2001-12-26

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

Premier League

Premier League				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	2	1	Chelsea	Highbury	38,079
Campbell, Wiltord	Lineups		Lampard
Aston Villa	1	2	Liverpool	Villa Park	42,602
Hendrie	Lineups		Litmanen, Smicer
Blackburn Rovers	0	3	Sunderland	Ewood Park	29,869
	Lineups		Quinn 2, Kilbane
Bolton Wanderers	0	3	Leeds United	Reebok Stadium	27,060
	Lineups		Fowler 3
Everton	0	2	Manchester United	Goodison Park	39,948	Largest home gate 2001-02
	Lineups		Giggs, van Nistelrooy
Fulham	0	0	Charlton Athletic	Craven Cottage	17,900
	Lineups
Ipswich Town	2	0	Leicester City	Portman Road	24,394
Bent M, Peralta	Lineups
Newcastle United	3	0	Middlesbrough	St James' Park	52,127
Shearer, Speed, Bernard	Lineups
Southampton	1	0	Tottenham Hotspur	St Mary's Stadium	31,719
Beattie	Lineups
West Ham United	4	0	Derby County	Upton Park	31,397
Schemmel, Di Canio, Sinclair, Defoe	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		Premier League	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Newcastle United	19	6	1	2	15	9	6	2	2	22	14	14	39	W	W	W	W	W	2001-12-29	Chelsea	H
2	0	Arsenal	19	4	2	3	20	17	6	4	0	19	6	16	36	W	W	L	D	W	2001-12-29	Middlesbrough	H
3	0	Liverpool	18	5	2	2	12	8	6	1	2	16	10	10	36	W	L	L	D	W	2001-12-29	West Ham United	A
4	0	Leeds United	19	4	4	1	16	10	5	4	1	13	7	12	35	W	L	W	D	W	2001-12-29	Southampton	A
5	0	Manchester United	19	6	1	3	26	11	4	2	3	19	17	17	33	W	W	W	W	L	2001-12-30	Fulham	A
6	0	Chelsea	19	4	4	1	17	7	3	5	2	12	8	14	30	L	W	W	D	L	2001-12-29	Newcastle United	A
7	0	Tottenham Hotspur	19	5	2	3	21	15	3	1	5	9	11	4	27	L	L	W	L	W	2001-12-29	Aston Villa	A
8	0	Aston Villa	19	5	3	2	12	8	2	3	4	13	16	1	27	L	L	W	L	D	2001-12-29	Tottenham Hotspur	H
9	2	Sunderland	19	5	3	2	11	8	2	2	5	6	9	0	26	W	W	L	D	W	2001-12-29	Ipswich Town	A
10	0	Fulham	18	4	5	1	12	7	1	4	3	5	10	0	24	D	L	D	W	D	2001-12-30	Manchester United	H
11	4	West Ham United	19	4	3	2	13	6	2	3	5	11	24	-6	24	W	D	D	W	D	2001-12-29	Liverpool	H
12	1	Charlton Athletic	19	2	4	4	12	15	3	4	2	9	7	-1	23	D	L	D	W	W	2001-12-29	Everton	A
13	-4	Everton	19	5	2	3	16	11	1	3	5	7	14	-2	23	L	L	L	W	L	2001-12-29	Charlton Athletic	H
14	-2	Blackburn Rovers	19	3	4	3	15	12	2	3	4	10	12	1	22	L	W	L	L	L	2001-12-29	Derby County	H
15	-1	Bolton Wanderers	19	2	3	4	5	13	3	3	4	16	16	-8	21	L	L	D	L	L	2001-12-29	Leicester City	H
16	0	Middlesbrough	18	3	1	4	11	13	2	3	5	6	13	-9	19	L	L	L	W	D	2001-12-29	Arsenal	A
17	0	Southampton	18	3	1	4	9	12	3	0	7	10	18	-11	19	W	L	W	W	L	2001-12-29	Leeds United	H
