2001–02 Cardiff City F.C. season

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During the 2001–02 season Cardiff City played in the Football League Division Two. They finished in fourth place before losing to Stoke City in the play-off semi finals after extra time in the second leg.

ChairmanSam Hammam

ManagerAlan Cork
Lennie Lawrence

Division Two4th

FA CupFourth round

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Cardiff City
2001–02 season
Chairman	Sam Hammam
Manager	Alan Cork Lennie Lawrence
Division Two	4th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	First round
LDV Vans Trophy	Second round
FAW Premier Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Graham Kavanagh (13) All: Graham Kavanagh (16)
Highest home attendance	22,009 vs Leeds United (6 January 2002)
Lowest home attendance	2,052 vs Rushden & Diamonds (16 September 2001)
Average home league attendance	12,522
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

Squad

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No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship^[1]		FA Cup		League Cup		Other^[2]
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SCO	Neil Alexander	53	0	48	0	4	0	1	0	0	0
2	DF	WAL	Rhys Weston	44	0	39	0	3	0	1	0	1	0
3	DF	WAL	Andy Legg	41	2	35	2	4	0	1	0	1	0
4	DF	ENG	Des Hamilton	24	0	19	0	2	0	0	0	3	0
5	DF	ENG	Spencer Prior	44	2	39	2	3	0	0	0	2	0
6	DF	WAL	Danny Gabbidon	49	3	44	3	4	0	1	0	0	0
7	MF	WAL	Josh Low	27	0	22	0	1	0	1	0	3	0
8	MF	IRL	Graham Kavanagh	51	16	45	13	4	2	1	0	1	1
9	FW	ENG	Leo Fortune-West	46	11	38	10	4	1	1	0	3	0
10	FW	WAL	Robert Earnshaw	36	15	32	12	3	2	1	1	0	0
11	FW	WAL	Jason Bowen	29	5	26	5	2	0	0	0	1	0
12	MF	IRL	Willie Boland	50	1	44	1	4	0	1	0	1	0
13	GK	WAL	Mark Walton	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
14	FW	WAL	Paul Brayson	41	4	35	3	4	1	1	0	1	0
15	MF	ENG	Mark Bonner	37	0	31	0	4	0	0	0	2	0
16	DF	WAL	David Hughes	7	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
17	DF	SCO	Andy Jordan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF	WAL	Scott Young	40	5	35	4	3	1	0	0	2	0
19	MF	ENG	Michael Simpkins	19	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
20	FW	ENG	Gavin Gordon	19	8	15	2	2	1	1	0	1	5
21	GK	WAL	Lee Kendall	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	FW	ENG	Kevin Nugent	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
22	FW	ENG	Andy Campbell	10	7	10	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	WAL	Leyton Maxwell	23	1	18	1	1	0	0	0	4	0
24	MF	WAL	Gethin Jones	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
25	MF	WAL	Martyn Giles	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
26	MF	WAL	Kevin Evans	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	WAL	James Collins	15	2	8	1	2	0	0	0	5	1
28	DF	ENG	Andy Thompson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
28	DF	ENG	Gary Croft	8	1	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	WAL	Kurt Nogan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF	ENG	Jason Fowler	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF	WAL	Ceri Hughes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	ENG	Matt Brazier	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
31	GK	ENG	Stephen Bywater	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	DF	ENG	Russell Perrett	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	FW	ENG	Peter Thorne	28	8	28	8	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF	SCO	Scott McCulloch	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
34	MF	WAL	Leon Jeanne	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
35	DF	WAL	Byron Anthony	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	MF	WAL	Nicky Fish	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	DF	ENG	Dean Gordon	7	1	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Standings

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
2	Reading (P)	46	23	15	8	70	43	+27	84	Promotion to Football League First Division
3	Brentford	46	24	11	11	77	43	+34	83	Qualification for the Second Division play-offs
4	Cardiff City	46	23	14	9	75	50	+25	83
5	Stoke City (O, P)	46	23	11	12	67	40	+27	80
6	Huddersfield Town	46	21	15	10	65	47	+18	78

