1999–2000 Football League

Football League, Second Division
Season	1999–2000
Champions	Preston North End (2nd third tier title)
Direct promotion	Preston North End,; Burnley
Promoted through play-offs	Gillingham
Relegated	Blackpool,; Cardiff City,; Chesterfield,; Scunthorpe United
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,404 (2.54 per match)
Top goalscorer	Andy Payton (Burnley), 27 [2]
	← 1998–99 2000–01 →

Football League, First Division
Season	1999–2000
Champions	Charlton Athletic (1st second tier title)
Direct promotion to FA Premier League	Charlton Athletic,; Manchester City
Promoted to FA Premier League through play-offs	Ipswich Town
Relegated	Port Vale,; Swindon Town,; Walsall
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,391 (2.52 per match)
Top goalscorer	Andy Hunt (Charlton Athletic), 24 [2]
	← 1998–99 2000–01 →

The Football League
Season	1999–2000
Champions	Charlton Athletic
Promoted	Charlton Athletic; Manchester City; Ipswich Town
Relegated	Chester City
	← 1998–99 2000–01 →

The 1999–2000 Football League (known as the Nationwide Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 101st completed season of The Football League.

The 1999–2000 season saw the league dispense with the traditional 1–11 numbering of players’ shirts in favour of squad numbers, a system that had been adopted by the Premier League a few seasons before. This also meant that players’ names appeared on the back of their shirts for the first time since the league’s inception.^[1]

The three promotion places in Division One went to champions Charlton Athletic, runners-up Manchester City and playoff winners Ipswich Town.

1999–2000 also saw some of Division One’s biggest clubs miss out on promotion — the biggest of these were Blackburn Rovers (11th) and Nottingham Forest (14th). Steve Coppell ended his fourth spell as Crystal Palace manager after doing wonders to keep a virtually bankrupt club clear of the Division One relegation zone.

Going down were Walsall, Port Vale and Swindon Town. West Bromwich Albion just missed out on the drop zone thanks to a late turn-around in form during the final weeks of the season which followed the appointment of Gary Megson as manager.

David Moyes, 37, showed promise as one of the league’s most highly rated young managers after he guided Preston North End to the Division Two championship. Stan Ternent’s two-year rebuilding project at Burnley paid off as they finished runners-up in the division and would establish themselves as a second tier side for nine years until promotion to the Premier League happened at the end of the 2008–09 season. Joining them in Division One were Peter Taylor’s Gillingham, who had reached the upper half of the league for the first time in their history.

Going down were Cardiff City, Blackpool, Scunthorpe United and Chesterfield. Narrowly avoiding the drop were Oxford United, who struggled all season long despite the club’s financial crisis being eased by the arrival of new Tanzanian chairman Firoz Kassam.

Swansea City, Rotherham United, Northampton Town and Peterborough United occupied the four promotion places in Division Three.

Chester City were relegated on the last day of the season, ending their 69-year league career and would be relegated from the League again nine years later while Shrewsbury Town and Carlisle United saved themselves from Conference football.

First Division

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

Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Key
	Football League Champions, promoted to FA Premier League
	Promoted to FA Premier League
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted to Premier League through play-offs
	Relegated

^[3]

Location of clubs

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League First Division 1999–2000 teams

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1999–2000

Play-offs

Semifinals 1st leg – May 13th/14th; 2nd leg – May 17th/18th, 2000					Final at Wembley May 29th, 2000

3rd	Ipswich Town (a.e.t.)	2	5	7
6th	Bolton Wanderers	2	3	5
					3rd	Ipswich Town	4
					4th	Barnsley	2
4th	Barnsley	4	1	5
5th	Birmingham City	0	2	2

^[3]

