2001–02 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season

June 2025 February 2015 February 2015 Huddersfield Town 2001–02 Barry Rubery Lou Macari Kirklees Stadium Division Two 6th Play-offs Semi-finals(eliminated by Brentford) FA Cup Second round(eliminated by Mansfield Town) League Cup First round(eliminated by Rochdale) League Trophy Area Final(eliminated by Blackpool) Leon Knight (16) Leon Knight (17) 16,523 vs Brentford (28 April 2002) 3,570 vs Halifax Town (16 October 2001) 5–1 vs Wrexham (27 October 2001) 0–4 vs Mansfield Town (8 December 2001) _white_stripes _whitestripes _white_stripes _top_on_white 0000ff 0000ff 0000ff ffffff 0000ff _vneckonblack 000000 0000ff 000000 000000 000000 _collarred 2 ff0000 ff0000 ff0000 ff0000 ff0000 2000–01 2002–03 Huddersfield Town's 2001–02 campaign was their first competitive campaign in the third tier since the 1994–95 season. Huddersfield finished 6th that season, before losing in the play-offs to 3rd place Brentford, who Town beat in the play-off semi-finals in the 1994–95 season. Squad at the start of the season 2 Wales DF Steve Jenkins 3 England DF Gareth Evans 4 England DF Craig Armstrong 5 England DF Chris Lucketti 8 England MF Kenny Irons 9 England FW Martin Smith 11 Suriname FW Clyde Wijnhard 12 England DF Kevin Gray 13 Wales GK Martyn Margetson 16 Grenada FW Delroy Facey 17 England MF Simon Baldry 18 Scotland FW Chris Hay 20 Republic of Ireland DF Thomas Heary 21 England DF Jon Dyson 22 England MF Chris Beech 23 England MF Chris Holland 24 England MF Danny Schofield 26 England DF Adie Moses 29 USA MF John Thorrington 31 Scotland FW Paul Macari 32 England FW Andy Booth 33 Republic of Ireland MF Dwayne Mattis 34 England MF Michael Senior Review Macari remained in charge for the 2001–02 season. At the start of the season he sold Chris Lucketti to Preston North End in a £750,000 deal, after 76 appearances for Town. Macari promoted the then 18-year-old Nathan Clarke to the first team, who would go on to be a mainstay at the heart of the Terriers defence. Huddersfield had a good start to the season, with the exception of the Worthington Cup loss to Rochdale. They continued a steady progress up the table and Lou Macari was on course to send Town back up to Division 1. As the top six challenge faded, he made a canny loan signing, gifted young striker Leon Knight (from Chelsea). He scored 16 league goals in 31 appearances and also became the only loan player to date to win the Player of the Year award. However, Knight received a red card during a league game with near neighbours Oldham Athletic and ended up missing the Play-Offs he had been largely responsible for getting the team to. Without him, Town battled well but lacked a cutting edge and ended up being defeated by Brentford at the semi-final stage. The season also saw a good campaign in the LDV Vans Trophy. After beating Halifax Town, Wrexham, Scunthorpe United and Hull City,June 2025 Town played Blackpool in a 2-leg Northern Area Final. After losing the first leg 3–1 at Bloomfield Road, Town took a 2–0 lead in the reverse at the McAlpine Stadium, the match went to extra time, but their party was spoiled by Martin Bullock's golden goal.https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/5985293.golden-bullock/ Golden Bullock! Lancashire Telegraph 15 February 2002 9 June 2025 So, Town looked on course for automatic promotion until a run of 4 games without a win in late March and early April, only the play-offs seemed to be likely to give the promotion that Town craved. They eventually finished 6th, six behind 2nd placed Reading. The Play-off semi-final saw Town play 3rd placed Brentford. After the first leg ended 0–0 at the McAlpine, Andy Booth gave Town an early lead in the second leg at Griffin Park, before Darren Powell and Lloyd Owusu gave Brentford their 2–1 win. Squad at the end of the season 2 Wales DF Steve Jenkins 3 England DF Gareth Evans 8 England MF Kenny Irons 9 England FW Martin Smith 11 Suriname FW Clyde Wijnhard 12 England DF Kevin Gray 13 Wales GK Martyn Margetson 16 Grenada FW Delroy Facey 17 England MF Simon Baldry 18 Scotland FW Chris Hay 20 Republic of Ireland DF Thomas Heary 21 England DF Jon Dyson 22 England MF Chris Beech 23 England MF Chris Holland 24 England MF Danny Schofield 26 England DF Adie Moses 29 USA MF John Thorrington 30 England FW Leon Knight on loan from Chelsea 31 Scotland FW Paul Macari 32 England FW Andy Booth 33 Republic of Ireland MF Dwayne Mattis 34 England MF Michael Senior 35 South Africa GK Paul Evans on loan from Leeds United 36 England DF Nathan Clarke 37 Republic of Ireland MF Damien Delaney on loan from Leicester City 38 England DF Jerel Ifil on loan from Watford Results Division Two DateOpponentsHome/AwayResult F – AScorersAttendanceLeague position11 August 2001BournemouthH1–0Irons [50]10,1377th18 August 2001ReadingA0–111,91512th25 August 2001BuryH2–0Schofield [82, 88]8,6848th27 August 2001Peterborough UnitedA2–1Booth [52], Beech [71]5,2534th2 September 2001Wycombe WanderersH2–1Thorrington [38], Brown [70 (og)]9,7411st8 September 2001Stoke CityA1–1Schofield [32]13,3193rd15 September 2001BlackpoolH2–4Clarke [18], Thorrington [87]10,6916th18 September 2001Wigan AthleticA0–15,7177th22 September 2001Cardiff CityA2–1Mattis [20], Schofield [56]12,2806th25 September 2001ChesterfieldH0–09,3995th29 September 2001Bristol CityH1–0Thorrington [71]10,6523rd7 October 2001Queens Park RangersA2–3Hay [33], Ben Askar [90 (og)]10,6687th13 October 2001Brighton & Hove AlbionH1–2Irons [74]10,7279th20 October 2001Tranmere RoversA0–18,63212th23 October 2001Northampton TownA3–0Booth [30, 45, 70]5,9267th27 October 2001WrexhamH5–1Thorrington [29 (pen)], Holland [48], Knight [64, 66], Booth [87]9,8886th3 November 2001Oldham AthleticA1–1Schofield [23]8,85910th9 November 2001Notts CountyH2–2Jenkins [37], Knight [63]10,1686th20 November 2001BrentfordH1–1Knight [56]8,5186th24 November 2001Port ValeA1–1Knight [67]5,0267th1 December 2001Cambridge UnitedH2–1Hay [76], Booth [88]9,5137th22 December 2001Colchester UnitedA3–3Booth [40, 61], Schofield [59]3,54310th26 December 2001Peterborough UnitedH3–1Thorrington [34, 52], Irons [66]11,4468th29 December 2001Stoke CityH0–016,0419th12 January 2002ReadingH0–110,77511th15 January 2002BuryA0–03,4629th19 January 2002BournemouthA3–2Booth [3], Hay [24], Knight [37]5,3079th22 January 2002Colchester UnitedH2–1Schofield [5, 25]7,1799th26 January 2002Queens Park RangersH1–0Booth [37]9,4336th2 February 2002Bristol CityA1–1Knight [90]10,6437th5 February 2002Swindon TownA1–0Hay [54]5,0945th9 February 2002Tranmere RoversH2–1Armstrong [78], Wijnhard [81]15,7845th16 February 2002Brighton & Hove AlbionA0–114,0456th23 February 2002BlackpoolA2–1Knight [70, 90]8,9816th2 March 2002Wigan AthleticH0–012,8447th5 March 2002ChesterfieldA1–1Knight [83]4,7407th9 March 2002Swindon TownH2–0Irons [21], Knight [52]9,5696th12 March 2002Wycombe WanderersA4–2Knight [28, 90], Gray [36], Irons [90]5,5465th16 March 2002Cambridge UnitedA1–0Knight [64]3,7285th23 March 2002Northampton TownH2–0Knight [27, 33]10,7835th30 March 2002WrexhamA1–1Facey [53]4,4485th1 April 2002Oldham AthleticH0–014,3435th6 April 2002BrentfordA0–37,3936th9 April 2002Cardiff CityH2–2Irons [79 (pen)], Hay [82]11,6606th13 April 2002Port ValeH2–1Facey [42], Booth [65]12,2706th20 April 2002Notts CountyA1–2Irons [83 (pen)]15,6186th Division 2 Play-offs DateRoundOpponentsHome/AwayResult F – AScorersAttendance28 April 2002Semi-Final 1st LegBrentfordH0–016,5231 May 2002Semi-Final 2nd LegBrentfordA1–2Booth [2]11,191 Huddersfield lost 2–1 on aggregate. FA Cup DateRoundOpponentsHome/AwayResult F – AScorersAttendance17 November 2001Round 1Gravesend & NorthfleetH2–1Moses [63], Knight [90]6,1128 December 2001Round 2Mansfield TownA0–46,836 Worthington Cup DateRoundOpponentsHome/AwayResult F – AScorersAttendance21 August 2001Round 1RochdaleH0–13,995 LDV Vans Trophy DateRoundOpponentsHome/AwayResult F – AScorersAttendanceNotes16 October 2001Round 1 NorthHalifax TownH0–0 (aet: 90 mins: 0–0)3,570  Penalties Hay Thorrington Clarke Irons 4–3 ? ? ? Stoneman: Margetson saved Smith: over crossbar 30 October 2001Round 2 NorthWrexhamA1–0Holland [5]1,7254 December 2001Quarter-Final NorthScunthorpe UnitedH4–1Schofield [23, 65], Hay [76], Booth [85]3,5878 January 2002Semi-Final NorthHull CityA1–0Booth [39]7,24829 January 2002Final First Leg NorthBlackpoolA1–3Schofield [56]4,57312 February 2002Final Second Leg NorthBlackpoolH2–1 (Golden goal aet: 90 mins: 2–0)Wijnhard [5 (pen)], Schofield [33]7,736Huddersfield lost 4–3 on aggregate Appearances and goals Squad No.NameNationalityPositionLeagueFA CupLeague CupFootball League TrophyPlay-offsTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals2Steve JenkinsWALDF401101040104713Gareth EvansENGDF350001030204104Craig ArmstrongENGMF7 (4)100101 (1)0009 (5)15Chris LuckettiENGDF2000000000208Kenny IronsENGMF34 (7)72010502044 (7)711Clyde WijnhardSURFW2 (11)100001 (1)1003 (12)212Kevin GrayENGDF4412010602055113Martyn MargetsonWALGK4602010602057016Delroy FaceyGRNFW11 (2)20000002013 (2)217Simon BaldryENGMF3 (1)00 (1)0001 (1)0004 (3)018Chris HaySCOFW19 (12)50 (1)0102 (2)10 (2)022 (17)620Thomas HearyIRLDF21 (11)02010602032 (11)021Jon DysonENGDF00100000001022Chris BeechENGMF6 (3)1001000007 (3)123Chris HollandENGMF35 (2)120105 (1)12045 (3)224Danny SchofieldENGMF39 (1)82000640047 (1)1226Adie MosesENGDF13 (4)01100301018 (4)129John ThorringtonUSAMF29 (2)6000 (1)0102032 (3)630Leon KnightENGFW311621004000371731Paul MacariENGFW0 (6)0000 (1)00 (2)0000 (9)032Andy BoothENGFW30 (6)112010522140 (6)1433Dwayne MattisIRLMF21 (8)1200 (1)0300026 (9)134Michael SeniorENGMF0000000 (1)0000 (1)036Nathan ClarkeENGDF3611000400041137Damien DelaneyIRLDF1 (1)0000000001 (1)038Jerel IfilENGDF1 (1)0000000203 (1)0 References Category:Huddersfield Town A.F.C. seasons Huddersfield Town