2001–02_Ipswich_Town_F.C._season

2001–02 Ipswich Town F.C. season

Ipswich Town 2001–02 football season

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

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Ipswich Town

2001–02 season

Chairman

Manager

Stadium

18th (relegated)

Top goalscorer

League: Marcus Bent (9)
All: Marcus Stewart / Marcus Bent (10)

Highest home attendance

28,433
(vs Manchester United, 27 Apr 2002, Premier League)

Lowest home attendance

21,197
(vs Derby County, 21 Aug 2001, Premier League)

Average home league attendance

24,396

Home colours

Away colours

← 2000–01

2002–03 →

Season summary

A year after finishing fifth in the Premiership and earning George Burley the title of "Manager of the Year", Ipswich dropped back into Division One after two years among the elite after falling victim to second season syndrome. A dismal start to the season saw their UEFA Cup dream end in the third phase of the competition, while after 18 games they were still bottom of the Premiership with just one win. A turnaround then followed and seven wins from eight games pulled Ipswich up to 12th and appeared to have secured their survival. But another slump set in and this time they were unable to halt it. Any lingering hopes of survival were ended on the final day by a 5–0 defeat against Liverpool.

Despite losing their Premiership status, the Tractor Boys still had European action to look forward to. They attained UEFA Cup qualification via the UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

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

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ENG	Andy Marshall
2	DF	NED	Fabian Wilnis
3	MF	ENG	Jamie Clapham
4	DF	ENG	John McGreal
5	DF	ISL	Hermann Hreiðarsson
6	DF	ENG	Mark Venus
7	MF	NIR	Jim Magilton
8	MF	IRL	Matt Holland (captain)
9	FW	ESP	Pablo Couñago
10	FW	ENG	Alun Armstrong
11	FW	ENG	Marcus Stewart
12	FW	ENG	Richard Naylor
14	MF	ENG	Jermaine Wright
15	DF	ENG	Chris Makin


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	DF	ENG	Wayne Brown
18	FW	ENG	Darren Bent
19	DF	ENG	Titus Bramble
21	GK	IRL	Keith Branagan
22	MF	ENG	Tommy Miller
30	MF	NED	Martijn Reuser
32	MF	ENG	Darren Ambrose
33	MF	NGA	Finidi George
34	GK	ITA	Matteo Sereni
35	MF	ARG	Sixto Peralta (on loan from Inter Milan)
36	DF	DEN	Thomas Gaardsøe
37	MF	FRA	Ulrich Le Pen
38	FW	ENG	Marcus Bent

Left club during season

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

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	FW	NED	Guillermo Graaven (released)
31	DF	SVN	Amir Karić (loaned to NK Maribor)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	NIR	Sean Friars (to Carlisle United)

Reserve squad

The following players were contracted to Ipswich, but did not make any competitive appearances that season.

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

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	GK	ENG	Mike Salmon
16	DF	ENG	Gary Croft
20	FW	ENG	Richard Logan
24	MF	NED	Nabil Abidallah
25	MF	ENG	Ashley Nicholls
26	GK	ENG	James Pullen
27	MF	ENG	Matt Bloomfield
28	DF	ENG	Lee Beevers


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
29	DF	RSA	Justin Miller
—	DF	ENG	Chris Hogg
—	DF	ENG	Matt Richards
—	DF	TUR	Erdem Artun
—	MF	ENG	Robert Dickinson
—	MF	ENG	Ian Westlake
—	FW	ENG	Ed Chibogu
—	FW	ENG	Alan Connell

Pre-season

Ipswich's pre-season in 2001 included two pre-season tours, the first being a tour of Scandinavia in July.^[2] The second tour took place in the Republic of Ireland in August.^[3]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

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Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
18 July 2001	Tampere United	A	4–2	Unknown	Couñago, Stewart, Reuser (pen), Miller
20 July 2001	Vaasan Palloseura	A	3–2	Unknown	Hreiðarsson, Naylor, D Bent
22 July 2001	FC Flora	A	5–1	Unknown	Stewart, Couñago (2), Clapham, Reuser
25 July 2001	Braintree Town	A	5–1	Unknown	Brown, Reuser (2), Bramble, Stewart
29 July 2001	Peterborough United	A	2–0	Unknown	Brown, D Bent
4 August 2001	PSV Eindhoven	H	0–2	Unknown
7 August 2001	Dublin City	A	5–0	Unknown	Naylor (3), Stewart, Wright
9 August 2001	Bray Wanderers	A	2–0	Unknown	Naylor, Stewart

