During the 2001–02 English football season, Stockport County competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary The 2001–02 season turned out to be the Stockport's worst ever season at the time. With Stockport already bottom of the league, a 4–0 home defeat to Millwall saw manager Kilner sacked. Shortly after he was replaced with former England international Carlton Palmer. A 2–1 win over Norwich gave them some hope, but Stockport then went on to lose 11 matches in a row, another unwanted club record. The Hatters picked up just 3 more wins during the rest of the season (one of these being another unforgettable 2–1 victory over Manchester City, having been 1–0 down with just 5 minutes left) finishing the season with just 26 points, going down on 16 March, the quickest post-war relegation until that point, later surpassed by Sheffield Wednesday in the 2025–26 season (though partly because of an 18-point deduction).

Final league table

Results Stockport County's score comes first

Legend WinDrawLoss

Football League First Division DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 11 August 2001 Coventry CityH0–29,329 18 August 2001 Crystal PalaceA1–415,760Fradin 25 August 2001 PortsmouthH0–15,090 27 August 2001 Birmingham CityA1–218,478Kuqi (pen) 8 September 2001 BarnsleyA2–211,192Flynn, Taylor 15 September 2001 Wolverhampton WanderersA2–220,742Kuqi, Taylor 18 September 2001 Sheffield UnitedH1–25,137Roget (pen) 22 September 2001 Grimsby TownH3–37,834Hardy (2), Wilbraham 25 September 2001 Bradford CityA4–212,940Hurst (2), Taylor (2) 29 September 2001 Nottingham ForestA1–217,584Flynn 13 October 2001 Manchester CityA2–234,214Hurst, Kuqi (pen) 16 October 2001 West Bromwich AlbionH1–26,052Fradin 20 October 2001 Rotherham UnitedH0–16,616 24 October 2001 Crewe AlexandraA0–06,679 27 October 2001 MillwallH0–45,371 30 October 2001 WalsallH0–24,553 3 November 2001 Preston North EndA0–613,776 10 November 2001 WatfordA1–112,576Robinson (own goal) 15 November 2001 Norwich CityH2–16,551Hurst, Palmer 24 November 2001 Sheffield WednesdayA0–517,365 27 November 2001 GillinghamH0–24,854 1 December 2001 Crewe AlexandraH0–15,308 8 December 2001 WimbledonH1–24,673Wilbraham 15 December 2001 BurnleyA2–315,526McSheffrey, Kuqi (pen) 22 December 2001 PortsmouthA0–213,887 26 December 2001 BarnsleyH1–36,885Kuqi 29 December 2001 Birmingham CityH0–35,827 1 January 2002 West Bromwich AlbionA0–420,541 13 January 2002 Crystal PalaceH0–15,541 19 January 2002 Coventry CityA0–012,448 29 January 2002 GillinghamA3–37,217Beckett (2), Ross 2 February 2002 Nottingham ForestH1–36,513Palmer 9 February 2002 Rotherham UnitedA2–36,413Hardiker, Delaney 23 February 2002 Wolverhampton WanderersH1–48,481Beckett 26 February 2002 Grimsby TownA1–36,836Palmer 2 March 2002 Sheffield UnitedA0–315,642 5 March 2002 Bradford CityH1–04,148Beckett 9 March 2002 BurnleyH0–26,410 16 March 2002 WimbledonA1–35,224Daly 19 March 2002 Manchester CityH2–19,537Hardiker (2) 23 March 2002 Preston North EndH0–26,139 30 March 2002 MillwallA0–313,570 1 April 2002 WatfordH2–14,086McLachlan, Beckett 6 April 2002 WalsallA0–16,322 13 April 2002 Sheffield WednesdayH3–18,706Wilbraham, Beckett (2) 21 April 2002 Norwich CityA0–220,897

FA Cup

+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR316 January 2002 Bolton WanderersH1–45,821Daly (pen)

League Cup

+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR121 August 2001 Carlisle UnitedH3–02,075Kuqi, Taylor (2)R212 September 2001 Nottingham ForestA1–1 (lost 7–8 on pens)5,432Taylor

Squad

Left club during season

References