# 2001–02 Wrexham F.C. season

The 2001–02 season saw Wrexham compete in Second Division where they finished in 23rd position with 43 points and were relegated to the Third Division.

## Final league table

| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 66 | 42 | +24 | 90 |
| 2 | Reading | 46 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 70 | 43 | +27 | 84 |
| 3 | Brentford | 46 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 77 | 43 | +34 | 83 |
| 4 | Cardiff City | 46 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 75 | 50 | +25 | 83 |
| 5 | Stoke City | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 67 | 40 | +27 | 80 |
| 6 | Huddersfield Town | 46 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 65 | 47 | +18 | 78 |
| 7 | Bristol City | 46 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 68 | 53 | +15 | 73 |
| 8 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 60 | 49 | +11 | 71 |
| 9 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 77 | 65 | +12 | 70 |
| 10 | Wigan Athletic | 46 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 66 | 51 | +15 | 64 |
| 11 | Wycombe Wanderers | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 58 | 64 | –6 | 64 |
| 12 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 63 | 60 | +3 | 63 |
| 13 | Swindon Town | 46 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 46 | 56 | –10 | 59 |
| 14 | Port Vale | 46 | 16 | 10 | 20 | 51 | 62 | –11 | 58 |
| 15 | Colchester United | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 65 | 76 | –11 | 57 |
| 16 | Blackpool | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 66 | 69 | –3 | 56 |
| 17 | Peterborough United | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 64 | 59 | +5 | 55 |
| 18 | Chesterfield | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 53 | 65 | –12 | 52 |
| 19 | Notts County | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 59 | 71 | –12 | 50 |
| 20 | Northampton Town | 46 | 14 | 7 | 25 | 54 | 79 | –25 | 49 |
| 21 | Bournemouth | 46 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 56 | 71 | –15 | 44 |
| 22 | Bury | 46 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 43 | 75 | –32 | 44 |
| 23 | Wrexham | 46 | 11 | 10 | 25 | 56 | 89 | –33 | 43 |
| 24 | Cambridge United | 46 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 47 | 93 | –46 | 34 |
Key: P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

## Results

Wrexham's score comes first

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |

### Football League Second Division

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 11 August 2001 | Oldham Athletic | H | 3–3 | 4,881 | Lawrence, Edwards, Faulconbridge |
| 2 | 18 August 2001 | Wycombe Wanderers | A | 2–5 | 5,425 | Faulconbridge, Chalk |
| 3 | 25 August 2001 | Colchester United | H | 1–1 | 2,952 | Edwards |
| 4 | 8 September 2001 | Notts County | A | 2–2 | 4,776 | Faulconbridge, Trundle |
| 5 | 11 September 2001 | Bury | H | 1–0 | 2,470 | Trundle |
| 6 | 14 September 2001 | Brighton & Hove Albion | H | 1–2 | 3,434 | Thomas |
| 7 | 18 September 2001 | Chesterfield | A | 2–3 | 3,538 | Roberts, Ferguson |
| 8 | 21 September 2001 | Tranmere Rovers | A | 0–5 | 10,285 | |
| 9 | 25 September 2001 | Port Vale | H | 1–3 | 3,091 | Faulconbridge |
| 10 | 29 September 2001 | Peterborough United | H | 1–2 | 2,640 | Faulconbridge |
| 11 | 13 October 2001 | Queens Park Rangers | H | 1–0 | 4,474 | Blackwood |
| 12 | 20 October 2001 | Wigan Athletic | A | 3–2 | 5,979 | Hill, Sam, Faulconbridge |
| 13 | 23 October 2001 | Blackpool | H | 1–1 | 5,640 | Trundle |
| 14 | 27 October 2001 | Huddersfield Town | A | 1–5 | 9,888 | Chalk |
| 15 | 4 November 2001 | Cardiff City | H | 1–3 | 5,832 | Edwards |
| 16 | 6 November 2001 | Reading | A | 0–2 | 8,081 | |
| 17 | 10 November 2001 | Bournemouth | A | 0–3 | 5,031 | |
| 18 | 20 November 2001 | Cambridge United | A | 2–0 | 2,648 | Ferguson, Faulconbridge |
| 19 | 24 November 2001 | Stoke City | H | 0–1 | 5,477 | |
| 20 | 27 November 2001 | Swindon Town | A | 1–3 | 4,127 | Faulconbridge |
| 21 | 1 December 2001 | Northampton Town | H | 3–2 | 2,708 | Carey, Chalk, Ferguson |
| 22 | 8 December 2001 | Bristol City | H | 0–2 | 3,091 | |
| 23 | 15 December 2001 | Brentford | A | 0–3 | 5,326 | |
| 24 | 22 December 2001 | Bristol City | A | 0–1 | 12,137 | |
| 25 | 26 December 2001 | Notts County | H | 2–1 | 3,707 | Trundle, Phillips |
| 26 | 29 December 2001 | Reading | H | 0–2 | 3,885 | |
| 27 | 5 January 2002 | Colchester United | A | 1–2 | 2,835 | Thomas |
| 28 | 12 January 2002 | Wycombe Wanderers | H | 0–0 | 2,752 | |
| 29 | 19 January 2002 | Oldham Athletic | A | 1–3 | 5,451 | Morrell |
| 30 | 26 January 2002 | Swindon Town | H | 2–2 | 2,879 | Faulconbridge, Carey |
| 31 | 29 January 2002 | Bury | A | 2–2 | 2,732 | Sam (2) |
| 32 | 2 February 2002 | Peterborough United | A | 3–2 | 4,675 | Faulconbridge, Blackwood, Sam |
| 33 | 9 February 2002 | Wigan Athletic | H | 2–0 | 4,135 | Faulconbridge, Lawrence |
| 34 | 16 February 2002 | Queens Park Rangers | A | 1–2 | 9,706 | Thomas |
| 35 | 23 February 2002 | Brighton & Hove Albion | A | 0–0 | 6,649 | |
| 36 | 26 February 2002 | Tranmere Rovers | H | 1–1 | 5,702 | Trundle |
| 37 | 2 March 2002 | Chesterfield | H | 0–1 | 3,328 | |
| 38 | 5 March 2002 | Port Vale | A | 3–1 | 4,436 | Trundle (2), Edwards |
| 39 | 9 March 2002 | Brentford | H | 0–3 | 3,343 | |
| 40 | 16 March 2002 | Northampton Town | A | 1–4 | 5,029 | Trundle |
| 41 | 22 March 2002 | Cardiff City | A | 2–3 | 15,702 | Faulconbridge, Sam |
| 42 | 30 March 2002 | Huddersfield Town | H | 1–1 | 4,448 | Faulconbridge |
| 43 | 1 April 2002 | Blackpool | A | 0–3 | 7,066 | |
| 44 | 6 April 2002 | Cambridge United | H | 5–0 | 2,581 | Jones (5) |
| 45 | 13 April 2002 | Stoke City | A | 0–1 | 14,298 | |
| 46 | 20 April 2002 | Bournemouth | H | 2–1 | 4,200 | Edwards, Morrell |