First Division results

Home \ Away^[1]	BAR	BIR	BLB	BOL	CHA	CRE	CRY	FUL	GRI	HUD	IPS	MCI	NWC	NOT	PTV	POR	QPR	SHU	STP	SWI	TRA	WAL	WBA	WOL
Barnsley		2–1	5–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–3	1–0	3–0	4–2	0–2	2–1	2–1	1–0	3–1	6–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	3–2	2–2	1–2
Birmingham City	3–1		1–0	2–1	1–0	5–1	2–0	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	4–2	1–0	2–0	0–2	2–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–0
Blackburn Rovers	1–2	1–0		3–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–4	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–2	5–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–1
Bolton Wanderers	2–2	3–3	3–1		0–2	2–2	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	3–2	2–1	3–0	2–1	2–0	0–1	2–0	2–3	4–3	1–1	2–1
Charlton Athletic	3–1	1–0	1–2	2–1		1–0	2–1	1–0	4–0	0–1	1–3	0–1	1–0	3–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	4–0	0–1	3–2	2–1	0–0	2–0
Crewe Alexandra	0–1	2–3	0–0	1–3	0–2		2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	0–3	2–1	1–3	2–1	1–0	3–2	2–1	0–2	2–3	2–0	1–0
Crystal Palace	0–2	0–2	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–1		0–0	3–0	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	3–0	1–1	3–3	1–2	2–2	3–2	0–2	1–1
Fulham	1–3	0–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	3–0	1–0		0–1	3–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	4–0	4–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–1
Grimsby Town	0–3	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–5	1–1	1–0	1–1		0–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	4–3	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–2	0–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–0
Huddersfield Town	2–1	0–0	3–2	0–3	1–2	3–0	7–1	1–1	3–1		3–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–2	0–1	1–0	4–1	0–2	4–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0
Ipswich Town	6–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	4–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–1		2–1	0–2	3–1	3–0	0–1	1–4	1–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	2–0	3–1	1–0
Manchester City	3–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–1	4–0	2–1	0–1	1–0		3–1	1–0	2–1	4–2	1–3	6–0	1–2	3–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–1
Norwich City	2–2	0–1	0–2	2–1	0–3	2–1	0–1	1–2	3–0	1–1	0–0	1–0		1–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–0
Nottingham Forest	3–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–3	0–1	1–3	1–1		2–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	4–1	0–0	1–1
Port Vale	2–2	3–1	0–0	0–1	2–2	1–0	2–2	0–2	3–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–1	0–2		2–0	1–1	2–3	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–2	1–2	0–1
Portsmouth	3–0	2–2	1–2	0–0	0–2	0–2	3–1	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–0		1–3	2–0	2–0	4–1	1–2	5–1	2–0	2–3
Queens Park Rangers	2–2	2–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	3–2	0–0		3–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–1
Sheffield United	3–3	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–3	1–0	1–1		1–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	6–0	3–0
Stockport County	1–3	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–3	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	2–2	2–3	1–0	1–1	3–3	1–1		3–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	3–2
Swindon Town	1–2	1–4	2–1	0–4	1–2	0–1	2–4	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–4	0–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–1		3–1	1–1	1–2	1–2
Tranmere Rovers	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–2	2–0	1–2	1–1	3–2	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–2	3–0	2–1	2–4	1–1	1–3	0–0	3–1		1–1	3–0	1–0
Walsall	1–4	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–4	1–4	2–2	1–3	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	2–2	0–2	0–0	1–0	2–3	2–1	1–2	0–0	1–2		2–1	1–1
West Bromwich Albion	0–2	0–3	2–2	4–4	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	3–2	0–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–1		1–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–3	2–0	2–1	3–0	3–0	0–1	2–1	4–1	1–0	3–0	2–2	1–1	3–2	1–0	2–2	1–1	4–0	1–2	1–1

Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Preston North End	46	15	4	4	37	23	13	7	3	37	14	74	37	+37	95
2	Burnley	46	16	3	4	42	23	9	10	4	27	24	69	47	+22	88
3	Gillingham	46	16	3	4	46	21	9	7	7	33	27	79	48	+31	85
4	Wigan Athletic	46	15	3	5	37	14	7	14	2	35	24	72	38	+34	83
5	Millwall	46	14	7	2	41	18	9	6	8	35	32	76	50	+26	82
6	Stoke City	46	13	7	3	37	18	10	6	7	31	24	68	42	+26	82
7	Bristol Rovers	46	13	7	3	34	19	10	4	9	35	26	69	45	+24	80
8	Notts County	46	9	6	8	32	27	9	5	9	29	28	61	55	+6	65
9	Bristol City	46	7	14	2	31	18	8	5	10	28	39	59	57	+2	64
10	Reading	46	10	9	4	28	18	6	5	12	29	45	57	63	–6	62
11	Wrexham	46	9	6	8	23	24	8	5	10	29	37	52	61	–9	62
12	Wycombe Wanderers	46	11	4	8	32	24	5	9	9	24	29	56	53	+3	61
13	Luton Town	46	10	7	6	41	35	7	3	13	20	30	61	65	–4	61
14	Oldham Athletic	46	8	5	10	27	28	8	7	8	23	27	50	55	–5	60
15	Bury	46	8	10	5	38	33	5	8	10	23	31	61	64	–3	57
16	Bournemouth	46	11	6	6	37	19	5	3	15	22	43	59	62	–3	57
17	Brentford	46	8	6	9	27	31	5	7	11	20	30	47	61	–14	52
18	Colchester United	46	9	4	10	36	40	5	6	12	23	42	59	82	–23	52
19	Cambridge United	46	8	6	9	38	33	4	6	13	26	32	64	65	–1	48
20	Oxford United	46	6	5	12	24	38	6	4	13	19	35	43	73	–30	45
21	Cardiff City	46	5	10	8	23	34	4	7	12	22	33	45	67	–22	44
22	Blackpool	46	4	10	9	26	37	4	7	12	23	40	49	77	–28	41
23	Scunthorpe United	46	4	6	13	16	34	5	6	12	24	40	40	74	–34	39
24	Chesterfield	46	5	7	11	17	25	2	8	13	17	38	34	63	–29	36

Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted through play-offs
	Relegated

Location of clubs

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1999–2000 teams

Brentford

Millwall

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1999–2000

Play-offs

Semifinals 1st leg – May 13th; 2nd leg – May 17th, 2000					Final at Wembley Stadium May 28th, 2000

3rd	Gillingham	2	3	5
6th	Stoke City	3	0	3
					3rd	Gillingham (a.e.t.)	3
					4th	Wigan Athletic	2
4th	Wigan Athletic	0	1	1
5th	Millwall	0	0	0

^[3]

Third Division

Football League, Third Division
Season	1999–2000
Champions	Swansea City (1st fourth tier title)
Direct promotion	Swansea City, Northampton, Rotherham United
Promoted through play-offs	Peterborough United
Relegated to Conference	Chester
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,303 (2.36 per match)
Top goalscorer	Marco Gabbiadini (Darlington), 24 ^[2]
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Swansea City	46	15	6	2	32	11	9	7	7	19	19	51	30	+21	85
2	Rotherham United	46	13	5	5	43	17	11	7	5	29	19	72	36	+36	84
3	Northampton Town	46	16	2	5	36	18	9	5	9	27	27	63	45	+18	82
4	Darlington	46	13	9	1	43	15	8	7	8	23	21	66	36	+30	79
5	Peterborough United	46	14	4	5	39	30	8	8	7	24	24	63	54	+9	78
6	Barnet	46	12	6	5	36	24	9	6	8	23	29	59	53	+6	75
7	Hartlepool United	46	16	1	6	32	17	5	8	10	28	32	60	49	+11	72
8	Cheltenham Town	46	13	4	6	28	17	7	6	10	22	25	50	42	+8	70
9	Torquay United	46	12	6	5	35	20	7	6	10	27	32	62	52	+10	69
10	Rochdale	46	8	7	8	21	25	10	7	6	36	29	57	54	+3	68
11	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	10	7	6	38	25	7	9	7	26	21	64	47	+17	67
12	Plymouth Argyle	46	12	10	1	38	18	4	8	11	17	33	55	51	+4	66
13	Macclesfield Town	46	9	7	7	36	30	9	4	10	30	31	66	61	+5	65
14	Hull City	46	7	8	8	26	23	8	6	9	17	20	43	43	±0	59
15	Lincoln City	46	11	6	6	38	23	4	8	11	29	46	67	69	–2	59
16	Southend United	46	11	5	7	37	31	4	6	13	16	30	53	61	–8	56
17	Mansfield Town	46	9	6	8	33	26	7	2	14	17	39	50	65	–15	56
18	Halifax Town	46	7	5	11	22	24	8	4	11	22	34	44	58	–14	54
19	Leyton Orient	46	7	7	9	22	22	6	6	11	25	30	47	52	–5	52
20	York City	46	7	10	6	21	21	5	6	12	18	32	39	53	–14	52
21	Exeter City	46	8	6	9	27	30	3	5	15	19	42	46	72	–26	44
22	Shrewsbury Town	46	5	6	12	20	27	4	7	12	20	40	40	67	–27	40
23	Carlisle United	46	6	8	9	23	27	3	4	16	19	48	42	75	–33	39
24	Chester City	46	5	5	13	20	36	5	4	14	24	43	44	79	–35	39

Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

^[3]

NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted through play-offs
	New club in the league
	Relegated to Conference

Locations of clubs

Locations of the Football League Third Division teams 1999–2000

Barnet

Leyton Orient

Locations of the Football League Third Division London teams 1999–2000

Play-offs

Semifinals 1st leg – May 13th; 2nd leg – May 17th, 2000					Final at Wembley Stadium May 26th, 2000

4th	Darlington	2	1	3
7th	Hartlepool United	0	0	0
					4th	Darlington	0
					5th	Peterborough United	1
5th	Peterborough United	2	3	5
6th	Barnet	1	0	1

^[3]

References

↑ "Put your shirt on squad numbers next season". Lancashire Evening Telegraph. 1999-04-09. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
1 2 3 "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
1 2 3 4 5 "England 1999–00". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 1 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.

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[topscorers-2] 1 2 3 "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

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[1]

1999–2000 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '99 '00 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '99 '00 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina (Herzeg-Bosnia, Republika Srpska) Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '99 '00 Faroe Islands '99 '00 Finland '99 '00 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '99 '00 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '99 '00 Latvia '99 '00 Lithuania '99 '00 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '99 '00 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '99 '00 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '99 '00 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '99 '00 Finland '99 '00 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '99 '00 Israel Italy Latvia '99 '00 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '99 '00 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '99 '00 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
League cups	England Finland '99 '00 France Germany Iceland '99 '00 Israel Northern Ireland Poland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying, Group stage, 2nd group stage, knockout stage, Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

1999–2000 Football League

First Division

Location of clubs

Play-offs

First Division results

Second Division

Location of clubs

Play-offs

Third Division

Locations of clubs

Play-offs

See also

References