Competitions

FA Premier League

Main article: 2001–02 FA Premier League

League table

16. Ipswich 45 pts

17. Derby country 41 pts

Results by round

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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	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	D	D	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	L
Position	17	7	12	14	13	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	16	12	14	15	16	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

Source: https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/ipswich-town/2002/3/
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Ipswich Town's score comes first^[4]

Matches

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Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
18 August 2001	Sunderland	A	0-1	47,370
21 August 2001	Derby County	H	3-1	21,197	George (2), Naylor
25 August 2001	Charlton Athletic	H	0-1	22,804
8 September 2001	Leicester City	A	1–1	18,774	Stewart
16 September 2001	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–1	22,126	Armstrong
22 September 2001	Manchester United	A	0–4	67,551
30 September 2001	Leeds United	H	1–2	22,643	Stewart
13 October 2001	Everton	H	0–0	22,820
21 October 2001	Fulham	A	1–1	17,221	Wright
24 October 2001	Southampton	A	3–3	29,614	Stewart (2), Venus
28 October 2001	West Ham United	H	2–3	22,834	Hreidarsson, Holland
4 November 2001	Chelsea	A	1–2	40,497	Stewart (pen)
18 November 2001	Bolton Wanderers	H	1–2	22,335	Holland
25 November 2001	Middlesbrough	A	0–0	32,586
1 December 2001	Arsenal	H	0–2	24,666
9 December 2001	Newcastle United	H	0–1	24,748
17 December 2001	Aston Villa	A	1–2	29,320	George
22 December 2001	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2–1	36,040	George, Armstrong
26 December 2001	Leicester City	H	2–0	24,403	M Bent, Peralta
29 December 2001	Sunderland	H	5–0	24,517	Armstrong (2), Gaardsøe, George, Clapham
1 January 2002	Charlton Athletic	A	2–3	25,893	M Bent (2)
12 January 2002	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2–1	25,077	M Bent, McGreal
19 January 2002	Derby County	A	3–1	29,658	M Bent, Peralta, Reuser
30 January 2002	Fulham	H	1–0	25,156	M Bent
2 February 2002	Everton	A	2–1	33,069	Peralta, Holland
9 February 2002	Liverpool	H	0–6	25,608
2 March 2002	Southampton	H	1–3	25,440	George
6 March 2002	Leeds United	A	0–2	39,414
13 March 2002	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–2	23,305	Stewart
16 March 2002	Newcastle United	A	2–2	51,115	M Bent (2)
23 March 2002	Aston Villa	H	0–0	28,053
30 March 2002	West Ham United	A	1–3	33,871	M Bent
1 April 2002	Chelsea	H	0–0	28,053
6 April 2002	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–4	25,817	Clapham
21 April 2002	Arsenal	A	0–2	38,058
24 April 2002	Middlesbrough	H	1–0	25,979	D Bent
27 April 2002	Manchester United	H	0–1	28,433
11 May 2002	Liverpool	A	0–5	44,088

FA Cup

Main article: 2001–02 FA Cup

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Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	5 January 2002	Dagenham & Redbridge	A	4–1	5,949	Peralta (2), Magilton, Stewart
R4	27 January 2002	Manchester City	H	1–4	21,199	M Bent

League Cup

Main article: 2001–02 Football League Cup

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Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	9 October 2001	Crewe Alexandra	A	3–2	6,116	Reuser (2), Armstrong
R4	27 November 2001	Newcastle United	A	1–4	32,576	D Bent

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2001–02 UEFA Cup

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Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 First Leg	20 September 2001	Torpedo Moscow	H	1–1	21,201	Bramble
R1 Second Leg	28 September 2001	Torpedo Moscow	A	2–1 (won 3–2 on agg)	10,500	George, Stewart
R2 First Leg	18 October 2001	Helsingborg	H	0–0	22,254
R2 Second Leg	1 November 2001	Helsingborg	A	3–1 (won 3–1 on agg)	9,484	Hreidarsson, Stewart (2)
R3 First Leg	22 November 2001	Inter Milan	H	1–0	24,569	Armstrong
R3 Second Leg	6 December 2001	Inter Milan	A	1–4 (lost 2–4 on agg)	25,358	Armstrong (pen)

