1999–2000 Bradford City A.F.C. season

Bradford City

1999-2000 season

Chairman

Geoffrey Richmond

Manager

Paul Jewell

Stadium

Valley Parade

Premiership

17th

FA Cup

Fourth round

League Cup

Third round

Top goalscorer

Windass (10)

Highest home attendance

18,286 (vs. Newcastle United, 18 December)

Lowest home attendance

16,864 (vs. Watford, 22 January)

Average home league attendance

18,030

Home colours

Away colours

← 1998–99

2000–01 →

During the 1999–2000 English football season, Bradford City competed in the FA Premier League.

Season summary

David Wetherall's goal on the final day of the season gave Bradford City a surprise 1-0 victory over Liverpool, which secured survival and kept them in the top division that the Bantams had spent 77 years trying to regain.^[1] Paul Jewell then walked out at Valley Parade to take over at relegated Sheffield Wednesday, leaving his assistant Chris Hutchings to pick up the pieces.^[2]^[3]

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Manchester United	38	28	7	3	97	45	+52	91
2	Arsenal	38	22	7	9	73	43	+30	73
3	Leeds United	38	21	6	11	58	43	+15	69
4	Liverpool	38	19	10	9	51	30	+21	67
5	Chelsea	38	18	11	9	53	34	+19	65
6	Aston Villa	38	15	13	10	46	35	+11	58
7	Sunderland	38	16	10	12	57	56	+1	58
8	Leicester City	38	16	7	15	55	55	0	55
9	West Ham United	38	15	10	13	52	53	−1	55
10	Tottenham Hotspur	38	15	8	15	57	49	+8	53
11	Newcastle United	38	14	10	14	63	54	+9	52
12	Middlesbrough	38	14	10	14	46	52	−6	52
13	Everton	38	12	4	12	59	49	+10	50
14	Coventry City	38	12	8	18	47	54	−7	44
15	Southampton	38	12	8	18	45	62	−17	44
16	Derby County	38	9	11	18	44	57	−13	38
17	Bradford City	38	9	9	20	38	68	−30	36
18	Wimbledon	38	7	12	19	46	74	−28	33
19	Sheffield Wednesday	38	8	7	23	38	70	−32	31
20	Watford	38	6	6	26	35	77	−42	24

Key
Qualified for the Champions League
Qualified for the UEFA Cup
Relegated to Division One

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

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
38	9	9	20	38	68	−30	36	6	8	5	26	29	−3	3	1	15	12	39	−27

Source: Statto

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Result	W	D	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	D	L	W	W	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	L	W
Position	5	8	13	17	18	18	18	16	18	18	16	18	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	18	17	18	17

Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results

Bradford City's score comes first^[4]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 August 1999	Middlesbrough	A	1-0	33,762	Saunders
14 August 1999	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1-1	18,276	Beagrie (pen)
21 August 1999	Watford	A	0-1	15,564
25 August 1999	Arsenal	A	0-2	38,073
28 August 1999	West Ham United	H	0-3	17,926
12 September 1999	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1-1	18,143	McCall
18 September 1999	Aston Villa	A	0-1	28,083
25 September 1999	Derby County	A	1-0	31,035	Carbonari (own goal)
2 October 1999	Sunderland	H	0-4	18,204
16 October 1999	Wimbledon	A	2-3	10,029	Mills, Windass
23 October 1999	Leicester City	H	3-1	17,655	Blake, Mills, Redfearn
1 November 1999	Liverpool	A	1-3	40,483	Windass
6 November 1999	Coventry City	H	1-1	17,587	Mills
20 November 1999	Leeds United	A	1-2	39,937	Windass
28 November 1999	Chelsea	A	0-1	31,591
4 December 1999	Middlesbrough	H	1-1	17,708	Mills
18 December 1999	Newcastle United	H	2-0	18,286	Saunders, Wetherall
26 December 1999	Manchester United	A	0-4	55,188
28 December 1999	Everton	H	0-0	18,276
3 January 2000	Southampton	A	0-1	15,027
8 January 2000	Chelsea	H	1-1	18,276	Mills
15 January 2000	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0-2	24,682
22 January 2000	Watford	H	3-2	16,864	Beagrie (pen), Whalley, O'Brien
5 February 2000	Arsenal	H	2-1	18,276	Windass, Saunders
12 February 2000	West Ham United	A	4-5	25,417	Windass, Beagrie (pen), Lawrence (2)
26 February 2000	Aston Villa	H	1-1	18,276	Windass
4 March 2000	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1-1	35,472	Lawrence
12 March 2000	Leeds United	H	1-2	18,276	Beagrie
18 March 2000	Coventry City	A	0-4	19,201
25 March 2000	Manchester United	H	0-4	18,276
1 April 2000	Newcastle United	A	0-2	36,572
8 April 2000	Southampton	H	1-2	17,439	Blake
15 April 2000	Everton	A	0-4	30,646
21 April 2000	Derby County	H	4-4	18,276	Windass (3), Beagrie (pen)
24 April 2000	Sunderland	A	1-0	40,628	Dreyer
30 April 2000	Wimbledon	H	3-0	18,276	Beagrie (2, 1 pen), Windass
6 May 2000	Leicester City	A	0-3	21,103
14 May 2000	Liverpool	H	1-0	18,276	Wetherall

