Huddersfield Town F.C. season 1999-2000

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Huddersfield Town
Season 1999-2000
Manager	Steve Bruce
Chairman	Ian Ayre
League	Division One
Final league position	8th
FA Cup	Third Round
Worthington Cup	Fourth Round
Top goalscorer	League: Clyde Wijnhard (15) All: Clyde Wijnhard (16)
Highest home attendance	23,678 vs Liverpool (12 December 1999)
Lowest home attendance	4,345 vs Scunthorpe United (24 August 1999)

Huddersfield Town's 1999-2000 campaign is widely regarded as one of Town's best seasons in recent history. Following the shock sacking of Peter Jackson at the end of the previous season, owner Barry Rubery hired the more famous Steve Bruce and Huddersfield finished 8th place that season, just 2 points outside the play-offs. This season also saw Town beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in the Worthington Cup. They also got their highest attendance figures at the McAlpine Stadium when Liverpool in the FA Cup.

Contents 1 Squad at the start of the season 2 Review 3 Squad at the end of the season 4 Results 4.1 Division One 4.2 FA Cup 4.3 Worthington Cup

[edit] Squad at the start of the season

No. Position Player 1 GK Nico Vaesen 2 DF Steve Jenkins 3 DF Jamie Vincent 4 DF Craig Armstrong 5 DF Chris Lucketti 6 DF Kevin Gray 7 MF Giorgos Donis 8 MF Kenny Irons 9 FW Marcus Stewart 10 MF Scott Sellars 11 FW Clyde Wijnhard

No. Position Player 12 MF Ben Thornley 13 GK Martyn Margetson 14 MF Barry Horne 15 DF Rob Edwards 17 MF Simon Baldry 18 DF Darren Edmondson 19 MF David Beresford 20 FW Wayne Allison 21 DF Jon Dyson 22 MF Chris Beech 37 DF Steve Baker (on loan from Middlesbrough)

[edit] Review

After a mixed start to the season which saw them lose 3-1 to Queens Park Rangers, but then they beat recently relegated Premier League side Blackburn Rovers 3-2. They then recorded their best league result for 20 years by beating Crystal Palace 7-1. During October and November, Town won 6 games in a row, a best for 17 years. In early October, Town caused a big shock in the Worthington Cup by beating Chelsea 1-0 at Stamford Bridge thanks to a legendary goal from Kenny Irons. They lost to fellow Premier League side Wimbledon in the next round.

By Christmas time, Town were top of the table, but the loss of key defenders Steve Jenkins, Chris Lucketti, Ken Monkou and David May (who only made one appearance for Town because of injury) all suffered injuries at the wrong time. A run of 2 wins in 13 games didn't help things much either. Also during that run star striker Marcus Stewart was surprisingly sold to fellow 1st Division side Ipswich Town for a record fee of £2.75million. Less than a month later, he scored Ipswich's winning goal in a 2-1 win between the sides at Portman Road. Town signed Sheffield United's striker Martin Smith. Following that dreadful run Town went on a run of 6 games unbeaten, which saw Town on the verge of a play-off place with 4 games left.

After losing 3-0 at home to fellow play-off contenders Bolton Wanderers, they beat relegated Port Vale, meaning Town would get a play-off spot by winning their last 2 games at home to Stockport County and away to Fulham at Craven Cottage, but instead they lost them 2-0 and 3-0 respectively. In the end, if they won either of those last 2 games they would have got a play-off place.

[edit] Squad at the end of the season

No. Position Player 1 GK Nico Vaesen 2 DF Steve Jenkins 3 DF Jamie Vincent 4 DF Craig Armstrong 5 DF Chris Lucketti 6 DF Kevin Gray 7 MF Giorgos Donis 8 MF Kenny Irons 9 FW Martin Smith 10 MF Scott Sellars 11 FW Clyde Wijnhard 12 MF Ben Thornley 13 GK Martyn Margetson

No. Position Player 14 FW Alun Armstrong (on loan from Middlesbrough) 15 DF Rob Edwards 16 FW Delroy Facey 17 MF Simon Baldry 18 FW Chris Hay 19 MF David Beresford 20 DF Thomas Heary 21 DF Jon Dyson 22 MF Chris Beech 23 MF Chris Holland 38 DF Ken Monkou 39 MF Kiatisuk Senamuang 40 MF Dean Gorré

