1999–2000 Carlisle United F.C. season

Carlisle United
1999–2000 season
Manager	Martin Wilkinson
Football League Third Division	23rd
FA Cup	First round
League Cup	First round
Football League Trophy	Semi final
Top goalscorer	Steve Soley (9)

During the 1999–2000 English football season, Carlisle United Football Club competed in the Football League Third Division where they finished in 23rd position narrowly avoiding relegation to the Football Conference by goal difference.

Final league table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1.	Swansea City	46	24	13	9	51	30	85
2.	Rotherham United	46	24	12	10	72	36	84
3.	Northampton Town	46	25	7	14	63	45	82
4.	Darlington	46	21	16	9	66	36	79
5.	Peterborough United	46	22	12	12	63	54	78
6.	Barnet	46	21	12	13	59	53	75
7.	Hartlepool United	46	21	9	16	60	49	72
8.	Cheltenham Town	46	20	10	16	50	42	70
9.	Torquay United	46	19	12	15	62	52	69
10.	Rochdale	46	18	14	14	57	54	68
11.	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	17	16	13	64	47	67
12.	Plymouth Argyle	46	16	18	12	55	51	66
13.	Macclesfield Town	46	18	11	17	66	61	65
14.	Hull City	46	15	14	17	43	43	59
15.	Lincoln City	46	15	14	17	67	69	59
16.	Southend United	46	15	11	20	53	61	56
17.	Mansfield Town	46	16	8	22	50	65	56
18.	Halifax Town	46	12	16	18	44	58	54
19.	Leyton Orient	46	13	13	20	47	52	52
20.	York City	46	12	16	18	39	53	52
21.	Exeter City	46	11	11	24	46	72	44
22.	Shrewsbury Town	46	9	13	24	40	67	40
23.	Carlisle United	46	9	12	25	42	75	39
24.	Chester City	46	10	9	27	44	79	39

Key
Promoted to Division 2
Qualified for the promotion playoff
Relegated to Conference

Results

Carlisle United's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Division Three

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	7 August 1999	Leyton Orient	H	2–1	3,895	Tracey 21', Soley 69'
2	14 August 1999	Swansea City	A	0–1	5,452
3	21 August 1999	Hartlepool United	H	0–3	4,033
4	28 August 1999	Mansfield Town	A	1–1	2,138	Baker 37'
5	30 August 1999	Plymouth Argyle	H	4–2	2,863	Tracey 41', 75', Black 44', Baker 47'
6	4 September 1999	Northampton Town	A	0–0	4,864
7	11 September 1999	Lincoln City	H	1–0	3,254	Tracey 59'
8	18 September 1999	Shrewsbury Town	A	1–4	2,393	Soley 45'
9	25 September 1999	Halifax Town	A	2–5	2,545	Tracey 10', Gregory 76'
10	2 October 1999	Southend United	H	1–1	2,800	Clark 20'
11	9 October 1999	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	0–1	3,059
12	16 October 1999	Exeter City	A	1–1	3,012	Dobie 85'
13	19 October 1999	Darlington	A	1–3	5,016	Harries 77'
14	23 October 1999	Halifax Town	H	1–1	2,593	Dobie 55'
15	2 November 1999	York City	H	0–1	2,512
16	6 November 1999	Cheltenham Town	A	1–3	3,118	Dobie 18'
17	12 November 1999	Peterborough United	H	1–1	2,515	Dobie 8'
18	23 November 1999	Barnet	A	0–3	1,769
19	27 November 1999	Rotherham United	H	0–1	2,649
20	4 December 1999	Leyton Orient	A	1–0	3,871	Pitts 83'
21	14 December 1999	Torquay United	H	0–0	2,028
22	18 December 1999	Hull City	A	1–2	4,727	Tracey 90'
23	26 December 1999	Rochdale	H	1–2	3,812	Durnin 16'
24	28 December 1999	Macclesfield Town	A	1–2	2,836	Tracey 62'
25	3 January 2000	Chester City	H	4–1	4,565	Dobie 2', 51', Harries 71', Prokas 90'
26	8 January 2000	Torquay United	A	1–4	2,112	Soley 49'
27	22 January 2000	Hartlepool United	A	0–1	3,530
28	29 January 2000	Mansfield Town	H	0–2	2,501
29	5 February 2000	Plymouth Argyle	A	0–2	4,009
30	19 February 2000	Rotherham United	A	2–4	4,271	Halliday 43', Soley 69'
31	26 February 2000	Shrewsbury Town	H	1–1	3,105	Halliday 46'
32	4 March 2000	Lincoln City	A	0–5	2,945
33	11 March 2000	York City	A	1–1	2,979	Halliday 60'
34	18 March 2000	Barnet	H	3–1	2,606	Soley 29', Halliday 42', 51'
35	21 March 2000	Peterborough United	A	2–0	5,178	Durnin 38', 62'
36	25 March 2000	Rochdale	A	2–3	2,417	Soley 14', 71' (2 pen)
37	28 March 2000	Swansea City	H	2–0	2,748	Searle 37', Halliday 59'
38	1 April 2000	Hull City	H	0–4	3,495
39	4 April 2000	Cheltenham Town	H	1–1	2,388	Soley 89'
40	8 April 2000	Chester City	A	1–0	5,507	Dobie 90'
41	11 April 2000	Northampton Town	H	0–1	2,855
42	15 April 2000	Macclesfield Town	H	0–1	3,047
43	22 April 2000	Exeter City	H	0–0	3,567
44	24 April 2000	Southend United	A	0–2	3,053
45	29 April 2000	Darlington	H	1–1	6,525	Halliday 38'
46	6 May 2000	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	0–1	5,998

