1999–2000 Swansea City A.F.C. season

Swansea City

1999–2000 season

Chairman

Steve Hamer

Manager

1st

Top goalscorer

League:
All: Steve Watkin (11)

Highest home attendance

10,743 (vs. Exeter City, 29 April)^[1]

Lowest home attendance

952 (vs. Caernarfon Town, 7 September)^[1]

Home colours

Away colours

← 1998–99

2000–01 →

The 1999–00 season was Swansea City A.F.C.'s 80th season in the English football league system, in this season Swansea finished 1st in the 3rd division with a total of 85 points from 46 games.^[2] It was also memorable for the fastest red card for a player in Swansea's history as Walter Boyd was red carded at half time against Darlington at Feethams and was taken off the pitch in a matter of seconds after the restart.^[3]

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[4]

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	Roger Freestone
2	GK	Jason Jones
3	DF	Matthew Bound
5	DF	Michael Howard
6	DF	Kristian O'Leary
7	DF	Jason Smith
8	MF	Richard Appleby
10	MF	Ryan Casey
11	MF	Nick Cusack (captain)
12	MF	Lee Jenkins

No.	Position	Player
13	MF	Damien Lacey
14	MF	Gareth Philips
15	MF	Jason Price
16	MF	Martin Thomas
18	FW	Tony Bird
19	FW	Walter Boyd
20	FW	Jonathan Coates
21	FW	Stuart Roberts
22	FW	Steve Watkin

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Swansea City	46	15	6	2	32	11	9	7	7	19	19	51	30	+21	85
2	Rotherham United	46	13	5	5	43	17	11	7	5	29	19	72	36	+36	84
3	Northampton	46	16	2	5	36	18	9	5	9	27	27	63	45	+18	82
4	Darlington	46	13	9	1	43	15	8	7	8	23	21	66	36	+30	79
5	Peterborough United	46	14	4	5	39	30	8	8	7	24	24	63	54	+9	78
6	Barnet	46	12	6	5	36	24	9	6	8	23	29	59	53	+6	75
7	Hartlepool United	46	16	1	6	32	17	5	8	10	28	32	60	49	+11	72
8	Cheltenham Town	46	13	4	6	28	17	7	6	10	22	25	50	42	+8	70
9	Torquay United	46	12	6	5	35	20	7	6	10	27	32	62	52	+10	69
10	Rochdale	46	8	7	8	21	25	10	7	6	36	29	57	54	+3	68
11	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	10	7	6	38	25	7	9	7	26	21	64	47	+17	67
12	Plymouth Argyle	46	12	10	1	38	18	4	8	11	17	33	55	51	+4	66
13	Macclesfield Town	46	9	7	7	36	30	9	4	10	30	31	66	61	+5	65
14	Hull City	46	7	8	8	26	23	8	6	9	17	20	43	43	±0	59
15	Lincoln City	46	11	6	6	38	23	4	8	11	29	46	67	69	–2	59
16	Southend United	46	11	5	7	37	31	4	6	13	16	30	53	61	–8	56
17	Mansfield Town	46	9	6	8	33	26	7	2	14	17	39	50	65	–15	56
18	Halifax Town	46	7	5	11	22	24	8	4	11	22	34	44	58	–14	54
19	Leyton Orient	46	7	7	9	22	22	6	6	11	25	30	47	52	–5	52
20	York City	46	7	10	6	21	21	5	6	12	18	32	39	53	–14	52
21	Exeter City	46	8	6	9	27	30	3	5	15	19	42	46	72	–26	44
22	Shrewsbury Town	46	5	6	12	20	27	4	7	12	20	40	40	67	–27	40
23	Carlisle United	46	6	8	9	23	27	3	4	16	19	48	42	75	–33	39
24	Chester	46	5	5	13	20	36	5	4	14	24	43	44	79	–35	39

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

^[5]

NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted through play-offs
	New club in the league
	Relegated to Conference

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 http://web.archive.org/web/19991116100223/http://www.scfc.co.uk/
↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/swansea-city/1999-2000
↑ http://scfcheritage.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/remember-walter-boyd/
↑ "Swans squad numbers announced". worldoffootball.net. 1999. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
↑ http://www.rsssf.com/engpaul/FLA/1999-00.html