The 2001âÂÂ02 English football season was Aston Villa's 10th season in the Premier League and their 14th consecutive season in the top division of English football. The Premier League was known as the FA Barclaycard Premiership for sponsorship reasons. Aston Villa's early season form was good and the Midlanders even went top briefly at the end of October, but followed that with a run of eleven games with only one win, falling out of the title race.
John Gregory announced his surprise resignation after four years as Villa manager on 24 January. A host of names were linked with the vacancy, but in the end it was Graham Taylor, who took Villa to promotion in 1988 and second place in the league in 1990, who was appointed manager. Taylor was unable to improve Villa's form, but two wins against Southampton and Chelsea at the end of the season where enough to see Villa finish eighth thus finishing in the top 10 for the seventh year in succession.
Aston Villa's score comes first
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Overall transfer activity
Expenditure ã20,300,000
Income ã12,050,000
Balance ã8,250,000
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|- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards
|- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season