2001–02 England Hockey League season

The 2001–02 English Hockey League season took place from September 2001 until May 2002.

2001–02 England Hockey League

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The men's title was won by Reading with the women's title going to Slough. There were no play offs to determine champions after the regular season but there was a competition for the top four clubs called the Premiership tournament which culminated with men's & women's finals on 6 May.[1]

The Men's Cup was won by Cannock and the Women's Cup was won by Ipswich.[2][3]

Men's Premier Division League Standings

[4]

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Reading	18	16	1	1	61	24	37	49
2	Surbiton	18	12	2	4	42	24	18	38
3	Cannock	18	10	3	5	45	30	15	33
4	Loughborough Students	18	8	2	8	49	36	13	26
5	Guildford	18	8	2	8	49	37	12	26
6	Canterbury	18	7	2	9	52	56	-4	23
7	Teddington	18	5	4	9	28	44	-16	19
8	Hampstead and Westminster	18	5	2	11	30	41	-11	17
9	Old Loughtonians	18	4	5	9	25	45	-20	17
10	Southgate	18	1	5	12	19	63	-44	8

	= Champions
	= Qualified for Premiership tournament
	= Relegated

Women's Premier Division League Standings

[5]

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Slough	18	12	3	3	40	22	39
2	Olton & West Warwicks	18	9	5	4	52	29	32
3	Leicester	18	10	2	6	34	23	32
4	Clifton	18	9	4	5	37	17	31
5	Canterbury	18	7	4	7	30	34	25
6	Chelmsford	18	6	5	7	26	26	23
7	Ipswich	18	6	5	7	34	41	23
8	Hightown	18	5	2	11	29	44	17
9	Sutton Coldfield	18	5	2	11	25	51	17
10	Doncaster	18	4	2	12	23	43	14

	= Champions
	= Qualified for Premiership tournament
	= Qualified for Premiership tournament by virtue of winning EHA cup
	= Relegated

Men's Premiership Tournament

Round	Date	Team 1	Team 2	Score
First round	Apr 27	Cannock	Loughborough Students	3-2
Positional	Apr 27	Reading	Surbiton	4-1
Second round	May 4	Surbiton	Cannock	2-1
Final [6]	May 6	Reading	Surbiton	3-2

Women's Premiership Tournament

Round	Date	Team 1	Team 2	Score
First round	Apr 27	Leicester	Ipswich	4-0
Positional	Apr 27	Slough	Olton & West Warwicks	6-1
Second round	May 4	Olton & West Warwicks	Leicester	3-2
Final [7]	May 6	Olton & West Warwicks	Slough	3-1

Men's Cup (EHA Cup)

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Cannock	Bath Buccaneers	5-2
Bowdon	Havant	2-0
Southgate	Teddington	2-3
Belper	Doncaster	2-3

Semi-finals

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Belper	Bowdon	1-1 (7-6 p)
Teddington	Cannock	1-6

Final

(Held at the National Hockey Stadium (Milton Keynes) on 7 April)

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Cannock	Belper	7-0

Scorers
Ben Sharpe (3), Craig Parnham, Andy Humphrey, Simon Ramsden, Matt Taylor

Women's Cup (EHA Cup)

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Ipswich	Bradford	4-0
Olton & West Warwick	St.Albans	2-1
Hounslow & Ealing	Sutton Coldfield	3-4
Deeside Ramblers	Leyland Motors	2-3

Semi-finals

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Olton & West Warwick	Leyland Motors	8-0
Ipswich	Sutton Coldfield	5-2

Final

(Held at National Hockey Stadium (Milton Keynes) on 7 April)

Team 1	Team 2	Score	Note
Ipswich	Olton & West Warwick	3-2	golden goal

Scorers
Leisa King (3)

References

1. "Cathy Harris. "Students join the chase for Europe." Times [London, England] 22 Apr. 2002". The Times Digital Archive.
2. "Cathy Harris. "Sharpe hits hat-trick as Cannock cruise to record win." Times [London, England] 8 Apr. 2002". The Times Digital Archive.
3. "Ipswich seize cup". www.telegraph.co.uk. 7 April 2002. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
4. "2001-02 Men's Hockey League". Fixtures Live.
5. "2001-02 Women's Hockey League". Fixtures Live.
6. "Cathy Harris. "Todd caps season of success with late winner." Times [London, England] 7 May 2002". The Times Digital Archive.
7. "Cathy Harris. "Todd caps season of success with late winner." Times [London, England] 7 May 2002". The Times Digital Archive.