1999–2000 Gillingham F.C. season

Gillingham
1999–2000 season
Chairman	Paul Scally
Manager	Peter Taylor
Second Division	3rd (promoted via play-offs)
FA Cup	Sixth Round
League Cup	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Robert Taylor (15); All: ; Robert Taylor (18)
Highest home attendance	10,386 (v Stoke City F.C., 17 May 2000)
Lowest home attendance	2,718 (v Torquay United F.C., 7 December 1999)
Average home league attendance	6,843
	Home colours
	Home colours

The 1999–2000 season was Gillingham F.C.'s sixty-eighth season in the Football League. They gained promotion to the Football League First Division, after beating Wigan Athletic in the 2000 Football League Second Division play-off Final. Gillingham also had a successful FA Cup run, reaching the sixth round before being knocked out by Chelsea.

Football League Second Division

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
7 August 1999	Bury	A	1 – 2	Thomson 76'	4,014
14 August 1999	Bristol Rovers	H	0 – 1		6,234
21 August 1999	Blackpool	A	1 – 1	Ashby 40'	4,203
28 August 1999	Wycombe Wanderers	H	2 – 2	Taylor 37' (pen.), McGlinchey 86'	6,180
30 August 1999	Stoke City	A	1 – 1	Taylor 90'	8,369
4 September 1999	Oldham Athletic	H	2 – 1	Taylor 4', Omoyinmi 6'	5,884
11 September 1999	Oxford United	A	2 – 1	Southall 53' (pen.), Omoyinmi 90'	5,418
18 September 1999	Preston North End	H	0 – 2		6,610
25 September 1999	Cambridge United	A	2 – 2	Taylor 26', Butters 69'	4,708
2 October 1999	Millwall	H	2 – 0	Lewis 22', Taylor 63'	6,616
9 October 1999	Wrexham	H	5 – 1	Thomson 26', Southall 45', Taylor (3) 65', 67', 70'	5,997
16 October 1999	Luton Town	A	1 – 3	Lewis 16'	6,394
19 October 1999	Brentford	A	2 – 1	Omoyinmi 27', Saunders 29'	6,264
23 October 1999	Cambridge United	H	2 – 1	Thomson (2) 47', 84'	6,417
2 November 1999	Bristol City	H	3 – 0	Taylor (3) 60', 63', 89'	6,892
6 November 1999	Notts County	A	1 – 1	Taylor 20'	6,023
12 November 1999	Bournemouth	H	4 – 1	Hessenthaler 12', Thomson 19', Taylor 50', 59'	6,336
23 November 1999	Scunthorpe United	A	4 – 1	Taylor 24', Thomson 33', Lewis 52', Nosworthy 76'	3,444
27 November 1999	Cardiff City	A	2 – 1	Hessenthaler 1', Thomson 21'	7,608
4 December 1999	Bury	H	1 – 0	Edge 62'	7,036
26 December 1999	Colchester United	H	2 – 1	Rowe 13', Southall 42'	7,338
28 December 1999	Wigan Athletic	A	0 – 2		8,054
3 January 2000	Reading	H	2 – 2	Southall 20', Thomson 90'	7,453
15 January 2000	Bristol Rovers	A	1 – 2	Onuora 88'	8,331
22 January 2000	Blackpool	H	1 – 3	Southall 52'	6,805
1 February 2000	Chesterfield	A	0 – 0		2,898
5 February 2000	Stoke City	H	3 – 0	Onuora 13', Gooden 32', Rowe 73'	7,801
12 February 2000	Oldham Athletic	A	3 – 1	Gooden 4', Ashby 41', Rowe 67'	5,144
26 February 2000	Preston North End	A	2 – 0	Asaba (2) 58', 69'	13,246
4 March 2000	Oxford United	H	1 – 0	Lewis 89'	6,966
7 March 2000	Notts County	H	0 – 1		6,915
11 March 2000	Bristol City	A	1 – 0	Hessenthaler 78'	9,332
14 March 2000	Burnley	H	2 – 2	Butters 4', Asaba 68'	7,347
18 March 2000	Scunthorpe United	H	3 – 1	Lewis 34', Thomson 55', Southall 73' (pen.)	6,822
21 March 2000	Bournemouth	A	1 – 0	Onuora 44'	4,443
25 March 2000	Colchester United	A	1 – 2	Rowe 79'	4,337
28 March 2000	Wycombe Wanderers	A	0 – 1		4,183
1 April 2000	Chesterfield	H	1 – 0	Butler 75'	6,772
7 April 2000	Reading	A	2 – 2	Southall 49', Onuora 65'	11,064
15 April 2000	Wigan Athletic	H	2 – 1	Onuora 18', Lewis 82'	7,746
18 April 2000	Burnley	A	3 – 0	Gooden 21', Ashby 50', Smith 70'	17,026
22 April 2000	Luton Town	H	2 – 0	Hessenthaler 9', Southall 60'	8,667
24 April 2000	Millwall	A	2 – 2	Gooden 11', Hessenthaler 40'	17,929
29 April 2000	Brentford	H	2 – 0	Onuora 37', Butler 87'	9,001
2 May 2000	Cardiff City	H	4 – 1	Asaba (3) 11', 36', 59', Southall 27'	9,178
6 May 2000	Wrexham	A	0 – 1		8,811

