2001–02 Rotherham United F.C. season

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

Rotherham United

2001–02 season
Chairman	Ken Booth
Manager	Ronnie Moore
Stadium	Millmoor
First Division	21st
FA Cup	Fourth round
Worthington Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Robins (15) All: Robins (16)
Highest home attendance	11,426 vs Manchester City (23 Mar 2002, First Division)
Lowest home attendance	3,539 vs Bradford City (11 Sep 2001, League Cup)
Average home league attendance	7,455

Season summary

In Rotherham's first season in the second tier of English football since 1983, it was a huge struggle for Moore as the Millers started the season poorly by failing to win any of their opening 10 league games which saw them bottom with only 4 points and seemed destined for a return to the Second Division but from the start of October went on a decent run by picking up 15 points from the next 8 league games which saw them climb out of the relegation zone and kept themselves away from the drop for rest of the season despite failing to win any of their final 10 league matches.

Final league table

Main article: 2001–02 Football League § First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
19	Grimsby Town	46	12	14	20	50	72	−22	50
20	Sheffield Wednesday	46	12	14	20	49	71	−22	50
21	Rotherham United	46	10	19	17	52	66	−14	49
22	Crewe Alexandra	46	12	13	21	47	76	−29	49	Relegated to Second Division
23	Barnsley	46	11	15	20	59	86	−27	48

Source:
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Results

Rotherham United's score comes first[1]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
11 August 2001	Crystal Palace	H	2–3	6,994	Branston, Robins
18 August 2001	Watford	A	2–3	13,839	Robins (2)
23 August 2001	Sheffield United	H	1–1	7,515	Scott
27 August 2001	Barnsley	A	1–1	15,552	Robins
8 September 2001	Burnley	A	0–3	14,820
15 September 2001	Norwich City	H	1–1	6,099	Robins (pen)
17 September 2001	Nottingham Forest	A	0–2	15,632
22 September 2001	Gillingham	A	1–2	7,688	Robins
25 September 2001	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–1	8,474	McIntosh
29 September 2001	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–3	8,298
5 October 2001	Grimsby Town	A	2–0	6,662	Robins (2)
12 October 2001	Portsmouth	H	2–1	6,427	Monkhouse, Beech
17 October 2001	Coventry City	H	0–0	6,582
20 October 2001	Stockport County	A	1–0	6,616	Talbot
23 October 2001	Walsall	A	2–3	6,162	Scott, Monkhouse
27 October 2001	Wimbledon	H	3–2	5,586	Swailes, Robins (pen), McIntosh
30 October 2001	Crewe Alexandra	H	2–2	5,971	Robins, Swailes
4 November 2001	Birmingham City	A	2–2	28,436	Lee, Swailes
9 November 2001	Millwall	A	0–1	12,173
17 November 2001	West Bromwich Albion	H	2–1	8,509	Swailes, Lee
24 November 2001	Manchester City	A	1–2	34,223	Swailes
1 December 2001	Walsall	H	2–0	6,273	Mullin, Lee
8 December 2001	Bradford City	A	1–3	14,529	Scott
15 December 2001	Preston North End	H	1–0	6,558	McIntosh
22 December 2001	Sheffield United	A	2–2	22,749	Watson, Swailes
29 December 2001	Barnsley	H	1–1	9,737	Barker
12 January 2002	Watford	H	1–1	6,409	Barker
19 January 2002	Crystal Palace	A	0–2	17,311
29 January 2002	Grimsby Town	H	1–1	6,098	Lee
2 February 2002	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–2	22,591	Lee
6 February 2002	Coventry City	A	0–2	12,893
9 February 2002	Stockport County	H	3–2	6,413	Sedgwick, Robins (2, 1 pen)
12 February 2002	Burnley	H	1–1	9,021	Robins (pen)
16 February 2002	Portsmouth	A	0–0	13,313
23 February 2002	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2–1	28,179	Lee, Barker
26 February 2002	Gillingham	H	3–2	6,005	Robins, Mullin, Daws
2 March 2002	Nottingham Forest	H	1–2	8,455	Robins (pen)
5 March 2002	Norwich City	A	0–0	18,485
9 March 2002	Preston North End	A	1–2	14,579	Lee
16 March 2002	Bradford City	H	1–1	7,182	Lee (pen)
23 March 2002	Manchester City	H	1–1	11,426	Lee (pen)
30 March 2002	Wimbledon	A	0–1	4,751
1 April 2002	Millwall	H	0–0	6,888
7 April 2002	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–1	22,376	Byfield
13 April 2002	Birmingham City	H	2–2	10,536	Byfield, McIntosh
21 April 2002	Crewe Alexandra	A	0–2	7,904

FA Cup

Main article: 2001–02 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	16 January 2002	Southampton	H	2–1	8,464	Barker, Mullin
R4	26 January 2002	Crewe Alexandra	H	2–4	8,477	Mullin, Warne

League Cup

Main article: 2001–02 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	20 August 2001	Scunthorpe United	A	2–0	2,589	Lee, Robins
R2	11 September 2001	Bradford City	H	0–4	3,539

Players

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 Mike Pollitt 2 DF  ENG Chris Beech 3 DF  ENG David Artell 4 DF  ENG Rob Scott 5 MF  ENG Darren Garner 6 DF  ENG Marvin Bryan 7 FW  ENG Mark Robins 8 DF  ENG Chris Swailes 9 FW  IRL Alan Lee 10 MF  ENG Paul Warne 11 MF  ENG Nick Daws 12 MF  ENG Stewart Talbot 13 GK  ENG Ian Gray 14 FW  ENG Nathan Lowndes (on loan from Livingston)

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF  SCO Martin McIntosh 16 DF  ENG Paul Hurst 17 MF  ENG John Mullin 18 FW  POR Jose Miranda 19 DF  WAL Rhodri Jones 20 FW  ENG Andy Monkhouse 21 MF  ENG Danny Hudson 22 MF  WAL Chris Holloway 23 FW  JAM Darren Byfield 24 MF  ENG Chris Sedgwick 28 DF  ENG Guy Branston 29 FW  ENG Richie Barker 30 GK  SCO Ryan Esson (on loan from Aberdeen)

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 14 MF  ENG Kevin Watson (to Reading)

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 MF  ENG Trevor Berry (to Waterford United)

References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20160914151937/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/rotherham-united/2001-2002/results
2. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2001-2002/d1/rother.htm