Bobby Robson was our esteemed manager who worked for the man you either love or hate - Chairman Freddy Shepherd. Alan Shearer was our captain and along will Gary Speed he led a promising up and coming team. The Summer transfer activity marked the end of one era with the likes of Rob Lee and Warren Barton leaving the club and the beginning of another as Craig Bellamy arrived from Coventry and Jermaine Jenas from Nottingham Forest. Along with these arrivals we also brought in Laurent Robert and loaned Sylvain Distin. Ironically this season really saw the birth of the Brat pack at United. Our exciting young players were great, but off the field they joined the growing breed of premiership Bling boys - young lads with too much money. However these were exciting times for United as we added a youthful excitement to the side - the future looked bright.
The season was a huge success and saw Sir Bobby lead his team to 4th position in the Premiership and qualified for the champions league which was a fantatic achievement - a million miles away from where we are 10 years laters in 2011.
These really were high times for United - the most exciting since the Kevin Keegan years, and the highest final league position for 4 years since KK left the club. Robson had turned Newcastle into a title challengeing team and he will go down in Newcastle history for doing just that.
Stats for the 2001/02 season
Premier League: 4th
FA Cup: 6th Round
League Cup: 5th Round
Top goal scorer: Shearer 27
Average attendance: 51,373
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| Robert: Left foot rocket |
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