2001–02 Sheffield United F.C. season

Sheffield United

2001–02 season
Chairman	Derek Dooley
Manager	Neil Warnock
Stadium	Bramall Lane
First Division	13th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Asaba (7) All: Asaba (7)
Average home league attendance	18,020
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

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

Final league table

Main article: 2001–02 Football League

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GD		Pts
1	Manchester City	46		19	3	1	63	19		12	3	8	45	33		108	52	+56		99
2	West Bromwich Albion	46		15	4	4	36	11		12	4	7	25	18		61	29	+32		89
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46		13	4	6	33	18		12	7	4	43	25		76	43	+33		86
4	Millwall	46		15	3	5	43	22		7	8	8	26	26		69	48	+21		77
5	Birmingham City	46		14	4	5	44	20		7	9	7	26	29		70	49	+21		76
6	Norwich City	46		15	6	2	36	16		7	3	13	24	35		60	51	+9		75
7	Burnley	46		11	7	5	39	29		10	5	8	31	33		70	62	+8		75
8	Preston North End	46		13	7	3	45	21		7	5	11	26	38		71	59	+12		72
9	Wimbledon	46		9	8	6	30	22		9	5	9	33	35		63	57	+6		67
10	Crystal Palace	46		13	3	7	42	22		7	3	13	28	40		70	62	+8		66
11	Coventry City	46		12	4	7	33	19		8	2	13	26	34		59	53	+6		66
12	Gillingham	46		12	5	6	38	26		6	5	12	26	41		64	67	–3		64
13	Sheffield United	46		8	8	7	34	30		7	7	9	19	24		53	54	–1		60
14	Watford	46		10	5	8	38	30		6	6	11	24	26		62	56	+6		59
15	Bradford City	46		10	1	12	41	39		5	9	9	28	37		69	76	–7		55
16	Nottingham Forest	46		7	11	5	26	21		5	7	11	24	30		50	51	–1		54
17	Portsmouth	46		9	6	8	36	31		4	8	11	24	41		60	72	–12		53
18	Walsall	46		10	6	7	29	27		3	6	14	22	44		51	71	–20		51
19	Grimsby Town	46		9	7	7	34	28		3	7	13	16	44		50	72	–22		50
20	Sheffield Wednesday	46		6	7	10	28	37		6	7	10	21	34		49	71	–22		50
21	Rotherham United	46		7	13	3	32	29		3	6	14	20	37		52	66	–14		49
22	Crewe Alexandra	46		8	8	7	23	32		4	5	14	24	44		47	76	–29		49
23	Barnsley	46		9	9	5	37	33		2	6	15	22	53		59	86	–27		48
24	Stockport County	46		5	1	17	19	44		1	7	15	23	58		42	102	–60		26

• Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
• NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Key
	Football League Champions, promoted to FA Premier League
	Promoted to FA Premier League
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted to Premier League through play-offs
	Relegated

Results

Sheffield United's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Cup

Main article: 2001–02 FA Cup

League Cup

Main article: 2001–02 Football League Cup

Squad

Squad at end of season

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Simon Tracey 2 DF Rob Kozluk 3 DF Shane Nicholson 4 DF Lee Sandford 5 DF Shaun Murphy 6 DF Keith Curle 7 MF Michael Brown 8 FW Paul Peschisolido 9 FW Carl Asaba 10 MF Paul Devlin 11 MF Bobby Ford 12 FW Laurent D'Jaffo 13 GK Wilko de Vogt 14 MF Georges Santos 15 DF Ben Doane 16 FW Peter Ndlovu 17 DF Phil Jagielka 18 FW Steve Lovell (on loan from Portsmouth)

No. Position Player 19 FW Patrick Suffo 20 MF Jean-Philippe Javary 21 MF Adam Burley 22 MF Nick Montgomery 23 DF Rob Ullathorne 24 DF Gus Uhlenbeek 25 FW Tyrone Thompson 26 MF Michael Tonge 28 MF Grant Smith 29 FW Mark Ward 30 MF Lee Thompson 31 MF Colin Cryan 32 DF Rob Page 33 DF Benoît Croissant 34 FW Ryan Mallon 35 GK Kevin Blackwell 36 FW Lewis Killeen

Left club during season

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

No. Position Player 18 DF Davy Gysbrechts 18 FW Paul Furlong (on loan from Birmingham City) 20 FW Andy Smith

No. Position Player 23 DF Terry Phelan 27 MF Buba Yohanna 35 FW Adrian Littlejohn