2001–02 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

Tottenham Hotspur
2001–02 season
OwnerENIC Group
ChairmanDaniel Levy
ManagerGlenn Hoddle
StadiumWhite Hart Lane
Premiership9th
FA CupSixth round
League CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague:
Teddy Sheringham
Gustavo Poyet (10)

All:
Les Ferdinand
(15)
Highest home attendanceAll: 36,100 v Chelsea
23 January 2002
League Cup
League: 36,083 v West Ham United
13 April 2002
Lowest home attendanceAll: 20,347 v Torquay United
13 September 2001
League Cup
League: 29,602 v Charlton Athletic
18 March 2002
Average home league attendance35,001

The 2001–02 season was Tottenham Hotspur's 10th season in the Premier League and 24th successive season in the top division of the English football league system.

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. Spurs reached the Worthington Cup final with Spurs fans hopeful that Hoddle's comeback would result in instant success. However Blackburn Rovers won 2–1, and Tottenham's silverware bid was over. Unremarkable Premiership form ended their UEFA Cup hopes, and they had to settle for ninth place in the final table.[1]

Squad

Squad at end of season[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  SCO Neil Sullivan
2 DF  IRL Stephen Carr
3 DF  ARG Mauricio Taricco
4 MF  GER Steffen Freund
5 DF  YUG Goran Bunjevčević
6 DF  ENG Chris Perry
7 MF  ENG Darren Anderton
8 MF  ENG Tim Sherwood (Vice-captain)
9 FW  ENG Les Ferdinand (3rd captain)
10 FW  ENG Teddy Sheringham (captain)
11 FW  UKR Serhii Rebrov
12 DF  IRL Gary Doherty
13 GK  USA Kasey Keller
14 MF  URU Gustavo Poyet
16 FW  NOR Steffen Iversen
17 MF  NOR Øyvind Leonhardsen
18 DF  ENG Ben Thatcher
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW  ENG Chris Armstrong
20 MF  ENG Johnnie Jackson
23 MF  GER Christian Ziege
24 GK  CAN Lars Hirschfeld
25 MF  ENG Stephen Clemence
26 DF  ENG Ledley King
27 FW  SCO Steven Ferguson
28 MF  ENG Matthew Etherington
29 MF  WAL Simon Davies
30 DF  ENG Anthony Gardner
31 DF  ENG Alton Thelwell
32 GK  ENG Gavin Kelly
33 MF  NIR Ciaran Toner
34 FW  ENG John Piercy
36 DF  ENG Dean Richards
37 FW  FRA Yannick Kamanan

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
26 May 2001 ST Teddy Sheringham Manchester United Free
Summer 2001 MID Christian Ziege Liverpool Undisclosed
Summer 2001 MID Gus Poyet Chelsea Free
Summer 2001 DEF Goran Bunjevčević Red Star Belgrade Undisclosed
21 September 2001 DEF Dean Richards Southampton £8.1 million
May 2001 MID Jamie Redknapp Liverpool Free

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
16 November 2001 GK Dave Beasant Portsmouth 31 January 2002 [3]

Released

Date from Position Nationality Name To Notes Ref.
3 October 2001 MF Willem Korsten Free agent Retired [4]
2001 GK Hans Segers Free agent Released

Transfers out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
3 July 2001 DF Sol Campbell Arsenal Free
Summer 2001 GK Ian Walker Leicester Free
7 November 2001 DF Ian Hillier Luton Town Undisclosed [5]

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Premier League 18 August 2001 11 May 2002 Matchday 1 9th 38 14 8 16 49 53 −4 036.84
FA Cup 16 January 2002 10 March 2002 Third round Quarter-Final 4 3 0 1 10 4 +6 075.00
League Cup 13 September 2001 24 February 2002 Second round Runners-up 7 5 0 2 21 6 +15 071.43
Total 49 22 8 19 80 63 +17 044.90

Source: Competitions

Premier League

League Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
7 West Ham United 38 15 8 15 48 57 −9 53
8 Aston Villa 38 12 14 12 46 47 −1 50 Qualification for the 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 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[a]
11 Southampton 38 12 9 17 46 54 −8 45
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Blackburn Rovers qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners.

