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2001–02 Middlesbrough F.C. Season
During the 2001–02 season, Middlesbrough F.C., Middlesbrough participated in the FA Premier League. Kit Middlesbrough were again sponsored by BT Cellnet for the 2001–02 season. The team's strip was produced by Errea. The home shirt consisted of a plain red shirt, red shorts and red socks with white trim. The away strip consisted of blue and black striped shirts, plain black shorts and black socks. Final league table ;Results summary ;Results by round Notable events * Steve McClaren's first season in charge of Boro. * Boro lost their first four matches in the league but then recover to only lose 2 in 11 games. * 1–0 win away at Manchester United one of the high points of the league campaign. * Strong FA Cup run ended in the semi-finals with a 1–0 loss to Arsenal F.C., Arsenal at Old Trafford (football ground), Old Trafford. A Gianluca Festa own goal is the difference between the two sides. Squad :''Squad at end of season'' Left ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middlesbrough F
Middlesbrough ( ), colloquially known as Boro, is a port town in the Borough of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England. Lying to the south of the River Tees, Middlesbrough forms part of the Teesside Built up area, built-up area and the Tees Valley. History Monks and lords Middlesbrough started as a Benedictine priory on the south bank of the River Tees, its name possibly derived from it being midway between the holy sites of Durham, England, Durham and Whitby. The earliest recorded form of Middlesbrough's name is "Mydilsburgh". Some believe the name means 'middle fortress', since it was midway between the two religious houses of Durham and Whitby; others state that it is an Old English personal name (''Midele'' or ''Myhailf'') combined with ''burgh'', meaning town. In 686 a monastic cell was consecrated by Cuthbert of Lindisfarne, St Cuthbert at the request of Hilda of Whitby, St Hilda, Abbess of Whitby. The cell evolved into Middlesbrough Priory. The manor of Middlesburgh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Trafford (football Ground)
Old Trafford () is a football stadium in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, and is the home of Manchester United. With a capacity of 74,197, it is the largest club football stadium (and second-largest football stadium overall after Wembley Stadium) in the United Kingdom, and the twelfth-largest in Europe. It is about from Old Trafford Cricket Ground and the adjacent tram stop. Nicknamed "The Theatre of Dreams" by Bobby Charlton, Old Trafford has been United's home ground since 1910, although from 1941 to 1949 the club shared Maine Road with local rivals Manchester City as a result of Second World War bomb damage. Old Trafford underwent several expansions in the 1990s and 2000s, including the addition of extra tiers to the North, West and East Stands, almost returning the stadium to its original capacity of 80,000. Should further expansion occur, it is likely to involve the addition of a second tier to the South Stand, which would raise the capacity to around 88,000, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marlon Beresford
Marlon Beresford (born 2 September 1969) is an English former professional footballer and current goalkeeping coach at Stevenage. He formerly also worked as an accountancy tutor and sports commentator after retiring from football. Career Sheffield Wednesday and early loans Born in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, Beresford started his career in the Sheffield Wednesday youth system. He signed a professional contract in September 1987. While at the Yorkshire club, he was sent out on loan to Bury, Northampton Town twice and Crewe Alexandra. Burnley After failing to break into the Sheffield Wednesday first team, Beresford was sold for a fee of £95,000 to Burnley, and made almost 250 appearances over a six-year period. Middlesbrough and further loans Beresford was signed to provide goalkeeping backup to Mark Schwarzer and kept three clean sheets in his first three games, helping the club to promotion to the Premier League. During the 2001–02 season he was then loaned to Sheffield We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mickaël Debève
Mickaël Debève (born 1 December 1970) is a French football manager and former football player who played as a midfielder. He is the assistant manager Ligue 1 club of Toulouse. Playing career Born in Abbeville, Debève began his career at Toulouse; after a slow start - only four first-team appearances in three seasons, he became a main squad member. His first match in the top level came on 5 June 1987, in a 1–0 home win against Lens. The most important part of Debève's career was spent at Lens, who he helped win the national league in 1998, adding the league cup the following year. In the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League, he scored the game's only goal at Wembley, against English champions Arsenal, making Lens the first club from France to win at that ground. After totalling more than 400 official matches in his country, Debève moved to England with Middlesbrough in February 2002, arriving for free and rejoining former Lens mate Franck Queudrue. He made his debut as a subs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Greening
Jonathan Greening (born 2 January 1979) is an English professional Association football, football coach and former player who is currently the Manager (association football), manager of Scarborough Athletic F.C., Scarborough Athletic of the National League North. As a player, Greening played as a midfielder. He began his career in 1996 with York City F.C., York City, but moved to Manchester United F.C., Manchester United in 1998, with whom he won the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League as a non-playing Substitute (association football), substitute in the 1999 UEFA Champions League final, final. However, he failed to make a breakthrough in the Manchester United first team and followed United assistant manager Steve McClaren to Middlesbrough F.C., Middlesbrough in 2001. During his time at Middlesbrough, Greening earned his first call-up to the England national football team, England national team, but he did not make an appearance. In 2004, he joined West Bromwich Albion F.C., West Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bradford City A
