2001–02 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City
2001–02 season
Chairman	Sam Hammam
Manager	Alan Cork; Lennie Lawrence
Division Two	4th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	First round
LDV Vans Trophy	Second round
FAW Premier Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; Graham Kavanagh (13); All: ; Graham Kavanagh (16)
Highest home attendance	22,009 vs Leeds United (6 January 2002)
Lowest home attendance	2,052 vs Rushden & Diamonds (16 September 2001)
Average home league attendance	12,522
	← 2000–01 2002–03 →

During the 2001–02 season Cardiff City played in the Football League Division Two. They finished in fourth place before losing to Stoke City in the play-off semi finals after extra time in the second leg.

Squad

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship^[1]		FA Cup		League Cup		Other^[2]
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SCO	Neil Alexander	53	0	48	0	4	0	1	0	0	0
2	DF	WAL	Rhys Weston	44	0	39	0	3	0	1	0	1	0
3	DF	WAL	Andy Legg	41	2	35	2	4	0	1	0	1	0
4	DF	ENG	Des Hamilton	24	0	19	0	2	0	0	0	3	0
5	DF	ENG	Spencer Prior	44	2	39	2	3	0	0	0	2	0
6	DF	WAL	Danny Gabbidon	49	3	44	3	4	0	1	0	0	0
7	MF	WAL	Josh Low	27	0	22	0	1	0	1	0	3	0
8	MF	EIR	Graham Kavanagh	51	16	45	13	4	2	1	0	1	1
9	FW	ENG	Leo Fortune-West	46	11	38	10	4	1	1	0	3	0
10	FW	WAL	Robert Earnshaw	36	15	32	12	3	2	1	1	0	0
11	FW	WAL	Jason Bowen	29	5	26	5	2	0	0	0	1	0
12	MF	EIR	Willie Boland	50	1	44	1	4	0	1	0	1	0
13	GK	WAL	Mark Walton	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
14	FW	WAL	Paul Brayson	41	4	35	3	4	1	1	0	1	0
15	MF	ENG	Mark Bonner	37	0	31	0	4	0	0	0	2	0
16	DF	WAL	David Hughes	7	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
17	DF	SCO	Andy Jordan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF	WAL	Scott Young	40	5	35	4	3	1	0	0	2	0
19	MF	ENG	Michael Simpkins	19	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
20	FW	ENG	Gavin Gordon	19	8	15	2	2	1	1	0	1	5
21	GK	WAL	Lee Kendall	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	FW	ENG	Kevin Nugent	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
22	FW	ENG	Andy Campbell	10	7	10	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	WAL	Leyton Maxwell	23	1	18	1	1	0	0	0	4	0
24	MF	WAL	Gethin Jones	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
25	MF	WAL	Martyn Giles	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
26	MF	WAL	Kevin Evans	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	WAL	James Collins	15	2	8	1	2	0	0	0	5	1
28	DF	ENG	Andy Thompson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
28	DF	ENG	Gary Croft	8	1	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	WAL	Kurt Nogan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF	ENG	Jason Fowler	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF	WAL	Ceri Hughes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	ENG	Matt Brazier	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
31	GK	ENG	Stephen Bywater	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	DF	ENG	Russell Perrett	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	FW	ENG	Peter Thorne	28	8	28	8	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF	SCO	Scott McCulloch	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
34	MF	WAL	Leon Jeanne	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
35	DF	WAL	Byron Anthony	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	MF	WAL	Nicky Fish	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	DF	ENG	Dean Gordon	7	1	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
2	Reading (P)	46	23	15	8	70	43	+27	84	Promotion to Football League First Division
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
6	Huddersfield Town	46	21	15	10	65	47	+18	78

Source: ^[3]
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results by round

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	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	W	D	D	W	L	W	L	L	D	D	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	D	D	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W
Position	~	7	11	9	13	11	15	17	17	17	17	15	14	15	10	11	8	8	10	9	5	6	5	6	10	12	10	10	10	10	8	8	11	8	7	8	8	8	7	6	6	6	5	4	4	4

