2001–02 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season

The 2001–02 season was the 123rd season in Bolton Wanderers F.C.'s existence, and was their first season back in the top-flight after a four-year absence. It covers the period from 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2002.[1]

Bolton Wanderers

2001–02 season
Chairman	Phil Gartside
Manager	Sam Allardyce
Stadium	Reebok Stadium
Premier League	16th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Fifth round
Top goalscorer	League: Michael Ricketts (12) All: Michael Ricketts (15)
Highest home attendance	27,351 (vs Arsenal, 29 April 2002)
Lowest home attendance	5,761 (vs. Walsall, 11 September 2001)
Average home league attendance	25,098
Home colours Away colours

Season summary

Three wins from their first three Premiership games put newly promoted Bolton on top of the table, and manager Sam Allardyce was boasting (tongue-in-cheek) that his side were capable of winning their first-ever league title, but the strong start to the season was not followed up and in the end they finished 16th, just enough to avoid relegation.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[2]

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ENG	Steve Banks
2	DF	FRA	Bruno N'Gotty
3	DF	ENG	Mike Whitlow
4	DF	ISL	Guðni Bergsson
5	DF	SCO	Colin Hendry
6	DF	ENG	Paul Warhurst
7	FW	DEN	Bo Hansen
8	MF	DEN	Per Frandsen
9	FW	DEN	Henrik Pedersen
10	FW	ENG	Dean Holdsworth
11	MF	JAM	Ricardo Gardner
12	DF	ENG	Dean Holden
13	FW	FRA	Youri Djorkaeff
14	MF	IRL	Gareth Farrelly
15	MF	ENG	Kevin Nolan
16	FW	GER	Fredi Bobic (on loan from Borussia Dortmund)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	ENG	Michael Ricketts
19	MF	ENG	David Norris
20	MF	ENG	Nicky Southall
21	FW	ENG	Rod Wallace
22	GK	FIN	Jussi Jääskeläinen
23	MF	FRA	Mario Espartero (on loan from Metz)
24	DF	ENG	Anthony Barness
25	DF	ENG	Simon Charlton
26	DF	ENG	Leam Richardson
28	MF	JAM	Jermaine Johnson
29	MF	DEN	Stig Tøfting
30	GK	ENG	Kevin Poole
32	MF	ENG	Jeff Smith
34	MF	GRE	Kostas Konstantinidis (on loan from Hertha Berlin)
38	MF	NIR	Wayne Buchanan
46	MF	JAM	Cleveland Taylor

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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	FW	ENG	Ian Marshall (to Blackpool)
23	MF	SEN	Djibril Diawara (on loan from Torino)
27	FW	JPN	Akinori Nishizawa (on loan from Cerezo Osaka)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
42	GK	FIN	Jani Viander (on loan from HJK)
—	MF	ENG	Nicky Summerbee (to Manchester City)

Reserve squad

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	FW	ENG	Paul Wheatcroft
27	MF	TAH	Gérald Forschelet
31	FW	ITA	Emanuele Morini
33	MF	ENG	Ryan Baldacchino
35	GK	USA	Jeff Cassar

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
37	DF	ENG	Nicky Hunt
39	MF	IRL	Ciaran Ryan
40	MF	ENG	Chris Downey
41	DF	IRL	Alan O'Hare

Transfers

In

• Henrik Pedersen - Silkeborg, 3 July, £650,000[3]
• Rod Wallace - unattached (last at Rangers), 17 September[4]
• Derek Niven - Raith Rovers), 28 November, undisclosed
• Jeremy Bon - Bordeaux, 2 January[5]
• Bruno N'Gotty - Marseille, 28 January, £500,000
• Gérald Forschelet - Cannes, 1 February, undisclosed
• Stig Tøfting - Hamburg, 8 February, £250,000[6]
• Youri Djorkaeff - unattached (last at Kaiserslautern), 13 February[7]
• Jeff Cassar - Miami Fusion, 28 March[8]
• Kevin Poole - Birmingham City, October
• Nicky Southall - Gillingham, undisclosed