Bradford is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in West Yorkshire, England. It became a municipal borough in 1847, received a city charter in 1897 and, since the Local Government Act 1972, 1974 reform, the city status in the United Kingdom, city status has belonged to the larger City of Bradford metropolitan borough. It had a population of 349,561 at the 2011 Census for England and Wales, 2011 census, making it the second-largest subdivision of the West Yorkshire Built-up Area after Leeds, which is approximately to the east. The borough had a population of , making it the List of English districts by population, most populous district in England. Historic counties of England, Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the city grew in the 19th century as an international centre of Textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution, textile manufacture, particularly wool. It was a boomtown of the Industrial Revolution, and amongst the earliest Industrialisation, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benito Carbone
Benito Carbone (born 14 August 1971) is an Italian association football, football manager and former professional player. Since August 2024, he is the head coach of Inter Milan's Inter Milan Youth Sector, under-18 side. As a player, he was played as a Forward (association football), forward, Midfielder#Winger, winger or midfielder, notably playing in the Premier League with Sheffield Wednesday F.C., Sheffield Wednesday, Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa, Bradford City A.F.C., Bradford City, Derby County F.C., Derby County and Middlesbrough F.C., Middlesbrough, and in Serie A for Torino F.C., Torino, S.S.C. Napoli, Napoli, Inter Milan and Parma F.C., Parma. He also played for Reggina Calcio, Reggina, A.S.D. Caserta Calcio, Casertana, Ascoli Calcio 1898, Ascoli, Como Calcio 1907, Como, F.C. Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Vicenza Calcio, Vicenza and A.C. Pavia, Pavia. In 2006, he spent time on loan in the A-League with Sydney FC. He also represented Italy national under-21 football team, Italy u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain (association Football)
The captain of a association football, football/soccer team, sometimes known as the skipper, is a team member chosen to be the on-pitch leader of the team; they are often one of the older or more experienced members of the squad, or a player that can heavily influence a game or has good leadership qualities. The team captain is usually identified by the wearing of an armband. In the 2024/25 edition of the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, it was made mandatory for each team to have a captain and for each captain to be identified by the previously traditional but non-mandatory captain's armband. Responsibilities The only official responsibility of a captain specified by the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game is to participate in the Coin flipping, coin toss prior to Kick-off (association football), kick-off (for choice of ends or to have kick-off) and prior to a penalty shoot-out (association football), penalty shoot-out. Captain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Ince
Paul Emerson Carlyle Ince (; born 21 October 1967) is an English professional football manager and former player who was most recently manager of Reading. A midfielder, Ince played professionally from 1986 to 2007, starting his career with West Ham United and later representing Manchester United, Liverpool, Middlesbrough, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Swindon Town and Macclesfield Town in England, as well as Inter Milan in Italy. With a combined total of 271 league appearances for the two, Ince is one of the few players, especially in the Premier League era, to have represented both of arch rivals Liverpool and Manchester United. Ince spent the majority of his playing career at the highest level; after breaking through with his boyhood club West Ham United in the Second Division, he joined Manchester United in 1989, where he won the Premier League twice, the FA Cup twice and the Football League Cup once during his six-year spell at Old Trafford. After falling out with manager Alex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Szilárd Németh
Szilárd Németh (; ; born 8 August 1977), also known mononymously as Szilárd, is a Slovak former professional footballer who played as a striker. After playing for clubs in Slovakia and the Czech Republic, he spent four and a half seasons at Middlesbrough of the Premier League from 2001 to 2006. After a brief stint at France's RC Strasbourg, he played for Alemannia Aachen in Germany until his retirement in 2010. Németh was at that time the highest scorer in the history of the Slovakia national team, with 22 goals in 58 matches from 1997 to 2006. Club career Early career Németh started his career with Slovan Bratislava before moving to eastern Slovakia to join 1. FC Košice. After making an impact at both clubs, in 1998 Németh moved to giants of the region, Czech team Sparta Prague for record fee of 35 million CZK (€1.3 million). He subsequently returned to Slovakia, signing for Inter Bratislava. He won consecutive Slovak First Football League titles in 1999–2000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robbie Mustoe
Robin "Robbie" Mustoe (born 28 August 1968) is an English former professional footballer who now works as a commentator for NBC Sports. He made nearly 500 appearances in the Football League and Premier League playing primarily as a defensive midfielder for Oxford United and Middlesbrough, but also making appearances for Charlton Athletic and Sheffield Wednesday. Playing career Mustoe began his football career as a junior with Oxford United. He made his Football League debut in the 1986–87 Football League First Division, and went on to play nearly 100 league games for the club. He joined Middlesbrough in 1990 for £375,000. When Bryan Robson took over as player-manager in 1994, Mustoe initially lost his place. However, he worked his way back into the side, becoming a consistent member of the first team, featured in all three of the club's Wembley finals, and shared the club's 1999 Player of the Year award with Hamilton Ricard. When Steve McClaren took over as manager in 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gareth Southgate
Sir Gareth Southgate (born 3 September 1970) is an English professional Association football, football manager and player, who played as a Defender (association football), defender and midfielder. A Crystal Palace F.C., Crystal Palace Crystal Palace F.C. Under-21s and Academy, academy graduate, Southgate made his senior debut for the club in 1990, and was appointed Captain (association football), club captain in 1993, winning the Football League First Division, First Division championship that season (1993–94). Having made over 150 appearances for Palace, he was signed by Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa in 1995, winning the EFL Cup, League Cup in 1995–96 Football League Cup, 1996 and reaching the 2000 FA Cup final, before departing for Middlesbrough F.C., Middlesbrough, where he was appointed captain in 2002 and won another League Cup in 2003–04 Football League Cup, 2004, as well as reaching the 2006 UEFA Cup final. Internationally, Southgate made 57 appearances for the Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
