2001–02 FA Premier League

April 2014 Football season in England August 2020 FA Premier League 2001–02 18 August 2001 – 11 May 2002 Arsenal2nd Premier League title12th English title Ipswich TownDerby CountyLeicester City Champions League ArsenalLiverpoolManchester UnitedNewcastle United UEFA Cup Leeds UnitedChelseaBlackburn RoversIpswich Town (through UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking) Intertoto Cup Aston VillaFulham Top scorers Thierry Henry(24 goals) Nigel Martyn (18 clean sheets) Blackburn Rovers 7–1 West Ham United(14 October 2001) Ipswich Town 0–6 Liverpool(9 February 2002) Tottenham Hotspur 3–5 Manchester United(29 September 2001)Blackburn Rovers 7–1 West Ham United(14 October 2001)Charlton Athletic 4–4 West Ham United(19 November 2001)West Ham United 3–5 Manchester United(16 March 2002)Newcastle United 6–2 Everton(29 March 2002) 380 1001 13 gameshttp://www.statto.com/football/stats/england/premier-league/2001-2002/longest-sequences/full English Premier League 2001–02 statto.com 11 March 2015Arsenal 21 gamesArsenal 7 gamesDerby County 16 gamesLeicester City 67,638Manchester United 0–1 Middlesbrough(23 March 2002) 15,415Leicester City 1–2 Middlesbrough(18 September 2001) 13,091,502https://www.worldfootball.net/competition/co91/se2690/attendance/ Premier League 2001/2002 » Attendance » Home matches WorldFootball.net 5 January 2024 5 January 2024 34,451 2000–01 2002–03 The 2001–02 FA Premier League (known as the FA Barclaycard Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the tenth season of the competition. It began with a new sponsor, Barclaycard, and was titled the FA Barclaycard Premiership, replacing the previous sponsor, Carling. The title race turned into a battle among four sides – Arsenal, Manchester United, Liverpool and Newcastle United. Arsenal clinched the title on 8 May 2002 after a convincing win against Manchester United at Old Trafford, in the penultimate game of the season. This new attacking Arsenal side had won the FA Cup five days before and made history by accomplishing their third double, their second under the reign of Arsène Wenger, who showed his commitment by signing a new four-year deal with Arsenal. The season started on 18 August 2001 and ended on 11 May 2002. Season summary At the start of 2002 the title race was wide open, with the likes of Newcastle United and Leeds United contesting at the top of the table along with the usual likes of Arsenal and Manchester United. Newcastle, after back-to-back away wins at Arsenal and Leeds during the Christmas period, confirmed themselves as genuine title challengers and led the league at the turn of the year. Leeds had topped the table at Christmas prior to losing at Elland Road to Newcastle. Despite being top of the table at the start of December – eleven points clear of Manchester United – Liverpool underwent a severe slump, falling to fifth place, five points behind United. Would-be contenders Chelsea, Newcastle United and Leeds United had by this point disappeared into the chasing pack. January saw Liverpool travelling to both Highbury and Old Trafford in the space of a fortnight. Liverpool's Danny Murphy scored a late winner to give the Merseyside club all three points against United, and John Arne Riise then salvaged a point for Liverpool against Arsenal, allowing Manchester United to top the table for the first time that season. In March, Arsenal were installed as strong favourites for the Premiership title after Liverpool's defeat to Tottenham Hotspur. Arsenal's April triumph against Bolton Wanderers brought them to within three points of a second Premier League title under Arsène Wenger. Fittingly, the Premiership title would be decided at Old Trafford as Arsenal and Manchester United faced one another in a decisive encounter. Arsenal only required a draw to guarantee their second title in five seasons to go with their FA Cup victory against London rivals Chelsea four days previously; United had to win to take the title race to the last day. In the end, Arsenal emerged victorious as their record signing Sylvain Wiltord scored the only goal of the game as Arsenal was confirmed Premiership champions with a game to spare. Manchester United's disappointment was compounded by Liverpool leapfrogging them into second place by virtue of their 4–3 victory against Blackburn Rovers. On the final day of the season