2001–02 Hartlepool United F.C. season

Hartlepool United
2001–02 season
OwnerIOR
ChairmanKen Hodcroft
ManagerChris Turner
StadiumVictoria Park
Division Three7th
FA CupFirst round
(Eliminated by Swindon Town)
Football League CupFirst round
(Eliminated by Nottingham Forest)
Football League TrophyFirst round
(Eliminated by Bury)
Top goalscorerLeague: Gordon Watson (18)
All: Gordon Watson (18)
Highest home attendance7,135 (vs Cheltenham Town)
Lowest home attendance2,190 (vs Bury)

The 2001–02 season was Hartlepool United's 95th year in existence.[1] Along with competing in Division Three, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and League Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2002.

Players

As of End of Season.[2]

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  WAL Anthony Williams
2 DF  ENG Paul Arnison
3 DF  ENG Mark Robinson
4 DF  ENG Michael Barron
5 DF  ENG Graeme Lee
6 DF  ENG Chris Westwood
7 MF  ENG Mark Tinkler
8 MF  ENG Ritchie Humphreys
9 FW  ENG Tony Lormor
10 FW  ENG Kevin Henderson
11 FW  WAL Eifion Williams
12 FW  WAL Jermaine Easter
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF  ENG Tommy Widdrington
15 DF  ENG Jon Bass
16 MF  ENG Darrell Clarke
17 MF  ENG Paul Stephenson
18 DF  NIR Gordon Simms
19 FW  ENG Adam Boyd
20 DF  ENG James Sharp
21 GK  NOR Martin Hollund
23 FW  ENG Gordon Watson
24 MF  ENG James Coppinger
25 MF  ENG Antony Sweeney
26 MF  ENG Paul Smith

Results

Pre-season friendlies

18 July 2001 (2001-07-18) Billingham Town 0–4 Hartlepool United Bedford Terrace, Billingham
19:00 Report Lormor 15'
Stephenson 30'
Clark 36'
Henderson 86'

Division Three

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 20 11 15 74 48  +26 71 12 6 5 53 23  +30 8 5 10 21 25  −4

Results by matchday

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundHAHAAAHHAHAHAAHAHHHAHHAHHAHHAHAAAHAAHHAAHAHAHA
ResultDWLLLDLDLWLWLWLLWWWWDLDWDLWWDWWLDWLLDDDWLWWWWW
Position1231317202123232322222324202124201513891212121313121211111010101010111111111010109987
Source: InTheMadCrowd
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

