1999–2000 FA Premier League

FA Premier League
Season1999–2000
Dates7 August 1999 – 14 May 2000
ChampionsManchester United
6th Premier League title
13th English title
RelegatedWimbledon
Sheffield Wednesday
Watford
Champions LeagueManchester United
Arsenal
Leeds United
UEFA CupLiverpool
Chelsea
Leicester City
Intertoto CupAston Villa
Bradford City
Matches played380
Goals scored1,060 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorerKevin Phillips
(30 goals)
Best goalkeeperEd de Goey (16 clean sheets)
Biggest home winNewcastle United 8–0 Sheffield Wednesday
(19 September 1999)
Biggest away winDerby County 0–5 Sunderland
(18 September 1999)
Highest scoringWest Ham United 5–4 Bradford City
(12 February 2000)
Tottenham Hotspur 7–2 Southampton
(11 March 2000)
Longest winning run11 games[1]
Manchester United
Longest unbeaten run16 games[1]
Chelsea
Longest winless run11 games[1]
Sunderland
Watford
Longest losing run8 games[1]
Wimbledon
Highest attendance61,619
Manchester United 3–1 Derby County
(11 March 2000)
Lowest attendance8,248
Wimbledon 0–2 Sheffield Wednesday
(12 April 2000)
Total attendance11,677,585[2]
Average attendance30,730[2]

The 1999–2000 FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the eighth season of the FA Premier League, and Manchester United secured their sixth Premiership title. Like the previous season, they lost only three league games all season. Unlike in 1998–99 season, they won by a comfortable margin – 18 points as opposed to a single point.

Manchester United lost their defence of the European Cup following a 3–2 defeat against Real Madrid in the quarter-finals. The club had withdrawn from the 1999–2000 FA Cup to participate in the FIFA World Club Championship at the request of the FA who wanted Manchester United to compete to support England's bid to host the World Cup. Chelsea won the last FA Cup held at Wembley Stadium before its redevelopment. The League Cup final was won by Leicester City, for the second time in four seasons. In Europe, Leeds United reached the UEFA Cup semi-final and Arsenal were on the losing side to Galatasaray in the UEFA Cup final.

Only one newly promoted team suffered relegation: Watford, who finished in last place, and achieved a record Premiership low of just 24 points (a record since broken by Sunderland (twice), Derby County, Aston Villa, Huddersfield Town, Norwich City (twice), Sheffield United (twice), and themselves), despite a decent start to their campaign which saw them beat both Liverpool (at Anfield) and Chelsea. The most successful promoted team was Sunderland, who finished seventh in the final table and spent much of the season pushing for a place in European competition. Bradford City, back in the top division for the first time since 1922, secured their Premiership survival on the last day of the season with a 1–0 win over Liverpool. The result meant that Liverpool lost out on a Champions League place, and Wimbledon were relegated after 14 years of top-division football. Second-from-bottom Sheffield Wednesday were relegated in their penultimate game of the season, having spent 15 of the previous 16 seasons in the top division. Wednesday's season included an 8–0 defeat at Newcastle. Amazingly Coventry City went all season without an away win but still managed to secure 14th place due to an impressive home record which saw them win 12 out of their 19 matches.

As well as Premiership champions Manchester United and runners-up Arsenal, third placed Leeds United qualified for the 2000–01 Champions League. UEFA Cup places went to fourth placed Liverpool, F.A Cup winners Chelsea, and League Cup winners Leicester City.

Promoted to the Premiership for 2000–01 were First Division champions Charlton Athletic, runners-up Manchester City and playoff winners Ipswich Town. For the first time since the formation of the Premiership, all of the promoted teams had been members of the Premiership before.

Teams

Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the First Division. The promoted teams were Sunderland, Bradford City and Watford, who returned after absences of two, seventy-seven and eleven years respectively. This was also Bradford City and Watford's first season in the Premier League. They replaced Charlton Athletic, Blackburn Rovers and Nottingham Forest, who were relegated to the First Division. Charlton Athletic and Nottingham Forest were immediately both relegated after a season's presence, while Blackburn Rovers' seven-year top flight spell came to an end.

1999 treble winners Manchester United retained their league title, leading the table for most of the season and winning their final 11 games to finish 18 points ahead of their nearest rivals Arsenal. Leeds United took the third and final Champions League place to qualify for Europe’s top club competition for the first time since the mid 1970s, ahead of Liverpool, who surrendered a place in the Champions League with a 1-0 defeat at Bradford on the last day of the season, a result which saw the hosts survive their first top flight campaign for almost 80 years. Newly promoted Sunderland finished an impressive, while eighth placed Leicester City won the League Cup.

