2001–02 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

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

Nottingham Forest

2001–02 season
Chairman	Eric Barnes
Manager	Paul Hart
Stadium	City Ground
First Division	16th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: John (13) All: John (14)
Average home league attendance	21,701
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

Season summary

The appointment of Paul Hart as manager failed to revitalise Forest and they dropped down to 16th in the final table, down from the previous season's 11th-place finish. Forest also had to contend with the departures of several key players, including highly rated young midfielder Jermaine Jenas to Newcastle United.

Final league table

Main article: 2001–02 Football League § First Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
14	Watford	46	16	11	19	62	56	+6	59
15	Bradford City	46	15	10	21	69	76	−7	55
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

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

Results

Nottingham Forest's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
11 August 2001	Sheffield United	H	1–1	25,513	Harewood
18 August 2001	Barnsley	A	1–2	14,203	Jenas
25 August 2001	Crystal Palace	H	4–2	18,239	Prutton, John (2), Harewood
27 August 2001	Coventry City	A	0–0	18,467
8 September 2001	Norwich City	A	0–1	18,061
15 September 2001	Grimsby Town	A	0–0	8,746
17 September 2001	Rotherham United	H	2–0	15,632	Bart-Williams (pen), Doig
20 September 2001	Bradford City	H	1–0	28,546	Jenas
25 September 2001	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–1	24,350
29 September 2001	Stockport County	H	2–1	17,584	Lester (2)
13 October 2001	Burnley	H	1–0	24,016	Bart-Williams
17 October 2001	Birmingham City	H	0–0	18,210
20 October 2001	Millwall	A	3–3	14,154	John (3)
23 October 2001	Watford	A	2–1	16,355	D Johnson, John
28 October 2001	Manchester City	H	1–1	28,226	Bart-Williams
31 October 2001	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0–1	20,206
4 November 2001	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–1	18,281
11 November 2001	Walsall	A	0–2	6,754
17 November 2001	Preston North End	H	1–1	21,020	Jenas
24 November 2001	Crewe Alexandra	A	3–0	8,402	D Johnson (2), John
28 November 2001	Portsmouth	A	2–3	14,837	Summerbee, Jenas (pen)
1 December 2001	Watford	H	0–0	24,015
8 December 2001	Gillingham	H	2–2	18,303	John (2)
16 December 2001	Wimbledon	A	0–1	5,920
20 December 2001	Crystal Palace	A	1–1	15,645	John
26 December 2001	Norwich City	H	2–0	23,003	Prutton, John
29 December 2001	Coventry City	H	2–1	22,706	John (pen), Summerbee
1 January 2002	Birmingham City	A	1–1	19,770	John
12 January 2002	Barnsley	H	0–0	18,190
19 January 2002	Sheffield United	A	0–0	18,352
30 January 2002	Portsmouth	H	0–1	26,476
2 February 2002	Stockport County	A	3–1	6,513	Jones, Harewood, Roget (own goal)
9 February 2002	Millwall	H	1–2	18,511	Harewood (pen)
16 February 2002	Burnley	A	1–1	15,085	Harewood (pen)
23 February 2002	Grimsby Town	H	0–0	21,081
26 February 2002	Bradford City	A	1–2	13,505	Harewood
2 March 2002	Rotherham United	A	2–1	8,455	Lester, Harewood
6 March 2002	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–2	21,010	Gray, Harewood
9 March 2002	Wimbledon	H	0–0	24,292
16 March 2002	Gillingham	A	1–3	8,928	Lester
22 March 2002	West Bromwich Albion	H	0–1	24,788
30 March 2002	Manchester City	A	0–3	34,345
1 April 2002	Walsall	H	2–3	16,659	Harewood (2, 1 pen)
6 April 2002	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2–0	21,782	Lester, Prutton
13 April 2002	Crewe Alexandra	H	2–2	22,870	Bopp, Louis-Jean
21 April 2002	Preston North End	A	1–2	17,390	Harewood

FA Cup

Main article: 2001–02 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	5 January 2002	Sheffield United	A	0–1	14,696

League Cup

Main article: 2001–02 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	20 August 2001	Hartlepool United	A	2–0	3,938	John, Bart-Williams
R2	12 September 2001	Stockport County	H	1–1 (won 8–7 on pens)	5,432	Lester
R3	8 October 2001	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–1	6,881

