2001–02 Colchester United F.C. season

Colchester United
2001–02 season
Chairman	Peter Heard
Manager	Steve Whitton
Stadium	Layer Road
Second Division	15th
FA Cup	1st round; (eliminated by; York City)
League Cup	2nd round; (eliminated by; Barnsley)
Football League Trophy	2nd round (southern section); (eliminated by; Reading)
Top goalscorer	League: ; Scott McGleish (15); All: ; Scott McGleish (16)
Highest home attendance	5,186; v Wycombe Wanderers, 23 October 2001
Lowest home attendance	1,251; v Swindon Town, 16 October 2001
Average home league attendance	3,705
Biggest win	6–3; v Chesterfield, 11 August 2001
Biggest defeat	0–3; v Stoke City, 26 September 2001; v Reading, 26 January 2002; 1–4; v Brentford, 29 September 2001; v Oldham Athletic, 2 March 2002; v Brighton & Hove Albion, 30 March 2002
	File:Kit left arm.svg File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg Home colours
	File:Kit left arm.svg File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg Home colours
	← 2000–01 2002–03 →

The 2001–02 season was Colchester United's 60th season in their history and their fourth successive season in the third tier of English football, the Second Division. Alongside competing in the Second Division, the club also participated in the FA Cup, the League Cup and the Football League Trophy. Steve Whitton led the U's to a 15th placed league finish. They were knocked out of the FA Cup by York City in the first round. In the League Cup, Colchester defeated First Division Portsmouth at Fratton Park, before falling to defeat to Barnsley in the second round. They also reached the second round of the Football League Trophy, beating Swindon Town in the first round but they were eliminated by Reading in the second round.

Season overview

Colchester leapt to the top of the Second Division table by the end of August, having beaten Chesterfield 6–3 in the opening game of the season, and also knocked out First Division Portsmouth out of the League Cup at Fratton Park. However, they failed to capitalise on this despite manager Steve Whitton equalling the club's record transfer fee of £50,000 for Northern Ireland international Adrian Coote from Norwich City. They finished 15th, a steady year-on-year improvement after recording 18th and then 17th-place finishes in the previous campaigns respectively. After beating Portsmouth in the first round of the League Cup, Barnsley proved too much for the U's in the second round. York City eliminated Colchester from the FA Cup in the first round, and Reading defeated the U's in the second round of the Football League Trophy following a first round win over Swindon Town.^[5]

Players

As of match played 20 April 2002.^[6]^[7]^[8]

