1999–2000 Swindon Town F.C. season

Swindon's financial problems came to a head during the 1999–2000 season when in January 2000 Swindon—£4m in debt and losing £25,000 a week—went into administration for the first time.^[1] Chairman Rikki Hunt was forced to resign and 15 members of staff were made redundant. At one point manager Jimmy Quinn was told not to pick midfielder Robin Hulbert because one more appearance would trigger a £25,000 payment to Everton under the terms of his 1996 transfer.^[1] Swindon's future was safeguarded when a consortium headed by business tycoon Terry Brady took over the club and they came out of administration towards the end of the season. But it was too late to save Swindon's place in Division One — they had already been relegated in bottom place. The club's new owner sacked manager Jimmy Quinn and appointed Colin Todd — who had won promotion to the Premiership with Bolton in 1997 — as manager, in hope of getting the club's fortunes back on track.

Final league table

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League

!Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1.	Charlton Athletic	46	27	10	9	79	45	+34	91
2.	Manchester City	46	26	11	9	78	40	+38	89
3.	Ipswich Town	46	25	12	9	71	42	+29	87
4.	Barnsley	46	24	10	12	88	67	+21	82
5.	Birmingham City	46	22	11	13	65	44	+21	77
6.	Bolton Wanderers	46	21	13	12	69	50	+19	76
7.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	21	11	14	64	48	+16	74
8.	Huddersfield Town	46	21	11	14	62	49	+13	74
9.	Fulham	46	17	16	13	49	41	+8	67
10.	Queens Park Rangers	46	16	18	12	62	53	+9	66
11.	Blackburn Rovers	46	15	17	14	55	51	+4	62
12.	Norwich City	46	14	15	17	45	50	–5	57
13.	Tranmere Rovers	46	15	12	19	57	68	–11	57
14.	Nottingham Forest	46	14	14	18	53	55	–2	56
15.	Crystal Palace	46	13	15	18	57	67	–10	54
16.	Sheffield United	46	13	15	18	59	71	–12	54
17.	Stockport County	46	13	15	18	55	67	–12	54
18.	Portsmouth	46	13	12	21	55	66	–11	51
19.	Crewe Alexandra	46	14	9	23	46	67	–21	51
20.	Grimsby Town	46	13	12	21	41	67	–26	51
21.	West Bromwich Albion	46	10	19	17	43	60	–17	49
22.	Walsall	46	11	13	22	52	77	–15	46
23.	Port Vale	46	7	15	24	48	69	–21	36
24.	Swindon Town	46	8	12	26	38	77	–39	36

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

Results Summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	8	12	26	38	77	−39	36	5	6	12	23	37	−14	3	6	14	15	40	−25

Source: Soccerbase: 1999-2000 Football League First Division table

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	D	W	L	L	D	D	L	D	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	D
Position	14	22	15	20	22	22	23	23	21	21	23	24	24	24	22	23	24	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24

Source: 11v11.com: 1999-2000 Swindon Town results
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results