Liverpool confirmed second place, and in doing so, gaining automatic qualification to the group stage of the UEFA Champions League, by thrashing Ipswich Town 5–0 at Anfield. Arsenal rounded off their successful league campaign in style, beating Everton 4–3 at Highbury. Manchester United limped to a poor draw against Charlton Athletic, completing a disappointing campaign for the deposed league champions, the first time since the Premiership had been formed that they had finished out of the top two places and they were required to play in the qualifying rounds of the Champions League the following season. Newcastle joined Manchester United in those Champions League qualifying rounds by finishing in fourth, whilst a poor run of results at the beginning of the year saw Leeds United's title and Champions League hopes crumble, they were to finish five points adrift of Newcastle in fifth, and would be joined in the UEFA Cup by Chelsea, whose inconsistent form also put pay to their top four aspirations. Leeds controversially sacked their manager David O'Leary after the season concluded. For the first time in the history of the Premier League, all three promoted teams avoided relegation – Fulham, Bolton Wanderers and Blackburn Rovers. Blackburn and Bolton spent eleven years in the Premier League, before they were both relegated in 2011–12; coincidentally, in that same season, the three teams promoted from the 2010–11 Football League Championship also stayed up. Fulham spent thirteen years in the top flight before their relegation in 2013–14. Fulham had splashed out £34 million on new players during the close season, with their owner Mohamed Al-Fayed being one of the wealthiest benefactors in English football. He even boasted that they would win the Premiership title in 2001–02, and most pundits tipped Fulham, managed by former French international Jean Tigana, to push for a place in Europe. However, Fulham finished thirteenth, 47 points away from Arsenal. Bolton Wanderers went top of the Premiership after winning their first three fixtures of the season, causing an upset by beating Gérard Houllier's Liverpool in the latter stage of the game. Manager Sam Allardyce was boasting that his side were good enough to win their first ever league title, but Bolton's league form slumped after the first two months of the season and they finished 16th place – their survival confirmed in the penultimate game of the season. Blackburn Rovers were the most successful of the promoted sides. Graeme Souness' men beat Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 in the League Cup final to lift the trophy for the first time, and then climbed from 18th place in the Premiership in late February to finish in a secure 10th place – higher than any other newly promoted team that season. Blackburn secured a UEFA Cup place for 2002–03. Leicester City was the first team officially relegated from the Premiership, finishing bottom of table with just five Premiership wins in their last season at 111-year-old Filbert Street before relocation to the new 32 000-seat Walkers Stadium. The club went through the regime of two managers during the season – Peter Taylor was replaced by Dave Bassett in early October. Under Bassett, the Foxes briefly climbed out of the relegation zone but a 16-match winless streak including six straight defeats between late January and the beginning of March ultimately sealed their fate. After relegation was confirmed at the beginning of April, Bassett joined the club's board to be replaced by former assistant manager Micky Adams. Next to go down were Derby County, who had been promoted alongside Leicester six years earlier. Manager Jim Smith resigned in early October to be replaced by assistant manager Colin Todd, who was sacked three months later after Derby were knocked out of the FA Cup by Division Three strugglers Bristol Rovers. In his place came John Gregory, less than a week after he had resigned from Aston Villa but despite his best efforts, he was unable to prevent their relegation, which was confirmed with two games to spare following a 2–0 loss away at Liverpool. The last team to be relegated were Ipswich Town, who had qualified for the UEFA Cup and earned manager George Burley the Manager of the Year award the previous season after finishing fifth. Ipswich made a terrible start to the season, winning just one of