2001–02 Swansea City A.F.C. season

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During the 2001–02 English football season, Swansea City competed in the Third Division.

In July, the club was sold to managing director Mike Lewis for £1. Lewis subsequently sold on his stake to a consortium of Australian businessmen behind the Brisbane Lions AFL team, fronted by Tony Petty. Seven players were sacked and eight others saw their contracts terminated, angering supporters. Sanctions were threatened by the Football League, with a rival consortium headed by ex-player Mel Nurse seeking to buy out the new owners. During this period, manager John Hollins was sacked after a poor start to the season, and Colin Addison took over as manager. The turmoil led to the creation of the Swansea City Supporters' Trust, which sought to save the club and ultimately guarantee supporter representation on the club's board.

The Petty group sold its stake in January 2002 after a bitter stand-off with the Nurse consortium, which was supported by the majority of the club's fans. Jim Moore and Mel Griffin, previously rescuers of Hull City, stepped into the breach and persuaded Petty to sell to them (as he had promised to bankrupt the club & make it extinct rather than sell to Nurse). From there Moore became chairman for three weeks, giving the Nurse consortium time to organize its finances. Having successfully reorganized the finances of Hull City, both Moore and Griffin were believers in clubs belonging in the hands of local people, and so, believing Nurse's group were best for the Swans, the two sold the club to Nurse's consortium for £1.

Despite problems off the pitch, the team had managed a mid-table position, but lack of funds led to Addison's dismissal in early March, and under caretakers Nick Cusack and Roger Freestone the club slumped to a 20th placed-finish.

Swansea City's kit was manufactured by Bergoni and sponsored by The Travel House.

Squad at end of season^[1]

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 Roger Freestone 2 DF  WAL Lee Jenkins 3 DF  ENG Michael Howard 4 MF  ENG Nick Cusack 5 DF  ENG Jason Smith 8 MF  FRA David Romo 9 FW  ENG John Williams 10 FW  WAL Steve Watkin 11 MF  WAL Jonathan Coates 12 MF  WAL Gareth Phillips 13 GK  WAL Jason Jones 14 MF  WAL Kristian O'Leary 15 MF  WAL Damien Lacey 16 MF  ENG Michael Keegan

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW  MLI Mamady Sidibé 18 DF  WAL Chris Todd 19 DF  IRL Ryan Casey[notes 1] 20 DF  WAL Leigh De-Vulgt 21 DF  WAL Stephen Healey 22 MF  WAL Chris O'Sullivan 23 MF  WAL Craig Draper 25 MF  WAL Andrew Mumford 26 DF  SCO Jered Stirling 27 DF  ENG Neil Sharp 28 DF  WAL Terry Evans 30 FW  ENG Steve Brodie 31 DF  WAL Richard Duffy

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 6 DF  ENG Matthew Bound (to Oxford United) 7 MF  ARG Nicolás Mazzina (released) 24 FW  ENG Nathan Tyson (on loan from Reading) 26 DF  ENG Richard Appleby (to Kidderminster Harriers)

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 MF  WAL Stuart Roberts (to Wycombe Wanderers) 28 GK  WAL Simon Cole (released) 29 DF  WAL Stephen Evans (on loan from Crystal Palace)