2001–02 Ipswich Town F.C. season

Ipswich Town
2001–02 season
Chairman David Sheepshanks
Manager George Burley
Stadium Portman Road
FA Premier League 18th (relegated)
FA Cup Fourth round
League Cup Fourth round
UEFA Cup Third round
Top goalscorer M. Bent (9)
Average home league attendance 24,396

During the 2001–02 English football season, Ipswich Town competed in the FA Premier League.

Season summary

A year after finishing fifth in the Premiership and earning George Burley the title of "Manager of the Year", Ipswich dropped back into Division One after two years among the elite after falling victim to second season syndrome. A dismal start to the season saw their UEFA Cup dream end in the third phase of the competition, while after 18 games they were still bottom of the Premiership with just one win. A turnaround then followed and seven wins from eight games pulled Ipswich up to 12th and appeared to have secured their survival. But another slump set in and this time they were unable to halt it. Any lingering hopes of survival were ended on the final day by a 5–0 defeat against Liverpool.

Despite losing their Premiership status, the Tractor Boys still had European action to look forward to. They attained UEFA Cup qualification via UEFA's fair play league.

Final league table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Arsenal (C) 38 26 9 3 79 36+43 87 2002–03 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Liverpool 38 24 8 6 67 30+37 80
3 Manchester United 38 24 5 9 87 45+42 77 2002–03 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4 Newcastle United 38 21 8 9 74 52+22 71
5 Leeds United 38 18 12 8 53 37+16 66 2002–03 UEFA Cup First round 1
6 Chelsea 38 17 13 8 66 38+28 64
7 West Ham United 38 15 8 15 48 579 53
8 Aston Villa 38 12 14 12 46 471 50 2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
9 Tottenham Hotspur 38 14 8 16 49 534 50
10 Blackburn Rovers 38 12 10 16 55 51+4 46 2002–03 UEFA Cup First round 2
11 Southampton 38 12 9 17 46 548 45
12 Middlesbrough 38 12 9 17 35 4712 45
13 Fulham 38 10 14 14 36 448 44 2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round
14 Charlton Athletic 38 10 14 14 38 4911 44
15 Everton 38 11 10 17 45 5712 43
16 Bolton Wanderers 38 9 13 16 44 6218 40
17 Sunderland 38 10 10 18 29 5122 40
18 Ipswich Town (R) 38 9 9 20 41 64 −23 36 2002–03 UEFA Cup Qualifying round 3
Relegation to the 2002–03 Football League First Division
19 Derby County (R) 38 8 6 24 33 63 −30 30 Relegation to the 2002–03 Football League First Division
20 Leicester City (R) 38 5 13 20 30 64 −34 28

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

1Since Arsenal qualified for the Champions League, their UEFA Cup place as FA Cup winners defaulted to Chelsea, the losing finalists.

2Blackburn Rovers qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners

3Despite relegation, Ipswich Town qualified for the 2002–03 UEFA Cup Qualifying Round as Fair Play Award winners

Results

Ipswich Town's score comes first[1]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

FA Premier League

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
18 August 2001 SunderlandA0–147,370
21 August 2001 Derby CountyH3–121,197George (2), Naylor
25 August 2001 Charlton AthleticH0–122,804
8 September 2001 Leicester CityA1–118,774Stewart
16 September 2001 Blackburn RoversH1–122,126Armstrong
22 September 2001 Manchester UnitedA0–467,551
30 September 2001 Leeds UnitedH1–222,643Stewart
13 October 2001 EvertonH0–022,820
21 October 2001 FulhamA1–117,221Wright
24 October 2001 SouthamptonA3–329,614Stewart (2), Venus
28 October 2001 West Ham UnitedH2–322,834Hreidarsson, Holland
4 November 2001 ChelseaA1–240,497Stewart (pen)
18 November 2001 Bolton WanderersH1–222,335Holland
25 November 2001 MiddlesbroughA0–032,586
1 December 2001 ArsenalH0–224,666
9 December 2001 Newcastle UnitedH0–124,748
17 December 2001 Aston VillaA1–229,320George
22 December 2001 Tottenham HotspurA2–136,040George, Armstrong
26 December 2001 Leicester CityH2–024,403M Bent, Peralta
29 December 2001 SunderlandH5–024,517Armstrong (2), Gaardsøe, George, Clapham
1 January 2002 Charlton AthleticA2–325,893M Bent (2)
12 January 2002 Tottenham HotspurH2–125,077M Bent, McGreal
19 January 2002 Derby CountyA3–129,658M Bent, Peralta, Reuser
30 January 2002 FulhamH1–025,156M Bent
2 February 2002 EvertonA2–133,069Peralta, Holland
9 February 2002 LiverpoolH0–625,608
2 March 2002 SouthamptonH1–325,440George
6 March 2002 Leeds UnitedA0–239,414
13 March 2002 Blackburn RoversA1–223,305Stewart
16 March 2002 Newcastle UnitedA2–251,115M Bent (2)
23 March 2002 Aston VillaH0–028,053
30 March 2002 West Ham UnitedA1–333,871M Bent
1 April 2002 ChelseaH0–028,053
6 April 2002 Bolton WanderersA1–425,817Clapham
21 April 2002 ArsenalA0–238,058
24 April 2002 MiddlesbroughH1–025,979D Bent
27 April 2002 Manchester UnitedH0–128,433
11 May 2002 LiverpoolA0–544,088