Out

• John O'Kane - released (later signed for Blackpool on 14 June)[9]
• Ian Marshall - Blackpool, 7 January, free
• Matt Glennon - Hull City, June, £50,000
• Robbie Elliott - released (later signed for Newcastle United)
• Nicky Summerbee - Manchester City
• Jimmy Phillips - retired
• Franck Passi - retired
• Tommy Wright - retired
• Keiran O'Connor
• Gary Haveron
• Michael Kaprielian
• Olaf Snorrason
• Danny Crumblehume
• James Evans
• Shaun Dootson

Loan in

• Akinori Nishizawa - Cerezo Osaka, 16 July, 12 months (loan fee £285,000)[10]
• Bruno N'Gotty - Marseille, 14 September, 12 months[11]
• Jermaine Johnson - Tivoli Gardens, 19 September
• Jani Viander - HJK, 16 November
• Fredi Bobic - Borussia Dortmund, 11 January
• Mario Espartero - Metz, 21 February
• Kostas Konstantinidis - Hertha Berlin, 26 March
• Djibril Diawara - Torino

Loan out

• Jeff Smith - Macclesfield Town, 23 November
• Steve Banks - Rochdale, 14 December
• Paul Wheatcroft - Mansfield Town, 26 February
• Colin Hendry - Preston North End, 28 February
• David Norris - Hull City, 4 March
• Wayne Buchanan - Chesterfield, 22 March
• Henrik Pedersen - Silkeborg, 17 April
• Ian Marshall - Blackpool

Results

FA Premier League

Main article: 2001–02 FA Premier League

Results per matchday

Matchday	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
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	D	L	D	D	L	L	W	L	D	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	D	D	D	D	L	L	W	D	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	L	L	L
Position	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	4	8	6	8	9	8	9	10	12	12	14	15	15	14	16	16	17	18	17	17	16	17	18	16	15	16	14	15	16	16	16

Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2002. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
18 August 2001	Leicester City	A	5 – 0	Nolan (2) 15', 41', Ricketts 33', Frandsen (2) 45', 83'	19,987
21 August 2001	Middlesbrough	H	1 – 0	Ricketts 39'	20,747
27 August 2001	Liverpool	H	2 – 1	Ricketts 27', Holdsworth 90'	27,205
8 September 2001	Leeds United	A	0 – 0		40,153
15 September 2001	Southampton	H	0 – 1		24,378
19 September 2001	Blackburn Rovers	A	1 – 1	Wallace 69'	25,949
22 September 2001	Arsenal	A	1 – 1	Ricketts 83'	38,014
29 September 2001	Sunderland	H	0 – 2		24,520
13 October 2001	Newcastle United	H	0 – 4		25,631
20 October 2001	Manchester United	A	2 – 1	Nolan 35', Ricketts 84'	67,559
27 October 2001	Aston Villa	A	2 – 3	Ricketts (2) 2', 75'	33,599
3 November 2001	Everton	H	2 – 2	Frandsen 10', Ricketts 90'	27,343
18 November 2001	Ipswich Town	A	2 – 1	Bergsson 6', Ricketts 25'	22,335
24 November 2001	Fulham	H	0 – 0		23,848
3 December 2001	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2 – 3	Ricketts 8', Wallace 56'	32,971
8 December 2001	Derby County	A	0 – 1		25,712
15 December 2001	Charlton Athletic	H	0 – 0	Frandsen 84'	20,834
23 December 2001	Chelsea	A	1 – 5	Nolan 3'	34,063
26 December 2001	Leeds United	H	0 – 3		27,060
29 December 2001	Leicester City	H	2 – 2	Nolan 34', Ricketts 90'	23,037
1 January 2002	Liverpool	A	1 – 1	Nolan 78'	43,710
12 January 2002	Chelsea	H	2 – 2	Ricketts 56', Nolan 79'	23,891
19 January 2002	Middlesbrough	A	1 – 1	Hansen 73'	26,104
29 January 2002	Manchester United	H	0 – 4		27,350
2 February 2002	Newcastle United	A	2 – 3	Gardner 19', Southall 34'	52,094
9 February 2002	West Ham United	H	1 – 0	Gardner 38'	24,342
23 February 2002	Southampton	A	0 – 0		31,380
2 March 2002	Blackburn Rovers	H	1 – 1	Wallace 45'	27,203
5 March 2002	Sunderland	A	0 – 1		43,011
16 March 2002	Derby County	H	1 – 3	Gardner 46'	25,893
23 March 2002	Charlton Athletic	A	2 – 1	Djorkaeff (2) 15', 39'	26,358
30 March 2002	Aston Villa	H	3 – 2	Delaney 8'(og), Bobic 40', Nolan 76'	24,600
1 April 2002	Everton	A	1 – 3	N'Gotty 75'	39,784
6 April 2002	Ipswich Town	H	4 – 1	Bobic (3) 2', 30', 38', Djorkaeff 35'	25,817
20 April 2002	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1 – 1	Holdsworth 71'	25,817
23 April 2002	Fulham	A	0 – 3		18,107
29 April 2002	Arsenal	H	0 – 2		27,351
11 May 2002	West Ham United	A	1 – 2	Djorkaeff	35,546

