1999–2000 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season

The 1999–2000 season was the 121st season in Bolton Wanderers F.C.'s existence, and their second successive season in the Football League First Division. It covers the period from 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000.[1]

Bolton Wanderers
1999–2000 season
ChairmanEngland Phil Gartside
ManagerEngland Colin Todd (until 22 September)
England Phil Brown (caretaker from 22 September to 19 October)
England Sam Allardyce (from 19 October)
StadiumReebok Stadium
First Division6th
FA CupSemi-Final
Worthington CupSemi-Final
Top goalscorerLeague:
Eiður Guðjohnsen
Dean Holdsworth (14)

All: Eiður Guðjohnsen (21)
Highest home attendance21,671 v Manchester City
28 August 1999
Lowest home attendance3,673 v Gillingham
21 September 1999

Results

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Nationwide League Division One

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Date Opponents H / A Result

F – A

Scorers Attendance
7 August 1999 Tranmere Rovers A 0 – 0 7,674
14 August 1999 Queens Park Rangers H 2 – 1 Holdsworth 11' (pen), Guðjohnsen 64' 13,019
21 August 1999 Ipswich Town A 0 – 1 17,696
28 August 1999 Manchester City H 0 – 1 21,671
5 September 1999 Birmingham City H 3 – 3 Frandsen (2) 14', 53', Holdsworth 90' (pen) 11,668
11 September 1999 Charlton Athletic A 1 – 2 Johansen 12' 19,028
18 September 1999 Barnsley A 2 – 2 Tuttle 4' (og), Gardner 85' 14,621
25 September 1999 Nottingham Forest H 3 – 2 Gardner 32', Holdsworth 65' (pen), Cox 90' 14,978
2 October 1999 Swindon Town A 4 – 0 Cox 9', Holdsworth 22', Gardner 26', Elliott 43' 6,711
9 October 1999 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 0 – 1 18,665
16 October 1999 Huddersfield Town H 1 – 0 Gardner 45' 16,603
19 October 1999 Crewe Alexandra H 2 – 2 Guðjohnsen 44', Holdsworth 58' 12,676
24 October 1999 Norwich City A 1 – 2 Gardner 74' 12,468
27 October 1999 Nottingham Forest A 1 – 1 Guðjohnsen 20' 15,572
30 October 1999 Swindon Town H 2 – 0 Taylor 87', Hansen 88' 12,486
6 November 1999 Crystal Palace H 2 – 0 Guðjohnsen 64', Jensen 82' 12,744
14 November 1999 Sheffield United A 2 – 1 Farrelly 2', Hansen 35' 10,013
20 November 1999 Grimsby Town H 2 – 0 Hansen (2) 50', 69' 12,415
23 November 1999 Fulham A 1 – 1 Guðjohnsen 15' 9,642
27 November 1999 Portsmouth A 0 – 0 10,431
4 December 1999 Tranmere Rovers H 2 – 3 Guðjohnsen 64', Taylor 77' 13,534
7 December 1999 Blackburn Rovers A 1 – 3 Elliott 57' 21,046
18 December 1999 Stockport County H 0 – 1 13,285
28 December 1999 West Bromwich Albion H 1 – 1 Jensen 82' 16,269
3 January 2000 Walsall A 0 – 2 6,873
15 January 2000 Queens Park Rangers A 1 – 0 Jensen 64' 11,396
22 January 2000 Ipswich Town H 1 – 1 Holdsworth 66' 11,924
5 February 2000 Blackburn Rovers H 3 – 1 Bergsson 17', Johansen 39', Guðjohnsen 69' 17,687
8 February 2000 Port Vale A 1 – 0 Guðjohnsen 77' 5,092
12 February 2000 Birmingham City A 1 – 2 Johnston 20' 18,426
22 February 2000 Portsmouth H 3 – 0 Taylor 12, Jensen 68', Elliott 77' 12,672
26 February 2000 Barnsley A 1 – 1 Holdsworth 43' (pen) 14,604
4 March 2000 Charlton Athletic H 0 – 2 15,000
7 March 2000 Crystal Palace A 0 – 0 15,236
11 March 2000 Fulham H 3 – 1 Holdsworth (2) 45' (pen), 50', Guðjohnsen 90' 12,761
14 March 2000 Stockport County A 0 – 0 6,412
18 March 2000 Grimsby Town A 1 – 0 Bergsson 39' 5,289
21 March 2000 Sheffield United H 2 – 0 Johnston 32', O'Kane 45' 11,891
25 March 2000 Port Vale H 2 – 1 Guðjohnsen 16', Johnston 42' 12,292
5 April 2000 Manchester City A 0 – 2 32,927
8 April 2000 Walsall H 4 – 3 Johansen 2' (pen), Hansen (2) 13', 74, Phillips 25' 11,777
15 April 2000 West Bromwich Albion A 4 – 4 Hansen 36', Bergsson (2) 55, 90, Guðjohnsen 66' 12,802
22 April 2000 Huddersfield Town A 3 – 0 Hansen (2) 9', 26', Whitlow 58' 16,404
26 April 2000 Crewe Alexandra A 3 – 1 Guðjohnsen 15', Holdsworth 71' (pen), Jensen 89' 8,015
3 May 2000 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 2 – 1 Jensen 60', Guðjohnsen 70' 18,871
7 May 2000 Norwich City H 1 – 0 Holdsworth 72' 17,987

