1999–2000 Barnsley F.C. season

Barnsley

1999–2000 season
Chairman	John Dennis
Manager	Dave Bassett
Stadium	Oakwell
First Division	4th (qualified for play-offs)
Play-offs	Runners-up
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	Craig Hignett (19)
Average home league attendance	15,412
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

During the 1999–2000 English football season, Barnsley F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

Barnsley qualified for the play-offs and, after thrashing Birmingham City 5-2 on aggregate (with a 2-1 defeat at Oakwell insufficient for Birmingham to best Barnsley over two legs after the Tykes' 4-0 win at St Andrew's), reached the final at Wembley to face Ipswich Town. Barnsley took the lead through an own goal by Ipswich goalkeeper Richard Wright, but goals from Tony Mowbray, Richard Naylor and Marcus Stewart put Ipswich 3-1 up. A Craig Hignett penalty with twelve minutes left gave Barnsley hope, until Martijn Reuser's goal on the stroke of injury time. The 4-2 defeat condemned Barnsley to a second consecutive season in the First Division.

Barnsley, who were the Football League's top scorers with 88 goals, could have achieved automatic promotion, but for their poor defence that conceded 67 goals - the worst of any in the top twelve of the First Division, and joint fourth-worst in the division.

Final league table

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League

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

Barnsley's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 August 1999	Charlton Athletic	A	1-3	19,268	Barnard
14 August 1999	Crystal Palace	H	2-3	14,461	Barnard (pen), Sheron
21 August 1999	Blackburn Rovers	A	2-1	19,537	Hristov, Shipperley
28 August 1999	Portsmouth	H	6-0	13,792	Van Der Lann (2), Barnard, Appleby (2), Hignett
30 August 1999	Ipswich Town	A	1-6	18,037	McClare
3 September 1999	Tranmere Rovers	H	3-0	12,865	Sheron, Dyer, McClare
10 September 1999	Stockport County	H	2-1	13,173	Sheron (2)
18 September 1999	Bolton Wanderers	A	2-2	14,621	Hignett, Barnard
25 September 1999	Huddersfield Town	H	4-2	17,765	Barnard (2 pens), Sheron, Hignett
1 October 1999	Nottingham Forest	A	0-3	15,255
16 October 1999	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-2	14,923	Hignett
19 October 1999	Swindon Town	H	1-0	12,026	Thomas
23 October 1999	Crewe Alexandra	A	1-0	5,421	Hignett
26 October 1999	Huddersfield Town	A	1-2	15,764	Sheron
30 October 1999	Nottingham Forest	H	1-0	14,727	Hignett (pen)
6 November 1999	Sheffield United	H	2-0	16,301	Shipperley (2)
13 November 1999	Fulham	A	3-1	10,634	Symons (own goal), Dyer, Van Der Lann
20 November 1999	Birmingham City	H	2-1	14,520	Tinkler, Hignett (pen)
24 November 1999	Manchester City	A	1-3	32,692	Thomas
27 November 1999	Queens Park Rangers	A	2-2	11,054	Thomas, Eaden
4 December 1999	Charlton Athletic	H	1-1	14,553	Chettle
18 December 1999	Walsall	H	3-2	13,300	Hignett (3)
26 December 1999	Grimsby Town	A	3-0	8,742	Hignett (2), Appleby
28 December 1999	Port Vale	H	3-1	16,855	Tinkler, Barnard, Shipperley
3 January 2000	West Bromwich Albion	A	2-0	13,411	Barnard (2)
8 January 2000	Norwich City	A	2-2	14,039	Dyer, Hignett
15 January 2000	Crystal Palace	A	2-0	14,225	Dyer, Barnard (pen)
22 January 2000	Blackburn Rovers	H	5-1	18,088	Dyer (2), Hignett, Shipperley, Barnard
29 January 2000	Portsmouth	A	0-3	12,201
5 February 2000	Ipswich Town	H	0-2	17,601
11 February 2000	Tranmere Rovers	H	2-2	7,127	Shipperley, Thomas
19 February 2000	Queens Park Rangers	H	1-1	14,212	Hignett (pen)
26 February 2000	Bolton Wanderers	H	1-1	14,604	Tinkler
3 March 2000	Stockport County	A	3-1	6,386	Hristov (2), Shipperley
7 March 2000	Sheffield United	A	3-3	22,376	Hristov, Barnard (pen), Shipperley
11 March 2000	Manchester City	H	2-1	22,650	Curtis, Hignett
18 March 2000	Birmingham City	A	1-3	25,108	Hignett
21 March 2000	Fulham	H	1-0	14,262	Shipperley
27 March 2000	Grimsby Town	H	3-0	14,613	Tinkler, Shipperley, Hignett
1 April 2000	Walsall	A	4-1	7,218	Sheron (2), Shipperley, Appleby
8 April 2000	West Bromwich Albion	H	2-2	16,329	Barnard, Shipperley
15 April 2000	Port Vale	A	2-2	5,918	Hignett, Curtis
22 April 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-2	21,251
24 April 2000	Norwich City	H	2-1	15,253	Chettle, Shipperley
29 April 2000	Swindon Town	A	2-1	6,151	Appleby, Sheron
7 May 2000	Crewe Alexandra	H	0-2	17,611

