During the 2001–02 English football season, Everton competed in the
FA Premier League.
Season summary
The Everton directors finally lost patience with
Walter Smith
Walter Ferguson Smith (24 February 1948 – 26 October 2021) was a Scottish association football player, manager and director, primarily associated with his two spells as manager of Glasgow club Rangers.
A defender, Smith's playing car ...
when they sacked him on 13 March after being knocked out by Middlesbrough in the FA Cup quarter final as well as their poor league form with only one win in 13 league games which saw them slip down the Premiership table and one point above the relegation zone. Former
Preston and future
Manchester United boss
David Moyes was named as his successor, and did a good job of steering Everton clear of the drop zone – though they finished 15th in the table.
Kit
Everton retained the previous season's home kit, manufactured by
Puma and sponsored by
one2one. The away kit was Silver and the third kit was pink with black sleeves. Both away and third kits had black shorts.
Final league table
;Results summary
;Results by round
Results
''Everton's score comes first''
Legend
FA Premier League
FA Cup
League Cup
Squad
Left club during season
Reserve squad
Transfers
In
Out
:Transfers in: £8,900,000
:Transfers out: £7,925,000
:Total spending: £975,000
Statistics
Starting 11
:''Considering starts in all competitions''
* GK: #13,
Steve Simonsen, 25
* RB: #2,
Steve Watson, 24
* CB: #5,
David Weir, 36
* CB: #4,
Alan Stubbs, 29
* LB: #3,
Alessandro Pistone, 25
* RM: #7,
Niclas Alexandersson, 28
* CM: #17,
Scot Gemmill, 31
* CM: #16,
Thomas Gravesen
Thomas Gravesen (; born 11 March 1976) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Gravesen played as a professional in Denmark, Germany, England, Spain and Scotland for Vejle Boldklub, Hamburger SV, Everton, Real M ...
, 22
* LM: #6,
David Unsworth
David Gerald Unsworth (born 16 October 1973) is an English football coach and former professional footballer who is currently the manager of Oldham Athletic. Prior to this, he was most recently academy director and under-23's head coach at Pre ...
, 28
* CF: #8,
Tomasz Radzinski
Tomasz Radzinski (born 14 December 1973) is a former professional soccer player who played as a striker and winger. He featured for clubs including North York Rockets in Canada, Germinal Ekeren, Anderlecht (where he won the national champions ...
, 23
* CF: #9,
Kevin Campbell, 21
References
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