since 1878

First Team Results & Match Reports

Season 1999-00 Nationwide League Division One

Final League Position 3rd Promoted via Play-Offs

Date	Opponent	V	F-A	WDL	Competition	Att.	Scorers	Manager
19990719Mon 19/7	St Albans City	A	3-0	W	Friendly		Naylor, Friars, Niven	Burley
19990721Wed 21/7	Gefle IF	A	3-2	W	Friendly		Scowcroft, Stockwell, Midgley	Burley
19990723Fri 23/7	Giffarna	A	1-1	D	Friendly		Johnson	Burley
19990727Tue 27/7	Peterborough United	A	1-0	W	Friendly	2,800	Johnson	Burley
19990731Sat 31/7	FC TWENTE	H	1-2	L	Friendly		Unknown	Burley
19990807Sat 7/8	NOTTINGHAM FOREST	H	3-1	W		20,830	Johnson, Scowcroft, Naylor	Burley
19990810Tue 10/8	Diss Town	A	P-P		Friendly
19990811Wed 11/8	Brentford	A	2-0	W	League Cup 1st Round, 1st Leg	4,825	Johnson, Clapham	Burley
19990815Sun 15/8	Swindon Town	A	4-1	W		6,195	Johnson², Naylor²	Burley
19990821Sat 21/8	BOLTON WANDERERS	H	1-0	W		17,696	Johnson	Burley
19990824Tue 24/8	BRENTFORD	H	2-0	W	League Cup 1st Round, 2nd Leg	9,748	Clapham, Scowcroft	Burley
19990828Sat 28/8	Sheffield United	A	2-2	D		12,455	Scowcroft, Johnson	Burley
19990830Mon 30/8	BARNSLEY	H	6-1	W		18,037	Venus, Scowcroft, Johnson², Naylor, Magilton	Burley
19990911Sat 11/9	Portsmouth	A	1-1	D		16,034	Scowcroft	Burley
19990914Tue 14/9	Crewe Alexandra	A	1-2	L	League Cup 2nd Round, 1st Leg	4,759	Venus	Burley
19990918Sat 18/9	BIRMINGHAM CITY	H	0-1	L		19,758		Burley
19990921Tue 21/9	CREWE ALEXANDRA	H	1-1	D	League Cup 2nd Round, 2nd Leg	9,689	Scowcroft	Burley
19990926Sun 26/9	MANCHESTER CITY	H	2-1	W		19,406	Croft, Johnson	Burley
19991002Sat 2/10	Grimsby Town	A	1-2	L		6,531	Magilton	Burley
19991016Sat 16/10	QUEENS PARK RANGERS	H	1-4	L		17,544	Holland	Burley
19991019Tue 19/10	CHARLTON ATHLETIC	H	4-2	W		17,940	Venus, Scowcroft, Johnson, Stockwell	Burley
19991023Sat 23/10	Walsall	A	1-0	W		6,526	Naylor	Burley
19991027Wed 27/10	Manchester City	A	0-1	L		32,799		Burley
19991030Sat 30/10	GRIMSBY TOWN	H	2-0	W		16,617	Clapham, Naylor	Burley
19991102Tue 2/11	Huddersfield Town	A	1-3	L		12,093	Holland	Burley
19991106Sat 6/11	Blackburn Rovers	A	2-2	D		18,512	Holland, Mowbray	Burley
19991112Fri 12/11	TRANMERE ROVERS	H	0-0	D		14,514		Burley
19991121Sun 21/11	Norwich City	A	0-0	D		19,948		Burley
19991124Wed 24/11	WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS	H	1-0	W		15,731	Scowcroft	Burley
19991127Sat 27/11	CREWE ALEXANDRA	H	2-1	W		15,211	Johnson²	Burley
19991205Sun 5/12	Nottingham Forest	A	1-0	W		15,724	Holland	Burley
19991207Tue 7/12	Crystal Palace	A	2-2	D		13,176	Holland, Johnson	Burley
19991213Mon 13/12	SOUTHAMPTON	H	0-1	L	FA Cup 3rd Round	14,383		Burley
19991218Sat 18/12	WEST BROMWICH ALBION	H	3-1	W		14,712	Johnson, Scowcroft, Midgley	Burley
19991226Sun 26/12	Fulham	A	0-0	D		17,255		Burley
19991228Tue 28/12	STOCKPORT COUNTY	H	1-0	W		20,671	Scowcroft	Burley
20000103Mon 3/1	Port Vale	A	2-1	W		6,808	Holland, Scowcroft	Burley
20000115Sat 15/1	SWINDON TOWN	H	3-0	W		17,326	Stockwell, Naylor²	Burley
20000122Sat 22/1	Bolton Wanderers	A	1-1	D		11,924	Holland	Burley
20000129Sat 29/1	SHEFFIELD UNITED	H	1-1	D		17,350	Johnson	Burley
20000205Sat 5/2	Barnsley	A	2-0	W		17,601	Scowcroft, Stewart	Burley
20000212Sat 12/2	HUDDERSFIELD TOWN	H	2-1	W		21,233	Scowcroft, Stewart	Burley
20000219Sat 19/2	Crewe Alexandra	A	2-1	W		6,393	Clapham, Wright	Burley
20000227Sun 27/2	Birmingham City	A	1-1	D		20,493	Johnson	Burley
20000304Sat 4/3	PORTSMOUTH	H	0-1	L		20,305		Burley
20000307Tue 7/3	BLACKBURN ROVERS	H	0-0	D		18,871		Burley
20000311Sat 11/3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-2	L		22,652	Scowcroft	Burley
20000319Sun 19/3	NORWICH CITY	H	0-2	L		21,760		Burley
20000322Wed 22/3	Tranmere Rovers	A	2-0	W		6,933	Holland, Johnson	Burley
20000325Sat 25/3	FULHAM	H	1-0	W		20,168	Reuser	Burley
20000404Tue 4/4	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-1	D		12,536	Holland	Burley
20000408Sat 8/4	PORT VALE	H	3-0	W		19,663	Holland, Scowcroft, Johnson	Burley
20000415Sat 15/4	Stockport County	A	1-0	W		8,501	Johnson	Burley
20000422Sat 22/4	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-3	L		14,920	Magilton	Burley
20000425Tue 25/4	CRYSTAL PALACE	H	1-0	W		18,798	Johnson	Burley
20000429Sat 29/4	Charlton Athletic	A	3-1	W		20,043	Magilton, Johnson, Reuser	Burley
20000507Sun 7/5	WALSALL	H	2-0	W		21,908	Johnson²	Burley
20000514Sun 14/5	Bolton Wanderers	A	2-2	D	Division 1 Play-Off Semi-Final, 1st Leg	18,814	Stewart²	Burley
20000517Wed 17/5	BOLTON WANDERERS	H	5-3	W	Division 1 Play-Off Semi-Final, 2nd Leg	21,543	Clapham, Magilton³, Reuser	Burley
20000529Mon 29/5	Barnsley	N	4-2	W	Division 1 Play-Off Final (at Wembley)	73,427	Mowbray, Naylor, Stewart, Reuser	Burley

