2001–02 Brentford F.C. season

During the 2001–02 English football season, Brentford competed in the Football League Second Division. The Bees were denied promotion after defeat to Stoke City in the 2002 Second Division playoff Final.

Brentford

2001–02 season
Chairman	Ron Noades
Manager	Steve Coppell
Stadium	Griffin Park
Second Division	3rd
Play-offs	Runners-up
FA Cup	Second round
League Cup	Second round
Football League Trophy	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Owusu (20) All: Owusu (22)
Highest home attendance	11,303
Lowest home attendance	4,026
Average home league attendance	6,714
Home colours Away colours
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Season summary

2001–02 was Steve Coppell's lone season as Brentford manager.

After a promising, but ultimately disappointing 2000–01 season, Steve Coppell replaced Ray Lewington as manager of Second Division Brentford on 8 May 2001.^[1] In the knowledge he would be provided with little money to buy players, Coppell was also tasked with raising £500,000 in transfer fees.^[2] The previous season's squad was kept together, with two fringe players released and two arrivals – youngster Stephen Hunt and defender Jason Price on a short-term contract.^[3] After a 1–1 opening day draw with Wigan Athletic, teenage Blackburn Rovers forward Ben Burgess was brought in on a one-month loan,^[4] which was subsequently extended until the end of the season.^[5]

Brentford had its best start to a season since 1934–35 and topped the table for the first time after a 4–0 win over Tranmere Rovers on 8 September 2001.^[6][7] After a first league defeat of the season at the hands of Swindon Town on 25 September, the Bees went on a seven-match club record-equalling winning run and seized top spot in the Second Division.^[7][8] Captain Paul Evans led by example,^[9] scoring 9 goals in 13 matches in all competitions before suffering a hamstring injury in mid-October.^[10] His temporary replacement was Arsenal's teenage midfielder Steve Sidwell, another loan signing which would prove to be a master-stroke and which would later be extended until the end of the season.^[11] Between 10 November 2001 and 24 January 2002, Brentford won just twice in a spell of 13 league matches, suffering eight defeats, while briefly returning to the top of the table in late December.^[7] By 21 December, Lloyd Owusu, Paul Evans and Ben Burgess had each reached 10 or more goals for the season, which was the fourth instance of three Brentford players reaching double-figures before Christmas Day.^[12]

A 4–0 victory over Brighton & Hove Albion in front of the Sky cameras at Griffin Park on 24 January 2002 turned Brentford's flagging season around,^[13] with twin forwards Owusu and Burgess finding the net with regularity.^[14][15] The Bees lost just two of the next 16 matches, but a 0–0 draw away to West London rivals Queens Park Rangers in the penultimate match of the season dropped the club out of the final automatic promotion place.^[7] Cause for concern was a goal drought suffered by Ben Burgess,^[15] who had failed to score since 26 February and the midfield was weakened by the £150,000 sale of Gavin Mahon to Watford,^[16] in a bid to reduce the wage bill.^[2] Brentford would play 2nd-place Reading at Griffin Park on the final day of the season, needing a win to secure automatic promotion, while the Royals only needed a draw.^[17] Brentford took the lead through Martin Rowlands, but were pegged back 13 minutes from time by Jamie Cureton and the match finished as a 1–1 draw, which consigned the Bees to the playoffs.^[18]

Brentford faced 6th-placed Huddersfield Town in the playoff semi-finals, a rematch of the 1995 semi-final encounter between the two sides.^[7] The Bees held the Terriers to a 0–0 draw at the McAlpine Stadium and reached the 2002 Second Division playoff Final courtesy of goals from Darren Powell and Lloyd Owusu to emerge 2–1 victors in the second leg.^[19][20] In the final versus Stoke City, Brentford "simply had no sting in their tail" and were defeated 2–0.^[21]

League table

Main article: 2001–02 Football League Second Division

Pos	Team v t e	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	Promotion to Football League First Division
2	Reading (P)	46	23	15	8	70	43	+27	84
3	Brentford	46	24	11	11	77	43	+34	83	Qualification for the Second Division 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: ^[22]
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results

Brentford's goal tally listed first.

