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First Team Statistics 2001/2002

This table shows statistics for competitive first team games. Players are listed in shirt number order. Numbers in brackets in the "Played" columns show occasions when a player is used in a game as a substitute.

I know that "assists" are treated with contempt by most English football fans, but I thought I'd give them a try-out. The normal way a player can get an assist is by making the final pass before a goal is scored. However, there will be times when this does not work. A player who scores a goal with a brilliant individual effort will get an assist as well as a goal. If a goal results from a suicidal defensive backpass, there will be no assist. For a penalty, the assist might go to the player fouled in the area. As you can see, there is an element of judgement involved. (Note also that this is a different definition from that used in the USA. I don't care - after all, we invented the game!)

    League FA Cup Worthington Cup LDV Vans Trophy
  Name Played Goals Assists Played Goals Assists Played Goals Assists Played Goals Assists
1 Phil Whitehead 33 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
2 Graeme Murty 43 0 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0
3 Matthew Robinson 14 0 2 0 0 0 1 (1) 0 0 0 0 0
4 Keith Jones 10 (6) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Adrian Viveash 18 1 1 2 0 0 1 (1) 0 0 2 0 0
6 Barry Hunter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Kevin Watson 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Anthony Rougier 20 (13) 1 2 1 0 0 1 (2) 0 1 1 (1) 0 0
8 Adrian Williams 33 (2) 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0
9 Martin Butler 15 (3) 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
10 Nicky Forster 35 (6) 18 12 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1
11 Andy Hughes 34 (6) 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
12 Jamie Cureton 24 (13) 15 6 2 1 0 1 (1) 0 0 0 0 0
14 Sammy Igoe 27 (8) 1 7 0 (2) 0 0 2 0 0 1 (1) 0 0
15 James Harper 19 (7) 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 (1) 0 0
16 Phil Parkinson 32 (1) 2 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 (2) 0 0
17 Neil Smith 3 (11) 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
18 Adrian Whitbread 14 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
19 Joe Gamble 2 (4) 0 0 1 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 2 0 1
20 Chris Casper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Bas Savage 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Jamie Ashdown 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
22 Nathan Tyson 0 (1) 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0
23 John Mackie 27 2 1 0 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 1 (1) 0 0
24 Darius Henderson 2 (36) 7 1 1 (1) 0 0 1 (2) 2 1 2 2 0
25 Ricky Newman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Alex Smith 12 (1) 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0
27 Ricky Allaway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Nicky Shorey 32 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 1
29 Adam Lockwood 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 John Salako 31 6 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
30 Tony Malessa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Frank Talia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Marcus Hahnemann 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Ben Roberts 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Michael Branch 0 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 Leo Roget 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 Adam Campion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Own goals - 3 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 -

Barry Hunter had squad number 6 from the start of the season until his transfer to Rushden & Diamonds on 16/10/2001. Kevin Watson then took it whilst he was on loan from 2/11/2001 until 1/12/2001, and again after his permanent signing on 14/3/2002.

Chris Casper had squad number 20 from the start of the season until he left the club. Bas Savage took it over from 3/2002.

Adam Lockwood had squad number 29 from the start of the season until his transfer to Yeovil Town on 15/10/2001. John Salako then took it from 2/11/2001 after arriving on loan and held onto it after signing a permanent deal.

Tony Malessa had squad number 30 from 30/11/2001 until 17/12/2001. The matchday programme on one occasion allocated it to Bas Savage before Frank Talia then took over from 3/2002.

Marcus Hahnemann had squad number 31 from 13/12/2001 until 12/1/2002. Ben Roberts then took over that number from 17/1/2002 until 16/2/2002. When Michael Branch arrived on 21/3/2002, he then became the latest to use this number.

Own goal details:
10/11/2001, League - Mark Lever (Bristol City)
9/2/2002, League - Stuart Garden (Notts County)
2/3/2002, League - Terry Fleming (Cambridge United). Note that the club allocated this goal to Darius Henderson.

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