2001–02 Everton F.C. season

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

Season summary In what had become a depressingly familiar pattern for the Goodison Park faithful, the 2001–02 season saw encouraging form early on, followed by a disastrous run of results after Christmas Day, plunging the Toffees deep into relegation trouble. The Everton directors finally lost patience with Walter Smith when they sacked him on 13 March, after being knocked out by Middlesbrough in the FA Cup quarter-final, with only one win in 13 league games which left Everton one point above the relegation zone. Former Preston boss David Moyes was appointed as his successor, and did a good job of steering Everton clear of the drop zone, finishing 15th in the table.

Kit Everton retained the previous season's home kit, manufactured by Puma and sponsored by one2one. The away kit was Silver and the third kit was pink with black sleeves. Both away and third kits had black shorts.

Final league table

Results summary

Results by round

Results Everton's score comes first

Legend WinDrawLoss

FA Premier League DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 18 August 2001 Charlton AthleticA2–120,451Ferguson (pen), Weir 20 August 2001 Tottenham HotspurH1–129,503Ferguson (pen) 25 August 2001 MiddlesbroughH2–032,829Campbell, Gemmill 8 September 2001 Manchester UnitedA1–467,534Campbell 15 September 2001 LiverpoolH1–339,554Campbell 22 September 2001 Blackburn RoversA0–127,732 29 September 2001 West Ham UnitedH5–032,049Campbell, Hutchison (own goal), Gravesen, Watson, Radzinski 13 October 2001 Ipswich TownA0–022,820 20 October 2001 Aston VillaH3–233,352Watson, Radzinski, Gravesen 27 October 2001 Newcastle UnitedH1–337,524Weir 3 November 2001 Bolton WanderersA2–227,343Stubbs, Gascoigne 18 November 2001 ChelseaH0–030,555 24 November 2001 Leicester CityA0–021,539 2 December 2001 SouthamptonH2–028,138Radzinski, Pembridge 8 December 2001 FulhamA0–219,338 15 December 2001 Derby CountyH1–038,615Moore 19 December 2001 Leeds UnitedA2–340,201Moore, Weir 22 December 2001 SunderlandA0–148,013 26 December 2001 Manchester UnitedH0–239,948 29 December 2001 Charlton AthleticH0–331,131 1 January 2002 MiddlesbroughA0–127,463 12 January 2002 SunderlandH1–030,736Blomqvist 19 January 2002 Tottenham HotspurA1–136,056Weir 30 January 2002 Aston VillaA0–032,460 2 February 2002 Ipswich TownH1–233,069Unsworth (pen) 10 February 2002 ArsenalH0–130,859 23 February 2002 LiverpoolA1–144,371Radzinski 3 March 2002 Leeds UnitedH0–033,226 6 March 2002 West Ham UnitedA0–129,883 16 March 2002 FulhamH2–134,639Unsworth, Ferguson 23 March 2002 Derby CountyA4–333,297Unsworth, Stubbs, Alexandersson, Ferguson 29 March 2002 Newcastle UnitedA2–651,921Ferguson, Alexandersson 1 April 2002 Bolton WanderersH3–139,784Pistone, Radzinski, Chadwick 6 April 2002 ChelseaA0–340,545 13 April 2002 Leicester CityH2–235,580Chadwick, Ferguson 20 April 2002 SouthamptonA1–031,785Watson 28 April 2002 Blackburn RoversH1–234,976Chadwick 11 May 2002 ArsenalA3–438,254Carsley, Radzinski, Watson

FA Cup

+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR35 January 2002 Stoke CityA1–028,218StubbsR426 January 2002 Leyton OrientH4–135,851McGhee (own goal), Ferguson, Campbell (2)R517 February 2002 Crewe AlexandraH0–029,399R5R26 February 2002 Crewe AlexandraA2–110,073Radzinski, CampbellQF10 March 2002 MiddlesbroughA0–326,950

League Cup

+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR212 September 2001 Crystal PalaceH1–1 (lost 4–5 on pens)21,128Ferguson (pen)

Squad

Left club during season

Reserve squad

Transfers

In DatePosNameFromFee5 July 2001DFAlan StubbsCelticFree17 July 2001FWTomasz RadzinskiAnderlecht£4,500,0008 November 2001MFJesper BlomqvistManchester UnitedFree31 January 2002MFTobias LinderothStabæk£2,500,0008 February 2002MFDavid GinolaAston VillaFree8 February 2002MFLee CarsleyCoventry City£1,900,000

Out DatePosNameToFee4 July 2001MFStephen HughesWatfordFree6 July 2001FWPhil JevonsGrimsby Town£250,00020 July 2001MFPeter DegnBrøndbyNominal17 August 2001DFMichael BallRangers£6,500,00015 November 2001GKThomas MyhreBeşiktaş£375,00030 January 2002DFAbel XavierLiverpool£800,00021 February 2002FWDanny CadamarteriBradford CityFree17 March 2002MFPaul GascoigneBurnleyFree21 March 2002DFTom KearneyBradford CityFree

Transfers in: £8,900,000 Transfers out: £7,925,000 Total spending: £975,000

Statistics

Starting 11 Considering starts in all competitions GK: #13, Steve Simonsen, 25 RB: #2, Steve Watson, 24 CB: #5, David Weir, 36 CB: #4, Alan Stubbs, 29 LB: #3, Alessandro Pistone, 25 RM: #7, Niclas Alexandersson, 28 CM: #17, Scot Gemmill, 31 CM: #16, Thomas Gravesen, 22 LM: #6, David Unsworth, 28 CF: #8, Tomasz Radzinski, 23 CF: #9, Kevin Campbell, 21

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