1999–2000 Manchester City F.C. season

Manchester City
1999–2000 season
Chairman	David Bernstein
Manager	Joe Royle
Stadium	Maine Road
Football League First Division	2nd (promoted)
FA Cup	Fourth round
Worthington Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Goater (23) All: Goater (29)
Highest home attendance	33,027 vs. Blackburn Rovers (23 October 1999)
Lowest home attendance	30,057 vs. Fulham (16 January 2000)
Average home league attendance	32,088
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

During the 1999–2000 English football season, Manchester City F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

After gaining promotion to the First Division following a thrilling play-off final against Gillingham, Manchester City won a second successive promotion, coming second in the First Division behind Charlton Athletic, to return to the top flight of English football after a five-year absence.

Team kit

The team kit was produced by Le Coq Sportif and the shirt sponsor was Eidos.

Home

Away

Third

Final league table

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League

!Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1.	Charlton Athletic	46	27	10	9	79	45	91
2.	Manchester City	46	26	11	9	78	40	89
3.	Ipswich Town	46	25	12	9	71	42	87
4.	Barnsley	46	24	10	12	88	67	82
5.	Birmingham City	46	22	11	13	65	44	77
6.	Bolton Wanderers	46	21	13	12	69	50	76
7.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	21	11	14	64	48	74
8.	Huddersfield Town	46	21	11	14	62	49	74
9.	Fulham	46	17	16	13	49	41	67
10.	Queens Park Rangers	46	16	18	12	62	53	66
11.	Blackburn Rovers	46	15	17	14	55	51	62
12.	Norwich City	46	14	15	17	45	50	57
13.	Tranmere Rovers	46	15	12	19	57	68	57
14.	Nottingham Forest	46	14	14	18	53	55	56
15.	Crystal Palace	46	13	15	18	57	67	54
16.	Sheffield United	46	13	15	18	59	66	54
17.	Stockport County	46	13	15	18	55	67	54
18.	Portsmouth	46	13	12	21	55	66	51
19.	Crewe Alexandra	46	14	9	23	46	67	51
20.	Grimsby Town	46	13	12	21	41	67	51
21.	West Bromwich Albion	46	10	19	17	43	60	49
22.	Walsall	46	11	13	22	52	77	46
23.	Port Vale	46	7	15	24	48	69	36
24.	Swindon Town	46	8	12	26	38	77	36

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

Results

Manchester City's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
8 August 1999	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0-1	31,755
14 August 1999	Fulham	A	0-0	16,754
21 August 1999	Sheffield United	H	6-0	30,110	Horlock (2 pens), Kennedy, Goater, Dickov, G Taylor
28 August 1999	Bolton Wanderers	A	1-0	21,671	Kennedy
30 August 1999	Nottingham Forest	H	1-0	31,857	Goater
11 September 1999	Crystal Palace	H	2-1	31,541	Jobson, G Taylor
18 September 1999	Walsall	A	1-0	7,260	Goater
26 September 1999	Ipswich Town	A	1-2	19,406	Goater
28 September 1999	Norwich City	A	0-1	15,130
2 October 1999	Port Vale	H	2-1	31,608	Bishop (2)
16 October 1999	Tranmere Rovers	A	1-1	13,208	Horlock (pen)
19 October 1999	Birmingham City	A	1-0	22,126	Jobson
23 October 1999	Blackburn Rovers	H	2-0	33,027	Edghill, Whitley
27 October 1999	Ipswich Town	H	1-0	32,799	Horlock
30 October 1999	Port Vale	A	2-1	10,250	Snijders (own goal), Granville
3 November 1999	Portsmouth	H	4-2	31,660	Whitley, G Taylor (2), Pollock
6 November 1999	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-1	19,002	Horlock
20 November 1999	Charlton Athletic	A	1-0	20,043	Goater
24 November 1999	Barnsley	H	3-1	32,692	G Taylor, Goater, Horlock
27 November 1999	Huddersfield Town	H	0-1	32,936
3 December 1999	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-4	21,635	Goater
7 December 1999	Stockport County	H	1-2	32,686	Wiekens
18 December 1999	Swindon Town	H	3-0	31,751	Pollock, R Taylor, Goater
26 December 1999	West Bromwich Albion	A	2-0	19,589	Granville, Goater
28 December 1999	Grimsby Town	H	2-1	32,607	Horlock (2)
3 January 2000	Crewe Alexandra	A	1-1	10,066	Crooks
16 January 2000	Fulham	H	4-0	30,057	Goater (3), Horlock (pen)
22 January 2000	Sheffield United	A	0-1	23,862
5 February 2000	Nottingham Forest	A	3-1	25,846	R Taylor, Goater (2)
12 February 2000	Norwich City	H	3-1	32,681	Goater, Kennedy (2)
18 February 2000	Huddersfield Town	A	1-1	18,173	Goater
26 February 2000	Walsall	H	1-1	32,438	Goater
4 March 2000	Crystal Palace	A	1-1	21,052	R Taylor
8 March 2000	Queens Park Rangers	H	1-3	31,353	Whitley
11 March 2000	Barnsley	A	1-2	22,650	Goater
19 March 2000	Charlton Athletic	H	1-1	32,139	Goater
21 March 2000	Stockport County	A	2-2	11,212	Pollock, Jobson
25 March 2000	West Bromwich Albion	H	2-1	32,072	Kennedy, Goater
1 April 2000	Swindon Town	A	2-0	12,397	Goater, Kennedy
5 April 2000	Bolton Wanderers	H	2-0	32,927	Horlock, Dickov
8 April 2000	Crewe Alexandra	H	4-0	32,433	Prior, Dickov (2), Kennedy
15 April 2000	Grimsby Town	A	1-1	8,166	Prior
22 April 2000	Tranmere Rovers	H	2-0	32,842	Goater, Whitley
24 April 2000	Portsmouth	A	2-2	19,015	Prior, R Taylor
28 April 2000	Birmingham City	H	1-0	32,062	R Taylor
7 May 2000	Blackburn Rovers	A	4-1	29,913	Goater, Dailly (own goal), Kennedy, Dickov

