The City Ground

SEasON: 1999-00

Prev Season: 1998-99
Next Season: 2000-01

DIVISION:: Nationwide League Division One (Tier 2)
MANAGER(s):: David Platt
FA Cup:: 4th Round (Chelsea (A) 0-2)
League Cup:: 4th Round (Sheffield Wednesday (A) 1-4)
Player Of The Year:: Dave Beasant

Top Goalscorer:: Alan Rogers, Dougie Freedman (11 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals
Scored	22 times	8 times	7 times	1 time
Conceded	22 times	7 times	7 times	2 times
Won By	6 times	7 times	4 times
Lost By	12 times	5 times	4 times

ATTENDANCES

Highest League Attendance:: 25,846 (League - Manchester City)
Lowest League Attendance:: 13,841 (League - Portsmouth)
Average League Attendance:: 17,196
Highest Cup Attendance:: 8,300 (League Cup - Mansfield Town)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 5,015 (League Cup - Bristol City)

MISC

Clean Sheets:: 16
Red cards:: 2
Yellow cards:: 0

END OF SEasON TABLE

FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION ONE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Charlton Athletic	46	27	10	9	79	45	15	3	5	37	18	12	7	4	42	27	34	91	Promoted as Champions	1-1	0-3
2	Manchester City	46	26	11	9	78	40	17	2	4	48	17	9	9	5	30	23	38	89	Promoted	1-3	0-1
3	Ipswich Town	46	25	12	9	71	42	16	3	4	39	17	9	9	5	32	25	29	87	Promoted	0-1	1-3
4	Barnsley	46	24	10	12	88	67	15	4	4	48	24	9	6	8	40	43	21	82		3-0	0-1
5	Birmingham City	46	22	11	13	65	44	15	5	3	37	16	7	6	10	28	28	21	77		1-0	1-0
6	Bolton Wanderers	46	21	13	12	69	50	14	5	4	43	26	7	8	8	26	24	19	76		1-1	2-3
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	21	11	14	64	48	15	5	3	45	20	6	6	11	19	28	16	74		1-1	0-3
8	Huddersfield Town	46	21	11	14	62	49	14	5	4	43	21	7	6	10	19	28	13	74		1-3	1-2
9	Fulham	46	17	16	13	49	41	13	7	3	33	13	4	9	10	16	28	8	67		0-0	1-1
10	Queens Park Rangers	46	16	18	12	62	53	9	12	2	30	20	7	6	10	32	33	9	66		1-1	1-1
11	Blackburn Rovers	46	15	17	14	55	51	10	9	4	33	20	5	8	10	22	31	4	62		0-1	1-2
12	Norwich City	46	14	15	17	45	50	11	6	6	26	22	3	9	11	19	28	-5	57		1-1	0-1
13	Tranmere Rovers	46	15	12	19	57	68	10	8	5	35	27	5	4	14	22	41	-11	57		1-1	0-3
14	Nottingham Forest	46	14	14	18	53	55	9	10	4	29	18	5	4	14	24	37	-2	56
15	Crystal Palace	46	13	15	18	57	67	7	11	5	33	26	6	4	13	24	41	-10	54		2-0	0-2
16	Sheffield United	46	13	15	18	59	71	10	8	5	38	24	3	7	13	21	47	-12	54		0-0	1-2
17	Stockport County	46	13	15	18	55	67	8	8	7	33	31	5	7	11	22	36	-12	54		1-1	3-2
18	Portsmouth	46	13	12	21	55	66	9	6	8	36	27	4	6	13	19	39	-11	51		2-0	1-2
19	Crewe Alexandra	46	14	9	23	46	67	9	5	9	27	31	5	4	14	19	36	-21	51		1-0	3-0
20	Grimsby Town	46	13	12	21	41	67	10	8	5	27	25	3	4	16	14	42	-26	51		2-1	3-4
21	West Bromwich Albion	46	10	19	17	43	60	6	11	6	25	26	4	8	11	18	34	-17	49		0-0	1-1
22	Walsall	46	11	13	22	52	77	7	6	10	26	34	4	7	12	26	43	-25	46	Relegated	4-1	2-0
23	Port Vale	46	7	15	24	48	69	6	6	11	27	30	1	9	13	21	39	-21	36	Relegated	2-0	2-0
24	Swindon Town	46	8	12	26	38	77	5	6	12	23	37	3	6	14	15	40	-39	36	Relegated	3-1	0-0