No.	Name	Position	Nationality	Place of birth	Date of birth	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
1	Simon Brown	GK	England	Chelmsford	(1976-12-03)3 December 1976 (aged 24)	64	0	England Tottenham Hotspur	20 July 1999	Free transfer
13	Glenn Williamson	GK	England	Enfield Town	(1982-12-22)22 December 1982 (aged 18)	0	0	Youth team	1 August 1999	Free transfer
Defenders
2	Joe Dunne	FB	Republic of Ireland	Dublin	(1973-05-25)25 May 1973 (aged 28)	178	5	England Dover Athletic	7 December 1999^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Nominal
3	Joe Keith	FB	England	Plaistow	(1978-10-01)1 October 1978 (aged 22)	79	5	England West Ham United	24 May 1999	Free transfer
5	Ross Johnson	CB	England	Brighton	(1976-01-02)2 January 1976 (aged 25)	36	0	England Brighton & Hove Albion	14 February 2000	Free transfer
6	Con Blatsis	CB	Australia	Melbourne	(1977-07-06)6 July 1977 (aged 23)	0	0	Norway Lillestrøm	15 March 2002	Non-contract
12	Scott Fitzgerald	CB	Republic of Ireland	England Westminster	(1969-08-13)13 August 1969 (aged 31)	32	0	England Millwall	19 October 2000	Free transfer
18	Anthony Allman	DF/MF	England	Sidcup	(1980-12-14)14 December 1980 (aged 20)	0	0	England Charlton Athletic	27 July 2001	Free transfer
19	Alan White	CB	England	Darlington	(1975-03-22)22 March 1975 (aged 26)	42	0	England Luton Town	16 July 2000	Free transfer
26	David Hadrava	FB	England	Ilford	(1983-02-26)26 February 1983 (aged 18)	0	0	Youth team	1 August 2001	Free transfer
Midfielders
4	Gavin Johnson	MF	England	Eye	(1970-10-10)10 October 1970 (aged 30)	69	2	Scotland Dunfermline Athletic	14 November 1999	Free transfer
7	Karl Duguid	MF	England	Letchworth	(1978-03-21)21 March 1978 (aged 23)	194	29	Youth team	9 December 1995^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Free transfer
8	David Gregory	MF	England	Sudbury	(1970-01-23)23 January 1970 (aged 31)	240	28	England Peterborough United	8 December 1995	Free transfer
10	Kemal Izzet	MF	England	Whitechapel	(1980-09-29)29 September 1980 (aged 20)	6	1	England Charlton Athletic	13 April 2001	Free transfer
14	Chris Keeble	MF	England	Colchester	(1978-09-17)17 September 1978 (aged 22)	25	2	England Ipswich Town	23 March 2000	Free transfer
15	Thomas Pinault	MF	France	Grasse	(1981-12-04)4 December 1981 (aged 19)	10	1	France AS Cannes	1 July 1999	Free transfer
17	Bobby Bowry	MF	Saint Kitts and Nevis	England Hampstead	(1971-05-19)19 May 1971 (aged 30)	0	0	England Millwall	25 July 2001	Free transfer
20	Mick Stockwell	MF	England	Chelmsford	(1965-02-14)14 February 1965 (aged 36)	52	11	England Ipswich Town	23 July 2000	Free transfer
23	Matt Hearn	MF	England	Barking	(1984-01-17)17 January 1984 (aged 17)	0	0	Youth team	1 July 2000	Free transfer
25	Marc Canham	MF	England	Germany Wegberg	(1982-09-11)11 September 1982 (aged 18)	0	0	Youth team	1 August 2001	Free transfer
Forwards
9	Scott McGleish	FW	England	Chipping Barnet	(1974-02-10)10 February 1974 (aged 27)	38	11	England Barnet	12 January 2001	£15,000
16	Dean Morgan	FW	Montserrat	England Edmonton	(1983-10-03)3 October 1983 (aged 17)	4	0	Youth team	1 August 2000	Free transfer
21	Kevin Rapley	FW	England	Reading	(1977-09-21)21 September 1977 (aged 23)	0	0	England Notts County	1 August 2001	Free transfer
22	Triston Chambers	FW	England	Enfield Town	(1982-12-25)25 December 1982 (aged 18)	0	0	Youth team	20 August 2001	Free transfer
23	Lloyd Opara	FW	England	Enfield Town	(1984-01-06)6 January 1984 (aged 17)	0	0	Youth team	20 August 2001	Free transfer
27	Ben Cranfield	FW	England	Ipswich	(1984-03-01)1 March 1984 (aged 17)	0	0	Youth team	1 August 2001	Free transfer
28	Adrian Coote	FW	Northern Ireland	England Great Yarmouth	(1978-09-30)30 September 1978 (aged 22)	0	0	England Norwich City	21 December 2001	£50,000

↑ Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game in his second spell for the club
↑ Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game for the club

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
25 July 2001	MF	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Bobby Bowry	England Millwall	Free transfer	^[9]^[10]
27 July 2001	DF/MF	England	Anthony Allman	England Charlton Athletic	Free transfer	^[11]^[12]
1 August 2001	MF	England	Marc Canham	Youth team	Free transfer	^[13]^[14]
1 August 2001	FW	England	Ben Cranfield	Youth team	Free transfer	^[15]^[16]
1 August 2001	FB	England	David Hadrava	Youth team	Free transfer	^[17]^[18]
1 August 2001	FW	England	Lloyd Opara	Youth team	Free transfer	^[19]^[20]
1 August 2001	FW	England	Kevin Rapley	England Notts County	Free transfer	^[21]^[22]
20 August 2001	FW	England	Triston Chambers	Youth team	Free transfer	^[23]^[24]
18 September 2001	CB	England	Olly Blackwell	Youth team	Free transfer	^[25]
21 December 2001	FW	Northern Ireland	Adrian Coote	England Norwich City	£50,000	^[26]^[27]
15 February 2002	FW	France	Patrice Tano	Netherlands Telstar	Non-contract	^[28]^[29]
15 March 2002	CB	Australia	Con Blatsis	Norway Lillestrøm	Non-contract	^[30]^[31]

Total spending: Decrease ~ £50,000

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
31 May 2001	MF	Nigeria	Sam Okafor	England Sittingbourne	Released	^[32]^[33]
1 July 2001	FW	England	Steve McGavin	England Dagenham & Redbridge	Released	^[34]^[35]
4 July 2001	MF/DF	England	Aaron Skelton	England Luton Town	Free transfer	^[36]^[37]
1 August 2001	MF	England	Andy Arnott	England Stevenage Borough	Free transfer	^[38]^[39]
8 August 2001	FW	England	Keith Scott	England Dover Athletic	Free transfer	^[40]^[41]
31 January 2002	CB	England	Simon Clark	Singapore Woodlands Wellington	Released	^[42]^[43]
4 March 2002	FW	France	Patrice Tano	Scotland Falkirk	Free transfer	^[28]^[29]
18 March 2002	CB	England	Olly Blackwell	England Billericay Town	Undisclosed	^[25]
28 March 2002	GK	England	Andy Woodman	England Oxford United	Free transfer	^[44]^[45]

