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21 April 2002: Stuart Pearce, 40-year-old left back who had been in league football since 1983 and was an England international for more than a decade until his last appearance in 2000, retires at the end of an illustrious career with ended on a high as he helped Manchester City win promotion to the Premier League as Division One champions.
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 .
2001–02: Champions: Brighton & Hove Albion (1st third tier title, and second successive division championship) Direct promotion: Brighton & Hove Albion, Reading: Promoted through play-offs: Stoke City: Relegated: AFC Bournemouth, Bury, Cambridge United, Wrexham: Matches played: 552: Goals scored: 1,472 (2.67 per match) Top goalscorer
List of English football champions Football League First Division (1888–1992) Premier League (1992–present) Leicester City celebrate winning the 2015–16 Premier League Country England Founded 1888 Number of teams 24 winners Current champions Manchester City (2023–24) Most successful club Manchester United (20 championships) The English football champions are the winners of the top ...
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.
In May 2001, at the conclusion of the previous season, Sir Alex Ferguson had announced his intention to retire from football at the end of this season, and the club began the process of trying to find a successor for the most successful manager in their history. Months later, however, he reversed his decision, citing his wife and three sons as ...
14 April 2001: Manchester United clinch their seventh Premiership title in nine seasons with a 4–2 win over relegation-threatened Coventry City. Fulham seal promotion to the Premier League after 33 years outside the top flight, but their success is soured with the death of their 87-year-old former manager Alec Stock.
This article lists seasons played in the second tier of English football from 1992–93, when the old Football League First Division was replaced by the Premier League as the top-level. Football League Division One was renamed the Football League Championship from 2004–05.