Squad

^[2] 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 Darren Ward 2 DF  CAN Jim Brennan 4 DF  ENG Riccardo Scimeca 6 DF  NOR Jon Olav Hjelde 7 MF  ENG David Prutton 8 FW  ENG Jack Lester 9 FW  JAM David Johnson 12 GK  IRL Barry Roche 15 DF  ENG Tony Vaughan 16 MF  ENG Nicky Summerbee 17 FW  ENG Gary Jones 18 DF  FRA Matthieu Louis-Jean 19 FW  ENG Marlon Harewood 20 MF  IRL Andy Reid 21 DF  SCO Chris Doig

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 DF  WAL Christian Edwards 26 MF  AUS Gareth Edds 27 FW  ENG Andy Gray 28 DF  ENG Kevin Dawson 29 MF  SCO Gareth Williams 30 MF  IRL Keith Foy 31 DF  ENG Michael Dawson 32 FW  ENG Craig Westcarr 33 MF  IRL Brian Cash 34 MF  GER Eugen Bopp 35 FW  IRL David Freeman 37 MF  IRL Niall Hudson 38 DF  IRL John Thompson 39 GK  GER Pascal Formann

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 3 DF  ENG Alan Rogers (to Leicester City) 10 MF  WAL Andy Johnson (to West Bromwich Albion) 10 FW  ENG Adam Proudlock (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers)

No. Pos. Nation Player 11 DF  ENG Chris Bart-Williams (to Charlton Athletic) 14 FW  TRI Stern John (to Birmingham City) 36 MF  ENG Jermaine Jenas (to Newcastle United)

Reserve squad

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 40 GK  IRL Emmet Peyton — DF  IRL Damian Lynch — DF  SCO Gregor Robertson — MF  ENG Phil Haigh

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  IRL Liam Kearney — FW  FRA Mickaël Antoine-Curier — FW  TUR Arif Karaoğlan

Appearances

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division 1		FA Cup		Worthington Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	WAL	Darren Ward	50	0	46	0	1	0	3	0
2	DF	CAN	Jim Brennan	45	0	41	0	1	0	3	0
3	DF	ENG	Alan Rogers	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
4	DF	ENG	Riccardo Scimeca	40	0	35+2	0	1	0	2	0
6	DF	NOR	Jon Olav Hjelde	46	0	42	0	1	0	3	0
7	MF	ENG	David Prutton	46	3	43	3	1	0	2	0
8	FW	ENG	Jack Lester	35	6	23+9	5	1	0	2	1
9	FW	ENG	David Johnson	25	3	15+7	3	+1	0	2	0
10	MF	ENG	Andy Johnson	2	0	+1	0	0	0	1	0
10	FW	ENG	Adam Proudlock	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF	ENG	Chris Bart-Williams	19	4	17	3	0	0	2	1
12	GK	IRL	Barry Roche	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW	TRI	Stern John	26	14	20+4	13	1	0	1	1
15	DF	ENG	Tony Vaughan	9	0	5+3	0	1	0	0	0
16	MF	ENG	Nicky Summerbee	18	2	17	2	1	0	0	0
17	FW	ENG	Gary Jones	5	1	2+3	1	0	0	0	0
18	DF	FRA	Matthieu Louis-Jean	40	1	37+1	1	0	0	2	0
19	FW	ENG	Marlon Harewood	30	11	20+8	11	0	0	1+1	0
20	MF	IRL	Andy Reid	31	0	19+10	0	0	0	1+1	0
21	DF	SCO	Chris Doig	9	1	8	1	0	0	1	0
24	DF	WAL	Christian Edwards	7	0	2+4	0	0	0	1	0
26	DF	AUS	Gareth Edds	1	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW	ENG	Andy Gray	18	1	8+8	1	0	0	1+1	0
28	DF	ENG	Kevin Dawson	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF	SCO	Gareth Williams	47	0	44	0	1	0	2	0
30	DF	IRL	Keith Foy	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	ENG	Michael Dawson	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
32	FW	ENG	Craig Westcarr	8	0	+8	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF	IRL	Brian Cash	5	0	+5	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF	GER	Eugen Bopp	21	1	12+7	1	0	0	+2	0
35	FW	IRL	David Freeman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	MF	ENG	Jermaine Jenas	31	4	28	4	1	0	2	0
37	MF	IRL	Niall Hudson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	DF	IRL	John Thompson	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
39	GK	GER	Pascal Formann	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0