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 14 8 16 49 53  −4 50 10 4 5 32 24  +8 4 4 11 17 29  −12

Source: Statto

Results by round

Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHHAHHAAHAAHAHAHA
ResultDDLWLWLLWWWLDWWLWLLDWLDLLWWLLLWDWLDDWL
Position89141111710131297996566777787888889998788879
Source: [6]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

18 August 2001 (2001-08-18) 1 Tottenham Hotspur 0–0 Aston Villa Tottenham
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,059
Referee: Dermot Gallagher
20 August 2001 (2001-08-20) 2 Everton 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur Walton
20:00 BST
  • Ferguson 65' (pen.),
  • Pistone
  • Weir
Report
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 29,503
Referee: Neale Barry
25 August 2001 (2001-08-25) 3 Blackburn Rovers 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur Blackburn
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 24,992
Referee: Steve Bennett
9 September 2001 (2001-09-09) 4 Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 Southampton Tottenham
14:00 BST
Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 33,668
Referee: Alan Wiley
16 September 2001 (2001-09-16) 5 Tottenham Hotspur 2–3 Chelsea Tottenham
14:00 BST
Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,037
Referee: Steve Dunn
19 September 2001 (2001-09-19) 6 Sunderland 1–2 Tottenham Hotspur Sunderland
20:00 BST Report Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 47,310
Referee: Paul Durkin
22 September 2001 (2001-09-22) 7 Liverpool 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur Liverpool
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 44,116
Referee: Dermot Gallagher
29 September 2001 (2001-09-29) 8 Tottenham Hotspur 3–5 Manchester United Tottenham
15:00 BST Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,038
Referee: Jeff Winter
15 October 2001 (2001-10-15) 9 Tottenham Hotspur 3–1 Derby County Tottenham
20:00 BST
Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 30,148
Referee: Mark Halsey
21 October 2001 (2001-10-21) 10 Newcastle United 0–2 Tottenham Hotspur Newcastle
14:00 BST Report
Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 50,593
Referee: Alan Wiley
27 October 2001 (2001-10-27) 11 Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 Middlesbrough Tottenham
15:00 BST Report Bokšić 9' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,062
Referee: Mike Dean
4 November 2001 (2001-11-04) 12 Leeds United 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur Leeds
12:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 40,203
Referee: Steve Bennett
17 November 2001 (2001-11-17) 13 Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 Arsenal Tottenham
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,049
Referee: Jeff Winter
24 November 2001 (2001-11-24) 14 West Ham United 0–1 Tottenham Hotspur Upton Park
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 32,780
Referee: David Elleray
3 December 2001 (2001-12-03) 15 Tottenham Hotspur 3–2 Bolton Wanderers Tottenham
20:00 GMT Report
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 32,971
Referee: Paul Durkin
8 December 2001 (2001-12-08) 16 Charlton Athletic 3–1 Tottenham Hotspur Charlton
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 25,125
Referee: Steve Dunn
15 December 2001 (2001-12-15) 17 Tottenham Hotspur 4–0 Fulham Tottenham
15:00 GMT
Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,054
Referee: Neale Barry
22 December 2001 (2001-12-22) 18 Tottenham Hotspur 1–2 Ipswich Town Tottenham
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,040
Referee: Mike Riley
26 December 2001 (2001-12-26) 19 Southampton 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur Southampton
12:00 GMT Beattie 56' Report
Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 31,719
Referee: Peter Jones
29 December 2001 (2001-12-29) 20 Aston Villa 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur Birmingham
15:00 GMT Ángel 90' (pen.) Report
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 41,134
Referee: Eddie Wolstenholme
1 January 2002 (2002-01-01) 21 Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 Blackburn Rovers Tottenham
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 35,131
Referee: Jeff Winter
12 January 2002 (2002-01-12) 22 Ipswich Town 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur Ipswich
15:00 GMT
Report Poyet 58',  84' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 25,077
Referee: Matt Messias
19 January 2002 (2002-01-19) 23 Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 Everton Tottenham
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,056
Referee: Clive Wilkes
30 January 2002 (2002-01-30) 24 Tottenham Hotspur 1–3 Newcastle United Tottenham
19:45 GMT
Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 35,798
Referee: Mike Dean
2 February 2002 (2002-02-02) 25 Derby County 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur Derby
12:00 GMT Report
Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 27,721
Referee: Uriah Rennie
9 February 2002 (2002-02-09) 26 Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 Leicester City Tottenham
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 35,973
Referee: Andy D'Urso
2 March 2002 (2002-03-02) 27 Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 Sunderland Tottenham
15:00 GMT
Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,062
Referee: Rob Styles
6 March 2002 (2002-03-06) 28 Manchester United 4–0 Tottenham Hotspur Trafford
20:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 67,059
Referee: Mike Riley
13 March 2002 (2002-03-13) 29 Chelsea 4–0 Tottenham Hotspur Fulham
19:45 GMT
Report
Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 39,652
Referee: Alan Wiley
18 March 2002 (2002-03-18) 30 Tottenham Hotspur 0–1 Charlton Athletic Tottenham
20:00 GMT
Report Powell 70' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 29,602
Referee: Jeff Winter
24 March 2002 (2002-03-24) 31 Fulham 0–2 Tottenham Hotspur Fulham
16:00 GMT Report
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 15,885
Referee: Paul Durkin
30 March 2002 (2002-03-30) 32 Middlesbrough 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur Middlesbrough
17:35 GMT Queudrue 69' Report
Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 31,258
Referee: Phil Dowd
1 April 2002 (2002-04-01) 33 Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 Leeds United Tottenham
15:00 BST
Report Viduka 52' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 35,167
Referee: Uriah Rennie
6 April 2002 (2002-04-06) 34 Arsenal 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur Holloway
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 38,186
Referee: Mark Halsey
13 April 2002 (2002-04-13) 35 Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 West Ham United Tottenham
15:00 BST Report Pearce 89' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,083
Referee: Neale Barry
20 April 2002 (2002-04-20) 36 Bolton Wanderers 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur Bolton
15:00 BST Report
Stadium: Reebok Stadium
Attendance: 25,817
Referee: Matt Messias
27 April 2002 (2002-04-27) 37 Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 Liverpool Tottenham
12:00 BST
Report Riise Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,017
Referee: Peter Jones
11 May 2002 (2002-05-11) 38 Leicester City 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur Leicester
15:00 BST
Report Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 21,716
Referee: David Elleray