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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Ground
1	Sat Aug 07, 1999	Ipswich Town	A	1-3	Loss	20,830	21	Portman Road
2	Sat Aug 14, 1999	Grimsby Town	H	2-1	Win	17,121	12
3	Fri Aug 20, 1999	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-1	Draw	13,202	9	The Hawthorns
4	Sat Aug 28, 1999	Queens Park Rangers	H	1-1	Draw	18,442	14
5	Mon Aug 30, 1999	Manchester City	A	0-1	Loss	31,857	16	Maine Road
6	Sat Sep 04, 1999	Walsall	H	4-1	Win	15,081	8
7	Sat Sep 11, 1999	Swindon Town	A	0-0	Draw	8,203	9	County Ground (Swindon)
8	Sun Sep 19, 1999	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-1	Draw	20,694	11
9	Sat Sep 25, 1999	Bolton Wanderers	A	2-3	Loss	14,978	14	Reebok Stadium
10	Fri Oct 01, 1999	Barnsley	H	3-0	Win	15,255	8
11	Sat Oct 16, 1999	Sheffield United	A	1-2	Loss	15,687	15	Bramall Lane
12	Tue Oct 19, 1999	Port Vale	A	2-0	Win	5,714	11	Vale Park
13	Sat Oct 23, 1999	Stockport County	H	1-1	Draw	15,770	11
14	Wed Oct 27, 1999	Bolton Wanderers	H	1-1	Draw	15,572	13
15	Sat Oct 30, 1999	Barnsley	A	0-1	Loss	14,727	15	Oakwell
16	Sat Nov 06, 1999	Norwich City	A	0-1	Loss	15,818	16	Carrow Road
17	Sun Nov 14, 1999	Huddersfield Town	H	1-3	Loss	15,258	17
18	Sat Nov 20, 1999	Tranmere Rovers	A	0-3	Loss	6,693	18	Prenton Park
19	Wed Nov 24, 1999	Portsmouth	H	2-0	Win	13,841	16
20	Sat Nov 27, 1999	Crystal Palace	A	0-2	Loss	15,920	18	Selhurst Park
21	Sun Dec 05, 1999	Ipswich Town	H	0-1	Loss	15,724	19
22	Wed Dec 15, 1999	Fulham	H	0-0	Draw	14,250	19
23	Sat Dec 18, 1999	Crewe Alexandra	H	1-0	Win	15,289	19
24	Sun Dec 26, 1999	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-2	Loss	23,406	20	Ewood Park
25	Tue Dec 28, 1999	Birmingham City	H	1-0	Win	20,821	17
26	Mon Jan 03, 2000	Charlton Athletic	A	0-3	Loss	19,787	17	The Valley
27	Sat Jan 15, 2000	Grimsby Town	A	3-4	Loss	6,738	18	Blundell Park
28	Sat Jan 22, 2000	West Bromwich Albion	H	0-0	Draw	19,863	18
29	Sat Jan 29, 2000	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-1	Draw	12,297	18	Loftus Road
30	Sat Feb 05, 2000	Manchester City	H	1-3	Loss	25,846	18
31	Sat Feb 12, 2000	Walsall	A	2-0	Win	8,027	18	Bescot Stadium
32	Sat Feb 19, 2000	Crystal Palace	H	2-0	Win	16,421	18
33	Sat Feb 26, 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-3	Loss	24,444	18	Molineux
34	Sat Mar 04, 2000	Swindon Town	H	3-1	Win	19,748	17
35	Wed Mar 08, 2000	Norwich City	H	1-1	Draw	15,640	17
36	Sat Mar 11, 2000	Portsmouth	A	1-2	Loss	14,336	18	Fratton Park
37	Sat Mar 18, 2000	Tranmere Rovers	H	1-1	Draw	14,428	18
38	Tue Mar 21, 2000	Huddersfield Town	A	1-2	Loss	12,893	19	Alfred Mcalpine Stadium
39	Sat Mar 25, 2000	Blackburn Rovers	H	0-1	Loss	16,823	19
40	Sat Apr 01, 2000	Crewe Alexandra	A	3-0	Win	7,014	19	Gresty Road
41	Sat Apr 08, 2000	Charlton Athletic	H	1-1	Draw	20,922	19
42	Sat Apr 15, 2000	Birmingham City	A	1-0	Win	23,006	17	St. Andrews
43	Sat Apr 22, 2000	Sheffield United	H	0-0	Draw	17,172	17
44	Mon Apr 24, 2000	Fulham	A	1-1	Draw	12,696	17	Craven Cottage
45	Sat Apr 29, 2000	Port Vale	H	2-0	Win	15,534	15
46	Sun May 07, 2000	Stockport County	A	3-2	Win	7,736	14	Edgeley Park

