2001–02 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

The 2001–02 season was the 103rd season of competitive league football in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. They played the season in the second tier of the English football system, the Football League First Division.

Wolverhampton Wanderers

2001–02 season
Chairman	Sir Jack Hayward OBE
Manager	Dave Jones
Football League First Division	3rd (lost in play-offs)
FA Cup	3rd Round
League Cup	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: Dean Sturridge (21) All: Dean Sturridge (21)
Highest home attendance	28,015 (vs Manchester City, 1 April 2002)
Lowest home attendance	7,598 (vs Swindon, 22 August 2001)
Average home league attendance	23,796 (league only)

The season proved a notable disappointment for the club after being denied promotion in the play-offs. The team had sat in the automatic promotion spots for the majority of the campaign, but a late slump in form saw local rivals West Bromwich Albion pip them to second place.[1] Defeat to Norwich City in the semi-finals then ended their hopes of returning to the top flight for the first time since 1984.[2]

The club had spent in excess of £11 million before and during the season to try to achieve promotion, in this, manager Dave Jones' first full season in charge.[2]

Results

Pre season

Wolves' pre season saw them spend a week in Caldas da Rainha, Portugal (13–22 July), training and playing three Portuguese sides. This schedule was a change from their initial plans to compete in the Toronto Soccer Festival against both Canadian sides and other overseas entrants. However this event was cancelled two months beforehand.

12 July 2001	Telford United	0–4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Telford
19:00 BST		Report	Kennedy  21' Ndah  26' Ketsbaia  35' Robinson  37'	Stadium: Bucks Head Attendance: 1,641

12 July 2001	Oswestry Town	0–3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Oswestry
19:00 BST		Report	Bazeley Tudor  55' Eccleston  65' (o.g.)	Stadium: Park Hall Attendance: 583

16 July 2001	Espinho	2–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
18:00 BST	Marcelo  42' Phill  52'	Report	Roussel  54' Robinson  58'	Stadium: Campo da Mata Referee: Carlo Coutinho

18 July 2001	União de Leiria	2–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Leiria, Portugal
21:30 BST	Derlei  65' (pen.), 77'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Leiria

21 July 2001	Alverca	2–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Alverca do Ribatejo, Portugal
21:40 BST	Cajú  18' Ramires  38'	Report	Proudlock  5'	Stadium: Complexo Desportivo do Alverca

28 July 2001	Shrewsbury Town	0–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST		Report	Suarez  5' Butler  41'	Stadium: Gay Meadow Attendance: 2,312

31 July 2001	Royal Antwerp	2–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Antwerp
20:00 BST	Sanda Sanda  56' Sergeant  59'	Report	Suarez  3' Roussel  21'	Stadium: Bosuil Stadium Attendance: 3,500

3 August 2001	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–3	Liverpool	Wolverhampton
19:45 BST		Report	Hyypiä  27' Hamann  32' Fowler  58'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 27,510 Referee: Mark Warren

Football League First Division

A total of 24 teams competed in the Football League First Division in the 2001–02 season. Each team played every other team twice: once at their stadium, and once at the opposition's. Three points were awarded to teams for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats.

The provisional fixture list was released on 21 June 2001, but was subject to change in the event of matches being selected for television coverage or police concerns.[3]

11 August 2001 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–2	Portsmouth	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Newton  45' Roussel  57'	Report	Crouch  8' Crowe  20'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 23,012 (3,186 away fans) Referee: Mike Pike

19 August 2001 2	Coventry City	0–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Coventry
18:15 BST		Report	Robinson  7'	Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 22,902 (3,800 away fans) Referee: Uriah Rennie

25 August 2001 3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	Watford	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Vega  9' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 20,257 (1,378 away fans) Referee: Roger Furnandiz

27 August 2001 4	Sheffield United	2–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Sheffield
15:00 BST	D'Jaffo  49' (pen.) Asaba  83'	Report	Roussel  29' Lescott  85'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 16,497 (2,483 away fans) Referee: Eddie Wolstenholme

8 September 2001 5	Preston North End	1–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Preston
15:00 BST	Lucketti  34'	Report	Sinton  48' Lescott  61'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 14,381 (1,700 away fans) Referee: Phil Dowd

