1999–2000 Colchester United F.C. season

Colchester United

1999–2000 season

Chairman

Peter Heard^[1]

Manager

Mick Wadsworth
(Until 25 August 1999)
Steve Whitton
(From 25 August 1999)

Second Division

18th

FA Cup

1st Round

League Cup

1st Round

Associate Members Cup

1st Round

Top goalscorer

League:
Steve McGavin (16)
All:
Steve McGavin (16)

Highest home attendance

6,194 (Burnley)

Lowest home attendance

2,557 (Cardiff City)

Average home league attendance

3,782

Home colours

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2000–01 →

The 1999–2000 season was Colchester United's second consecutive season in the third tier of English football.

Season Review

All was not well behind the scenes when Managing Director Steven Gage resigned on the eve of the 1999–2000 season. Within two weeks Mick Wadsworth also departed. He lived in Pontefract and declared that Colchester was too far south to drive - then, directly after a League Cup tie at Selhurst Park, he joined Crystal Palace . In reality, he had got rid of fans favourites and brought in a bunch of highly paid mercenaries, blowing the entire playing budget - most were linked to controversial football agent Barry Silkman. When midfielder Brian Launders was sacked for gross misconduct, Silkman took United to Court and this exposed the influence agents had on the game, something Steve Wignall had pre-empted.

As a result United, now led by Chairman Peter Heard, invoked a policy of not dealing with agents ever again. Promoting from within, Heard appointed Steve Whitton as manager in August 1999. One win in eleven including a 5-2 mauling at Cambridge saw United bottom by October. Whitton re-instated Joe Dunne, Tony Lock and Richard Wilkins and re-signed Steve McGavin. A thrilling 5–4 January 2000 win over Bristol Rovers was the highlight of the season and the emergence of the skilful Lomana Lua Lua, with 14 goals, complimented 16 from McGavin.^[2]

Squad

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No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Simon Brown
3	DF	Joe Keith
4	DF	Gavin Johnson
5	DF	David Greene
6	DF	Joe Dunne
7	MF	Karl Duguid
8	MF	David Gregory
9	FW	Jamie Moralee
11	MF	Jason Dozzell
13	GK	Andy Walker
15	FW	Lomana LuaLua
18	MF	Chris Keeble

No.	Position	Player
19	FW	Tony Lock
20	MF	Thomas Pinault
21	DF	Craig Farley
23	MF	Aaron Skelton
24	DF	Ross Johnson
25	FW	KK Opara
26	GK	Glenn Williamson
27	MF	Sam Okafor
29	DF	Andy Arnott
30	FW	Steve McGavin
31	DF	Jack Wignall

Player Info

No.	Name	Place of Birth	Date of Birth	Previous Club	Date Joined	Fee
1	Simon Brown	Chelmsford	5 December 1976	Tottenham Hotspur	20 July 1999	Free
3	Joe Keith	London	1 October 1978	West Ham United	24 May 1999	Free
4	Gavin Johnson	Stowmarket	10 October 1970	Dunfermline Athletic	14 November 1999	Free
5	David Greene	Luton	26 October 1973	Luton Town	21 June 1996	£30,000
6	Joe Dunne	Dublin	25 May 1973	Dover Athletic	15 December 1999	Free
7	Karl Duguid	Hitchin	21 March 1978	Youth Team	16 July 1995	Free
8	David Gregory	Polstead	23 January 1970	Peterborough United	7 December 1995	Free
9	Jamie Moralee	Wandsworth	2 December 1971	Brighton & Hove Albion	11 May 1999	Free
11	Jason Dozzell	Ipswich	9 December 1967	Northampton Town F.C.	15 October 1998	Free
13	Andy Walker	Sidcup	9 June 1981	Youth Team	1 August 1998	Free
15	Lomana LuaLua	Kinshasa	28 December 1980	Youth Team	1 August 1998	Free
18	Chris Keeble	Colchester	17 September 1978	Ipswich Town	23 March 2000	Free
19	Tony Lock	Harlow	3 September 1976	Youth Team	1 August 1994	Free
20	Thomas Pinault	Grasse	4 December 1981	AS Cannes	1 July 1999	Free
21	Craig Farley	Oxford	17 March 1981	Watford	6 May 1999	Free
23	Aaron Skelton	Welwyn Garden City	22 November 1974	Luton Town	3 July 1997	Free
24	Ross Johnson	Brighton	2 February 1976	Brighton & Hove Albion	14 February 2000	Free
25	KK Opara	Owerri	21 December 1981	Youth Team	1 August 1998	Free
26	Glenn Williamson	Enfield	22 December 1982	Youth Team	1 August 1999	Free
27	Sam Okafor	Nigeria	17 March 1982	Youth Team	1 August 1998	Free
29	Andy Arnott	Chatham	18 October 1973	Brighton & Hove Albion	1 November 1999	Free
30	Steve McGavin	North Walsham	24 January 1969	Northampton Town	1 October 1999	Free
31	Jack Wignall	Colchester	26 September 1981	Youth Team	1 August 1999	Free