Total incoming: Increase ~ £0

Loans in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
14 December 2001	FW	Republic of Ireland	Graham Barrett	England Arsenal	21 April 2002	^[46]^[47]
18 January 2002	FB	England	John Halls	England Arsenal	18 February 2002	^[48]^[49]
27 March 2002	FW	England	Charlie MacDonald	England Charlton Athletic	21 April 2002	^[50]^[51]
28 March 2002	GK	England	Richard Knight	England Oxford United	21 April 2002	^[52]^[53]

Loans out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
18 January 2002	GK	England	Andy Woodman	England Oxford United	18 March 2002	^[44]^[45]
15 February 2002	MF	England	Matt Hearn	England Southend United	15 March 2002	^[54]^[55]

Match details

Second Division

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Source: ^[56]
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Results round 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	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	W	D	L	D	W	D	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	D	D	D	L	L	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	D
Position	1	2	2	1	2	2	5	2	4	9	11	7	11	8	8	9	12	9	9	13	12	11	12	12	12	12	10	12	12	12	13	14	12	13	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	17	16	16	16	15

Source: Statto.com (archived)
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

11 August 2001 (2001-08-11) 1	Chesterfield	3–6	Colchester United	Chesterfield
	Willis File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' Beckett File:Soccerball shade.svg 47' Payne File:Soccerball shade.svg 55'	Report	Dunne File:Soccerball shade.svg 9' Booty File:Soccerball shade.svg 26' (o.g.) Stockwell File:Soccerball shade.svg 37' Rapley File:Soccerball shade.svg 48' McGleish File:Soccerball shade.svg 62', 78'	Stadium: Saltergate Attendance: 3,939 Referee: G Cain

18 August 2001 (2001-08-18) 2	Colchester United	2–1	Tranmere Rovers	Colchester
	Rapley File:Soccerball shade.svg 84' McGleish File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'	Report	Barlow File:Soccerball shade.svg 90' (pen.) Hazell Red card 87'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,618 Referee: Phil Prosser

25 August 2001 (2001-08-25) 3	Wrexham	1–1	Colchester United	Wrexham
	Edwards File:Soccerball shade.svg 73' Chalk Yellow card 45' Red card Ferguson Yellow card 65' Red card	Report	Stockwell File:Soccerball shade.svg 20'	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 2,952 Referee: M Cowburn

27 August 2001 (2001-08-27) 4	Colchester United	2–0	Port Vale	Colchester
15:00 BST	Keith File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' McGleish File:Soccerball shade.svg 46'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,611 Referee: P Armstrong

1 September 2001 (2001-09-01) 5	Swindon Town	1–0	Colchester United	Swindon
	Ruddock File:Soccerball shade.svg 53'	Report		Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 4,889 Referee: Rob Harris

8 September 2001 (2001-09-08) 6	Colchester United	3–1	Northampton Town	Colchester
15:00 BST	Rapley File:Soccerball shade.svg 7' McGleish File:Soccerball shade.svg 8' (pen.) Hope File:Soccerball shade.svg 42' (o.g.) Gregory Red card 56'	Report	Hargreaves File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,705 Referee: Paul Rejer

15 September 2001 (2001-09-15) 7	Bristol City	3–1	Colchester United	Bristol
	Murray File:Soccerball shade.svg 40' Jones File:Soccerball shade.svg 47' Clist File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'	Report	Rapley File:Soccerball shade.svg 45'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 9,992 Referee: Ray Olivier

18 September 2001 (2001-09-18) 8	Colchester United	2–1	Oldham Athletic	Colchester
19:45 BST	Izzet File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' McGleish File:Soccerball shade.svg 27'	Report	Eyres File:Soccerball shade.svg 81' J. Sheridan Red card 71'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,991 Referee: Paul Alcock

22 September 2001 (2001-09-22) 9	Colchester United	0–1	Notts County	Colchester
15:00 BST		Report	Allsopp File:Soccerball shade.svg 62'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,796 Referee: S Tomlin

26 September 2001 (2001-09-26) 10	Stoke City	3–0	Colchester United	Stoke-on-Trent
	Vandeurzen File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' Þórðarson File:Soccerball shade.svg 57', 90'	Report		Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 9,515 Referee: R Pearson

29 September 2001 (2001-09-29) 11	Brentford	4–1	Colchester United	Brentford
	Evans File:Soccerball shade.svg 5', 62' (pen.) Burgess File:Soccerball shade.svg 34' Owusu File:Soccerball shade.svg 83' Anderson Yellow card 87' Red card	Report	McGleish File:Soccerball shade.svg 17'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 5,179 Referee: B Jordan