Newly promoted Watford were relegated in bottom place, followed by Sheffield Wednesday, who had been in the top flight for all but one season since 1984. The final relegation place went to Wimbledon on the final day of their 14th season among the elite.

Stadiums and locations

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Locations of the 1999–2000 Premier League teams
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Greater London Premier League football clubs
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Arsenal London (Highbury) Arsenal Stadium 38,419
Aston Villa Birmingham Villa Park 42,573
Bradford City Bradford Valley Parade 25,136
Chelsea London (Fulham) Stamford Bridge 42,055
Coventry City Coventry Highfield Road 23,489
Derby County Derby Pride Park Stadium 33,597
Everton Liverpool (Walton) Goodison Park 40,569
Leeds United Leeds Elland Road 40,242
Leicester City Leicester Filbert Street 22,000
Liverpool Liverpool (Anfield) Anfield 45,522
Manchester United Manchester Old Trafford 68,174
Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Riverside Stadium 35,049
Newcastle United Newcastle upon Tyne St James' Park 52,387
Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Hillsborough Stadium 39,732
Southampton Southampton The Dell 15,200
Sunderland Sunderland Stadium of Light 49,000
Tottenham Hotspur London (Tottenham) White Hart Lane 36,240
Watford Watford Vicarage Road 19,920
West Ham United London (Upton Park) Boleyn Ground 35,647
Wimbledon London (Selhurst) Selhurst Park[a] 26,074
  1. ^ Due to Wimbledon lacking a home stadium, they played their home games at Selhurst Park, which is the home stadium of Crystal Palace.

Personnel and kits

(as of 14 May 2000)

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Arsenal France Arsène Wenger England Tony Adams Nike Dreamcast/Sega
Aston Villa England John Gregory England Gareth Southgate Reebok LDV Vans
Bradford City England Paul Jewell Scotland Stuart McCall Asics JCT600
Chelsea Italy Gianluca Vialli England Dennis Wise Umbro Autoglass
Coventry City Scotland Gordon Strachan Scotland Gary McAllister CCFC Garments Subaru
Derby County England Jim Smith Jamaica Darryl Powell Puma EDS
Everton Scotland Walter Smith England Dave Watson Umbro One2One
Leeds United Republic of Ireland David O'Leary South Africa Lucas Radebe Puma Packard Bell
Leicester City Northern Ireland Martin O'Neill Scotland Matt Elliott Fox Leisure Walkers Crisps
Liverpool France Gérard Houllier England Jamie Redknapp Reebok Carlsberg Group
Manchester United Scotland Sir Alex Ferguson Republic of Ireland Roy Keane Umbro Sharp
Middlesbrough England Bryan Robson England Paul Ince Erreà BT Cellnet
Newcastle United England Bobby Robson England Alan Shearer Adidas Newcastle Brown Ale
Sheffield Wednesday Wales Peter Shreeves (caretaker) England Des Walker Puma Sanderson
Southampton England Glenn Hoddle England Matt Le Tissier Saints Friends Provident
Sunderland England Peter Reid England Steve Bould Asics Reg Vardy
Tottenham Hotspur Scotland George Graham England Sol Campbell Adidas Holsten
Watford England Graham Taylor Wales Rob Page Le Coq Sportif Phones4U
West Ham United England Harry Redknapp Northern Ireland Steve Lomas Fila Dr. Martens
Wimbledon England Terry Burton Jamaica Robbie Earle Lotto Tiny
  • 1 The Dreamcast logo appeared on Arsenal's home shirt while the Sega logo appeared on their away shirt.