Transfers

Transfers In

Date	Pos.	Player Name	Previous Club	League	Transfer Fee	Notes
6 May 1999	DF	Craig Farley	Watford	Premier League	Free
11 May 1999	FW	Jamie Moralee	Brighton & Hove Albion	Football League Division Three	Free
24 May 1999	DF	Joe Keith	West Ham United	Premier League	Free
28 May 1999	MF	Sagi Burton	Crystal Palace	Football League Division One	Free
28 May 1999	MF	Brian Launders	Derby County	Premier League	Undisclosed
1 July 1999	MF	Thomas Pinault	AS Cannes	Championnat National	Free
1 July 1999	FW	Steve Germain	AS Cannes	Championnat National	Free
20 July 1999	GK	Simon Brown	Tottenham Hotspur	Premier League	Free
1 August 1999	GK	Glenn Williamson	Youth Team	N/A	Free
1 August 1999	DF	Jack Wignall	Youth Team	N/A	Free
1 October 1999	FW	Steve McGavin	Northampton Town	Football League Division Three	Free
1 November 1999	DF	Andy Arnott	Brighton & Hove Albion	Football League Division Three	Free
14 November 1999	DF	Gavin Johnson	Dunfermline Athletic	Scottish First Division	Free
15 December 1999	DF	Joe Dunne	Dover Athletic	Conference National	Free
14 February 2000	DF	Ross Johnson	Brighton & Hove Albion	Football League Division Three	Free
23 March 2000	MF	Chris Keeble	Ipswich Town	Football League Division One	Free

Transfers Out

Date	Pos.	Player Name	New Club	League	Transfer Fee	Notes
4 May 1999	GK	Tamer Fernandes	Hemel Hempstead Town	Southern Football League Premier Division	Free
4 May 1999	DF	Scott Stamps	Kidderminster Harriers	Football League Division Three	Free
4 May 1999	MF	Simon Betts	Scarborough	Football Conference	Free
4 May 1999	MF	Nicky Haydon	Kettering Town	Southern Football League Premier Division	Free
4 May 1999	MF	Dave Rainford	Grays Athletic	Isthmian League Premier Division	Free
4 May 1999	FW	Paul Abrahams	Kettering Town	Southern Football League Premier Division	Free
4 May 1999	FW	Tony Adcock	Heybridge Swifts	Southern Football League Premier Division	Free
31 May 1999	DF	Stéphane Pounewatchy	Scunthorpe United	Football League Division Two	Free
22 June 1999	GK	Carl Emberson	Walsall	Football League Division One	Free
14 July 1999	FW	Mark Sale	Rushden & Diamonds	Football Conference	£30,000
28 July 1999	MF	Paul Buckle	Exeter City	Football League Division Three	Free
4 August 1999	DF	Joe Dunne	Dover Athletic	Conference National	Free
29 October 1999	MF	Brian Launders	Crystal Palace	Football League Division One	Free
6 November 1999	MF	Warren Aspinall	Brighton & Hove Albion	Football League Division Three	Free
19 November 1999	MF	Sagi Burton	Sheffield United	Football League Division One	Free
15 December 1999	FW	Steve Germain	Released	N/A	Free
5 February 2000	FW	Neil Gregory	Canvey Island	Isthmian League Premier Division	Free
14 March 2000	MF	Steve Forbes	Stevenage Borough	Conference National	Free
23 March 2000	DF	Fabrice Richard	FC Red Star Saint-Ouen	Championnat de France amateur	Free
31 March 2000	MF	Geraint Williams	Retired	N/A	Free
31 March 2000	MF	Richard Wilkins	Retired	N/A	Free