11 August 2001 (2001-08-11) 1 Hartlepool United 1–1 Mansfield Town Hartlepool
15:00 Clark 78' Report Greenacre 8' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,534
Referee: Graham Salisbury
18 August 2001 (2001-08-18) 2 Shrewsbury Town 1–3 Hartlepool United Shrewsbury
15:00 Rodgers 40' Report Clark 61' (pen.)
Henderson 66'
Tinkler 76'
Stadium: Gay Meadow
Attendance: 2,783
Referee: Joe Ross
25 August 2001 (2001-08-25) 3 Hartlepool United 1–2 Darlington Hartlepool
15:00 Tinkler 15' Report Atkinson 35'
Mellanby 42'
Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 4,842
Referee: Neale Barry
27 August 2001 (2001-08-27) 4 Leyton Orient 2–0 Hartlepool United Leyton
15:00 Ibehre 45'
Houghton 90'
Report Stadium: Brisbane Road
Attendance: 3,719
Referee: Mark Cooper
8 September 2001 (2001-09-08) 5 Scunthorpe United 1–0 Hartlepool United Scunthorpe
15:00 Torpey 29' Report Stadium: Glanford Park
Attendance: 3,206
Referee: Alan Butler
15 September 2001 (2001-09-15) 6 Southend United 0–0 Hartlepool United Southend-on-Sea
15:00 Report Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 3,933
Referee: Paul Armstrong
18 September 2001 (2001-09-18) 7 Hartlepool United 0–1 Cheltenham Town Hartlepool
19:45 Report Devaney 78' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 2,599
Referee: Mike Pike
22 September 2001 (2001-09-22) 8 Hartlepool United 1–1 Kidderminster Harriers Hartlepool
15:00 Watson 54' Report Blake 57' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,130
Referee: Scott Mathieson
25 September 2001 (2001-09-25) 9 Lincoln City 2–0 Hartlepool United Lincoln
19:45 Thorpe 37'
Holmes 66' (pen.)
Report Stadium: Sincil Bank
Attendance: 2,306
Referee: Michael Ryan
29 September 2001 (2001-09-29) 10 Hartlepool United 3–1 Carlisle United Hartlepool
15:00 Tinkler 34'
Watson 66'
Boyd 88'
Report Hews 4' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,854
Referee: Phil Joslin
5 October 2001 (2001-10-05) 11 Rushden & Diamonds 2–1 Hartlepool United Irthlingborough
19:45 Barron 30' (o.g.)
Hunter 67'
Report Watson 45' Stadium: Nene Park
Attendance: 3,929
Referee: Clive Penton
13 October 2001 (2001-10-13) 12 Hartlepool United 3–0 York City Hartlepool
15:00 Tinkler 39'
Boyd 47', 64'
Report Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,603
Referee: Tony Bates
20 October 2001 (2001-10-20) 13 Torquay United 1–0 Hartlepool United Torquay
15:00 Graham 79' Report Stadium: Plainmoor
Attendance: 2,148
Referee: Grant Hegley
23 October 2001 (2001-10-23) 14 Macclesfield Town 0–1 Hartlepool United Macclesfield
19:45 Report Boyd 77' Stadium: Moss Rose
Attendance: 1,356
Referee: Paul Danson
27 October 2001 (2001-10-27) 15 Hartlepool United 0–1 Oxford United Hartlepool
15:00 Report Moody 48' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,595
Referee: Steve Baines
3 November 2001 (2001-11-03) 16 Plymouth Argyle 1–0 Hartlepool United Plymouth
15:00 Friio 41' Report Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 5,723
Referee: Bill Jordan
6 November 2001 (2001-11-06) 17 Hartlepool United 4–0 Hull City Hartlepool
19:45 Watson 33', 40', 90'
Barron 84'
Report Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,183
Referee: Peter Jones
10 November 2001 (2001-11-10) 18 Hartlepool United 2–0 Exeter City Hartlepool
15:00 Watson 49'
Lormor 90'
Report Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,222
Referee: Roger Furnandiz
20 November 2001 (2001-11-20) 19 Hartlepool United 3–0 Halifax Town Hartlepool
19:45 Watson 35'
Tinkler 60'
Widdrington 65'
Report Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 2,963
Referee: Phil Richards
23 November 2001 (2001-11-23) 20 Swansea City 0–1 Hartlepool United Swansea
19:45 Report Lee 20' Stadium: Vetch Field
Attendance: 4,161
Referee: Peter Walton
30 November 2001 (2001-11-30) 21 Hartlepool United 1–1 Rochdale Hartlepool
19:45 Bass 74' Report Oliver 59' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 4,162
Referee: Steve Baines
8 December 2001 (2001-12-08) 22 Hartlepool United 1–2 Luton Town Hartlepool
15:00 Humphreys 64' Report Crowe 30'
Taylor 45'
Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,585
Referee: Tony Leake
22 December 2001 (2001-12-22) 23 Luton Town 2–2 Hartlepool United Luton
15:00 Howard 35'
Johnson 84'
Report Clarke 45', 59' Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 6,739
Referee: George Cain
29 December 2001 (2001-12-29) 24 Hartlepool United 3–1 Leyton Orient Hartlepool
15:00 Watson 4'
Smith 37'
Tinkler 86'