FA Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	12 December 1999	Chester City	A	4-1	5,469	Goater (2), Bishop, Doughty (own goal)
R4	9 January 2000	Leeds United	H	2-5	29,240	Goater, Bishop

League Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	11 August 1999	Burnley	H	5-0	11,074	Goater, Kennedy (2), Horlock (pen), G Taylor
R1 2nd Leg	24 August 1999	Burnley	A	1-0 (won 6-0 on agg)	3,647	Cooke
R2 1st Leg	15 September 1999	Southampton	H	0-0	17,476
R2 2nd Leg	21 September 1999	Southampton	A	3-4 (lost 3-4 on agg)	10,960	Dickov, Goater (2)

Squad

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	Nicky Weaver
2	DF	Lee Crooks
3	DF	Richard Edghill
4	FW	Rhys McQuigg
5	DF	Andy Morrison
6	MF	Kevin Horlock
7	DF	Spencer Prior
8	MF	Ian Bishop
9	FW	Paul Dickov
10	FW	Shaun Goater
11	MF	Terry Cooke
12	FW	Danny Allsopp
13	GK	Tommy Wright
14	FW	Gareth Taylor
15	FW	Craig Russell
16	MF	Jamie Pollock
17	MF	Jim Whitley
18	MF	Jeff Whitley

No.	Position	Player
19	MF	Danny Tiatto
20	MF	Gary Mason
22	DF	Nick Fenton
24	FW	Lee Peacock
25	DF	Richard Jobson
26	GK	Richard McKinney
27	DF	Shaun Holmes
28	MF	Tony Grant
29	MF	Shaun Wright-Phillips
30	GK	Steven Hodgson
31	MF	David Laycock
32	MF	Leon Mike
33	FW	Chris Killen
34	DF	Mark Kennedy
35	FW	Lee Mills (on loan from Bradford City)
36	DF	Danny Granville
37	FW	Robert Taylor

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
7	MF	Michael Brown (to Sheffield United)
21	DF	Tony Vaughan (to Nottingham Forest)
23	DF	Kakhaber Tskhadadze (released)

No.	Position	Player
24	DF	Murtaz Shelia (released)
28	FW	Alan Reilly (to Halifax Town)
35	FW	Chris Greenacre (to Mansfield Town)

References

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Reserve grounds	Academy Stadium

Training ground	Carrington Training Centre (2001–2014) Etihad Campus (2014–)

Football teams	First team Elite Development Squad Academy Women

Affiliated football teams	New York City FC Melbourne City FC Yokohama F. Marinos

Media	Media Blue Moon Rising There's Only One Jimmy Grimble

Rivalries	League record by opponent Manchester City rivalries Manchester derby

Schools	Connell Sixth Form College

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Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Bradford City Chelsea Coventry City Derby County Everton Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Ham United Wimbledon

First Division	Barnsley Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Charlton Athletic Crewe Alexandra Crystal Palace Fulham Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Manchester City Norwich City Nottingham Forest Port Vale Portsmouth Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United Stockport County Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Walsall West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Bournemouth Blackpool Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Burnley Bury Cambridge United Cardiff City Chesterfield Colchester United Gillingham Luton Town Millwall Notts County Oldham Athletic Oxford United Preston North End Reading Scunthorpe United Stoke City Wigan Athletic Wrexham Wycombe Wanderers

Third Division	Barnet Brighton & Hove Albion Carlisle United Cheltenham Town Chester City Darlington Exeter City Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hull City Leyton Orient Lincoln City Macclesfield Town Mansfield Town Northampton Town Peterborough United Plymouth Argyle Rochdale Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swansea City Torquay United York City

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