Colours: Green = Gillingham win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Preston North End (P)	46	28	11	7	74	37	+37	95
2	Burnley (P)	46	25	13	8	69	47	+22	88
3	Gillingham (P)	46	25	10	11	79	48	+31	85
4	Wigan Athletic	46	22	17	7	72	38	+34	83
5	Millwall	46	23	13	10	76	50	+26	82
6	Stoke City	46	23	13	10	68	42	+26	82

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
Source:[1]

Play-offs

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
13 May 2000	Semi Final, 1st Leg	Stoke City	A	2 – 3	Gooden 18', Hessenthaler 90'	22,124
17 May 2000	Semi Final, 2nd Leg	Stoke City	H	3 – 0 (AET)	Ashby 55', Onuora 102', Smith 118'	10,386
28 May 2000	Final	Wigan Athletic	N	3 – 2 (AET)	McGibbon 35' (o.g.), Butler 114', Thomson 118'	53,764

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
30 October 1999	First Round	Cheltenham Town	A	1 – 1	Southall 37'	3,188
9 November 1999	First Round Replay	Cheltenham Town	H	3 – 2	Thomson 24', Pennock 41', McGlinchey 77'	4,352
20 November 1999	Second Round	Darlington	H	3 – 1	Butters 17', Taylor (2) 43', 47'	5,168
11 December 1999	Third Round	Walsall	A	1 – 1	Southall 27'	4,314
8 January 2000	Third Round Replay	Walsall	H	2 – 1 (a. e. t.)	Barras 38' (o. g.), Thomson 100'	6,538
11 January 2000	Fourth Round	Bradford City	H	3 – 1	Thomson 39', Ashby 54', Hodge 78'	7,091
29 January 2000	Fifth Round	Sheffield Wednesday	H	3 – 1	Saunders 70', Thomson 72', Southall 82'	10,130
20 February 2000	Sixth Round	Chelsea	A	0 – 5		34,205

Colours: Green = Gillingham win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
11 August 1999	First Round First Leg	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	2 – 0	Ormerod (o. g.) 45', Hessenthaler 67'	5,613
24 August 1999	First Round Second Leg	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	2 – 0	Taylor 19', Southall 31'	4,592
14 September 1999	Second Round First Leg	Bolton Wanderers	H	1 – 4	Hessenthaler 55'	4,996
21 September 1999	Second Round Second Leg	Bolton Wanderers	A	0 – 2		3,673

Colours: Green = Gillingham win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Football League Trophy

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
7 December 1999	Southern Section, First Round	Torquay United	H	0 – 3		2,718