FA Cup

Main article: 2001–02 FA Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R35 January 2002 Dagenham & RedbridgeA4–15,949Peralta (2), Magilton, Stewart
R427 January 2002 Manchester CityH1–421,199M Bent

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R39 October 2001 Crewe AlexandraA3–26,116Reuser (2), Armstrong
R427 November 2001 Newcastle UnitedA1–432,576D Bent

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2001–02 UEFA Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R1 First Leg 20 September 2001 Torpedo MoscowH1–121,201Bramble
R1 Second Leg 28 September 2001 Torpedo MoscowA2–110,500George, Stewart
R2 First Leg 18 October 2001 HelsingborgH0–022,254
R2 Second Leg 1 November 2001 HelsingborgA3–1 (won 3-1 on agg)9,484Hreidarsson, Stewart (2)
R3 First Leg 22 November 2001 Inter MilanH1–024,569Armstrong
R3 Second Leg 6 December 2001 Inter MilanA1–4 (lost 2-4 on agg)25,358Armstrong (pen)

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 England GK Andy Marshall
2 Netherlands DF Fabian Wilnis
3 England MF Jamie Clapham
4 England DF John McGreal
5 Iceland DF Hermann Hreidarsson
6 England DF Mark Venus
7 Northern Ireland MF Jim Magilton
8 Republic of Ireland MF Matt Holland
9 Spain FW Pablo Couñago
10 England FW Alun Armstrong
11 England FW Marcus Stewart
12 England DF Richard Naylor
13 England GK Mike Salmon
14 England MF Jermaine Wright
15 England DF Chris Makin
16 England MF Gary Croft
17 England DF Wayne Brown
18 England FW Darren Bent
No. Position Player
19 England DF Titus Bramble
20 England MF Richard Logan
21 Republic of Ireland GK Keith Branagan
22 England MF Tommy Miller
24 Netherlands MF Nabil Abidallah
25 England MF Ashley Nicholls
26 England GK James Pullen
27 England DF Lee Beevers
28 England MF Matt Bloomfield
29 South Africa DF Justin Miller
30 Netherlands MF Martijn Reuser
32 England MF Darren Ambrose
33 Nigeria MF Finidi George
34 Italy GK Matteo Sereni
35 Argentina MF Sixto Peralta (on loan from Inter Milan)
36 Denmark DF Thomas Gaardsøe
37 France MF Ulrich Le Pen
38 England FW Marcus Bent

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
23 Netherlands FW Guillermo Graaven (released)
31 Slovenia DF Amir Karić (loaned to NK Maribor)
No. Position Player
Northern Ireland MF Sean Friars (to Carlisle United)

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
England DF Matt Richards
Turkey DF Erdem Artun
England MF Robert Dickinson
No. Position Player
England FW Ed Chibogu
England FW Alan Connell

Statistics

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions[2]
No.
Pos
Nat
Name
MS Notes
34 GK Italy Matteo Sereni 33
15 RB England Chris Makin 37
6 CB England Mark Venus 35
32 CB Iceland Hermann Hreidarsson 47
4 LB England John McGreal 33
33 RM Nigeria Finidi George 25
14 CM England Jermaine Wright 32
8 CM England Matt Holland 46
3 LM England Jamie Clapham 28
10 CF England Alun Armstrong 24 Marcus Bent also has 24 starts
11 CF England Marcus Stewart 27

Transfers

In

Out

Transfers in: Decrease £13,750,000
Transfers out: Increase £9,000,000
Total spending: Decrease £4,750,000

References

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