Source: ^[3]
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results by round

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Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	W	D	D	W	L	W	L	L	D	D	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	D	D	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W
Position	~	7	11	9	13	11	15	17	17	17	17	15	14	15	10	11	8	8	10	9	5	6	5	6	10	12	10	10	10	10	8	8	11	8	7	8	8	8	7	6	6	6	5	4	4	4
Points	3	4	5	8	8	11	11	11	12	13	14	17	20	21	24	24	27	28	29	32	35	36	37	38	38	38	41	44	44	47	50	50	50	53	56	59	60	61	64	67	70	73	76	77	80	83

Source: ^[4]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

Division Two

11 August 2001 (2001-08-11) 1	Cardiff City	1–0	Wycombe Wanderers	Cardiff
15:00	Danny Gabbidon 17'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 17,403 Referee: Phil Dowd (Stoke-on-Trent)

18 August 2001 (2001-08-18) 2	Peterborough United	1–1	Cardiff City	Peterborough
15:00	David Farrell 44'		18' Graham Kavanagh	Stadium: London Road Attendance: 6,437 Referee: Steve Baines (Derbyshire)

25 August 2001 (2001-08-25) 3	Cardiff City	2–2	Bournemouth	Cardiff
15:00	Leo Fortune-West 39' Robert Earnshaw 49'		62' (pen.) Warren Feeney 65' Jason Tindall	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 13,383 Referee: Mick Fletcher (Worcestershire)

8 September 2001 (2001-09-08) 4	Reading	1–2	Cardiff City	Reading
15:00	Alex Smith 32'		13', 36' Leo Fortune-West	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 13,017 Referee: Dennis Pugh (Chester)

15 September 2001 (2001-09-15) 5	Cambridge United	2–1	Cardiff City	Cambridge
15:00	Dave Kitson 15' Paul Wanless 71'		90' Andy Legg	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 3,454 Referee: Guy Stretton (West Bridgford)

18 September 2001 (2001-09-18) 6	Cardiff City	2–0	Northampton Town	Cardiff
	Graham Kavanagh 28' Paul Brayson 72' (pen.)			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 11,232 Referee: Trevor Parkes (West Midlands)

22 September 2001 (2001-09-22) 7	Cardiff City	1–2	Huddersfield Town	Cardiff
15:00	Peter Thorne 8'		20' Dwayne Mattis 56' Danny Schofield	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 12,280 Referee: John Brandwood (Lichfield)

25 September 2001 (2001-09-25) 8	Queens Park Rangers	2–1	Cardiff City	London
	Andy Thompson 54' (pen.), 61'		38' (pen.) Graham Kavanagh	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 11,667 Referee: Matt Messias (Yorkshire)

29 September 2001 (2001-09-29) 9	Cardiff City	1–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Cardiff
15:00	Paul Brayson 79'		36' Bobby Zamora	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 12,002 Referee: Mark Warren (Walsall)

9 October 2001 (2001-10-09) 10	Bristol City	1–1	Cardiff City	Bristol
	Mickey Bell 56'		45' (pen.) Robert Earnshaw	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 13,804 Referee: Rob Harris (Oxfordshire)

12 October 2001 (2001-10-12) 11	Cardiff City	2–2	Wigan Athletic	Cardiff
	Peter Thorne 53' Paul Brayson 84'		17' Pat McGibbon 52' Simon Haworth	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 11,072 Referee: Richard Beeby (Northampton)

21 October 2001 (2001-10-21) 12	Swindon Town	0–3	Cardiff City	Swindon
14:15			36' Robert Earnshaw 46' Jason Bowen 80' Graham Kavanagh	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 8,373 Referee: Chris Foy (Lancashire)

24 October 2001 (2001-10-24) 13	Port Vale	0–2	Cardiff City	Port Vale
			19' Spencer Prior 34' Robert Earnshaw	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 4,552 Referee: Steve Dunn (Bristol)

