2001–02 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

Tottenham Hotspur

2001–02 season
Chairman	Daniel Levy
Manager	Glenn Hoddle
Stadium	White Hart Lane
Premier League	9th
FA Cup	Sixth round
League Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Sheringham/Poyet (10) All: Poyet (14)
Average home league attendance	34,878
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

During the 2001-02 season, Tottenham Hotspur participated in the English Premier League.

Season summary

Glenn Hoddle's return to White Hart Lane as manager was seen by many as the revival of Tottenham after many seasons of mediocrity. An early lead in the Worthington Cup final saw Spurs fans filled with hope that Hoddle's comeback would result in instant success, but Blackburn Rovers turned the tables to win 2–1 and Tottenham's silverware bid was ended. Unremarkable Premiership form ended their UEFA Cup hopes and they had to settle for ninth place in the final table.

Final league table

Main article: 2001–02 FA Premier League

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

Tottenham Hotspur's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
18 August 2001	Aston Villa	H	0–0	36,059
20 August 2001	Everton	A	1–1	29,503	Anderton
25 August 2001	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–2	24,992	Ziege
9 September 2001	Southampton	H	2–0	33,668	Ziege, Davies
16 September 2001	Chelsea	H	2–3	36,037	Sheringham (2)
19 September 2001	Sunderland	A	2–1	47,310	Ziege, Sheringham
22 September 2001	Liverpool	A	0–1	44,116
29 September 2001	Manchester United	H	3–5	36,038	Richards, Ferdinand, Ziege
15 October 2001	Derby County	H	3–1	30,148	Ferdinand, Ziege, Poyet
21 October 2001	Newcastle United	A	2–0	50,593	Anderton, Poyet
27 October 2001	Middlesbrough	H	2–1	36,062	Sheringham (pen), Ferdinand
4 November 2001	Leeds United	A	1–2	40,203	Poyet
17 November 2001	Arsenal	H	1–1	36,049	Poyet
24 November 2001	West Ham United	A	1–0	32,780	Ferdinand
3 December 2001	Bolton Wanderers	H	3–2	32,971	Poyet, Ferdinand, Sheringham
8 December 2001	Charlton Athletic	A	1–3	25,125	Poyet
15 December 2001	Fulham	H	4–0	36,054	Ferdinand, Anderton, Davies, Rebrov
22 December 2001	Ipswich Town	H	1–2	36,040	Davies
26 December 2001	Southampton	A	0–1	31,719
29 December 2001	Aston Villa	A	1–1	41,134	Ferdinand
1 January 2002	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–0	35,131	Richards
12 January 2002	Ipswich Town	A	1–2	25,077	Poyet
19 January 2002	Everton	H	1–1	36,056	Ferdinand
30 January 2002	Newcastle United	H	1–3	35,798	Iversen
2 February 2002	Derby County	A	0–1	27,721
9 February 2002	Leicester City	H	2–1	35,973	Anderton, Davies
2 March 2002	Sunderland	H	2–1	36,062	Poyet, Ferdinand
6 March 2002	Manchester United	A	0–4	67,059
13 March 2002	Chelsea	A	0–4	39,652
18 March 2002	Charlton Athletic	H	0–1	29,602
24 March 2002	Fulham	A	2–0	15,885	Sheringham, Poyet
30 March 2002	Middlesbrough	A	1–1	31,258	Iversen
1 April 2002	Leeds United	H	2–1	35,167	Iversen, Sheringham
6 April 2002	Arsenal	A	1–2	38,186	Sheringham (pen)
13 April 2002	West Ham United	H	1–1	36,083	Sheringham
20 April 2002	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–1	25,817	Iversen
27 April 2002	Liverpool	H	1–0	36,017	Poyet
11 May 2002	Leicester City	A	1–2	21,716	Sheringham (pen)

FA Cup

Main article: 2001–02 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	16 January 2002	Coventry City	A	2–0	20,758	Poyet, Ferdinand
R4	5 February 2002	Bolton Wanderers	H	4–0	27,093	Anderton (pen), Iversen, Etherington, Barness (own goal)
R5	17 February 2002	Tranmere Rovers	H	4–0	30,696	Ziege, Poyet (2), Sheringham
QF	10 March 2002	Chelsea	H	0–4	32,896

League Cup

Main article: 2001–02 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2	13 September 2001	Torquay United	H	2–0	20,347	King, Ferdinand
R3	9 October 2001	Tranmere Rovers	A	4–0	12,386	Sheringham (pen), Anderton, Poyet, Rebrov
R4	29 November 2001	Fulham	A	2–1	17,006	Rebrov, Davies
R5	11 December 2001	Bolton Wanderers	H	6–0	28,430	Davies, Ferdinand (3), Barness (own goal), Iversen
SF First Leg	9 January 2002	Chelsea	A	1–2	37,264	Ferdinand
SF Second Leg	23 January 2002	Chelsea	H	5–1 (won 6-3 on agg)	36,100	Iversen, Sherwood, Sheringham, Davies, Rebrov
F	24 February 2002	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–2	72,500	Ziege

Squad

[1] 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 Neil Sullivan 2 DF Stephen Carr 3 DF Mauricio Taricco 4 MF Steffen Freund 5 DF Goran Bunjevčević 6 DF Chris Perry 7 MF Darren Anderton 8 MF Tim Sherwood 9 FW Les Ferdinand 10 FW Teddy Sheringham 11 FW Serhiy Rebrov 12 DF Gary Doherty 13 GK Kasey Keller 14 MF Gustavo Poyet 16 FW Steffen Iversen 17 MF Øyvind Leonhardsen 18 DF Ben Thatcher

No. Position Player 19 FW Chris Armstrong 20 MF Johnnie Jackson 23 MF Christian Ziege 24 GK Lars Hirschfeld 25 MF Stephen Clemence 26 DF Ledley King 27 FW Steven Ferguson 28 MF Matthew Etherington 29 MF Simon Davies 30 DF Anthony Gardner 31 DF Alton Thelwell 32 GK Gavin Kelly 33 MF Ciaran Toner 34 FW John Piercy 36 DF Dean Richards 37 FW Yannick Kamanan

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 15 MF Willem Korsten (retired) 24 GK Hans Segers (released)

No. Position Player 24 GK Dave Beasant (to Portsmouth) DF Ian Hillier (to Luton Town)

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 Ben Bowditch GK Shwan Jalal DF Stephen Kelly DF James Lee

No. Position Player FW Jamie Slabber FW George Snee MF Jamie Redknapp FW John Sutton