5 October 2001 (2001-10-05) 12	Colchester United	2–0	Reading	Colchester
19:45 BST	Rapley File:Soccerball shade.svg 8' McGleish File:Soccerball shade.svg 26'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,691 Referee: Keith Hill

13 October 2001 (2001-10-13) 13	Blackpool	2–1	Colchester United	Blackpool
	Ormerod File:Soccerball shade.svg 50', 90'	Report	Izzet File:Soccerball shade.svg 86'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 11,097 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

20 October 2001 (2001-10-20) 14	Colchester United	3–1	Cambridge United	Colchester
15:00 BST	McGleish File:Soccerball shade.svg 37', 87' G. Johnson File:Soccerball shade.svg 42'	Report	Oné File:Soccerball shade.svg 14'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,684 Referee: Phil Dowd

23 October 2001 (2001-10-23) 15	Colchester United	2–2	Wycombe Wanderers	Colchester
19:45 BST	Stockwell File:Soccerball shade.svg 13' Rapley File:Soccerball shade.svg 28'	Report	Brown File:Soccerball shade.svg 14' Currie File:Soccerball shade.svg 45'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,186 Referee: Trevor Parkes

27 October 2001 (2001-10-27) 16	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–0	Colchester United	Brighton
	Zamora File:Soccerball shade.svg 16'	Report		Stadium: Withdean Stadium Attendance: 6,531 Referee: Matt Messias

3 November 2001 (2001-11-03) 17	Colchester United	1–2	AFC Bournemouth	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Duguid File:Soccerball shade.svg 25'	Report	Feeney File:Soccerball shade.svg 13' Howe File:Soccerball shade.svg 20' Hayter Yellow card 87' Red card	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,369 Referee: Mark Warren

9 November 2001 (2001-11-09) 18	Wigan Athletic	2–3	Colchester United	Wigan
	Fitzgerald File:Soccerball shade.svg 52' (o.g.) Liddell File:Soccerball shade.svg 56'	Report	Stockwell File:Soccerball shade.svg 13', 19' R. Johnson File:Soccerball shade.svg 77'	Stadium: JJB Stadium Attendance: 5,735 Referee: Graham Laws

20 November 2001 (2001-11-20) 19	Cardiff City	1–1	Colchester United	Cardiff
	Collins File:Soccerball shade.svg 33'	Report	Dunne File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,013 Referee: Clive Wilkes

24 November 2001 (2001-11-24) 20	Colchester United	0–1	Bury	Colchester
15:00 GMT		Report	Newby File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,534 Referee: Joe Ross

1 December 2001 (2001-12-01) 21	Queens Park Rangers	2–2	Colchester United	Shepherd's Bush
15:00 GMT	Gallen File:Soccerball shade.svg 22', 54'	Report	Stockwell File:Soccerball shade.svg 29' Keith File:Soccerball shade.svg 39'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 11,158 Referee: P Armstrong

15 December 2001 (2001-12-15) 22	Colchester United	2–1	Peterborough United	Colchester
15:00 GMT	McGleish File:Soccerball shade.svg 8' White File:Soccerball shade.svg 70'	Report	Edwards File:Soccerball shade.svg 7'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,480 Referee: Peter Jones

22 December 2001 (2001-12-22) 23	Colchester United	3–3	Huddersfield Town	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Duguid File:Soccerball shade.svg 9' Stockwell File:Soccerball shade.svg 23' McGleish File:Soccerball shade.svg 74'	Report	Booth File:Soccerball shade.svg 40', 61' Schofield File:Soccerball shade.svg 59' Jenkins Red card 80'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,543 Referee: Lee Cable

26 December 2001 (2001-12-26) 24	Northampton Town	2–3	Colchester United	Northampton
	Hope File:Soccerball shade.svg 36' Forrester File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'	Report	Sampson File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' (o.g.) Barrett File:Soccerball shade.svg 50', 66'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,740 Referee: Anthony Bates

29 December 2001 (2001-12-29) 25	Port Vale	3–1	Colchester United	Burslem
	Armstrong File:Soccerball shade.svg 35' Rowland File:Soccerball shade.svg 39' Brooker File:Soccerball shade.svg 69'	Report	Duguid File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 4,444 Referee: D Crick

5 January 2002 (2002-01-05) 26	Colchester United	2–1	Wrexham	Colchester
	Stockwell File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' Bowry File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'	Report	Thomas File:Soccerball shade.svg 29'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,835 Referee: Keith Hill

12 January 2002 (2002-01-12) 27	Tranmere Rovers	0–0	Colchester United	Birkenhead
	Allen Red card 53'	Report		Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 8,387 Referee: Mike Pike

19 January 2002 (2002-01-19) 28	Colchester United	1–2	Chesterfield	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Barrett File:Soccerball shade.svg 49' Duguid Yellow card 54' Red card	Report	Burt File:Soccerball shade.svg 17' Hurst File:Soccerball shade.svg 75'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,060 Referee: Paul Danson