Colours: Green = Gillingham win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Vince Bartram	46	0	8	0	2	0	–	–	56	0	1	0
2	DF	Mark Patterson	9	0	–	–	1	0	–	–	10	0	1	0
3	DF	Roland Edge	28 (1)	1	7 (1)	0	–	–	–	–	35 (2)	1	3	0
4	MF	Paul Smith (c)	44 (3)	2	7	0	3	0	1	0	55 (3)	2	1	0
5	DF	Barry Ashby	44	4	8	1	4	0	1	0	57	5	5	0
6	DF	Guy Butters	41 (2)	2	8	1	2	0	1	0	52 (2)	3	4	0
7	MF	Nicky Southall	48	9	7	3	3	1	1	0	59	13	6	0
8	MF	Andy Hessenthaler	44 (1)	6	6 (1)	0	4	2	0 (1)	0	55 (3)	8	8	0
9	FW	Carl Asaba	9 (4)	6	0 (1)	0	–	–	–	–	9 (5)	6	0	0
10	MF	James Pinnock	0 (1)	0	–	–	0 (1)	0	1	0	1 (2)	0	0	0
11	FW	Robert Taylor	13 (2)	15	2	2	1 (1)	1	–	–	16 (3)	18	0	0
11	MF	Ty Gooden	18 (1)	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	18 (1)	5	1	0
12	DF	Nyron Nosworthy[2]	15 (15)	1	2 (6)	0	1 (2)	0	0 (1)	0	18 (24)	1	0	0
14	MF	Marcus Browning[3]	0 (2)	0	1 (1)	0	–	–	–	–	1 (3)	0	0	0
15	MF	Mark Saunders	20 (6)	1	6 (1)	1	3	0	1	0	30 (7)	2	4	1
16	MF	John Hodge	1 (14)	0	3 (1)	1	2 (1)	0	–	–	6 (16)	1	1	0
17	DF	Adrian Pennock	37 (1)	0	6	1	4	0	1	0	48 (1)	1	2	1
20	DF	Matt Bryant	3 (3)	0	1	0	0 (1)	0	–	–	4 (4)	0	0	0
21	GK	Charlie Mitten	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	1	0	0	0
23	DF	Barry Miller	1 (3)	0	–	–	1 (2)	0	–	–	2 (5)	0	0	0
24	MF	Junior Lewis	40 (5)	6	5 (2)	0	2	0	1	0	48 (7)	6	2	0
25	DF	Brian McGlinchey	6 (7)	1	4	1	3 (1)	0	1	0	14 (8)	2	2	0
26	FW	Steve Butler	2 (10)	3	2 (1)	0	–	–	0 (1)	0	4 (12)	3	1	0
27	FW	Andy Thomson	20 (9)	10	5	4	3	0	–	–	28 (9)	14	1	0
28	FW	Rodney Rowe	8 (14)	4	–	–	–	–	1	0	9 (14)	4	1	0
29	FW	Iffy Onuora	24 (1)	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	24 (1)	7	2	0
35	DF	Jon Bass	4 (3)	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	4 (3)	0	0	0
36	FW	Lee Matthews	2 (3)	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	2 (3)	0	0	0
38	GK	Steve Mautone	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0
39	GK	Andrew Iga	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	MF	Mick Galloway	1 (1)	0	–	–	0 (1)	0	–	–	1 (2)	0	0	0
	FW	Christian Lee	1 (2)	0	–	–	1 (1)	0	–	–	2 (3)	0	0	0
	FW	Manny Omoyinmi	7 (2)	3	–	–	2	0	–	–	9 (2)	3	2	0

Note: In the following table figures, in brackets are substitution appearances.

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
1 July 1999	FW	Steve Butler	Peterborough United	Free
28 July 1999	MF	Junior Lewis	Hendon	Free
28 July 1999	DF	Barry Miller	Farnborough Town	Free
2 August 1999	FW	Christian Lee	Northampton Town	£35k
4 August 1999	DF	Brian McGlinchey	Port Vale	Free
5 August 1999	FW	Andy Thomson	Oxford United	£25k
8 October 1999	GK	Charlie Mitten	Dover Athletic	Nominal
23 November 1999	FW	Rodney Rowe	York City	£45k
5 January 2000	MF	Ty Gooden	Swindon Town	£100k
5 January 2000	FW	Iffy Onuora	Swindon Town	£100k
14 January 2000	GK	Andrew Iga	Dover Athletic	Non-contract
15 March 2000	GK	Steve Mautone	Crystal Palace	Free

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
4 November 1999	MF	Mick Galloway	Chesterfield	£15k
29 November 1999	FW	Robert Taylor	Manchester City	£1.5m
9 March 2000	MF	John Hodge	Northampton Town	£25k
14 January 2000	GK	Andrew Iga	Dover Athletic	Non-contract

Loan in

Date From	Date To	Pos.	Name	To
3 September 1999	20 November 1999	FW	Manny Omoyinmi	West Ham United
2 January 2000	4 January 2000	FW	Iffy Onuora	Swindon Town
20 March 2000	29 May 2000	FW	Lee Matthews	Leeds United
23 March 2000	29 May 2000	DF	Jon Bass	Birmingham City

Loan out

Date From	Date To	Pos.	Name	To
29 September 1999	29 October 1999	MF	Mick Galloway	Lincoln City
22 October 1999	8 May 2000	MF	James Pinnock	Margate
4 March 2000	8 May 2000	DF	Barry Miller	Woking
7 March 2000	9 March 2000	MF	John Hodge	Northampton Town

References

"Final 1999/2000 Football League Second Division Table". Soccerbase. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
Nosworthy was born in Brixton, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally.
Browning was born in Bristol, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally.

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[1] "Final 1999/2000 Football League Second Division Table". Soccerbase. Retrieved 15 October 2009.

[2] Nosworthy was born in Brixton, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally.

[3] Browning was born in Bristol, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally.

1999–2000 Gillingham F.C. season

Football League Second Division

Play-offs

FA Cup

League Cup

Football League Trophy

Squad statistics

Transfers

In

Out

Loan in

Loan out

See also

References