1999–2000 Wimbledon F.C. season

Wimbledon
1999–2000 season
Chairman Sam Hammam, Lebanon
Bjørn Rune Gjelsten, Norway
Manager Egil Olsen (until 1 May)[1]
Terry Burton, England (caretaker)
Stadium Selhurst Park
Premier League 18th (relegated)
FA Cup Fourth round
League Cup Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer League:
Carl Cort and John Hartson (9)
All:
Carl Cort (15)
Highest home attendance 26,129 (vs. Manchester United, 26 February)
Lowest home attendance 2,772 (vs. Cardiff City, 21 September)
Average home league attendance 17,156
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

During the 1999–2000 English football season, Wimbledon competed in the Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

The season began with a new manager, Norway's Egil Olsen, after the close season resignation of long-serving Joe Kinnear, but Olsen was ousted with two weeks of the season remaining and replaced by coach Terry Burton, who was unable to save Wimbledon from relegation after 14 successive seasons of top division football.

Season summary

The close-season resignation of former Joe Kinnear because of health problems (he would suffer from them again as manager of Newcastle United) after seven years as manager led to the appointment of former Norwegian national coach Egil Olsen as Wimbledon's new manager, giving Dons fans hope of beating the drop once again. The mid-season collapse of star striker John Hartson's move to Tottenham Hotspur was further good news to the cause, but a run of eight straight defeats during the final weeks of the season dragged Wimbledon into the depth of the relegation mire. Olsen was sacked after a 3–0 defeat away to Bradford City, to be replaced by former coach and assistant manager Terry Burton for the final two games of the season. A 2–2 draw at home to Aston Villa gave them hope going into their last game, away to Southampton. They were one place above the relegation zone on goal difference, but a 2–0 defeat at the Dell – combined with Bradford's 1–0 win over Liverpool – condemned Wimbledon to relegation and ended their 14-year stay in the top flight.[2] The transition coincided with the end of one of the most remarkable rags-to-riches stories in football, which had started with Wimbledon's election to the Football League in 1977 and seen them reach the top flight nine years later, before peaking as 1988 FA Cup Final winners. Their relegation was confirmed 12 years to the day that Wimbledon achieved their famous victory over Liverpool at Wembley.

Final league table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Manchester United (C) 38 28 7 3 97 45 +52 91 2000–01 UEFA Champions League First group stage
2 Arsenal 38 22 7 9 73 43 +30 73
3 Leeds United 38 21 6 11 58 43 +15 69 2000–01 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4 Liverpool 38 19 10 9 51 30 +21 67 2000–01 UEFA Cup First round 1
5 Chelsea 38 18 11 9 53 34 +19 65
6 Aston Villa 38 15 13 10 46 35 +11 58 2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
7 Sunderland 38 16 10 12 57 56 +1 58
8 Leicester City 38 16 7 15 55 55 0 55 2000–01 UEFA Cup First round 2
9 West Ham United 38 15 10 13 52 53 −1 55
10 Tottenham Hotspur 38 15 8 15 57 49 +8 53
11 Newcastle United 38 14 10 14 63 54 +9 52
12 Middlesbrough 38 14 10 14 46 52 −6 52
13 Everton 38 12 14 12 59 49 +10 50
14 Coventry City 38 12 8 18 47 54 −7 44
15 Southampton 38 12 8 18 45 62 −17 44
16 Derby County 38 9 11 18 44 57 −13 38
17 Bradford City 38 9 9 20 38 68 −30 36 2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round
18 Wimbledon (R) 38 7 12 19 46 74 −28 33 Relegation to 2000–01 Football League First Division
19 Sheffield Wednesday (R) 38 8 7 23 38 70 −32 31
20 Watford (R) 38 6 6 26 35 77 −42 24

Updated to games played on 14 May 2000.
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Chelsea qualified for the UEFA Cup as FA Cup winners

2 Leicester City qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results Summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
38 7 12 19 46 74  −28 33 6 7 6 30 28  +2 1 5 13 16 46  −30

Source: 1999-2000 FA Premier League table

Results by round
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHHAAHHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHHAAHA
Result W L D D L L D D D L W D D W L D W D D L W L W L L D L W L L L L L L L L D L
Position 8 10 9 11 15 16 16 16 17 18 15 15 15 15 15 14 13 14 14 15 13 14 13 14 16 15 16 15 16 16 16 17 17 17 17 18 17 18

Source: Soccerbase: 1999-2000 Wimbledon results
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results

Wimbledon's score comes first[3]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

