2001–02 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season

The 2001–02 season was the 123rd season in Bolton Wanderers F.C.'s existence, and was their first season back in the top-flight after a Three-year absence. It covers the period from 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2002.^[1]

Bolton Wanderers

2001–02 season
Chairman	Phil Gartside
Manager	Sam Allardyce
Stadium	Reebok Stadium
Premier League	16th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Fifth round
Top goalscorer	League: Michael Ricketts (12) All: Michael Ricketts (15)
Highest home attendance	27,351 (vs Arsenal, 29 April 2002)
Lowest home attendance	5,761 (vs. Walsall, 11 September 2001)
Average home league attendance	25,098
Home colours Away colours
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

Season summary

Three wins from their first three Premiership games put newly promoted Bolton on top of the table, and manager Sam Allardyce was boasting (tongue-in-cheek) that his side were capable of winning their first-ever league title, but the strong start to the season was not followed up and in the end they finished 16th, just enough to avoid relegation.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[2]

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 Steve Banks 2 DF   FRA Bruno Ngotty 3 DF   ENG Mike Whitlow 4 DF   ISL Guðni Bergsson (captain) 5 DF   SCO Colin Hendry 6 DF   ENG Paul Warhurst 7 FW   DEN Bo Hansen 8 MF   DEN Per Frandsen 9 FW   DEN Henrik Pedersen 10 FW   ENG Dean Holdsworth 11 MF   JAM Ricardo Gardner 12 DF   ENG Dean Holden 13 FW   FRA Youri Djorkaeff 14 MF   IRL Gareth Farrelly 15 MF   ENG Kevin Nolan 16 FW   GER Fredi Bobic (on loan from Borussia Dortmund)

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW   ENG Michael Ricketts 19 MF   ENG David Norris 20 MF   ENG Nicky Southall 21 FW   ENG Rod Wallace 22 GK   FIN Jussi Jääskeläinen 23 MF   FRA Mario Espartero (on loan from Metz) 24 DF   ENG Anthony Barness 25 DF   ENG Simon Charlton 26 DF   ENG Leam Richardson 28 MF   JAM Jermaine Johnson 29 MF   DEN Stig Tøfting 30 GK   ENG Kevin Poole 32 MF   ENG Jeff Smith 34 MF   GRE Kostas Konstantinidis (on loan from Hertha Berlin) 38 MF   NIR Wayne Buchanan 46 MF   JAM Cleveland Taylor

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 16 FW   ENG Ian Marshall (to Blackpool) 23 MF   SEN Djibril Diawara (on loan from Torino) 27 FW   JPN Akinori Nishizawa (on loan from Cerezo Osaka)

No. Pos. Nation Player 42 GK   FIN Jani Viander (on loan from HJK) — MF   ENG Nicky Summerbee (to Manchester City)

Reserve squad

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 FW   ENG Paul Wheatcroft 27 MF   TAH Gérald Forschelet 31 FW   ITA Emanuele Morini 33 MF   ENG Ryan Baldacchino 35 GK   USA Jeff Cassar

No. Pos. Nation Player 37 DF   ENG Nicky Hunt 39 MF   IRL Ciaran Ryan 40 MF   ENG Chris Downey 41 DF   IRL Alan O'Hare

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
11 June 2001	MF	Nicky Southall	Gillingham	Free
3 July 2001	FW	Henrik Pedersen	Silkeborg	£650,000^[3]
17 September 2001	FW	Rod Wallace	Rangers	Free^[4]
26 October 2001	GK	Kevin Poole	Birmingham City	Free
28 November 2001	MF	Derek Niven	Raith Rovers	Free
2 January 2002	GK	Jeremy Bon	Bordeaux	Free^[5]
28 January 2002	DF	Bruno Ngotty	Marseille	£500,000^[6]
1 February 2002	MF	Gérald Forschelet	Cannes	Undisclosed^[7]
8 February 2002	MF	Stig Tøfting	Hamburg	£250,000^[8]
13 February 2002	FW	Youri Djorkaeff	Kaiserslautern	Free^[9]

