1999–2000 Sheffield United F.C. season

Steve Bruce resigned from his post as Sheffield United manager after just one season in charge, mentioning chaos in the club's boardroom meetings and a lack of transfer funds. Adrian Heath replaced him as boss but resigned after six months and long-time Sheffield United supporter Neil Warnock took over the reins and prevented a threat of relegation, securing a 16th-place finish. During the season, striker Lee Morris was sold to Derby County for a club record transfer of £3m.

Final league table

!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

Sheffield United's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 August 1999	Portsmouth	A	0–2	17,667
14 August 1999	Walsall	H	1–1	12,581	Murphy
21 August 1999	Manchester City	A	0–6	30,110
28 August 1999	Ipswich Town	H	2–2	12,455	Smith, Marcelo
30 August 1999	Tranmere Rovers	A	3–1	5,436	Devlin (2), Smith
4 September 1999	Crystal Palace	H	3–1	11,886	Marcelo (2), Ford
18 September 1999	Charlton Athletic	H	1–2	13,216	Kachura
25 September 1999	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3–0	14,163	Smith (2), Devlin
2 October 1999	Huddersfield Town	A	1–4	14,238	Murphy
9 October 1999	Crewe Alexandra	A	0–1	5,304
16 October 1999	Nottingham Forest	H	2–1	15,687	Smith (2)
19 October 1999	Norwich City	H	0–0	11,907
23 October 1999	Swindon Town	A	2–2	5,504	Smith (2)
26 October 1999	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–1	24,402
30 October 1999	Huddersfield Town	H	0–1	14,928
6 November 1999	Barnsley	A	0–2	16,301
14 November 1999	Bolton Wanderers	H	1–2	10,013	Bent
20 November 1999	Stockport County	A	1–1	6,614	Bent
23 November 1999	Port Vale	H	1–3	8,965	Sandford
27 November 1999	West Bromwich Albion	A	2–2	12,278	Smith, Ribeiro
30 November 1999	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–3	9,922	Devlin
4 December 1999	Portsmouth	H	1–0	10,834	Devlin
19 December 1999	Blackburn Rovers	H	2–1	10,437	Bent (2)
26 December 1999	Birmingham City	A	2–0	22,874	Devlin, Smith
28 December 1999	Fulham	H	2–0	17,375	Devlin, Bent
3 January 2000	Grimsby Town	A	2–2	7,618	Bent, Hall
15 January 2000	Walsall	A	1–2	6,222	Devlin
22 January 2000	Manchester City	H	1–0	23,862	Brown
29 January 2000	Ipswich Town	A	1–1	17,350	Bent
5 February 2000	Tranmere Rovers	H	3–1	14,219	Devlin, Bent, Ford
12 February 2000	Crystal Palace	A	1–1	14,877	Bent
19 February 2000	West Bromwich Albion	H	6–0	14,519	Bent (3), Devlin, Notman, Brown
26 February 2000	Charlton Athletic	A	0–1	19,249
5 March 2000	Queens Park Rangers	H	1–1	11,554	Notman
7 March 2000	Barnsley	H	3–3	22,376	Notman, Brown, Bent
11 March 2000	Port Vale	A	3–2	5,484	Bent, Woodhouse, D'Jaffo
18 March 2000	Stockport County	H	1–0	14,907	Woodhouse
21 March 2000	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–2	11,891
25 March 2000	Birmingham City	H	1–2	15,486	Bent
1 April 2000	Blackburn Rovers	A	0–5	17,769
8 April 2000	Grimsby Town	H	0–0	11,612
15 April 2000	Fulham	A	0–4	12,197
22 April 2000	Nottingham Forest	A	0–0	17,172
24 April 2000	Crewe Alexandra	H	1–1	9,923	Woodhouse
28 April 2000	Norwich City	A	1–2	16,921	Devlin (pen)
7 May 2000	Swindon Town	H	2–2	12,603	Quinn, Burley

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	12 December 1999	Rushden & Diamonds	H	1–1	10,104	Bent
R3R	21 December 1999	Rushden & Diamonds	A	1–1 (won 6–5 on pens)	6,010	Derry
R4	8 January 2000	Newcastle United	A	1–4	36,220	Smith

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	10 August 1999	Shrewsbury Town	H	3–0	6,419	Kachura, Smith (2)
R1 2nd Leg	24 August 1999	Shrewsbury Town	A	3–0 (won 6–0 on agg)	1,723	Marcelo (2), Smith
R2 1st Leg	14 September 1999	Preston North End	H	2–0	5,350	Smith, Kachura
R2 2nd Leg	21 September 1999	Preston North End	A	0–3 (lost 2–3 on agg)	5,658

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
3	DF	Wayne Quinn
4	DF	Lee Sandford
5	DF	Robert Kozluk
6	MF	Jonathan Hunt
7	DF	Shaun Murphy
8	MF	Curtis Woodhouse
9	FW	Marcus Bent
10	MF	Paul Devlin
11	MF	Bobby Ford
12	FW	Laurent D'Jaffo
13	GK	Simon Tracey
14	GK	Matt Duke
15	MF	Ian Hamilton
16	MF	Axel Smeets
18	DF	Davy Gysbrechts
19	DF	Andy Woodward

No.	Position	Player
20	MF	Stuart Wilson (on loan from Leicester City)
21	DF	Jon O'Connor
23	MF	Kevin Davies
25	DF	Ben Doane
26	FW	Paul Macari
27	MF	Adam Burley
28	FW	Paul Burke
29	DF	Mark Camm
30	DF	Craig McAughtrie
31	DF	Matt Mosley
33	FW	Andy Smith
35	MF	Bruno Ribeiro
37	MF	Michael Brown
38	FW	Alex Notman (on loan from Manchester United)
40	DF	Phil Jagielka

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
1	GK	Aidan Davison
2	MF	Shaun Derry
9	FW	Marcelo
12	MF	Lee Morris
12	MF	Brian Launders
19	DF	Martin Smith
20	DF	Nicky Marker

No.	Position	Player
20	DF	Sagi Burton
22	MF	Jon Cullen
22	FW	Pyotr Kachura
24	MF	Dane Whitehouse
32	GK	Leigh Walker
34	DF	Jody Craddock (on loan from Sunderland)
36	MF	Paul Hall (on loan from Coventry City)

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