1999-2000_Football_League_First_Division

Football League, Second Division
Season	1999–2000
Champions	Preston North End (2nd third tier title)
Promoted	Preston North End,; Burnley
Promoted via 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
	← 1998–99 2000–01 →

First Division
Season	1999–2000
Champions	Charlton Athletic
Promoted	Charlton Athletic; Manchester City; Ipswich Town
Relegated	Walsall; Port Vale; Swindon Town
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,391 (2.52 per match)
Top goalscorer	Andy Hunt; (24 goals)
	← 1998–99 2000–01 →

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

1999–2000 Football League

101st season of the Football League

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

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

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

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

More information Pos, Team ...

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

More information Home \ Away, BAR ...

Home \ Away	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: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second Division

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

More information Pos, Team ...

Source: ^[3]
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

More information Home \ Away, BLP ...

Home \ Away	BLP	BOU	BRE	BRC	BRR	BUR	BRY	CAM	CAR	CHF	COL	GIL	LUT	MIL	NTC	OLD	OXF	PNE	REA	SCU	STO	WIG	WRE	WYC
Blackpool		0–0	0–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–5	2–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–3	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–2	0–2	1–2	2–2	2–1	1–2
Bournemouth	2–0		4–1	2–3	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	4–0	0–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	3–0	4–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	2–0
Brentford	2–0	0–2		2–1	0–3	2–3	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–0	1–3	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	4–3	0–1	0–2	0–2	0–0
Bristol City	5–2	3–1	1–0		0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	0–2	3–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	4–0	0–0
Bristol Rovers	3–1	2–2	0–0	2–0		1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	0–1	3–2	1–0	0–2	0–1	1–1	3–3	1–1	3–1	1–0
Burnley	1–0	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–0		2–2	2–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	0–3	0–2	4–3	2–1	3–0	3–2	0–3	3–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	5–0	1–0
Bury	3–2	2–2	2–2	0–0	0–0	4–2		0–2	3–2	1–1	5–2	2–1	1–0	2–2	1–3	2–2	1–2	1–3	1–1	3–0	0–0	2–2	0–2	2–0
Cambridge United	0–2	0–2	2–2	3–0	1–1	0–1	3–0		0–0	2–0	5–2	2–2	3–1	0–2	1–1	2–3	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–3	1–3	1–1	3–4	1–2
Cardiff City	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	0–2	0–4		2–1	3–2	1–2	1–3	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–0	1–1	2–2
Chesterfield	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–1	1–1	0–1	4–2	1–1		0–1	0–0	1–3	2–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–3	1–2
Colchester United	1–1	3–1	0–3	3–4	5–4	1–2	1–3	3–1	0–3	1–0		2–1	3–0	1–2	0–3	0–1	1–2	2–2	3–2	0–1	1–0	2–2	2–2	1–0
Gillingham	1–3	4–1	2–0	3–0	0–1	2–2	1–0	2–1	4–1	1–0	2–1		2–0	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–2	2–2	3–1	3–0	2–1	5–1	2–2
Luton Town	3–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–4	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	3–2	3–1		0–2	2–2	1–1	4–2	0–2	3–1	4–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–1
Millwall	1–1	3–1	3–2	4–1	3–0	1–1	3–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–0		1–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	5–0	1–2	1–0	3–3	0–0	1–1
Notts County	2–1	5–1	0–1	4–4	0–2	2–0	2–2	2–3	2–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–1		0–1	0–1	1–0	1–2	3–0	0–0	0–2	2–1	2–1
Oldham Athletic	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–4	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–3	2–1	2–1	1–2		2–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	2–2
Oxford United	0–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	0–5	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–3	2–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–3	2–3	1–0		0–4	1–3	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–4	0–0
Preston North End	3–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–2	2–3	0–2	1–0	3–2	2–0	2–0	3–1		2–2	1–0	2–1	1–4	1–0	3–2
Reading	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	2–2	1–2	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	2–2		1–1	1–0	0–2	2–2	2–1
Scunthorpe United	1–0	3–1	0–0	1–2	0–2	1–2	0–2	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–4	1–2	1–4	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–2		0–2	1–2	0–2	0–1
Stoke City	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–2	3–0	1–0	2–1	5–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	0–1	0–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–0		1–1	2–0	1–1
Wigan Athletic	5–1	3–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	3–0	1–2		0–1	2–1
Wrexham	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–3	0–3	1–0	0–0	0–1	3–1	2–3	1–1		1–3
Wycombe Wanderers	0–2	2–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	3–1	3–0	3–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	5–3	2–1	0–4	0–2	0–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Charlton Athletic (C, P)	46	27	10	9	79	45	+34	91	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Manchester City (P)	46	26	11	9	78	40	+38	89	Promotion to the Premier League
3	Ipswich Town (O, P)	46	25	12	9	71	42	+29	87	Qualification for the First Division play-offs
4	Barnsley	46	24	10	12	88	67	+21	82
5	Birmingham City	46	22	11	13	65	44	+21	77
6	Bolton Wanderers	46	21	13	12	69	50	+19	76
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	21	11	14	64	48	+16	74
8	Huddersfield Town	46	21	11	14	62	49	+13	74
9	Fulham	46	17	16	13	49	41	+8	67
10	Queens Park Rangers	46	16	18	12	62	53	+9	66
11	Blackburn Rovers	46	15	17	14	55	51	+4	62
12	Norwich City	46	14	15	17	45	50	−5	57
13	Tranmere Rovers	46	15	12	19	57	68	−11	57
14	Nottingham Forest	46	14	14	18	53	55	−2	56
15	Crystal Palace	46	13	15	18	57	67	−10	54
16	Sheffield United	46	13	15	18	59	71	−12	54
17	Stockport County	46	13	15	18	55	67	−12	54
18	Portsmouth	46	13	12	21	55	66	−11	51
19	Crewe Alexandra	46	14	9	23	46	67	−21	51
20	Grimsby Town	46	13	12	21	41	67	−26	51
21	West Bromwich Albion	46	10	19	17	43	60	−17	49
22	Walsall (R)	46	11	13	22	52	77	−25	46	Relegation to the Second Division
23	Port Vale (R)	46	7	15	24	48	69	−21	36
24	Swindon Town (R)	46	8	12	26	38	77	−39	36