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1 1st Leg	10 August 1999	Grimsby Town	H	0–0	3,000
R1 2nd Leg	21 August 1999	Grimsby Town	A	0–6	2,696

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	30 October 1999	Ilkeston Town	A	1–2	1,321	Harries 18'

Football League Trophy

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R2	25 January 2000	Wigan Athletic	H	2–1	1,748	Pitts 32', Soley 39'
Quarter final	22 February 2000	Hartlepool United	A	2–1	2,399	Halliday 13', McKinnon 51'
Semi final	7 March 2000	Rochdale	H	0–1	1,792

Squad

Appearances for competitive matches only

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Football League Trophy		Total
Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
MF	Graham Anthony	12(6)	0	1	0	0(2)	0	2	0	15(8)	0
FW	Paul Baker	12(5)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	12(5)	2
DF	Billy Barr	28(1)	0	1	0	1(1)	0	1	0	31(2)	0
MF	Tommy Black	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
DF	Rob Bowman	12(3)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	13(3)	0
DF	David Brightwell	37	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	42	0
DF	Peter Clark	42(1)	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	46(1)	1
MF	Adrian Clarke	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
MF	Paul Dalton	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
GK	Andy Dibble	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
FW	Scott Dobie	25(9)	7	1	0	0	0	3	0	29(9)	7
MF	John Durnin	20(2)	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	21(1)	3
MF	Andrew Gregory	6(1)	1	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	6(2)	1
FW	Stephen Halliday	16	7	0	0	0	0	2	1	18	8
FW	Paul Harries	6(14)	2	1	1	0	0	0(1)	0	7(15)	3
MF	Tony Hopper	25(2)	0	0	0	2	0	1(1)	0	28(3)	0
MF	John Hore	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
GK	Michael Ingham	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
GK	Peter Keen	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
DF	Rob McKinnon	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	10	1
DF	Matthew Pitts	20(9)	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	24(9)	2
DF	Richard Prokas	20(7)	1	1	0	2	0	1(1)	0	24(8)	1
DF	Paul Reid	17(2)	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	20(2)	0
MF	Andy Roddie	1(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1(1)	0
MF	Damon Searle	14(7)	1	0	0	2	0	3	0	19(7)	1
MF	Gavin Skelton	1(6)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2(6)	0
FW	Steven Skinner	0(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0
MF	Steve Soley	35(2)	8	1	0	0	0	3	1	39(2)	9
DF	Shaun Teale	18	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	20	0
MF	Jeff Thorpe	4(9)	0	0	0	0(2)	0	0	0	4(11)	0
FW	Richard Tracey	25(11)	7	1	0	2	0	1(1)	0	29(12)	7
FW	Andy Walker	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
GK	Luke Weaver	29	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	33	0
DF	Stuart Whitehead	29	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	31	0
GK	Peter van der Kwaak	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0

References

Carlisle United 1999–2000 at soccerbase.com (use drop down list to select relevant season)

Carlisle United Football Club
General	History Seasons Players Managers Honours All articles Matches
Ground	Brunton Park
Matches	Football League Trophy Finals 1995 1997 2003 2006 2010 2011 2005 Conference National play-off Final