1999–2000 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

Nottingham Forest
1999–2000 season
ChairmanEric Barnes
ManagerDavid Platt
StadiumCity Ground
First Division14th
FA CupFourth round
Worthington CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Dougie Freedman/Alan Rogers (9)

All:
Dougie Freedman/Alan Rogers (11)
Highest home attendance25,846 (vs. Manchester City, 5 February)
Lowest home attendance13,841 vs. Portsmouth, 24 November)
Average home league attendance17,196

During the 1999–2000 English football season, Nottingham Forest competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

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Under the management of David Platt, Forest were expected to make a push for an immediate return to the Premier League, but it all went wrong for Forest and they never looked anywhere near attempting a promotion challenge. In fact, they finished the season closer to a second successive relegation than the play-off places, let alone the automatic promotion places.

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
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
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Results summary
Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 14 14 18 53 55  −2 56 9 10 4 29 18  +11 5 4 14 24 37  −13
Results by round
Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAAHAHAHHHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultLWDDLWDDLWLWDDLLLLWLLDWLWLLDDLWWLWDLDLLWDWDDWW
Position2112914168911148151111131516171816181919192017171818181918181817171818191919191717171514
Source: 11v11.com: 1999–2000 Nottingham Forest results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

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Nottingham Forest's score comes first[1]

Legend

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Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

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Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
7 August 1999 Ipswich Town A 1–3 20,830 Bart-Williams (pen)
14 August 1999 Grimsby Town H 2–1 17,121 Freedman, Palmer
20 August 1999 West Bromwich Albion A 1–1 13,202 Freedman
28 August 1999 Queens Park Rangers H 1–1 18,442 Wright
30 August 1999 Manchester City A 0–1 31,857
4 September 1999 Walsall H 4–1 15,081 Freedman (2), Chettle (pen), Wright
11 September 1999 Swindon Town A 0–0 8,203
19 September 1999 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 1–1 20,694 Allou
25 September 1999 Bolton Wanderers A 2–3 14,978 Freedman, Wright (pen)
1 October 1999 Barnsley H 3–0 15,255 Rogers, Bonalair, Freedman
16 October 1999 Sheffield United A 1–2 15,687 Freedman
19 October 1999 Port Vale A 2–0 5,714 Bonalair, Wright
23 October 1999 Stockport County H 1–1 15,770 Wright
27 October 1999 Bolton Wanderers H 1–1 15,572 Harewood
30 October 1999 Barnsley A 0–1 14,727
6 November 1999 Norwich City A 0–1 15,818
14 November 1999 Huddersfield Town H 1–3 15,258 Rogers
20 November 1999 Tranmere Rovers A 0–3 6,693
24 November 1999 Portsmouth H 2–0 13,841 John, Beck
27 November 1999 Crystal Palace A 0–2 15,920
5 December 1999 Ipswich Town H 0–1 15,724
15 December 1999 Fulham H 0–0 14,250
18 December 1999 Crewe Alexandra H 1–0 15,289 John
26 December 1999 Blackburn Rovers A 1–2 23,406 Johnson
28 December 1999 Birmingham City H 1–0 20,821 Harewood
3 January 2000 Charlton Athletic A 0–3 19,787
15 January 2000 Grimsby Town A 3–4 6,738 Rogers (2), Lever (own goal)
22 January 2000 West Bromwich Albion H 0–0 19,863
29 January 2000 Queens Park Rangers A 1–1 12,297 Quashie
5 February 2000 Manchester City H 1–3 25,846 Bart-Williams
12 February 2000 Walsall A 2–0 8,027 Rogers, Freedman
19 February 2000 Crystal Palace H 2–0 16,421 Rogers, Quashie
26 February 2000 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 0–3 24,444
4 March 2000 Swindon Town H 3–1 19,748 Rogers, Bart-Williams (pen), Freedman
8 March 2000 Norwich City H 1–1 15,640 Lester
11 March 2000 Portsmouth A 1–2 14,336 Johnson
18 March 2000 Tranmere Rovers H 1–1 14,428 Harewood
21 March 2000 Huddersfield Town A 1–2 12,893 Harewood
25 March 2000 Blackburn Rovers H 0–1 16,823
1 April 2000 Crewe Alexandra A 3–0 7,014 Prutton, Rogers (2)
8 April 2000 Charlton Athletic H 1–1 20,922 Bart-Williams
15 April 2000 Birmingham City A 1–0 23,006 Purse (own goal)
22 April 2000 Sheffield United H 0–0 17,172
24 April 2000 Fulham A 1–1 12,696 Lester
29 April 2000 Port Vale H 2–0 15,534 John, Prutton
7 May 2000 Stockport County A 3–2 7,756 Bart-Williams, Taylor (own goal), Flynn (own goal)