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground
Fri Dec 10, 1999	Oxford United	3			H	1-1	Draw	8,079
Sat Jan 08, 2000	Oxford United	3	Y	1	A	3-1	Win	7,191	Manor Ground
Wed Jan 19, 2000	Chelsea	4			A	0-2	Loss	30,125	Stamford Bridge

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Wed Aug 11, 1999	Mansfield Town	1	1	H	3-0	Win	8,300
Tue Aug 24, 1999	Mansfield Town	1	2	A	0-1	Loss	3,072	Field Mill	Won 3-1 on aggregate
Wed Sep 15, 1999	Bristol City	2	1	H	2-1	Win	5,015
Wed Sep 22, 1999	Bristol City	2	2	A	0-0	Draw	8,259	Ashton Gate	Won 2-1 on aggregate
Wed Oct 13, 1999	Sheffield Wednesday	3		A	1-4	Loss	15,524	Hillsborough

County Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Mon May 01, 2000	Notts County	Final	H	1-0	Win	1,836

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Tue Jul 13, 1999	Peterborough United	England	A	3-1	Win	3,476	London Road	David Platt's first game as manager
Fri Jul 16, 1999	Bray Wanderers	Ireland	A	1-1	Draw	-	Carlisle Grounds
Sat Jul 17, 1999	St Patrick's Athletic	Ireland	A	0-1	Loss	2,000	Richmond Park
Wed Jul 21, 1999	Bournemouth	England	A	1-3	Loss	6,000	Dean Court
Sat Jul 24, 1999	Brighton and Hove Albion	England	A	2-2	Draw	6,000	Withdean Stadium
Tue Jul 27, 1999	Bradford City	England	A	2-1	Win	3,234	Valley Parade
Wed Jul 28, 1999	Wycombe Wanderers	England	A	0-0	Draw	-	Adams Park
Sat Jul 31, 1999	Millwall	England	A	1-2	Loss	3,000	The Den

