   7  4 12  23  41  -25  55
17. Carlisle United          46  11  5  7  31  21   1 11 11  18  35   -7  52
18. Leyton Orient            46  10  7  6  37  25   3  6 14  18  46  -16  52
19. Torquay United           46   8  6  9  27  31   4  9 10  19  32  -17  51
20. Swansea City             46   7  8  8  26  26   6  4 13  27  51  -24  51
21. Oxford United            46   8  7  8  34  28   3  7 13  19  34   -9  47
22. Lincoln City             46   8  4 11  25  27   2 12  9  19  35  -18  46
23. Bristol Rovers           46   8  7  8  28  28   3  5 15  12  32  -20  45
24. Halifax Town             46   5  9  9  24  28   3  3 17  15  56  -45  36

European qualifiers

Champions League

Group phase

• Arsenal
• Liverpool

Qualifying round

• Manchester United
• Newcastle United

UEFA Cup

• Chelsea (FA Cup finalist; winners Arsenal qualified for Champions League)
• Blackburn Rovers (League Cup)
• Leeds United
• Fulham (via Intertoto Cup)
• Ipswich Town (Fair Play entry)

Promoted teams

From Division One to The Premier League:

Manchester City

West Bromwich Albion

Birmingham City

From Division Two to Division One:

Brighton & Hove Albion

Reading

Stoke City

From Division Three to Division Two:

Plymouth Argyle

Luton Town

Mansfield Town

Cheltenham Town

From The Football Conference to Division Three:

Boston United

Relegated teams

From The Premier League to Division One:

Ipswich Town

Derby County

Leicester City

From Division One to Division Two:

Crewe Alexandra

Barnsley

Stockport County

From Division Two to Division Three:

A.F.C. Bournemouth

Bury

Wrexham

Cambridge United

From Division Three to The Football Conference:

Halifax Town

Major transfer deals

• 1 August 2001 - Christian Ziege from Liverpool to Spurs, £4m
• 2 August 2001 - John Hartson from Coventry City to Celtic, £6.5m
• 3 August 2001 - Fabrizio Ravanelli from Lazio to Derby County, free
• 9 August 2001 - Jon Harley from Chelsea to Fulham, £3.5m
• 9 August 2001 - Lee Hughes from West Bromwich Albion to Coventry City, £5m
• 10 August 2001 - Laurent Robert from Paris Saint-Germain to Newcastle United, £10.5m
• 10 August 2001 - Edwin van der Sar from Juventus to Fulham, £7m
• 10 August 2001 - Boudewijn Zenden from Barcelona to Chelsea, £7.5m
• 14 August 2001 - Steed Malbranque from Lyon to Fulham, £5m
• 16 August 2001 - Kasey Keller from Rayo Vallecano to Spurs, free
• 24 August 2001 - Bosko Balaban from Dinamo Zagreb to Aston Villa, £6m
• 31 August 2001 - Jerzy Dudek from Feyenoord to Liverpool, £4.85m
• 31 August 2001 - Don Hutchison from Sunderland to West Ham, £5m
• 31 August 2001 - Chris Kirkland from Coventry City to Liverpool, £6m
• 3 September 2001 - Laurent Blanc from Internazionale to Manchester United, free
• 3 September 2001 - Steve Marlet from Lyon to Fulham, £13.5m
• 14 September 2001 - Tomas Repka from Fiorentina to West Ham United, £5.5m
• 24 September 2001 - Dean Richards from Southampton to Spurs, £8.1m
• 19 October 2001 - Seth Johnson from Derby County to Leeds United, £7m
• 30 November 2001 - Robbie Fowler from Liverpool to Leeds United, £11m
• 7 December 2001 - Claudio Reyna from Rangers to Sunderland, £4.5m
• 24 December 2001 - Milan Baroš from Banik Ostrava to Liverpool
• 29 December 2001 - Andy Cole from Manchester United to Blackburn Rovers, £7.5m
• 23 January 2002 - Diego Forlan from Independiente to Manchester United, £7.5
• 30 January 2002 - Abel Zavier from Everton to Liverpool, £800,000
• 8 February 2002 - Jermaine Jenas from Nottingham Forest to Newcastle United, £5m
• 18 February 2002 - Kolo Touré from ASEC Mimosas to Arsenal, undisclosed
• 6 March 2002 - Jon Macken from Preston North End to Manchester City, £4m
• 18 March 2002 - Paul Gascoigne from Everton to Burnley, free
• 28 March 2002 - Peter Crouch from Portsmouth to Aston Villa, £4m
• 18 April 2002 - Jamie Redknapp from Liverpool to Spurs, free
• 2 May 2002 - Franck Queudrue from Lens to Middlesbrough, £2.5m

