# 2001–02 Preston North End F.C. season

The 2001–02 season saw Preston North End compete in the Football League First Division where they finished in 8th position with 72 points.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Norwich City | 46 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 60 | 51 | +9 | 75 | Qualification for the First Division play-offs |
| 7 | Burnley | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 70 | 62 | +8 | 75 | |
| 8 | Preston North End | 46 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 71 | 59 | +12 | 72 | |
| 9 | Wimbledon | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 63 | 57 | +6 | 67 | |
| 10 | Crystal Palace | 46 | 20 | 6 | 20 | 70 | 62 | +8 | 66 | |

## Results

Preston North End's score comes first

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |

### Football League First Division

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 11 August 2001 | Gillingham | A | 0–5 | 9,412 | |
| 2 | 18 August 2001 | Walsall | H | 1–1 | 11,402 | Murdock |
| 3 | 25 August 2001 | Grimsby Town | A | 2–2 | 5,782 | Murdock, Healy |
| 4 | 27 August 2001 | Wimbledon | H | 1–1 | 13,349 | Keane |
| 5 | 8 September 2001 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | H | 1–2 | 14,381 | Lucketti |
| 6 | 15 September 2001 | Millwall | H | 1–0 | 11,371 | Anderson |
| 7 | 18 September 2001 | West Bromwich Albion | A | 0–2 | 18,209 | |
| 8 | 23 September 2001 | Birmingham City | H | 1–0 | 23,004 | Edwards |
| 9 | 26 September 2001 | Norwich City | H | 4–0 | 12,014 | Alexander, Macken (2), Edwards |
| 10 | 30 September 2001 | Watford | A | 1–1 | 18,911 | Macken |
| 11 | 13 October 2001 | Crewe Alexandra | A | 1–2 | 7,746 | Rankine |
| 12 | 16 October 2001 | Sheffield Wednesday | A | 2–1 | 15,592 | Rankine, Macken |
| 13 | 21 October 2001 | Manchester City | H | 2–1 | 21,014 | Macken, Healy |
| 14 | 23 October 2001 | Sheffield United | H | 3–0 | 14,027 | Macken, Healy, Gallacher |
| 15 | 27 October 2001 | Portsmouth | A | 1–0 | 15,402 | Cartwright |
| 16 | 31 October 2001 | Coventry City | A | 2–2 | 15,755 | Lucketti, Cresswell |
| 17 | 3 November 2001 | Stockport County | H | 6–0 | 13,776 | Healy (3), Lucketti, Cresswell, McKenna |
| 18 | 8 November 2001 | Barnsley | A | 2–2 | 19,042 | Rankine, Cresswell |
| 19 | 17 November 2001 | Nottingham Forest | A | 1–1 | 21,020 | Cresswell |
| 20 | 20 November 2001 | Bradford City | H | 1–1 | 13,763 | Alexander |
| 21 | 24 November 2001 | Crystal Palace | H | 2–1 | 15,264 | Alexander, Cresswell |
| 22 | 1 December 2001 | Sheffield United | A | 2–2 | 16,270 | Healy, Cresswell |
| 23 | 9 December 2001 | Burnley | H | 2–3 | 20,370 | McKenna, Alexander |
| 24 | 15 December 2001 | Rotherham United | A | 0–1 | 6,558 | |
| 25 | 22 December 2001 | Grimsby Town | H | 0–0 | 14,667 | |
| 26 | 26 December 2001 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | A | 3–2 | 24,024 | Healy, Anderson, Gregan |
| 27 | 29 December 2001 | Wimbledon | A | 0–2 | 6,501 | |
| 28 | 12 January 2002 | Walsall | A | 2–1 | 6,314 | Anderson, Basham |
| 29 | 19 January 2002 | Gillingham | H | 0–2 | 13,289 | |
| 30 | 29 January 2002 | Bradford City | A | 1–0 | 15,217 | Keane |
| 31 | 31 January 2002 | Watford | H | 1–1 | 12,746 | Alexander |
| 32 | 5 February 2002 | Sheffield Wednesday | H | 4–2 | 14,038 | Etuhu, Macken, Reid, Healy |
| 33 | 10 February 2002 | Manchester City | H | 2–3 | 34,220 | Anderson, Macken |
| 34 | 22 February 2002 | Norwich City | A | 0–3 | 19,506 | |
| 35 | 26 February 2002 | West Bromwich Albion | H | 1–0 | 14,487 | Etuhu |
| 36 | 2 March 2002 | Birmingham City | H | 1–0 | 15,543 | Purse (o.g.) |
| 37 | 5 March 2002 | Millwall | A | 1–2 | 11,071 | Healy |
| 38 | 9 March 2002 | Rotherham United | H | 2–1 | 14,579 | Cresswell (2) |
| 39 | 17 March 2002 | Burnley | A | 1–2 | 18,388 | Anderson |
| 40 | 20 March 2002 | Crewe Alexandra | H | 2–2 | 13,369 | McKenna, Cresswell |
| 41 | 23 March 2002 | Stockport County | A | 2–0 | 6,139 | McKenna, Cresswell |
| 42 | 30 March 2002 | Portsmouth | H | 2–0 | 16,832 | Alexander, Wijnhard |
| 43 | 1 April 2002 | Barnsley | A | 1–2 | 14,188 | Wijnhard |
| 44 | 6 April 2002 | Coventry City | H | 4–0 | 15,655 | Wijnhard, Etuhu, Ainsworth, Cresswell |
| 45 | 13 April 2002 | Crystal Palace | A | 0–2 | 21,361 | |
| 46 | 21 April 2002 | Nottingham Forest | H | 2–1 | 17,390 | Cresswell, Rankine |