18	0	Derby County	19	4	3	3	11	10	0	1	8	3	25	-21	16	L	W	L	L	W	2001-12-29	Blackburn Rovers	A
19	1	Ipswich Town	19	2	2	6	10	13	1	4	4	9	15	-9	15	W	W	L	L	L	2001-12-29	Sunderland	H
20	-1	Leicester City	19	1	4	4	5	17	2	2	6	7	17	-22	15	L	D	D	L	W	2001-12-29	Bolton Wanderers	A

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bradford City	1	2	Sheffield United	Valley Parade	18,869
Ward	Lineups		Asaba 2
Gillingham	2	0	Portsmouth	Priestfield Stadium	10,447	Largest home gate 2001-02
King, Shaw	Lineups
Grimsby Town	0	1	Coventry City	Blundell Park	7,568
	Lineups		Hughes
Manchester City	0	0	West Bromwich Albion	Maine Road	34,407
	Lineups
Millwall	3	0	Crystal Palace	The Den	16,630
Sadlier 2, Claridge	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	2	0	Norwich City	City Ground	23,003
Prutton, John	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	0	1	Birmingham City	Hillsborough	24,335
	Lineups		Horsfield
Stockport County	1	3	Barnsley	Edgeley Park	6,885
Kuqi	Lineups		Sheron, Palmer OG, Morgan
Walsall	2	1	Crewe Alexandra	Bescot Stadium	7,325
Aranalde, Biancalani	Lineups		Jack
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	3	Preston North End	Molineux	24,024
Sturridge, Blake	Lineups		Healy, Anderson, Gregan

				Home					Away
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Burnley	25	8	4	1	28	17	7	1	4	20	16	15	50	D	W	W	W	W	2001-12-29	Manchester City	A
2	1	Manchester City	25	9	3	1	30	11	5	1	6	25	23	21	46	D	W	W	L	W	2001-12-29	Burnley	H
3	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	26	6	3	4	18	12	7	4	2	21	11	16	46	L	D	W	L	D	2001-12-29	Sheffield United	H
4	0	Norwich City	26	10	2	1	23	10	4	1	8	12	25	0	45	L	W	W	L	W	2001-12-29	Sheffield Wednesday	A
5	0	West Bromwich Albion	26	7	2	4	13	7	6	3	4	15	14	7	44	D	D	D	W	L	2001-12-29	Gillingham	A
6	0	Coventry City	26	7	2	4	20	12	6	2	5	12	12	8	43	W	W	L	L	L	2001-12-29	Nottingham Forest	A
7	0	Millwall	25	8	1	3	26	14	4	5	4	16	14	14	42	W	D	W	D	L	2001-12-29	Crewe Alexandra	H
8	0	Birmingham City	26	9	1	3	26	9	3	5	5	14	22	9	42	W	W	L	W	W	2001-12-29	Stockport County	A
9	1	Preston North End	26	6	5	2	26	12	4	5	4	16	21	9	40	W	D	L	L	D	2001-12-29	Wimbledon	A
10	-1	Crystal Palace	26	9	1	3	32	13	3	1	9	14	26	7	38	L	D	L	L	W	2001-12-29	Bradford City	A
11	0	Watford	24	7	4	2	26	14	3	2	6	11	13	10	36	D	W	W	D	W	2001-12-29	Walsall	A
12	1	Gillingham	26	7	3	3	25	12	3	3	7	14	25	2	36	W	L	W	D	D	2001-12-29	West Bromwich Albion	H