FA Premier League

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
7 August 1999 WatfordA3–215,511Cort, Gayle, Johnson (own goal)
10 August 1999 MiddlesbroughH2–311,036Cort, Hartson
14 August 1999 Coventry CityH1–110,635Cort
21 August 1999 Newcastle UnitedA3–335,809Hughes, Ainsworth (2)
25 August 1999 EvertonA0–432,818
28 August 1999 ChelseaH0–122,167
11 September 1999 Derby CountyH2–212,282Hartson, Euell
18 September 1999 Manchester UnitedA1–155,189Badir
26 September 1999 Tottenham HotspurH1–117,368Hartson
2 October 1999 Sheffield WednesdayA1–518,077Hartson
16 October 1999 Bradford CityH3–210,029Hartson (2), Cort
23 October 1999 Aston VillaA1–127,160Earle
30 October 1999 SouthamptonH1–115,754Gayle
7 November 1999 Leeds UnitedH2–018,747Hartson, Gayle
20 November 1999 Leicester CityA1–218,255Gayle
27 November 1999 MiddlesbroughA0–031,400
4 December 1999 WatfordH5–014,021Cort, Earle, Hartson, Euell, Gayle
18 December 1999 ArsenalA1–138,052Cort
26 December 1999 West Ham UnitedH2–221,180Hreidarsson, Ardley
28 December 1999 LiverpoolA1–344,107Gayle
3 January 2000 SunderlandH1–017,621Cort
15 January 2000 Coventry CityA0–219,012
22 January 2000 Newcastle UnitedH2–022,118Earle, Gayle
6 February 2000 EvertonH0–313,172
12 February 2000 ChelseaA1–334,826Lund
26 February 2000 Manchester UnitedH2–226,129Euell, Cort
4 March 2000 Derby CountyA0–428,384
11 March 2000 Leicester CityH2–114,319Ardley (pen), Euell
19 March 2000 Leeds UnitedA1–439,256Euell
26 March 2000 West Ham UnitedA1–222,438Hughes
1 April 2000 ArsenalH1–325,858Lund
8 April 2000 SunderlandA1–241,592Roy (own goal)
12 April 2000 Sheffield WednesdayH0–28,248
16 April 2000 LiverpoolH1–226,102Andresen
22 April 2000 Tottenham HotspurA0–233,086
30 April 2000 Bradford CityA0–318,276
6 May 2000 Aston VillaH2–219,188Ehiogu (own goal), Hartson
14 May 2000 SouthamptonA0–215,249

FA Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R311 December 1999 BarnsleyH1–04,505Cort
R48 January 2000 FulhamA0–316,877

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R2 1st Leg14 September 1999 Cardiff CityA1–17,613Hughes
R2 2nd Leg21 September 1999 Cardiff CityH3–1 (4–2 on agg)2,772Cort, Earle (2)
R312 October 1999 SunderlandH3–24,790Cort (3)
R430 November 1999 Huddersfield TownA2–113,312Kimble, Euell
QF14 December 1999 Bolton WanderersA1–29,463Cort

First-team 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 Scotland GK Neil Sullivan[4]
2 Republic of Ireland DF Kenny Cunningham
3 England DF Alan Kimble
4 England MF Andy Roberts
5 England DF Dean Blackwell
6 England DF Ben Thatcher[5]
7 England FW Carl Cort[6]
8 Jamaica MF Robbie Earle[7]
9 Wales FW John Hartson
10 England MF Jason Euell[8]
11 Jamaica FW Marcus Gayle[9]
12 England MF Neal Ardley
13 England GK Paul Heald
No. Position Player
14 Norway DF Tore Pedersen
15 England FW Carl Leaburn
16 Northern Ireland MF Michael Hughes
18 England MF Gareth Ainsworth
19 Israel DF Walid Badir
20 Norway MF Martin Andresen
21 Scotland DF Duncan Jupp
22 England DF Chris Willmott
24 England MF Damien Francis
29 Norway MF Trond Andersen
30 Iceland DF Hermann Hreiðarsson
32 England FW Wayne Gray
34 Norway FW Andreas Lund

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
20 Nigeria FW Efan Ekoku[10] (to Grasshoppers)
25 Republic of Ireland FW Jon Goodman[11] (retired)
26 Wales MF Ceri Hughes (to Portsmouth)
No. Position Player
31 England DF Danny Hodges (released)
England DF Andy Pearce (to Aldershot Town)
England FW Patrick Agyemang (on loan to Brentford)

Reserve squad

The following players did not make an appearance for the first team this season.

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

No. Position Player
17 Scotland DF Brian McAllister
23 England GK Kelvin Davis
27 England MF Stewart Castledine
No. Position Player
28 England DF Peter Hawkins
31 Norway MF Kjetil Wæhler
33 Republic of Ireland GK Brendan Murphy

Transfers

In

Out

Loaned out

Statistics

Starting 11

Only considering Premiership starts
Considering a 4–3–3 formation[13]

References

  1. ↑ Olsen axed by Wimbledon, BBC News, 1 May 2000
  2. ↑ "Dons sent down at the Dell". BBC News. 14 May 2000. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  3. ↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/wimbledon/1999-2000/results
  4. ↑ Sullivan was born in Sutton, England, but qualified to represent Scotland internationally and made his debut for Scotland in 1997.
  5. ↑ Thatcher was born in Swindon, England, and debuted for the England U21 side in 1996, but also qualified to represent Wales through his grandmother and would make his international debut for Wales in March 2004.
  6. ↑ Cort was born in Southwark, England, but qualified to represent Guyana and would make his international debut for Guyana in 2011.
  7. ↑ Earle was born in Newcastle-under-Lyme, England, but qualified to represent Jamaica internationally. He made his international debut for Jamaica in 1997, having previously being called up for England once without playing.
  8. ↑ Euell was born in Lambeth, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and would make his international debut for Jamaica in 2004.
  9. ↑ Gayle was born in Hammersmith, London, but qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 1998.
  10. ↑ Ekoku was born in Manchester, England, but qualified to represent Nigeria internationally and made his international debut for Nigeria in 1994.
  11. ↑ Goodman was born in Walthamstow, England, but qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his debut for Ireland in 1997.
  12. ↑ Wimbledon: Hammam's new man, BBC News
  13. ↑ http://www.football-lineups.com/team/Wimbledon_FC/FA_Premier_League_1999-2000/fixture
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