Report Harris 75' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,832
Referee: Howard Webb
12 January 2002 (2002-01-12) 25 Hartlepool United 2–2 Shrewsbury Town Hartlepool
15:00 Watson 26'
Lee 89'
Report Murray 57'
Rodgers 78'
Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,447
Referee: Peter Rejer
19 January 2002 (2002-01-19) 26 Mansfield Town 3–0 Hartlepool United Mansfield
15:00 Lee 3' (o.g.)
Corden 78'
Greenacre 90'
Report Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 4,349
Referee: Trevor Parkes
26 January 2002 (2002-01-26) 27 Hartlepool United 5–1 Rushden & Diamonds Hartlepool
15:00 Watson 29', 64'
Humphreys 62'
Widdrington 69'
Coppinger 78'
Report Duffy 90' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,513
Referee: Michael Ryan
29 January 2002 (2002-01-29) 28 Hartlepool United 3–2 Scunthorpe United Hartlepool
19:45 Tinkler 12'
Watson 77'
Smith 82'
Report Beagrie 28', 66' (pen.) Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,294
Referee: Mike Pike
5 February 2002 (2002-02-05) 29 Hull City 1–1 Hartlepool United Hull
19:45 Williams 6' Report Boyd 90' Stadium: Boothferry Park
Attendance: 8,419
Referee: Fraser Stretton
9 February 2002 (2002-02-09) 30 Hartlepool United 4–1 Torquay United Hartlepool
15:00 Boyd 13', 14'
Lee 20'
Easter 65'
Report Brandon 73' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,658
Referee: Brian Curson
12 February 2002 (2002-02-12) 31 Bristol Rovers 0–1 Hartlepool United Bristol
15:00 Report Boyd 19' Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 6,482
Referee: Phil Prosser
16 February 2002 (2002-02-16) 32 York City 1–0 Hartlepool United York
15:00 Nogan 68' Report Stadium: Bootham Crescent
Attendance: 4,823
Referee: Scott Mathieson
19 February 2002 (2002-02-19) 33 Darlington 1–1 Hartlepool United Darlington
19:45 Clark 37' Report Tinkler 59' Stadium: Feethams
Attendance: 6,339
Referee: Graham Laws
23 February 2002 (2002-02-23) 34 Hartlepool United 5–1 Southend United Hartlepool
15:00 Humphreys 9', 66'
Coppinger 35'
Smith 69'
Easter 71'
Report Belgrave 90' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,609
Referee: Roger Furnandiz
26 February 2002 (2002-02-26) 35 Cheltenham Town 3–0 Hartlepool United Cheltenham
19:45 Naylor 41', 74'
Alsop 43'
Report Stadium: Whaddon Road
Attendance: 3,257
Referee: David Crick
2 March 2002 (2002-03-02) 36 Kidderminster Harriers 3–2 Hartlepool United Kidderminster
15:00 Sall 58'
Larkin 64'
Bennett 87'
Report Humphreys 4'
Tinkler 73'
Stadium: Aggborough Stadium
Attendance: 2,894
Referee: Phil Richards
5 March 2002 (2002-03-05) 37 Hartlepool United 1–1 Lincoln City Hartlepool
19:45 Clarke 77' Report Walker 54' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,126
Referee: Graham Salisbury
9 March 2002 (2002-03-09) 38 Hartlepool United 1–1 Bristol Rovers Hartlepool
15:00 Watson 29' Report Ellington 64' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,699
Referee: John Brandwood
16 March 2002 (2002-03-16) 39 Rochdale 0–0 Hartlepool United Rochdale
15:00 Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3,219
Referee: Mark Cooper
19 March 2002 (2002-03-19) 40 Carlisle United 0–2 Hartlepool United Carlisle
19:45 Report Lee 22'
Watson 68'
Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 3,147
Referee: Mark Halsey
22 March 2002 (2002-03-22) 41 Hartlepool United 1–2 Macclesfield Town Hartlepool
19:45 Westwood 90' Report Tipton 33'
Lambert 62'
Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,819
Referee: George Cain
30 March 2002 (2002-03-30) 42 Oxford United 1–2 Hartlepool United Oxford
15:00 Moody 33' Report Williams 12', 23' Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 5,767
Referee: Ray Olivier
1 April 2002 (2002-04-01) 43 Hartlepool United 1–0 Plymouth Argyle Hartlepool
15:00 Clarke 86' Report Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,725
Referee: Mike Jones
6 April 2002 (2002-04-06) 44 Halifax Town 0–2 Hartlepool United Halifax
15:00 Report Watson 9'
Lee 63'
Stadium: The Shay
Attendance: 1,838
Referee: Tony Bates
13 April 2002 (2002-04-13) 45 Hartlepool United 7–1 Swansea City Hartlepool
15:00 Clarke 20', 45', 65'
Williams 47'
Boyd 69'
Watson 75' (pen.)
Henderson 77'
Report Mumford 26' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 4,033
Referee: Steve Baines
20 April 2002 (2002-04-20) 46 Exeter City 0–2 Hartlepool United Exeter
15:00 Report Watson 9'
Williams 56'
Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 3,595
Referee: Paul Armstrong