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Wimbledon Republic of Ireland Joe Kinnear Resigned 9 June 1999 Pre-season Norway Egil Olsen 9 June 1999
Newcastle United Netherlands Ruud Gullit Resigned 28 August 1999[3] 19th England Bobby Robson 2 September 1999[4]
Southampton England Dave Jones Contract terminated 27 January 2000[a] 17th England Glenn Hoddle 28 January 2000
Sheffield Wednesday England Danny Wilson Sacked 21 March 2000[5] 19th Wales Peter Shreeves (caretaker) 21 March 2000
Wimbledon Norway Egil Olsen Sacked 1 May 2000[6] 18th England Terry Burton 1 May 2000
  1. ^ Jones was put on gardening leave on 27 January, with Glenn Hoddle taking over as interim manager. At the end of the season, Jones's contract was terminated, and Hoddle took over the position permanently.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Manchester United (C) 38 28 7 3 97 45 +52 91 Qualification for the Champions League first group stage
2 Arsenal 38 22 7 9 73 43 +30 73
3 Leeds United 38 21 6 11 58 43 +15 69 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4 Liverpool 38 19 10 9 51 30 +21 67 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[a]
5 Chelsea 38 18 11 9 53 34 +19 65
6 Aston Villa 38 15 13 10 46 35 +11 58 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
7 Sunderland 38 16 10 12 57 56 +1 58
8 Leicester City 38 16 7 15 55 55 0 55 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[b]
9 West Ham United 38 15 10 13 52 53 −1 55
10 Tottenham Hotspur 38 15 8 15 57 49 +8 53
11 Newcastle United 38 14 10 14 63 54 +9 52
12 Middlesbrough 38 14 10 14 46 52 −6 52
13 Everton 38 12 14 12 59 49 +10 50
14 Coventry City 38 12 8 18 47 54 −7 44
15 Southampton 38 12 8 18 45 62 −17 44
16 Derby County 38 9 11 18 44 57 −13 38
17 Bradford City 38 9 9 20 38 68 −30 36 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round
18 Wimbledon (R) 38 7 12 19 46 74 −28 33 Relegation to the Football League First Division
19 Sheffield Wednesday (R) 38 8 7 23 38 70 −32 31
20 Watford (R) 38 6 6 26 35 77 −42 24
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Chelsea qualified for the UEFA Cup as FA Cup winners.
  2. ^ Leicester City qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners.

Results

Home \ Away ARS AVL BRA CHE COV DER EVE LEE LEI LIV MUN MID NEW SHW SOU SUN TOT WAT WHU WIM
Arsenal 3–1 2–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 4–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–2 5–1 0–0 3–3 3–1 4–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1
Aston Villa 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 4–0 2–2 1–1
Bradford City 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 4–4 0–0 1–2 3–1 1–0 0–4 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–4 1–1 3–2 0–3 3–0
Chelsea 2–3 1–0 1–0 2–1 4–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 5–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 4–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 3–1
Coventry City 3–2 2–1 4–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 3–4 0–1 0–3 1–2 2–1 4–1 4–1 0–1 3–2 0–1 4–0 1–0 2–0
Derby County 1–2 0–2 0–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 0–2 1–2 1–3 0–0 3–3 2–0 0–5 0–1 2–0 1–2 4–0
Everton 0–1 0–0 4–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 4–4 2–2 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 4–1 5–0 2–2 4–2 1–0 4–0
Leeds United 0–4 1–2 2–1 0–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–1 2–0 3–2 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 4–1
Leicester City 0–3 3–1 3–0 2–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–2 2–1 1–2 3–0 2–1 5–2 0–1 1–0 1–3 2–1
Liverpool 2–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 3–1 0–2 2–3 0–0 2–1 4–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 3–1
Manchester United 1–1 3–0 4–0 3–2 3–2 3–1 5–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 5–1 4–0 3–3 4–0 3–1 4–1 7–1 1–1
Middlesbrough 2–1 0–4 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–4 2–1 0–0 0–3 1–0 3–4 2–2 1–0 3–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–0
Newcastle United 4–2 0–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 0–2 2–2 3–0 2–1 8–0 5–0 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–2 3–3
Sheffield Wednesday 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–2 0–3 4–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 0–2 1–2 2–2 3–1 5–1
Southampton 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 3–3 2–0 0–3 1–2 1–1 1–3 1–1 4–2 2–0 1–2 0–1 2–0 2–1 2–0
Sunderland 0–0 2–1 0–1 4–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 0–2 2–2 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–1
Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 2–4 1–1 0–1 3–2 1–1 3–2 1–2 2–3 1–0 3–1 2–3 3–1 0–1 7–2 3–1 4–0 0–0 2–0
Watford 2–3 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–3 1–2 1–1 2–3 2–3 1–3 1–1 1–0 3–2 2–3 1–1 1–2 2–3
West Ham United 2–1 1–1 5–4 0–0 5–0 1–1 0–4 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–4 0–1 2–1 4–3 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1
Wimbledon 1–3 2–2 3–2 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–3 2–0 2–1 1–2 2–2 2–3 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 5–0 2–2
Source: 11v11
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