27 October 2001 (2001-10-27) 14	Cardiff City	1–1	Tranmere Rovers	Cardiff
15:00	Jason Bowen 39'		90' Paul Rideout	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 13,070 Referee: Anthony Bates (Stoke-on-Trent)

4 November 2001 (2001-11-04) 15	Wrexham	1–3	Cardiff City	Wrexham
14:15	Carlos Edwards 5'		33' Gavin Gordon 45' Graham Kavanagh 55' Leo Fortune-West	Stadium: The Racecourse Attendance: 5,832 Referee: Scott Mathieson (Cheshire)

7 November 2001 (2001-11-07) 16	Bury	3–0	Cardiff City	Bury
	Jason Jarrett 10' Gareth Seddon 52' David Borley 79'			Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 2,549 Referee: Graham Frankland (Middlesbrough)

10 November 2001 (2001-11-10) 17	Cardiff City	2–1	Chesterfield	Cardiff
15:00	Robert Earnshaw 4' (pen.) Leo Fortune-West 24'		45' David D'Auria	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 9,516 Referee: Paul Rejer (Staffordshire)

20 November 2001 (2001-11-20) 18	Cardiff City	1–1	Colchester United	Cardiff
	James Collins 33'		87' Joe Dunne	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,013 Referee: Clive Wilkes (Oxford)

24 November 2001 (2001-11-24) 19	Notts County	0–0	Cardiff City	Nottingham
15:00				Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 6,313 Referee: Howard Webb (Yorkshire)

1 December 2001 (2001-12-01) 20	Cardiff City	3–1	Oldham Athletic	Cardiff
15:00	Robert Earnshaw 37' Graham Kavanagh 74', 90'		75' John Eyre	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 10,004 Referee: Ray Olivier (Sutton Coldfield)

4 December 2001 (2001-12-04) 21	Cardiff City	3–1	Brentford	Cardiff
	Peter Thorne 15' Robert Earnshaw 36' Danny Gabbidon 75'		69' Paul Evans	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 10,154 Referee: Adrian Hall (Birmingham)

15 December 2001 (2001-12-15) 22	Blackpool	1–1	Cardiff City	Blackpool
15:00	John Hills 66'		68' Dean Gordon	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 4,880 Referee: Mike Pike (Cumbria)

19 December 2001 (2001-12-19) 23	Stoke City	1–1	Cardiff City	Stoke
	Danny Gabbidon 77' (o.g.)		83' Dean Gordon	Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 14,331 Referee: Tony Leake (Hertfordshire)

26 December 2001 (2001-12-26) 24	Cardiff City	2–2	Reading	Cardiff
12:00	Robert Earnshaw 29', 67'		56' Nicky Forster 78' John Salako	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 16,708 Referee: Dermot Gallagher (Oxfordshire)

29 December 2001 (2001-12-29) 25	Cardiff City	1–3	Bristol City	Cardiff
15:00	Graham Kavanagh 47'		56', 58' Scott Murray 60' Lee Matthews	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 16,149 Referee: Paul Durkin (Dorset)

12 January 2002 (2002-01-12) 26	Cardiff City	0–2	Peterborough United	Cardiff
15:00			45' Leon McKenzie 54' Neale Fenn	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 11,301 Referee: Mark Warren (Walsall)

19 January 2002 (2002-01-19) 27	Wycombe Wanderers	0–1	Cardiff City	High Wycombe
15:00			67' Graham Kavanagh	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 7,165 Referee: Joe Ross (Essex)

22 January 2002 (2002-01-22) 28	Cardiff City	2–0	Stoke City	Cardiff
	Bjarni Gudjonsson 19' (o.g.) Andy Legg 71'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 11,771 Referee: Uriah Rennie (South Yorkshire)

31 January 2002 (2002-01-31) 29	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–0	Cardiff City	Brighton
	Bobby Zamora 14' (pen.)			Stadium: Withdean Stadium Attendance: 6,117 Referee: Lee Cable (Woking)

