Work s ▁based ▁on ▁Jane ▁E y re <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁ 2 0 0 1 – 0 2 ▁season ▁was ▁Ful ham ▁F . C .' s ▁ 1 0 4 th ▁season ▁of ▁professional ▁football ▁and ▁their ▁first ▁season ▁in ▁the ▁Premier ▁League . ▁They ▁were ▁managed ▁by ▁Jean ▁Tig ana , ▁who ▁had ▁also ▁over seen ▁their ▁promotion ▁from ▁the ▁First ▁Division ▁the ▁previous ▁season . ▁ ▁Season ▁summary ▁After ▁the ▁high - profile ▁sign ings ▁of ▁Ju vent us ▁goal keeper ▁Ed win ▁van ▁der ▁Sar ▁and ▁Lyon ▁stri ker ▁Steve ▁Mar let , ▁amongst ▁others , ▁Ful ham ▁chairman ▁Moh ammed ▁Al ▁F ay ed ▁bo asted ▁that ▁the ▁newly ▁promoted ▁side ▁would ▁win ▁the ▁Prem iers hip ▁title . ▁As ▁it ▁was , ▁Ful ham ▁never ▁came ▁anywhere ▁near ▁matching ▁the ▁pace ▁set ▁by ▁the ▁lik es ▁of ▁Ar sen al , ▁Liverpool ▁and ▁Manchester ▁United , ▁but ▁the ▁C ott agers ▁still ▁im pressed ▁upon ▁their ▁return ▁to ▁the ▁top ▁flight , ▁pe aking ▁as ▁high ▁as ▁e ighth ▁at ▁one ▁point . ▁The ▁club ' s ▁good ▁form ▁gave ▁hope ▁to ▁fans ▁that ▁their ▁team ▁could ▁challenge ▁for ▁European ▁qual ification ▁either ▁through ▁the ▁league ▁or ▁their ▁FA ▁Cup ▁run , ▁but ▁a ▁run ▁of ▁nine ▁games ▁without ▁a ▁win ▁drag ged ▁the ▁club ▁down ▁to ▁ 1 6 th ▁with ▁four ▁games ▁left ▁to ▁play ▁and ▁four ▁points ▁between ▁them ▁and ▁ 1 8 th - pla ced ▁I ps wich . ▁Seven ▁points