Football League First Division 1999/2000

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Football League First Division 1999/2000
Football League logo between 1988 and 2004
master Charlton Athletic
Climbers Charlton Athletic, Manchester City , Ipswich Town (as play-off winner)
Relegated Walsall FC , Port Vale , Swindon Town
Teams 24
Games 552 + 5 play-off games
Gates 1,391  (ø 2.5 per game)
Top scorer Andy Hunt ( Charlton Athletic )
← Football League First Division 1998/99
^ Premier League 1999/2000

The Football League First Division 1999/2000 was the eighth season of the Football League First Division as only the second highest English football league and 97th second division season overall. It started on August 7, 1999 and ended on May 29, 2000.

The championship won Charlton Athletic , which at the same time secured participation in the 2000/01 Premier League season . Behind runner-up Manchester City , Ipswich Town also rose to the Premier League as a playoff winner. FC Walsall , Port Vale and Swindon Town had to relegate to the Football League Second Division .

From this season onwards, the goal difference was applicable in the event of a tie .

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Charlton Athletic (A)  46  27  10  9 079:450 +34 91
 2. Manchester City (N)  46  26th  11  9 078:400 +38 89
 3. Ipswich Town  46  25th  12  9 071:420 +29 87
 4th Barnsley FC  46  24  10  12 088:670 +21 82
 5. Birmingham City  46  22nd  11  13 065:440 +21 77
 6th Bolton Wanderers  46  21st  13  12 069:500 +19 76
 7th Wolverhampton Wanderers  46  21st  11  14th 064:480 +16 74
 8th. Huddersfield Town  46  21st  11  14th 062:490 +13 74
 9. Fulham FC (N)  46  17th  16  13 049:410  +8 67
10. Queens Park Rangers  46  16  18th  12 062:530  +9 66
11. Blackburn Rovers (A)  46  15th  17th  14th 055:510  +4 62
12. Norwich City  46  14th  15th  17th 045:500  −5 57
13. Tranmere Rovers  46  15th  12  19th 057:680 −11 57
14th Nottingham Forest (A)  46  14th  14th  18th 053:550  −2 56
15th Crystal Palace  46  13  15th  18th 057:670 −10 54
16. Sheffield United  46  13  15th  18th 059:710 −12 54
17th Stockport County  46  13  15th  18th 055:670 −12 54
18th Portsmouth FC  46  13  12  21st 055:660 −11 51
19th Crewe Alexandra  46  14th  9  23 046:670 −21 51
20th Grimsby Town  46  13  12  21st 041:670 −26 51
21st West Bromwich Albion  46  10  19th  17th 043:600 −17 49
22nd FC Walsall (N)  46  11  13  22nd 052:770 −25 46
23. Port Vale  46  7th  15th  24 048:690 −21 36
24. Swindon Town  46  8th  12  26th 038:770 −39 36

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

  • Second division champions and promoted to the Premier League 2000/01
  • Promoted to the Premier League 2000/01
  • Winner of the play-off round and promoted to the Premier League in 2000/01
  • defeated participants of the play-off round to participate in the Premier League
  • Relegation to the Football League Second Division 2000/01
    • (A) Relegated from the Premier League in 1998/99
    (N) Newcomer from the Football League Second Division 1998/99

    Results table

    The home teams are listed in the left column.

    1999/2000 BAR BIR BLA BOL CHA CRE CRY FUL GRI HUD IPS MNC NOR NOF PVA POR QPR SHU STC SWI TRA WHALE WBA WOL
    Barnsley FC 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 FC 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 FC 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 FC 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

    Play-off games

      Semi-finals (first leg / second leg / total) Final at Wembley Stadium
                         
    6th  Bolton Wanderers 2 3 5    
    3  Ipswich Town 2 5 7th  
    3  Ipswich Town 4th
      5  Barnsley FC 2
    5  Birmingham City 0 2 2
    4th  Barnsley FC 4th 1 5  

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates
    1 EnglandEngland Andy Hunt Charlton Athletic 24
    2 BermudaBermuda Shaun Goater Manchester City 23
    3 EnglandEngland David Johnson Ipswich Town 22nd
    4th EnglandEngland Craig Hignett Barnsley FC 19th
    5 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ivan Roberts Norwich City 17th
    6th EnglandEngland Wayne Allison Tranmere Rovers 16
    = EnglandEngland Marcus Stewart Huddersfield Town / Ipswich Town =
    = NigeriaNigeria Ade Akinbiyi Wolverhampton Wanderers =
    9 EnglandEngland Marcus Bent Sheffield United 15th
    = NetherlandsNetherlands Clyde Wijnhard Huddersfield Town =

    Web links

    References and footnotes

    1. ↑ 1999/2000 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 14, 2018 .
    2. ↑ Cross table of the English Football League Championship 1999/2000 (Fussballdaten.de)