[edit] Results

[edit] Division One

Date	Opponents	Home/ Away	Result F - A	Scorers	Attendance
7 August 1999	Queens Park Rangers	A	1 - 3	Wijnhard [65]	13,642
13 August 1999	Blackburn Rovers	H	3 - 2	Grayson [26 (og)], Stewart [51], Edwards [90]	13,670
21 August 1999	Tranmere Rovers	A	0 - 1		6,728
28 August 1999	Crystal Palace	H	7 - 1	Beech [18], Wijnhard [25, 60, 64], Irons [36], Stewart [47, 74]	10,656
30 August 1999	Portsmouth	A	0 - 0		13,105
11 September 1999	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1 - 0	Stewart [60 (pen)]	20,385
18 September 1999	Norwich City	H	1 - 0	Wijnhard [51]	12,823
25 September 1999	Barnsley	A	2 - 4	Monkou [19], Stewart [71]	17,765
2 October 1999	Sheffield United	H	4 - 1	Beech [14], Wijnhard [28], Stewart [57, 90]	14,238
9 October 1999	Port Vale	H	2 - 2	Stewart [2 (pen)], Irons [30]	11,885
16 October 1999	Bolton Wanderers	A	0 - 1		16,603
19 October 1999	Stockport County	A	1 - 1	Sellars [89]	7,305
23 October 1999	Fulham	H	1 - 1	Wijnhard [75]	13,350
26 October 1999	Barnsley	H	2 - 1	Wijnhard [13], Baldry [89]	15,764
30 October 1999	Sheffield United	A	1 - 0	Dyson [51]	14,928
2 November 1999	Ipswich Town	H	3 - 1	Dyson [37], Beech [48], Stewart [57]	12,093
6 November 1999	Swindon Town	H	4 - 0	Beech [9], Thornley [35], Gorré [57, 63]	11,891
14 November 1999	Nottingham Forest	A	3 - 1	Wijnhard [22, 63], Gray [34]	15,258
20 November 1999	West Bromwich Albion	H	1 - 0	Gorré [55]	14,244
23 November 1999	Walsall	A	0 - 2		5,860
27 November 1999	Manchester City	A	1 - 0	Beech [51]	32,936
4 December 1999	Queens Park Rangers	H	1 - 0	Wijnhard [31]	13,027
18 December 1999	Grimsby Town	H	3 - 1	Wijnhard [6, 25], Stewart [63]	14,065
26 December 1999	Crewe Alexandra	A	1 - 1	Beech [47]	8,106
28 December 1999	Charlton Athletic	H	1 - 2	Stewart [80]	17,415
3 January 2000	Birmingham City	A	0 - 1		19,958
15 January 2000	Blackburn Rovers	A	0 - 2		21,420
22 January 2000	Tranmere Rovers	H	1 - 0	Stewart [12]	12,653
29 January 2000	Crystal Palace	A	2 - 2	Stewart [34, 41]	14,290
5 February 2000	Portsmouth	H	0 - 1		12,753
12 February 2000	Ipswich Town	A	1 - 2	Gorré [56]	21,233
18 February 2000	Manchester City	H	1 - 1	Wijnhard [32]	18,173
26 February 2000	Norwich City	A	1 - 1	Vincent [65]	16,464
4 March 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2 - 0	Smith [20, 34]	17,214
7 March 2000	Swindon Town	A	0 - 2		4,701
11 March 2000	Walsall	H	1 - 1	Smith [78]	12,424
18 March 2000	West Bromwich Albion	A	1 - 0	Smith [22]	15,484
21 March 2000	Nottingham Forest	H	2 - 1	Beech [27], Holland [56]	12,893
25 March 2000	Crewe Alexandra	H	3 - 0	Gray [14], Beech [53, 79]	14,014
1 April 2000	Grimsby Town	A	0 - 0		6,993
8 April 2000	Birmingham City	H	0 - 0		16,961
14 April 2000	Charlton Athletic	A	1 - 0	Wijnhard [25]	19,739
22 April 2000	Bolton Wanderers	H	0 - 3		16,404
24 April 2000	Port Vale	A	2 - 1	Vincent [8], Irons [54 (pen)]	5,828
29 April 2000	Stockport County	H	0 - 2		14,046
7 May 2000	Fulham	A	0 - 3		13,728

[edit] FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	Home/ Away	Result F - A	Scorers	Attendance
12 December 1999	Round 3	Liverpool	H	0 - 2		23,678

[edit] Worthington Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	Home/ Away	Result F - A	Scorers	Attendance
10 August 1999	Round 1 1st Leg	Scunthorpe United	A	2 - 0	Lucketti [41], Beech [80]	3,398
24 August 1999	Round 1 2nd Leg	Scunthorpe United	H	0 - 0		4,345 Huddersfield won 2-0 on aggregate
14 September 1999	Round 2 1st Leg	Notts County	H	2 - 1	Wijnhard [17], Stewart [58]	6,900
21 September 1999	Round 2 2nd Leg	Notts County	A	2 - 2	Irons [19], Gorré [30]	4,414 Huddersfield won 4-3 on aggregate
13 October 1999	Round 3	Chelsea	A	1 - 0	Irons [77]	20,008
30 November 1999	Round 4	Wimbledon	H	1 - 2 (aet: 90 mins: 1 - 1)	Sellars [40]	13,312

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