FA Cup

17 November 2001 (2001-11-17) First round Swindon Town 3–1 Hartlepool United Swindon
15:00 Ruddock 36' (pen.)
Invincible 37'
Heywood 74'
Report Clarke 39' Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 4,766
Referee: Paul Danson

League Cup

20 August 2001 (2001-08-20) First round Hartlepool United 0–2 Nottingham Forest Hartlepool
19:45 Report John 33'
Bart-Williams 60'
Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,938
Referee: Anthony Leake

Football League Trophy

16 October 2001 (2001-10-16) First round Hartlepool United 0–1 (a.e.t.) Bury Hartlepool
19:45 Report Newby 114' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 2,190
Referee: Graeme Laws

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total Division Three FA Cup League Cup Other
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK  WAL Anthony Williams 47 0 43 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
2 DF  ENG Paul Arnison 21 1 19 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
3 DF  ENG Mark Robinson 39 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
4 DF  ENG Michael Barron 44 1 39 1 1 0 1 0 3 0
5 DF  ENG Graeme Lee 44 5 39 5 1 0 1 0 3 0
6 DF  ENG Chris Westwood 39 1 35 1 1 0 1 0 2 0
7 MF  ENG Mark Tinkler 43 9 40 9 1 0 1 0 1 0
8 MF  ENG Ritchie Humphreys 51 5 46 5 1 0 1 0 3 0
9 FW  ENG Tony Lormor 18 1 17 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
10 FW  ENG Kevin Henderson 26 2 23 2 0 0 1 0 2 0
11 MF  ENG Ian Clark 8 2 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
11 FW  WAL Eifion Williams 10 5 8 4 0 0 0 0 2 1
12 FW  WAL Jermaine Easter 12 2 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF  ENG Tommy Widdrington 27 2 24 2 1 0 1 0 1 0
15 DF  ENG Jon Bass 22 1 20 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
16 MF  ENG Darrell Clarke 37 8 33 7 1 1 1 0 2 0
17 MF  ENG Paul Stephenson 32 0 29 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
18 DF  NIR Gordon Simms 11 0 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
19 FW  ENG Adam Boyd 31 9 29 9 0 0 0 0 2 0
20 DF  ENG James Sharp 16 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
21 GK  NOR Martin Hollund 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
23 FW  ENG Gordon Watson 36 18 32 18 1 0 1 0 2 0
24 MF  ENG Anthony Ormerod 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 MF  ENG James Coppinger 14 2 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 MF  ENG Antony Sweeney 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 MF  ENG Paul Smith 34 3 31 3 1 0 0 0 2 0
27 FW  ENG Jon Parkin 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goalscorers

Rank Name Division Three FA Cup League Cup Other Total
1 Gordon Watson 18 0 0 0 18
2 Adam Boyd 9 0 0 0 9
Mark Tinkler 9 0 0 0 9
4 Darrell Clarke 7 1 0 0 8
5 Ritchie Humphreys 5 0 0 0 5
Graeme Lee 5 0 0 0 5
Eifion Williams 4 0 0 1 5
8 Paul Smith 3 0 0 0 3
9 Ian Clark 2 0 0 0 2
James Coppinger 2 0 0 0 2
Jermaine Easter 2 0 0 0 2
Kevin Henderson 2 0 0 0 2
Tommy Widdrington 2 0 0 0 2
14 Paul Arnison 0 0 0 1 1
Michael Barron 1 0 0 0 1
Jon Bass 1 0 0 0 1
Tony Lormor 1 0 0 0 1
Chris Westwood 1 0 0 0 1

Clean Sheets

Rank Name Division Three FA Cup League Cup Other Total
1 Anthony Williams 13 0 0 0 13

Penalties

Date Name Opposition Scored?
18 August 2001 Ian Clark Shrewsbury Town Y
8 September 2001 Tommy Widdrington Scunthorpe United N
22 September 2001 Ian Clark Kidderminster Harriers N
13 April 2002 Gordon Watson Swansea City Y

References

  1. ^ "History". Statto. Archived from the original on 17 April 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Hartlepool United 2001–02". FootballSquads. Retrieved 17 July 2020.