# 2001–02 Sheffield United F.C. season

During the 2001–02 English football season, Sheffield United competed in the Football League First Division.

## Season summary

During the 2001–02 campaign, the Blades hoped to build on last season's top-half finish, but inconsistent results and too many draws cost them the opportunity to challenge for promotion via the play-offs. They finished in 13th place – a disappointing mid-table finish in Neil Warnock's second full season in charge.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 11 | Coventry City | 46 | 20 | 6 | 20 | 59 | 53 | +6 | 66 |
| 12 | Gillingham | 46 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 64 | 67 | −3 | 64 |
| 13 | Sheffield United | 46 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 53 | 54 | −1 | 60 |
| 14 | Watford | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 62 | 56 | +6 | 59 |
| 15 | Bradford City | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 69 | 76 | −7 | 55 |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: 2001-02 Football League First Division table

### Results by round

| 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 | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | D | D | D | L | W | L | L | W | D | W | D | L | L | W | L | L | D | W | W | D | W | D | D | W | L | L | W | D | D | L | W | L | W | W | L | D | L | W | W | D | L | W | L | L |
| Position | 12 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |

## Results

Sheffield United's score comes first

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |

### Football League First Division

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 11 August 2001 | Nottingham Forest | A | 1–1 | 25,513 | Devlin |
| 18 August 2001 | Gillingham | H | 0–0 | 16,998 | |
| 23 August 2001 | Rotherham United | A | 1–1 | 7,515 | D'Jaffo (pen) |
| 27 August 2001 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | H | 2–2 | 16,497 | D'Jaffo (pen), Asaba |
| 8 September 2001 | Bradford City | H | 2–2 | 17,394 | Curle, Asaba |
| 15 September 2001 | Coventry City | H | 0–1 | 16,168 | |
| 18 September 2001 | Stockport County | A | 2–1 | 5,137 | Nicholson (pen), Ndlovu |
| 22 September 2001 | Millwall | A | 0–2 | 12,276 | |
| 25 September 2001 | Crystal Palace | H | 1–3 | 14,180 | Nicholson |
| 29 September 2001 | Norwich City | H | 2–1 | 15,523 | Asaba, Suffo |
| 7 October 2001 | Sheffield Wednesday | A | 0–0 | 29,281 | |
| 13 October 2001 | Grimsby Town | H | 3–1 | 15,442 | Suffo (2), Brown |
| 16 October 2001 | Manchester City | A | 0–0 | 32,454 | |
| 20 October 2001 | Portsmouth | A | 0–1 | 15,538 | |
| 23 October 2001 | Preston North End | A | 0–3 | 14,027 | |
| 27 October 2001 | Crewe Alexandra | H | 1–0 | 15,185 | Tonge |
| 30 October 2001 | Watford | H | 0–2 | 14,338 | |
| 4 November 2001 | Burnley | A | 0–2 | 13,166 | |
| 9 November 2001 | Wimbledon | A | 1–1 | 4,937 | Santos |
| 17 November 2001 | Birmingham City | H | 4–0 | 15,686 | Montgomery, Brown, Peschisolido (2) |
| 24 November 2001 | Walsall | A | 2–1 | 6,415 | Brown, Nicholson (pen) |
| 1 December 2001 | Preston North End | H | 2–2 | 16,270 | Peschisolido, Santos |
| 8 December 2001 | West Bromwich Albion | A | 1–0 | 19,462 | Asaba |
| 14 December 2001 | Barnsley | H | 1–1 | 17,858 | Peschisolido |
| 22 December 2001 | Rotherham United | H | 2–2 | 22,749 | Suffo, Devlin |
| 26 December 2001 | Bradford City | A | 2–1 | 18,869 | Asaba (2) |
| 29 December 2001 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | A | 0–1 | 24,138 | |
| 1 January 2002 | Manchester City | H | 1–3 | 26,291 | Brown |
| 12 January 2002 | Gillingham | A | 1–0 | 8,814 | Tonge |
| 19 January 2002 | Nottingham Forest | H | 0–0 | 18,352 | |
| 29 January 2002 | Sheffield Wednesday | H | 0–0 | 29,364 | |
| 3 February 2002 | Norwich City | A | 1–2 | 17,348 | Brown |
| 9 February 2002 | Portsmouth | H | 4–3 | 17,553 | Montgomery, Furlong (2, 1 pen), Asaba |
| 16 February 2002 | Grimsby Town | A | 0–1 | 7,141 | |
| 23 February 2002 | Crystal Palace | A | 1–0 | 18,009 | Brown |
| 2 March 2002 | Stockport County | H | 3–0 | 15,642 | Woodthorpe (own goal), Peschisolido, Ndlovu |
| 6 March 2002 | Coventry City | A | 0–1 | 12,963 | |
| 9 March 2002 | Barnsley | A | 1–1 | 15,430 | D'Jaffo |
| 16 March 2002 | West Bromwich Albion | H | 0–3 | 17,653 | |
| 19 March 2002 | Millwall | H | 3–2 | 16,037 | Tonge, Ndlovu (2) |
| 23 March 2002 | Burnley | H | 3–0 | 19,003 | Jagielka (2), D'Jaffo |
| 30 March 2002 | Crewe Alexandra | A | 2–2 | 7,855 | D'Jaffo, Doane |
| 1 April 2002 | Wimbledon | H | 0–1 | 19,712 | |
| 6 April 2002 | Watford | A | 3–0 | 13,377 | Javary, Jagielka, Lovell |
| 13 April 2002 | Walsall | H | 0–1 | 20,520 | |
| 21 April 2002 | Birmingham City | A | 0–2 | 29,178 | |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
| R3 | 5 January 2002 | Nottingham Forest | H | 1–0 | 14,696 | Brown |
| R4 | 26 January 2002 | Preston North End | A | 1–2 | 13,068 | Ndlovu |