Loans In

Date	Pos.	Player Name	Parent Club	League	Date Returned	Notes
23 September 1999	DF	Andy Arnott	Brighton & Hove Albion	Football League Division Three	20 October 1999
14 November 1999	GK	John Vaughan	Lincoln City	Football League Division Three	31 December 1999
26 November 1999	DF	Alan White	Luton Town	Football League Division Two	27 December 1999
30 December 1999	DF	Titus Bramble	Ipswich Town	Football League Division One	30 January 2000
12 January 2000	DF	Ross Johnson	Brighton & Hove Albion	Football League Division Three	12 February 2000
23 March 2000	DF	Efe Sodje	Luton Town	Football League Division Two	8 May 2000
23 March 2000	MF	Barry Ferguson	Coventry City	Premier League	8 May 2000

Loans Out

Date	Pos.	Player Name	New Club	League	Date Returned	Notes
23 September 1999	MF	Warren Aspinall	Brighton & Hove Albion	Football League Division Three	5 November 1999
23 September 1999	FW	Neil Gregory	Boston Bulldogs	US A-League	1 October 1999
1 December 1999	FW	Neil Gregory	Canvey Island	Isthmian League Premier Division	1 February 2000

Results

Division Two Results Summary

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
17	Brentford	46	13	13	20	47	61	-14	52
18	Colchester United	46	14	10	22	59	82	-23	52
19	Cambridge United	46	12	12	22	64	65	-1	48

