2001–02 Colchester United F.C. season explained

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

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No.	Name	Position	Nationality	Place of birth	Date of birth	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
1	Simon Brown	GK		Chelmsford	June 1, 2001	64	0	Tottenham Hotspur	20 July 1999	Free transfer
13	Glenn Williamson	GK		Enfield Town	June 1, 2001	0	0	Youth team	1 August 1999	Free transfer
Defenders
2	Joe Dunne	FB		Dublin	June 1, 2001	178	5	Dover Athletic	7 December 1999	Nominal
3	Joe Keith	FB		Plaistow	June 1, 2001	79	5	West Ham United	24 May 1999	Free transfer
5	Ross Johnson	CB		Brighton	June 1, 2001	36	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	14 February 2000	Free transfer
6	Con Blatsis	CB		Melbourne	June 1, 2001	0	0	Lillestrøm	15 March 2002	Non-contract
12	Scott Fitzgerald	CB		Westminster	June 1, 2001	32	0	Millwall	19 October 2000	Free transfer
18	Anthony Allman	DF/MF		Sidcup	June 1, 2001	0	0	Charlton Athletic	27 July 2001	Free transfer
19	Alan White	CB		Darlington	June 1, 2001	42	0	Luton Town	16 July 2000	Free transfer
26	David Hadrava	FB		Ilford	June 1, 2001	0	0	Youth team	1 August 2001	Free transfer
Midfielders
4	Gavin Johnson	MF		Eye	June 1, 2001	69	2	Dunfermline Athletic	14 November 1999	Free transfer
7	Karl Duguid	MF		Letchworth	June 1, 2001	194	29	Youth team	9 December 1995	Free transfer
8	David Gregory	MF		Sudbury	June 1, 2001	240	28	Peterborough United	8 December 1995	Free transfer
10	Kemal Izzet	MF		Whitechapel	June 1, 2001	6	1	Charlton Athletic	13 April 2001	Free transfer
14	Chris Keeble	MF		Colchester	June 1, 2001	25	2	Ipswich Town	23 March 2000	Free transfer
15	Thomas Pinault	MF		Grasse	June 1, 2001	10	1	AS Cannes	1 July 1999	Free transfer
17	Bobby Bowry	MF		Hampstead	June 1, 2001	0	0	Millwall	25 July 2001	Free transfer
20	Mick Stockwell	MF		Chelmsford	June 1, 2001	52	11	Ipswich Town	23 July 2000	Free transfer
23	Matt Hearn	MF		Barking	June 1, 2001	0	0	Youth team	1 July 2000	Free transfer
25	Marc Canham	MF		Wegberg	June 1, 2001	0	0	Youth team	1 August 2001	Free transfer
Forwards
9	Scott McGleish	FW		Chipping Barnet	June 1, 2001	38	11	Barnet	12 January 2001	£15,000
16	Dean Morgan	FW		Edmonton	June 1, 2001	4	0	Youth team	1 August 2000	Free transfer
21	Kevin Rapley	FW		Reading	June 1, 2001	0	0	Notts County	1 August 2001	Free transfer
22	Triston Chambers	FW		Enfield Town	June 1, 2001	0	0	Youth team	20 August 2001	Free transfer
23	Lloyd Opara	FW		Enfield Town	June 1, 2001	0	0	Youth team	20 August 2001	Free transfer
27	Ben Cranfield	FW		Ipswich	June 1, 2001	0	0	Youth team	1 August 2001	Free transfer
28	Adrian Coote	FW		Great Yarmouth	June 1, 2001	0	0	Norwich City	21 December 2001	£50,000

Transfers

In

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

• Total spending: ~ £50,000

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
31 May 2001	MF		Sam Okafor	Sittingbourne	Released	[21]
1 July 2001	FW		Steve McGavin	Dagenham & Redbridge	Released	[22]
4 July 2001	MF/DF		Aaron Skelton	Luton Town	Free transfer	[23]
1 August 2001	MF		Andy Arnott	Stevenage Borough	Free transfer	[24]
8 August 2001	FW		Keith Scott	Dover Athletic	Free transfer	[25]
31 January 2002	CB		Simon Clark	Woodlands Wellington	Released	[26]
4 March 2002	FW		Patrice Tano	Falkirk	Free transfer
18 March 2002	CB		Olly Blackwell	Billericay Town	Undisclosed
28 March 2002	GK		Andy Woodman	Oxford United	Free transfer	[27]

• Total incoming: ~ £0

Loans in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
14 December 2001	FW		Graham Barrett	Arsenal	21 April 2002	[28]
18 January 2002	FB		John Halls	Arsenal	18 February 2002	[29]
27 March 2002	FW		Charlie MacDonald	Charlton Athletic	21 April 2002	[30]
28 March 2002	GK		Richard Knight	Oxford United	21 April 2002	[31]

Loans out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
18 January 2002	GK		Andy Woodman	Oxford United	18 March 2002
15 February 2002	MF		Matt Hearn	Southend United	15 March 2002	[32]

Match details

Second Division

See main article: 2001–02 Football League.