### FA Cup

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 18 November 2001 | Hereford United | A | 0–1 | 4,109 | |

### Football League Cup

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 21 August 2001 | Hull City | H | 2–3 | 1,761 | Faulconbridge, Russell |

### Football League Trophy

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 16 October 2001 | Wigan Athletic | H | 5–1 | 1,550 | Thomas, Trundle (2), Morrell |
| R2 | 30 October 2001 | Huddersfield Town | H | 0–1 | 1,725 | |

## Squad statistics

| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Marius Røvde | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Willie Miller | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Shaun Holmes | 39(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42(1) | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Martyn Chalk | 17(6) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20(6) | 3 |
| 5 | DF | Brian Carey | 16(2) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18(2) | 2 |
| 6 | DF | Dennis Lawrence | 29(3) | 2 | 0(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30(4) | 2 |
| 7 | MF | Carlos Edwards | 10(15) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10(16) | 5 |
| 8 | FW | Craig Faulconbridge | 36(1) | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 40(1) | 14 |
| 9 | FW | Lee Trundle | 30(6) | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 2 | 31(7) | 10 |
| 10 | MF | Darren Ferguson | 37(1) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 41(1) | 3 |
| 11 | MF | Kevin Russell | 8(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9(3) | 1 |
| 12 | MF | Paul Barrett | 10(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 10(6) | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Dave Walsh | 7(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8(2) | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Robin Gibson | 11(7) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12(7) | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Stephen Roberts | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | Wayne Phillips | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | Andy Morrell | 13(11) | 2 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 2 | 13(16) | 4 |
| 18 | FW | Dave Warren | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Steve Thomas | 30(8) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 33(8) | 3 |
| 20 | MF | Michael Blackwood | 21(10) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24(10) | 2 |
| 21 | GK | Kristian Rogers | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Mark Evans | 0(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(4) | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Hector Sam | 15(14) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19(14) | 5 |
| 24 | DF | Adrian Moody | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Keith Hill | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| 26 | MF | Jim Whitley | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Kevin Sharp | 12(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12(3) | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Dan Bennett | 5(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5(1) | 0 |
| 31 | DF | Shaun Pejic | 11(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11(1) | 0 |
| 40 | DF | Craig Morgan | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 |
| 44 | FW | Lee Jones | 3(1) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3(1) | 5 |