1999–2000 Wrexham F.C. season

Wrexham
1999–2000 season
Chairman	Pryce Griffiths
Manager	Brian Flynn
Stadium	Racecourse Ground
Second Division	11th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	First round
Football League Trophy	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Connolly/Faulconbridge (9); All: Faulconbridge (11)
Average home league attendance	3,952

During the 1999–2000 English football season, Wrexham F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division.

Season summary

In the 1999-2000 season, Wrexham had a satisfying league campaign finishing mid-table in 11th place. The season also saw Wrexham again beat a top-flight team in the FA Cup, this time in the shape of Middlesbrough. The final score of the match was 2–1, with the second half goals coming from Robin Gibson and Darren Ferguson after being behind to the Premiership outfit.^[1]

Final league table

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

Results

Wrexham's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 August 1999	Blackpool	A	1–2	5,008	Faulconbridge
14 August 1999	Bury	H	1–0	4,185	Stevens
20 August 1999	Cardiff City	A	1–1	11,168	Stevens
28 August 1999	Bristol Rovers	H	2–1	3,365	Faulconbridge (2)
31 August 1999	Wycombe Wanderers	A	1–0	5,393	Barrett
3 September 1999	Notts County	H	2–3	5,040	Faulconbridge (2)
11 September 1999	Luton Town	A	1–3	5,121	Stevens
18 September 1999	Oxford United	H	1–0	4,229	Stevens
25 September 1999	Stoke City	H	2–3	5,924	Carey, Lowe
1 October 1999	Colchester United	A	2–2	3,315	Owen, Morrell
9 October 1999	Gillingham	A	1–5	5,997	Faulconbridge
16 October 1999	Chesterfield	H	1–1	2,603	Roberts
19 October 1999	Wigan Athletic	H	1–1	3,392	Roberts (pen)
23 October 1999	Stoke City	A	0–2	10,545
2 November 1999	Burnley	A	0–5	8,944
6 November 1999	Brentford	H	0–1	2,473
12 November 1999	Millwall	A	0–0	6,711
23 November 1999	Cambridge United	H	1–1	3,467	Faulconbridge
27 November 1999	Oldham Athletic	A	0–0	4,963
4 December 1999	Blackpool	H	1–1	2,668	Faulconbridge
18 December 1999	Reading	A	2–2	6,223	Owen, Roberts
26 December 1999	Preston North End	H	0–0	7,872
28 December 1999	Bournemouth	A	0–1	5,394
3 January 2000	Bristol City	H	0–1	4,021
15 January 2000	Bury	A	2–0	3,622	Roberts (2)
22 January 2000	Cardiff City	H	2–1	4,350	Connolly, Ferguson
29 January 2000	Bristol Rovers	A	1–3	8,196	Roberts
1 February 2000	Scunthorpe United	A	2–0	2,851	Barrett, Connolly
5 February 2000	Wycombe Wanderers	H	1–3	2,781	Faulconbridge
12 February 2000	Notts County	A	1–2	5,474	Connolly
19 February 2000	Oldham Athletic	H	0–3	3,603
26 February 2000	Oxford United	A	4–1	4,988	Connolly, Allsopp (2), Ferguson
4 March 2000	Luton Town	H	1–0	2,703	Allsopp
7 March 2000	Brentford	A	2–0	4,055	Allsopp, Connolly
11 March 2000	Burnley	H	0–1	6,582
18 March 2000	Cambridge United	A	4–3	4,591	Williams, Russell (2), Ferguson
21 March 2000	Millwall	H	1–1	3,019	Owen
25 March 2000	Preston North End	A	0–1	12,481
28 March 2000	Scunthorpe United	H	3–1	2,139	Gibson, Russell, Ferguson (pen)
1 April 2000	Reading	H	0–1	2,613
8 April 2000	Bristol City	A	0–4	8,639
15 April 2000	Bournemouth	H	1–0	2,597	Russell
22 April 2000	Chesterfield	A	3–0	2,550	Connolly (3, 1 pen)
24 April 2000	Colchester United	H	1–0	2,460	Hardy (pen)
29 April 2000	Wigan Athletic	A	1–0	7,245	Connolly
6 May 2000	Gillingham	H	1–0	5,297	McGregor

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	30 October 1999	Kettering Town	H	1–1	2,701	Roberts
R1R	10 November 1999	Kettering Town	A	2–0	2,611	Roberts, Williams
R2	20 November 1999	Rochdale	H	2–1	3,408	Roberts, Faulconbridge
R3	11 December 1999	Middlesbrough	H	2–1	11,755	Gibson, Ferguson
R4	8 January 2000	Cambridge United	H	1–2	7,186	Connolly

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	10 August 1999	Preston North End	A	0–1	4,930
R1 2nd Leg	24 August 1999	Preston North End	H	0–2 (lost 0-3 agg)	2,911

Football League Trophy


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
NR1	7 December 1999	Preston North End	A	1–4	3,306	Faulconbridge

Squad

^[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Kevin Dearden
2	DF	Mark McGregor
3	DF	Phil Hardy
4	MF	Gareth Owen
5	DF	Brian Carey
6	DF	Adrian Moody
7	MF	Martyn Chalk
8	MF	Kevin Russell
9	FW	Karl Connolly
10	FW	Dean Spink
11	FW	David Lowe
12	DF	David Ridler
13	MF	Dave Warren
14	DF	Deryn Brace
15	MF	Paul Barrett
16	FW	John Rietdyk

No.	Position	Player
17	DF	Stephen Roberts
18	MF	Danny Williams
19	MF	Steve Thomas
20	GK	Mark Cartwright
21	GK	David Walsh
22	GK	Kristian Rogers
23	DF	Steve Cooper
24	DF	Mike Ryan
25	FW	Robin Gibson
26	DF	Kevin Hannon
28	FW	Andy Morrell
29	FW	Ian Stevens
30	MF	Wayne Phillips
31	FW	Craig Faulconbridge
32	MF	Darren Ferguson

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
27		GK	Jake Edwards (to Telford United)
16		DF	Neil Roberts (to Wigan Athletic)

No.		Position	Player
33		FW	Danny Allsopp (on loan from Manchester City)
6		DF	Jason Jarrett (Released)

References

↑ "Wrexham wreck Boro cup bid". BBC News. 11 December 1999. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
↑ Soccerbase: 1999-2000 Wrexham results
↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1999-2000/d2/wrexham.htm

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[1] "Wrexham wreck Boro cup bid". BBC News. 11 December 1999. Retrieved 27 July 2015.

[2] Soccerbase: 1999-2000 Wrexham results

[3] ttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1999-2000/d2/wrexham.htm

Wrexham Association Football Club
Overview	Managers Players Seasons All articles
Home Stadium	Racecourse Ground (1864–81) Rhosddu Recreation Ground (1881–83) Racecourse Ground (1883–present)
Training Ground	Colliers Park
Seasons	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08
Affiliates	Cefn Druids Colwyn Bay Lex Glyndŵr XI Liverpool Prestatyn Town Wrexham Ladies
Rivalries	Cross-border derby v Chester F.C. Tranmere Rovers Shrewsbury Town