Out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
14 June 2001	DF	John O'Kane	Blackpool	Free^[10]
14 June 2001	GK	Matt Glennon	Hull City	£50,000
2 July 2001	DF	Robbie Elliott	Newcastle United	Free^[11]
4 September 2001	MF	Nicky Summerbee	Manchester City	Free^[12]
7 January 2002	FW	Ian Marshall	Blackpool	Free

Loan in

Date	Pos	Name	Club	Until	Ref
22 June 2001	DF	Djibril Diawara	Torino	29 January 2002	^[13]
16 July 2001	FW	Akinori Nishizawa	Cerezo Osaka	8 January 2002	^[14]
7 September 2001	DF	Bruno Ngotty	Marseille	27 January 2002	^[15]
19 September 2001	MF	Jermaine Johnson	Tivoli Gardens	25 March 2004
16 November 2001	GK	Jani Viander	HJK	17 January 2002	^[16]
11 January 2002	FW	Fredi Bobic	Borussia Dortmund	11 May 2002	^[17]
21 February 2002	MF	Mario Espartero	Metz	11 May 2002	^[18]
26 March 2002	MF	Kostas Konstantinidis	Hertha Berlin	11 May 2002	^[19]
28 March 2002	GK	Jeff Cassar	Miami Fusion	11 May 2002	^[20]

Loan out

Date	Pos	Name	Club	Return	Ref
28 September 2001	FW	Paul Wheatcroft	Rochdale	28 October 2001
6 November 2001	FW	Ian Marshall	Blackpool	6 January 2002
23 November 2001	MF	Jeff Smith	Macclesfield Town	19 January 2002
13 December 2001	GK	Steve Banks	Rochdale	1 May 2002
28 January 2002	DF	Alan O'Hare	Chesterfield	21 April 2002	^[21]
25 February 2002	FW	Paul Wheatcroft	Mansfield Town	25 February 2002
28 February 2002	DF	Colin Hendry	Preston North End	28 March 2002
4 March 2002	MF	David Norris	Hull City	21 April 2002
22 March 2002	MF	Wayne Buchanan	Chesterfield	21 April 2002
17 April 2002	FW	Henrik Pedersen	Silkeborg	1 June 2002

Results

FA Premier League

Main article: 2001–02 FA Premier League

Results per matchday

Matchday	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
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	D	L	D	D	L	L	W	L	D	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	D	D	D	D	L	L	W	D	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	L	L	L
Position	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	4	8	6	8	9	8	9	10	12	12	14	15	15	14	16	16	17	18	17	17	16	17	18	16	15	16	14	15	16	16	16

Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2002. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
18 August 2001	Leicester City	A	5 – 0	Nolan (2) 15', 41', Ricketts 33', Frandsen (2) 45', 83'	19,987
21 August 2001	Middlesbrough	H	1 – 0	Ricketts 39'	20,747
27 August 2001	Liverpool	H	2 – 1	Ricketts 27', Holdsworth 90'	27,205
8 September 2001	Leeds United	A	0 – 0		40,153
15 September 2001	Southampton	H	0 – 1		24,378
19 September 2001	Blackburn Rovers	A	1 – 1	Wallace 69'	25,949
22 September 2001	Arsenal	A	1 – 1	Ricketts 83'	38,014
29 September 2001	Sunderland	H	0 – 2		24,520
13 October 2001	Newcastle United	H	0 – 4		25,631
20 October 2001	Manchester United	A	2 – 1	Nolan 35', Ricketts 84'	67,559
27 October 2001	Aston Villa	A	2 – 3	Ricketts (2) 2', 75'	33,599
3 November 2001	Everton	H	2 – 2	Frandsen 10', Ricketts 90'	27,343
18 November 2001	Ipswich Town	A	2 – 1	Bergsson 6', Ricketts 25'	22,335
24 November 2001	Fulham	H	0 – 0		23,848
3 December 2001	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2 – 3	Ricketts 8', Wallace 56'	32,971
8 December 2001	Derby County	A	0 – 1		25,712
15 December 2001	Charlton Athletic	H	0 – 0	Frandsen 84'	20,834
23 December 2001	Chelsea	A	1 – 5	Nolan 3'	34,063
26 December 2001	Leeds United	H	0 – 3		27,060
29 December 2001	Leicester City	H	2 – 2	Nolan 34', Ricketts 90'	23,037
1 January 2002	Liverpool	A	1 – 1	Nolan 78'	43,710
12 January 2002	Chelsea	H	2 – 2	Ricketts 56', Nolan 79'	23,891
19 January 2002	Middlesbrough	A	1 – 1	Hansen 73'	26,104
29 January 2002	Manchester United	H	0 – 4		27,350
2 February 2002	Newcastle United	A	2 – 3	Gardner 19', Southall 34'	52,094
9 February 2002	West Ham United	H	1 – 0	Gardner 38'	24,342
23 February 2002	Southampton	A	0 – 0		31,380
2 March 2002	Blackburn Rovers	H	1 – 1	Wallace 45'	27,203
5 March 2002	Sunderland	A	0 – 1		43,011
16 March 2002	Derby County	H	1 – 3	Gardner 46'	25,893
23 March 2002	Charlton Athletic	A	2 – 1	Djorkaeff (2) 15', 39'	26,358
30 March 2002	Aston Villa	H	3 – 2	Delaney 8'(og), Bobic 40', Nolan 76'	24,600
1 April 2002	Everton	A	1 – 3	Ngotty 75'	39,784
6 April 2002	Ipswich Town	H	4 – 1	Bobic (3) 2', 30', 38', Djorkaeff 35'	25,817
20 April 2002	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1 – 1	Holdsworth 71'	25,817
23 April 2002	Fulham	A	0 – 3		18,107
29 April 2002	Arsenal	H	0 – 2		27,351
11 May 2002	West Ham United	A	1 – 2	Djorkaeff	35,546

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	Charlton Athletic	38	10	14	14	38	49	−11	44
15	Everton	38	11	10	17	45	57	−12	43
16	Bolton Wanderers	38	9	13	16	44	62	−18	40
17	Sunderland	38	10	10	18	29	51	−22	40
18	Ipswich Town (R)	38	9	9	20	41	64	−23	36	UEFA Cup QR and relegation to the First Division^[a]

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Ipswich Town qualified for the UEFA Cup qualifying as the winners of Premiership Fair Play League by The Football Association, and as one of the UEFA Fair Play ranking winners.

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
16 January 2002	Round 3	Stockport County	A	4 – 1	Bergsson 36', Fradin 42'(og), Frandsen 73', Ricketts 85'	5,821
5 February 2002	Round 4	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0 – 4		27,093

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
11 September 2001	Round 2	Walsall	H	4 – 3 (aet)	Ricketts 68', Holdsworth 80', Nishizawa 90', Pedersen 97'	5,761
8 October 2001	Round 3	Nottingham Forest	H	1 – 0	Wallace 3'	6,881
27 November 2001	Round 4	Southampton	H	2 – 2 (aet) Won 6 – 5 on penalties	Holdsworth 55' (pen), Ricketts 110'	8,404
11 December 2001	Round 5	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0 – 6		28,430

Statistics

Appearances

Bolton used a total of 35 players during the season.