Matches

Football League Cup

See main article: 2001–02 Football League Cup.

Football League Trophy

See main article: 2001–02 Football League Trophy.

FA Cup

See main article: 2001–02 FA Cup.

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goalscorers

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

Disciplinary record

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Number	Nationality	Position	Name	Second Division		FA Cup		League Cup		Football League Trophy		Total
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7		MF	Karl Duguid	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
15		MF	Thomas Pinault	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	9	0
19		CB	Alan White	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
17		MF	Bobby Bowry	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
10		MF	Kemal Izzet	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
4		MF	Gavin Johnson	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
6		CB	Simon Clark	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
28		FW	Adrian Coote	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
3		FB	Joe Keith	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
8		MF	David Gregory	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9		FW	Scott McGleish	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2		FB	Joe Dunne	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
6		CB	Con Blatsis	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
5		CB	Ross Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11		FW	Graham Barrett	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
12		CB	Scott Fitzgerald	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
16		FW	Dean Morgan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21		FW	Kevin Rapley	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
29		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.^[35]

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

Player debuts

Players making their first-team Colchester United debut in a fully competitive match.^[36]

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

See also

• List of Colchester United F.C. seasons

References

General

Books

• Book: Whitehead . Jeff . Drury . Kevin . The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years . 2008 . Breedon Books . Derby . 978-1-85983-629-3 .

Websites

• Web site: Colchester United football club match record: 2002 . 11v11.com . 12 October 2018 .

Specific

Notes and References

1. Book: Whitehead . Jeff . Drury . Kevin . The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years . 2008 . Breedon Books . Derby . 978-1-85983-629-3 . 279.
2. Web site: Colchester Utd 2–2 Wycombe Wanderers . Coludata.co.uk . 5 October 2018 .
3. Web site: Colchester Utd 1–0 Swindon Town . Coludata.co.uk . 5 October 2018 .
4. Web site: Average Attendance Figures Per Season . Coludaybyday.co.uk . 5 October 2018 . 26 June 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150626124236/http://coludaybyday.co.uk/Statistics/Club%20Stats/LeagueAveragesAttendance.html . dead .
5. Web site: The 1990s and 2000s . Hudson . Matt . 11 August 2013 . Colchester United FC . 7 October 2018 .
6. Web site: Appearances . Coludata.co.uk . 7 October 2018 .
7. Web site: Colchester United . FootballSquads . 7 October 2018 .
8. Web site: All Colchester United football club players: 2001 . 11v11.com . 7 October 2018 .
9. Web site: Bobby Bowry . Coludata.co.uk . 7 October 2018 .
10. Web site: Anthony Allman . 11v11.com . 7 October 2018 .
11. Web site: Marc Canham . Coludata.co.uk . 7 October 2018 .
12. Web site: Ben Cranfield . Coludata.co.uk . 7 October 2018 .
13. Web site: David Hadrava . Coludata.co.uk . 7 October 2018 .
14. Web site: Lloyd Opara . Coludata.co.uk . 7 October 2018 .
15. Web site: Kevin Rapley . Coludata.co.uk . 7 October 2018 .
16. Web site: Triston Chambers . Coludata.co.uk . 7 October 2018 .
17. Web site: Olly Blackwell . 11v11.com . 7 October 2018 .
18. Web site: Adrian Coote . Coludata.co.uk . 7 October 2018 .
19. Web site: Patrice Tano . 11v11.com . 7 October 2018 .
20. Web site: Con Blatsis . Coludata.co.uk . 7 October 2018 .
21. Web site: Sam Okafor . Coludata.co.uk . 7 October 2018 .
22. Web site: Steve McGavin . Coludata.co.uk . 7 October 2018 .
23. Web site: Aaron Skelton . Coludata.co.uk . 7 October 2018 .
24. Web site: Andy Arnott . Coludata.co.uk . 7 October 2018 .
25. Web site: Keith Scott . Coludata.co.uk . 7 October 2018 .
26. Web site: Simon Clark . Coludata.co.uk . 7 October 2018 .
27. Web site: Simon Clark . Coludata.co.uk . 7 October 2018 .
28. Web site: Graham Barrett . Coludata.co.uk . 7 October 2018 .
29. Web site: John Halls . Coludata.co.uk . 7 October 2018 .
30. Web site: Charlie MacDonald . Coludata.co.uk . 7 October 2018 .
31. Web site: Richard Knight (Goalkeeper) . Coludata.co.uk . 7 October 2018 .
32. Web site: Matt Hearn . 11v11.com . 7 October 2018 .
33. Web site: Goals . Coludata.co.uk . 11 October 2018 .
34. Web site: Discipline . Coludata.co.uk . 12 October 2018 .
35. Web site: Clean sheets (1st team) . Coludata.co.uk . 12 October 2018 .
36. Web site: Alltime- List of Debuts . Coludaybyday.co.uk . 12 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150626101319/http://coludaybyday.co.uk/Statistics/Player%20Stats/PlayersDebuts/Alldebut.html . 26 June 2015 . dead .