15 September 2001 6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–2	Stockport County	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Robinson  69' Blake  78'	Report	Kuqi  24' Taylor  71'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 20,742 (765 away fans) Referee: Paul Taylor

18 September 2001 7	Gillingham	2–3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Gillingham
19:45 BST	Ipoua  84' King  90' (pen.)	Report	Blake  37' Miller  40' Newton  90'	Stadium: Priestfield Attendance: 8,966 (1,466 away fans) Referee: Peter Walton

21 September 2001 8	Walsall	0–3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Walsall
19:45 BST		Report	Kennedy  20' Miller  22' Newton  26'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 8,327 (2,000 away fans) Referee: Graham Poll

25 September 2001 9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	Nottingham Forest	Wolverhampton
19:45 BST	Newton  90'	Report		Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 24,350 (2,223 away fans) Referee: Chris Foy

29 September 2001 10	Rotherham United	0–3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Rotherham
15:00 BST		Report	Cameron  18' Kennedy  23' Rae  87'	Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 8,298 (2,400 away fans) Referee: Matt Messias

13 October 2001 11	Bradford City	0–3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Bradford
15:00 BST		Report	Proudlock  45', 76', 79'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 16,878 (2,497 away fans) Referee: Paul Danson

16 October 2001 12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–1	Crewe Alexandra	Wolverhampton
19:45 BST		Report	Hulse  53'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 22,569 (571 away fans) Referee: Ray Pearson

20 October 2001 13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–1	Crystal Palace	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST		Report	Kirovski  45'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 26,471 (2,465 away fans) Referee: Steve Dunn

25 October 2001 14	West Bromwich Albion	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	West Bromwich
19:45 BST	Clement  69'	Report	Blake  22'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 26,143 (5,186 away fans) Referee: Jeff Winter

28 October 2001 15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–0	Burnley	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Taylor  10' (o.g.) Rae  20' Cameron  39'	Report		Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 24,893 (1,623 away fans) Referee: Phil Joslin

31 October 2001 16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	Millwall	Wolverhampton
19:45 GMT	Rae  90'	Report		Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 23,018 (522 away fans) Referee: Steve Baines

3 November 2001 17	Norwich City	2–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Norwich
15:00 GMT	Roberts  7' McVeigh  33'	Report		Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 20,335 (1,877 away fans) Referee: Paul Durkin

18 November 2001 18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–0	Sheffield Wednesday	Wolverhampton
14:15 GMT		Report		Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 19,947 (833 away fans) Referee: Scott Mathieson

24 November 2001 19	Wimbledon	0–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	London
15:00 GMT		Report	Sturridge  82'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 9,873 (2,688 away fans) Referee: Phil Dowd

27 November 2001 20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4–1	Barnsley	Wolverhampton
19:45 GMT	Sturridge  9', 33', 76' Newton  68'	Report	Barker  44'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 19,231 (342 away fans) Referee: Graham Barber

2 December 2001 21	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–1	West Bromwich Albion	Wolverhampton
13:00 GMT		Report	Jordão  56'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 27,515 (3,200 away fans) Referee: George Cain

7 December 2001 22	Grimsby Town	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Cleethorpes
19:45 GMT	Jevons  2'	Report	Groves  7' (o.g.)	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 5,143 (983 away fans) Referee: Keith Hill

11 December 2001 23	Manchester City	1–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Manchester
19:45 GMT	Horlock  21'	Report		Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 33,639 (2,100 away fans) Referee: Mike Riley

16 December 2001 24	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	Birmingham City	Wolverhampton
12:00 GMT	Blake  38' Rae  66'	Report	Marcelo  40'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 21,482 (2,471 away fans) Referee: Roger Furnandiz

22 December 2001 25	Watford	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Watford
15:00 GMT	Smith  26'	Report	Newton  8'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 17,389 (1,623 away fans) Referee: David Crick

26 December 2001 26	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–3	Preston North End	Wolverhampton
17:15 GMT	Sturridge  19' Blake  65'	Report	Healy  47' Anderson  56' Gregan  73'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 24,024 (1,409 away fans) Referee: Paul Alcock

