2001–02 Watford F.C. season

English football team season March 2015 March 2015 Watford 2001–02 Gianluca Vialli Elton John Vicarage Road First Division 14th FA Cup Third round League Cup Quarter finals Smith (11) 14,896 2000–01 2002–03 During the 2001–02 English football season, Watford competed in the Football League First Division. Season summary In the 2001–02 season, Gianluca Vialli was named as Taylor's managerial replacement.Vialli named new Watford boss https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/watford/1306604.stm BBC Sport 2 May 2001 21 January 2014 Vialli made several high-profile signings, and wage bills at the club soared, with Vialli himself earning almost a million pounds a year. However, the season was disappointing, with the club finishing 14th in the division, and Vialli was sacked after only one season, having refused to resign.Watford sack Vialli https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/watford/2045074.stm BBC Sport 14 June 2002 21 January 2014 Final league table 2001–02 Football League#First Division First Division WAT y Results Watford's score comes firsthttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/watford/2001-2002/results Watford 2001-2002 Results - statto.com 22 January 2014 1 February 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140201224128/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/watford/2001-2002/results live Legend WinDrawLoss Football League First Division DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 11 August 2001 Manchester CityA0–333,939 18 August 2001 Rotherham UnitedH3–213,839Smith (2), Nielsen 25 August 2001 Wolverhampton WanderersA0–120,257 27 August 2001 WalsallH2–114,652Galli, Nielsen 9 September 2001 WimbledonH3–015,466Wooter, Gayle, Robinson 15 September 2001 West Bromwich AlbionH1–215,726Gayle 18 September 2001 Norwich CityA1–317,885Vega 22 September 2001 Crewe AlexandraA0–16,507 26 September 2001 Birmingham CityH3–313,091Smith, Cox, Glass 30 September 2001 Preston North EndH1–118,911Jackson (own goal) 13 October 2001 Sheffield WednesdayH3–114,456Hyde, Noel-Williams, Helguson 20 October 2001 Grimsby TownA3–05,506Hyde (2), Noble 23 October 2001 Nottingham ForestH1–216,355Noel-Williams 27 October 2001 Bradford CityA3–416,860Helguson, Smith (2, 1 pen) 30 October 2001 Sheffield UnitedA2–014,338Helguson, Smith 3 November 2001 BarnsleyH3–013,964Smith, Helguson (2) 10 November 2001 Stockport CountyH1–112,576Smith 13 November 2001 BurnleyA0–113,162 18 November 2001 GillinghamA0–08,733 25 November 2001 PortsmouthH3–015,631Robinson, Cox, Issa 1 December 2001 Nottingham ForestA0–024,015 9 December 2001 Coventry CityA2–013,251Glass (2, 1 pen) 15 December 2001 Crystal PalaceH1–016,499Noel-Williams 22 December 2001 Wolverhampton WanderersH1–117,389Smith 29 December 2001 WalsallA3–06,882Fisken, Nielsen, Smith 1 January 2002 MillwallH1–415,300Helguson 12 January 2002 Rotherham UnitedA1–16,409Swailes (own goal) 15 January 2002 MillwallA0–112,531 20 January 2002 Manchester CityH1–217,074Smith 31 January 2002 Preston North EndA1–112,749Noel-Williams 6 February 2002 BurnleyH1–212,160Pennant 10 February 2002 Grimsby TownH2–012,163Robinson, Noel-Williams 16 February 2002 Sheffield WednesdayA1–218,244Noel-Williams 19 February 2002 WimbledonA0–05,551 23 February 2002 Birmingham CityA2–318,059Pennant, Johnson (own goal) 26 February 2002 Norwich CityH2–112,622Hyde, Nielsen 2 March 2002 Crewe AlexandraH0–115,199 5 March 2002 West Bromwich AlbionA1–119,580Brown 9 March 2002 Crystal PalaceA2–016,817Nielsen, Gayle 16 March 2002 Coventry CityH3–015,833Brown (2), Gayle 23 March 2002 BarnsleyA0–212,449 29 March 2002 Bradford CityH0–014,001 1 April 2002 Stockport CountyA1–24,086Webber 6 April 2002 Sheffield UnitedH0–313,377 13 April 2002 PortsmouthA1–016,302Webber 21 April 2002 GillinghamH2–315,674McNamee, Nielsen FA Cup 2001–02 FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR35 January 2002 ArsenalH2–420,105Noel-Williams, Gayle League Cup 2001–02 Football League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR121 August 2001 Plymouth ArgyleH1–09,230GayleR212 September 2001 Bristol CityA3–27,256Gayle (pen), Vega, HydeR39 October 2001 Bradford CityH4–18,613Hyde, Noel-Williams (2), VegaR427 November 2001 Charlton AthleticH3–2 12,621Vernazza, Robinson, HelgusonQF19 December 2001 Sheffield WednesdayA0–420,319 Players First-team squad Squad at end of seasonhttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2001-2002/d1/watford.htm FootballSquads - Watford - 2001/02 1 NOR GK Espen BaardsenBaardsen was born in San Rafael, California, United States, and represented them at U-18 level, but also qualified to represent Norway internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Norway in September 1998. 2 FRA DF Patrick Blondeau 3 ENG DF Paul Robinson 4 ENG MF Paolo Vernazza 5 ITA DF Filippo Galli 6 SUI DF Ramon Vega 7 DEN MF Allan Nielsen 8 JAM MF Micah HydeHyde was born in Newham, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 2001. 9 ENG FW Tommy Smith 10 ENG MF Stephen Hughes 11 SCO MF Stephen Glass 12 NED FW Nordin WooterWooter was born in Paramaribo, Suriname, but also qualified to represent the Netherlands internationally and represented them at U-19 and U-21 level. 13 ENG GK Alec Chamberlain 14 AUS MF Richard Johnson 15 ENG FW Gifton Noel-Williams 16 ENG DF Nigel Gibbs 17 ENG MF Nick Wright 18 ISL FW Heiðar Helguson 19 ENG DF James Panayi 20 ENG MF David NobleNoble was born in Hitchin, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and would represent them at B level. on loan from Arsenal 21 IRL FW Dominic Foley 22 ENG MF Lee Cook 24 AUS MF Paul Okon 25 ENG MF Gary Fisken 26 ENG MF Fabian FordeForde was born in Harrow, England, but also qualified to represent Barbados internationally and would make his international debut for Barbados in November 2002. 27 JAM FW Marcus GayleGayle was born in Hammersmith, London, and represented them at U-18 level, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally through his father and made his international debut for Jamaica in 1998. 28 RSA MF Pierre Issa 29 ENG DF Neil Cox 30 ENG MF Danny Webber on loan from Manchester United 31 ENG MF Sam Swonnell 32 ENG DF Jerel Ifil 33 ENG MF Anthony McNamee 34 ENG DF Lloyd DoyleyDoyley was born in Tower Hamlets, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and would make his international debut for Jamaica in March 2013. 35 TRI FW Jason Norville 36 ENG MF Jamie Hand 37 ENG GK Richard Lee 39 ENG MF Gavin Mahon 40 ENG DF Nick Williams Left club during season 23 ENG DF Darren Ward to Millwall 23 ENG MF Jermaine Pennant on loan from Arsenal 24 ENG DF Tom Neill released 28 WAL DF Rob Page to Sheffield United 30 ENG DF Matthew Langston released 30 ENG DF Wayne Brown on loan from Ipswich Town 31 SCO FW Allan Smart to Oldham Athletic 33 ENG MF David Perpetuini to Gillingham 35 ENG DF Barrie Matthews released References Notes notes Watford Category:Watford F.C. seasons