2001–02 Cardiff City F.C. season

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LDV Vans Trophy
Second round
FAW Premier CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague:
Graham Kavanagh (13)

All:
Graham Kavanagh (16)
Highest home attendance22,009 vs Leeds United (6 January 2002)
Lowest home attendance2,052 vs Rushden & Diamonds (16 September 2001)
Average home league attendance12,522

During the 2001–02 season

Football League Division Two. They finished in fourth place before losing to Stoke City
in the play-off semi finals after extra time in the second leg.

Squad

No. Pos Nat Player Total
Championship[1]
FA Cup League Cup Other[2]
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland SCO Neil Alexander 53 0 48 0 4 0 1 0 0 0
2 DF Wales WAL Rhys Weston 44 0 39 0 3 0 1 0 1 0
3 DF Wales WAL Andy Legg 41 2 35 2 4 0 1 0 1 0
4 DF England ENG Des Hamilton 24 0 19 0 2 0 0 0 3 0
5 DF England ENG Spencer Prior 44 2 39 2 3 0 0 0 2 0
6 DF Wales WAL Danny Gabbidon 49 3 44 3 4 0 1 0 0 0
7 MF Wales WAL Josh Low 27 0 22 0 1 0 1 0 3 0
8 MF Ireland EIR Graham Kavanagh 51 16 45 13 4 2 1 0 1 1
9 FW England ENG Leo Fortune-West 46 11 38 10 4 1 1 0 3 0
10 FW Wales WAL Robert Earnshaw 36 15 32 12 3 2 1 1 0 0
11 FW Wales WAL Jason Bowen 29 5 26 5 2 0 0 0 1 0
12 MF Ireland EIR Willie Boland 50 1 44 1 4 0 1 0 1 0
13 GK Wales WAL Mark Walton 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
14 FW Wales WAL Paul Brayson 41 4 35 3 4 1 1 0 1 0
15 MF England ENG Mark Bonner 37 0 31 0 4 0 0 0 2 0
16 DF Wales WAL
David Hughes
7 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
17 DF Scotland SCO
Andy Jordan
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 DF Wales WAL Scott Young 40 5 35 4 3 1 0 0 2 0
19 MF England ENG Michael Simpkins 19 0 17 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
20 FW England ENG Gavin Gordon 19 8 15 2 2 1 1 0 1 5
21 GK Wales WAL Lee Kendall 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
22 FW England ENG Kevin Nugent 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
22 FW England ENG Andy Campbell 10 7 10 7 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 MF Wales WAL
Leyton Maxwell
23 1 18 1 1 0 0 0 4 0
24 MF Wales WAL Gethin Jones 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
25 MF Wales WAL Martyn Giles 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
26 MF Wales WAL Kevin Evans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 DF Wales WAL James Collins 15 2 8 1 2 0 0 0 5 1
28 DF England ENG
Andy Thompson
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
28 DF England ENG Gary Croft 8 1 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 FW Wales WAL Kurt Nogan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 MF England ENG Jason Fowler 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 DF Wales WAL Ceri Hughes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DF England ENG Matt Brazier 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
31 GK England ENG Stephen Bywater 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DF England ENG Russell Perrett 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 FW England ENG Peter Thorne 28 8 28 8 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DF Scotland SCO Scott McCulloch 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
34 MF Wales WAL Leon Jeanne 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
35 DF Wales WAL Byron Anthony 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 MF Wales WAL Nicky Fish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 DF England ENG Dean Gordon 7 1 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
2 Reading (P) 46 23 15 8 70 43 +27 84 Promoted
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
6 Huddersfield Town 46 21 15 10 65 47 +18 78
Source: [3]
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
(O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted

Results by round

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GroundHAHAAHHAHAHAAHAAHHAHHAAHHHAHAAHAAHHAHHAHAHAAHA
ResultWDDWLWLLDDDWWDWLWDDWWDDDLLWWLWWLLWWWDDWWWWWDWW
Position~711913111517171717151415101188109565610121010101088118788876665444
Source: [4]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