their first 18 Premiership games. They then went on a strong run of form, winning seven out of eight games, which looked to have secured their Premiership survival, but they then suffered another slump which they were unable to halt. Coincidentally, like Derby, they too were sent down by losing away at Liverpool, who thrashed them 5–0 on the final day. Bizarrely, despite their relegation, Ipswich's disciplinary record this season was the best of the teams that hadn't qualified for European competition via league position, thus giving them a second successive UEFA Cup campaign for the following season after England received one of the three additional slots awarded through the UEFA Fair Play ranking. Teams Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the First Division. The promoted teams were Fulham, Blackburn Rovers and Bolton Wanderers, returning after a top flight absence of thirty-three, two and three years respectively. This was also Fulham's first season in the Premier League. They replaced Manchester City, Coventry City, and Bradford City, who were relegated to the First Division after their top flight presences of one, thirty-four and two years respectively. Stadiums and locations England 440 right Locations of the 2001–02 Premier League teams England 51.5155 -0.0922 80 London Blue pog.svg right England 52.509103 -1.884786 80 Aston Villa bottom England 53.728569 -2.489206 80 Blackburn Rovers left England 53.580578 -2.535644 80 Bolton Wanderers left England 52.914911 -1.447233 80 Derby County right England 53.438846 -2.966285 80 Everton left England 52.055061 1.144831 80 Ipswich Town left England 53.704069 -1.341731 80 Leeds United right England 52.611402 -1.082508 80 Leicester City right England 53.430845 -2.960823 80 Liverpool bottom England 53.463056 -2.291389 80 Manchester United right England 54.578219 -1.216822 80 Middlesbrough right England 54.974 -1.614 80 Newcastle United left England 50.905826 -1.390975 80 Southampton left England 54.914400 -1.388200 80 Sunderland bottom England TransparentPlaceholder.png 1 55.7 -0.2 80 London teams: Arsenal Charlton Athletic Chelsea Fulham Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United right Greater London 300 right Greater London Premier League football clubs Greater London Premier League football clubs Greater London 51.552 -0.097 Blue pog.svg Arsenal 75 left Greater London 51.4863 0.0363 Blue pog.svg Charlton Athletic 75 right Greater London 51.481667 -0.191111 Blue pog.svg Chelsea 75 right Greater London 51.475 -0.221667 Blue pog.svg Fulham 75 bottom Greater London 51.5974 -0.0716 Blue pog.svg TottenhamHotspur 75 right Greater London 51.531944 0.039444 Blue pog.svg West Ham United 75 right Team Location Stadium CapacityArsenalLondon (Highbury)Arsenal Stadium 38,419Aston VillaBirminghamVilla Park 42,573Blackburn RoversBlackburnEwood Park 31,367Bolton WanderersBoltonReebok Stadium 28,723Charlton AthleticLondon (Charlton)The Valley 27,111ChelseaLondon (Fulham)Stamford Bridge 42,055Derby CountyDerbyPride Park Stadium 33,597EvertonLiverpool (Walton)Goodison Park 40,569FulhamLondon (Fulham)Craven Cottage 24,600Ipswich TownIpswichPortman Road 30,300Leeds UnitedLeedsElland Road 40,242Leicester CityLeicesterFilbert StreetThis was Leicester City's last season at Filbert Street as they were scheduled to relocate to the Walkers Stadium at the end of the season. 22,000LiverpoolLiverpool (Anfield)Anfield 45,522Manchester UnitedManchesterOld Trafford 68,174MiddlesbroughMiddlesbroughRiverside Stadium 35,049Newcastle UnitedNewcastle upon TyneSt James' Park 52,387SouthamptonSouthamptonSt Mary's StadiumSouthampton had moved to St Mary's Stadium after spending 103 years at The Dell. 32,689SunderlandSunderlandStadium of Light 49,000Tottenham HotspurLondon (Tottenham)White Hart Lane 36,240West Ham UnitedLondon (Upton Park)Boleyn Ground 35,647 Personnel and kits Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsorArsenalFRA 1974 Arsène WengerENG Tony AdamsNikeDreamcast/Sega1Aston VillaENG Graham TaylorENG Paul MersonDiadoraNTLBlackburn RoversSCO Graeme SounessENG Garry FlitcroftKappaTimeBolton WanderersENG Sam AllardyceISL Guðni BergssonReebokReebokCharlton AthleticENG Alan CurbishleyIRL Mark KinsellaLe Coq SportifRedbusChelseaITA Claudio RanieriFRA 1974 Marcel DesaillyUmbroFly EmiratesDerby CountyENG John GregoryJAM Darryl PowellErreàPedigreeEvertonSCO David