Source: ^[4]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

Division Two


Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
11 Aug	Wycombe Wanderers	H	W 1 – 0	17,403	Gabbidon
18 Aug	Peterborough United	A	D 1 – 1	6,437	Kavanagh
25 Aug	Bournemouth	H	D 2 – 2	13,383	Fortune-West, Earnshaw
8 Sep	Reading	A	W 2 – 1	13,017	Fortune-West (2)
15 Sep	Cambridge United	A	L 1 – 2	3,454	Legg
18 Sep	Northampton Town	H	W 2 – 0	11,232	Kavanagh, Brayson
22 Sep	Huddersfield Town	H	L 1 – 2	12,280	Thorne
25 Sep	Queens Park Rangers	A	L 1 – 2	11,667	Kavanagh
29 Sep	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	D 1 – 1	12,022	Brayson
9 Oct	Bristol City	A	D 1 – 1	13,804	Earnshaw
12 Oct	Wigan Athletic	H	D 2 – 2	11,072	Thorne, Brayson
21 Oct	Swindon Town	A	W 3 – 0	8,373	Earnshaw, Bowen, Kavanagh
24 Oct	Port Vale	A	W 2 – 0	4,552	Prior, Earnshaw
27 Oct	Tranmere Rovers	H	D 1 – 1	13,070	Bowen
4 Nov	Wrexham	A	W 3 – 1	5,832	Gordon, Kavanagh, Fortune-West
7 Nov	Bury	A	L 0 – 3	2,549
10 Nov	Chesterfield	H	W 2 – 1	9,516	Earnshaw, Fortune-West
20 Nov	Colchester United	H	D 1 – 1	8,013	Collins
24 Nov	Notts County	A	D 0 – 0	6,313
1 Dec	Oldham Athletic	H	W 3 – 1	10,004	Earnshaw, Kavanagh (2)
4 Dec	Brentford	H	W 3 – 1	10,184	Thorne, Earnshaw, Gabbidon
15 Dec	Blackpool	A	D 1 – 1	4,880	D Gordon
19 Dec	Stoke City	A	D 1 – 1	14,331	Gordon
26 Dec	Reading	H	D 2 – 2	16,708	Earnshaw (2)
29 Dec	Bristol City	H	L 1 – 3	16,149	Kavanagh
12 Jan	Peterborough United	H	L 0 – 2	11,301
19 Jan	Wycombe Wanderers	A	W 1 – 0	7,165	Kavanagh
22 Jan	Stoke City	H	W 2 – 0	11,771	O.G., Legg
31 Jan	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	L 0 – 1	6,117
5 Feb	Bournemouth	A	W 3 – 1	4,336	Kavanagh, Earnshaw, Boland
9 Feb	Swindon Town	H	W 3 – 0	12,045	Earnshaw, Bowen (2)
12 Feb	Brentford	A	L 1 – 2	6,718	Bowen
16 Feb	Wigan Athletic	A	L 0 – 4	5,487
19 Feb	Bury	H	W 1 – 0	8,273	Kavanagh
23 Feb	Cambridge United	H	W 2 – 0	10,182	Kavanagh (2)
2 Mar	Northampton Town	A	W 2 – 1	5,495	Maxwell, Campbell
5 Mar	Queens Park Rangers	H	D 1 – 1	13,425	Young
9 Mar	Blackpool	H	D 2 – 2	11,629	Campbell (2)
16 Mar	Oldham Athletic	A	W 7 – 1	6,786	Young, Fortune-West (2), Thorne, Campbell (3)
22 Mar	Wrexham	H	W 3 – 2	15,702	Young, Thorne, Gabbidon
30 Mar	Chesterfield	A	W 2 – 0	5,442	Fortune-West, Campbell
1 Apr	Port Vale	H	W 1 – 0	15,556	Thorne
6 Apr	Colchester United	A	W 1 – 0	3,970	Prior
9 Apr	Huddersfield Town	A	D 2 – 2	11,660	Thorne (2)
13 Apr	Notts County	H	W 2 – 1	17,105	Fortune-West, Young
20 Apr	Tranmere Rovers	A	W 1 – 0	8,375	Croft

Play-offs


Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
28 Apr	Semi-final (first leg)	Stoke City	A	W 2 – 1	21,245	Earnshaw, Fortune-West
1 May	Semi-final (second leg)	Stoke City	H	L 0 – 2	19,367

FA Cup


Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 Nov	One	Tiverton Town	A*	W 3 – 1	6,638	Brayson, Hamilton, Earnshaw
8 Dec	Two	Port Vale	H	W 3 – 0	–	Earnshaw, Gavin Gordon, Fortune-West
6 Jan	Three	Leeds United	H	W 2 – 1	22,009	Kavanagh, Young
27 Jan	Four	Tranmere Rovers	A	L 1 – 3	–	Kavanagh

– Tiverton Town were drawn as the home side but the match was switched to Ninian Park.

League Cup


Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
21 Aug	One	Millwall	A	L 1 – 2	5,516	Earnshaw

LDV Vans trophy


Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
16 Sep	One	Rushden & Diamonds	H	W 7 – 1	2,052	Bonner, Gordon (5), Giles
30 Sep	Two	Peterborough United	H	L 1 -3	2,584	Nugent

FAW Premier Cup


Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
16 Jan	Quarter-final	Newtown	A	W 3 – 0	Jeanne, Collins, Wallis
12 Mar	Semi-final	Wrexham	A	W 1 – 1 (4–3 on pens)	Giles
13 May	Final	Swansea City	H	W 1 – 0	Kavanagh

References

^ Includes play-off matches and goals
^ LDV Vans Trophy and FAW Premier Cup
^ "England 2001–02". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 24 January 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
^ "Cardiff City 2001-02 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 25 January 2022.