Division Two

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
11 Aug Wycombe Wanderers H W 1 – 0 17,403 Gabbidon
18 Aug Peterborough United A D 1 – 1 6,437 Kavanagh
25 Aug Bournemouth H D 2 – 2 13,383 Fortune-West, Earnshaw
8 Sep Reading A W 2 – 1 13,017 Fortune-West (2)
15 Sep Cambridge United A L 1 – 2 3,454 Legg
18 Sep Northampton Town H W 2 – 0 11,232 Kavanagh, Brayson
22 Sep Huddersfield Town H L 1 – 2 12,280 Thorne
25 Sep Queens Park Rangers A L 1 – 2 11,667 Kavanagh
29 Sep Brighton & Hove Albion H D 1 – 1 12,022 Brayson
9 Oct Bristol City A D 1 – 1 13,804 Earnshaw
12 Oct Wigan Athletic H D 2 – 2 11,072 Thorne, Brayson
21 Oct Swindon Town A W 3 – 0 8,373 Earnshaw, Bowen, Kavanagh
24 Oct Port Vale A W 2 – 0 4,552 Prior, Earnshaw
27 Oct Tranmere Rovers H D 1 – 1 13,070 Bowen
4 Nov
Wrexham
A W 3 – 1 5,832 Gordon, Kavanagh, Fortune-West
7 Nov Bury A L 0 – 3 2,549
10 Nov Chesterfield H W 2 – 1 9,516 Earnshaw, Fortune-West
20 Nov Colchester United H D 1 – 1 8,013 Collins
24 Nov Notts County A D 0 – 0 6,313
1 Dec Oldham Athletic H W 3 – 1 10,004 Earnshaw, Kavanagh (2)
4 Dec Brentford H W 3 – 1 10,184 Thorne, Earnshaw, Gabbidon
15 Dec Blackpool A D 1 – 1 4,880 D Gordon
19 Dec Stoke City A D 1 – 1 14,331 Gordon
26 Dec Reading H D 2 – 2 16,708 Earnshaw (2)
29 Dec Bristol City H L 1 – 3 16,149 Kavanagh
12 Jan Peterborough United H L 0 – 2 11,301
19 Jan Wycombe Wanderers A W 1 – 0 7,165 Kavanagh
22 Jan Stoke City H W 2 – 0 11,771 O.G., Legg
31 Jan Brighton & Hove Albion A L 0 – 1 6,117
5 Feb Bournemouth A W 3 – 1 4,336 Kavanagh, Earnshaw, Boland
9 Feb Swindon Town H W 3 – 0 12,045 Earnshaw, Bowen (2)
12 Feb Brentford A L 1 – 2 6,718 Bowen
16 Feb Wigan Athletic A L 0 – 4 5,487
19 Feb Bury H W 1 – 0 8,273 Kavanagh
23 Feb Cambridge United H W 2 – 0 10,182 Kavanagh (2)
2 Mar Northampton Town A W 2 – 1 5,495
Maxwell, Campbell
5 Mar Queens Park Rangers H D 1 – 1 13,425 Young
9 Mar Blackpool H D 2 – 2 11,629 Campbell (2)
16 Mar Oldham Athletic A W 7 – 1 6,786 Young, Fortune-West (2), Thorne, Campbell (3)
22 Mar
Wrexham
H W 3 – 2 15,702 Young, Thorne, Gabbidon
30 Mar Chesterfield A W 2 – 0 5,442 Fortune-West, Campbell
1 Apr Port Vale H W 1 – 0 15,556 Thorne
6 Apr Colchester United A W 1 – 0 3,970 Prior
9 Apr Huddersfield Town A D 2 – 2 11,660 Thorne (2)
13 Apr Notts County H W 2 – 1 17,105 Fortune-West, Young
20 Apr Tranmere Rovers A W 1 – 0 8,375 Croft

Play-offs

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
28 Apr Semi-final (first leg) Stoke City A W 2 – 1 21,245 Earnshaw, Fortune-West
1 May Semi-final (second leg) Stoke City H L 0 – 2 19,367

FA Cup

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
17 Nov One Tiverton Town A* W 3 – 1 6,638 Brayson, Hamilton, Earnshaw
8 Dec Two Port Vale H W 3 – 0 Earnshaw, Gavin Gordon, Fortune-West
6 Jan Three Leeds United H W 2 – 1 22,009 Kavanagh, Young
27 Jan Four Tranmere Rovers A L 1 – 3 Kavanagh

League Cup

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
21 Aug One Millwall A L 1 – 2 5,516 Earnshaw

LDV Vans trophy

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
16 Sep One Rushden & Diamonds H W 7 – 1 2,052 Bonner, Gordon (5), Giles
30 Sep Two Peterborough United H L 1 -3 2,584 Nugent

FAW Premier Cup

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Scorers
16 Jan Quarter-final Newtown A W 3 – 0 Jeanne, Collins, Wallis
12 Mar Semi-final
Wrexham
A W 1 – 1
(4–3 on pens)
Giles
13 May Final Swansea City H W 1 – 0 Kavanagh

References

  1. ^ Includes play-off matches and goals
  2. LDV Vans Trophy and FAW Premier Cup
  3. ^ "England 2001–02". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 24 January 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
  4. ^ "Cardiff City 2001-02 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

See also