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
4 Barnsley 46 24 10 12 88 67 +21 82 Qualification for the First Division play-offs
5 Birmingham City 46 22 11 13 65 44 +21 77
6 Bolton Wanderers 46 21 13 12 69 50 +19 76
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 21 11 14 64 48 +16 74
8 Huddersfield Town 46 21 11 14 62 49 +13 74
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Nationwide League Division One play-offs

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Date Round Opponents H / A Result

F – A

Scorers Attendance
14 May 2000 Semi-Final First Leg Ipswich Town H 2 – 2 Holdsworth 5', Guðjohnsen 26' 18,814
17 May 2000 Semi Final Second Leg Ipswich Town A 3 – 5 (aet)
5 – 7 (agg)
Holdsworth (2) 6', 39', Johnston 50' 21,543

F.A. Cup

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Date Round Opponents H / A Result

F – A

Scorers Attendance
21 December 1999 Round 3 Cardiff City H 1 – 0 Guðjohnsen 29' 5,734
8 January 2000 Round 4 Grimsby Town A 2 – 0 Guðjohnsen 33', Hansen 54' 4,270
29 January 2000 Round 5 Cambridge United A 3 – 1 Bob Taylor (2) 53, 75, Guðjohnsen 86' 7,523
19 February 2000 Round 6 Charlton Athletic H 1 – 0 Guðjohnsen 47' 20,131
2 April 2000 Semi Final Aston Villa Wembley Stadium 0 – 0 (aet)
Aston Villa won 4 – 1 on penalties
62,828

Worthington Cup

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Date Round Opponents H / A Result

F – A

Scorers Attendance
10 August 1999 Round 1 First Leg Darlington A 1 – 1 Frandsen 5,361
24 August 1999 Round 1 Second Leg Darlington H 5 – 3
6 – 4 (agg)
Reed 5' (og), Gardner 6', Taylor 50', Frandsen 55', Johansen 71' (pen) 4,991
14 September 1999 Round 2 First Leg Gillingham A 4 – 1 Cox 17', Guðjohnsen (2) 44', 58', Bergsson 64' 4,996
21 September 1999 Round 2 Second Leg Gillingham H 2 – 0
6 – 1 (agg)
Hansen 4', Holdsworth 7' 3,673
13 October 1999 Round 3 Derby County A 2 – 1 Fish 45', Johansen 88' 20,242
30 November 1999 Round 4 Sheffield Wednesday H 1 – 0 Eliott 53' 12,543
14 December 1999 Round 5 Wimbledon H 2 – 1 Guðjohnsen 34', Johansen 39' (pen) 9,463
12 January 2000 Semi Final First Leg Tranmere Rovers H 0 – 1 13,303
26 January 2000 Semi Final Second Leg Tranmere Rovers A 0 – 3
0 – 4 (agg)
15,834

Appearances

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Bolton used a total of 30 players during the season.