### FA Cup

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R3 | 15 January 2002 | Brighton & Hove Albion | A | 2–0 | 6,548 | Skora, Macken |
| R4 | 26 January 2002 | Sheffield United | H | 2–1 | 13,068 | Alexander, Cresswell |
| R5 | 17 February 2002 | Chelsea | A | 1–3 | 28,133 | Cresswell |

### Football League Cup

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 21 August 2001 | Kidderminster Harriers | A | 3–2 | 2,227 | Macken, Gallacher, Jackson |
| R2 | 11 September 2001 | Tranmere Rovers | A | 1–4 | 5,143 | Cresswell |

## Squad statistics

| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | David Lucas | 23(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24(1) | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Graham Alexander | 45 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 7 |
| 3 | DF | Paul Reid | 0(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Ryan Kidd | 5(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6(1) | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Michael Jackson | 12(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13(1) | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Sean Gregan | 40(1) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 44(1) | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Lee Cartwright | 34(2) | 1 | 1(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 35(4) | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Mark Rankine | 24(2) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25(2) | 4 |
| 9 | FW | Clyde Wijnhard | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 10 | FW | Steve Basham | 0(16) | 1 | 1(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 1(18) | 1 |
| 11 | FW | David Healy | 35(9) | 10 | 2(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 39(10) | 10 |
| 12 | FW | Kevin Gallacher | 1(4) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 1 | 1(5) | 2 |
| 14 | DF | Colin Murdock | 22(1) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26(1) | 2 |
| 15 | DF | Rob Edwards | 36 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 2 |
| 16 | MF | Paul McKenna | 37(1) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40(1) | 4 |
| 17 | MF | Gareth Ainsworth | 3(2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3(2) | 1 |
| 17 | FW | Jon Macken | 28(3) | 8 | 2(1) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31(4) | 9 |
| 18 | FW | Pawel Abbott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Þórður Guðjónsson | 4(3) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4(4) | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Chris Lucketti | 40 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 3 |
| 21 | GK | Tepi Moilanen | 23(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26(1) | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Adam Eaton | 6(6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7(6) | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Mark Wright | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Steve Robinson | 0(2) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(4) | 0 |
| 25 | FW | Richard Cresswell | 27(13) | 12 | 1(1) | 2 | 1(1) | 1 | 29(15) | 15 |
| 26 | MF | Dickson Etuhu | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 |
| 27 | MF | Colin Hendry | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Brian Barry-Murphy | 2(2) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(3) | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Joe O'Neill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | Kelham O'Hanlon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | Iain Anderson | 16(15) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21(15) | 5 |
| 34 | FW | Éric Skora | 2(2) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4(2) | 1 |
| 38 | MF | Michael Keane | 17(3) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 20(4) | 2 |