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1999–2000 Carlisle United F.C. season

During the 1999–2000 English football season, Carlisle United Football Club competed in the Football League Third Division where they finished in 23rd position narrowly avoiding relegation to the Football Conference by goal difference.

Carlisle United
1999–2000 season
ChairmanMichael Knighton
ManagerMartin Wilkinson
StadiumBrunton Park
Football League Third Division23rd
FA CupFirst round
League CupFirst round
Football League TrophySemi final
Top goalscorerSteve Soley (9)

Season summary edit

Manager Nigel Pearson was sacked shortly after the end of the previous season, with chairman Michael Knighton publicly blaming the previous season's relegation battle on the 35-year-old's inexperience, and replacing him with Martin Wilkinson; an experienced coach, but one whose managerial experience only consisted of a short spell in charge of Peterborough United over a decade prior.

The change initially seemed to work well and produced a promising start to the season, only for this to be followed by a dismal run of just two wins in twenty-six attempts, plunging them straight into yet another fight against relegation. For the second season in a row, relegation to the Conference was avoided on the final day; while Carlisle lost their last game, Chester City also lost theirs, allowing Carlisle to survive by virtue of two goals. Ultimately, Carlisle's taking maximum points from their two fixtures over Chester would prove key to their survival; had they taken anything less than all six points from those two matches, Chester would have stayed in the Football League at their expense.

Final league table edit

Pos Team P W D L F A Pts
1. Swansea City 46 24 13 9 51 30 85
2. Rotherham United 46 24 12 10 72 36 84
3. Northampton Town 46 25 7 14 63 45 82
4. Darlington 46 21 16 9 66 36 79
5. Peterborough United 46 22 12 12 63 54 78
6. Barnet 46 21 12 13 59 53 75
7. Hartlepool United 46 21 9 16 60 49 72
8. Cheltenham Town 46 20 10 16 50 42 70
9. Torquay United 46 19 12 15 62 52 69
10. Rochdale 46 18 14 14 57 54 68
11. Brighton & Hove Albion 46 17 16 13 64 47 67
12. Plymouth Argyle 46 16 18 12 55 51 66
13. Macclesfield Town 46 18 11 17 66 61 65
14. Hull City 46 15 14 17 43 43 59
15. Lincoln City 46 15 14 17 67 69 59
16. Southend United 46 15 11 20 53 61 56
17. Mansfield Town 46 16 8 22 50 65 56
18. Halifax Town 46 12 16 18 44 58 54
19. Leyton Orient 46 13 13 20 47 52 52
20. York City 46 12 16 18 39 53 52
21. Exeter City 46 11 11 24 46 72 44
22. Shrewsbury Town 46 9 13 24 40 67 40
23. Carlisle United 46 9 12 25 42 75 39
24. Chester City 46 10 9 27 44 79 39
See also: Play-off results
Key
Promoted to Division 2
Qualified for the promotion playoff
Relegated to Conference

