2001–02 Watford F.C. season

In the 2001-02 season, Gianluca Vialli was named as Taylor's managerial replacement.^[1] 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.^[2]

Final league table

Main article: 2001-02 Football League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Manchester City	46	19	3	1	63	19	12	3	8	45	33	108	52	+56	99
2	West Bromwich Albion	46	15	4	4	36	11	12	4	7	25	18	61	29	+32	89
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	13	4	6	33	18	12	7	4	43	25	76	43	+33	86
4	Millwall	46	15	3	5	43	22	7	8	8	26	26	69	48	+21	77
5	Birmingham City	46	14	4	5	44	20	7	9	7	26	29	70	49	+21	76
6	Norwich City	46	15	6	2	36	16	7	3	13	24	35	60	51	+9	75
7	Burnley	46	11	7	5	39	29	10	5	8	31	33	70	62	+8	75
8	Preston North End	46	13	7	3	45	21	7	5	11	26	38	71	59	+12	72
9	Wimbledon	46	9	8	6	30	22	9	5	9	33	35	63	57	+6	67
10	Crystal Palace	46	13	3	7	42	22	7	3	13	28	40	70	62	+8	66
11	Coventry City	46	12	4	7	33	19	8	2	13	26	34	59	53	+6	66
12	Gillingham	46	12	5	6	38	26	6	5	12	26	41	64	67	–3	64
13	Sheffield United	46	8	8	7	34	30	7	7	9	19	24	53	54	–1	60
14	Watford	46	10	5	8	38	30	6	6	11	24	26	62	56	+6	59
15	Bradford City	46	10	1	12	41	39	5	9	9	28	37	69	76	–7	55
16	Nottingham Forest	46	7	11	5	26	21	5	7	11	24	30	50	51	–1	54
17	Portsmouth	46	9	6	8	36	31	4	8	11	24	41	60	72	–12	53
18	Walsall	46	10	6	7	29	27	3	6	14	22	44	51	71	–20	51
19	Grimsby Town	46	9	7	7	34	28	3	7	13	16	44	50	72	–22	50
20	Sheffield Wednesday	46	6	7	10	28	37	6	7	10	21	34	49	71	–22	50
21	Rotherham United	46	7	13	3	32	29	3	6	14	20	37	52	66	–14	49
22	Crewe Alexandra	46	8	8	7	23	32	4	5	14	24	44	47	76	–29	49
23	Barnsley	46	9	9	5	37	33	2	6	15	22	53	59	86	–27	48
24	Stockport County	46	5	1	17	19	44	1	7	15	23	58	42	102	–60	26

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

NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Key
	Football League Champions, promoted to FA Premier League
	Promoted to FA Premier League
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted to Premier League through play-offs
	Relegated