MoyesSCO David WeirPumaOne 2 OneFulhamFRA 1974 Jean TiganaWAL Andy MelvilleAdidasPizza HutIpswich TownSCO George BurleyIRL Matt HollandPunchTXU EnergiLeeds UnitedIRL David O'LearyENG Rio FerdinandNikeStrongbowLeicester CityENG Micky AdamsSCO Matt ElliottLe Coq SportifLGLiverpoolFRA 1974 Gérard HoullierENG Jamie RedknappReebokCarlsbergManchester UnitedSCO Sir Alex FergusonIRL Roy KeaneUmbroVodafoneMiddlesbroughENG Steve McClarenENG Paul InceErreàBT CellnetNewcastle UnitedENG Bobby RobsonENG Alan ShearerAdidasNTLSouthamptonSCO Gordon StrachanENG Matt Le TissierSaintsFriends ProvidentSunderlandENG Peter ReidENG Michael GrayNikeReg VardyTottenham HotspurENG Glenn HoddleENG Tim SherwoodAdidasHolstenWest Ham UnitedENG Glenn RoederNIR Steve LomasFilaDr. Martens 1 The Dreamcast logo appeared on Arsenal's home and third shirts while the Sega logo appeared on their away shirt Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointmentMiddlesbroughENG Bryan RobsonENG Terry VenablesMutual consent5 June 2001Robson leaves Middlesbrough https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/middlesbrough/1370418.stm BBC Sport 5 June 2001 22 August 2007 Pre-seasonENG Steve McClaren12 June 2001McClaren is new Boro boss BBC Sport 12 June 2001 https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/middlesbrough/1384386.stm 26 February 2008West Ham UnitedENG Glenn Roeder (caretaker)End of caretaker spell14 June 2001Roeder confirmed as West Ham boss BBC BBC Sport 18 November 2007 14 June 2001 https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/1387656.stm 22 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090522034751/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/1387656.stm liveENG Glenn Roeder14 June 2001Leicester CityENG Peter TaylorSacked30 September 200120thENG Dave Bassett10 October 2001SouthamptonENG Stuart Gray1 October 200112thSCO Gordon Strachan1 October 2001Derby CountyENG Jim SmithResigned7 October 200119thENG Colin Todd8 October 2001 Todd's tough test https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/d/derby_county/1586544.stm BBC Sport 8 October 2001 17 December 2007ENG Colin ToddSacked14 January 2002 Derby sack Todd https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/d/derby_county/1760471.stm BBC Sport 14 January 2002 17 December 200719thENG John Gregory30 January 2002Aston VillaENG John GregoryResigned24 January 2002Gregory resigns as Villa boss https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/1780820.stm BBC Sport 24 January 2002 2 October 2007 7thENG Graham Taylor5 February 2002EvertonSCO Walter SmithSacked10 March 200216thSCO David Moyes16 March 2002Leicester CityENG Dave BassettPromoted to director of football position6 April 200220thENG Micky Adams7 April 2002 Leicester appoint Adams https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/leicester_city/1910438.stm BBC Sport 7 April 2002 22 July 2007 League table main WDL QR 5 ARS Arsenal LIV Liverpool MUN Manchester United NEW Newcastle United LEE Leeds United CHE Chelsea WHU West Ham United AST Aston Villa TOT Tottenham Hotspur BLB Blackburn Rovers SOU Southampton MID Middlesbrough FUL Fulham CHA Charlton Athletic EVE Everton BOL Bolton Wanderers SUN Sunderland IPS Ipswich Town DER Derby County LEI Leicester City 26 9 3 79 36 C 24 8 6 67 30 24 5 9 87 45 21 8 9 74 52 18 12 8 53 37 17 13 8 66 38 15 8 15 48 57 12 14 12 46 47 14 8 16 49 53 12 10 16 55 51 12 9 17 46 54 12 9 17 35 47 10 14 14 36 44 10 14 14 38 49 11 10 17 45 57 9 13 16 44 62 10 10 18 29 51 9 9 20 41 64 R 8 6 24 33 63 R 5 13 20 30 64 R green1 Qualification for the Champions League first group stage CLGS CLGS green2 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round CL3 CL3 blue1 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round Since Arsenal qualified for the Champions League, their UEFA Cup place as FA Cup winners defaulted to Chelsea, the losing finalists. UC1 UC1 #CCCCFF Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round IC3 blue1 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round Blackburn Rovers qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners. BLB #CCCFFF Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round IC2 red1 UEFA Cup QR and relegation to the First Division IPS Ipswich Town qualified for the UEFA Cup qualifying as the winners of Premiership Fair Play League by The Football Association, and