FA Cup

16 January 2002 Third round Coventry City 0–2 Tottenham Hotspur Coventry
19:45 GMT
Report
Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 20,758
Referee: Neale Barry
Note: Originally scheduled for January 4; postponed due to a frozen pitch.
5 February 2002 Fourth round Tottenham Hotspur 4–0 Bolton Wanderers Tottenham
19:45 GMT
Report
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 27,093
Referee: Steve Dunn
17 February 2002 Fifth round Tottenham Hotspur 4–0 Tranmere Rovers Tottenham
16:00 GMT
Report Sharps  41' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 30,696
Referee: David Elleray
10 March 2002 Quarter-finals Tottenham Hotspur 0–4 Chelsea Tottenham
16:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 32,896
Referee: Andy D'Urso

League Cup

13 September 2001 (2001-09-13) Second round Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 Torquay United Tottenham
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 20,347
Referee: Mark Warren
9 October 2001 (2001-10-09) Third round Tranmere Rovers 0–4 Tottenham Hotspur Birkenhead
Report
Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 12,386
Referee: Phil Dowd
29 November 2001 Fourth round Fulham 1–2 Tottenham Hotspur Fulham
19:45 GMT Hayles 45' Report
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 17,006
Referee: Mark Halsey
11 December 2001 Fifth round Tottenham Hotspur 6–0 Bolton Wanderers Tottenham
19:45 GMT
Report Jääskeläinen  45' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 28,430
Referee: Graham Barber
9 January 2002 Semi-final first leg Chelsea 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur Fulham
20:05 GMT Hasselbaink 10', 77' Report
Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 37,264
Referee: Alan Wiley
23 January 2002 Semi-final second leg Tottenham Hotspur 5–1
(6–3 agg.)
Chelsea Tottenham
20:05 GMT
Report
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,100
Referee: Mark Halsey
24 February 2002 Final Blackburn Rovers 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur Cardiff
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Millennium Stadium
Attendance: 72,500
Referee: Graham Poll

Statistics

Appearances

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK  SCO Neil Sullivan 38 0 29 0 4 0 5 0
13 GK  USA Kasey Keller 11 0 9 0 0 0 2 0
Defenders
3 DF  ARG Mauricio Taricco 40 0 30 0 3+1 0 6 0
5 DF  YUG Goran Bunjevcevic 8 0 5+1 0 0 0 1+1 0
6 DF  ENG Chris Perry 42 0 30+3 0 2 0 7 0
12 DF  IRL Gary Doherty 8 0 4+3 0 0 0 1 0
18 DF  ENG Ben Thatcher 17 0 11+1 0 2 0 2+1 0
26 DF  ENG Ledley King 42 1 32 0 3 0 7 1
30 DF  ENG Anthony Gardner 19 0 11+4 0 1 0 3 0
31 DF  ENG Alton Thelwell 3 0 0+2 0 0+1 0 0 0
36 DF  ENG Dean Richards 28 2 24 2 4 0 0 0
Midfielders
4 MF  GER Steffen Freund 25 0 19+1 0 0 0 5 0
7 MF  ENG Darren Anderton 44 6 33+2 4 3 1 6 1
8 MF  ENG Tim Sherwood 28 1 15+4 0 4 0 2+3 1
14 MF  URU Gus Poyet 43 14 32+2 10 4 3 5 1
17 MF  NOR Øyvind Leonhardsen 13 0 2+5 0 0+2 0 2+2 0
23 MF  GER Christian Ziege 33 7 27 5 2 1 4 1
25 MF  ENG Stephen Clemence 6 0 4+2 0 0 0 0 0
28 MF  ENG Matthew Etherington 14 1 3+8 0 1+1 1 0+1 0
29 MF  WAL Simon Davies 41 7 22+9 4 3 0 6+1 3
Forwards
9 FW  ENG Les Ferdinand 33 15 22+3 9 3 1 5 5
10 FW  ENG Teddy Sheringham 42 13 33+1 10 2 1 5+1 2
11 FW  UKR Serhii Rebrov 39 4 9+21 1 2+1 0 2+4 3
16 FW  NOR Steffen Iversen 24 7 12+6 4 1+2 1 1+2 2

Last updated: 30 May 2002
Source: soccerbase.com

Goalscorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rnk Pos No. Player Premier League FA Cup League Cup Total
1 FW 9 Les Ferdinand 9 1 5 15
2 MF 14 Gus Poyet 10 3 1 14
3 FW 10 Teddy Sheringham 10 1 2 13
4 FW 16 Steffen Iversen 4 1 2 7
MF 23 Christian Ziege 5 1 1 7
MF 29 Simon Davies 4 0 3 7
7 MF 7 Darren Anderton 4 1 1 6
8 FW 11 Serhii Rebrov 1 0 3 4
9 DF 36 Dean Richards 2 0 0 2
10 MF 8 Tim Sherwood 0 0 1 1
DF 26 Ledley King 0 0 1 1
MF 28 Matthew Etherington 0 1 0 1
TOTALS 49 9 20 78

Last updated: 20 May 2002.
Source: Premier League

Clean sheets

Rnk No. Player Premier League FA Cup League Cup Total
1 1 Neil Sullivan 6 3 2 11
2 13 Kasey Keller 2 0 1 3
TOTALS 8 3 3 14

Last updated: 20 May 2002.
Source: League

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