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	Charlton Athletic	38	10	14	14	38	49	−11	44
15	Everton	38	11	10	17	45	57	−12	43
16	Bolton Wanderers	38	9	13	16	44	62	−18	40
17	Sunderland	38	10	10	18	29	51	−22	40
18	Ipswich Town (R)	38	9	9	20	41	64	−23	36	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round[lower-alpha 1] Relegation to the Football League First Division

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Ipswich Town qualified for the UEFA Cup qualifying round as the winners of Premiership Fair Play League by The Football Association, one of the UEFA Fair Play ranking winners.

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
16 January 2002	Round 3	Stockport County	A	4 – 1	Bergsson 36', Fradin 42'(og), Frandsen 73', Ricketts 85'	5,821
5 February 2002	Round 4	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0 – 4		27,093

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
11 September 2001	Round 2	Walsall	H	4 – 3 (aet)	Ricketts 68', Holdsworth 80', Nishizawa 90', Pedersen 97'	5,761
8 October 2001	Round 3	Nottingham Forest	H	1 – 0	Wallace 3'	6,881
27 November 2001	Round 4	Southampton	H	2 – 2 (aet) Won 6 – 5 on penalties	Holdsworth 55' (pen), Ricketts 110'	8,404
11 December 2001	Round 5	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0 – 6		28,430

Statistics

Appearances

Bolton used a total of 35 players during the season.