13	-1	Portsmouth	26	7	1	5	23	19	3	5	5	15	19	0	36	L	W	L	L	L	2001-12-29	Grimsby Town	A
14	1	Sheffield United	26	4	6	3	20	17	4	5	4	10	14	-1	35	W	D	D	W	D	2001-12-29	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
15	2	Nottingham Forest	26	6	6	1	17	9	2	4	7	12	16	4	34	W	D	L	D	D	2001-12-29	Coventry City	H
16	-2	Wimbledon	25	4	5	3	18	15	4	3	6	22	24	1	32	L	W	W	L	L	2001-12-29	Preston North End	H
17	-1	Bradford City	26	7	1	5	32	25	2	4	7	13	25	-5	32	L	L	L	W	L	2001-12-29	Crystal Palace	H
18	0	Rotherham United	25	5	5	2	17	15	2	3	8	15	24	-7	29	D	W	L	W	L	2001-12-29	Barnsley	H
19	0	Crewe Alexandra	25	4	5	3	9	14	3	3	7	17	25	-13	29	L	D	W	W	L	2001-12-29	Millwall	A
20	0	Barnsley	26	6	4	3	25	20	1	3	9	13	31	-13	28	W	W	D	W	W	2001-12-29	Rotherham United	A
21	1	Walsall	26	6	3	4	19	14	1	2	10	11	28	-12	26	W	L	W	L	L	2001-12-29	Watford	H
22	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	26	3	5	5	18	19	2	4	7	9	21	-13	24	L	D	L	D	L	2001-12-29	Norwich City	H
23	0	Grimsby Town	26	3	4	6	11	18	2	3	8	11	29	-25	22	L	D	L	D	L	2001-12-29	Portsmouth	H
24	0	Stockport County	26	1	1	11	9	26	1	5	7	16	33	-34	12	L	L	L	L	L	2001-12-29	Birmingham City	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackpool	0	2	Oldham Athletic	Bloomfield Road	5,772
	Lineups		Reeves 2 (1p)
Cambridge United	2	1	Brentford	Abbey Stadium	3,989
Wanless, Chillingworth	Lineups		Burgess
Cardiff City	2	2	Reading	Ninian Park	16,708
Earnshaw 2	Lineups		Forster, Salako
Huddersfield Town	3	1	Peterborough United	Kirklees Stadium	11,446
Thorrington 2, Irons	Lineups		Clarke A
Northampton Town	2	3	Colchester United	Sixfields Stadium	4,740
Hope, Forrester	Lineups		Sampson OG, Barrett 2
Port Vale	1	0	Bristol City	Vale Park	5,682
McPhee	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	0	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Loftus Road	16,412
	Lineups
Swindon Town	0	0	AFC Bournemouth	County Ground	6,790
	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	2	2	Stoke City	Prenton Park	12,201	Largest home gate 2001-02
Price 2	Lineups		Cooke, Dadason (p)
Wigan Athletic	1	1	Bury	Wigan Athletic Stadium	6,751
Liddell	Lineups		Redmond
Wrexham	2	1	Notts County	Racecourse Ground	3,707
Phillips, Trundle	Lineups		Allsopp

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Brentford	24	9	3	0	31	8	4	3	5	16	19	20	45	L	W	W	L	L	2001-12-29	Tranmere Rovers	A
2	0	Stoke City	23	8	3	1	22	7	5	3	3	15	14	16	45	D	D	W	W	D	2001-12-29	Huddersfield Town	A
3	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	23	8	2	1	20	8	4	7	1	12	9	15	45	D	D	W	D	D	2001-12-29	Blackpool	A
