2001–02 Swansea City A.F.C. season

April 2022 May 2026 August 2017 Swansea City 2001–02 John Hollins (until 12 September)Colin Addison (from 13 September until 7 March)Nick Cusack and Roger Freestone (joint caretakers from 8 March until April 20)Nick Cusack (sole caretaker from 20 April) Vetch Field Third Division 20th FA Cup Second round League Cup First round Football League Trophy First round FAW Premier Cup Runners-up Steve Watkin Steve Watkin (11) 2000–01 2002–03 During the 2001–02 English football season, Swansea City competed in the Third Division. Season summary In July, the club was sold to managing director Mike Lewis for £1. Lewis subsequently sold on his stake to a consortium of Australian businessmen behind the Brisbane Lions AFL team, fronted by Tony Petty. Seven players were sacked and eight others saw their contracts terminated, angering supporters. Sanctions were threatened by the Football League, with a rival consortium headed by ex-player Mel Nurse seeking to buy out the new owners. During this period, manager John Hollins was sacked after a poor start to the season, and Colin Addison took over as manager. The turmoil led to the creation of the Swansea City Supporters' Trust, which sought to save the club and ultimately guarantee supporter representation on the club's board. The Petty group sold its stake in January 2002 after a bitter stand-off with the Nurse consortium, which was supported by the majority of the club's fans. Jim Moore and Mel Griffin, previously rescuers of Hull City, stepped into the breach and persuaded Petty to sell to them (as he had promised to bankrupt the club & make it extinct rather than sell to Nurse). From there Moore became chairman for three weeks, giving the Nurse consortium time to organize its finances. Having successfully reorganized the finances of Hull City, both Moore and Griffin were believers in clubs belonging in the hands of local people, and so, believing Nurse's group were best for the Swans, the two sold the club to Nurse's consortium for £1. Despite problems off the pitch, the team had managed a mid-table position, but lack of funds led to Addison's dismissal in early March, and under caretakers Nick Cusack and Roger Freestone the club slumped to a 20th placed-finish. Kit Swansea City's kit was manufactured by Bergoni and sponsored by The Travel House. First-team squad Squad at end of seasonhttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2001-2002/d3/swansea.htm FootballSquads - Swansea City - 2001/02 1 WAL GK Roger Freestone 2 WAL DF Lee Jenkins 3 ENG DF Michael Howard 4 ENG MF Nick Cusack 5 ENG DF Jason Smith 8 FRA MF David Romo 9 ENG FW John Williams 10 WAL FW Steve Watkin 11 WAL MF Jonathan Coates 12 WAL MF Gareth Phillips 13 WAL GK Jason Jones 14 WAL MF Kristian O'Leary 15 WAL MF Damien Lacey 16 ENG MF Michael Keegan 17 MLI FW Mamady Sidibé 18 WAL DF Chris Todd 19 IRL DF Ryan CaseyCasey was born in Coventry, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-18 level. 20 WAL DF Leigh De-Vulgt 21 WAL DF Stephen Healey 22 WAL MF Chris O'Sullivan 23 WAL MF Craig Draper 25 WAL MF Andrew Mumford 26 SCO DF Jered Stirling 27 ENG DF Neil Sharp 28 WAL DF Terry Evans 30 ENG FW Steve Brodie 31 WAL DF Richard Duffy Left club during season 6 ENG DF Matthew Bound to Oxford United 7 ARG MF Nicolás Mazzina released 24 ENG FW Nathan Tyson on loan from Reading 26 ENG DF Richard Appleby to Kidderminster Harriers 27 WAL MF Stuart Roberts to Wycombe Wanderers 28 WAL GK Simon Cole released 29 WAL DF Stephen Evans on loan from Crystal Palace References 32em Notes notes Category:Swansea City A.F.C. seasons Swansea City Swansea City