1999–2000 Peterborough United F.C. season

During the 1999–2000 English football season, Peterborough United Football Club competed in the Football League Third Division where they finished in 5th position on 78 points and gained promotion to the Football League Second Division via the play-offs.

Peterborough United
1999–2000 season
Football League Third Division5th
FA CupFirst round
League CupFirst round
Football League TrophySecond Round
Top goalscorerAndy Clarke (18)

Final league table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
3 Northampton Town (P) 46 25 7 14 63 45 +18 82 Promoted
4 Darlington 46 21 16 9 66 36 +30 79 Participated in play-offs
5 Peterborough United (O, P) 46 22 12 12 63 54 +9 78 Promoted through play-offs
6 Barnet 46 21 12 13 59 53 +6 75 Participated in play-offs
7 Hartlepool United 46 21 9 16 60 49 +11 72
Source: [1]
(O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted

Results edit

Peterborough United's score comes first

Legend edit

Win Draw Loss

Division Three edit

Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
1 7 August 1999 Hartlepool United H 2–1 5,886 Castle 34', Green 83'
2 14 August 1999 Northampton Town A 1–0 6,253 Davies 66'
3 21 August 1999 Leyton Orient H 2–1 6,448 Etherington 19', Castle 15'
4 28 August 1999 Plymouth Argyle A 1–2 4,189 Farrell 90'
5 30 August 1999 Darlington H 4–2 6,044 Shields 5', Martin 9', Farrell 17', Etherington 55'
6 3 September 1999 Mansfield Town A 1–3 3,338 Castle 78' (pen)
7 11 September 1999 York City A 0–0 2,832
8 18 September 1999 Cheltenham Town H 1–0 5,242 Castle 68'
9 25 September 1999 Southend United A 1–0 6,187 Davies 37'
10 2 October 1999 Brighton & Hove Albion H 0–0 7,823
11 9 October 1999 Chester City H 2–1 4,965 Forinton 9', 43'
12 16 October 1999 Halifax Town A 1–2 3,292 Broughton 90'
13 19 October 1999 Torquay United A 1–2 2,000 Etherington 19'
14 23 October 1999 Southend United H 1–0 5,860 Chapple 85'
15 2 November 1999 Lincoln City A 2–1 5,032 Forinton 38', 43'
16 6 November 1999 Shrewsbury Town H 4–1 5,264 Clarke 7', 29', Castle 19', Forinton 24'
17 12 November 1999 Carlisle United A 1–1 2,515 Forinton 34'
18 20 November 1999 Macclesfield Town H 2–2 5,083 Clarke 19', Edwards 48'
19 27 November 1999 Barnet H 1–2 8,631 Forinton 9'
20 4 December 1999 Hartlepool United A 0–1 2,404
21 26 December 1999 Rotherham United H 0–5 10,793
22 28 December 1999 Exeter City A 2–2 2,695 Clarke 9', 81'
23 3 January 2000 Swansea City H 2–3 6,439 Gill 2', Castle 45'
24 8 January 2000 Hull City A 3–2 5,898 Clarke 68', 90', Scott 75'
25 15 January 2000 Northampton Town H 1–0 9,104 Lee 72'
26 22 January 2000 Leyton Orient A 1–1 4,795 Lee 19'
27 29 January 2000 Plymouth Argyle H 2–0 5,694 Castle 82', Clarke 88'
28 6 February 2000 Darlington A 0–2 4,688
29 12 February 2000 Mansfield Town H 1–0 5,472 Lee 42'
30 19 February 2000 Barnet A 2–0 3,753 Castle 21', Lee 45'
31 22 February 2000 Hull City H 2–1 6,668 Drury 54', Scott 88'
32 26 February 2000 Cheltenham Town A 1–2 4,250 Clarke 72'
33 4 March 2000 York City H 2–0 5,578 Clarke 40', Lee 80'
34 7 March 2000 Shrewsbury Town A 1–0 2,018 Clarke 18'
35 11 March 2000 Lincoln City H 2–2 7,882 Farrell 11', Clarke 14'
36 18 March 2000 Macclesfield Town A 1–1 2,309 Scott 18'
37 21 March 2000 Carlisle United H 0–2 5,178
38 25 March 2000 Rotherham United A 1–1 5,319 Cullen 42'
39 1 April 2000 Rochdale H 3–3 5,587 Clarke 17', Rea 68', Lee 82'
40 8 April 2000 Swansea City A 0–0 6,574
41 15 April 2000 Exeter City H 3–1 5,276 Clarke 2', Cullen 26', Edwards 32'
42 18 April 2000 Rochdale A 2–1 2,816 Castle 8', 40'
43 22 April 2000 Halifax Town H 2–1 7,194 Cullen 67', Clarke 70'
44 26 April 2000 Brighton & Hove Albion A 0–0 5,813
45 29 April 2000 Torquay United A 0–2 8,242
46 6 May 2000 Chester City A 1–0 4,905 Hanlon 64'