22 January 2002 (2002-01-22) 29	Huddersfield Town	2–1	Colchester United	Huddersfield
	Schofield File:Soccerball shade.svg 5', 25'	Report	White File:Soccerball shade.svg 83'	Stadium: Kirklees Stadium Attendance: 7,179 Referee: M Cooper

26 January 2002 (2002-01-26) 30	Reading	3–0	Colchester United	Reading
15:00 GMT	Forster File:Soccerball shade.svg 38' (pen.), 69' Hughes File:Soccerball shade.svg 48'	Report		Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 12,743 Referee: Paul Taylor

30 January 2002 (2002-01-30) 31	Colchester United	1–3	Swindon Town	Colchester
	Keith File:Soccerball shade.svg 41' (pen.)	Report	Gurney File:Soccerball shade.svg 61' (pen.), 74' Sabin File:Soccerball shade.svg 63'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,132 Referee: B Jordan

2 February 2002 (2002-02-02) 32	Colchester United	1–1	Brentford	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Coote File:Soccerball shade.svg 66'	Report	Owusu File:Soccerball shade.svg 25'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,657 Referee: M Fletcher

9 February 2002 (2002-02-09) 33	Cambridge United	1–2	Colchester United	Cambridge
15:00 GMT	Youngs File:Soccerball shade.svg 1'	Report	Coote File:Soccerball shade.svg 68' Rapley File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 3,954 Referee: Paul Alcock

16 February 2002 (2002-02-16) 34	Colchester United	1–1	Blackpool	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Keith File:Soccerball shade.svg 72' (pen.)	Report	Walker File:Soccerball shade.svg 41'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,553 Referee: Phil Joslin

23 February 2002 (2002-02-23) 35	Colchester United	0–0	Bristol City	Colchester
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,558 Referee: A Butler

26 February 2002 (2002-02-26) 36	Notts County	1–1	Colchester United	Nottingham
	Allsopp File:Soccerball shade.svg 51'	Report	White File:Soccerball shade.svg 36'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 3,140 Referee: Graham Salisbury

26 February 2002 (2002-02-26) 37	Oldham Athletic	4–1	Colchester United	Oldham
	Smart File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' Murray File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' Eyres File:Soccerball shade.svg 77' Corazzin File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Report	Izzet File:Soccerball shade.svg 12'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 5,457 Referee: Howard Webb

5 March 2002 (2002-03-05) 38	Colchester United	1–3	Stoke City	Colchester
19:45 GMT	Duguid File:Soccerball shade.svg 54'	Report	Guðjónsson File:Soccerball shade.svg 42' Burton File:Soccerball shade.svg 45', 80'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,866 Referee: D Crick

9 March 2002 (2002-03-09) 39	Peterborough United	3–1	Colchester United	Peterborough
	Farrell File:Soccerball shade.svg 26' Greene File:Soccerball shade.svg 39' McKenzie File:Soccerball shade.svg 77'	Report	Barrett File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 4,625 Referee: S Tomlin

16 March 2002 (2002-03-16) 40	Colchester United	3–1	Queens Park Rangers	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Rapley File:Soccerball shade.svg 12', 85' McGleish File:Soccerball shade.svg 53'	Report	Doudou File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,903 Referee: Lee Cable

23 March 2002 (2002-03-23) 41	Wycombe Wanderers	0–0	Colchester United	High Wycombe
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 6,737 Referee: Scott Mathieson

30 March 2002 (2002-03-30) 42	Colchester United	1–4	Brighton & Hove Albion	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Stockwell File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'	Report	Carpenter File:Soccerball shade.svg 23', 90' Gray File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' Brooker File:Soccerball shade.svg 29'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,881 Referee: Peter Jones

2 April 2002 (2002-04-02) 43	AFC Bournemouth	0–1	Colchester United	Bournemouth
		Report	Maher File:Soccerball shade.svg 62' (o.g.)	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 4,908 Referee: Trevor Parkes

6 April 2002 (2002-04-06) 44	Colchester United	0–1	Cardiff City	Colchester
15:00 BST		Report	Prior File:Soccerball shade.svg 20'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,970 Referee: Paul Danson

13 April 2002 (2002-04-13) 45	Bury	1–3	Colchester United	Bury
	Billy File:Soccerball shade.svg 74'	Report	McGleish File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' Coote File:Soccerball shade.svg 72', 87'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 5,014 Referee: Ray Olivier

20 April 2002 (2002-04-20) 46	Colchester United	2–2	Wigan Athletic	Colchester
15:00 BST	McGleish File:Soccerball shade.svg 42' MacDonald File:Soccerball shade.svg 45'	Report	Roberts File:Soccerball shade.svg 60', 86'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,672 Referee: Steve Baines

