2001–02 Football League Third Division (1992-2004)

Football League Third Division 2001-02
Season information
Winners	Plymouth Argyle
Promoted	Plymouth Argyle Luton Town Mansfield Town Cheltenham Town
Relegated	Halifax Town
Season statistics
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,393
Average	(2.52 per match)
Top goalscorer	Steve Howard (Luton), 24
← 2000-01	2002-03 →

Promotion and relegation

Start of season

Teams promoted to Second Division 2001–02

• Brighton & Hove Albion
• Cardiff City
• Chesterfield
• Blackpool

Teams promoted from Conference 2000–01

• Rushden & Diamonds

End of season

Teams relegated from Second Division 2001–02

• Bournemouth
• Bury
• Cambridge United
• Wrexham

Teams relegated to Conference 2002–03

• Halifax Town

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GD		Pts	Notes
1	Plymouth Argyle	46		19	2	2	41	11		12	7	4	30	17		71	28	+43		102
2	Luton Town	46		15	5	3	50	18		15	2	6	46	30		96	48	+48		97
3	Mansfield Town	46		17	3	3	49	24		7	4	12	23	36		72	60	+12		79
4	Cheltenham Town	46		11	11	1	40	20		10	4	9	26	29		66	49	+17		78
5	Rochdale	46		13	8	2	41	22		8	7	8	24	30		65	52	+13		78
6	Rushden & Diamonds	46		14	5	4	40	20		6	8	9	29	33		69	53	+16		73
7	Hartlepool United	46		12	6	5	53	23		8	5	10	21	25		74	48	+26		71
8	Scunthorpe United	46		14	5	4	43	22		5	9	9	31	34		74	56	+18		71
9	Shrewsbury Town	46		13	4	6	36	19		7	6	10	28	34		64	53	+11		70
10	Kidderminster Harriers	46		13	6	4	35	17		6	3	14	21	30		56	47	+9		66
11	Hull City	46		12	6	5	38	18		4	7	12	19	33		57	51	+6		61
12	Southend United	46		12	5	6	36	22		3	8	12	15	32		51	54	–3		58
13	Macclesfield Town	46		7	7	9	23	25		8	6	9	18	27		41	52	–11		58
14	York City	46		11	5	7	26	20		5	4	14	28	47		54	67	–13		57
15	Darlington	46		11	6	6	37	25		4	5	14	23	46		60	71	–11		56
16	Exeter City	46		7	9	7	25	32		7	4	12	23	41		48	73	–25		55
17	Carlisle United	46		11	5	7	31	21		1	11	11	18	35		48	56	–7		52
18	Leyton Orient	46		10	7	6	37	25		3	6	14	18	46		52	71	–16		52
19	Torquay United	46		8	6	9	27	31		4	9	10	19	32		46	53	–17		51
20	Swansea City	46		7	8	8	26	26		6	4	13	27	51		53	76	–24		51
21	Oxford United	46		8	7	8	34	28		3	7	13	19	34		53	62	–9		47
22	Lincoln City	46		8	4	11	25	27		2	12	9	19	35		44	62	–18		46
23	Bristol Rovers	46		8	7	8	28	28		3	5	15	12	32		40	60	–20		45
24	Halifax Town	46		5	9	9	24	28		3	3	17	15	56		39	84	–45		36

• Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
• NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Play-offs

Main article: Football League Two play-offs#2002

Semifinals 1st leg –Apr 27th; 2nd leg –Apr 30th, 2002

Final at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff May 6th, 2002

4th

Cheltenham Town (pens.)

7th

Hartlepool United

4th

Cheltenham Town

3

6th

Rushden & Diamonds

1

5th

Rochdale

6th

Rushden & Diamonds