2001–02 Millwall F.C. season

During the 2001–02 English football season, Millwall competed in the First Division.

Millwall
2001–02 season
ManagerMark McGhee
StadiumThe Den
First Division4th
FA CupFourth round
League CupSecond round
Top goalscorerSteve Claridge (18)
Average home league attendance13,380

Season summary edit

Millwall finished fourth and qualified for the First Division play-offs, but were defeated by Birmingham City in the semi-final.

Final league table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 West Bromwich Albion (P) 46 27 8 11 61 29 +32 89 Promotion to the Premier League
3 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 25 11 10 76 43 +33 86 Qualification for the First Division play-offs
4 Millwall 46 22 11 13 69 48 +21 77
5 Birmingham City (O, P) 46 21 13 12 70 49 +21 76
6 Norwich City 46 22 9 15 60 51 +9 75
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Kit edit

Millwall's kit was manufactured by Strikeforce and sponsored by 24 Seven.

Players edit

First-team squad edit

Squad at end of season[1]

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 Tony Warner[notes 1]
2 DF   ENG Matt Lawrence
3 DF   IRL Robbie Ryan
4 MF   SAM Tim Cahill[notes 2]
5 DF   ENG Stuart Nethercott
6 DF   NIR Joe Dolan[notes 3]
7 MF   ENG Paul Ifill[notes 4]
8 MF   ENG David Livermore
9 FW   ENG Neil Harris
10 FW   IRL Richard Sadlier
11 MF   IRL Steven Reid[notes 5]
12 DF   ENG Darren Ward
13 GK   GLP Willy Guéret
14 DF   WAL Ryan Green
15 DF   ENG Dave Tuttle
16 MF   BEL Christophe Kinet
17 MF   ENG Leke Odunsi
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF   CAN Marc Bircham[notes 6]
19 DF   ENG Sean Dyche
20 DF   ENG Ronnie Bull
21 FW   ENG Leon Constantine
22 FW   NIR Kevin Braniff
25 FW   ENG Dion Dublin (on loan from Aston Villa)
26 MF   SCO Peter Sweeney
27 DF   IRL Alan Dunne
28 DF   ENG Mark Phillips
29 MF   ENG Stuart Booth
30 MF   ENG Charley Hearn
31 DF   WAL Matthew Rees
32 FW   ENG Ben May
33 FW   NIR Mark Hicks
34 DF   ENG Paul Robinson
35 FW   ENG Steve Claridge
37 GK   RSA Chad Harpur

Left club during season edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
12 FW   ENG Paul Moody (to Oxford United)
14 DF   AUS Lucas Neill (to Blackburn Rovers)
23 MF   ENG Phil Stamp (on loan from Middlesbrough)
23 DF   ENG Richard Naylor (on loan from Ipswich Town)
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF   IRL Stephen McPhail[notes 7] (on loan from Leeds United)
26 FW   VEN Giovanni Savarese (released)
36 MF   ENG Rio Alderton (released)

Notes edit

  1. ^ Warner was born in Liverpool, England, but also qualified to represent Trinidad and Tobago internationally and made his international debut for Trinidad and Tobago in February 2006.
  2. ^ Cahill was born in Sydney, Australia, but also qualified to represent Samoa, England, and the Republic of Ireland through his mother, father, and grandparents respectively, and represented Samoa (then called Western Samoa) at U-20 level, unsuccessfully attempted to overturn a FIFA ruling that prevented him from representing the Republic of Ireland during the 2001–02 season, changed his allegiance to Australia in 2003 following a change in FIFA's eligibility rules and made his international debut for Australia in March 2004.
  3. ^ Dolan was born in Southwark, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and represented Northern Ireland at U-18 and U-21 level.
  4. ^ Ifill was born in Brighton, England, but also qualified to represent Barbados internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Barbados in June 2004.
  5. ^ Reid was born in Kingston upon Thames, England, and represented England at U-16 level, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandfather and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 2001.
  6. ^ Bircham was born in Brent, England, but also qualified to represent Canada internationally through his grandfather and made his international debut for Canada in April 1999.
  7. ^ McPhail was born in Westminster, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in May 2000.

References edit

  1. ^ "FootballSquads - Millwall - 2001/02".