1999–2000 Bristol City F.C. season

Bristol City
1999–2000 season
ManagerTony Pulis (until January)
Tony Fawthrop
Football League Second Division9th
FA CupThird round
League CupSecond round
Football League TrophyRunner-up
Top goalscorerTony Thorpe (17)

During the 1999–2000 English football season, Bristol City F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division where they finished in 9th position. They also reached the final of the Football League Trophy losing 2–1 to Stoke City.

Season summary

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Tony Pulis was appointed as manager for City's return to Division Two, but a mediocre first half of the season (including failing to win a single league game in October or November) saw the alarming possibility of a second successive relegation battle, rather than a promotion challenge. Just after the turn of the year, Pulis left to become manager of Portsmouth, and coach Tony Fawthrop took over for the remainder of the season, assisted by Leroy Rosenior. A much-improved second half of the season saw a respectable 9th place finish, and while Fawthrop initially accepted the manager's job on a permanent basis at the end of the season, he changed his mind and opted to focus on his business interests outside of football. Danny Wilson was therefore recruited as the manager to lead them into the next season.

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
7 Bristol Rovers 46 23 11 12 69 45 +24 80
8 Notts County 46 18 11 17 61 55 +6 65
9 Bristol City 46 15 19 12 59 57 +2 64
10 Reading 46 16 14 16 57 63 −6 62
11 Wrexham 46 17 11 18 52 61 −9 62
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results

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Bristol City's score comes first

Legend

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Win Draw Loss

Football League Division Two

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Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
1 7 August 1999 Reading A 1–2 13,348 Tinnion 77'
2 14 August 1999 Bournemouth H 3–1 9,758 Akinbiyi 24', 44', Brennan 47'
3 14 August 1999 Wigan Athletic A 1–2 7,103 Thorpe 72' (pen)
4 28 August 1999 Bury H 1–1 9,537 Taylor 90'
5 4 September 1999 Blackpool H 5–2 8,439 Bell 49', Thorpe 70', 79', Hutchings 83', Brennan 89'
6 11 September 1999 Millwall H 0–0 9,893
7 18 September 1999 Scunthorpe United A 2–1 4,542 Jones 79', Taylor 84'
8 25 September 1999 Burnley H 0–0 11,510
9 2 October 1999 Oxford United A 0–3 6,638
10 9 October 1999 Preston North End A 0–1 10,042
11 17 October 1999 Bristol Rovers H 0–0 16,011
12 19 October 1999 Colchester United H 1–1 7,777 Tinnion 34'
13 23 October 1999 Burnley A 0–2 10,175
14 2 November 1999 Gillingham A 0–3 6,892
15 6 November 1999 Cambridge United H 1–1 8,646 Jones 35'
16 14 November 1999 Stoke City A 1–1 10,775 Tinnion 85'
17 23 November 1999 Oldham Athletic H 1–1 8,214 Beadle 39'
18 27 November 1999 Notts County A 4–4 5,374 Bell 20', 75', Testemitanu 61', Beadle 64'
19 4 December 1999 Reading H 3–1 8,936 Torpey 45', Taylor 50', Beadle 76'
20 7 December 1999 Chesterfield A 2–0 2,254 Galloway 45' (o.g.), Testemitanu 61'
21 17 December 1999 Wycombe Wanderers H 0–0 8,195
22 26 December 1999 Brentford A 1–2 6,942 Beadle 90'
23 28 December 1999 Luton Town H 0–0 11,832
24 3 January 2000 Wrexham A 1–0 4,021 Taylor 70'
25 9 January 2000 Cardiff City H 0–0 10,568
26 15 January 2000 Bournemouth A 3–2 5,425 Millen 31', Thorpe 61', 67'
27 22 January 2000 Wigan Athletic H 0–0 10,758
28 29 January 2000 Bury A 0–0 3,435
29 5 February 2000 Chesterfield H 3–0 8,837 Thorpe 44', Murray 45', Beadle 75'
30 12 February 2000 Blackpool A 2–1 5,066 Murray 21', Millen 48'
31 19 February 2000 Notts County H 2–2 10,029 Holmes 35' (o.g.), Thorpe 43'
32 22 February 2000 Cardiff City A 0–0 6,586
33 26 February 2000 Scunthorpe United H 2–1 9,897 Thorpe 18', Murray 40'
34 4 March 2000 Millwall A 1–4 10,141 Meechan 45'
35 7 March 2000 Cambridge United A 0–3 3,505
36 11 March 2000 Gillingham H 0–1 9,332
37 18 March 2000 Oldham Athletic A 1–1 4,808 Brown 76'
38 25 March 2000 Brentford H 1–0 8,804 Murray 77'
39 28 March 2000 Stoke City H 2–2 8,103 Thorpe 10', 78'
40 1 April 2000 Wycombe Wanderers A 2–1 4,754 Thorpe 18', Spencer 66'
41 8 April 2000 Wrexham H 4–0 8,639 Thorpe 53', 78', Beadle 62', Meechan 90'
42 18 April 2000 Luton Town A 2–1 4,771 Murray 29', Bell 77'
43 22 April 2000 Bristol Rovers A 0–2 10,805
44 24 April 2000 Oxford United H 2–2 9,046 Meechan 22', Brown 39'
45 29 April 2000 Colchester United A 4–3 4,013 Murray 39', Meechan 63', Ferguson 71' (o.g.), Bell 84'
46 6 May 2000 Preston North End H 0–2 11,160

League Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 1st Leg 10 August 1999 Cambridge United A 2–2 2,813 Hutchings 51', Mortimer 90'
R1 2nd Leg 24 August 1999 Cambridge United H 2–1 5,352 Torpey 18', Thorpe 36'
R2 1st Leg 15 September 1999 Nottingham Forest A 1–2 5,015 Jordan 13'
R2 2nd Leg 22 September 1999 Nottingham Forest H 0–0 8,259

FA Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 30 October 1999 Mansfield Town H 3–2 5,411 Tinnion 44', 50', Murray 65'
R2 20 November 1999 Bournemouth A 2–0 5,223 Murray 21', 53'
R3 11 December 1999 Sheffield Wednesday A 0–1 11,644

Football League Trophy

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
Southern R2 12 January 2000 Cheltenham Town H 3–1 4,123 Holland 28', Goodridge 54', Beadle 90'
Southern Quarter Final 25 January 2000 Bournemouth H 1–1 (4–1 pens) 4,291 Hewlett 16'
Southern Semi Final 15 February 2000 Reading H 4–0 8,733 Beadle 35', Thorpe 39', 68', Murray 70'
Southern Final 1st leg 29 February 2000 Exeter City H 4–0 12,742 Thorpe 4', Beadle 63', Murray 68', Burnell 75'
Southern Final 2nd leg 14 March 2000 Exeter City A 1–1 2,929 Beadle 65'
Final 16 April 2000 Stoke City N 1–2 75,057 Holland 74'

Squad

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Appearances for competitive matches only

Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Football League Trophy Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FW Nigeria Ade Akinbiyi 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 2
DF England Kevin Amankwaah 4(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 4(2) 0
DF England Alex Ball 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FW England Peter Beadle 22(3) 6 3 0 0 0 4(2) 4 29(5) 10
DF England Mickey Bell 33(2) 5 3 0 1 0 4 0 41(2) 5
MF England Tommy Black 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
DF Canada Jim Brennan 11(1) 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 15(1) 2
DF England Aaron Brown 10(3) 2 0 0 0(2) 0 3 0 13(5) 2
FW England Marvin Brown 0(2) 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0(2) 0 0(5) 0
MF England Joe Burnell 15(2) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 18(2) 1
MF Republic of Ireland John Burns 6(5) 0 0 0 0 0 1(1) 0 7(6) 0
DF England Louis Carey 20(2) 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 27(2) 0
DF England Simon Clist 8(1) 0 0 0 0 0 1(2) 0 9(3) 0
DF England Danny Coles 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0
MF Northern Ireland Tommy Doherty 0(1) 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0(2) 0
MF Barbados Gregory Goodridge 13(8) 0 0(1) 0 2(1) 0 1 1 16(10) 1
MF England Matthew Hewlett 5(2) 0 0 0 0 0 2(1) 1 7(3) 1
DF England Matt Hill 8(6) 0 0 0 0 0 3(2) 0 11(8) 0
MF England Paul Holland 22(5) 0 3 0 0 0 4 2 29(4) 2
MF England Robin Hulbert 1(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1(1) 0
DF England Carl Hutchings 17(4) 1 2(1) 0 2 1 1 0 22(5) 2
FW England Steve Jones 12(2) 2 2(1) 0 2 0 0 0 16(3) 2
DF England Andy Jordan 8 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 10 1
DF Scotland Gerard Lavin 18(1) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 22(1) 0
FW England Alex Meechan 5(7) 4 0(1) 0 1 0 1 0 7(8) 4
GK England Billy Mercer 25 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 32 0
DF England Keith Millen 28 2 2 0 0 0 6 0 36 2
MF England Paul Mortimer 22(1) 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 27 1
MF Scotland Scott Murray 31(10) 6 2(1) 3 4 0 5(1) 2 42(12) 11
FW Nigeria Kayode Odejayi 0(3) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(3) 0
GK England Steve Phillips 21 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 27 0
FW Italy Lorenzo Pinamonte 2(4) 0 0 0 1(2) 0 0 0 3(6) 0
DF Hungary Vilmos Sebők 8(3) 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 12(3) 0
DF England Mark Shail 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0
FW England Damian Spencer 6(3) 1 0 0 0 0 1(2) 0 7(4) 1
DF England Shaun Taylor 25 4 3 0 4 0 0 0 32 4
DF Moldova Ion Testemitanu 11(5) 2 2(1) 0 0 0 3 0 16(6) 2
FW England Tony Thorpe 24(7) 13 0 0 1(1) 1 5 3 30(8) 17
MF England Brian Tinnion 42(2) 3 3 2 4 0 4 0 53(1) 3
FW England Steve Torpey 15(5) 1 1 0 2(1) 1 1(1) 0 19(7) 2
FW England Ben Wright 0(2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(2) 0

References

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  1. ^ "England 1999–00". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 1 February 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.

Bristol City 1999–2000 at soccerbase.com

See also

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