Football League Cup

21 August 2001 (2001-08-21) 1st round	Portsmouth	1–2	Colchester United	Portsmouth
	Crouch File:Soccerball shade.svg 77'	Report	Stockwell File:Soccerball shade.svg 53' Izzet File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 7,078 Referee: Paul Taylor

11 September 2001 (2001-09-11) 2nd round	Colchester United	1–3	Barnsley	Colchester
19:45 BST	Keith File:Soccerball shade.svg 72'	Report	Dyer File:Soccerball shade.svg 27', 90' Jones File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,442 Referee: D Crick

Football League Trophy

16 October 2001 (2001-10-16) 1st round (southern section)	Colchester United	1–0	Swindon Town	Colchester
19:45 BST	Izzet File:Soccerball shade.svg 49'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 1,251 Referee: Grant Hegley

30 October 2001 (2001-10-30) 2nd round (southern section)	Reading	2–1	Colchester United	Reading
	N. Smith File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' Henderson File:Soccerball shade.svg 72'	Report	Stockwell File:Soccerball shade.svg 77'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 2,725 Referee: Andy Hall

FA Cup

17 November 2001 (2001-11-17) 1st round	Colchester United	0–0	York City	Colchester
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,350 Referee: Steve Baines

27 November 2001 (2001-11-27) 1st round replay	York City	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	Colchester United	York
	Brass File:Soccerball shade.svg 8' Potter File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'	Report	McGleish File:Soccerball shade.svg 81' Duguid File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 2,014 Referee: Steve Baines

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

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No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Second Division		FA Cup		League Cup		Football League Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	England ENG	Simon Brown	21	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2	DF	Republic of Ireland IRL	Joe Dunne	10	2	6+2	2	0+1	0	1	0	0	0
3	DF	England ENG	Joe Keith	47	5	33+8	4	2	0	2	1	1+1	0
4	MF	England ENG	Gavin Johnson	24	1	19+1	1	2	0	0	0	2	0
5	DF	England ENG	Ross Johnson	19	1	13+3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0
6	DF	Australia AUS	Con Blatsis	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	England ENG	Karl Duguid	45	5	36+5	4	2	1	1	0	1	0
8	MF	England ENG	David Gregory	19	0	15+1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
9	FW	England ENG	Scott McGleish	52	16	44+2	15	2	1	2	0	2	0
10	MF	England ENG	Kemal Izzet	45	5	36+4	3	1	0	2	1	2	1
12	DF	Republic of Ireland IRL	Scott Fitzgerald	42	0	36+1	0	2	0	2	0	1	0
15	MF	France FRA	Thomas Pinault	48	0	37+5	0	2	0	2	0	2	0
16	FW	Montserrat MSR	Dean Morgan	34	0	1+29	0	0+2	0	0	0	1+1	0
17	MF	Saint Kitts and Nevis SKN	Bobby Bowry	41	1	27+9	1	1	0	0+2	0	2	0
19	DF	England ENG	Alan White	35	3	28+5	3	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
20	MF	England ENG	Mick Stockwell	52	11	45+1	9	2	0	2	1	1+1	1
21	FW	England ENG	Kevin Rapley	40	9	26+9	9	2	0	2	0	1	0
22	FW	England ENG	Triston Chambers	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW	England ENG	Lloyd Opara	3	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
25	MF	England ENG	Marc Canham	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	England ENG	David Hadrava	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
28	FW	Northern Ireland NIR	Adrian Coote	19	4	5+14	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who appeared for Colchester who left during the season
6	DF	England ENG	Simon Clark	25	0	19+2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
11	FW	Republic of Ireland IRL	Graham Barrett	20	4	19+1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	GK	England ENG	Andy Woodman	30	0	26	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
30	DF	England ENG	John Halls	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	FW	England ENG	Charlie MacDonald	4	1	2+2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK	England ENG	Richard Knight	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

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Place	Number	Nationality	Position	Name	Second Division	FA Cup	League Cup	Football League Trophy	Total
1	9	England	FW	Scott McGleish	15	1	0	0	16
2	20	England	MF	Mick Stockwell	9	0	1	1	11
3	21	England	FW	Kevin Rapley	9	0	0	0	9
4	3	England	FB	Joe Keith	4	0	1	0	5
	7	England	MF	Karl Duguid	4	1	0	0	5
	10	England	MF	Kemal Izzet	3	0	1	1	5
7	11	Republic of Ireland	FW	Graham Barrett	4	0	0	0	4
7	28	Northern Ireland	FW	Adrian Coote	4	0	0	0	4
9	19	England	CB	Alan White	3	0	0	0	3
10	2	Republic of Ireland	FB	Joe Dunne	2	0	0	0	2
11	4	England	MF	Gavin Johnson	1	0	0	0	1
	5	England	CB	Ross Johnson	1	0	0	0	1
	17	Saint Kitts and Nevis	MF	Bobby Bowry	1	0	0	0	1
	30	England	FW	Charlie MacDonald	1	0	0	0	1
				Own goals	4	0	0	0	4
				TOTALS	65	2	3	2	72

