2001–02_Walsall_F.C._season

Walsall
2001–02 season
Chairman	Jeff Bonser
Manager	Ray Graydon (until 22 January) ; Colin Lee (from 24 January)
Stadium	Bescot Stadium
First Division	18th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Leitão (8); All: Leitão (10)
Average home league attendance	6,832
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2001–02 Walsall F.C. season

Walsall 2001–02 football season

During the 2001–02 English football season, Walsall competed in the Football League First Division.

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"Walsall sack Graydon". BBC Sport. 22 January 2002. Retrieved 2 February 2014.

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"Lee is new Bescot boss". BBC Sport. 24 January 2002. Retrieved 2 February 2014.

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
16	Nottingham Forest	46	12	18	16	50	51	−1	54
17	Portsmouth	46	13	14	19	60	72	−12	53
18	Walsall	46	13	12	21	51	71	−20	51
19	Grimsby Town	46	12	14	20	50	72	−22	50
20	Sheffield Wednesday	46	12	14	20	49	71	−22	50

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	13	12	21	51	71	−20	51	10	6	7	29	27	+2	3	6	14	22	44	−22

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	D	L	L	D	L	D	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	D
Position	8	6	11	16	20	22	22	22	23	23	20	21	23	21	22	21	22	19	20	19	21	21	23	20	22	21	21	21	21	22	22	21	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	22	23	23	22	20	18	18

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
11 August 2001	West Bromwich Albion	H	2–1	9,181	Leitão, Barras
18 August 2001	Preston North End	A	1–1	11,402	Herivelto
25 August 2001	Birmingham City	H	1–2	7,245	Herivelto
27 August 2001	Watford	A	1–2	14,652	Leitão
8 September 2001	Crewe Alexandra	A	1–2	6,809	Simpson
15 September 2001	Burnley	A	2–5	14,019	Wrack, Davis (own goal)
18 September 2001	Portsmouth	H	0–0	6,153
21 September 2001	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–3	8,327
25 September 2001	Manchester City	A	0–3	31,525
29 September 2001	Millwall	H	0–0	6,289
9 October 2001	Norwich City	H	2–0	5,713	Barras, Byfield
14 October 2001	Coventry City	H	0–1	7,515
20 October 2001	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–2	16,275	Byfield
23 October 2001	Rotherham United	H	3–2	6,162	Matías (2), Wrack
27 October 2001	Gillingham	A	0–2	7,548
30 October 2001	Stockport County	A	2–0	4,553	Angell, Thøgersen
3 November 2001	Crystal Palace	H	2–2	6,795	Barras (2)
11 November 2001	Nottingham Forest	H	2–0	6,754	Matías, Angell
17 November 2001	Bradford City	A	0–2	14,251
20 November 2001	Wimbledon	A	2–2	4,249	Thøgersen, Leitão
24 November 2001	Sheffield United	H	1–2	6,415	Wrack
1 December 2001	Rotherham United	A	0–2	6,273
8 December 2001	Barnsley	A	1–4	12,509	Aranalde
15 December 2001	Grimsby Town	H	4–0	5,080	Biancalani, Angell, Leitão, Herivelto
22 December 2001	Birmingham City	A	0–1	20,127
26 December 2001	Crewe Alexandra	H	2–1	7,325	Aranalde, Biancalani
29 December 2001	Watford	H	0–3	6,882
1 January 2002	Norwich City	A	1–1	19,434	Tillson
12 January 2002	Preston North End	H	1–2	6,314	Wrack
20 January 2002	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–1	20,290
29 January 2002	Wimbledon	H	2–1	5,388	Leitão, Carbon
2 February 2002	Millwall	A	2–2	11,285	Matías, Keates (pen)
9 February 2002	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0–3	8,290
19 February 2002	Coventry City	A	1–2	13,736	Holdsworth
23 February 2002	Manchester City	H	0–0	7,618
26 February 2002	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–3	27,043
2 March 2002	Portsmouth	A	1–1	13,203	O'Connor
5 March 2002	Burnley	H	1–0	5,611	Marcelo
9 March 2002	Grimsby Town	A	2–2	7,016	Leitão, Byfield
16 March 2002	Barnsley	H	2–1	7,495	Byfield, Goodman
23 March 2002	Crystal Palace	A	0–2	21,038
30 March 2002	Gillingham	H	1–1	6,190	Herivelto
1 April 2002	Nottingham Forest	A	3–2	16,659	Simpson, Matías, Corica
6 April 2002	Stockport County	H	1–0	6,322	Leitão
13 April 2002	Sheffield United	A	1–0	20,520	Leitão
21 April 2002	Bradford City	H	2–2	8,079	Corica (2)

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	8 January 2002	Bradford City	H	2–0	4,509	Bennett, Angell
R4	26 January 2002	Charlton Athletic	A	2–1	18,573	Leitão (2)
R5	16 February 2002	Fulham	H	1–2	8,766	Byfield

2001–02_Walsall_F.C._season

2001–02 Walsall F.C. season

Season summary

Final league table

Results

Legend

Football League First Division

FA Cup

League Cup

Squad

Left club during season

Reserve squad

References

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Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	21 August 2001	Exeter City	A	1–0	1,993	Herivelto
R2	11 September 2001	Bolton Wanderers	A	3–4 (a.e.t.)	5,761	Wrack, Byfield, Barras