2001–02 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season

During the 2001–02 English football season, Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division.

Brighton & Hove Albion

2001–02 season
Chairman	Dick Knight
Manager	Micky Adams (until 10 October) Peter Taylor (from 17 October)
Stadium	Withdean Stadium
Second Division	1st (promoted)
FA Cup	Third round
Worthington Cup	Second round
LDV Vans Trophy	Southern Area Quarter finals
Top goalscorer	League: Zamora (28) All: Zamora (32)
Highest home attendance	6,870 vs Swindon Town (13 Apr 2002, Second Division)
Lowest home attendance	3,237 vs Wycombe Wanderers (30 Oct 2001, LDV Vans Trophy)
Average home league attendance	6,598

Season summary

In October 2001, Brighton boss Adams left the club to work as Dave Bassett's assistant at Leicester City, being replaced by former Leicester manager Peter Taylor.[1] The transition proved to be a plus point for Brighton, who maintained their good form and ended the season as Division Two champions – winning a second successive promotion.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Brighton & Hove Albion (C, P)	46	25	15	6	66	42	+24	90	Promoted
2	Reading (P)	46	23	15	8	70	43	+27	84
3	Brentford	46	24	11	11	77	43	+34	83	Participated in play-offs
4	Cardiff City	46	23	14	9	75	50	+25	83
5	Stoke City (O, P)	46	23	11	12	67	40	+27	80

Source:
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted.

Results

Brighton & Hove Albion's score comes first[2]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
11 August 2001	Cambridge United	A	0–0	4,509
18 August 2001	Wigan Athletic	H	2–1	6,518	Zamora (pen), Steele
25 August 2001	Tranmere Rovers	A	0–0	8,162
27 August 2001	Blackpool	H	4–0	6,696	Oatway, Carpenter, Steele, Zamora
31 August 2001	Northampton Town	A	0–2	5,408
8 September 2001	Queens Park Rangers	H	2–1	6,820	Zamora, Watson
14 September 2001	Wrexham	A	2–1	3,434	Zamora (2, 1 pen)
18 September 2001	Stoke City	H	1–0	6,627	Watson
22 September 2001	Bournemouth	H	2–1	6,714	Watson, Howe (own goal)
25 September 2001	Wycombe Wanderers	A	1–1	7,097	Jones
29 September 2001	Cardiff City	A	1–1	12,022	Zamora
5 October 2001	Brentford	H	1–2	6,823	Steele
13 October 2001	Huddersfield Town	A	2–1	10,727	Zamora, Hart
20 October 2001	Oldham Athletic	H	3–0	6,793	Rogers, Steele (2)
23 October 2001	Notts County	A	2–2	5,092	Hart, Zamora
27 October 2001	Colchester United	H	1–0	6,531	Zamora
3 November 2001	Bristol City	A	1–0	13,955	Zamora
10 November 2001	Port Vale	H	1–0	6,648	Zamora
21 November 2001	Peterborough United	H	1–1	6,547	Zamora (pen)
24 November 2001	Swindon Town	A	1–1	8,830	Zamora
1 December 2001	Bury	A	2–0	3,782	Brooker, Zamora
21 December 2001	Chesterfield	H	2–2	6,371	Zamora, Steele
26 December 2001	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–0	16,412
29 December 2001	Blackpool	A	2–2	5,419	Steele, Jones
12 January 2002	Wigan Athletic	A	0–3	6,203
19 January 2002	Cambridge United	H	4–3	6,575	Hart, Zamora (3, 1 pen)
21 January 2002	Chesterfield	A	2–1	4,689	Zamora (2)
24 January 2002	Brentford	A	0–4	7,475
31 January 2002	Cardiff City	H	1–0	6,117	Zamora (pen)
5 February 2002	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–0	6,279	Hart
9 February 2002	Oldham Athletic	A	0–2	6,951
11 February 2002	Reading	H	3–1	6,756	Zamora, Melton, Lewis
16 February 2002	Huddersfield Town	H	1–0	6,744	Lewis
23 February 2002	Wrexham	H	0–0	6,649
26 February 2002	Bournemouth	A	1–1	6,337	Brooker
1 March 2002	Stoke City	A	1–3	16,092	Steele
5 March 2002	Wycombe Wanderers	H	4–0	6,398	Zamora (2), Brooker, Watson
9 March 2002	Reading	A	0–0	22,009
12 March 2002	Northampton Town	H	2–0	6,363	Zamora, Morgan
16 March 2002	Bury	H	2–1	6,609	Kenny (own goal), Zamora (pen)
23 March 2002	Notts County	H	2–2	6,538	Zamora, Webb
30 March 2002	Colchester United	A	4–1	4,881	Carpenter (2), Gray, Brooker
1 April 2002	Bristol City	H	2–1	6,759	Lewis, Steele
6 April 2002	Peterborough United	A	1–0	8,321	Zamora
13 April 2002	Swindon Town	H	0–0	6,870
20 April 2002	Port Vale	A	1–0	8,812	Watson

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	17 November 2001	Shrewsbury Town	H	1–0	5,450	Zamora
R2	8 December 2001	Rushden & Diamonds	H	2–1	5,647	Zamora, Cullip
R3	15 January 2002	Preston North End	H	0–2	6,548

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	21 August 2001	Wimbledon	H	2–1	6,344	Zamora (2)
R2	11 September 2001	Southampton	H	0–3	6,489

LDV Vans Trophy

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 Southern Section	16 October 2001	Swansea City	A	2–1	2,851	Lehmann, Steele
R2 Southern Section	30 October 2001	Wycombe Wanderers	H	2–1 (a.e.t.)	3,237	Pitcher, Melton
QF Southern Section	4 December 2001	Cambridge United	A	1–2 (a.e.t.)	2,306	Melton

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[3]

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  NED Michel Kuipers 2 DF  ENG Paul Watson 3 DF  ENG Kerry Mayo 4 DF  ENG Danny Cullip 5 DF  ENG Simon Morgan 6 MF  ENG Junior Lewis (on loan from Leicester City) 7 MF  ENG Geoff Pitcher 8 MF  ENG Paul Rogers 9 FW  ENG Gary Hart 10 MF  ENG Charlie Oatway 11 MF  ENG Paul Brooker 12 MF  ENG Richard Carpenter 14 FW  ENG Lee Steele 15 DF  WAL Nathan Jones 16 FW  ENG Wayne Gray (on loan from Wimbledon)

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  ENG Phil Hadland 18 GK  ENG Will Packham 19 MF  ENG Dan Harding 20 MF  ENG Steve Melton 21 FW  ENG Dan Marney 22 DF  ENG Adam Virgo 23 MF  ENG David Lee 24 MF  ENG Shaun Wilkinson 25 FW  ENG Bobby Zamora 26 DF  ENG Robbie Pethick 27 MF  ENG Dean Hammond 28 MF  ENG Chris McPhee 29 GK  ENG John Keeley 30 FW  ENG Daniel Webb (on loan from Southend United) 31 GK  AUS Chris Jones

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 19 FW  ENG Darren Freeman (to Margate) 6 DF  ENG Andy Crosby (to Oxford United) 23 DF  ENG Matthew Wicks (to Hull City)

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW  ENG Scott Ramsay (to Dover Athletic) 16 FW  GER Dirk Lehmann (to Motherwell) 31 GK  ENG Simon Royce (on loan from Leicester City)

References

1. "Taylor is new Brighton boss". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20160321235047/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/brighton-and-hove-albion/2001-2002/results
3. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2001-2002/d2/brighton.htm