Dundee United F.C. season 2001-02

Infobox Football club season
club = Dundee United F.C.

season = 2001-02
manager = Alex Smith
chairman = Jim McLean
league = Bank of Scotland Premierleague
league result = 8th
W:12 D:10 L:16 F:38 A:59 P:46
cup1 = Tennent's Scottish Cup | cup1 result = Quarter-finals
cup2 = CIS Insurance Cup | cup2 result = Quarter-finals
league topscorer = Derek Lilley, Jim McIntyre, Steven Thompson (6)
season topscorer = Steven Thompson (10)
highest attendance = 13,327 (vs Dundee, 28 Jul)
lowest attendance = 5,108 (vs Motherwell, 13 Apr)
prevseason = 2000-01
nextseason = 2002-03The 2001-02 season was the 93rd year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 2001-07-01 to 2002-06-30. United finished the season in eighth place.

United were knocked out of both domestic cup competitions in the quarter-finals stages, losing to Hibernian in the Tennent's Scottish Cup and to Ayr United in the CIS Insurance Cup.

Review and events

Match results

Dundee United played a total of 45 competitive matches during the 2001-02 season.cite web|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/results.sd?teamid=740&seasonid=131|title=Dundee Utd 2001/2002 player appearances|work=Soccerbase|accessdate=2008-01-04|format=HTML] The team finished eighth in the Scottish Premier League.

In the cup competitions, United were knocked out of the CIS Cup at the quarter-finals stage, losing to Hibernian. Ayr United knocked United out of the Tennent's Scottish Cup at the same stage. Both matches finished 2-0, although Ayr United won in a replay after a 2-2 draw.

Legend

CIS Insurance Cup

Transfers

In

Three players were signed during the 2001-02 season, with a total (public) transfer cost of around £150,000. One player was also signed for the following season. In addition, one player was signed on loan.

The players that joined Dundee United during the 2001-02 season, along with their previous club, are listed below.

Loans out

Playing kit

The jerseys were sponsored by Telewest Broadband for the penultimate time.

Awards

* Alex Smith
** sport honours|Scottish Premier League Manager of the Month|1|January 2002

* Stuart Duff
** sport honours|Scottish Premier League Young Player of the Month|1|April 2002

ee also

* Scottish Premier League 2001-02
* Scottish Cup 2001-02
* 2001-02 in Scottish football

Trivia

* Jim Hamilton became the first player in Scottish football to successfully use video evidence to overturn a sending off. Hamilton received a red card against St Johnstone on 16 November but had it rescinded a week later.cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/scotland/1669509.stm|title=United win Hamilton appeal|publisher=BBC Sport website|date=2001-11-23]

References

External links

* [http://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk/index.asp?tm=9&date=2001&submit1=List Official site: 2001/02 Results]
* Soccerbase
** [http://www.soccerbase.com/results2.sd?teamid=740&seasonid=131 Results]
** [http://www.soccerbase.com/squad_season.sd?teamid=740&seasonid=131 Squad stats]
** [http://www.soccerbase.com/transfers_by_team.sd?teamid=740&seasonid=131 Transfers]