4	-1	Bristol City	25	8	2	2	20	9	5	3	5	18	15	14	44	L	W	W	W	W	2001-12-29	Cardiff City	A
5	0	Reading	23	6	2	4	18	13	6	2	3	15	11	9	40	D	D	L	W	W	2001-12-29	Wrexham	A
6	1	Cardiff City	24	5	6	1	21	14	4	5	3	16	13	10	38	D	D	D	W	W	2001-12-29	Bristol City	H
7	-1	Wycombe Wanderers	23	8	4	0	25	10	2	4	5	10	18	7	38	W	L	W	L	W	2001-12-29	Queens Park Rangers	A
8	2	Huddersfield Town	23	7	3	2	22	13	3	4	4	15	14	10	37	W	D	W	D	D	2001-12-29	Stoke City	H
9	-1	Queens Park Rangers	24	5	5	2	18	10	5	2	5	16	17	7	37	D	W	W	D	D	2001-12-29	Wycombe Wanderers	H
10	1	Oldham Athletic	24	7	3	2	23	9	2	6	4	17	20	11	36	W	W	D	L	W	2001-12-29	Northampton Town	A
11	-2	Tranmere Rovers	23	6	4	2	30	13	4	2	5	14	21	10	36	D	W	W	W	L	2001-12-29	Brentford	H
12	0	Colchester United	24	7	2	3	22	14	3	3	6	19	25	2	35	W	D	W	D	L	2001-12-29	Port Vale	A
13	0	Blackpool	24	4	6	2	15	14	3	3	6	15	23	-7	30	L	D	D	D	L	2001-12-29	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
14	0	Wigan Athletic	24	3	4	5	18	16	4	4	4	16	15	3	29	D	D	D	D	W	2001-12-29	AFC Bournemouth	H
15	1	Swindon Town	23	4	4	3	11	12	3	3	6	12	19	-8	28	D	L	L	W	D	2001-12-29	Bury	H
16	-1	Peterborough United	22	6	1	3	23	11	2	2	8	8	21	-1	27	L	L	L	D	L	2001-12-29	Cambridge United	A
17	3	Port Vale	24	5	3	4	18	13	2	3	7	9	20	-6	27	W	L	L	D	D	2001-12-29	Colchester United	H
18	-1	AFC Bournemouth	24	6	2	4	17	13	1	4	7	9	21	-8	27	D	L	L	L	L	2001-12-29	Wigan Athletic	A
19	0	Bury	24	4	3	5	14	16	3	2	7	11	23	-14	26	D	D	W	L	W	2001-12-29	Swindon Town	A
20	-2	Chesterfield	23	4	1	6	18	19	2	6	4	10	13	-4	25	D	L	W	W	D	2001-12-29	Notts County	H
21	0	Notts County	24	3	5	4	15	16	2	3	7	16	25	-10	23	L	W	L	D	L	2001-12-29	Chesterfield	A
22	0	Wrexham	25	4	3	6	16	21	2	1	9	13	34	-26	22	W	L	L	L	W	2001-12-29	Reading	H
23	1	Cambridge United	24	4	5	3	17	19	0	1	11	6	29	-25	18	W	L	L	L	L	2001-12-29	Peterborough United	H
24	-1	Northampton Town	24	3	1	8	11	22	2	1	9	12	26	-25	17	L	L	W	L	L	2001-12-29	Oldham Athletic	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bristol Rovers	5	3	Leyton Orient	The Memorial Stadium	7,458
Ellington 3, Astafjevs, Ommel	Lineups		Watts, Gray 2
Cheltenham Town	1	0	Shrewsbury Town	Whaddon Road	4,561
Naylor	Lineups
Exeter City	0	3	Swansea City	St James Park	4,123
	Lineups		Watkin 2 (1p), Coates
Kidderminster Harriers	4	1	Rochdale	Aggborough Stadium	3,856
Henriksen 2, Blake, Bennett	Lineups		Oliver
Macclesfield Town	1	1	Halifax Town	Moss Rose	2,421
Smith J	Lineups		Bushell
Oxford United	1	2	Luton Town	Kassam Stadium	11,121	Largest home gate 2001-02