29 December 2001 27	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	Sheffield United	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Sturridge  45'	Report		Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 24,138 (1,447 away fans) Referee: Peter Jones

13 January 2002 28	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–1	Coventry City	Wolverhampton
14:15 GMT	Sturridge  50', 53' Cameron  56'	Report	Bothroyd  90'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 21,009 (1,623 away fans) Referee: Paul Durkin

17 January 2002 29	Portsmouth	2–3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Portsmouth
19:45 GMT	Quashie  11' Prosinečki  79'	Report	Rae  15' Blake  61' Sturridge  85'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 13,105 (1,515 away fans) Referee: Mike Dean

29 January 2002 30	Barnsley	1–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Barnsley
19:45 GMT	Sheron  40'	Report		Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 13,825 (832 away fans) Referee: Graham Frankland

2 February 2002 31	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	Rotherham United	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Sturridge  69' Ndah  77'	Report	Lee  43'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 22,591 (905 away fans) Referee: Paul Armstrong

7 February 2002 32	Crystal Palace	0–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	London
19:45 GMT		Report	Sturridge  13' Newton  65'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 18,475 (1,392 away fans) Referee: Eddie Wolstenholme

16 February 2002 33	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–1	Bradford City	Wolverhampton
12:00 GMT	Sturridge  76', 90' (pen.) Newton  83'	Report	Ward  31'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 21,935 (684 away fans) Referee: Dermot Gallagher

20 February 2002 34	Crewe Alexandra	1–4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Crewe
19:45 GMT	Jack  88'	Report	Blake  53', 60' Rae  57' Kennedy  67'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 8,371 (2,239 away fans) Referee: Jeff Winter

23 February 2002 35	Stockport County	1–4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Stockport
15:00 GMT	Beckett  33'	Report	Sturridge  16' (pen.), 44' Kennedy  28', 72'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 8,481 (2,236 away fans) Referee: David Pugh

26 February 2002 36	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–0	Walsall	Wolverhampton
19:45 GMT	Sturridge  54', 76' Blake  77'	Report		Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 27,043 (2,647 away fans) Referee: Mike Dean

2 March 2002 37	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–0	Gillingham	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Rae  26' Blake  45'	Report		Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 25,908 (1,032 away fans) Referee: Alan Butler

6 March 2002 38	Nottingham Forest	2–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Nottingham
19:45 GMT	Gray  54' Harewood  67'	Report	Sturridge  11' Lescott  60'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 21,010 (5,000 away fans) Referee: Clive Wilkes

9 March 2002 39	Birmingham City	2–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Birmingham
12:00 GMT	John  36' Devlin  45'	Report	Butler  20' Lescott  29'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 22,104 (2,946 away fans) Referee: Scott Mathieson

16 March 2002 40	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–1	Grimsby Town	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT		Report	Todd  79'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 25,967 (986 away fans) Referee: Phil Richards

23 March 2002 41	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–0	Norwich City	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 26,280 (1,185 away fans) Referee: Michael Ryan

30 March 2002 42	Burnley	2–3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Burnley
15:00 GMT	Moore  47' Johnson  85'	Report	Sturridge  9', 26' Cameron  45'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 21,823 (4,031 away fans) Referee: Barry Knight

1 April 2002 43	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–2	Manchester City	Wolverhampton
13:00 BST		Report	Wright-Phillips  36', 80'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 28,015 (3,000 away fans) Referee: Graham Barber

5 April 2002 44	Millwall	1–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	London
19:45 BST	Claridge  73' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: The New Den Attendance: 17,058 (3,414 away fans) Referee: Tony Leake

14 April 2002 45	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	Wimbledon	Wolverhampton
13:00 BST	Blake  23'	Report		Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 26,920 (424 away fans) Referee: Roger Furnandiz

21 April 2002 46	Sheffield Wednesday	2–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Sheffield
14:00 BST	Donnelly  43' Kuqi  53'	Report	Cameron  1' Lescott  56'	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 29,772 (7,785 away fans) Referee: Paul Durkin

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Manchester City	46	31	6	9	108	52	+56	99
2	West Bromwich Albion	46	27	8	11	61	29	+32	89
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	25	11	10	76	43	+33	86
4	Millwall	46	22	11	13	69	48	+21	77
5	Birmingham City	46	21	13	12	70	49	+21	76
6	Norwich City	46	22	9	15	60	51	+21	75