FA Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 10 December 1999 Oxford United H 1–1 8,079 Freedman
R3R 8 January 2000 Oxford United A 3–1 7,191 Bart-Williams, (2, 1 pen), Rogers
R4 19 January 2000 Chelsea A 0–2 30,125

League Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg 11 August 1999 Mansfield Town H 3–0 8,300 Bart-Williams, Quashie, Allou
R1 2nd Leg 24 August 1999 Mansfield Town A 0–1 (won 3–1 on agg) 3,072
R2 1st Leg 15 September 1999 Bristol City H 2–1 5,015 Harewood, Rogers
R2 2nd Leg 21 September 1999 Bristol City A 0–0 (won 2–1 on agg) 8,259
R3 13 October 1999 Sheffield Wednesday A 1–4 15,524 Freedman

First-team squad

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Squad at end of season[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK England ENG Dave Beasant
2 DF France FRA Matthieu Louis-Jean
3 DF England ENG Alan Rogers
4 MF England ENG Nigel Quashie[3]
5 DF Scotland SCO Colin Calderwood
6 DF Norway NOR Jon Olav Hjelde
7 MF England ENG David Platt (player-manager)
8 MF England ENG Riccardo Scimeca
9 MF Italy ITA Gianluca Petrachi
10 MF Wales WAL Andy Johnson[4]
11 DF England ENG Chris Bart-Williams
12 GK Wales WAL Mark Crossley
14 FW Scotland SCO Dougie Freedman
15 DF England ENG John Terry (on loan from Chelsea)
16 DF Italy ITA Salvatore Matrecano
18 MF England ENG Ian Woan
19 FW Trinidad and Tobago TRI Stern John
20 DF England ENG Tony Vaughan
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW England ENG Jack Lester
22 DF England ENG Richard Cooper
23 FW Ivory Coast CIV Bernard Allou
24 DF Wales WAL Christian Edwards
25 DF Sweden SWE Jesper Mattsson
26 GK Republic of Ireland IRL Barry Roche
27 FW England ENG Andy Gray[5]
28 DF England ENG Kevin Dawson
29 FW England ENG Marlon Harewood
30 MF Spain ESP Carlos Merino
31 DF Scotland SCO Chris Doig
32 MF Australia AUS Gareth Edds
34 MF England ENG David Prutton
35 FW Republic of Ireland IRL David Freeman
36 DF Canada CAN Jim Brennan
37 MF Scotland SCO Gareth Williams
38 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Keith Foy

Left club during season

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
5 DF England ENG Steve Chettle (to Barnsley)
15 MF Republic of Ireland IRL John Burns (to Bristol City)
15 DF Italy ITA Moreno Mannini (retired)
17 MF France FRA Thierry Bonalair (to FC Zürich)
20 MF England ENG Carlton Palmer (to Coventry City)
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW England ENG Steve Guinan (to Cambridge United)
26 MF England ENG Steve Melton (to Stoke City)
32 FW Denmark DEN Mikkel Beck (on loan from Derby County)
32 FW England ENG Ian Wright (on loan from West Ham United)
33 GK England ENG Mark Goodlad (to Port Vale)

Reserve squad

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
- DF Republic of Ireland IRL John Thompson
- MF Republic of Ireland IRL Brian Cash
- MF England ENG Richard Hodgson
No. Pos. Nation Player
- MF England ENG Jermaine Jenas
- MF Republic of Ireland IRL Liam Kearney
- MF Republic of Ireland IRL Andy Reid

References

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  1. ^ Soccerbase: 1999–2000 Nottingham Forest results
  2. ^ "FootballSquads - Nottingham Forest - 1999/00".
  3. ^ Quashie was born in Southwark, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his grandfather and would make his international debut for Scotland in 2004.
  4. ^ Johnson was born in Bristol, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in 1998.
  5. ^ Gray was born in Harrogate, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and would make his international debut for Scotland in April 2003.