Everton 0 – 2 Manchester United, 2001/02 – Football Research Archive

Everton 0 – 2 Manchester United

Source OpenFootballUpdated 16 Oct 2026, 11:15 BSTSource changed 27 May 2026Kickoff 26 Dec 2001, 15:00 GMT

Everton

0 – 2Half time 0 – 0

Manchester United

Match statistics

According to football-data.co.uk. Referee: Rennie, U. D..

Aggregate match statistics according to football-data.co.uk
Statistic	Everton	Manchester United
Shots	10	11
Shots on target	5	7
Corners	4	11
Fouls committed	11	12
Yellow cards	0	1
Red cards	0	0

Yellow cards exclude the first yellow when a player is sent off for a second yellow. Missing values are not held.

Source file, line 184; read 16 Oct 2026, 06:46 BST.

Kickoff

26 Dec 2001, 15:00 GMT

Published as 15:00 Europe/London

Ground

Goodison Park

Everton's home ground on that date, from its ground history. The source does not give the venue.

Attendance

39,948

According to Wikipedia

Referee

Matchday 19

Goals

78′GoalRyan Giggs (vc)Manchester United0 – 1
85′GoalRuud van NistelrooyManchester United0 – 2

According to Wikipedia: the scorers and minutes in the clubs' season articles, shown because each article's score equals this archive's and the scorers add up to it. Own goals are listed under the side they counted for.

Includes data from Wikipedia (“2001–02 Everton F.C. season”, revision 1319022729, read 16 Oct 2026; “2001–02 Manchester United F.C. season”, revision 1370739684, read 16 Oct 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia is edited by volunteers; the archive treats it as a secondary source and checks it against its own records where it can.

Coverage

What this archive holds for this match

Held: the result, goalscorers and minutes (according to Wikipedia), attendance (according to Wikipedia). Not held: team match statistics (shots, corners, fouls), full event data, team sheets, bookings, match officials, venue. Absence here is not zero.

Sources

Result: OpenFootball
Scorers, attendance, referee: English Wikipedia, the clubs' season articles (secondary source, CC BY-SA 4.0), each checked against the stored result before use
Data last updated: 16 Oct 2026, 11:15 BST (the archive's last successful import)
Source file last changed: 27 May 2026
This record last changed: 15 Oct 2026, 07:18 BST
Last correction: None

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