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

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Preston North End (C, P)	46	15	4	4	37	23	13	7	3	37	14	+37	95	Division Champions, promoted
2	Burnley (P)	46	16	3	4	42	23	9	10	4	27	24	+22	88	Promoted
3	Gillingham (O, P)	46	16	3	4	46	21	9	7	7	33	27	+31	85	Promoted through play-offs
4	Wigan Athletic	46	15	3	5	37	14	7	14	2	35	24	+34	83	Participated in play-offs
5	Millwall	46	14	7	2	41	18	9	6	8	35	32	+26	82
6	Stoke City	46	13	7	3	37	18	10	6	7	31	24	+26	82
7	Bristol Rovers	46	13	7	3	34	19	10	4	9	35	26	+24	80
8	Notts County	46	9	6	8	32	27	9	5	9	29	28	+6	65
9	Bristol City	46	7	14	2	31	18	8	5	10	28	39	+2	64
10	Reading	46	10	9	4	28	18	6	5	12	29	45	−6	62
11	Wrexham	46	9	6	8	23	24	8	5	10	29	37	−9	62
12	Wycombe Wanderers	46	11	4	8	32	24	5	9	9	24	29	+3	61
13	Luton Town	46	10	7	6	41	35	7	3	13	20	30	−4	61
14	Oldham Athletic	46	8	5	10	27	28	8	7	8	23	27	−5	60
15	Bury	46	8	10	5	38	33	5	8	10	23	31	−3	57
16	Bournemouth	46	11	6	6	37	19	5	3	15	22	43	−3	57
17	Brentford	46	8	6	9	27	31	5	7	11	20	30	−14	52
18	Colchester United	46	9	4	10	36	40	5	6	12	23	42	−23	52
19	Cambridge United	46	8	6	9	38	33	4	6	13	26	32	−1	48
20	Oxford United	46	6	5	12	24	38	6	4	13	19	35	−30	45
21	Cardiff City (R)	46	5	10	8	23	34	4	7	12	22	33	−22	44	Relegated
22	Blackpool (R)	46	4	10	9	26	37	4	7	12	23	40	−28	41
23	Scunthorpe United (R)	46	4	6	13	16	34	5	6	12	24	40	−34	39
24	Chesterfield (R)	46	5	7	11	17	25	2	8	13	17	38	−29	36

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

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Swansea City (C, P)	46	15	6	2	32	11	9	7	7	19	19	+21	85	Division Champions, promoted
2	Rotherham United (P)	46	13	5	5	43	17	11	7	5	29	19	+36	84	Promoted
3	Northampton Town (P)	46	16	2	5	36	18	9	5	9	27	27	+18	82	Promoted
4	Darlington	46	13	9	1	43	15	8	7	8	23	21	+30	79	Participated in play-offs
5	Peterborough United (O, P)	46	14	4	5	39	30	8	8	7	24	24	+9	78	Promoted through play-offs
6	Barnet	46	12	6	5	36	24	9	6	8	23	29	+6	75	Participated in play-offs
7	Hartlepool United	46	16	1	6	32	17	5	8	10	28	32	+11	72	Participated in play-offs
8	Cheltenham Town^{[lower-alpha 1]}	46	13	4	6	28	17	7	6	10	22	25	+8	70
9	Torquay United	46	12	6	5	35	20	7	6	10	27	32	+10	69
10	Rochdale	46	8	7	8	21	25	10	7	6	36	29	+3	68
11	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	10	7	6	38	25	7	9	7	26	21	+18	67
12	Plymouth Argyle	46	12	10	1	38	18	4	8	11	17	33	+4	66
13	Macclesfield Town	46	9	7	7	36	30	9	4	10	30	31	+5	65
14	Hull City	46	7	8	8	26	23	8	6	9	17	20	0	59
15	Lincoln City	46	11	6	6	38	23	4	8	11	29	46	−2	59
16	Southend United	46	11	5	7	37	31	4	6	13	16	30	−8	56
17	Mansfield Town	46	9	6	8	33	26	7	2	14	17	39	−15	56
18	Halifax Town	46	7	5	11	22	24	8	4	11	22	34	−14	54
19	Leyton Orient	46	7	7	9	22	22	6	6	11	25	30	−5	52
20	York City	46	7	10	6	21	21	5	6	12	18	32	−14	52
21	Exeter City	46	8	6	9	27	30	3	5	15	19	42	−26	44
22	Shrewsbury Town	46	5	6	12	20	27	4	7	12	20	40	−27	40
23	Carlisle United	46	6	8	9	23	27	3	4	16	19	48	−33	39
24	Chester City (R)	46	5	5	13	20	36	5	4	14	24	43	−35	39	Relegated to Conference

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1999–2000 Football League

First Division

Location of clubs

Play-offs

Results

Second Division

Location of clubs

Play-offs

Results

Third Division

Locations of clubs

Play-offs

See also

References

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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