Managerial changes

August

• August 3 2001 - Roy Evans and Neil Ruddock take over at Swindon Town, replacing Andy King (sacked August 1)

September

• September 13 - Colin Addison takes over at Swansea City, replacing John Hollins (sacked September 12)

October

• October 8 - Dennis Smith takes over at Wrexham, replacing Brian Flynn
• October 8 - Colin Todd takes over at Derby County, replacing Jim Smith (resigned same day)
• October 10 - Dave Bassett takes over at Leicester City, replacing Peter Taylor (sacked September 30)
• October 10 - Coach Gary Brazil takes over at Notts County, replacing Jocky Scott (sacked October 10)
• October 12 - Alan Little takes over at Halifax Town, replacing Paul Bracewell (resigned August 30)
• October 15 - Paul Brush takes over at Leyton Orient, replacing Tommy Taylor
• October 16 - Roland Nilsson takes over at Coventry City, replacing Gordon Strachan (resigned September 10)
• October 17 - Peter Taylor takes over at Brighton & Hove Albion
• October 22 - Gordon Strachan takes over at Southampton, replacing Stuart Gray (sacked October 21)
• October 22 - Caretaker manager Rob Newman takes over at Southend United, replacing David Webb (resigned October 9)
• October 25 - Kevin Broadhurst takes over at Northampton Town, replacing Kevin Wilson (sacked September 26)
• October 25 - Tommy Taylor takes over at Darlington until the end of the season, replacing Gary Bennett (resigned October 24)
• October 30 - John Cornforth takes over at Exeter City, replacing Noel Blake (sacked September 23)

November

• November 6 - Carlton Palmer takes over at Stockport County, replacing Andy Kilner (sacked October 29)
• November 7 - Mick Wadsworth takes over at Oldham Athletic
• November 8 - David Moss takes over at Macclesfield Town
• November 9 - Steve Parkin takes over at Barnsley, replacing Nigel Spackman (sacked October 25)
• November 14 - Terry Yorath takes over at Sheffield Wednesday, replacing Peter Shreeves (left October 17)
• November 30 - Trevor Francis takes over at Crystal Palace, replacing Steve Bruce (resigned November 2)
• November 30 - Ian Atkins takes over at Oxford United, replacing Mark Wright (resigned)

December

• December 11 - John Hollins takes over at Rochdale, replacing Steve Parkin
• December 12 - Steve Bruce takes over at Birmingham City, replacing Trevor Francis (left October 15)
• December 22 - Andy King is reappointed at Swindon Town, replacing Roy Evans (resigned as Director of Football December 20)
• December 28 - Garry Thompson takes over at Bristol Rovers for the second time, replacing Gerry Francis (resigned December 24)
• December 28 - Paul Groves takes over at Grimsby Town, replacing Lennie Lawrence (resigned)

