| Continentalcup1: | New team in League |
| Nextseason: | 2002–03 |
The 2001–02 Football League (known as the Nationwide Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 103rd completed season of The Football League.
The tables and results below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website.[1] Play-off results are from the same website.
| Competition: | First Division |
| Season: | 2001–02 |
| Winners: | Manchester City |
| Promoted: | Manchester City West Bromwich Albion Birmingham City |
| Relegated: | Crewe Alexandra Barnsley Stockport County |
| League Topscorer: | Shaun Goater (28 goals)[2] |
| Matches: | 552 |
| Total Goals: | 1485 |
| Prevseason: | 2000–01 |
| Nextseason: | 2002–03 |
The following teams changed division since the 2000–01 season.
Promoted to FA Premier League
Relegated to Second Division
Promoted from Second Division
Relegated from FA Premier League
| Season: | 2001–02 |
| Winners: | Brighton & Hove Albion (1st third tier title, and second successive division championship) |
| Continentalcup1: | Direct promotion |
| Continentalcup2: | Promoted through play-offs |
| Continentalcup3: | Relegated |
| League Topscorer: | Bobby Zamora (Brighton & Hove Albion), 28 |
| Matches: | 552 |
| Total Goals: | 1472 |
| Nextseason: | 2002–03 |
The following teams changed division since the 2000–01 season.
Promoted to First Division
Relegated to Third Division
Promoted from Third Division
Relegated from First Division
| Competition: | Third Division |
| Season: | 2001–02 |
| Winners: | Plymouth Argyle |
| Promoted: | Plymouth Argyle Luton Town Mansfield Town Cheltenham Town |
| Relegated: | Halifax Town |
| League Topscorer: | Steve Howard (24 goals) |
| Matches: | 552 |
| Total Goals: | 1397 |
| Prevseason: | 2000–01 |
| Nextseason: | 2002–03 |
The following teams changed division since the 2000–01 season.
Promoted to Second Division
Relegated to Football Conference
Promoted from Football Conference
Relegated from Second Division
Source:[3]
| No. | Club | Average | Change | Highest | Lowest | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 33,059 | -2.9% | 34,657 | 30,238 | ||
| 2 | 23,796 | 23.6% | 28,015 | 19,231 | ||
| 3 | 21,978 | 3.3% | 29,178 | 17,310 | ||
| 4 | 21,700 | 5.3% | 28,546 | 15,632 | ||
| 5 | 20,910 | 18.4% | 26,712 | 17,335 | ||
| 6 | 20,870 | 8.3% | 29,772 | 15,592 | ||
| 7 | 18,629 | 12.7% | 21,251 | 15,710 | ||
| 8 | 18,121 | 6.2% | 22,080 | 13,970 | ||
| 9 | 18,020 | 4.7% | 29,364 | 14,180 | ||
| 10 | 16,150 | -21.5% | 22,902 | 12,448 | ||
| 11 | 15,948 | -1.8% | 21,823 | 13,162 | ||
| 12 | 15,489 | -16.3% | 20,209 | 12,846 | ||
| 13 | 15,122 | 11.7% | 19,103 | 12,336 | ||
| 14 | 14,887 | 1.9% | 21,014 | 11,371 | ||
| 15 | 14,868 | 6.6% | 18,911 | 12,160 | ||
| 16 | 13,323 | -7.9% | 18,803 | 10,976 | ||
| 17 | 13,253 | 15.8% | 17,058 | 10,021 | ||
| 18 | 8,602 | -7.4% | 10,477 | 7,025 | ||
| 19 | 7,455 | 31.9% | 11,426 | 5,586 | ||
| 20 | 7,129 | 6.4% | 10,092 | 5,419 | ||
| 21 | 6,961 | -11.9% | 13,564 | 4,249 | ||
| 22 | 6,832 | 21.3% | 9,181 | 5,080 | ||
| 23 | 6,431 | 13.9% | 9,275 | 4,859 | ||
| 24 | 6,245 | -11.2% | 9,537 | 4,086 |