Source: Statto.com

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	25	11	10	76	43	+33	86	13	4	6	33	18	+15	12	7	4	43	25	+18

Source: Statto.com

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
Result	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	L	D	L	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	D	W	L	L	W	D
Position	10	6	4	6	5	8	4	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3

Source: Statto.com
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Play-offs

28 April 2002 SF1	Norwich City	3–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Norwich
14:30 BST	Rivers  56' McVeigh  73' Mackay  90'	Report	Sturridge  22'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 20,017 (2,000 away fans) Referee: Roger Furnandiz

1 May 2002 SF2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0 (2–3 agg.)	Norwich City	Wolverhampton
19:45 BST	Cooper  77'	Report		Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 27,418 (4,500 away fans) Referee: Tony Leake

FA Cup

5 January 2002 R3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–1	Gillingham	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT		Report	Shaw  53'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 15,271 (1,206 away fans) Referee: Mike Jones

League Cup

22 August 2001 R1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–2	Swindon Town	Wolverhampton
19:45 BST	Dinning  49'	Report	Howe  48' O'Halloran  51' (pen.)	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 7,598 (547 away fans) Referee: Brian Curson

Players

Statistics

Key:
  ‡ On loan from another club   * First appearance(s) for the club

• # = Squad number
• Pos = Playing position
• P = Number of games played
• G = Number of goals scored
• GK = Goalkeeper
• DF = Defender
• MF = Midfielder
• FW = Forward
• = Yellow cards
• = Red cards
• † Permanent player left club during the season
• ¤ Loaned to another club for part or all of season

Correct as of the season's end. Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances in parentheses where applicable.

No.	Pos	Name	P	G	P	G	P	G	P	G			Notes
			League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total		Discipline
1	GK	Michael Oakes	48	0	1	0	1	0	50	0	0	0
2	DF	Kevin Muscat	37	0	1	0	0	0	38	0	4	1
3	DF	Lee Naylor	26(1)	0	0	0	0	0	26(1)	0	3	0
4	MF	Carl Robinson	15(8)	2	0	0	1	0	16(8)	2	1	0
5	DF	Joleon Lescott	46	5	0	0	0	0	46	5	4	1
6	DF	Paul Butler	45	1	1	0	1	0	47	1	8	1
7	FW	Michael Branch ¤	5(2)	0	0	0	0	0	5(2)	0	1	0
8	MF	Keith Andrews	4(7)	0	0	0	0	0	4(7)	0	2	0
9	FW	Adam Proudlock ¤	12(8)	3	0	0	1	0	13(8)	3	2	0
10	FW	Temuri Ketsbaia †	0(2)	0	0	0	1	0	1(2)	0	0	0
10	MF	Kevin Cooper	6(1)	1	0	0	0	0	6(1)	1	2	0
11	MF	Mark Kennedy	35(1)	5	1	0	1	0	37(1)	5	2	0
12	GK	Stephen Bywater ‡	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	GK	Marlon Beresford ‡	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	GK	Danny Milosevic ‡	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW	George Ndah	1(14)	1	0	0	0	0	1(14)	1	0	0
15	FW	Cédric Roussel	6(11)	2	0(1)	0	0(1)	0	6(13)	2	1	0
16	MF	Andy Sinton	3(4)	1	0	0	0(1)	0	3(5)	1	1	0
17	FW	Robert Taylor ¤ †	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF	Sean Connelly	5(3)	0	0	0	1	0	6(3)	0	0	0
20	MF	Shaun Newton	47	8	1	0	1	0	49	8	8	0
21	MF	Colin Cameron	40(3)	4	1	0	0	0	41(3)	4	7	0
22	FW	Colin Larkin ¤	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	Ludovic Pollet	5(3)	0	1	0	1	0	7(3)	0	0	0
24	MF	Tony Dinning ¤ †	4	0	0	0	1	1	5	1	0	0
24	MF	Alex Rae	33(5)	7	1	0	0	0	34(5)	7	10	0
25	DF	Mo Camara	25(4)	0	1	0	1	0	27(4)	0	7	0
26	FW	Kenny Miller ‡	5(17)	2	0(1)	0	0	0	5(18)	2	1	0
27	FW	Nathan Blake	40(1)	11	1	0	0	0	41(1)	11	7	0
28	MF	Shane Tudor ¤ †	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF	Jacob Laursen ‡	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF	Ryan Green †	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	Dean Sturridge ‡	29	21	1	0	0	0	30	21	5	0
30	GK	Matt Murray	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	Gunnar Halle ‡	6(1)	0	0	0	0	0	6(1)	0	0	0
32	MF	John Melligan ¤	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	GK	Lewis Solly	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Awards