Swindon Town's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 August 1999	Walsall	A	0-0	6,437
15 August 1999	Ipswich Town	H	1-4	6,195	Grazioli
21 August 1999	Crystal Palace	A	2-1	12,726	Grazioli, Onoura
28 August 1999	West Bromwich Albion	H	1-2	6,565	Walters
30 August 1999	Grimsby Town	H	0-1	5,705
11 September 1999	Nottingham Forest	H	0-0	8,203
18 September 1999	Crewe Alexandra	A	1-2	5,280	Ndah
25 September 1999	Port Vale	A	0-2	4,629
28 September 1999	Blackburn Rovers	H	2-1	7,354	Grayson (own goal), Howe
2 October 1999	Bolton Wanderers	H	0-4	6,711
9 October 1999	Stockport County	H	1-1	5,318	Hay
16 October 1999	Fulham	A	0-1	13,715
19 October 1999	Barnsley	A	0-1	12,026
23 October 1999	Sheffield United	H	2-2	5,504	Hay (2)
25 October 1999	Port Vale	H	2-1	5,703	Onoura, Grazioli
30 October 1999	Bolton Wanderers	A	0-2	12,486
6 November 1999	Huddersfield Town	A	0-4	11,891	Flo
12 November 1999	Norwich City	H	0-0	7,404
20 November 1999	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-1	19,917	Onoura (pen)
23 November 1999	Charlton Athletic	H	1-2	6,515	Carrick
27 November 1999	Birmingham City	A	1-1	22,620	Onoura
4 December 1999	Walsall	H	1-1	7,186	Carrick
18 December 1999	Manchester City	A	0-3	31,751
26 December 1999	Portsmouth	H	1-1	10,279	Hay
28 December 1999	Tranmere Rovers	A	1-3	8,068	Hay
3 January 2000	Queens Park Rangers	H	0-1	9,460
15 January 2000	Ipswich Town	A	0-3	17,326
23 January 2000	Crystal Palace	H	2-4	5,214	Reeves, Hall
29 January 2000	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-1	11,856	Hall
5 February 2000	Grimsby Town	H	0-1	5,784
12 February 2000	Blackburn Rovers	A	0-0	16,938
19 February 2000	Birmingham City	H	1-4	7,591	Hay
26 February 2000	Crewe Alexandra	H	0-1	5,003
4 March 2000	Nottingham Forest	A	1-3	19,748	Hay (pen)
7 March 2000	Huddersfield Town	H	2-0	4,701	Collins, Hay
11 March 2000	Charlton Athletic	A	1-0	19,569	Kiely (own goal)
18 March 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-2	8,748	A Williams
21 March 2000	Norwich City	A	2-0	13,662	Hay (2)
25 March 2000	Stockport County	A	1-4	15,305	Gray
1 April 2000	Manchester City	H	0-2	12,397
8 April 2000	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-2	12,633	Grazioli
15 April 2000	Tranmere Rovers	H	3-1	4,925	Griffin, Grazioli, Gray
22 April 2000	Fulham	H	1-0	7,556	Grazioli
24 April 2000	Stockport County	A	0-3	5,362
29 April 2000	Barnsley	H	1-2	6,151	J Williams
7 May 2000	Sheffield United	A	2-2	12,603	Grazioli (2)

FA Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	11 December 1999	Charlton Athletic	A	1-2	10,939	Gooden

League Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	10 August 1999	Leyton Orient	H	0-1	3,587
R1 2nd Leg	25 August 1999	Leyton Orient	A	1-1 (lost 1-2 on agg)	4,000	Walters

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	Frank Talia
2	DF	Mark Robinson
3	DF	Gareth Hall
4	MF	Scott Leitch
5	DF	Gareth Davies
6	DF	Bryan Smith
7	MF	Bobby Howe
9	FW	Wayne Gray (on loan from Wimbledon)
10	FW	Giuliano Grazioli
11	MF	Michael Meaker (on loan from Bristol Rovers)
12	DF	Alan Reeves
14	FW	Alan Young
16	MF	Lee Collins
17	FW	Steve Cowe
18	GK	Steve Mildenhall

No.	Position	Player
19	DF	Adam Willis
20	FW	Charlie Griffin
21	DF	Sol Davis
23	MF	Philippe Cuervo
24	DF	Sam Campagna
25	MF	Frazer McHugh
26	FW	Nicky Burke
27	DF	Jamie Mills
28	DF	Ricky Culbertson
29	GK	Alan Flanagan
30	MF	Paul McAreavey
31	MF	Alun Hughes
32	DF	James Williams
33	MF	Andy Williams
40	FW	Jimmy Quinn (player-manager)

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
6	DF	Craig Taylor (to Plymouth Argyle)
8	FW	George Ndah (to Wolverhampton Wanderers)
34	MF	Paul Thirlwell (to Sunderland)
14	MF	Mark Walters (to Bristol Rovers)
11	MF	Ty Gooden (to Gillingham)
9	FW	Iffy Onoura (to Gillingham)

No.	Position	Player
6	MF	Michael Carrick (to West Ham United)
8	FW	Mark McCammon (to Brentford)
13	GK	Jimmy Glass (to Cambridge United)
31	GK	Bart Griemink (to Peterborough United)
15	FW	Chris Hay (to Huddersfield Town)
22	MF	Robin Hulbert (to Bristol City)

References

1 2 FourFourTwo : "Issue 74 October 2000.", page 86. Haymarket Magazines, 2000.
↑ Soccerbase: 1999-2000 Swindon Town results

Swindon Town squad for 1999–2000 season

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