P Player Position FL FAC LC Total
1   Michael Johansen Midfielder 47 0(1) 08 0(1) 05 0(0) 60 0(1)
2   Claus Jensen Midfielder 44 0(1) 05 0(0) 06 0(0) 55 0(1)
3   Eiður Guðjohnsen Striker 41 0(1) 04 0(1) 08 0(0) 53 0(2)
4   Guðni Bergsson Defender 40 0(1) 04 0(0) 07 0(0) 51 0(1)
5   Mike Whitlow Defender 38 0(2) 05 0(0) 07 0(0) 50 0(2)
6   Mark Fish Defender 34 0(0) 04 0(0) 05 0(0) 43 0(0)
7   Jussi Jääskeläinen Goalkeeper 36 0(1) 03 0(0) 02 0(0) 41 0(1)
8   Ricardo Gardner Midfielder 27 0(3) 02 0(2) 09 0(0) 38 0(5)
9   Dean Holdsworth Striker 24 (13) 02 0(0) 03 0(2) 29 (15)
10   Robbie Elliott Defender 23 0(6) 03 0(0) 03 0(1) 29 0(7)
11   Bo Hansen Midfielder/Striker 16 (15) 01 0(0) 04 0(1) 21 (16)
12   Bob Taylor Striker 15 (12) 03 0(1) 03 0(2) 21 (15)
13   Allan Johnston Midfielder 19 0 (2) 02 0(0) 00 0(0) 21 0(2)
14   Jimmy Phillips Defender 16 0(9) 00 0(0) 03 0(1) 19 (10)
15   Paul Warhurst Defender/Midfielder 17 0(4) 01 0(1) 01 0(3) 19 0(8)
16   Paul Ritchie Midfielder 15 0(1) 03 0(1) 01 0(0) 19 0(2)
17   Neil Cox Defender 15 0(0) 00 0(0) 04 0(0) 19 0(0)
18   Andy Todd Defender 10 0(2) 00 0(0) 04 0(0) 14 0(2)
19   Keith Branagan Goalkeeper 11 0(0) 00 0(0) 03 0(0) 14 0(0)
20   Franck Passi Midfielder 07 0(9) 02 0(1) 02 0(0) 11 (10)
21   Dean Holden Defender 06 0(6) 03 0(1) 02 0(1) 11 0(8)
22   John O'Kane Defender 07 0(4) 01 0(1) 02 0(0) 10 0(5)
23   Per Frandsen Midfielder 07 0(0) 00 0(0) 03 0(0) 10 0(0)
24   Greg Strong Defender 06 0(0) 00 0(0) 03 0(1) 09 0(1)
25   Gareth Farrelly Midfielder 08 0(3) 00 0(1) 00 0(0) 08 0(4)
26   Steve Banks Goalkeeper 02 0(0) 02 0(0) 04 0(0) 08 0(0)
27   Hasney Aljofree Striker 03 0(5) 00 0(2) 03 0(2) 06 0(9)
28   Darren Holloway Defender 03 0(1) 00 0(0) 00 0(0) 03 0(1)
29   Kevin Nolan Midfielder 00 0(4) 00 0(0) 00 0(0) 00 0(4)
30   Mickael Kaprielian Midfielder 00 0(1) 00 0(0) 00 0(0) 00 0(1)

Top scorers

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P Player Position FL FAC LC Total
1   Eiður Guðjohnsen Striker 14 4 3 21
2   Dean Holdsworth Striker 14 0 1 15
3   Bo Hansen Midfielder 09 1 1 11
4=   Ricardo Gardner Midfielder 05 1 0 06
4=   Claus Jensen Midfielder 06 0 0 06
4=   Michael Johansen Midfielder 03 0 3 06
4=   Bob Taylor Striker 03 1 2 06

References

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  1. ^ "Bolton Wanderers 1999/2000". bwfcstats.com. Retrieved 20 December 2009.