General notes

The following game was scheduled but never played:

Tue 10-8-1999 Diss Town (away) (Friendly)

Season Summary

Comp	P	W	D	L	F	A
Friendly	5	3	1	1	9	5
League	46	25	12	9	71	42
League Cup	4	2	1	1	6	3
FA Cup	1	0	0	1	0	1
Play-Offs	3	2	1	0	11	7
TOTALS	59	32	15	12	97	58

Excludes abandoned games (if any), Matches decided on penalties (if any) count as a drawn game.

Attendance Summary

	Home Average	Home Total	Away Average	Away Total
League	18,524	426,049	14,176	326,052
Cup/Play-offs	13,841	55,363	25,456	101,825

Final League Table

Final League Table Division 1

                            Pl  W  D  L  F  A  W  D  L  F  A Pts 
1 CHARLTON                  46 15  3  5 37 18 12  7  4 42 27 91 
2 MAN CITY                  46 17  2  4 48 17  9  9  5 30 23 89 
3 IPSWICH TOWN              46 16  3  4 39 17  9  9  5 32 25 87 
4 Barnsley                  46 15  4  4 48 24  9  6  8 40 43 82 
5 Birmingham                46 15  5  3 37 16  7  6 10 28 28 77 
6 Bolton                    46 14  5  4 43 26  7  8  8 26 24 76 
7 Wolverhampton             46 15  5  3 45 20  6  6 11 19 28 74 
8 Huddersfield              46 14  5  4 43 21  7  6 10 19 28 74 
9 Fulham                    46 13  7  3 33 13  4  9 10 16 28 67 
10 QPR                      46  9 12  2 30 20  7  6 10 32 33 66 
11 Blackburn                46 10  9  4 33 20  5  8 10 22 31 62 
12 Norwich                  46 11  6  6 26 22  3  9 11 19 28 57 
13 Tranmere                 46 10  8  5 35 27  5  4 14 22 41 57 
14 Nottm Forest             46  9 10  4 29 18  5  4 14 24 37 56 
15 Crystal Palace           46  7 11  5 33 26  6  4 13 24 41 54 
16 Sheff Utd                46 10  8  5 38 24  3  7 13 21 47 54 
17 Stockport                46  8  8  7 33 31  5  7 11 22 36 54 
18 Portsmouth               46  9  6  8 36 27  4  6 13 19 39 51 
19 Crewe                    46  9  5  9 27 31  5  4 14 19 36 51 
20 Grimsby                  46 10  8  5 27 25  3  4 16 14 42 51 
21 West Brom                46  6 11  6 25 26  4  8 11 18 34 49 
22 WALSALL                  46  7  6 10 26 34  4  7 12 26 43 46 
23 PORT VALE                46  6  6 11 27 30  1  9 13 21 39 36 
24 SWINDON                  46  5  6 12 23 37  3  6 14 15 40 36

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