Award	Winner[4]
Fans' Player of the Season	Alex Rae
Young Player of the Season	Joleon Lescott

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Fee
4 July 2001	Mark Kennedy	Manchester City	£2 million[5]
7 August 2001	Shaun Newton	Charlton Athletic	£850,000[6]
24 August 2001	Colin Cameron	Hearts	£1.75 million[7]
13 September 2001	Nathan Blake	Blackburn Rovers	£1.5 million[8]
19 September 2001	Alex Rae	Sunderland	£1.2 million[9]
13 December 2001	Kenny Miller	Rangers	£3 million[10]
24 December 2001	Dean Sturridge	Leicester City	£350,000[11]
27 March 2002	Kevin Cooper	Wimbledon	£1 million[12]

Out

Date	Player	To	Fee
June 2001	Seamus Crowe	Released	Free
June 2001	Håvard Flo	Released	Free[13]
June 2001	Aaron Kerr	Released	Free
June 2001	Robert Niestroj	Released	Free
June 2001	Mike Stowell	Released	Free[14]
June 2001	Scott Taylor	Released	Free[13]
11 July 2001	Neil Emblen	Norwich City	£500,000[15]
10 September 2001	Tony Dinning	Wigan Athletic	£750,000[16]
18 October 2001	Temuri Ketsbaia	Dundee	£500,000[17]
19 October 2001	Ryan Green	Millwall	Free[18]
21 November 2001	Shane Tudor	Cambridge United	Free[19]
28 March 2002	Robert Taylor	Released	Free

Loans in

Start date	Player	From	End date
14 July 2001	Stephen Bywater	West Ham United	16 August 2001[20][21]
18 August 2001	Marlon Beresford	Middlesbrough	18 September 2001[22]
7 September 2001	Kenny Miller	Rangers	6 December 2001[23]
23 November 2001	Dean Sturridge	Leicester City	23 December 2001[24]
21 December 2001	Danny Milosevic	Leeds United	28 December 2001[25]
27 March 2002	Jacob Laursen	Leicester City	End of season[26]
28 March 2002	Gunnar Halle	Bradford City	End of season[27]

Loans out

Start date	Player	To	End date
29 August 2001	Robert Taylor	Queens Park Rangers	26 September 2001[28]
7 September 2001	Tony Dinning	Wigan Athletic	10 September 2001
13 September 2001	Colin Larkin	Kidderminster Harriers	End of season[29]
9 October 2001	Robert Taylor	Gillingham	3 January 2002
24 October 2001	Shane Tudor	Cambridge United	24 November 2001
29 November 2001	John Melligan	Bournemouth	9 February 2002
17 January 2002	Robert Taylor	Grimsby Town	17 February 2002[30]
19 March 2002	Adam Proudlock	Nottingham Forest	16 April 2002[31][32]
21 March 2002	Michael Branch	Reading	End of season[33]

Management and coaching staff

Position	Name
Manager	Dave Jones
Assistant manager	John Ward
Reserve team coach	Terry Connor
Academy director	Chris Evans
Under-19s coach	John Perkins
Under-17s coach	Keith Downing
Chief scout	George Foster
Club doctor	Dr Peter Ackroyd
Club physio	Barry Holmes

Kit

The season retained the home kit from the previous year; a darker "old gold" style shirt with black shorts. A new away kit, however, was launched: an all-silver design with blue trims; their previous light blue away kit became a third choice strip. All were manufactured by WWFC, the club's own label, and sponsored by Goodyear (for a twelfth and final year).

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