1999–2000 Barnsley F.C. season

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

Barnsley
1999–2000 season
ChairmanJohn Dennis
ManagerDave Bassett
StadiumOakwell
First Division4th (qualified for play-offs)
Play-offsRunners-up
FA CupThird round
League CupFourth round
Top goalscorerCraig Hignett (19)
Average home league attendance15,412

Season summary

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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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Manchester City (P) 46 26 11 9 78 40 +38 89 Promotion to the Premier League
3 Ipswich Town (O, P) 46 25 12 9 71 42 +29 87 Qualification for the First Division play-offs
4 Barnsley 46 24 10 12 88 67 +21 82
5 Birmingham City 46 22 11 13 65 44 +21 77
6 Bolton Wanderers 46 21 13 12 69 50 +19 76
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results

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Barnsley's score comes first[1]

Legend

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Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

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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

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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

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

League Cup

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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

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[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   ENG David Watson
2 DF   ENG Nicky Eaden
3 MF   ENG Matty Appleby
5 DF   ENG Adie Moses
6 DF   ENG Scott Jones
7 MF   RSA Eric Tinkler
8 MF   ENG Craig Hignett
9 FW   ENG Neil Shipperley
10 FW   ENG Bruce Dyer[notes 1]
11 DF   WAL Darren Barnard
12 FW   ENG Mike Sheron
13 GK   ENG Tony Bullock
14 MF   ENG Martin Bullock
15 MF   NED Robin Van Der Laan
16 MF   ENG Geoff Thomas
17 MF   ENG Sean McClare
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF   ENG Chris Morgan
19 FW   MKD Georgi Hristov
20 GK   ENG Kevin Miller
21 FW   ENG Mike Turner
22 FW   ENG Karl Rose
25 DF   TRI Kevin Austin
26 GK   ENG Richard Siddall
27 DF   ENG Chris Barker
28 DF   SCO Keith Brown
30 DF   ENG Jon Parkin
31 DF   ENG Steve Chettle
34 DF   ENG John Curtis (on loan from Manchester United)
35 FW   WAL Andy Evans
36 DF   ENG James Dudgeon
37 GK   ENG Leigh Walker

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 MF   ENG Kevin Richardson (to Blackpool)
20 DF   SWE Peter Markstedt (to Helsingborgs IF)
23 FW   TRI Clint Marcelle (released)
24 DF   SVN Aleš Križan (to NK Maribor)
No. Pos. Nation Player
29 DF   ENG Gavin Bassinder (to Mansfield Town)
32 DF   SWE Robert Bengtsson (on loan from Västra Frölunda)
32 DF   ENG Mark Jackson (on loan from Leeds United)
33 DF   ENG Dave Tuttle (to Millwall)

Transfers

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Notes

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  1. ^ Dyer was born in Redbridge, England, and represented them at U-21 level, but played a friendly game for Montserrat against Ashford Town in September 2007.

References

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  1. ^ "Barnsley 1999–2000 Results". statto.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014.
  2. ^ "FootballSquads – Barnsley – 1999/00". www.footballsquads.co.uk.