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Pre-season

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorer(s)
13 July 2001	Sutton United	A	0–0	652
17 July 2001	Hampton & Richmond Borough	A	2–0	n/a	Abbey (2)
20 July 2001	Woking	A	3–1	785	O'Connor, Evans, (og)
24 July 2001	India	H	3–0	3,634	Owusu (2), Evans
28 July 2001	Coventry City	H	0–0	n/a
1 August 2001	Portsmouth	H	2–2	1,361	Hutchinson, Powell
3 August 2001	Wimbledon	H	0–4	1,550
6 August 2001	Chertsey Town	A	6–0	n/a	Hutchinson, Charles (2), Geddes (2), Tabb (pen)

Football League Second Division

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorer(s)
1	11 August 2001	Wigan Athletic	A	1–1	5,925	Ingimarsson
2	18 August 2001	Port Vale	H	2–0	4,561	Evans, Burgess
3	25 August 2001	Chesterfield	A	1–0	3,571	Evans
4	27 August 2001	Cambridge United	H	2–1	4,674	Evans (2)
5	8 September 2001	Tranmere Rovers	H	4–0	5,211	Owusu, Burgess, Evans, Williams
6	15 September 2001	Notts County	A	0–0	5,043
7	18 September 2001	Bristol City	H	2–2	6,432	Burgess, Powell
8	22 September 2001	Oldham Athletic	H	2–2	5,522	Owusu, Evans
9	25 September 2001	Swindon Town	A	0–2	5,519
10	29 September 2001	Colchester United	H	4–1	5,179	Evans (2), Burgess, Owusu
11	5 October 2001	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	2–1	6,823	Rowlands, Ingimarsson
12	13 October 2001	Peterborough United	H	2–1	11,097	Owusu, Evans
13	13 October 2001	Bournemouth	A	2–0	3,934	Hunt (2)
14	23 October 2001	Bury	H	5–1	5,389	Owusu (2), Gibbs (2), Burgess
15	27 October 2001	Reading	A	2–1	14,680	Ingimarsson, Price
16	3 November 2001	Blackpool	H	2–0	7,605	Sidwell, Owusu
17	10 November 2001	Stoke City	A	2–3	17,953	Burgess, Owusu
18	20 November 2001	Huddersfield Town	A	1–1	8,513	Burgess
19	24 November 2001	Queens Park Rangers	H	0–0	10,849
20	1 December 2001	Wycombe Wanderers	A	3–5	8,013	Owusu, Evans, Burgess
21	4 December 2001	Cardiff City	A	1–3	10,184	Evans
22	15 December 2001	Wrexham	H	3–0	5,326	Ingimarsson, Hunt, Burgess
23	21 December 2001	Northampton Town	H	3–0	5,142	Evans, Owusu, Burgess
24	26 December 2001	Cambridge United	A	1–2	3,989	Burgess
25	29 December 2001	Tranmere Rovers	A	0–1	9,389
26	12 January 2002	Port Vale	A	1–2	4,588	Owusu
27	19 January 2002	Wigan Athletic	H	0–1	5,549
28	22 January 2002	Northampton Town	A	0–1	4,184
29	24 January 2002	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	4–0	7,475	Ingimarsson, Burgess (2), Sidwell
30	2 February 2002	Colchester United	A	1–1	3,657	Owusu
31	9 February 2002	Bournemouth	H	1–0	6,698	Owusu
32	12 February 2002	Cardiff City	H	2–1	6,718	Hunt, Burgess
33	16 February 2002	Peterborough United	A	1–1	5,100	Owusu
34	22 February 2002	Notts County	H	2–1	5,367	Evans, Burgess
35	26 February 2002	Oldham Athletic	A	2–3	4,935	Burgess (2)
36	2 March 2002	Bristol City	A	2–0	11,421	Owusu, Rowlands
37	5 March 2002	Swindon Town	H	2–0	5,644	Owusu (2)
38	9 March 2002	Wrexham	A	3–0	3,343	Evans (2), Rowlands
39	12 March 2002	Chesterfield	H	0–0	5,372
40	16 March 2002	Wycombe Wanderers	H	1–0	7,165	Ingimarsson
41	19 March 2002	Blackpool	A	3–1	4,865	Rowlands, Owusu (2)
42	30 March 2002	Stoke City	H	1–0	8,837	Sidwell
43	1 April 2002	Bury	A	0–2	4,332
44	6 April 2002	Huddersfield Town	H	3–0	7,393	Owusu, Sidwell, Rowlands
45	13 April 2002	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–0	18,346
46	20 April 2002	Reading	H	1–1	11,303	Rowlands

