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
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

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	57	−9	53
8	Aston Villa	38	12	14	12	46	47	−1	50	2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
9	Tottenham Hotspur	38	14	8	16	49	53	−4	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	54	−8	45
12	Middlesbrough	38	12	9	17	35	47	−12	45
13	Fulham	38	10	14	14	36	44	−8	44	2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round
14	Charlton Athletic	38	10	14	14	38	49	−11	44
15	Everton	38	11	10	17	45	57	−12	43
16	Bolton Wanderers	38	9	13	16	44	62	−18	40
17	Sunderland	38	10	10	18	29	51	−22	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

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
18 August 2001	Sunderland	A	0–1	47,370
21 August 2001	Derby County	H	3–1	21,197	George (2), Naylor
25 August 2001	Charlton Athletic	H	0–1	22,804
8 September 2001	Leicester City	A	1–1	18,774	Stewart
16 September 2001	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–1	22,126	Armstrong
22 September 2001	Manchester United	A	0–4	67,551
30 September 2001	Leeds United	H	1–2	22,643	Stewart
13 October 2001	Everton	H	0–0	22,820
21 October 2001	Fulham	A	1–1	17,221	Wright
24 October 2001	Southampton	A	3–3	29,614	Stewart (2), Venus
28 October 2001	West Ham United	H	2–3	22,834	Hreidarsson, Holland
4 November 2001	Chelsea	A	1–2	40,497	Stewart (pen)
18 November 2001	Bolton Wanderers	H	1–2	22,335	Holland
25 November 2001	Middlesbrough	A	0–0	32,586
1 December 2001	Arsenal	H	0–2	24,666
9 December 2001	Newcastle United	H	0–1	24,748
17 December 2001	Aston Villa	A	1–2	29,320	George
22 December 2001	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2–1	36,040	George, Armstrong
26 December 2001	Leicester City	H	2–0	24,403	M Bent, Peralta
29 December 2001	Sunderland	H	5–0	24,517	Armstrong (2), Gaardsøe, George, Clapham
1 January 2002	Charlton Athletic	A	2–3	25,893	M Bent (2)
12 January 2002	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2–1	25,077	M Bent, McGreal
19 January 2002	Derby County	A	3–1	29,658	M Bent, Peralta, Reuser
30 January 2002	Fulham	H	1–0	25,156	M Bent
2 February 2002	Everton	A	2–1	33,069	Peralta, Holland
9 February 2002	Liverpool	H	0–6	25,608
2 March 2002	Southampton	H	1–3	25,440	George
6 March 2002	Leeds United	A	0–2	39,414
13 March 2002	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–2	23,305	Stewart
16 March 2002	Newcastle United	A	2–2	51,115	M Bent (2)
23 March 2002	Aston Villa	H	0–0	28,053
30 March 2002	West Ham United	A	1–3	33,871	M Bent
1 April 2002	Chelsea	H	0–0	28,053
6 April 2002	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–4	25,817	Clapham
21 April 2002	Arsenal	A	0–2	38,058
24 April 2002	Middlesbrough	H	1–0	25,979	D Bent
27 April 2002	Manchester United	H	0–1	28,433
11 May 2002	Liverpool	A	0–5	44,088

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	5 January 2002	Dagenham & Redbridge	A	4–1	5,949	Peralta (2), Magilton, Stewart
R4	27 January 2002	Manchester City	H	1–4	21,199	M Bent

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	9 October 2001	Crewe Alexandra	A	3–2	6,116	Reuser (2), Armstrong
R4	27 November 2001	Newcastle United	A	1–4	32,576	D Bent

