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  Leading League goalscorer:
Bobby Zamora 
(Brighton & Hove Albion)
 28  goals

There was a big divide between the biggest clubs in the division and the smallest. Top home League average attendance was 14,115 at Reading with the second-best being 13,966 at Stoke. Both those clubs were promoted. The lowest home average League gate was 3.505 at Cambridge with the second-worst being 3,782 at Wrexham. Both those clubs were relegated. Top Division 2 attendance of the season was 23,019 at the Britannia Stadium for the Stoke v Port Vale local derby. Port Vale were also involved in the lowest League attendance playing in front of 2,379 at Cambridge United's Abbey Stadium. Port Vale won both those matches 1-0.

In an attempt to increase interest in the club and improve attendances Brentford gave free admission to everyone who attended their match with Peterborough United on Saturday October 13th 2001. The 11,097 crowd (who would have paid about £70,000 if they had all been charged for entrance) was about twice the size of the previous home gate but sadly was also twice the size of their next game at Griffin Park.

   Results 1 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 25 15 6 66 42 90 Promoted
    2 Reading 46 23 15 8 70 43 84 Promoted
    Results 3 Brentford 46 24 11 11 77 43 83 Play Off
    4 Cardiff City 46 23 14 9 75 50 83 Play Off
    Results 5 Stoke City 46 23 11 12 67 40 80 Promoted
    6 Huddersfield Town 46 21 15 10 65 47 78 Play Off
    7 Bristol City 46 21 10 15 68 53 73
    8 Queens Park Rangers 46 19 14 13 60 49 71
    9 Oldham Athletic 46 18 16 12 77 65 70
    Results 10 Wigan Athletic 46 16 16 14 66 51 64
    Results 11 Wycombe Wanderers 46 17 13 16 58 64 64
    12 Tranmere Rovers 46 16 15 15 63 60 63
    13 Swindon Town 46 15 14 17 46 56 59
    14 Port Vale 46 16 10 20 51 62 58
    15 Colchester United 46 15 12 19 65 76 57
    16 Blackpool 46 14 14 18 66 69 56
    Results 17 Peterborough United 46 15 10 21 64 59 55
    18 Chesterfield 46 13 13 20 53 65 52
    19 Notts County 46 13 11 22 59 71 50
    Results 20 Northampton Town 46 14 7 25 54 79 49
    Results 21 Bournemouth 46 10 14 22 56 71 44 Relegated
    22 Bury 46 11 11 24 43 75 44 Relegated
    23 Wrexham 46 11 10 25 56 89 43 Relegated
    Results 24 Cambridge United 46 7 13 26 47 93 34 Relegated
   
   
Play Off Semi-Finals    Play Off
1st Leg
Sun Apr 28 Match Details Huddersfield Town 0 - 0 Brentford
Sun Apr 28 Stoke City 1 - 2 Cardiff City
2nd Leg
Wed May 1 Brentford 2 - 1 Huddersfield Town
Wed May 1 Cardiff City 0 - 2 Stoke City
Aggregate scores
Brentford 2 - 1 Huddersfield Town
Stoke City 3 - 2 Cardiff City
Play Off Final (at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff)
Sat May 11 Stoke City 2 - 0 Brentford
Stoke City were promoted to Division 1
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
     
     
     

 

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