P	Player	Position	PL	FAC	LC	Total
1	Jussi Jääskeläinen	Goalkeeper	34 0(0)	01 0(0)	03 0(0)	38 0(0)
2	Kevin Nolan	Midfielder	34 0(1)	01 0(1)	01 0(1)	36 0(3)
3	Simon Charlton	Defender	35 0(1)	00 0(0)	01 0(0)	36 0(1)
4	Ricardo Gardner	Midfielder	29 0(2)	02 0(0)	00 0(1)	31 0(1)
5	Guðni Bergsson	Defender	29 0(0)	02 0(0)	00 0(0)	31 0(0)
6	Ricardo Gardner	Midfielder	31 0(1)	00 0(0)	00 0(0)	31 0(1)
7	Mike Whitlow	Defender	28 0(1)	01 0(0)	00 0(1)	29 0(2)
8	Michael Ricketts	Striker	26 (12)	01 0(1)	00 0(3)	27 (16)
9	Per Frandsen	Midfielder	25 0(5)	00 0(0)	01 0(0)	26 0(5)
10	Bruno Ngotty	Defender	24 0(2)	00 0(0)	02 0(1)	26 0(3)
11	Paul Warhurst	Defender/Midfielder	25 0(0)	00 0(0)	01 0(0)	26 0(0)
12	Anthony Barness	Defender	19 0(6)	02 0(0)	02 0(0)	23 0(6)
13=	Nicky Southall	Defender/Midfielder	10 0(8)	02 0(0)	04 0(0)	16 0(8)
13=	Rod Wallace	Striker	14 0(6)	01 0(0)	01 0(2)	16 0(8)
15	Gareth Farrelly	Midfielder	11 0 (7)	02 0(0)	03 0(0)	16 0(7)
16	Bo Hansen	Striker	10 0(7)	02 0(0)	02 0(0)	14 0(7)
17	Fredi Bobic	Striker	14 0(2)	00 0(0)	00 0(0)	14 0(2)
18	Dean Holdsworth	Striker	09 (22)	00 0(1)	03 0(1)	12 (24)
19	Youri Djorkaeff	Midfielder/Striker	12 0(0)	00 0(0)	00 0(0)	12 0(0)
20	Henrik Pedersen	Streiker	05 0(6)	02 0(0)	01 0(1)	08 0(7)
21	Delroy Facey	Striker	01 0(8)	02 0(0)	00 0(0)	03 0(8)
22	Jermaine Johnson	Midfielder	04 0(6)	01 0(1)	02 0(0)	07 0(7)
23	Colin Hendry	Defender	03 0(0)	00 0(0)	04 0(0)	07 0(0)
24	Djibril Diawara	Defender	04 0(5)	00 0(0)	02 0(0)	06 0(5)
25	Stig Tøfting	Midfielder	06 0(0)	00 0(0)	00 0(0)	06 0(0)
26=	Kevin Poole	Goalkeeper	03 0(0)	00 0(0)	00 0(0)	03 0(0)
26=	Kostas Konstantinidis	Defender	03 0(0)	00 0(0)	00 0(0)	03 0(0)
26=	Akinori Nishizawa	Striker	00 0(0)	00 0(0)	03 0(0)	03 0(0)
29=	Ian Marshall	Defender/Striker	00 0(1)	00 0(0)	02 0(0)	02 0(1)
29=	David Norris	Midfielder	00 0(0)	01 0(0)	01 0(1)	02 0(1)
29=	Leam Richardson	Midfielder	00 0(1)	00 0(0)	02 0(0)	02 0(1)
32	Steve Banks	Goalkeeper	01 0(0)	01 0(0)	00 0(0)	02 0(0)
33=	Dean Holden	Defender	00 0(0)	00 0(0)	01 0(0)	01 0(0)
33=	Jani Viander	Goalkeeper	00 0(0)	01 0(0)	00 0(0)	01 0(0)
34=	Wayne Buchanan	Midfielder	00 0(0)	00 0(1)	00 0(0)	00 0(1)
34	Cleveland Taylor	Midfielder	00 0(0)	00 0(1)	00 0(0)	00 0(1)

Top scorers

P	Player	Position	PL	FAC	LC	Total
1	Michael Ricketts	Striker	12	1	2	15
2	Kevin Nolan	Midfielder	08	0	0	08
3=	Fredi Bobic	Striker	04	0	0	04
3=	Youri Djorkaeff	Midfielder/Striker	04	1	0	04
3=	Dean Holdsworth	Striker	02	0	2	04
3=	Rod Wallace	Striker	03	0	1	04

References

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2. "FootballSquads - Bolton Wanderers - 2001/02".
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