2001–02 Aston Villa F.C. season
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During 2001–02, Aston Villa competed in the Premier League (known as the FA Barclaycard Premiership for sponsorship reasons). Aston Villa's early season form was good and the Midlanders even went top briefly at the end of October, but followed that with a run of eleven games with only one win, falling out of the title race.
2001–02 season | |
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Chairman | Doug Ellis |
Manager | John Gregory (until 24 January)[1] John Deehan and Stuart Gray (caretakers) Graham Taylor (from 5 February) |
Stadium | Villa Park |
Premier League | 8th |
FA Cup | Third round |
League Cup | Fourth round |
Intertoto Cup | Winners |
UEFA Cup | First round |
Top goalscorer | League: Darius Vassell and Juan Pablo Ángel (12) All: Juan Pablo Ángel (16) |
Average home league attendance | 35,012 |
John Gregory announced his surprise resignation after four years as Villa manager on 24 January. A host of names were linked with the vacancy, but in the end it was Graham Taylor, who took Villa to promotion in 1988 and second place in the league in 1990, who was appointed manager. Taylor was unable to improve Villa's form, but two wins against Southampton and Chelsea at the end of the season where enough to see Villa finish eighth thus finishing in the top 10 for the seventh year in succession.