Scott	Lineups		Crowe, Spring
Plymouth Argyle	2	2	Torquay United	Home Park	13,677
Coughlan, Stonebridge	Lineups		McGlinchy OG, Logan (p)
Southend United	4	2	Rushden & Diamonds	Roots Hall	5,878
Cort, Belgrave 2, Bramble	Lineups		Butterworth, Partridge

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Plymouth Argyle	24	8	1	2	20	7	6	6	1	15	8	20	49	D	L	W	D	W	2001-12-29	Rushden & Diamonds	H
2	0	Luton Town	24	7	3	2	23	10	7	1	4	24	21	16	46	W	D	W	W	L	2001-12-29	Southend United	A
3	0	Hull City	23	8	4	0	24	5	3	4	4	13	17	15	41	D	L	W	D	W	2001-12-29	Kidderminster Harriers	A
4	0	Mansfield Town	23	8	2	2	25	12	4	3	4	12	14	11	41	L	L	W	D	W	2001-12-29	Macclesfield Town	A
5	0	Rochdale	23	5	5	1	18	9	6	1	5	15	17	7	39	L	L	D	D	L	2001-12-29	Exeter City	A
6	0	Scunthorpe United	23	7	3	2	25	12	3	5	3	15	13	15	38	W	W	L	W	D	2001-12-29	Lincoln City	A
7	0	Shrewsbury Town	24	6	3	3	19	12	5	2	5	15	15	7	38	L	D	W	L	W	2001-12-29	York City	A
8	2	Cheltenham Town	23	6	5	1	22	13	3	3	5	12	18	3	35	W	W	W	L	W	2001-12-29	Swansea City	H
9	-1	Rushden & Diamonds	24	6	4	2	19	12	2	5	5	9	14	2	33	L	W	L	W	L	2001-12-29	Plymouth Argyle	A
10	-1	Exeter City	24	5	4	4	15	20	4	2	5	11	18	-12	33	L	W	W	W	D	2001-12-29	Rochdale	H
11	2	Kidderminster Harriers	22	6	4	1	16	5	3	1	7	8	16	3	32	W	L	W	W	W	2001-12-29	Hull City	H
12	3	Southend United	24	7	2	3	22	12	2	2	8	6	16	0	31	W	D	W	D	L	2001-12-29	Luton Town	H
13	-2	Leyton Orient	24	6	2	4	24	16	2	4	6	13	22	-1	30	L	W	L	D	D	2001-12-29	Hartlepool United	A
14	2	Swansea City	24	3	5	4	13	13	5	1	6	18	22	-4	30	W	W	D	L	L	2001-12-29	Cheltenham Town	A
15	-3	Hartlepool United	23	5	3	4	20	10	3	2	6	8	12	6	29	D	L	D	W	W	2001-12-29	Leyton Orient	H
16	-2	Darlington	22	7	2	2	17	5	1	3	7	10	26	-4	29	L	W	L	W	W	2001-12-29	Bristol Rovers	A
17	1	Macclesfield Town	24	3	5	4	14	14	3	4	5	9	17	-8	27	D	D	W	W	W	2001-12-29	Mansfield Town	H
18	-1	Oxford United	24	4	3	5	17	16	2	5	5	10	16	-5	26	L	D	W	L	W	2001-12-29	Halifax Town	H
19	0	Lincoln City	23	4	3	4	11	9	1	7	4	11	19	-6	25	L	D	D	D	L	2001-12-29	Scunthorpe United	H
20	2	Bristol Rovers	23	4	3	4	15	16	2	3	7	6	14	-9	24	W	L	L	D	L	2001-12-29	Darlington	H
21	-1	Torquay United	24	5	2	5	14	17	1	4	7	7	19	-15	24	D	D	D	L	L	2002-01-01	Cheltenham Town	H
22	-1	York City	22	4	1	6	10	15	2	3	6	16	25	-14	22	L	L	D	L	L	2001-12-29	Shrewsbury Town	H
23	0	Carlisle United	23	4	3	4	10	9	0	5	7	9	21	-11	20	L	D	W	L	L	2002-01-12	Leyton Orient	H
24	0	Halifax Town	23	2	6	3	9	11	2	2	8	8	22	-16	20	D	L	L	W	L	2001-12-29	Oxford United	A