1999–2000 Football League Trophy

1999–2000 Football League Trophy
Country  England
Teams 48
Champions Stoke City
Runners-up Bristol City
Matches played 49
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

The 1999–2000 Football League Trophy, known as the Auto Windscreens Shield for sponsorship reasons, was the 17th staging of the Football League Trophy, a knock-out competition for English football clubs in Second and Third Division. The winners were Stoke City who beat Bristol City 2–1 in the final.

The competition began on 7 December 1999 and ended with the final on 16 April 2000 at the Wembley Stadium.

In the first round, there were two sections: North and South. In the following rounds each section gradually eliminates teams in knock-out fashion until each has a winning finalist. At this point, the two winning finalists face each other in the combined final to determine the winners of the Football League Trophy.

First round

Northern Section

Date Home team Score Away team Attendance
7 DecemberHartlepool United1 – 0Halifax Town1,482
7 DecemberMansfield Town2 – 1Bury1,205
7 DecemberNotts County0 – 1Blackpool1,167
7 DecemberPreston North End4 – 1Wrexham3,306
7 DecemberRotherham United2 – 1Shrewsbury Town1,166
7 DecemberStoke City3 – 2Darlington3,341
7 DecemberWigan Athletic2 – 1Burnley2,085
7 DecemberYork City0 – 1Hull City1,005

Southern Section

Date Home team Score Away team Attendance
7 DecemberBrighton & Hove Albion1 – 0Millwall2,407
7 DecemberGillingham0 – 3Torquay United2,718
7 DecemberNorthampton Town1 – 0Cardiff City2,431
7 DecemberOxford United2 – 0Luton Town1,220
7 DecemberSouthend United0 – 1Cheltenham Town1,227
7 DecemberSwansea City3 – 1Colchester United1,222
8 DecemberReading1 – 0Leyton Orient1,561
11 JanuaryCambridge United1 – 2Barnet1,556

Second round

Northern Section

Date Home team Score Away team Attendance
8 JanuaryLincoln City1 – 2Scunthorpe United3,617
10 JanuaryPreston North End1 – 2Hartlepool United3,635
11 JanuaryHull City2 – 0Chester City1,680
11 JanuaryMansfield Town0 – 1Blackpool1,884
11 JanuaryRochdale3 – 2Macclesfield Town1,123
11 JanuaryRotherham United1 – 4Chesterfield1,997
18 JanuaryOldham Athletic0 – 1Stoke City4,682
25 JanuaryCarlisle United2 – 1Wigan Athletic1,321

Southern Section

Date Home team Score Away team Attendance
11 JanuaryBournemouth1 – 0Brighton & Hove Albion4,325
11 JanuaryExeter City2 – 0Swansea City964
11 JanuaryNorthampton Town0 – 0Bristol Rovers2,443
Bristol Rovers won 5 – 3 on penalties
11 JanuaryOxford United1 – 1Wycombe Wanderers1,798
Oxford United won 5 – 3 on penalties
11 JanuaryPeterborough United0 – 1Brentford2,430
11 JanuaryPlymouth Argyle0 – 1Torquay United3,124
12 JanuaryBristol City3 – 1Cheltenham Town4,123
18 JanuaryBarnet0 – 1Reading1,109

Quarter Final

Northern Section

Date Home team Score Away team Attendance
22 FebruaryHartlepool United1 – 2Carlisle United2,399
25 JanuaryBlackpool1 – 2Stoke City4,943
25 JanuaryRochdale0 – 0Hull City1,745
Rochdale won 5 – 4 on penalties
25 JanuaryScunthorpe United1 – 2Chesterfield2,583

Southern Section

Date Home team Score Away team Attendance
24 JanuaryBristol Rovers1 – 2Reading4,948
25 JanuaryBrentford2 – 0Oxford United2,942
25 JanuaryBristol City1 – 1Bournemouth4,291
Bristol City won 4 – 1 on penalties
25 JanuaryExeter City1 – 0Torquay United2,599

Semi Final

Northern Section

Date Home team Score Away team Attendance
15 FebruaryChesterfield0 – 1Stoke City3,825
7 MarchCarlisle United0 – 1Rochdale1,792

Southern Section

Date Home team Score Away team Attendance
15 FebruaryBristol City4 – 0Reading8,733
15 FebruaryExeter City3 – 2Brentford2,392

Area finals

Northern Area final

2000-03-14
19:45
Rochdale 1 – 3 Stoke City
Holt  86' Hansson  4'
Thorne  21',  27'
Spotland Stadium, Rochdale
Attendance: 4,241

2000-03-17
19:45
Stoke City 1 – 0 Rochdale
Thorne  86'

Stoke City beat Rochdale 4–1 on aggregate.

Southern Area final

2000-02-29
19:45
Bristol City 4 – 0 Exeter City
Thorpe  4'
Beadle  63'
Murray  68'
Burnell  75'
Ashton Gate, Bristol
Attendance: 12,742

2000-03-14
19:45
Exeter City 1 – 1 Bristol City
Speakman  30' Beadle  65'
St James Park, Exeter
Attendance: 2,929

Bristol City beat Exeter City 5–1 on aggregate.

Final

2000-04-16
15:00 BST
Bristol City 1 – 2 Stoke City
Holland  74' Match Report Kavanagh  32'
Thorne  82'
Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 75,057
Referee: K.M.Lynch
Bristol City
Stoke City
BRISTOL CITY:
GK 2 England Billy Mercer
DF 6 England Louis Carey  87'
DF 27 England Andy Jordan
DF 46 England Keith Millen
DF 3 England Michael Bell
MF 17 England Aaron Brown  68'
MF 26 Scotland Scott Murray
MF 10 England Paul Holland
MF 11 England Brian Tinnion
FW 20 England Peter Beadle
FW 21 England Tony Thorpe
Substitutes:
GK 15 England Steve Phillips
DF 43 England Kevin Amankwaah  87'
DF 32 England Matt Hill
MF 33 England Joe Burnell
FW 34 England Damian Spencer  68'
Manager:
England David Burnside
STOKE CITY:
GK 1 England Gavin Ward
DF 5 England Nicky Mohan
DF 15 Sweden Mikael Hansson
DF 22 Republic of Ireland Clive Clarke
MF 2 Iceland Brynjar Gunnarsson
MF 8Republic of Ireland Graham Kavanagh
MF 17 Republic of Ireland James O'Connor
MF 25 Iceland Bjarni Guðjónsson
MF 36 Iceland Arnar Gunnlaugsson  62'
FW 9 England Peter Thorne
FW 12 Bermuda Kyle Lightbourne  89'
Substitute:
GK 14 England Carl Muggleton
DF 32 Norway Anders Jacobsen
DF 34 England Richard Dryden  62'
MF 35 England Steve Melton
FW 31 Scotland Chris Iwelumo  89'
Manager:
Iceland Guðjón Þórðarson

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Golden goal in extra time
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Maximum of 3 substitutions.

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