5 February 2002 (2002-02-05) 30	Bournemouth	1–3	Cardiff City	Bournemouth
	Derek Holmes 73'		15' Graham Kavanagh 21' Robert Earnshaw 52' Willie Boland	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 4,336 Referee: David Crick (Surrey)

9 February 2002 (2002-02-09) 31	Cardiff City	3–0	Swindon Town	Cardiff
15:00	Robert Earnshaw 19' Jason Bowen 71', 82'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 12,045 Referee: Phil Dowd (Stoke-on-Trent)

12 February 2002 (2002-02-12) 32	Brentford	2–1	Cardiff City	London
19:45	Stephen Hunt 54' Ben Burgess 78'		18' Jason Bowen	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 6,718 Referee: Steve Bennett (Kent)

16 February 2002 (2002-02-16) 33	Wigan Athletic	4–0	Cardiff City	Wigan
15:00	Lee McCulloch 2' Jason De Vos 16', 52' Arjan De Zeeuw 67'			Stadium: JJB Stadium Attendance: 5,487 Referee: Bill Jordan (Hertfordshire)

19 February 2002 (2002-02-19) 34	Cardiff City	1–0	Bury	Cardiff
19:45	Graham Kavanagh 43' (pen.)			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,273 Referee: Phil Prosser (West Yorkshire)

23 February 2002 (2002-02-23) 35	Cardiff City	2–0	Cambridge United	Cardiff
	Graham Kavanagh 36', 62' (pen.)			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 10,182 Referee: Paul Taylor (Middlesex)

2 March 2002 (2002-03-02) 36	Northampton Town	1–2	Cardiff City	Northampton
	Marco Gabbiadini 35'		32' Leyton Maxwell 37' Andy Campbell	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 5,495 Referee: Steve Bennett (Kent)

5 March 2002 (2002-03-05) 37	Cardiff City	1–1	Queens Park Rangers	Cardiff
	Scott Young 59'		12' Richard Pacquette	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 13,425 Referee: George Cain (Bootle, Merseyside)

9 March 2002 (2002-03-09) 38	Cardiff City	2–2	Blackpool	Cardiff
	Andy Campbell 30', 66'		19', 27' John Murphy	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 11,629 Referee: Clive Penton (Sussex)

16 March 2002 (2002-03-16) 39	Oldham Athletic	1–7	Cardiff City	Oldham
	Stuart Balmer 74'		6' Scott Young 22', 45' Leo Fortune-West 23' Peter Thorne 30', 64', 73' Andy Campbell	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 6,786 Referee: Colin Webster (Tyne and Wear)

22 March 2002 (2002-03-22) 40	Cardiff City	3–2	Wrexham	Cardiff
19:45	Scott Young 14' Peter Thorne 17' Danny Gabbidon 47'		34' Craig Faulconbridge 88' Hector Sam	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 15,702 Referee: Peter Walton (Northamptonshire)

30 March 2002 (2002-03-30) 41	Chesterfield	0–2	Cardiff City	Chesterfield
			6' Leo Fortune-West 30' Andy Campbell	Stadium: Saltergate Attendance: 5,442 Referee: Mark Clattenburg (Durham)

1 April 2002 (2002-04-01) 42	Cardiff City	1–0	Port Vale	Cardiff
	Peter Thorne 74'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 15,556 Referee: Phil Richards (Preston)

6 April 2002 (2002-04-06) 43	Colchester United	0–1	Cardiff City	Colchester
			20' Spencer Prior	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,970 Referee: Paul Danson (Leicester)

9 April 2002 (2002-04-09) 44	Huddersfield Town	2–2	Cardiff City	Huddersfield
	Kenny Irons 79' (pen.) Chris Hay 82'		39', 62' Peter Thorne	Stadium: Kirklees Stadium Attendance: 11,660 Referee: Graham Laws (Northumberland)

13 April 2002 (2002-04-13) 45	Cardiff City	2–1	Notts County	Cardiff
	Leo Fortune-West 52' Scott Young 78'		12' Richard Liburd	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 17,105 Referee: Paul Rejer (Staffordshire)