Sunderland's Kevin Phillips was the top scorer, with 30 goals.
Rank Player Club Goals
1 England Kevin Phillips Sunderland 30
2 England Alan Shearer Newcastle United 23
3 Trinidad and Tobago Dwight Yorke Manchester United 20
4 England Michael Bridges Leeds United 19
England Andy Cole Manchester United
6 France Thierry Henry Arsenal 17
7 Italy Paolo Di Canio West Ham United 16
8 England Chris Armstrong Tottenham Hotspur 14
Norway Steffen Iversen Tottenham Hotspur
Republic of Ireland Niall Quinn Sunderland

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Premier League hat-tricks
The 1999–2000 Premier League season would see Everton's Nick Barmby score his one and only hat-trick during his professional career.
Player For Against Result Date Ref
England Michael Bridges Leeds United Southampton 3–0 (A) 11 August 1999 [7]
England Andy Cole4 Manchester United Newcastle United 5–1 (H) 30 August 1999 [8]
England Kevin Phillips Sunderland Derby County 5–0 (A) 18 September 1999 [9]
England Alan Shearer5 Newcastle United Sheffield Wednesday 8–0 (H) 19 September 1999 [10]
Nigeria Nwankwo Kanu Arsenal Chelsea 3–2 (A) 23 October 1999 [11]
Netherlands Marc Overmars Arsenal Middlesbrough 5–1 (H) 21 November 1999 [12]
Norway Ole Gunnar Solskjær4 P Manchester United Everton 5–1 (H) 4 December 1999 [13]
England Nick Barmby Everton West Ham United 4–0 (A) 26 February 2000 [14]
England Stan Collymore Leicester City Sunderland 5–2 (H) 5 March 2000 [15]
Norway Steffen Iversen Tottenham Hotspur Southampton 7–2 (H) 11 March 2000 [16]
Trinidad and Tobago Dwight Yorke Manchester United Derby County 3–1 (H) 11 March 2000 [17]
England Paul Scholes Manchester United West Ham United 7–1 (H) 1 April 2000 [18]
England Dean Windass Bradford City Derby County 4–4 (H) 21 April 2000 [19]
Note: 5 Player scored 5 goals; 4 Player scored 4 goals; P Player scored a perfect hat-trick; (H) – Home; (A) – Away

Top assists

Manchester United's David Beckham was the joint top assist provider with 15 assists for the club in the 1999–2000 Premier League season.
Rank Player Club Assists[20]
1 England David Beckham Manchester United 15
Peru Nolberto Solano Newcastle United
3 Italy Paolo Di Canio West Ham United 13
4 Wales Ryan Giggs Manchester United 12
5 Netherlands Dennis Bergkamp Arsenal 9
6 England Nick Barmby Everton 8
France Thierry Henry Arsenal
Norway Steffen Iversen Tottenham Hotspur
Netherlands Wim Jonk Sheffield Wednesday
England Paul Merson Aston Villa

Awards

Monthly awards

Alex Ferguson was Manager of the Month three times during the 1999–2000 Premier League season, and was later named Manager of the Season.
Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month
Manager Club Player Club
August Scotland Alex Ferguson Manchester United Republic of Ireland Robbie Keane Coventry City
September Scotland Walter Smith Everton England Muzzy Izzet Leicester City
October England Peter Reid Sunderland England Kevin Phillips Sunderland
November Northern Ireland Martin O'Neill Leicester City Finland Sami Hyypiä Liverpool
December France Gérard Houllier Liverpool Republic of Ireland Roy Keane Manchester United
January Northern Ireland Danny Wilson Sheffield Wednesday England Gareth Southgate Aston Villa
February England Bobby Robson Newcastle United England Paul Merson Aston Villa
March Scotland Alex Ferguson Manchester United Trinidad and Tobago Dwight Yorke Manchester United
April Manchester United France Thierry Henry Arsenal

Annual awards

Award Winner Club
Premier League Manager of the Season Scotland Alex Ferguson Manchester United
Premier League Player of the Season England Kevin Phillips Sunderland
PFA Players' Player of the Year Republic of Ireland Roy Keane Manchester United
PFA Young Player of the Year Australia Harry Kewell Leeds United
FWA Footballer of the Year Republic of Ireland Roy Keane Manchester United
PFA Team of the Year
Goalkeeper England Nigel Martyn (Leeds United)
Defence Republic of Ireland Gary Kelly (Leeds United) Netherlands Jaap Stam (Manchester United) Finland Sami Hyypiä (Liverpool) Republic of Ireland Ian Harte (Leeds United)
Midfield England David Beckham (Manchester United) Republic of Ireland Roy Keane (Manchester United) France Patrick Vieira (Arsenal) Australia Harry Kewell (Leeds United)
Attack England Andy Cole (Manchester United) England Kevin Phillips (Sunderland)

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