Derby County

2001–02 season
Chairman	Lionel Pickering
Manager	Jim Smith (until 7 October) Colin Todd (from 7 October to 14 January) John Gregory (from 30 January)
Stadium	Pride Park Stadium
Premiership	19th (relegated)
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Christie/Ravanelli (9) All: Ravanelli (11)
Highest home attendance	33,297 (vs. Everton, 23 March)
Lowest home attendance	11,246 (vs. Hull City, 12 September)
Average home league attendance	29,818
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

During the 2001–02 English football season, Derby County competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Barclaycard Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

Season summary

Derby started their new season quite well with a 2–1 win over newly-promoted Blackburn Rovers. Manager Jim Smith rejected the offer to become Director of Football and resigned on 7 October after more than six years at the helm. His assistant Colin Todd, who won two league titles with the club in the 1970s, was promoted to the manager's seat, but by this stage the Rams were deep in relegation trouble.^[1] A shock 3–1 home defeat against Division Three strugglers Bristol Rovers in the FA Cup proved the final straw for the directors and Todd was sacked days later, after a mere three months in charge.^[2] By the end of the month, John Gregory had taken over at Pride Park just six days after quitting Aston Villa.^[3] Two quick wins and a draw against Manchester United suggested that Gregory might be Derby's saviour, but seven defeats from their final eight games condemned Derby to relegation.

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	Bolton Wanderers	38	9	13	16	44	62	−18	40
17	Sunderland	38	10	10	18	29	51	−22	40
18	Ipswich Town (R)	38	9	9	20	41	64	−23	36	UEFA Cup QR and relegation to the First Division[a]
19	Derby County (R)	38	8	6	24	33	63	−30	30	Relegation to the Football League First Division
20	Leicester City (R)	38	5	13	20	30	64	−34	28

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	8	6	24	33	63	−30	30	5	4	10	20	26	−6	3	2	14	13	37	−24

Results by round

Results

Derby County's score comes first^[4]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
18 August 2001	Blackburn Rovers	H	2–1	28,236	Ravanelli, Christie
21 August 2001	Ipswich Town	A	1–3	21,197	Ravanelli
25 August 2001	Fulham	A	0–0	15,641
8 September 2001	West Ham United	H	0–0	27,802
15 September 2001	Leicester City	H	2–3	26,863	Burton, Ravanelli (pen)
23 September 2001	Leeds United	A	0–3	39,155
29 September 2001	Arsenal	H	0–2	29,200
15 October 2001	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–3	30,148	Ravanelli
20 October 2001	Charlton Athletic	H	1–1	30,221	Ravanelli
28 October 2001	Chelsea	H	1–1	28,910	Ravanelli
3 November 2001	Middlesbrough	A	1–5	28,117	Ravanelli
17 November 2001	Southampton	H	1–0	32,063	Mawéné
24 November 2001	Newcastle United	A	0–1	50,070
1 December 2001	Liverpool	H	0–1	33,289
8 December 2001	Bolton Wanderers	H	1–0	25,712	Christie
12 December 2001	Manchester United	A	0–5	67,577
15 December 2001	Everton	A	0–1	38,615
22 December 2001	Aston Villa	H	3–1	28,001	Ravanelli, Carbone, Christie
26 December 2001	West Ham United	A	0–4	31,397
29 December 2001	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–0	23,529	Christie
2 January 2002	Fulham	H	0–1	28,165
12 January 2002	Aston Villa	A	1–2	28,881	Powell
19 January 2002	Ipswich Town	H	1–3	29,658	Christie
29 January 2002	Charlton Athletic	A	0–1	25,387
2 February 2002	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–0	27,721	Morris
9 February 2002	Sunderland	H	0–1	31,771
23 February 2002	Leicester City	A	3–0	21,620	Kinkladze, Strupar, Morris
3 March 2002	Manchester United	H	2–2	33,041	Christie (2)
5 March 2002	Arsenal	A	0–1	37,878
16 March 2002	Bolton Wanderers	A	3–1	25,893	Christie, Ravanelli, Higginbotham (pen)
23 March 2002	Everton	H	3–4	33,297	Strupar (2), Morris
30 March 2002	Chelsea	A	1–2	37,849	Strupar
1 April 2002	Middlesbrough	H	0–1	30,822
6 April 2002	Southampton	A	0–2	29,263
13 April 2002	Newcastle United	H	2–3	31,031	Christie, Morris
20 April 2002	Liverpool	A	0–2	43,510
27 April 2002	Leeds United	H	0–1	30,705
11 May 2002	Sunderland	A	1–1	47,989	Robinson

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 2002	Bristol Rovers	H	1–3	18,549	Ravanelli

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2	12 September 2001	Hull City	H	3–0	11,246	Burton (2), Kinkladze
R3	10 October 2001	Fulham	A	2–5	9,217	Burley, Ravanelli

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[5]

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