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Colin Doyle
GK	1	Dave Beasant	32	11	9	12					1	21	Player Of The Year
GK	12	Mark Crossley	23	6	8	9				1		29
GK	26	Barry Roche
GK	33	Mark Goodlad										3	Left to join Port vale
D		Moreno Mannini	9	3	1	5				4	1	4	Retired
D		Pollet
D	5	Colin Calderwood	6	2	2	2				1
D	15	John Terry	6	3	3						1
D	16	Salvatore Matrecano	13	4	4	5				2
D	20	Tony Vaughan	10	5	3	2				3
D	25	Jesper Mattsson
D	31	Chris Doig	13	4	4	5				1	4	4
M		Brian Cash											Reserve squad
M		Carlton Palmer	1		1		1					1	Left to join Coventry City
M		Des Lyttle	1		1						1
M		Hugo Porfirio	1	1							1
M		John Burns	4	2	2					2		2	Left to join Bristol City
M		John Thompson											Reserve squad
M		Keith Foy
M		Richard Hodgson											Reserve squad
M		Steve Melton	3		1	2					1	1	Left to join Stoke City
M	2	Matthieu Louis-Jean	32	7	11	14				6	2	7
M	4	Nigel Quashie	33	11	12	10	3		1	7	2	3
M	6	Jon Olav Hjelde	39	13	11	15				3	8	1
M	7	David Platt	2	1		1			1		1	2
M	8	Riccardo Scimeca	46	15	14	17				3
M	17	Thierry Bonalair	16	4	5	7	2			3	4	2	Left to join FC Zurich
M	22	Richard Cooper	1	1							1	9
M	23	Bernard Allou	8	2	3	3	2			1	5	9
M	28	Kevin Dawson	8	2	1	5				1	3	7
M	34	David Prutton	38	12	11	15	2			6	1	1
M	36	Jim Brennan	27	7	7	13				2	3
F		Andy Dawson
F		Andy Reid
F		Colin Cooper
F		Craig Armstrong	1	1							1
F		Jean-Claude Darcheville										1
F		Jermaine Jenas											Reserve squad
F		Liam Kearney											Reserve squad
F		Matthew Turner
F		Robert Gill
F		Steve Guinan	1			1				1		2	Left to join Cambridge United
F	3	Alan Rogers	45	15	13	17	11			6	2
F	5	Steve Chettle	15	4	5	6	1			3	1		Left to join Barnsley
F	9	Gianluca Petrachi	16	5	5	6				7	3	2
F	10	Andy Johnson	25	10	5	10	2			3
F	11	Chris Bart-Williams	43	14	12	17	8			6		1
F	14	Dougie Freedman	40	11	13	16	11			8	6	2
F	18	Ian Woan	10	4	1	5					9	3
F	19	Stern John	20	6	6	8	3			4	4	1
F	21	Jack Lester	15	6	5	4	2			4	3
F	24	Christian Edwards										1
F	27	Andy Gray	27	4	9	14				5	12	6
F	29	Marlon Harewood	39	13	12	14	5			8	16	6
F	30	Carlos Merino	12	3	1	8				4	8	11
F	32	Gareth Edds	2	2						1		2
F	32	Ian Wright	10	3	4	3	5			2			Returned to West Ham at end of loan
F	32	Mikkel Beck	5	1		4	1			2			Returned to Derby County at end of loan
F	35	David Freeman	4	1		3					4	3
F	37	Gareth Williams	2	1		1				1	1	9
		McNamara

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
11	Alan Rogers	45
11	Dougie Freedman	40
8	Chris Bart-Williams	43
5	Ian Wright	10
5	Marlon Harewood	39
3	Nigel Quashie	33
3	Stern John	20
2	Andy Johnson	25
2	Bernard Allou	8
2	David Prutton	38
2	Jack Lester	15
2	Thierry Bonalair	16
1	Carlton Palmer	1
1	Mikkel Beck	5
1	Steve Chettle	15

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

1999-00

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Birmingham City	Tue Dec 28, 1999	H	1-0	Sat Apr 15, 2000	A	1-0
Crewe Alexandra	Sat Dec 18, 1999	H	1-0	Sat Apr 01, 2000	A	3-0
Port Vale	Tue Oct 19, 1999	A	2-0	Sat Apr 29, 2000	H	2-0
Walsall	Sat Sep 04, 1999	H	4-1	Sat Feb 12, 2000	A	2-0