as one of the UEFA Fair Play ranking winners. red1 Relegation to the Football League First Division R R complete Premier League 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. Results main complete FBR ARS AVL BLB BOL CHA CHE DER EVE FUL IPS LEE LEI LIV MUN MID NEW SOU SUN TOT WHU Arsenal Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Charlton Athletic Chelsea Derby County Everton Fulham Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Southampton Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United 3–2 3–3 1–1 2–4 2–1 1–0 4–3 4–1 2–0 1–2 4–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–3 1–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 2–0 3–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–3 3–0 1–1 4–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 2–2 2–0 0–3 2–1 7–1 0–2 3–2 1–1 0–0 2–2 1–3 2–2 0–0 4–1 0–3 2–2 2–1 0–4 1–0 0–4 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–3 1–2 0–2 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 3–2 0–2 2–0 0–2 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 3–1 4–4 1–1 1–3 0–0 5–1 0–1 2–1 3–0 3–2 2–1 2–0 2–0 4–0 0–3 2–2 1–1 2–4 4–0 4–0 5–1 0–2 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–4 0–1 1–3 0–1 2–3 0–1 2–2 0–1 2–3 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 3–2 1–2 3–1 0–3 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 0–0 2–2 1–3 0–2 2–0 1–3 2–0 1–0 1–1 5–0 1–3 0–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 2–3 2–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 0–2 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–6 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–3 5–0 2–1 2–3 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 3–2 0–1 2–0 2–2 0–4 3–4 1–0 3–4 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 1–3 2–2 2–1 0–5 1–1 2–3 0–3 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–4 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–4 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–3 4–3 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 5–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 0–0 0–3 5–0 4–1 3–2 4–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 3–1 6–1 4–1 4–0 0–1 0–4 2–1 1–3 1–1 0–0 0–2 5–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–4 1–3 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 3–0 2–1 3–2 3–0 1–2 1–0 6–2 1–1 2–2 3–1 1–0 0–2 4–3 3–0 3–1 1–1 0–2 3–1 0–2 1–3 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 0–1 1–1 3–3 0–1 2–2 2–0 1–3 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–3 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–2 0–1 2–3 3–1 1–1 4–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–5 2–1 1–3 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 4–0 1–0 0–2 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–5 1–0 3–0 2–0 3–0 0–1 Premier League Season statistics Scoring First goal of the season: ENG Kevin Nolan for Bolton Wanderers against Leicester City (18 August 2001) Last goal of the season: SCO Paul Telfer for Southampton against Newcastle United (11 May 2002) Top scorers thumb|upright|Arsenal's Thierry Henry was the top scorer, with 24 goals. RankPlayerClubGoals1FRA 1974 Thierry HenryArsenal242NED Jimmy Floyd HasselbainkChelsea23NED Ruud van NistelrooyManchester UnitedENG Alan ShearerNewcastle United5ENG Michael OwenLiverpool196NOR Ole Gunnar SolskjærManchester United177ENG Robbie FowlerLiverpoolLeeds United158Iceland Eiður GuðjohnsenChelsea14LVA Marians PaharsSouthampton10ENG Andy ColeManchester UnitedBlackburn Rovers13 Hat-tricks List of Premier League hat-tricks thumb|upright|The 2001–02 Premier League season would see Robbie Fowler score his final hat-tricks of his professional career. Player For Against Result Date Ref ENG Robbie Fowler Liverpool Leicester City 4–1 (A) dmy 2001 10 20 https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/fowler-just-the-trick-for-babysitter-632116.