2001–02 Gillingham F.C. season

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

Gillingham

2001–02 season
Chairman	Paul Scally
Manager	Andy Hessenthaler (player-manager)
Stadium	Priestfield Stadium
First Division	12th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: King (17) All: King (20)
Average home league attendance	8,601
Home colours

Season summary

Another satisfying season under player-manager Andy Hessenthaler saw Gillingham finish comfortably in 12th place despite many club rivals having better financial budgets to sign and pay players.

Final league table

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

Gillingham's score comes first[1]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
11 August 2001	Preston North End	H	5–0	9,412	Browning (2), Ashby, Onuora, Gooden
18 August 2001	Sheffield United	A	0–0	16,998
25 August 2001	Barnsley	H	3–0	8,292	Onuora, King (2)
27 August 2001	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–1	18,180
8 September 2001	Portsmouth	A	1–2	17,224	Onuora
14 September 2001	Bradford City	A	1–5	14,101	King
18 September 2001	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–3	8,966	Ipoua, King (pen)
22 September 2001	Rotherham United	H	2–1	7,688	King, Hope
25 September 2001	Grimsby Town	A	2–1	4,859	Hope, King
29 September 2001	Coventry City	H	1–2	9,435	Shaw
13 October 2001	Norwich City	H	0–2	9,166
20 October 2001	Wimbledon	A	1–3	8,042	Butters
23 October 2001	Birmingham City	A	1–2	27,101	Ipoua
27 October 2001	Walsall	H	2–0	7,548	Perpetuini, Ipoua
30 October 2001	Burnley	H	2–2	8,067	Osborn, Ipoua
3 November 2001	Manchester City	A	1–4	33,067	King
10 November 2001	Crewe Alexandra	A	0–0	5,419
18 November 2001	Watford	H	0–0	8,733
21 November 2001	Crystal Palace	H	3–0	9,396	Ipoua (2), Onuora
24 November 2001	Millwall	A	2–1	15,214	Ipoua, King
27 November 2001	Stockport County	A	2–0	4,854	Onuora, King
30 November 2001	Birmingham City	H	1–1	8,575	Purse (own goal)
8 December 2001	Nottingham Forest	A	2–2	18,303	Shaw (2)
15 December 2001	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2–1	8,586	Shaw, Osborn
22 December 2001	Barnsley	A	1–4	11,965	Morgan (own goal)
26 December 2001	Portsmouth	H	2–0	10,477	King, Shaw
29 December 2001	West Bromwich Albion	H	2–1	9,912	Hope, Smith
12 January 2002	Sheffield United	H	0–1	8,814
16 January 2002	Crystal Palace	A	1–3	17,646	Onuora
19 January 2002	Preston North End	A	2–0	13,289	Osborn, Smith
29 January 2002	Stockport County	H	3–3	7,217	Ashby, Osborn, King (pen)
2 February 2002	Coventry City	A	2–1	14,337	Onuora, King
9 February 2002	Wimbledon	H	0–0	8,494
23 February 2002	Bradford City	H	0–4	7,789
26 February 2002	Rotherham United	A	2–3	6,005	Onuora, King
2 March 2002	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–2	25,908
5 March 2002	Grimsby Town	H	2–1	7,025	Shaw, Ipoua
9 March 2002	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0–0	20,361
16 March 2002	Nottingham Forest	H	3–1	8,928	King (2), Browning
19 March 2002	Norwich City	A	1–2	16,479	Onuora
24 March 2002	Millwall	H	1–0	8,082	King
30 March 2002	Walsall	A	1–1	6,190	Saunders
1 April 2002	Crewe Alexandra	H	1–0	7,748	King (pen)
6 April 2002	Burnley	A	0–2	16,236
13 April 2002	Manchester City	H	1–3	9,494	Onuora
21 April 2002	Watford	A	3–2	15,674	Hope, Shaw, Onuora

FA Cup

Main article: 2001–02 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	5 January 2002	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–0	15,271	Shaw
R4	5 February 2002	Bristol Rovers	H	1–0	9,772	Jones (own goal)
R5	16 February 2002	Arsenal	A	2–5	38,003	King, Gooden

League Cup

Main article: 2001–02 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	21 August 2001	Oxford United	A	2–1 (a.e.t.)	5,886	King (pen), Onuora
R2	11 September 2001	Millwall	H	2–1	7,511	King, Ipoua
R3	9 October 2001	Southampton	H	0–2	7,948

Squad

[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 Vince Bartram 2 DF  ENG Mark Patterson 3 DF  ENG Roland Edge 4 MF  ENG Paul Smith 5 DF  ENG Barry Ashby 6 DF  ENG Guy Butters 7 DF  JAM Nyron Nosworthy 8 MF  ENG Andy Hessenthaler (player-manager) 9 FW  JAM Marlon King 10 FW  CMR Guy Ipoua 11 MF  ENG Ty Gooden 12 FW  ENG Paul Shaw 13 GK  WAL Jason Brown 14 MF  WAL Marcus Browning

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  ENG Mark Saunders 16 DF  ENG Richard Rose 17 DF  ENG Adrian Pennock 18 DF  ENG Chris Hope 19 FW  SCO Iffy Onuora 20 MF  ENG Kevin James 21 MF  ENG Simon Osborn 22 MF  ENG Danny Spiller 23 MF  ENG Mark Lovell 24 MF  ENG Michael Phillips 25 DF  ENG Ben White 26 MF  ENG David Perpetuini 27 FW  ENG Robert Taylor (on loan from Wolves) 28 DF  TRI Jlloyd Samuel (on loan from Aston Villa)

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 — MF  WAL Andrew Crofts

References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20160322052216/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/gillingham/2001-2002/results
2. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2001-2002/d1/gilling.htm