Transfers

Transfers in

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Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee	Ref
1 July 2001	FW	Pablo Couñago	Celta Vigo	Free transfer	^[5]
2 July 2001	GK	Andy Marshall	Norwich City	Free transfer	^[6]
16 July 2001	MF	Tommy Miller	Hartlepool United	£750,000	^[7]
16 August 2001	MF	Finidi George	Mallorca	£3,100,000	^[8]
17 August 2001	GK	Matteo Sereni	Sampdoria	£4,500,000	^[9]
28 August 2001	DF	Thomas Gaardsøe	AaB	£1,000,000	^[10]
13 November 2001	MF	Ulrich Le Pen	Lorient	Undisclosed	^[11]
23 November 2001	FW	Marcus Bent	Blackburn Rovers	£3,000,000	^[12]

Loans in

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Date from	Pos	Name	From	Date until	Ref
22 August 2001	MF	Sixto Peralta	Inter Milan	30 June 2002	^[13]

Transfers out

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Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee	Ref
1 July 2001	DF	John Scales	Retired		^[14]
5 July 2001	GK	Richard Wright	Arsenal	£6,000,000	^[15]
31 July 2001	FW	James Scowcroft	Leicester City	£3,000,000	^[16]
8 August 2001	FW	Sean Friars	Newry City	Free transfer	^[17]
28 October 2001	DF	Amir Karić	Free agent	Mutual Consent	^[18]
3 December 2001	FW	Guillermo Graaven	Free agent	Released	^[19]

Loans out

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Date from	Pos	Name	From	Date until	Ref
13 August 2001	GK	James Pullen	Blackpool	21 April 2002	^[20]
13 September 2001	DF	Wayne Brown	Wimbledon	31 December 2001	^[21]
10 December 2001	FW	Richard Logan	Torquay United	12 March 2002	^[22]^[23]
16 January 2002	DF	Gary Croft	Wigan Athletic	19 February 2002	^[24]
28 January 2002	FW	Richard Naylor	Millwall	3 March 2002	^[25]
30 January 2002	DF	Wayne Brown	Watford	22 April 2002	^[26]^[27]
15 February 2002	MF	Ashley Nicholls	Canvey Island	1 June 2002	^[28]
4 March 2002	FW	Richard Naylor	Barnsley	22 April 2002	^[29]
27 March 2002	DF	Gary Croft	Cardiff City	2 May 2002	^[30]

Transfers in:

£13,750,000

Transfers out:

£9,000,000

Total spending:

£4,750,000

Squad statistics

All statistics updated as of end of season

Appearances and goals

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No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		UEFA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ENG	Andy Marshall	15	0	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
21	GK	IRL	Keith Branagan	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	GK	ITA	Matteo Sereni	33	0	25	0	0	0	2	0	6	0
Defenders
2	DF	NED	Fabian Wilnis	19	0	6+8	0	1	0	1+1	0	2	0
4	DF	ENG	John McGreal	33	1	27	1	1	0	2	0	3	0
5	DF	ISL	Hermann Hreiðarsson	47	2	38	1	2	0	1	0	6	1
6	DF	ENG	Mark Venus	35	1	29	1	0	0	1	0	5	0
15	DF	ENG	Chris Makin	38	0	30	0	1	0	2	0	4+1	0
17	DF	ENG	Wayne Brown	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF	ENG	Titus Bramble	24	2	16+2	1	2	0	0	0	4	1
36	DF	DEN	Thomas Gaardsøe	6	1	3+1	1	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
Midfielders
3	MF	ENG	Jamie Clapham	41	2	22+10	2	0+1	0	2	0	4+2	0
7	MF	NIR	Jim Magilton	30	2	16+8	1	1	1	0	0	5	0
8	MF	IRL	Matt Holland	46	3	38	3	1	0	1	0	6	0
14	MF	ENG	Jermaine Wright	38	1	24+5	1	2	0	2	0	4+1	0
22	MF	ENG	Tommy Miller	13	0	5+3	0	0+1	0	2	0	0+2	0
30	MF	NED	Martijn Reuser	30	3	18+6	1	2	0	1	2	1+2	0
32	MF	ENG	Darren Ambrose	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF	NGA	Finidi George	29	7	21+4	6	0	0	0	0	4	1
35	MF	ARG	Sixto Peralta	29	5	16+6	3	2	2	1	0	2+2	0
37	MF	FRA	Ulrich Le Pen	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	ESP	Pablo Couñago	19	0	1+12	0	0+1	0	1	0	2+2	0
10	FW	ENG	Alun Armstrong	38	7	21+11	4	0+1	0	2	1	1+2	2
11	FW	ENG	Marcus Stewart	35	10	20+8	6	2	1	1	0	4	3
12	FW	ENG	Richard Naylor	22	1	5+9	1	0+1	0	0+2	0	3+2	0
18	FW	ENG	Darren Bent	7	2	2+3	1	0	0	0+1	1	0+1	0
38	FW	ENG	Marcus Bent	27	10	22+3	9	2	1	0	0	0	0