P	Player	Position	PL	FAC	LC	Total
1	Jussi Jääskeläinen	Goalkeeper	34 0(0)	01 0(0)	03 0(0)	38 0(0)
2	Kevin Nolan	Midfielder	34 0(1)	01 0(1)	01 0(1)	36 0(3)
3	Simon Charlton	Defender	35 0(1)	00 0(0)	01 0(0)	36 0(1)
4	Ricardo Gardner	Midfielder	29 0(2)	02 0(0)	00 0(1)	31 0(1)
5	Guðni Bergsson	Defender	29 0(0)	02 0(0)	00 0(0)	31 0(0)
6	Ricardo Gardner	Midfielder	31 0(1)	00 0(0)	00 0(0)	31 0(1)
7	Mike Whitlow	Defender	28 0(1)	01 0(0)	00 0(1)	29 0(2)
8	Michael Ricketts	Striker	26 (12)	01 0(1)	00 0(3)	27 (16)
9	Per Frandsen	Midfielder	25 0(5)	00 0(0)	01 0(0)	26 0(5)
10	Bruno N'Gotty	Defender	24 0(2)	00 0(0)	02 0(1)	26 0(3)
11	Paul Warhurst	Defender/Midfielder	25 0(0)	00 0(0)	01 0(0)	26 0(0)
12	Anthony Barness	Defender	19 0(6)	02 0(0)	02 0(0)	23 0(6)
13=	Nicky Southall	Defender/Midfielder	10 0(8)	02 0(0)	04 0(0)	16 0(8)
13=	Rod Wallace	Striker	14 0(6)	01 0(0)	01 0(2)	16 0(8)
15	Gareth Farrelly	Midfielder	11 0 (7)	02 0(0)	03 0(0)	16 0(7)
16	Bo Hansen	Striker	10 0(7)	02 0(0)	02 0(0)	14 0(7)
17	Fredi Bobic	Striker	14 0(2)	00 0(0)	00 0(0)	14 0(2)
18	Dean Holdsworth	Striker	09 (22)	00 0(1)	03 0(1)	12 (24)
19	Youri Djorkaeff	Midfielder/Striker	12 0(0)	00 0(0)	00 0(0)	12 0(0)
20	Henrik Pedersen	Streiker	05 0(6)	02 0(0)	01 0(1)	08 0(7)
21	Delroy Facey	Striker	01 0(8)	02 0(0)	00 0(0)	03 0(8)
22	Jermaine Johnson	Midfielder	04 0(6)	01 0(1)	02 0(0)	07 0(7)
23	Colin Hendry	Defender	03 0(0)	00 0(0)	04 0(0)	07 0(0)
24	Djibril Diawara	Defender	04 0(5)	00 0(0)	02 0(0)	06 0(5)
25	Stig Tøfting	Midfielder	06 0(0)	00 0(0)	00 0(0)	06 0(0)
26=	Kevin Poole	Goalkeeper	03 0(0)	00 0(0)	00 0(0)	03 0(0)
26=	Kostas Konstantinidis	Defender	03 0(0)	00 0(0)	00 0(0)	03 0(0)
26=	Akinori Nishizawa	Striker	00 0(0)	00 0(0)	03 0(0)	03 0(0)
29=	Ian Marshall	Defender/Striker	00 0(1)	00 0(0)	02 0(0)	02 0(1)
29=	David Norris	Midfielder	00 0(0)	01 0(0)	01 0(1)	02 0(1)
29=	Leam Richardson	Midfielder	00 0(1)	00 0(0)	02 0(0)	02 0(1)
32	Steve Banks	Goalkeeper	01 0(0)	01 0(0)	00 0(0)	02 0(0)
33=	Dean Holden	Defender	00 0(0)	00 0(0)	01 0(0)	01 0(0)
33=	Jani Viander	Goalkeeper	00 0(0)	01 0(0)	00 0(0)	01 0(0)
34=	Wayne Buchanan	Midfielder	00 0(0)	00 0(1)	00 0(0)	00 0(1)
34	Cleveland Taylor	Midfielder	00 0(0)	00 0(1)	00 0(0)	00 0(1)

Top scorers

P	Player	Position	PL	FAC	LC	Total
1	Michael Ricketts	Striker	12	1	2	15
2	Kevin Nolan	Midfielder	08	0	0	08
3=	Fredi Bobic	Striker	04	0	0	04
3=	Youri Djorkaeff	Midfielder/Striker	04	1	0	04
3=	Dean Holdsworth	Striker	02	0	2	04
3=	Rod Wallace	Striker	03	0	1	04

References

1. "Bolton Wanderers 2001/02". bwfcstats.com. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
2. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2001-2002/faprem/bolton.htm
3. "Bolton snap up Pedersen". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 3 July 2001. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
4. "Wallace the Wanderer". BBC News. 17 September 2001.
5. "Bon is good for Bolton". BBC News. 2 January 2002.
6. "Bolton sign Tofting". BBC News. 7 February 2002.
7. "Bolton sign Djorkaeff". BBC News. 13 February 2002.
8. "Bolton sign US keeper". BBC News. 28 March 2002.
9. "O'Kane joins Blackpool". BBC News. 14 June 2001.
10. "Japan striker joins Bolton". BBC News. 16 July 2001.
11. "Bolton clinch N'Gotty deal". BBC News. 14 September 2001.