1999–2000 Grimsby Town F.C. season

Grimsby Town

1999–2000 season
Chairman	Bill Carr
Manager	Alan Buckley
Stadium	Blundell Park
First Division	20th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Ashcroft (12) All: Ashcroft (13)
Average home league attendance	6,157
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

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

Season summary

After a brilliant first full season back in the second tier finishing 11th, Grimsby a season later really struggled and finished the 1999–2000 season in 20th, avoiding relegation at the expense of Buckley's former club Walsall.

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

Grimsby Town's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 August 1999	Stockport County	H	0–1	5,528
14 August 1999	Nottingham Forest	A	1–2	17,121	Groves (pen)
21 August 1999	Fulham	H	1–1	6,196	Black
27 August 1999	Crewe Alexandra	A	1–1	5,440	Lester
30 August 1999	Swindon Town	H	1–0	5,705	Groves (pen)
5 September 1999	Port Vale	A	1–3	3,737	Allen
11 September 1999	Walsall	H	1–0	6,014	Allen
18 September 1999	Crystal Palace	A	0–3	13,294
25 September 1999	Portsmouth	A	2–1	12,073	Ashcroft, Coldicott
2 October 1999	Ipswich Town	H	2–1	6,531	Donovan, Ashcroft
16 October 1999	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–1	17,575	Ashcroft (pen)
19 October 1999	Tranmere Rovers	A	2–3	5,004	Allen (2)
23 October 1999	Birmingham City	H	1–1	6,266	Allen
26 October 1999	Portsmouth	H	1–0	5,912	Awford (own goal)
30 October 1999	Ipswich Town	A	0–2	16,617
6 November 1999	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–3	19,036
12 November 1999	Charlton Athletic	H	2–5	6,849	Ashcroft (pen), Donovan
20 November 1999	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–2	12,415
23 November 1999	Queens Park Rangers	H	2–1	4,297	Ashcroft (2 pens)
28 November 1999	Norwich City	H	2–1	5,333	Ashcroft (2, 1 pen)
4 December 1999	Stockport County	A	1–2	5,581	Hamilton
14 December 1999	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–1	4,036	Allen
18 December 1999	Huddersfield Town	A	1–3	14,065	Groves
26 December 1999	Barnsley	H	0–3	8,742
28 December 1999	Manchester City	A	1–2	32,607	Coldicott
3 January 2000	Sheffield United	H	2–2	7,618	Lester, Ashcroft
15 January 2000	Nottingham Forest	H	4–3	6,738	Lester, Ashcroft (2, 1 pen), Donovan
22 January 2000	Fulham	A	1–0	10,802	Lester
29 January 2000	Crewe Alexandra	H	1–1	6,147	Allen
5 February 2000	Swindon Town	A	1–0	5,784	Ashcroft
12 February 2000	Port Vale	H	2–0	6,265	Clare, Allen
19 February 2000	Norwich City	A	0–3	13,533
26 February 2000	Crystal Palace	H	1–0	5,421	D Smith (pen)
4 March 2000	Walsall	A	0–1	5,384
7 March 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–0	5,575	Clare
11 March 2000	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–1	10,450
18 March 2000	Bolton Wanderers	H	0–1	5,289
22 March 2000	Charlton Athletic	A	0–4	19,364
27 March 2000	Barnsley	A	0–3	14,613
1 April 2000	Huddersfield Town	H	0–0	6,993
8 April 2000	Sheffield United	A	0–0	11,612
15 April 2000	Manchester City	H	1–1	8,166	Pouton
22 April 2000	Blackburn Rovers	H	0–0	6,558
24 April 2000	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–2	15,291	Black
29 April 2000	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–2	5,427	Clare
7 May 2000	Birmingham City	A	0–0	25,263

FA Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	10 December 1999	Stockport County	H	3–2	3,400	Livingstone (2), Allen
R4	8 January 2000	Bolton Wanderers	H	0–2	4,270

League Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	10 August 1999	Carlisle United	A	0–0	3,000
R1 2nd Leg	24 August 1999	Carlisle United	H	6–0 (won 6-0 on agg)	2,696	Lester (3), Groves, Coldicott, Donovan
R2 1st Leg	14 September 1999	Leyton Orient	H	4–1	2,238	D Smith, Gallimore, Ashcroft (pen), Groves
R2 2nd Leg	21 September 1999	Leyton Orient	A	0–1 (won 4-2 on agg)	1,036
R3	13 October 1999	Leicester City	A	0–2	13,701

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 Danny Coyne 2 DF John McDermott 3 DF Tony Gallimore 4 DF Peter Handyside 5 DF Richard Smith 6 MF Wayne Burnett 7 MF Kevin Donovan 8 MF David Smith 9 FW Lee Ashcroft 10 FW Mark Nicholls (on loan from Chelsea) 11 MF Paul Groves 12 DF Danny Butterfield 13 GK Steve Croudson

No. Position Player 14 DF Steve Livingstone 15 DF Mark Lever 16 MF Stacy Coldicott 17 MF Kingsley Black 18 MF Adam Buckley 19 FW Daryl Clare 20 DF Matthew Bloomer 21 GK Andy Love 22 DF Ben Chapman 23 DF Matt McKenzie 24 MF Matthew Oswin 25 FW Bradley Allen 26 MF Alan Pouton

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 28 MF Ian Hamilton (on loan from Sheffield United)

No. Position Player 10 FW Jack Lester (to Nottingham Forest)