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Division Two Results

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
07/08/1999	Chesterfield	A	1-0	2,930	Dozzell
14/08/1999	Notts County	H	0-3	3,986
21/08/1999	Bournemouth	A	0-4	4,508
28/08/1999	Reading	H	3-2	3,443	Aspinall (2), Duguid
30/08/1999	Bury	A	2-5	3,360	Wilkins, LuaLua
11/09/1999	Scunthorpe United	H	0-1	3,280
18/09/1999	Burnley	A	0-3	10,090
25/09/1999	Millwall	A	0-1	7,161
01/10/1999	Wrexham	H	2-2	3,315	Duguid, Wilkins
15/10/1999	Cambridge United	A	2-5	5,039	Dozzell (2)
19/10/1999	Bristol City	A	1-1	7,777	Duguid
23/10/1999	Millwall F.C.	H	1-2	3,392	McGavin
26/10/1999	Wigan Athletic	H	2-2	2,915	McGavin, Duguid
02/11/1999	Oxford United	A	1-1	4,444	McGavin
06/11/1999	Preston North End	H	2-2	3,818	Skelton, LuaLua
14/11/1999	Oldham Athletic	A	2-1	5,147	LuaLua, Greene (pen.)
19/11/1999	Brentford	H	0-3	3,464
23/11/1999	Cardiff City	H	0-3	2,557
27/11/1999	Stoke City	A	1-1	14,183	Skelton
03/12/1999	Chesterfield	H	1-0	3,027	LuaLua
11/12/1999	Bristol Rovers	A	1-2	7,023	LuaLua
17/12/1999	Luton Town	H	3-0	3,049	McGavin (2), Dozzell
26/12/1999	Gillingham	A	1-2	7,338	McGavin
03/01/2000	Blackpool	A	1-1	3,462	Duguid
08/01/2000	Bristol Rovers	H	5-4	4,482	McGavin (2), Duguid (2), LuaLua
15/01/2000	Notts County	A	2-1	4,931	McGavin (2)
18/01/2000	Wycombe Wanderers	H	1-0	4,075	LuaLua
22/01/2000	Bournemouth	H	3-1	3,767	Moralee, LuaLua (2)
29/01/2000	Reading	A	0-2	7,304
05/02/2000	Bury	H	1-3	3,915	Duguid
12/02/2000	Wigan Athletic	A	1-0	6,022	McGavin
19/02/2000	Stoke City	H	1-0	4,364	McGavin
26/02/2000	Burnley	H	1-2	6,194	McGavin
04/03/2000	Scunthorpe United	A	0-0	4,253
07/03/2000	Preston North End	A	3-2	11,323	Keith, LuaLua, Duguid
11/03/2000	Oxford United	H	1-2	4,058	Skelton
17/03/2000	Cardiff City	A	2-3	5,174	Dozzell, LuaLua
21/03/2000	Oldham Athletic	H	0-1	3,282
25/03/2000	Gillingham	H	2-1	4,337	McGavin, Lock
01/04/2000	Luton Town	A	2-3	5,125	McGavin, Lock
08/04/2000	Blackpool	H	1-1	3,351	Duguid
15/04/2000	Wycombe Wanderers	A	0-3	4,558
22/04/2000	Cambridge United	H	3-1	4,902	Duguid, McGavin, Keeble
24/04/2000	Wrexham	A	0-1	2,460
29/04/2000	Bristol City	H	3-4	4,013	LuaLua, Skelton (pen.), Duguid
06/05/2000	Brentford	A	0-0	5,297

Source: 1999-2000 Season Colchester United Results - coludata.co.uk

League Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
10/08/1999	R1 (L1)	Crystal Palace	H	2-2	4,242	Dozzell, LuaLua
24/08/1999	R1 (L2)	Crystal Palace	A	1-3	5,471	Keith

Source: 1999-2000 Season Colchester United Results - coludata.co.uk

FA Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
30/10/1999	R1	Swansea City	A	1-2	3,622	LuaLua

Source: 1999-2000 Season Colchester United Results - coludata.co.uk

League Trophy

Southern Section

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
07/12/1999	R1 (S)	Swansea City	A	1-3	1,222	Moralee

Source: 1999-2000 Season Colchester United Results - coludata.co.uk

Squad statistics

^[3]

No.	Nat.	Pos.	Name	Total		Division Two		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy
No.	Nat.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Simon Brown	41	0	38	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
3	DF		Joe Keith	49	2	45	1	1	0	2	1	1	0
4	DF		Gavin Johnson	27	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		David Greene	32	1	29	1	1	0	2	0	0	0
6	DF		Joe Dunne	20	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF		Karl Duguid	44	12	41	12	1	0	2	0	0	0
8	MF		David Gregory	49	0	45	0	1	0	2	0	1	0
9	FW		Jamie Moralee	29	2	27	1	0	0	1	0	1	1
10	DF		Efe Sodje	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF		Jason Dozzell	43	6	39	5	1	0	2	1	1	0
12	MF		Barry Ferguson	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	GK		Andy Walker	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
15	FW		Lomana LuaLua	45	14	41	12	1	1	2	1	1	0
18	MF		Chris Keeble	5	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW		Tony Lock	26	2	24	2	1	0	0	0	1	0
20	MF		Thomas Pinault	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
21	DF		Craig Farley	16	0	14	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
23	MF		Aaron Skelton	35	4	33	4	1	0	0	0	1	0
24	DF		Ross Johnson	18	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	FW		KK Opara	17	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
26	GK		Glenn Williamson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF		Sam Okafor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF		Andy Arnott	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	FW		Steve McGavin	36	16	34	16	1	0	0	0	1	0
31	DF		Jack Wignall	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players who appeared for Colchester who left during the season
2	DF		Fabrice Richard	16	0	14	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
4	DF		Sagi Burton	11	0	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
8	MF		Warren Aspinall	9	2	7	2	0	0	2	0	0	0
10	MF		Brian Launders	8	0	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
10	DF		Titus Bramble	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	FW		Steve Germain	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF		Geraint Williams	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF		Steve Forbes	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF		Richard Wilkins	26	2	24	2	0	0	2	0	0	0
18	FW		Neil Gregory	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	GK		John Vaughan	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	DF		Alan White	5	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Scorers