Disciplinary record

^[58]

Number	Nationality	Position	Name	Second Division		FA Cup		League Cup		Football League Trophy		Total
Number	Nationality	Position	Name	Yellow card	Red card	Yellow card	Red card	Yellow card	Red card	Yellow card	Red card	Yellow card	Red card
7	England	MF	Karl Duguid	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
15	France	MF	Thomas Pinault	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	9	0
19	France	CB	Alan White	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
17	Saint Kitts and Nevis	MF	Bobby Bowry	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
10	England	MF	Kemal Izzet	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
4	England	MF	Gavin Johnson	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
6	England	CB	Simon Clark	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
28	Northern Ireland	FW	Adrian Coote	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
3	England	FB	Joe Keith	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
8	England	MF	David Gregory	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9	England	FW	Scott McGleish	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2	Republic of Ireland	FB	Joe Dunne	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
6	Australia	CB	Con Blatsis	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
5	England	CB	Ross Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11	Republic of Ireland	FW	Graham Barrett	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
12	Republic of Ireland	CB	Scott Fitzgerald	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
16	Montserrat	FW	Dean Morgan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21	England	FW	Kevin Rapley	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
29	England	GK	Andy Woodman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	56	2	1	0	3	0	1	0	61	2

Clean sheets

Number of games goalkeepers kept a clean sheet.^[59]

Place	Number	Nationality	Player	Second Division	FA Cup	Football League Trophy	Total
1	1	England	Simon Brown	4	0	1	5
2	29	England	Andy Woodman	2	1	0	3
			TOTALS	6	1	1	8

Player debuts

Players making their first-team Colchester United debut in a fully competitive match.^[60]

Number	Position	Nationality	Player	Date	Opponent	Ground
17	MF	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Bobby Bowry	11 August 2001	Chesterfield	Saltergate
21	FW	England	Kevin Rapley	11 August 2001	Chesterfield	Saltergate
23	FW	England	Lloyd Opara	13 October 2001	Blackpool	Bloomfield Road
26	FB	England	David Hadrava	30 October 2001	Reading	Madejski Stadium
11	FW	Republic of Ireland	Graham Barrett	15 December 2001	Peterborough United	Layer Road
28	FW	Northern Ireland	Adrian Coote	22 December 2001	Huddersfield Town	Layer Road
30	FB	England	John Halls	19 January 2002	Chestefield	Layer Road
6	CB	Australia	Con Blatsis	16 March 2002	Queens Park Rangers	Layer Road
30	FW	England	Charlie MacDonald	30 March 2002	Brighton & Hove Albion	Layer Road
22	FW	England	Triston Chambers	6 April 2002	Cardiff City	Layer Road
25	MF	England	Marc Canham	6 April 2002	Cardiff City	Layer Road
31	GK	England	Richard Knight	13 April 2002	Bury	Gigg Lane

References

General

Books

Whitehead, Jeff; Drury, Kevin (2008). The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-629-3.

Websites

"Colchester United football club match record: 2002". 11v11.com. Retrieved 12 October 2018.

