2001–02 season of Brentford F.C.
Brentford 2001–02 football season
During the 2001–02 English football season, Brentford competed in the Football League Second Division . The Bees were denied promotion after defeat to Stoke City in the 2002 Second Division playoff Final .
Season summary 2001–02 was Steve Coppell 's lone season as Brentford manager. After a promising, but ultimately disappointing 2000–01 season, Steve Coppell replaced Ray Lewington as manager of Second Division Brentford on 8 May 2001.[1] In the knowledge he would be provided with little money to buy players, Coppell was also tasked with raising £500,000 in transfer fees.[2] The previous season's squad was kept together, with two fringe players released and two arrivals – youngster Stephen Hunt and defender Jason Price on a short-term contract.[3] After a 1–1 opening day draw with Wigan Athletic , teenage Blackburn Rovers forward Ben Burgess was brought in on a one-month loan,[4] which was subsequently extended until the end of the season.[5]
Brentford had its best start to a season since 1934–35 and topped the table for the first time after a 4–0 win over Tranmere Rovers on 8 September 2001.[6] [7] After a first league defeat of the season at the hands of Swindon Town on 25 September, the Bees went on a seven-match club record-equalling winning run and seized top spot in the Second Division.[7] [8] Captain Paul Evans led by example,[9] scoring 9 goals in 13 matches in all competitions before suffering a hamstring injury in mid-October.[10] His temporary replacement was Arsenal 's teenage midfielder Steve Sidwell , another loan signing which would prove to be a master-stroke and which would later be extended until the end of the season.[11] Between 10 November 2001 and 24 January 2002, Brentford won just twice in a spell of 13 league matches, suffering eight defeats, while briefly returning to the top of the table in late December.[7] By 21 December, Lloyd Owusu , Paul Evans and Ben Burgess had each reached 10 or more goals for the season, which was the fourth instance of three Brentford players reaching double-figures before Christmas Day.[12]
A 4–0 victory over Brighton & Hove Albion in front of the Sky cameras at Griffin Park on 24 January 2002 turned Brentford's flagging season around,[13] with twin forwards Owusu and Burgess finding the net with regularity.[14] [15] The Bees lost just two of the next 16 matches, but a 0–0 draw away to West London rivals Queens Park Rangers in the penultimate match of the season dropped the club out of the final automatic promotion place.[7] Cause for concern was a goal drought suffered by Ben Burgess,[15] who had failed to score since 26 February and the midfield was weakened by the £150,000 sale of Gavin Mahon to Watford ,[16] in a bid to reduce the wage bill.[2] Brentford would play 2nd-place Reading at Griffin Park on the final day of the season, needing a win to secure automatic promotion, while the Royals only needed a draw.[17] Brentford took the lead through Martin Rowlands , but were pegged back 13 minutes from time by Jamie Cureton and the match finished as a 1–1 draw, which consigned the Bees to the playoffs .[18]
Brentford faced 6th-placed Huddersfield Town in the playoff semi-finals, a rematch of the 1995 semi-final encounter between the two sides.[7] The Bees held the Terriers to a 0–0 draw at the McAlpine Stadium and reached the 2002 Second Division playoff Final courtesy of goals from Darren Powell and Lloyd Owusu to emerge 2–1 victors in the second leg.[19] [20] In the final versus Stoke City , Brentford "simply had no sting in their tail" and were defeated 2–0.[21]
League table
Source: Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted
Results Brentford's goal tally listed first. Legend Pre-season Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorer(s) 13 July 2001 Sutton United A 0–0 652 17 July 2001 Hampton & Richmond Borough A 2–0 n/a Abbey (2) 20 July 2001 Woking A 3–1 785 O'Connor, Evans, (og ) 24 July 2001 India H 3–0 3,634 Owusu (2), Evans 28 July 2001 Coventry City H 0–0 n/a 1 August 2001 Portsmouth H 2–2 1,361 Hutchinson , Powell 3 August 2001 Wimbledon H 0–4 1,550 6 August 2001 Chertsey Town A 6–0 n/a Hutchinson , Charles (2), Geddes (2), Tabb (pen)
No. Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorer(s) 1 11 August 2001 Wigan Athletic A 1–1 5,925 Ingimarsson 2 18 August 2001 Port Vale H 2–0 4,561 Evans, Burgess 3 25 August 2001 Chesterfield A 1–0 3,571 Evans 4 27 August 2001 Cambridge United H 2–1 4,674 Evans (2) 5 8 September 2001 Tranmere Rovers H 4–0 5,211 Owusu , Burgess , Evans, Williams 6 15 September 2001 Notts County A 0–0 5,043 7 18 September 2001 Bristol City H 2–2 6,432 Burgess , Powell 8 22 September 2001 Oldham Athletic H 2–2 5,522 Owusu , Evans 9 25 September 2001 Swindon Town A 0–2 5,519 10 29 September 2001 Colchester United H 4–1 5,179 Evans (2), Burgess , Owusu 11 5 October 2001 Brighton & Hove Albion A 2–1 6,823 Rowlands , Ingimarsson 12 13 October 2001 Peterborough United H 2–1 11,097 Owusu , Evans 13 13 October 2001 Bournemouth A 2–0 3,934 Hunt (2) 14 23 October 2001 Bury H 5–1 5,389 Owusu (2), Gibbs (2), Burgess 15 27 October 2001 Reading A 2–1 14,680 Ingimarsson , Price 16 3 November 2001 Blackpool H 2–0 7,605 Sidwell , Owusu 17 10 November 2001 Stoke City A 2–3 17,953 Burgess , Owusu 18 20 November 2001 Huddersfield Town A 1–1 8,513 Burgess 19 24 November 2001 Queens Park Rangers H 0–0 10,849 20 1 December 2001 Wycombe Wanderers A 3–5 8,013 Owusu , Evans, Burgess 21 4 December 2001 Cardiff City A 1–3 10,184 Evans 22 15 December 2001 Wrexham H 3–0 5,326 Ingimarsson , Hunt, Burgess 23 21 December 2001 Northampton Town H 3–0 5,142 Evans, Owusu , Burgess 24 26 December 2001 Cambridge United A 1–2 3,989 Burgess 25 29 December 2001 Tranmere Rovers A 0–1 9,389 26 12 January 2002 Port Vale A 1–2 4,588 Owusu 27 19 January 2002 Wigan Athletic H 0–1 5,549 28 22 January 2002 Northampton Town A 0–1 4,184 29 24 January 2002 Brighton & Hove Albion H 4–0 7,475 Ingimarsson , Burgess (2), Sidwell 30 2 February 2002 Colchester United A 1–1 3,657 Owusu 31 9 February 2002 Bournemouth H 1–0 6,698 Owusu 32 12 February 2002 Cardiff City H 2–1 6,718 Hunt, Burgess 33 16 February 2002 Peterborough United A 1–1 5,100 Owusu 34 22 February 2002 Notts County H 2–1 5,367 Evans, Burgess 35 26 February 2002 Oldham Athletic A 2–3 4,935 Burgess (2) 36 2 March 2002 Bristol City A 2–0 11,421 Owusu , Rowlands 37 5 March 2002 Swindon Town H 2–0 5,644 Owusu (2) 38 9 March 2002 Wrexham A 3–0 3,343 Evans (2), Rowlands 39 12 March 2002 Chesterfield H 0–0 5,372 40 16 March 2002 Wycombe Wanderers H 1–0 7,165 Ingimarsson 41 19 March 2002 Blackpool A 3–1 4,865 Rowlands , Owusu (2) 42 30 March 2002 Stoke City H 1–0 8,837 Sidwell 43 1 April 2002 Bury A 0–2 4,332 44 6 April 2002 Huddersfield Town H 3–0 7,393 Owusu , Sidwell , Rowlands 45 13 April 2002 Queens Park Rangers A 0–0 18,346 46 20 April 2002 Reading H 1–1 11,303 Rowlands
FA Cup No. Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance SR1 17 October 2001 Wycombe Wanderers A 0–1 2,051
Sources: Soccerbase, 11v11 Playing squad Players' ages are as of the opening day of the 2001–02 season. Coaching staff Name Role Steve Coppell Manager Wally Downes Assistant coach Roberto Forzoni Assistant coach Jim Stannard Goalkeeping coach Phil McLoughlin Physiotherapist Colin Martin Medical Officer John Griffin Chief scout
Statistics Appearances and goals Substitute appearances in brackets. No Pos Nat Name League FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy Playoffs Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals 1 GK Ólafur Gottskálksson 28 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 2 DF Danny Boxall 0 (5) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 (6) 0 3 DF Ijah Anderson 33 (2) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 40 (2) 0 4 DF Ívar Ingimarsson 46 6 2 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 54 6 5 DF Darren Powell 41 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 48 2 7 MF Paul Evans 40 14 1 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 47 14 8 MF Gavin Mahon 34 (1) 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 — 38 (1) 0 9 FW Lloyd Owusu 43 (1) 20 2 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 50 (1) 22 10 FW Scott Partridge 0 (1) 0 — 0 (1) 0 — — 0 (2) 0 11 MF Martin Rowlands 13 (10) 7 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 3 0 16 (12) 7 12 DF Michael Dobson 38 (1) 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 45 (1) 1 13 GK Paul Smith 18 