Results edit

Carlisle United's score comes first

Legend edit

Win Draw Loss

Football League Division Three edit

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League
Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
1 7 August 1999 Leyton Orient H 2–1 3,895 Tracey 21', Soley 69'
2 14 August 1999 Swansea City A 0–1 5,452
3 21 August 1999 Hartlepool United H 0–3 4,033
4 28 August 1999 Mansfield Town A 1–1 2,138 Baker 37'
5 30 August 1999 Plymouth Argyle H 4–2 2,863 Tracey 41', 75', Black 44', Baker 47'
6 4 September 1999 Northampton Town A 0–0 4,864
7 11 September 1999 Lincoln City H 1–0 3,254 Tracey 59'
8 18 September 1999 Shrewsbury Town A 1–4 2,393 Soley 45'
9 25 September 1999 Halifax Town A 2–5 2,545 Tracey 10', Gregory 76'
10 2 October 1999 Southend United H 1–1 2,800 Clark 20'
11 9 October 1999 Brighton & Hove Albion H 0–1 3,059
12 16 October 1999 Exeter City A 1–1 3,012 Dobie 85'
13 19 October 1999 Darlington A 1–3 5,016 Harries 77'
14 23 October 1999 Halifax Town H 1–1 2,593 Dobie 55'
15 2 November 1999 York City H 0–1 2,512
16 6 November 1999 Cheltenham Town A 1–3 3,118 Dobie 18'
17 12 November 1999 Peterborough United H 1–1 2,515 Dobie 8'
18 23 November 1999 Barnet A 0–3 1,769
19 27 November 1999 Rotherham United H 0–1 2,649
20 4 December 1999 Leyton Orient A 1–0 3,871 Pitts 83'
21 14 December 1999 Torquay United H 0–0 2,028
22 18 December 1999 Hull City A 1–2 4,727 Tracey 90'
23 26 December 1999 Rochdale H 1–2 3,812 Durnin 16'
24 28 December 1999 Macclesfield Town A 1–2 2,836 Tracey 62'
25 3 January 2000 Chester City H 4–1 4,565 Dobie 2', 51', Harries 71', Prokas 90'
26 8 January 2000 Torquay United A 1–4 2,112 Soley 49'
27 22 January 2000 Hartlepool United A 0–1 3,530
28 29 January 2000 Mansfield Town H 0–2 2,501
29 5 February 2000 Plymouth Argyle A 0–2 4,009
30 19 February 2000 Rotherham United A 2–4 4,271 Halliday 43', Soley 69'
31 26 February 2000 Shrewsbury Town H 1–1 3,105 Halliday 46'
32 4 March 2000 Lincoln City A 0–5 2,945
33 11 March 2000 York City A 1–1 2,979 Halliday 60'
34 18 March 2000 Barnet H 3–1 2,606 Soley 29', Halliday 42', 51'
35 21 March 2000 Peterborough United A 2–0 5,178 Durnin 38', 62'
36 25 March 2000 Rochdale A 2–3 2,417 Soley 14', 71' (2 pen)
37 28 March 2000 Swansea City H 2–0 2,748 Searle 37', Halliday 59'
38 1 April 2000 Hull City H 0–4 3,495
39 4 April 2000 Cheltenham Town H 1–1 2,388 Soley 89'
40 8 April 2000 Chester City A 1–0 5,507 Dobie 90'
41 11 April 2000 Northampton Town H 0–1 2,855
42 15 April 2000 Macclesfield Town H 0–1 3,047
43 22 April 2000 Exeter City H 0–0 3,567
44 24 April 2000 Southend United A 0–2 3,053
45 29 April 2000 Darlington H 1–1 6,525 Halliday 38'
46 6 May 2000 Brighton & Hove Albion A 0–1 5,998

League Cup edit

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 1st Leg 10 August 1999 Grimsby Town H 0–0 3,000
R1 2nd Leg 21 August 1999 Grimsby Town A 0–6 2,696

FA Cup edit

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 30 October 1999 Ilkeston Town A 1–2 1,321 Harries 18'

Football League Trophy edit

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League Trophy
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R2 25 January 2000 Wigan Athletic H 2–1 1,748 Pitts 32', Soley 39'
Quarter final 22 February 2000 Hartlepool United A 2–1 2,399 Halliday 13', McKinnon 51'
Semi final 7 March 2000 Rochdale H 0–1 1,792

Squad edit

Appearances for competitive matches only

Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Football League Trophy Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
MF   Graham Anthony 12(6) 0 1 0 0(2) 0 2 0 15(8) 0
FW   Paul Baker 12(5) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12(5) 2
DF   Billy Barr 28(1) 0 1 0 1(1) 0 1 0 31(2) 0
MF   Tommy Black 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
DF   Rob Bowman 12(3) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13(3) 0
DF   David Brightwell 37 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 42 0
DF   Peter Clark 42(1) 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 46(1) 1
MF   Adrian Clarke 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
MF   Paul Dalton 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
GK   Andy Dibble 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
FW   Scott Dobie 25(9) 7 1 0 0 0 3 0 29(9) 7
MF   John Durnin 20(2) 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 21(1) 3
MF   Andrew Gregory 6(1) 1 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 6(2) 1
FW   Stephen Halliday 16 7 0 0 0 0 2 1 18 8
FW   Paul Harries 6(14) 2 1 1 0 0 0(1) 0 7(15) 3
MF   Tony Hopper 25(2) 0 0 0 2 0 1(1) 0 28(3) 0
MF   John Hore 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
GK   Michael Ingham 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
GK   Peter Keen 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
DF   Rob McKinnon 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10 1
DF   Matthew Pitts 20(9) 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 24(9) 2
DF   Richard Prokas 20(7) 1 1 0 2 0 1(1) 0 24(8) 1
DF   Paul Reid 17(2) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 20(2) 0
MF   Andy Roddie 1(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1(1) 0
MF   Damon Searle 14(7) 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 19(7) 1
MF   Gavin Skelton 1(6) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2(6) 0
FW   Steve Skinner 0(2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(2) 0
MF   Steve Soley 35(2) 8 1 0 0 0 3 1 39(2) 9
DF   Shaun Teale 18 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20 0
MF   Jeff Thorpe 4(9) 0 0 0 0(2) 0 0 0 4(11) 0
FW   Richard Tracey 25(11) 7 1 0 2 0 1(1) 0 29(12) 7
FW   Andy Walker 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
GK   Luke Weaver 29 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 33 0
DF   Stuart Whitehead 29 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 31 0
GK   Peter van der Kwaak 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0

References edit

Carlisle United 1999–2000 at soccerbase.com (use drop down list to select relevant season)

See also edit

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