Specific

↑ Whitehead, Jeff; Drury, Kevin (2008). The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 279. ISBN 978-1-85983-629-3.
↑ "Colchester Utd 2–2 Wycombe Wanderers". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
↑ "Colchester Utd 1–0 Swindon Town". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
↑ "Average Attendance Figures Per Season". Coludaybyday.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
↑ Hudson, Matt (11 August 2013). "The 1990s and 2000s". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 "Appearances". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
↑ "Colchester United". FootballSquads. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
↑ "All Colchester United football club players: 2001". 11v11.com. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
↑ "Bobby Bowry". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
↑ Bobby Bowry at Soccerbase
↑ "Anthony Allman". 11v11.com. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
↑ Anthony Allman at Soccerbase
↑ "Marc Canham". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
↑ Marc Canham at Soccerbase
↑ "Ben Cranfield". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
↑ Ben Cranfield at Soccerbase
↑ "David Hadrava". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
↑ David Hadrava at Soccerbase
↑ "Lloyd Opara". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
↑ Lloyd Opara at Soccerbase
↑ "Kevin Rapley". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
↑ Kevin Rapley at Soccerbase
↑ "Triston Chambers". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
↑ Triston Chambers at Soccerbase
↑ ^25.0 ^25.1 "Olly Blackwell". 11v11.com. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
↑ "Adrian Coote". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
↑ Adrian Coote at Soccerbase
↑ ^28.0 ^28.1 "Patrice Tano". 11v11.com. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
↑ ^29.0 ^29.1 Patrice Tano at Soccerbase
↑ "Con Blatsis". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
↑ Con Blatsis at Soccerbase
↑ "Sam Okafor". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
↑ Sam Okafor at Soccerbase
↑ "Steve McGavin". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
↑ Steve McGavin at Soccerbase
↑ "Aaron Skelton". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
↑ Aaron Skelton at Soccerbase
↑ "Andy Arnott". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
↑ Andy Arnott at Soccerbase
↑ "Keith Scott". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
↑ Keith Scott at Soccerbase
↑ "Simon Clark". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
↑ Simon Clark at Soccerbase
↑ ^44.0 ^44.1 "Simon Clark". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
↑ ^45.0 ^45.1 Andy Woodman at Soccerbase
↑ "Graham Barrett". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
↑ Graham Barrett at Soccerbase
↑ "John Halls". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
↑ John Halls at Soccerbase
↑ "Charlie MacDonald". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
↑ Charlie MacDonald at Soccerbase
↑ "Richard Knight (Goalkeeper)". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
↑ Richard Knight at Soccerbase
↑ "Matt Hearn". 11v11.com. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
↑ Matt Hearn at Soccerbase
↑ "England 2001–02". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 24 January 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
↑ ^57.0 ^57.1 "Goals". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
↑ "Discipline". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
↑ "Clean sheets (1st team)". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
↑ "Alltime- List of Debuts". Coludaybyday.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2018.

[SDG-9] Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game in his second spell for the club

[DG-10] Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game for the club

[WWCU-1] Whitehead, Jeff; Drury, Kevin (2008). The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 279. ISBN 978-1-85983-629-3.

[2] "Colchester Utd 2–2 Wycombe Wanderers". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 5 October 2018.

[3] "Colchester Utd 1–0 Swindon Town". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 5 October 2018.

[4] "Average Attendance Figures Per Season". Coludaybyday.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2018.

[5] Hudson, Matt (11 August 2013). "The 1990s and 2000s". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[apps-6] 6.0 ^6.1 "Appearances". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[FS-7] "Colchester United". FootballSquads. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[8] "All Colchester United football club players: 2001". 11v11.com. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[11] "Bobby Bowry". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[12] Bobby Bowry at Soccerbase

[13] "Anthony Allman". 11v11.com. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[14] Anthony Allman at Soccerbase

[15] "Marc Canham". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[16] Marc Canham at Soccerbase

[17] "Ben Cranfield". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[18] Ben Cranfield at Soccerbase

[19] "David Hadrava". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[20] David Hadrava at Soccerbase

[21] "Lloyd Opara". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[22] Lloyd Opara at Soccerbase

[23] "Kevin Rapley". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[24] Kevin Rapley at Soccerbase

[25] "Triston Chambers". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[26] Triston Chambers at Soccerbase

[Blackwell-27] 25.0 ^25.1 "Olly Blackwell". 11v11.com. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[28] "Adrian Coote". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[29] Adrian Coote at Soccerbase

[Tano-30] 28.0 ^28.1 "Patrice Tano". 11v11.com. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[Tano_SB-31] 29.0 ^29.1 Patrice Tano at Soccerbase

[32] "Con Blatsis". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[33] Con Blatsis at Soccerbase

[34] "Sam Okafor". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[35] Sam Okafor at Soccerbase

[36] "Steve McGavin". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[37] Steve McGavin at Soccerbase

[38] "Aaron Skelton". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[39] Aaron Skelton at Soccerbase

[40] "Andy Arnott". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[41] Andy Arnott at Soccerbase

[42] "Keith Scott". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[43] Keith Scott at Soccerbase

[44] "Simon Clark". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[45] Simon Clark at Soccerbase

[Woodman-46] 44.0 ^44.1 "Simon Clark". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[Woodman_SB-47] 45.0 ^45.1 Andy Woodman at Soccerbase

[48] "Graham Barrett". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[49] Graham Barrett at Soccerbase

[50] "John Halls". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[51] John Halls at Soccerbase

[52] "Charlie MacDonald". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[53] Charlie MacDonald at Soccerbase

[54] "Richard Knight (Goalkeeper)". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[55] Richard Knight at Soccerbase

[56] "Matt Hearn". 11v11.com. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[57] Matt Hearn at Soccerbase

[rsssf-58] "England 2001–02". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 24 January 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.

[goals-59] 57.0 ^57.1 "Goals". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 11 October 2018.

[60] "Discipline". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 12 October 2018.

[61] "Clean sheets (1st team)". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 12 October 2018.

[62] "Alltime- List of Debuts". Coludaybyday.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2018.

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