Football League Second Division play-offs

Main article: 2002 Football League play-offs

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorer(s)	Notes
SF (1st leg)	28 April 2002	Huddersfield Town	A	0–0	16,523
SF (2nd leg)	1 May 2002	Huddersfield Town	H	2–1 (won 2–1 on aggregate)	11,191	Owusu, Powell
Final	11 May 2002	Stoke City	N	0–2	42,523		[nb 1]

FA Cup

Main article: 2001–02 FA Cup

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorer(s)
R1	17 November 2001	Morecambe	H	1–0	4,026	Gibbs
R2	8 December 2001	Scunthorpe United	A	2–3	3,457	Dobson, Burgess

Football League Cup

Main article: 2001–02 Football League Cup

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorer(s)
R1	21 August 2001	Norwich City	H	1–0	4,111	O'Connor
R2	12 September 2001	Newcastle United	A	1–4	25,633	Owusu

Football League Trophy

Main article: 2001–02 Football League Trophy

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
SR1	17 October 2001	Wycombe Wanderers	A	0–1	2,051

• Sources: Soccerbase, 11v11

Playing squad

Players' ages are as of the opening day of the 2001–02 season.

No	Position	Name	Nationality	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Signed in	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Ólafur Gottskálksson		(1968-03-12)12 March 1968 (aged 33)	Hibernian	2000
13	GK	Paul Smith		(1979-12-17)17 December 1979 (aged 21)	Carshalton Athletic	2000
25	GK	Alan Julian		(1983-03-11)11 March 1983 (aged 18)	Youth	2001
Defenders
2	DF	Danny Boxall		(1977-08-24)24 August 1977 (aged 23)	Crystal Palace	1998
3	DF	Ijah Anderson		(1975-12-30)30 December 1975 (aged 25)	Southend United	1995
4	DF	Ívar Ingimarsson		(1977-08-20)20 August 1977 (aged 23)	ÍBV	1999
5	DF	Darren Powell		(1976-03-10)10 March 1976 (aged 25)	Hampton	1998
6	DF	Scott Marshall		(1973-05-01)1 May 1973 (aged 28)	Southampton	1999
12	DF	Michael Dobson		(1981-04-09)9 April 1981 (aged 20)	Youth	2000
15	DF	Jay Lovett		(1978-01-22)22 January 1978 (aged 23)	Crawley Town	2000
23	DF	David Theobald		(1978-12-15)15 December 1978 (aged 22)	Ipswich Town	1999
26	DF	Lee Fieldwick		(1982-01-01)1 January 1982 (aged 19)	Youth	2000
27	DF	Matt Somner		(1982-12-08)8 December 1982 (aged 18)	Youth	2001
Midfielders
