1999–2000 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

Nottingham Forest
1999–2000 season
Manager	David Platt
Stadium	City Ground
First Division	14th
FA Cup	Fourth round
Worthington Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Dougie Freedman/Alan Rogers (9) All: Dougie Freedman/Alan Rogers (11)
Highest home attendance	25,846 (vs. Manchester City, 5 February)
Lowest home attendance	13,841 vs. Portsmouth, 24 November)
Average home league attendance	17,196
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

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

Season summary

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

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	71	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

Nottingham Forest's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

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

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Cup


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	8 January 2000	Chelsea	A	0-2	30,125

League Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League Cup


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

Squad at end of season^[1]

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	Dave Beasant
2	DF	Matthieu Louis-Jean
3	DF	Alan Rogers
4	MF	Nigel Quashie^[2]
5	DF	Colin Calderwood
6	DF	Jon Olav Hjelde
7	MF	David Platt (player-manager)
8	MF	Riccardo Scimeca
9	MF	Gianluca Petrachi
10	MF	Andy Johnson^[3]
11	DF	Chris Bart-Williams
12	GK	Mark Crossley
14	FW	Dougie Freedman
15	DF	John Terry (on loan from Chelsea)
16	DF	Salvatore Matrecano
18	MF	Ian Woan
19	FW	Stern John

No.	Position	Player
20	DF	Tony Vaughan
21	FW	Jack Lester
22	DF	Richard Cooper
23	FW	Bernard Allou
24	DF	Christian Edwards
25	DF	Jesper Mattsson
26	GK	Barry Roche
27	FW	Andy Gray^[4]
28	DF	Kevin Dawson
29	FW	Marlon Harewood
30	MF	Carlos Merino
31	DF	Chris Doig
32	MF	Gareth Edds
34	MF	David Prutton
35	FW	David Freeman
36	DF	Jim Brennan
37	MF	Gareth Williams

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
5	DF	Steve Chettle (to Barnsley)
15	MF	John Burns (to Bristol City)
15	DF	Moreno Mannini (retired)
17	MF	Thierry Bonalair (to FC Zürich)
20	MF	Carlton Palmer (to Coventry City)

No.	Position	Player
21	FW	Steve Guinan (to Cambridge United)
26	MF	Steve Melton (to Stoke City)
32	FW	Mikkel Beck (on loan from Derby County)
32	FW	Ian Wright (on loan from West Ham United)
33	GK	Mark Goodlad (to Port Vale)

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
38		MF	Keith Foy

References

↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1999-2000/d1/nottmf.htm
↑ 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.
↑ Johnson was born in Bristol, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in 1998.
↑ Gray was born in Harrogate, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and would make his international debut for Scotland in April 2003.

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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

Football Conference	Altrincham Doncaster Rovers Dover Athletic Forest Green Rovers Hayes Hednesford Town Hereford United Kettering Town Kidderminster Harriers Kingstonian Morecambe Northwich Victoria Nuneaton Borough Rushden & Diamonds Scarborough Southport Stevenage Borough Sutton United Telford United Welling United Woking

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