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/fowler-just-the-trick-for-babysitter-632116.html 1 May 2022 subscription The Independent 20 July 2009 21 October 2001 Nick Townsend Fowler just the trick for 'babysitter' London ENG Paul Kitson West Ham United Charlton Athletic 4–4 (A) dmy 2001 11 19 https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/1656959.stm BBC Sport Hammers held in thriller 19 November 2001 15 July 2009 NED Ruud van Nistelrooy Manchester United Southampton 6–1 (H) dmy 2001 12 22 https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/1722633.stm BBC Sport United hit Saints for six 22 December 2001 15 July 2009 ENG Robbie Fowler Leeds United Bolton Wanderers 3–0 (A) dmy 2001 12 26 https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/1726902.stm BBC Sport Fowler fires Leeds 26 December 2001 15 July 2009 NOR Ole Gunnar Solskjær Manchester United Bolton Wanderers 4–0 (A) dmy 2002 1 29 http://www.sportinglife.com/football/premiership/bolton/reports/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/02/01/29/SOCCER_Bolton.html&TEAMHD=bolton&DIV=prem&TEAM=BOLTON--WANDERERS&RH=Bolton--Wanderers&PREV_SEASON=2000 Sporting Life Bolton 0 Manchester Utd 4 Ken Gaunt 15 July 2009 5 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110605030233/http://www.sportinglife.com/football/premiership/bolton/reports/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer%2F02%2F01%2F29%2FSOCCER_Bolton.html&TEAMHD=bolton&DIV=prem&TEAM=BOLTON--WANDERERS&RH=Bolton--Wanderers&PREV_SEASON=2000 dead NED Jimmy Floyd HasselbainkP Chelsea Tottenham Hotspur 4–0 (H) dmy 2002 3 13 https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/1862266.stm Chelsea thrash Spurs 15 July 2009 13 March 2002 BBC Sport GER Fredi Bobic Bolton Wanderers Ipswich Town 4–1 (H) dmy 2002 4 6https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/ipswich-doomed-by-bobic-656702.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/ipswich-doomed-by-bobic-656702.html 1 May 2022 subscription The Independent 18 July 2009 7 April 2002 Guy Hodgson Ipswich doomed by Bobic London Note: P Player scored a perfect hat-trick; (H) – Home; (A) – Away Awards Monthly awards MonthManager of the MonthPlayer of the MonthManagerClubPlayerClubAugustENG Sam AllardyceBolton WanderersFRA 1974 Louis SahaFulhamSeptemberENG John GregoryAston VillaARG Juan Sebastián VerónManchester UnitedOctoberENG Glenn HoddleTottenham HotspurENG Rio FerdinandLeeds UnitedNovemberENG Phil ThompsonLiverpoolENG Danny MurphyLiverpoolDecemberENG Bobby RobsonNewcastle UnitedNED Ruud van NistelrooyManchester UnitedJanuarySCO Gordon StrachanSouthamptonENG Marcus BentIpswich TownFebruaryENG Bobby RobsonNewcastle UnitedNED Ruud van NistelrooyManchester UnitedMarchFRA 1974 Gérard HoullierENG Phil ThompsonLiverpoolNED Dennis BergkampArsenalAprilFRA 1974 Arsène WengerArsenalSWE Freddie Ljungberg Annual awards Award Winner Club Premier League Manager of the Season FRA 1974 Arsène Wenger Arsenal Premier League Player of the Season SWE Freddie Ljungberg Arsenal PFA Players' Player of the Year NED Ruud van Nistelrooy Manchester United PFA Young Player of the Year WAL Craig Bellamy Newcastle United FWA Footballer of the Year FRA 1974 Robert Pires Arsenal PFA Team of the YearPFA teams send Hatters mad The Guardian 15 April 2002 Goalkeeper IRE Shay Given (Newcastle United) Defence IRE Steve Finnan (Fulham) ENG Rio Ferdinand (Leeds United) FIN Sami Hyypiä (Liverpool) ENG Wayne Bridge (Southampton) Midfield FRA 1974 Robert Pires (Arsenal) IRE Roy Keane (Manchester United) FRA 1974 Patrick Vieira (Arsenal) WAL Ryan Giggs (Manchester United) Attack NED Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United) FRA 1974 Thierry Henry (Arsenal) Attendances Source:https://www.worldfootball.net/competition/co91/england-premier-league/se2690/2001-2002/attendance/ Premier League 2001/2002 » Team-Statistics: Attendance Home Worldfootball.net 26 June 2026 No. Club Matches Total attendance Average 1 Manchester United 19 1,283,594 67,558 2 Newcastle United 19 976,079 51,373 3 Sunderland AFC 19 888,156 46,745 4 Liverpool FC 19 824,395 43,389 5 Leeds United 19 755,287 39,752 6 Chelsea FC 19 741,579 39,030 7 Arsenal FC 19 723,036 38,055 8 Aston Villa 19 665,223 35,012 9 Tottenham Hotspur 19 665,015 35,001 10 Everton FC 19 646,067 34,004 11 West Ham United 19 595,800 31,358 12 Southampton FC 19 582,019 30,633 13 Derby County 19 566,508 29,816 14 Middlesbrough FC 19 540,719 28,459 15 Blackburn Rovers 19 493,551 25,976 16 Bolton Wanderers 19 476,867 25,098 17 Ipswich Town 19 464,086 24,426 18 Charlton Athletic 19 459,131 24,165 19 Leicester City 19 376,871 19,835 20 Fulham FC 19 367,519 19,343 See also 2001–02 in English football References External links 2001–02 FA Premier League Season at RSSSF 2001/02 FA Premier League Review 2001–02 1 England