7	MF	Paul Evans (c)		(1974-09-01)1 September 1974 (aged 26)	Shrewsbury Town	1999
11	MF	Martin Rowlands		(1979-02-08)8 February 1979 (aged 22)	Farnborough Town	1998
18	MF	Eddie Hutchinson		(1982-02-23)23 February 1982 (aged 19)	Sutton United	2000
20	MF	Kevin O'Connor		(1982-02-24)24 February 1982 (aged 19)	Youth	2000
21	MF	Mark Williams		(1981-10-19)19 October 1981 (aged 19)	Youth	2000
22	MF	Jay Smith		(1981-12-29)29 December 1981 (aged 19)	Youth	2001
28	MF	Stephen Hunt		(1981-08-01)1 August 1981 (aged 20)	Crystal Palace	2001
31	MF	Jay Tabb		(1984-02-21)21 February 1984 (aged 17)	Crystal Palace	2000
32	MF	Steve Sidwell		(1982-12-14)14 December 1982 (aged 18)	Arsenal	2001	On loan from Arsenal
34	MF	Stephen Evans		(1980-09-25)25 September 1980 (aged 20)	Crystal Palace	2002
Forwards
9	FW	Lloyd Owusu		(1976-11-12)12 November 1976 (aged 24)	Slough Town	1998
17	FW	Mark McCammon		(1978-08-07)7 August 1978 (aged 23)	Charlton Athletic	2000
24	FW	Julian Charles		(1977-02-05)5 February 1977 (aged 24)	Hampton & Richmond Borough	1999
30	FW	Ben Burgess		(1981-11-09)9 November 1981 (aged 19)	Blackburn Rovers	2001	On loan from Blackburn Rovers
33	FW	Mark Peters		(1983-10-04)4 October 1983 (aged 17)	Southampton	2002
Players who left the club mid-season
8	MF	Gavin Mahon		(1977-01-02)2 January 1977 (aged 24)	Hereford United	1998	Transferred to Watford
10	FW	Scott Partridge		(1974-10-13)13 October 1974 (aged 26)	Torquay United	1999	Transferred to Rushden & Diamonds
14	MF	Tony Folan		(1978-09-18)18 September 1978 (aged 22)	Crystal Palace	1998	Released
16	MF	Derek Bryan		(1974-11-11)11 November 1974 (aged 26)	Hampton	1997	Released
19	DF	Paul Gibbs		(1972-10-26)26 October 1972 (aged 28)	Plymouth Argyle	2000	Transferred to Barnsley
29	DF	Jason Price		(1977-04-12)12 April 1977 (aged 24)	Swansea City	2001	Released
32	FW	Adrian Caceres		(1982-01-10)10 January 1982 (aged 19)	Southampton	2001	Returned to Southampton after loan

• Source: Soccerbase

Coaching staff

Name	Role
Steve Coppell	Manager
Wally Downes	Assistant coach
Roberto Forzoni	Assistant coach
Jim Stannard	Goalkeeping coach
Phil McLoughlin	Physiotherapist
Colin Martin	Medical Officer
John Griffin	Chief scout

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Substitute appearances in brackets.

