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2001–02 Football League

The Football League
Season 2001–02
Champions Manchester City
Promoted Manchester City
West Bromwich Albion
Birmingham City
Relegated Halifax Town
Football League, First Division
Season 2001–02
Champions Manchester City (7th second tier title)
Direct promotion to FA Premier League Manchester City,
West Bromwich Albion
Promoted to FA Premier League through play-offs Birmingham City
Relegated Barnsley,
Crewe Alexandra ,
Matches played 552
Goals scored 1485 (2.69 per match)
Top goalscorer Shaun Goater (Manchester City), 28
Football League, Second Division
Season 2001–02
Champions Brighton & Hove Albion (1st third tier title, and second successive division championship)
Direct promotion Brighton & Hove Albion,
Reading
Promoted through play-offs Stoke City
Relegated Bournemouth,
Bury,
Cambridge United,
Wrexham
Matches played 552
Goals scored 1472 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorer Bobby Zamora (Brighton & Hove Albion), 28
Football League, Third Division
Season 2001–02
Champions Plymouth Argyle (1st fourth tier title)
Direct promotion Plymouth Argyle,
Luton Town,
Mansfield Town
Promoted through play-offs Cheltenham Town
Relegated to Conference Halifax Town
New club in the league Rushden & Diamonds
Matches played 552
Goals scored 1393 (2.52 per match)
Top goalscorer Steve Howard (Luton Town), 24

The 2001–02 Football League (known as the Nationwide Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 103rd completed season of The Football League.

The tables and results below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website, with home and away statistics separated. Play-off results are from the same website.


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