January

• January 1 - Nicky Law takes over at Bradford City, replacing Jim Jefferies (resigned December 24)
• January 6 - John Taylor takes over at Cambridge United, replacing John Beck (resigned November 22)
• January 7 - Billy Dearden takes over at Notts County, replacing Gary Brazil (steps back down to coach)
• January 9 - Assistant manager Stuart Watkiss takes over at Mansfield Town, replacing Billy Dearden (resigned January 6)
• January 23 - Colin Lee takes over at Walsall, replacing Ray Graydon (sacked January 22)
• January 30 - John Gregory takes over at Derby County, replacing Colin Todd (sacked January 14 after just 98 days as manager)

February

• February 5 - Non-executive director Graham Taylor takes over as manager at Aston Villa, replacing John Gregory (resigned January 24)
• February 18 - Director of Football Lennie Lawrence takes over as manager at Cardiff City, replacing Alan Cork (resigned)
• February 22 - Dave Rushbury takes over at Chesterfield, replacing Nicky Law (resigned January 1)

March

• March 14 - David Moyes takes over at Everton, replacing Walter Smith (left March 12)
• March 25 - Director of Football Harry Redknapp takes over at Portsmouth, replacing Graham Rix (sacked)

April

• April 4 - Micky Adams takes over at Leicester City, replacing Dave Bassett (becomes Director of Football)
• April 4 - Jan Molby takes over at Hull City, replacing Brian Little (left February 27)
• April 24 - Gary McAllister takes over at Coventry City, replacing Roland Nilsson (sacked April 16)
• April 25 - Ray Graydon takes over at Bristol Rovers, replacing Garry Thompson (sacked April 9)
• April 25 - Ian Britton takes over at Kidderminster Harriers, replacing Jan Molby (resigned April 4)
• April 29 - Craig Brown takes over at Preston North End, replacing David Moyes (left March 14)

May

• May 5 - Caretaker Keith Alexander takes over at Lincoln City, replacing Alan Buckley (left April 25)
• May 9 - Leroy Rosenior takes over at Torquay United, replacing Roy McFarland (sacked April 23)
• May 27 - Steve Cotterill takes over at Stoke City, replacing Gudjon Thordarson (sacked May 16)
• May 29 - Paul Simpson takes over at Rochdale, replacing John Hollins (sacked May 13)
• May 30 - Coach Graham Allner takes over at Cheltenham Town, replacing Steve Cotterill (resigned May 16)
• May 31 - Coach Iain Dowie takes over at Oldham Athletic, replacing Mick Wadsworth (sacked)

June

• June - Stuart Murdoch takes over at Wimbledon, replacing Terry Burton (left April 25)
• June 28 - Assistant Wally Downes takes over at Brentford, replacing Steve Coppell (resigned June 6)

July

• July 1 - Mick Wadsworth takes over at Huddersfield Town, replacing Lou Macari
• July 11 - Ray Lewington takes over at Watford, replacing Gianluca Vialli
• July - Chris Wilder takes over at Halifax Town, replacing caretaker Neil Redfearn (resigned May 23), who replaced Alan Little (left April 8)

• July 15 - Youth director Martin Hinshelwood takes over at Brighton & Hove Albion, replacing Peter Taylor (resigned April 29)
• July - Terry Venables takes over at Leeds United, replacing David O'Leary (sacked June 27)

Deaths

• August 5 2001 - Aaron Flahavan, Portsmouth goalkeeper (25)
• August 19 2001 - Les Sealey, Coventry City and Manchester United goalkeeper (43)
• September 1 2001 - Brian Moore, BBC Radio and ITV commentator (69)
• October 22 2001 - Bertie Mee, Arsenal double-winning manager 1970-71 (80)
• October 23 2001 - Ken Aston, World Cup referee and inventor of the red and yellow cards system (86)
• January 19 2002 - Jeff Astle, West Bromwich Albion and England striker (59)
• February 16 2002 - Sir Walter Winterbottom, the first England manager (89)
• March 25 2002 - Kenneth Wolstenholme, BBC television commentator (81)
• July 7 2002 - Ray Wood, Manchester United and England goalkeeper (71)