FA Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	11 December 1999	Crewe Alexandra	A	2-1	6,571	Blake, Saunders
R4	11 January 2000	Gillingham	A	1-3	7,091	Saunders

League Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	14 September 1999	Reading	H	1-1	4,961	Blake
R2 2nd Leg	22 September 1999	Reading	A	2-2	6,892 (win on away goals)	Saunders, Wetherall
R3	12 October 1999	Barnsley	H	2-3	8,583	Mills, Wetherall

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[5]

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Gary Walsh
2	DF	Stephen Wright
3	DF	Andy Myers
4	MF	Stuart McCall
5	DF	David Wetherall (captain)
6	DF	Ashley Westwood
7	MF	Jamie Lawrence^[6]
8	FW	Robbie Blake
9	FW	Lee Mills (on loan to Manchester City)
10	MF	Gareth Whalley^[7]
11	MF	Peter Beagrie
12	DF	Lee Todd
13	GK	Matt Clarke
14	DF	Andy O'Brien^[8]
15	FW	Dean Windass

No.	Position	Player
16	MF	Lee Sharpe
18	DF	Gunnar Halle
19	FW	Isaiah Rankin
20	DF	John Dreyer
22	DF	Wayne Jacobs
23	DF	Mark Bower
24	FW	Gareth Grant
25	MF	Andrew Patterson
27	MF	Scott Kerr
28	FW	Dean Saunders
30	GK	Danny Taylor
31	GK	Aidan Davison^[9]
32	GK	Neville Southall
33	FW	Jorge Cadete (on loan from Benfica)
34	GK	Ademola Bankole (on loan from QPR)

Left club during season

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

No.		Position	Player
17		GK	Mark Prudhoe (to Southend United)
21		DF	Darren Moore^[10] (to Portsmouth)

No.		Position	Player
26		MF	Neil Redfearn (to Wigan Athletic)
29		FW	Bruno Rodriguez (on loan from Paris Saint-Germain)

Reserve squad

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

No.		Position	Player
-		DF	Jack Dufton
-		DF	Giuseppe Lo Piccolo

No.		Position	Player
-		DF	Gary Tyson

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
11 June 1999	DF	Gunnar Halle	Leeds United	£200,000
15 June 1999	MF	Lee Sharpe	Leeds United	£200,000
22 June 1999	GK	Matt Clarke	Sheffield Wednesday	Free transfer
30 June 1999	DF	David Wetherall	Leeds United	£1,400,000
8 July 1999	DF	Andy Myers	Chelsea	£800,000
31 July 1999	MF	Neil Redfearn	Charlton Athletic	£250,000
5 August 1999	FW	Dean Saunders	Benfica	Free transfer
3 February 2000	GK	Neville Southall	Torquay United	Signed
14 March 2000	GK	Aidan Davison	Sheffield United	Free transfer

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
26 July 1999	FW	Robert Steiner	Queens Park Rangers	£215,000
1 August 1999	MF	Craig Ramage	Notts County	Free transfer
20 August 1999	FW	Gordon Watson	Bournemouth	Free transfer
8 November 1999	GK	Mark Prudhoe	Southend United	Free transfer
17 November 1999	DF	Darren Moore	Portsmouth	£500,000
17 March 2000	MF	Neil Redfearn	Wigan Athletic	£112,500

Transfers in:

£2,850,000

Transfers out:

£827,500

Total spending:

£2,022,500

Statistics

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[11]

GK: #13, Matt Clarke, 24
RB: #18, Gunnar Halle, 40
CB: #14, Andy O'Brien, 40
CB: #5, David Wetherall, 41
LB: #22, Wayne Jacobs, 23
RM: #7, Jamie Lawrence, 20 (#8, Robbie Blake, has 19 starts)
CM: #4, Stuart McCall, 36
CM: #10, Gareth Whalley, 18
LM: #11, Peter Beagrie, 34
CF: #28, Dean Saunders, 30 (#9, Lee Mills, has 22 starts)
CF: #15, Dean Windass, 40

References

↑ "Bradford celebrate great escape". BBC Sport. 14 May 2000. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
↑ "Jewell takes roost with Owls". BBC Sport. 21 June 2000. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
↑ "Hutchings appointed new Bantams boss". BBC Sport. 22 June 2000. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/bradford-city/1999-2000/results
↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1999-2000/faprem/bradford.htm
↑ Lawrence was born in Wandsworth, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and would make his international debut for Jamaica in February 2001.
↑ Whalley was born in Manchester, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and has represented them at B level.
↑ O'Brien was born in Harrogate, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and would make his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 2001.
↑ Davison was born in Sedgefield, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and made his international debut for Northern Ireland in April 1996.
↑ Moore was born in Birmingham, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally through his parents and would make his international debut for Jamaica in 2006.
↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/bradford-city/tab/players/season/2000

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