20 April 2002 (2002-04-20) 46	Tranmere Rovers	0–1	Cardiff City	Birkenhead
			72' Gary Croft	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 8,375 Referee: Roy Pearson (Durham)

Play-offs

28 April 2002 (2002-04-28) First Leg	Stoke City	1–2	Cardiff City	Stoke
	Deon Burton 84'		12' Robert Earnshaw 59' Leo Fortune-West	Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 21,245 Referee: Tony Leake (Hertfordshire)

1 May 2002 (2002-05-01) Second Leg	Cardiff City	0–2 (a.e.t.) (2–3 agg.)	Stoke City	Cardiff
			90' James O'Connor 115' Souleymane Oulare	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 19,367 Referee: Mike Dean (Wirral)

FA Cup

17 November 2001 (2001-11-17) Round 1	Tiverton	1–3	Cardiff City	Cardiff
15:00	Kevin Nancekivell 82'		34' Paul Brayson 55' Des Hamilton 74' Robert Earnshaw	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,648 Referee: Anthony Bates (Stoke-on-Trent)

8 December 2001 (2001-12-08) Round 2	Cardiff City	3–0	Port Vale	Cardiff
15:00	Robert Earnshaw 26' Gavin Gordon 49' Leo Fortune-West 74'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 9,650 Referee: Peter Walton (Northamptonshire)

6 January 2002 (2002-01-06) Round 3	Cardiff City	2–1	Leeds United	Cardiff
16:00	Graham Kavanagh 21' Scott Young 87'		12' Mark Viduka	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 22,009 Referee: Andy D'Urso (Billericay)

27 January 2002 (2002-01-27) Round 4	Tranmere Rovers	3–1	Cardiff City	Birkenhead
13:00	Paul Rideout 23' Sean Flynn 53' Jason Koumas 79'		21' (pen.) Graham Kavanagh	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 9,442 Referee: Alan Kaye (West Yorkshire)

– Tiverton Town were drawn as the home side but the match was switched to Ninian Park.

League Cup

21 August 2001 (2001-08-21) Round 1	Millwall	2–1	Cardiff City	Millwall
	Richard Sadlier 24' Steve Claridge 61' (pen.)		45' Robert Earnshaw	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 5,516 Referee: Paul Danson (Leicester)

LDV Vans Trophy

16 October 2001 (2001-10-16) Round 1	Cardiff City	7–1	Rushden & Diamonds	Cardiff
	Mark Bonner 6' Gavin Gordon 12' Gavin Gordon 33' Gavin Gordon 41' Gavin Gordon 70' Gavin Gordon 80' Martyn Giles 79'		73' Paul Hall	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 2,052 Referee: Paul Armstrong (Berkshire)

30 October 2001 (2001-10-30) Round 2	Cardiff City	1–3	Peterborough United	Cardiff
	Kevin Nugent 90' (pen.)		8' (pen.) Jimmy Bullard 78' Leon McKenzie 83' Francis Green	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 2,584 Referee: John Brandwood (Lichfield)

FAW Premier Cup

16 January 2002 (2002-01-16) Quarter Final	Newtown	0–3	Cardiff City	Newtown, Powys
19:15			Leon Jeanne James Collins Tony Wallis	Stadium: Latham Park Attendance: 480

12 March 2002 (2002-03-12) Semi Final	Wrexham	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Cardiff City	Wrexham
18:55	Lee Trundle 85'		4' Gethin Jones	Stadium: The Racecourse Attendance: 826 Referee: Brian Lawlor

13 May 2002 (2002-05-13) Final	Cardiff City	1–0	Swansea City	Cardiff
19:00	Graham Kavanagh 54'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,229 Referee: Ceri Richards (Llangennech)

2001–02 Cardiff City F.C. season

Squad

Standings

Results by round

Fixtures and results

Division Two

Play-offs

FA Cup

League Cup

LDV Vans Trophy

FAW Premier Cup

References

Bibliography

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