Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The 2001–02 season was Arsenal Football Club's 10th season in the Premier League and their 76th consecutive season in the top flight of English football. [2] [3] Having ended the previous season as FA Cup finalists and league runners-up to Manchester United, the club went one better in this campaign, by completing the domestic double – their second in four years and third overall.
The 2001–02 season was the 122nd season of competitive football in England. Events ... 4 November 2001 – Arsenal suffer a shock 4–2 league home defeat to ...
The 2001–02 FA Premier League (known as the FA Barclaycard Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the tenth season of the competition. It began with a new sponsor, Barclaycard , and was titled the FA Barclaycard Premiership, replacing the previous sponsor, Carling .
When Arsenal was founded in 1886 by munition workers' from Woolwich, the club resisted the lure of professionalism and remained an amateur side. [12] Success in local cup competitions soon followed, and a tie against Derby County in the FA Cup on 17 January 1891 led to the opposition approaching two of Arsenal's players, in view of offering them professional contracts. [12]
The 2001–02 season was Arsenal Ladies Football Club's 15th season since forming in 1987. The club participated in the National Division of the FA Women's Premier League, retaining their title from the previous season. They defeated Doncaster Rovers Belles 5-2 to clinch the Charity Shield. [1]
It was the final match of the 2001–02 FA Cup, the 121st season of the world's oldest football knockout competition, the FA Cup. Arsenal were appearing in their fifteenth final to Chelsea's seventh. As both teams were in the highest tier of English football, the Premier League, they entered the competition in the third round.
This page was last edited on 19 January 2024, at 10:54 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.
[48] [49] Arsenal hit their stride as the 2001–02 season came to a close, winning the double for the second time in four years. [50] The championship was decided at Old Trafford in the penultimate game of the season; Wenger described his team's 1–0 win as a "shift of power." [51]