2001-11-08
| First Division |
| First Division | Venue | Gate | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preston North End | 2 | 2 | Barnsley | Deepdale | 19,042 | |
| Rankine, Cresswell | Lineups | Barnard, Neil | ||||
| Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ptn |  |
First Division | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Last 5 Games | Next Match | ||||||
| 1 | 0 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 14 | 34 | L | W | W | D | L | 2001-11-18 | Sheffield Wednesday | H |
| 2 | 0 | West Bromwich Albion | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 32 | W | W | W | L | D | 2001-11-17 | Rotherham United | A |
| 3 | 0 | Norwich City | 17 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 32 | W | W | L | D | W | 2001-11-10 | Bradford City | H |
| 4 | 0 | Crystal Palace | 16 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 31 | D | L | W | L | W | 2001-11-17 | Crewe Alexandra | H |
| 5 | 0 | Coventry City | 17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 31 | L | D | W | W | W | 2001-11-17 | Burnley | H |
| 6 | 0 | Manchester City | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 30 | W | W | D | W | L | 2001-11-17 | Portsmouth | A |
| 7 | 1 | Preston North End | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 30 | D | W | D | W | W | 2001-11-17 | Nottingham Forest | A |
| 8 | -1 | Burnley | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 30 | W | D | L | W | D | 2001-11-10 | Portsmouth | H |
| 9 | 0 | Millwall | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 27 | W | L | W | W | D | 2001-11-09 | Rotherham United | H |
| 10 | 0 | Birmingham City | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 26 | L | D | D | L | W | 2001-11-17 | Sheffield United | A |
| 11 | 0 | Portsmouth | 17 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 26 | W | D | L | D | W | 2001-11-10 | Burnley | A |
| 12 | 0 | Nottingham Forest | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 24 | L | L | D | W | D | 2001-11-11 | Walsall | A |
| 13 | 0 | Watford | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 23 | W | W | L | L | W | 2001-11-10 | Stockport County | H |
| 14 | 0 | Wimbledon | 17 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 23 | W | D | L | L | W | 2001-11-09 | Sheffield United | H |
| 15 | 0 | Bradford City | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -3 | 22 | D | D | W | L | L | 2001-11-10 | Norwich City | A |
| 16 | 0 | Crewe Alexandra | 17 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -9 | 20 | D | D | L | D | L | 2001-11-10 | Gillingham | H |
| 17 | 0 | Rotherham United | 18 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -7 | 19 | D | D | W | L | W | 2001-11-09 | Millwall | A |
| 18 | 0 | Sheffield United | 18 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -8 | 19 | L | L | W | L | L | 2001-11-09 | Wimbledon | A |
| 19 | 0 | Grimsby Town | 18 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 24 | -17 | 18 | L | L | W | L | L | 2001-11-10 | Sheffield Wednesday | A |
| 20 | 0 | Gillingham | 16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -4 | 17 | L | D | W | L | L | 2001-11-10 | Crewe Alexandra | A |
| 21 | 0 | Sheffield Wednesday | 18 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -13 | 17 | L | W | L | W | W | 2001-11-10 | Grimsby Town | H |
| 22 | 0 | Walsall | 17 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -10 | 16 | D | W | L | W | L | 2001-11-11 | Nottingham Forest | H |
| 23 | 0 | Barnsley | 18 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 23 | -20 | 14 | D | L | L | W | L | 2001-11-17 | Wimbledon | H |
| 24 | 0 | Stockport County | 17 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 22 | -21 | 8 | L | L | L | D | L | 2001-11-10 | Watford | A |