UEFA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 First Leg	20 September 2001	Torpedo Moscow	H	1–1	21,201	Bramble
R1 Second Leg	28 September 2001	Torpedo Moscow	A	2–1	10,500	George, Stewart
R2 First Leg	18 October 2001	Helsingborg	H	0–0	22,254
R2 Second Leg	1 November 2001	Helsingborg	A	3–1 (won 3-1 on agg)	9,484	Hreidarsson, Stewart (2)
R3 First Leg	22 November 2001	Inter Milan	H	1–0	24,569	Armstrong
R3 Second Leg	6 December 2001	Inter Milan	A	1–4 (lost 2-4 on agg)	25,358	Armstrong (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 GK Andy Marshall 2 DF Fabian Wilnis 3 MF Jamie Clapham 4 DF John McGreal 5 DF Hermann Hreidarsson 6 DF Mark Venus 7 MF Jim Magilton 8 MF Matt Holland 9 FW Pablo Couñago 10 FW Alun Armstrong 11 FW Marcus Stewart 12 DF Richard Naylor 13 GK Mike Salmon 14 MF Jermaine Wright 15 DF Chris Makin 16 MF Gary Croft 17 DF Wayne Brown 18 FW Darren Bent

No. Position Player 19 DF Titus Bramble 20 MF Richard Logan 21 GK Keith Branagan 22 MF Tommy Miller 24 MF Nabil Abidallah 25 MF Ashley Nicholls 26 GK James Pullen 27 DF Lee Beevers 28 MF Matt Bloomfield 29 DF Justin Miller 30 MF Martijn Reuser 32 MF Darren Ambrose 33 MF Finidi George 34 GK Matteo Sereni 35 MF Sixto Peralta (on loan from Inter Milan) 36 DF Thomas Gaardsøe 37 MF Ulrich Le Pen 38 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 FW Guillermo Graaven (released) 31 DF Amir Karić (loaned to NK Maribor)

No. Position Player 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 DF Matt Richards DF Erdem Artun MF Robert Dickinson

No. Position Player FW Ed Chibogu FW Alan Connell

Statistics

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[2]

No. Pos Nat Name MS Notes 34 GK Matteo Sereni 33 15 RB Chris Makin 37 6 CB Mark Venus 35 32 CB Hermann Hreidarsson 47 4 LB John McGreal 33 33 RM Finidi George 25 14 CM Jermaine Wright 32 8 CM Matt Holland 46 3 LM Jamie Clapham 28 10 CF Alun Armstrong 24 Marcus Bent also has 24 starts 11 CF Marcus Stewart 27 Transfers In Andy Marshall – Norwich City, 2 July, free[3] Tommy Miller – Hartlepool United, 16 July, £750,000[4] Finidi George – Mallorca, 16 August, £3,100,000[5] Matteo Sereni – Sampdoria, 17 August, £4,500,000[6] Thomas Gaardsøe – AaB, 28 August, £1,000,000[7] Ulrich Le Pen – Lorient, 13 November, undisclosed (estimated £1,400,000)[8] Marcus Bent – Blackburn Rovers, 23 November, £3,000,000[9] Sixto Peralta – Inter Milan, season loan Out Richard Wright – Arsenal, 5 July, £6,000,000[10] James Scowcroft – Leicester City, 31 July, £3,000,000[11] Sean Friars – Carlisle United Amir Karić – released (later joined Crystal Palace) Guillermo Graaven – released John Scales – retired Transfers in: £13,750,000 Transfers out: £9,000,000 Total spending: £4,750,000 References http://www.statto.com/football/teams/ipswich-town/2001-2002/results http://www.11v11.com/teams/ipswich-town/tab/players/season/2002 "Marshall completes Ipswich move". BBC News. 2 July 2001. "Hartlepool hotshot signs for Ipswich". BBC News. 16 July 2001. Finidi agrees Ipswich move; BBC Sport, 16 August 2001 "Ipswich sign Sereni". BBC. 2001-08-17. Retrieved 2009-08-22. "Dane signs for Ipswich". BBC News. 28 August 2001. "Ipswich sign French winger". BBC News. 13 November 2001. "Bent completes Ipswich move". BBC Sport. 23 November 2003. Retrieved 15 March 2008. "Arsenal complete Wright signing". BBC News. 5 July 2001. "Scowcroft completes Leicester move". BBC News. 31 July 2001.