^[4]

All

Scorer	Goals
Steve McGavin	16
Lomana LuaLua	14
Karl Duguid	12
Jason Dozzell	6
Aaron Skelton	4
Warren Aspinall	2
Joe Keith
Tony Lock
Jamie Moralee
Richard Wilkins
David Greene	1
Chris Keeble	1

League

Scorer	Goals
Steve McGavin	16
Karl Duguid	12
Lomana LuaLua	12
Jason Dozzell	5
Aaron Skelton	4
Warren Aspinall	2
Tony Lock
Richard Wilkins
David Greene	1
Chris Keeble
Joe Keith
Jamie Moralee

FA Cup

Scorer	Goals
Lomana LuaLua	1

League Cup

Scorer	Goals
Jason Dozzell	1
Joe Keith
Lomana LuaLua

League Trophy

Scorer	Goals
Jamie Moralee	1

Most Frequent Starting XI

This section shows players in a 4-4-2 formation with the most league starts during the season.

No.	Pos.	Name	Apps.	Goals
1	GK	Simon Brown	38	0
5	DF	David Greene	29	1
6	DF	Joe Dunne	19	0
4	DF	Gavin Johnson	24	0
3	DF	Joe Keith	45	1
7	MF	Karl Duguid	40	12
8	MF	David Gregory	45	0
23	MF	Aaron Skelton	27	4
11	MF	Jason Dozzell	38	5
15	FW	Lomana LuaLua	24	12
30	FW	Steve McGavin	30	16

Brown

Greene

Dunne

G.Johnson

Keith

Duguid

Gregory

Skelton

Dozzell

LuaLua

McGavin

References

↑ Whitehead, Jeff; Drury, Kevin (2008). The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 279. ISBN 978-1-85983-629-3.
↑ "The U's History: The 00s". Colchester United F.C. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
↑ "1999–2000 Season Appearance Data". coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
↑ "1999–2000 Season Goalscorers Data". coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2011.

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Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Bradford City Chelsea Coventry City Derby County Everton Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Ham United Wimbledon

First Division	Barnsley Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Charlton Athletic Crewe Alexandra Crystal Palace Fulham Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Manchester City Norwich City Nottingham Forest Port Vale Portsmouth Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United Stockport County Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Walsall West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Bournemouth Blackpool Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Burnley Bury Cambridge United Cardiff City Chesterfield Colchester United Gillingham Luton Town Millwall Notts County Oldham Athletic Oxford United Preston North End Reading Scunthorpe United Stoke City Wigan Athletic Wrexham Wycombe Wanderers

Third Division	Barnet Brighton & Hove Albion Carlisle United Cheltenham Town Chester City Darlington Exeter City Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hull City Leyton Orient Lincoln City Macclesfield Town Mansfield Town Northampton Town Peterborough United Plymouth Argyle Rochdale Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swansea City Torquay United York City

Football Conference	Altrincham Doncaster Rovers Dover Athletic Forest Green Rovers Hayes Hednesford Town Hereford United Kettering Town Kidderminster Harriers Kingstonian Morecambe Northwich Victoria Nuneaton Borough Rushden & Diamonds Scarborough Southport Stevenage Borough Sutton United Telford United Welling United Woking

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