### League Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
| R1 | 20 August 2001 | Darlington | A | 1–0 | 3,983 | D'Jaffo |
| R2 | 11 September 2001 | Grimsby Town | A | 3–3 (lost 2–4 on pens) | 5,236 | Devlin, Ndlovu, Suffo |

## Players
### First-team squad

    Squad at end of season
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 | Simon Tracey |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Rob Kozluk |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Shane Nicholson |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Lee Sandford |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Shaun Murphy |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Keith Curle (captain) |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Michael Brown |
| 8 | FW | CAN | Paul Peschisolido |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Carl Asaba |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Paul Devlin |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Bobby Ford |
| 12 | FW | BEN | Laurent D'Jaffo |
| 13 | GK | NED | Wilko de Vogt |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Georges Santos |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Ben Doane |
| 16 | FW | ZIM | Peter Ndlovu |
| 17 | DF | ENG | Phil Jagielka |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Steve Lovell (on loan from Portsmouth) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | CMR | Patrick Suffo |
| 20 | MF | FRA | Jean-Philippe Javary |
| 21 | MF | ENG | Adam Burley |
| 22 | MF | ENG | Nick Montgomery |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Rob Ullathorne |
| 24 | DF | SUR | Gus Uhlenbeek |
| 25 | FW | ENG | Tyrone Thompson |
| 26 | MF | ENG | Michael Tonge |
| 28 | MF | SCO | Grant Smith |
| 29 | FW | ENG | Mark Ward |
| 30 | MF | ENG | Lee Thompson |
| 31 | MF | IRL | Colin Cryan |
| 32 | DF | WAL | Rob Page |
| 33 | DF | FRA | Benoît Croissant |
| 34 | FW | ENG | Ryan Mallon |
| 35 | GK | ENG | Kevin Blackwell |
| 36 | FW | ENG | Lewis Killeen |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | BEL | Davy Gysbrechts (released) |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Paul Furlong (on loan from Birmingham City) |
| 20 | FW | NIR | Andy Smith (to Glentoran) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | DF | IRL | Terry Phelan (released) |
| 27 | MF | CMR | Buba Yohanna (released) |
| 35 | FW | ENG | Adrian Littlejohn (released]) |