1999–2000 Charlton Athletic F.C. season

Charlton Athletic

1999–2000 season
Chairman	Richard Murray
Manager	Alan Curbishley
Stadium	The Valley
First Division	1st (promoted)
FA Cup	Sixth round
Worthington Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Hunt (24) All: Hunt (25)
Lowest home attendance	18,663 Walsall (6 November 1999)
Average home league attendance	19,558
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

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

Season summary

Alan Curbishley and his Charlton side won the First Division title to regain promotion to the Premiership at the first time of asking.

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	66	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

Charlton Athletic's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 August 1999	Barnsley	H	3-1	19,268	Mendonca (3, 2 pens)
21 August 1999	Norwich City	H	1-0	19,623	Rufus
28 August 1999	Fulham	A	1-2	15,154	Melville (own goal)
11 September 1999	Bolton Wanderers	H	2-1	19,028	Stuart, Mendonca
18 September 1999	Sheffield United	A	2-1	13,216	Hunt (2)
25 September 1999	Tranmere Rovers	A	2-2	5,846	Mendonca (pen), Kinsella
28 September 1999	Stockport County	H	4-0	19,842	Hunt (3), Mendonca (pen)
2 October 1999	Birmingham City	H	1-0	19,753	Shields
16 October 1999	Portsmouth	A	2-0	14,812	Robinson, Salako
19 October 1999	Ipswich Town	A	2-4	17,940	Hunt (2)
23 October 1999	West Bromwich Albion	H	0-0	19,346
26 October 1999	Tranmere Rovers	H	3-2	19,491	Brown, Robinson, Rufus
30 October 1999	Birmingham City	A	0-1	19,172
2 November 1999	Crewe Alexandra	A	2-0	4,741	Stuart, Pringle
6 November 1999	Walsall	H	2-1	18,663	Hunt, Stuart
12 November 1999	Grimsby Town	A	5-2	6,849	Rufus (2), Mendonca, Hunt, Groves (own goal)
20 November 1999	Manchester City	H	0-1	20,043
23 November 1999	Swindon Town	A	2-1	6,515	Robinson, Newton
27 November 1999	Port Vale	H	2-2	19,266	Mendonca (2)
30 November 1999	Blackburn Rovers	H	1-2	18,939	Newton
4 December 1999	Barnsley	A	1-1	14,553	Jones
18 December 1999	Queens Park Rangers	A	0-0	14,709
26 December 1999	Crystal Palace	H	2-1	20,043	Salako, Pringle
28 December 1999	Huddersfield Town	A	2-1	17,415	Hunt, Robinson
3 January 2000	Nottingham Forest	H	3-0	19,787	Shields, Stuart, Hunt
11 January 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	3-2	18,464	Rufus, Pringle, Robinson
15 January 2000	Crewe Alexandra	H	1-0	19,125	Stuart
22 January 2000	Norwich City	A	3-0	15,642	Hunt (3)
5 February 2000	Stockport County	A	3-1	8,185	Hunt (3)
12 February 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2-0	20,043	Stuart, Brown
15 February 2000	Fulham	H	1-0	19,940	Robinson
26 February 2000	Sheffield United	H	1-0	19,249	Robinson
4 March 2000	Bolton Wanderers	A	2-0	15,000	Pringle, Hunt
7 March 2000	Walsall	A	4-2	6,227	Hunt (2), Kinsella (2)
11 March 2000	Swindon Town	H	0-1	19,569
19 March 2000	Manchester City	A	1-1	32,139	Robinson
22 March 2000	Grimsby Town	H	4-0	19,364	Newton, Svensson, Hunt, Tiler
25 March 2000	Crystal Palace	A	1-0	22,577	Kitson
31 March 2000	Queens Park Rangers	H	2-1	19,617	Newton, Parker
4 April 2000	Port Vale	A	2-2	4,513	Rufus, Hunt
8 April 2000	Nottingham Forest	A	1-1	20,922	Hunt
14 April 2000	Huddersfield Town	H	0-1	19,739
21 April 2000	Portsmouth	H	1-1	20,043	Stuart
24 April 2000	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-1	18,587	Svensson
29 April 2000	Ipswich Town	H	1-3	20,043	Hunt
7 May 2000	West Bromwich Albion	A	0-2	22,101

FA Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	11 December 1999	Swindon Town	H	2-1	10,939	Kinsella (2)
R4	8 January 2000	Queens Park Rangers	H	1-0	16,798	MacDonald
R5	29 January 2000	Coventry City	A	3-2	23,400	Robinson, Newton, Hunt
QF	19 February 2000	Bolton Wanderers	A	0-1	20,131

League Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	14 September 1999	Bournemouth	H	0-0	10,346
R2 2nd Leg	21 September 1999	Bournemouth	A	0-0 (lost 1-3 on pens)	4,369

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 Dean Kiely 2 DF Anthony Barness 3 DF Chris Powell 4 MF Graham Stuart 5 DF Richard Rufus 6 DF Carl Tiler 7 MF Shaun Newton 8 MF Mark Kinsella 9 FW Andy Hunt 10 FW Clive Mendonca 11 MF John Robinson 12 DF Steve Brown 13 GK Sasa Ilic 14 FW Martin Pringle 15 DF Eddie Youds 16 DF Greg Shields 17 MF Scott Parker

No. Position Player 18 DF Paul Konchesky 19 DF Andy Todd 20 MF Keith Jones 22 GK Simon Royce 23 DF Anthony Allman 24 DF Jonathan Fortune 25 FW Leigh Hales 27 MF Kemal Izzet 28 DF Kevin James 29 FW Kevin Lisbie 30 FW Charlie MacDonald 31 FW Mark McCammon 32 GK Sam Turner 33 FW Mathias Svensson 34 MF John Salako 35 DF Steve Barbé (on loan from Molenbeek) 36 FW Paul Kitson (on loan from West Ham United)

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 19 FW Steve Jones (to Bristol City) 21 MF Matty Holmes (released) 26 MF David Hockley (released)

No. Position Player 33 GK Antti Niemi (on loan from Rangers) 33 DF Juan Cobián (to Aberdeen)