First Division play-offs

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
SF 1st Leg	13 May 2000	Birmingham City	A	4-0	26,492	Shipperley, Dyer (2), Hignett
SF 2nd Leg	18 May 2000	Birmingham City	H	1-2 (won 5-2 on agg)	19,050	Dyer
F	29 May 2000	Ipswich Town	N	2-4	73,427	Wright (own goal), Hignett

FA Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	11 December 1999	Wimbledon	A	0-1	4,505

League Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	10 August 1999	Lincoln City	A	4-2	3,426	Shipperley, Van Der Lann, Eaden
R1 2nd Leg	24 August 1999	Lincoln City	H	2-2 (won 6-4 on agg)	7,047	Sheron, Eaden
R2 1st Leg	14 September 1999	Stockport County	H	1-1	6,966	Barnard
R2 2nd Leg	21 September 1999	Stockport County	A	3-3 (won on away goals)	3,332	Hristov (2), Jones
R3	12 October 1999	Bradford City	A	3-2	8,583	Sheron, Morgan, Barnard (pen)
R4	30 November 1999	Tranmere Rovers	A	0-4	7,039

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 David Watson 2 DF Nicky Eaden 3 MF Matty Appleby 5 DF Adie Moses 6 DF Scott Jones 7 MF Eric Tinkler 8 MF Craig Hignett 9 FW Neil Shipperley 10 FW Bruce Dyer 11 DF Darren Barnard 12 FW Mike Sheron 13 GK Tony Bullock 14 MF Martin Bullock 15 MF Robin Van Der Laan 16 MF Geoff Thomas 17 MF Sean McClare

No. Position Player 18 DF Chris Morgan 19 FW Ǵorǵi Hristov 20 GK Kevin Miller 21 FW Mike Turner 22 FW Karl Rose 25 DF Kevin Austin 26 GK Richard Siddall 27 DF Chris Barker 28 DF Keith Brown 30 DF Jon Parkin 31 DF Steve Chettle 34 DF John Curtis (on loan from Manchester United) 35 FW Andy Evans 36 DF James Dudgeon 37 GK Leigh Walker

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 4 MF Kevin Richardson (to Blackpool) 20 DF Peter Markstedt (to Helsingborgs IF) 23 FW Clint Marcelle (released) 24 DF Aleš Križan (to NK Maribor)

No. Position Player 29 DF Gavin Bassinder (to Mansfield Town) 32 DF Robert Bengtsson (on loan from Västra Frölunda) 32 DF Mark Jackson (on loan from Leeds United) 33 DF Dave Tuttle (to Millwall)

Transfers

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• Kevin Austin - Lincoln City