No	Pos	Nat	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy		Playoffs		Total
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Ólafur Gottskálksson	28	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	32	0
2	DF		Danny Boxall	0 (5)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (6)	0
3	DF		Ijah Anderson	33 (2)	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	40 (2)	0
4	DF		Ívar Ingimarsson	46	6	2	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	54	6
5	DF		Darren Powell	41	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	3	1	48	2
7	MF		Paul Evans	40	14	1	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	47	14
8	MF		Gavin Mahon	34 (1)	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	—		38 (1)	0
9	FW		Lloyd Owusu	43 (1)	20	2	0	1	1	1	0	3	1	50 (1)	22
10	FW		Scott Partridge	0 (1)	0	—		0 (1)	0	—		—		0 (2)	0
11	MF		Martin Rowlands	13 (10)	7	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	3	0	16 (12)	7
12	DF		Michael Dobson	38 (1)	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	45 (1)	1
13	GK		Paul Smith	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	22	0
15	DF		Jay Lovett	2	0	—		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
16	MF		Derek Bryan	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0 (1)	0
17	FW		Mark McCammon	1 (13)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	1 (15)	0
18	MF		Eddie Hutchinson	2 (6)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3 (7)	0
19	DF		Paul Gibbs	23 (4)	2	2	1	2	0	0 (1)	0	—		27 (5)	3
20	MF		Kevin O'Connor	13 (12)	0	1 (1)	0	1 (1)	0	1	0	0 (2)	0	16 (16)	0
21	MF		Mark Williams	0 (20)	1	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (23)	1
22	MF		Jay Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
23	DF		David Theobald	5 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6 (1)	0
28	MF		Stephen Hunt	34 (1)	4	1	0	0 (1)	0	1	0	3	0	39 (2)	4
29	DF		Jason Price	15	1	—		2	0	1	0	—		18	1
31	MF		Jay Tabb	0 (3)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (3)	0
Players loaned in during the season
30	FW		Ben Burgess	43	17	2	1	2	0	1	0	3	0	51	18
32	FW		Adrian Caceres	5	0	—		0	0	—		—		5	0
32	MF		Steve Sidwell	29 (1)	4	2	0	—		—		3	0	34 (1)	4

• Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
• Source: Soccerbase

Goalscorers

No	Pos	Nat	Player	FL2	FAC	FLC	FLT	FLP	Total
9	FW		Lloyd Owusu	20	0	1	0	1	22
30	FW		Ben Burgess	17	1	0	0	0	18
7	MF		Paul Evans	14	0	0	0	0	14
11	MF		Martin Rowlands	7	0	0	0	0	7
4	DF		Ívar Ingimarsson	6	0	0	0	0	6
32	MF		Steve Sidwell	4	0	—	—	0	4
28	MF		Stephen Hunt	4	0	0	0	0	4
19	DF		Paul Gibbs	2	1	0	0	—	3
5	DF		Darren Powell	1	0	0	0	1	2
29	DF		Jason Price	1	—	0	0	—	1
21	MF		Mark Williams	1	0	0	0	0	1
12	DF		Michael Dobson	0	1	0	0	0	1
Total				77	2	1	0	2	82

• Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
• Source: Soccerbase

Discipline

No	Pos	Nat	Player	FL2		FAC		FLC		FLT		FLP		Total		Pts
19	DF		Paul Gibbs	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	—		10	1	13
3	DF		Ijah Anderson	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	1	12
5	DF		Darren Powell	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	9	0	9
32	MF		Steve Sidwell	7	0	1	0	—		—		1	0	9	0	9
11	MF		Martin Rowlands	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	8
28	MF		Stephen Hunt	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	1	8
7	MF		Paul Evans	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	6
29	DF		Jason Price	4	0	—		1	0	0	0	—		5	0	5
30	FW		Ben Burgess	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3
12	DF		Michael Dobson	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3
8	MF		Gavin Mahon	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	—		3	0	3
17	FW		Mark McCammon	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
18	MF		Eddie Hutchinson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
20	MF		Kevin O'Connor	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
9	FW		Lloyd Owusu	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
23	DF		David Theobald	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
21	MF		Mark Williams	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Total				63	4	4	0	4	0	1	0	3	0	75	4	87

• Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
• Source: ESPN FC

International caps

No	Pos	Nat	Player	Caps	Goals	Ref
4	DF		Ívar Ingimarsson	2	0	[23]
7	MF		Paul Evans	1	0	[24]

Management

Name	Nat	From	To	Record All Comps					Record League
				P	W	D	L	W %	P	W	D	L	W %
Steve Coppell		11 August 2001	11 May 2002	54	27	12	15	050.00|	46	24	11	11	052.17

