2001–02 Walsall F.C. season

March 2015 March 2015 Walsall 2001–02 Ray Graydon (until 22 January) Colin Lee (from 24 January) Jeff Bonser Bescot Stadium First Division 18th FA Cup Fifth round League Cup Second round Leitão (8) Leitão (10) 6,832 _collar ff0000 ff0000 ff0000 ff0000 ff0000 2000–01 2002–03 During the 2001–02 English football season, Walsall competed in the Football League First Division. Season summary After a disappointing start to the 2001–02 season, pressure was piling on Graydon and following an abject performance and 1–0 defeat, against local rivals West Brom, Jeff Bonser dismissed Graydon.Walsall sack Graydon https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/walsall/1775144.stm BBC Sport 22 January 2002 2 February 2014 His replacement, ex-Wolves manager Colin Lee polarised supporters, but ultimately proved to be a success.Lee is new Bescot boss https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/walsall/1778356.stm BBC Sport 24 January 2002 2 February 2014 The style of football improved and Lee's signings improved the team dramatically. Relegation was avoided thanks to vital away wins against Nottingham Forest and Sheffield United. Final league table 2001–02 Football League First Division y WAL Results summary 10 6 7 29 27 3 6 14 22 44 2001-02 Football League First Division table June 2020 Results by round table b Round Ground H/A/H/A/A/A/H/H/A/H/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H Result W/D/L/L/L/L/D/L/L/D/W/L/L/W/L/W/D/W/L/D/L/L/L/W/L/W/L/D/L/L/W/D/L/L/D/L/D/W/D/W/L/D/W/W/W/D Position 8/6/11/16/20/22/22/22/23/23/20/21/23/21/22/21/22/19/20/19/21/21/23/20/22/21/21/21/21/22/22/21/22/22/22/23/23/23/23/22/23/23/22/20/18/18 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd blue1 red1 11v11.com: 2001-02 Walsall results June 2020 Results Walsall's score comes firsthttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/walsall/2001-2002/results Walsall results for the 2001-2002 season - Statto.com www.statto.com 12 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20160322053935/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/walsall/2001-2002/results 22 March 2016 live Legend WinDrawLoss Football League First Division DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 11 August 2001 West Bromwich AlbionH2–19,181Leitão, Barras 18 August 2001 Preston North EndA1–111,402Herivelto 25 August 2001 Birmingham CityH1–27,245Herivelto 27 August 2001 WatfordA1–214,652Leitão 8 September 2001 Crewe AlexandraA1–26,809Simpson 15 September 2001 BurnleyA2–514,019Wrack, Davis (own goal) 18 September 2001 PortsmouthH0–06,153 21 September 2001 Wolverhampton WanderersH0–38,327 25 September 2001 Manchester CityA0–331,525 29 September 2001 MillwallH0–06,289 9 October 2001 Norwich CityH2–05,713Barras, Byfield 14 October 2001 Coventry CityH0–17,515 20 October 2001 Sheffield WednesdayA1–216,275Byfield 23 October 2001 Rotherham UnitedH3–26,162Matías (2), Wrack 27 October 2001 GillinghamA0–27,548 30 October 2001 Stockport CountyA2–04,553Angell, Thøgersen 3 November 2001 Crystal PalaceH2–26,795Barras (2) 11 November 2001 Nottingham ForestH2–06,754Matías, Angell 17 November 2001 Bradford CityA0–214,251 20 November 2001 WimbledonA2–24,249Thøgersen, Leitão 