Last updated: end of season
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

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No.	Pos	Player	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	UEFA Cup	Total
11	FW	Marcus Stewart	6	1	0	3	10
38	FW	Marcus Bent	9	1	0	0	10
10	FW	Alun Armstrong	4	0	1	2	7
33	MF	Finidi George	6	0	0	1	7
35	MF	Sixto Peralta	3	2	0	0	5
8	MF	Matt Holland	3	0	0	0	3
30	MF	Martijn Reuser	1	0	2	0	3
3	MF	Jamie Clapham	2	0	0	0	2
5	DF	Hermann Hreiðarsson	1	0	0	1	2
7	MF	Jim Magilton	1	1	0	0	2
18	FW	Darren Bent	1	0	1	0	2
19	DF	Titus Bramble	1	0	0	1	2
4	DF	John McGreal	1	0	0	0	1
6	DF	Mark Venus	1	0	0	0	1
12	FW	Richard Naylor	1	0	0	0	1
14	MF	Jermaine Wright	1	0	0	0	1
36	DF	Thomas Gaardsøe	1	0	0	0	1
Total			43	5	4	8	60

Clean sheets

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Number	Name	Premier League	UEFA Cup	Total
1	Andy Marshall	3	0	3
34	Matteo Sereni	5	2	7
Total		8	2	10

Disciplinary record

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No.	Pos.	Name	Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		UEFA Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Name
1	GK	Andy Marshall	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2	DF	Fabian Wilnis	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
3	MF	Jamie Clapham	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
4	DF	John McGreal	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	0
5	DF	Hermann Hreiðarsson	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
6	DF	Mark Venus	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
7	MF	Jim Magilton	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
9	FW	Pablo Couñago	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
10	FW	Alun Armstrong	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
11	FW	Marcus Stewart	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
12	FW	Richard Naylor	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
14	MF	Jermaine Wright	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
15	DF	Chris Makin	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
19	DF	Titus Bramble	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
22	MF	Tommy Miller	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
30	MF	Martijn Reuser	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
34	GK	Matteo Sereni	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
35	MF	Sixto Peralta	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
36	DF	Thomas Gaardsøe	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
38	FW	Marcus Bent	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total			42	1	2	0	3	0	6	0	53	1

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[31]

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No.	Pos.	Name	MS	Notes
34	GK	Matteo Sereni	33
15	RB	Chris Makin	37
6	CB	Mark Venus	35
4	CB	John McGreal	33
5	LB	Hermann Hreiðarsson	47
33	RM	Finidi George	25	Martijn Reuser has 22 starts
14	CM	Jermaine Wright	32
8	CM	Matt Holland	46
3	LM	Jamie Clapham	28
10	CF	Alun Armstrong	24	Marcus Bent also has 24 starts
11	CF	Marcus Stewart	27

4–4–2 Formation

Sereni

Makin

McGreal

Venus

Hreiðarsson

Holland(C)

Clapham

Wright

George

Stewart

Armstrong

Awards

Player awards

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Award	Player	Ref
Player of the Year	Mark Venus	^[32]
Young Player of the Year	Will Snowdon	^[33]

Premier League Player of the Month

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Month	Player	Ref
January	Marcus Bent	^[34]

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