Blackburn Rovers 2001–02 football season
During the 2001–02 English football season, Blackburn Rovers competed in the Premier League (known as the FA Barclaycard Premiership for sponsorship reasons).
Season summary [ edit ] Blackburn won just four of their first 14 league games, a run which also included seven draws and three defeats. However, they had little time to savour their Worthington Cup glory that resulted from a 2–1 win over Tottenham Hotspur on 24 February - they were deep in the relegation mire and occupying third place from bottom following a dreadful winter period, as they won two and lost ten in 12 games, the two wins seeing them do a decidedly one-sided double over Charlton Athletic (2–0 away and 4–1 home). But Graeme Souness inspired his side, bolstered by the arrival of striker Andy Cole , to a considerable turnaround in form - seeing them win six in their final 12 games - which saw them climb to 10th place in the final table. UEFA Cup qualification had already been achieved thanks to the Worthington Cup triumph, but the club's fans were left wondering whether it could have been achieved automatically had it not been for the club's dismal winter period. Especially, their league record produced four more defeats than wins in contrast to a final goal difference of +4, concluding them as a comprehensively winning team despite their inconsistency.[citation needed
At the end of the season, striker Mark Hughes retired at the age of 38, after a playing career spanning 22 years that had yielded two league titles , four FA Cups , a Cup Winners' Cup and three League Cups .
Final league table [ edit ] Source:
Premier League Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
Results summary Overall Home Away Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD 38 12 10 16 55 51 +4 46 8 6 5 33 20 +13 4 4 11 22 31 −9
Results by round Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Ground A H H A A H H A H A H A H A H H A A H H A H A H A A A H H A A H H A H A A H Result L D W L D D W L W D D W D D L L L W L L L W L L L L D W W L L W D W D W L W Position 14 15 8 13 13 12 6 11 8 10 10 7 7 10 10 14 15 12 14 14 15 14 15 17 17 18 18 18 15 16 17 17 17 16 15 12 12 10
Source:
Statto.com A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = LossResults [ edit ] Blackburn Rovers' score comes first [1]
FA Premier League [ edit ] Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 18 August 2001 Derby County A 1–2 28,236 Blake 22 August 2001 Manchester United H 2–2 29,836 Beckham (o.g.), Gillespie 25 August 2001 Tottenham Hotspur H 2–1 24,992 Mahon , Duff 8 September 2001 Sunderland A 0–1 45,103 16 September 2001 Ipswich Town A 1–1 22,126 Jansen 19 September 2001 Bolton Wanderers H 1–1 25,949 Neill 22 September 2001 Everton H 1–0 27,732 Grabbi 30 September 2001 Aston Villa A 0–2 28,623 14 October 2001 West Ham United H 7–1 22,712 Flitcroft , Dunn , Johnson , McCann (o.g.), Tugay , Jansen , Hignett 20 October 2001 Arsenal A 3–3 38,108 Gillespie , Dunn (2) 29 October 2001 Leicester City H 0–0 21,873 3 November 2001 Southampton A 2–1 30,523 Tugay , Hignett 17 November 2001 Liverpool H 1–1 28,859 Jansen 24 November 2001 Chelsea A 0–0 37,978 1 December 2001 Middlesbrough H 0–1 23,849 9 December 2001 Leeds United H 1–2 28,309 Berg 15 December 2001 Newcastle United A 1–2 50,064 Dunn 22 December 2001 Charlton Athletic A 2–0 25,857 Duff , Dunn 26 December 2001 Sunderland H 0–3 29,869 29 December 2001 Derby County H 0–1 23,529 1 January 2002 Tottenham Hotspur A 0–1 35,131 12 January 2002 Charlton Athletic H 4–1 23,365 Tugay , Cole , Hignett , Jansen 19 January 2002 Manchester United A 1–2 67,552 Hignett 30 January 2002 Arsenal H 2–3 25,893 Jansen (2) 2 February 2002 West Ham United A 0–2 35,307 9 February 2002 Fulham A 0–2 19,580 2 March 2002 Bolton Wanderers A 1–1 27,203 Jansen 5 March 2002 Aston Villa H 3–0 21,988 Dunn , Duff , Cole 13 March 2002 Ipswich Town H 2–1 23,305 Duff , Cole 17 March 2002 Leeds United A 1–3 39,857 Jansen 30 March 2002 Leicester City A 1–2 16,236 Hughes 1 April 2002 Southampton H 2–0 28,851 Duff , Yordi 10 April 2002 Chelsea H 0–0 25,441 20 April 2002 Middlesbrough A 3–1 26,932 Yordi , Cole , Dunn (pen.) 23 April 2002 Newcastle United H 2–2 26,712 Gillespie , Cole 28 April 2002 Everton A 2–1 34,976 Jansen , Cole 8 May 2002 Liverpool A 3–4 40,663 Duff , Cole , Jansen 11 May 2002 Fulham H 3–0 30,487 Cole (2), Duff
League Cup [ edit ] Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers R2 12 September 2001 Oldham Athletic H 2–0 9,559 Jansen , Dunning R3 10 October 2001 Middlesbrough H 2–1 (a.e.t. ) 9,536 Hignett , Short R4 28 November 2001 Manchester City H 2–0 17,907 Johansson , Johnson R5 11 December 2001 Arsenal H 4–0 13,278 Jansen (3), Hughes SF First Leg 8 January 2002 Sheffield Wednesday A 2–1 30,883 Hignett , Cole SF Second Leg 22 January 2002 Sheffield Wednesday H 4–2 (won 6–3 on agg)26,844 Jansen , Duff , Cole , Hignett F 24 February 2002 Tottenham Hotspur N 2–1 72,500 Jansen , Cole
First-team squad [ edit ] Squad at end of season [2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Left club during season [ edit ] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Reserve squad [ edit ] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Transfers [ edit ] Date Nation Position Name Club From Fee Reference 11 May 2001 DF Gordon Greer Clyde £250,000 [3] 17 May 2001 MF Tugay Kerimoğlu Rangers £1,300,000 [4] 18 June 2001 FW Corrado Grabbi Ternana £7,000,000 [5] 29 June 2001 MF Alan Mahon SL Benfica £1,500,000 [6] 7 September 2001 DF Lucas Neill Millwall £600,000 [7] 5 October 2001 DF Nils-Eric Johansson Nurenburg Undisclosed [8] 29 December 2001 FW Andrew Cole Manchester United £7,600,000 [9] 21 February 2002 DF Hakan Ünsal Galatasaray Undisclosed [10]
Loans In [ edit ] Date Nation Position Name Club From Length Reference 20 February 2002 FW Yordi Real Zaragoza Until end of season [18]
Loans Out [ edit ] Statistics [ edit ] Appearances and goals [ edit ] Top scorers [ edit ] Premier League [ edit ]
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