Division Three play-offs edit

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
Semi final 1st Leg 13 May 2000 Barnet A 2–1 4,535 Lee 5', Clarke 68'
Semi final 2nd Leg 17 May 2000 Barnet H 3–0 10,515 Farrell 28', 70', 89'
Final 26 May 2000 Darlington N 1–0 33,383 Clarke 74'

League Cup edit

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 1st Leg 11 August 1999 Reading A 0–0 4,651
R1 2nd Leg 24 August 1999 Reading H 1–2 4,109 Shields 20'

FA Cup edit

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 30 October 1999 Brighton & Hove Albion H 1–1 7,260 Clarke 24'
R1 Replay 9 November 1999 Brighton & Hove Albion A 0–3 5,612

Football League Trophy edit

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R2 11 January 2000 Brentford H 0–1 2,430

Squad edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   ENG Mark Tyler
2 DF   ENG Dean Hooper
3 DF   ENG Adam Drury
4 DF   ENG Richard Scott
5 DF   ENG Matt Wicks
6 DF   ENG Andy Edwards
7 MF   ENG David Farrell
8 MF   WAL Simon Davies (sold to Tottenham)
8 DF   ENG Zat Knight (on loan from Fulham)
9 FW   ENG Andy Clarke
10 FW   ENG Drewe Broughton
11 MF   ENG Matthew Etherington (sold to Tottenham)
11 MF   ENG Jon Cullen
12 MF   ENG Matthew Gill
13 GK   NED Bart Griemink
14 FW   ENG Francis Green
15 DF   ENG Phil Chapple (club captain)
16 FW   ENG Matthew Hann
17 MF   IRL Niall Inman
18 MF   ENG Ritchie Hanlon
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF   ENG Gareth Jelleyman
20 MF   IRL Tony Shields
22 MF   ENG Grant Haley
23 MF   ISL Helgi Danielsson
24 MF   ENG Chris Cleaver
25 GK   ENG Andy Woodman (on loan from Brentford)
26 MF   ENG Daniel French
27 MF   DEN Anders Koogi
28 DF   NIR Gerard Lyttle
29 FW   ENG Jae Martin
30 MF   ENG Steve Castle
31 GK   IRL Dan Connor
32 FW   WAL Aaron Cable
34 DF   ENG Simon Rea
35 FW   ENG Howard Forinton
36 FW   CAY Jason Lee
37 GK   ENG Luke Steele
38 DF   ENG Dan Murray
39 MF   ENG Adam Tanner
40 MF   AUS David Oldfield

Appearances for competitive matches only

Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FW   Drewe Broughton 5(5) 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 7(5) 1
MF   Steve Castle 36(3) 10 1 0 2 0 3 0 42(3) 10
DF   Phil Chapple 15(1) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 17(1) 1
FW   Andy Clarke 33(4) 15 2 1 0 0 4 2 40(4) 18
GK   Dan Connor 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0
MF   Jon Cullen 12 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 13(3) 3
MF   Simon Davies 16 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 20 2
DF   Adam Drury 41(1) 1 2 0 2 0 4 0 49(1) 1
DF   Andy Edwards 44 2 2 0 2 0 4 0 52 2
MF   Matthew Etherington 19 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 22 3
MF   David Farrell 33(2) 3 0 0 2 0 3 3 38(2) 6
FW   Howard Forinton 19(6) 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 21(6) 7
MF   Daniel French 0(6) 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0(7) 0
MF   Matthew Gill 7(13) 1 0 0 0 0 1(2) 0 8(15) 1
FW   Francis Green 8(12) 1 1 0 0(1) 0 1(2) 0 10(14) 1
GK   Bart Griemink 14(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14(1) 0
DF   Grant Haley 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF   Ritchie Hanlon 9(7) 1 0 0 0 0 1(2) 0 10(9) 1
DF   Dean Hooper 28(1) 0 2 0 2 0 1(1) 0 33(2) 0
MF   Niall Inman 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0(2) 0
MF   Gareth Jelleyman 14(6) 0 0 0 0 0 3(1) 0 17(7) 0
DF   Zat Knight 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
DF   Anders Koogi 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0
FW   Jason Lee 23 6 0 0 0 0 2 1 25 6
FW   Jae Martin 7(7) 1 0 0 1(1) 0 1 0 9(8) 1
DF   Dan Murray 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
MF   David Oldfield 9 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 12 0
DF   Simon Rea 11(3) 1 0 0 0(1) 0 2(1) 0 13(4) 1
DF   Richard Scott 28(6) 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 32(6) 3
MF   Tony Shields 15(9) 1 1 0 2 1 0(1) 0 18(10) 1
GK   Mark Tyler 32 0 2 0 2 0 4 0 40 0
DF   Matthew Wicks 17(3) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 21(3) 0

References edit

  1. ^ "England 1999–00". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 1 February 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.

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

See also edit