2001–02 Aston Villa F.C. season
The 2001–02 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 Ian Taylor (footballer, born 1968)|Taylor (footballer)|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.
Transfers
Overall transfer activity
Expenditure
£20,300,000Income
£12,050,000Balance
£8,250,000Final league table
;Results summary;Results by matchday
Results
''Aston Villa's score comes first''FA Cup
| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
| R3 | 6 January 2002 | Manchester United | H | 2–3 | 38,444 | Taylor 51', Neville 53' |
League Cup
| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
| R3 | 10 October 2001 | Reading | H | 1–0 | 23,431 | Dublin 45' |
| R4 | 28 November 2001 | Sheffield Wednesday | H | 0–1 | 26,526 |
Intertoto Cup
| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers | ||||||
| R3 First Leg | 14 July 2001 | NK Slaven Belupo  UEFA Cup
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