Results

Watford's score comes first^[3]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
11 August 2001	Manchester City	A	0–3	33,939
18 August 2001	Rotherham United	H	3–2	13,839	Smith (2), Nielsen
25 August 2001	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–1	20,257
27 August 2001	Walsall	H	2–1	14,652	Galli, Nielsen
9 September 2001	Wimbledon	H	3–0	15,466	Wooter, Gayle, Robinson
15 September 2001	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–2	15,726	Gayle
18 September 2001	Norwich City	A	1–3	17,885	Vega
22 September 2001	Crewe Alexandra	A	0–1	6,507
26 September 2001	Birmingham City	H	3–3	13,091	Smith, Cox, Glass
30 September 2001	Preston North End	H	1–1	18,911	Jackson (own goal)
13 October 2001	Sheffield Wednesday	H	3–1	14,456	Hyde, Noel-Williams, Helguson
20 October 2001	Grimsby Town	A	3–0	5,506	Hyde (2), Noble
23 October 2001	Nottingham Forest	H	1–2	16,355	Noel-Williams
27 October 2001	Bradford City	A	3–4	16,860	Helguson, Smith (2, 1 pen)
30 October 2001	Sheffield United	A	2–0	14,338	Helguson, Smith
3 November 2001	Barnsley	H	3–0	13,964	Smith, Helguson (2)
10 November 2001	Stockport County	H	1–1	12,576	Smith
13 November 2001	Burnley	A	0–1	13,162
18 November 2001	Gillingham	A	0–0	8,733
25 November 2001	Portsmouth	H	3–0	15,631	Robinson, Cox, Issa
1 December 2001	Nottingham Forest	A	0–0	24,015
9 December 2001	Coventry City	A	2–0	13,251	Glass (2, 1 pen)
15 December 2001	Crystal Palace	H	1–0	16,499	Noel-Williams
22 December 2001	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–1	17,389	Smith
29 December 2001	Walsall	A	3–0	6,882	Fisken, Nielsen, Smith
1 January 2002	Millwall	H	1–4	15,300	Helguson
12 January 2002	Rotherham United	A	1–1	6,409	Swailes (own goal)
15 January 2002	Millwall	A	0–1	12,531
20 January 2002	Manchester City	H	1–2	17,074	Smith
31 January 2002	Preston North End	A	1–1	12,749	Noel-Williams
6 February 2002	Burnley	H	1–2	12,160	Pennant
10 February 2002	Grimsby Town	H	2–0	12,163	Robinson, Noel-Williams
16 February 2002	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–2	18,244	Noel-Williams
19 February 2002	Wimbledon	A	0–0	5,551
23 February 2002	Birmingham City	A	1–2	18,059	Pennant, Johnson (own goal)
26 February 2002	Norwich City	H	2–1	12,622	Hyde, Nielsen
2 March 2002	Crewe Alexandra	H	0–1	15,199
5 March 2002	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–1	19,580	Brown
9 March 2002	Crystal Palace	A	2–0	16,817	Nielsen, Gayle
16 March 2002	Coventry City	H	3–0	15,833	Brown (2), Gayle
23 March 2002	Barnsley	A	0–2	12,449
29 March 2002	Bradford City	H	0–0	14,001
1 April 2002	Stockport County	A	1–2	4,086	Webber
6 April 2002	Sheffield United	H	0–3	13,377
13 April 2002	Portsmouth	A	1–0	16,302	Webber
21 April 2002	Gillingham	H	2–3	15,674	McNamee, Nielsen

FA Cup

Main article: 2001–02 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	5 January 2002	Arsenal	H	2–4	20,105	Noel-Williams, Gayle

League Cup

Main article: 2001–02 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	21 August 2001	Plymouth Argyle	H	1–0	9,230	Gayle
R2	12 September 2001	Bristol City	A	3–2	7,256	Gayle (pen), Vega, Hyde
R3	9 October 2001	Bradford City	H	4–1	8,613	Hyde, Noel-Williams (2), Vega
R4	27 November 2001	Charlton Athletic	H	3–2 (a.e.t.)	12,621	Vernazza, Robinson, Helguson
QF	19 December 2001	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0–4	20,319

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	Espen Baardsen
2	DF	Patrick Blondeau
3	DF	Paul Robinson
4	MF	Paolo Vernazza
5	DF	Filippo Galli
6	DF	Ramon Vega
7	MF	Allan Nielsen
8	MF	Micah Hyde
9	FW	Tommy Smith
10	MF	Stephen Hughes
11	MF	Stephen Glass
12	FW	Nordin Wooter
13	GK	Alec Chamberlain
14	MF	Richard Johnson
15	FW	Gifton Noel-Williams
16	DF	Nigel Gibbs
17	MF	Nick Wright
18	FW	Heiðar Helguson
19	DF	James Panayi
20	MF	David Noble (on loan from Arsenal)

No.	Position	Player
21	FW	Dominic Foley
22	MF	Lee Cook
24	MF	Paul Okon
25	MF	Gary Fisken
26	MF	Fabien Forde
27	FW	Marcus Gayle
28	MF	Pierre Issa
29	DF	Neil Cox
30	MF	Danny Webber (on loan from Manchester United)
31	MF	Sam Swonnell
32	DF	Jerel Ifil
33	MF	Anthony McNamee
34	DF	Lloyd Doyley
35	FW	Jason Norville
36	MF	Jamie Hand
37	GK	Richard Lee
39	MF	Gavin Mahon
40	DF	Nick Williams

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
33	MF	David Perpetuini (to Gillingham)
28	DF	Rob Page (to Sheffield United)
23	DF	Darren Ward (to Millwall)
35	DF	Barrie Matthews (Released)
31	FW	Allan Smart (to Oldham Athletic)

No.	Position	Player
24	DF	Tom Neill (Released)
23	MF	Jermaine Pennant (on loan from Arsenal)
30	DF	Matthew Langston (Released)
30	DF	Wayne Brown (on loan from Ipswich Town)

References

↑ "Vialli named new Watford boss". BBC Sport. 2 May 2001. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
↑ "Watford sack Vialli". BBC Sport. 14 June 2002. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/watford/2001-2002/results

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