24 November 2001 Sheffield UnitedH1–26,415Wrack 1 December 2001 Rotherham UnitedA0–26,273 8 December 2001 BarnsleyA1–412,509Aranalde 15 December 2001 Grimsby TownH4–05,080Biancalani, Angell, Leitão, Herivelto 22 December 2001 Birmingham CityA0–120,127 26 December 2001 Crewe AlexandraH2–17,325Aranalde, Biancalani 29 December 2001 WatfordH0–36,882 1 January 2002 Norwich CityA1–119,434Tillson 12 January 2002 Preston North EndH1–26,314Wrack 20 January 2002 West Bromwich AlbionA0–120,290 29 January 2002 WimbledonH2–15,388Leitão, Carbon 2 February 2002 MillwallA2–211,285Matías, Keates (pen) 9 February 2002 Sheffield WednesdayH0–38,290 19 February 2002 Coventry CityA1–213,736Holdsworth 23 February 2002 Manchester CityH0–07,618 26 February 2002 Wolverhampton WanderersA0–327,043 2 March 2002 PortsmouthA1–113,203O'Connor 5 March 2002 BurnleyH1–05,611Marcelo 9 March 2002 Grimsby TownA2–27,016Leitão, Byfield 16 March 2002 BarnsleyH2–17,495Byfield, Goodman 23 March 2002 Crystal PalaceA0–221,038 30 March 2002 GillinghamH1–16,190Herivelto 1 April 2002 Nottingham ForestA3–216,659Simpson, Matías, Corica 6 April 2002 Stockport CountyH1–06,322Leitão 13 April 2002 Sheffield UnitedA1–020,520Leitão 21 April 2002 Bradford CityH2–28,079Corica (2) FA Cup 2001–02 FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR38 January 2002 Bradford CityH2–04,509Bennett, AngellR426 January 2002 Charlton AthleticA2–118,573Leitão (2)R516 February 2002 FulhamH1–28,766Byfield League Cup 2001–02 Football League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR121 August 2001 Exeter CityA1–01,993HeriveltoR211 September 2001 Bolton WanderersA3–4 (a.e.t.)5,761Wrack, Byfield, Barras Squad http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2001-2002/d1/walsall.htm FootballSquads - Walsall - 2001/02 1 ENG GK Jimmy Walker 2 ENG DF Matt Carbon 3 NED DF Gus Uhlenbeek on loan from Sheffield United 4 SCO MF Tom Bennett 5 ENG MF Martin O'Connor 6 ENG DF Ian Roper 7 ENG MF Darren Wrack 9 ENG FW Don Goodman 10 ENG MF Dean Keates 12 JAM MF Fitzroy Simpson 14 POR FW Jorge Leitão 15 ESP DF Zigor Aranalde 16 NGA MF Adolphus Ofodile 17 ENG GK Lee Harper 18 ENG MF Mark Wright 19 POR MF Carlos André on loan from Vitória S.C. 20 ENG MF Gary Birch 21 ENG DF Matt Gadsby 22 ENG FW Karl Hawley 23 POR MF Carlos Garrocho 24 ENG DF Dion Scott 25 ENG DF Tony Barras 26 BRA MF Moreira Herivelto 27 ESP MF Pedro Matías 28 FRA DF Frédéric Biancalani 29 ENG DF David Holdsworth on loan from Birmingham City 31 BRA FW Marcelo 32 AUS MF Steve Corica Left club during season 23 ENG DF Ian Gaunt Released 19 JAM MF Paul Hall to Rushden & Diamonds 29 ENG MF Tom Curtis on loan from Portsmouth 30 ENG DF Steve Chettle on loan from Barnsley 29 DEN DF Thomas Thøgersen on loan from Portsmouth 5 ENG DF Andy Tillson to Rushden & Diamonds 33 SCO DF Greg Shields on loan from Charlton Athletic 3 ENG DF Ian Brightwell to Stoke City 11 ENG FW Brett Angell to Rushden & Diamonds 8 ENG FW Darren Byfield to Rotherham United Reserve squad - ENG GK Dean Coleman - ENG DF Julian Bennett - FRA MF Xavier Barrau - AUS MF Dino Mennillo - ENG MF Craig Stanley - ENG FW Taiwo Atieno - ENG FW Andy Bishop - ENG FW Matty Fryatt References Walsall Category:Walsall F.C. seasons