Reserves beat Brighton to claim championship

Last updated : 25 April 2002 By

QPR finished a point ahead of second-placed Crystal Palace to clinch the title in front of a larger than average reserve team crowd at Loftus Road.

First-half goals from Murphy and Walse proved enough to see off Brighton, who fielded trialist Hamid Barr in their side after having played for QPR 48 hours earlier in the reserves win against Reading.

Team: Ramsey, Duncan, Murphy, McDonald (Fitzgerald), Ifura (Wattley), Panayi, Daly, Bean, Agogo, Oli (Gradley), Walshe. Subs not used: Butler, Stamp.

Final table;

1QPR2414645226+3048
2Crystal Palace2414555026+2447
3Brentford2312654632+1442
4Portsmouth2312563521+1441
5Cardiff City2411584131+1038
6Peterborough United24122104139+238