Summary

Games played	54 (46 Second Division, 2 FA Cup, 2 League Cup, 1 Football League Trophy, 3 Football League playoffs)
Games won	27 (24 Second Division, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 0 Football League Trophy, 1 Football League playoffs)
Games drawn	12 (11 Second Division, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 0 Football League Trophy, 1 Football League playoffs)
Games lost	15 (11 Second Division, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 1 Football League Trophy, 1 Football League playoffs)
Goals scored	82 (77 Second Division, 2 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 0 Football League Trophy, 2 Football League playoffs)
Goals conceded	54 (43 Second Division, 3 FA Cup, 4 League Cup, 1 Football League Trophy, 3 Football League playoffs)
Clean sheets	22 (19 Second Division, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 0 Football League Trophy, 1 Football League playoffs)
Biggest league win	4–0 on two occasions; 5–1 versus Bury, 23 October 2001
Worst league defeat	2–0 on two occasions; 3–1 versus Cardiff City, 4 December 2001; 5–3 versus Wycombe Wanderers, 1 December 2001
Most appearances	54, Ívar Ingimarsson (46 Second Division, 2 FA Cup, 2 League Cup, 1 Football League Trophy, 3 Football League playoffs)
Top scorer (league)	20, Lloyd Owusu
Top scorer (all competitions)	22, Lloyd Owusu

Transfers & loans

Players transferred in
Date	Pos.	Name	Previous Club	Fee	Ref.
2 August 2001	MF	Stephen Hunt	Crystal Palace	Free	[3]
2 August 2001	DF	Jason Price	Swansea City	Free	[3]
20 February 2002	FW	Mark Peters	Southampton	Free	[25]
25 March 2002	MF	Stephen Evans	Crystal Palace	Free	[26]
Players loaned in
Date from	Pos.	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
14 August 2001	FW	Ben Burgess	Blackburn Rovers	End of season	[4]
7 September 2001	FW	Adrian Caceres	Southampton	7 October 2001	[27]
22 October 2001	MF	Steve Sidwell	Arsenal	End of season	[28]
Players transferred out
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Fee	Ref.
13 September 2001	FW	Scott Partridge	Rushden & Diamonds	Free	[29]
4 November 2001	MF	Tony Folan	Bohemians	Free	[30]
4 March 2002	MF	Gavin Mahon	Watford	£150,000	[16]
15 March 2002	DF	Paul Gibbs	Barnsley	Free	[31]
Players loaned out
Date from	Pos.	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
18 October 2001	DF	Jay Lovett	Crawley Town	30 April 2002	[32]
29 October 2001	FW	Julian Charles	Farnborough Town	30 November 2001	[33]
Players released
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
3 July 2001	FW	Lorenzo Pinamonte	Castel di Sangro	4 July 2001	[34]
31 October 2001	DF	Jason Price	Tranmere Rovers	8 November 2001	[35]
12 March 2002	MF	Derek Bryan	Gravesend & Northfleet	12 March 2002	[36]
30 June 2002	DF	Danny Boxall	Bristol Rovers	July 2002	[37]
30 June 2002	FW	Julian Charles	Billericay Town	2002	[38]
30 June 2002	MF	Paul Evans	Bradford City	9 August 2002	[38]
30 June 2002	DF	Ívar Ingimarsson	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1 July 2002	[38]
30 June 2002	FW	Lloyd Owusu	Sheffield Wednesday	3 July 2002	[38]
30 June 2002	DF	David Theobald	Swansea City	26 July 2002	[38]

Kit

Supplier: Patrick
Sponsor(s): GMB

Home

Away

Source: Brentford F.C.

Awards

• Supporters' Player of the Year: Ívar Ingimarsson^[39]
• Football League Second Division Manager of the Month: Steve Coppell (October 2001)^[40]
• Football League Second Division PFA Team of the Year: Paul Evans^[41]
• Football League Second Division Team of the Year: Paul Evans, Lloyd Owusu^[42]
• Football League Goal of the Month: Lloyd Owusu (March 2002)^[43]
• Hounslow Chronicle Player of the Month: Lloyd Owusu (December 2001)^[44]

Notes

1. Match played at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff.