2001–02 Barnsley F.C. season

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

Barnsley

2001–02 season
Chairman	John Dennis
Manager	Nigel Spackman (until 25 October) Glyn Hodges (caretaker until 9 November) Steve Parkin (from 9 November)
Stadium	Oakwell
First Division	23rd (relegated)
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Dyer (14) All: Dyer (18)
Average home league attendance	13,292
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Season summary

In the 2001–02 season, after a mediocre start with Barnsley reaching eleventh by mid-September, results started to go downhill and the team found themselves hovering around the relegation zone. Following a 3–1 defeat to Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough, Spackman and coach Derek Fazackerley were both sacked.^[1] Caretaker manager Glyn Hodges won his first game in charge 3–2 against West Bromwich Albion, however two 3–0 defeats followed against Manchester City and Watford.

Then Rochdale boss, Steve Parkin, was appointed full-time manager on 9 November.^[2] Barnsley then went on a twelve-game unbeaten league run from December until mid-February which saw them pull clear of the relegation zone, but from then on results went downhill and Barnsley were dragged back into the mire, with Barnsley's away form being particularly poor and were pretty much reliant upon home victories to get valuable points. Despite a battling effort it came down to the final home game of the season, with Barnsley needing a victory against Norwich City to stave off relegation. On 13 April, Barnsley lost 2–0, and were relegated outside the top two flights of English football for the first time in over twenty years.^[3]

Final league table

Main article: 2001–02 Football League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
20	Sheffield Wednesday	46	12	14	20	49	71	−22	50
21	Rotherham United	46	10	19	17	52	66	−14	49
22	Crewe Alexandra (R)	46	12	13	21	47	76	−29	49	Relegation to the Second Division
23	Barnsley (R)	46	11	15	20	59	86	−27	48
24	Stockport County (R)	46	6	8	32	42	102	−60	26

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated

Results

Barnsley's score comes first^[4]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
11 August 2001	Bradford City	A	0–4	16,367
18 August 2001	Nottingham Forest	H	2–1	14,203	Gallen, Rankin
25 August 2001	Gillingham	A	0–3	8,292
27 August 2001	Rotherham United	H	1–1	15,552	Dyer
1 September 2001	Grimsby Town	A	0–1	6,173
8 September 2001	Stockport County	H	2–2	11,192	Sheron, Briggs (own goal)
15 September 2001	Crewe Alexandra	H	2–0	10,976	Gorré, Neil
18 September 2001	Millwall	A	1–3	10,021	Dyer
22 September 2001	Crystal Palace	A	0–1	15,433
25 September 2001	Coventry City	H	1–1	11,692	Dyer
28 September 2001	Portsmouth	H	1–4	11,660	Barnard (pen)
13 October 2001	Birmingham City	H	1–3	11,910	Sand
20 October 2001	Burnley	A	3–3	14,690	Morgan, Lumsdon (pen), Barnard
24 October 2001	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–3	21,008	Gallen
28 October 2001	West Bromwich Albion	H	3–2	12,490	Dyer (2), Lumsdon (pen)
31 October 2001	Manchester City	H	0–3	15,159
3 November 2001	Watford	A	0–3	13,964
8 November 2001	Preston North End	A	2–2	19,042	Barnard, Neil
17 November 2001	Wimbledon	H	1–1	11,088	Dyer
24 November 2001	Norwich City	A	1–2	17,333	Barker
27 November 2001	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–4	19,231	Barker
2 December 2001	Sheffield Wednesday	H	3–0	16,714	Morgan, Sheron (2)
8 December 2001	Walsall	H	4–1	12,509	Sheron (2), Dyer, Donovan
14 December 2001	Sheffield United	A	1–1	17,858	Sheron
22 December 2001	Gillingham	H	4–1	11,965	Lumsdon, Barnard, Dyer, G Jones
26 December 2001	Stockport County	A	3–1	6,885	Sheron, Palmer (own goal), Morgan
29 December 2001	Rotherham United	A	1–1	9,737	Swailes (own goal)
1 January 2002	Grimsby Town	H	0–0	13,325
12 January 2002	Nottingham Forest	A	0–0	18,190
19 January 2002	Bradford City	H	3–3	13,856	Lumsdon (pen), Sheron (2)
29 January 2002	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–0	13,825	Sheron
2 February 2002	Portsmouth	A	4–4	12,756	Lumsdon (2, 1 pen), Barker, Sheron
9 February 2002	Burnley	H	1–1	14,411	Barnard
16 February 2002	Birmingham City	A	0–1	19,208
23 February 2002	Coventry City	A	0–4	15,092
26 February 2002	Crystal Palace	H	1–4	11,207	Dyer
2 March 2002	Millwall	H	1–1	11,816	Lumsdon (pen)
5 March 2002	Crewe Alexandra	A	0–2	6,258
9 March 2002	Sheffield United	H	1–1	15,430	Dyer
16 March 2002	Walsall	A	1–2	7,495	Dyer
23 March 2002	Watford	H	2–0	12,449	Dyer, Barnard (pen)
30 March 2002	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–3	23,167	Barnard (pen)
1 April 2002	Preston North End	H	2–1	14,188	Gorré, Dyer
6 April 2002	Manchester City	A	1–5	33,628	Dyer
13 April 2002	Norwich City	H	0–2	18,803
21 April 2002	Wimbledon	A	1–0	5,379	Sheron

FA Cup

Main article: 2001–02 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	5 January 2002	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–1	12,314	Barnard
R3R	16 January 2002	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–3	10,203	Dyer

League Cup

Main article: 2001–02 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	21 August 2001	Halifax Town	H	2–0	5,418	Tinkler, Dyer
R2	11 September 2001	Colchester United	A	3–1	3,442	Dyer (2), L Jones
R3	9 October 2001	Newcastle United	H	0–1	14,493

Squad

^[5] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  WAL Andy Marriott 2 DF  ENG Carl Regan 3 DF  ENG Chris Barker 4 DF  ENG Mitch Ward 5 DF  ENG Chris Morgan 6 DF  ENG Steve Chettle (captain) 7 MF  ENG Kevin Donovan 9 FW  ENG Mike Sheron 10 FW  ENG Bruce Dyer [6] 11 MF  WAL Darren Barnard 12 FW  ENG Isaiah Rankin 14 MF  SCO Alex Neil 15 MF  ENG Kevin Dixon 16 DF  ENG Lee Crooks 17 DF  IRL Brian O'Callaghan 19 MF  ENG Kevin Betsy 20 GK  ENG Kevin Miller

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 FW  ENG Ashley Scothern 23 MF  ENG Carl Barrowclough 24 DF  ENG Mike Flynn 25 MF  NZL Leo Bertos 26 DF  ENG Paul Gibbs 27 DF  FIN Janne Salli 29 MF  ENG Steve Hayward 30 MF  NED Dean Gorré 31 MF  NZL Jeremy Christie 32 FW  NZL Rory Fallon 33 DF  ENG Antony Kay 34 GK  ENG Matthew Ghent 36 MF  ENG Chris Lumsdon 38 DF  NZL Dave Mulligan 39 DF  ENG James Dudgeon 40 MF  ENG Gary Jones

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 37 MF  WAL John Oster (on loan from Sunderland) 31 FW  WAL Kevin Gallen (to QPR) 21 MF  SCO Paul Bernard (Released) 22 MF  ENG Sean McClare (to Port Vale) 22 FW  SCO Gary McSwegan (on loan from Hearts) - MF  ENG Ricky Ravenhill (to Doncaster Rovers) 35 MF  DEN Peter Sand (to Stabæk Fotball) 19 MF  ENG Matty Appleby (to Oldham Athletic)

No. Pos. Nation Player 26 DF  URU Mateo Corbo (Released) 37 FW  GRN Tony Bedeau (on loan from Torquay United) 24 DF  ENG Jon Parkin (to York City) 28 DF  SCO Keith Brown (Released) 8 FW  WAL Lee Jones (to Wrexham) 18 MF  RSA Eric Tinkler (Released) 8 FW  IRL Michael Reddy (on loan from Sunderland) 21 FW  ENG Richard Naylor (on loan from Ipswich Town)