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 22 0 15 DF Jay Lovett 2 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16 MF Derek Bryan 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 (1) 0 17 FW Mark McCammon 1 (13) 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 1 (15) 0 18 MF Eddie Hutchinson 2 (6) 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 (7) 0 19 DF Paul Gibbs 23 (4) 2 2 1 2 0 0 (1) 0 — 27 (5) 3 20 MF Kevin O'Connor 13 (12) 0 1 (1) 0 1 (1) 0 1 0 0 (2) 0 16 (16) 0 21 MF Mark Williams 0 (20) 1 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 (23) 1 22 MF Jay Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 23 DF David Theobald 5 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 (1) 0 28 MF Stephen Hunt 34 (1) 4 1 0 0 (1) 0 1 0 3 0 39 (2) 4 29 DF Jason Price 15 1 — 2 0 1 0 — 18 1 31 MF Jay Tabb 0 (3) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (3) 0 Players loaned in during the season 30 FW Ben Burgess 43 17 2 1 2 0 1 0 3 0 51 18 32 FW Adrian Caceres 5 0 — 0 0 — — 5 0 32 MF Steve Sidwell 29 (1) 4 2 0 — — 3 0 34 (1) 4
Players listed in italics left the club mid-season. Source: Soccerbase Goalscorers Players listed in italics left the club mid-season. Source: Soccerbase Discipline No Pos Nat Player FL2 FAC FLC FLT FLP Total Pts 19 DF Paul Gibbs 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 — 10 1 13 3 DF Ijah Anderson 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 12 5 DF Darren Powell 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 0 9 32 MF Steve Sidwell 7 0 1 0 — — 1 0 9 0 9 11 MF Martin Rowlands 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 8 28 MF Stephen Hunt 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 8 7 MF Paul Evans 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 6 29 DF Jason Price 4 0 — 1 0 0 0 — 5 0 5 30 FW Ben Burgess 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 12 DF Michael Dobson 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 8 MF Gavin Mahon 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 — 3 0 3 17 FW Mark McCammon 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 18 MF Eddie Hutchinson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 20 MF Kevin O'Connor 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 9 FW Lloyd Owusu 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 23 DF David Theobald 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 21 MF Mark Williams 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Total 63 4 4 0 4 0 1 0 3 0 75 4 87
Players listed in italics left the club mid-season. Source: ESPN FC International caps Management Name Nat From To Record All Comps Record League P W D L W % P W D L W % Steve Coppell 11 August 2001 11 May 2002 54 27 12 15 0 50.00 46 24 11 11 0 52.17
Summary Games played 54 (46 Second Division , 2 FA Cup , 2 League Cup , 1 Football League Trophy , 3 Football League playoffs ) Games won 27 (24 Second Division, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 0 Football League Trophy, 1 Football League playoffs) Games drawn 12 (11 Second Division, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 0 Football League Trophy, 1 Football League playoffs) Games lost 15 (11 Second Division, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 1 Football League Trophy, 1 Football League playoffs) Goals scored 82 (77 Second Division, 2 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 0 Football League Trophy, 2 Football League playoffs) Goals conceded 54 (43 Second Division, 3 FA Cup, 4 League Cup, 1 Football League Trophy, 3 Football League playoffs) Clean sheets 22 (19 Second Division, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 0 Football League Trophy, 1 Football League playoffs) Biggest league win 4–0 on two occasions; 5–1 versus Bury , 23 October 2001 Worst league defeat 2–0 on two occasions; 3–1 versus Cardiff City , 4 December 2001; 5–3 versus Wycombe Wanderers , 1 December 2001 Most appearances 54, Ívar Ingimarsson (46 Second Division, 2 FA Cup, 2 League Cup, 1 Football League Trophy, 3 Football League playoffs) Top scorer (league) 20, Lloyd Owusu Top scorer (all competitions) 22, Lloyd Owusu
Transfers & loans Kit Supplier: Patrick Sponsor(s): GMB
Source: Brentford F.C.
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