1999–2000 Leicester City F.C. season

Leicester City
1999–2000 season
Chairman John Elsom
Manager Martin O'Neill
Stadium Filbert Street
Premiership 8th
FA Cup Fifth round
League Cup Winners
Top goalscorer Cottee (13)
Highest home attendance 22,170 (vs. Manchester United, 18 March 2000)
Lowest home attendance 17,550 (vs. Middlesbrough, 5 February 2000)
Average home league attendance 19,825
Home colours
Away colours

During the 1999–2000 English football season, Leicester City F.C. competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

Season summary

Leicester City achieved their highest league finish in 24 years by coming eighth in the final table, as well as reaching their third League Cup final in four years. They triumphed for the second time under Martin O'Neill and the third time in their history, beating Tranmere Rovers 2–1 at Wembley. O'Neill then left the club after accepting the offer to manage Celtic.[1] In came former England under 21 coach Peter Taylor as his successor.

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 14 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 1
Results Summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
38 16 7 15 55 55 0 55 10 3 6 31 24 +7 6 4 9 24 31 −7

Source: Statto

Results by round
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
Result L W D L W W L D W W W L W L W W L L L L D D L W D W L L W L D W L D W W W L
Position 14 12 10 15 6 5 10 9 7 7 5 6 5 6 7 5 5 6 7 7 8 8 10 9 10 10 11 12 11 12 13 10 11 11 11 9 8 8

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

Results

Leicester City's score comes first[2]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Pre-season

FA Premier League

FA Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Cup

League Cup

Squad

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

No. Position Player
1 England GK Tim Flowers
3 Jamaica DF Frank Sinclair
4 Northern Ireland DF Gerry Taggart
5 England DF Steve Walsh
6 Turkey MF Muzzy Izzet
7 Northern Ireland MF Neil Lennon
8 England FW Stan Collymore
10 England MF Darren Eadie
11 England MF Steve Guppy
13 Iceland FW Arnar Gunnlaugsson
14 Wales MF Robbie Savage
15 England DF Phil Gilchrist
16 Scotland MF Stuart Campbell
18 England DF Matt Elliott (captain)
19 England DF Robert Ullathorne
No. Position Player
20 England FW Ian Marshall
21 England MF Graham Fenton
22 Guadeloupe GK Pegguy Arphexad
24 England DF Andrew Impey
25 England MF Stuart Wilson
27 England FW Tony Cottee
28 England FW Lawrie Dudfield
29 England MF Stefan Oakes
30 England GK Michael Price
32 England GK John Hodges
34 England MF Danny Thomas
37 Greece MF Theodoros Zagorakis
38 England DF Tommy Goodwin
45 Northern Ireland MF Tim McCann
46 England DF Jordan Stewart

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
9 England FW Emile Heskey (to Liverpool)
16 Scotland MF Stuart Campbell (on loan to Birmingham City)
No. Position Player
34 Northern Ireland GK Alan Fettis (on loan from Blackburn Rovers)
England MF Scott Taylor (to Wolves)

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
- England DF Guy Branston
- Argentina FW Fernando Pasquinelli
- England MF Matt Piper
No. Position Player
- England DF Carl Bacon
- England MF Alex Mortimer
- England GK Matthew Nurse

Starting 11

Only considering Premiership starts.

No. Pos. Name Starts
1GKEngland Flowers, TimTim Flowers36
24RWBEngland Impey, AndyAndy Impey35
3CBJamaica Sinclair, FrankFrank Sinclair44
18CBScotland Elliott, MattMatt Elliott48
4CBNorthern Ireland Taggart, GerryGerry Taggart42
11LWBEngland Guppy, SteveSteve Guppy36
6CMTurkey Izzet, MuzzyMuzzy Izzet40
7CMNorthern Ireland Lennon, NeilNeil Lennon39
14CMWales Savage, RobbieRobbie Savage47
27CFEngland Cottee, TonyTony Cottee35
9CFEngland Heskey, EmileEmile Heskey35

Transfers

In

Date Pos Name From Fee Notes
30 July 1999 GK Tim Flowers Blackburn Rovers £1,100,000
10 August 1999 DF Phil Gilchrist Oxford United £500,000 [53]
10 December 1999 MF Darren Eadie Norwich City £3,000,000 [54]
10 February 2000 FW Stan Collymore Aston Villa Free transfer [55]
23 March 2000 FW Fernando Pasquinelli Boca Juniors Loan

Out

Date Pos Name To Fee Notes
27 July 1999 GK Kasey Keller Rayo Vallecano Free transfer
8 October 1999 MF Scott Taylor Wolverhampton Wanderers Free transfer
18 November 1999 DF Guy Branston Rotherham United £50,000
10 March 2000 FW Emile Heskey Liverpool £11,000,000 [56]
Transfers in: Decrease £4,600,000
Transfers out: Increase £11,050,000
Total spending: Increase £6,450,000

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