1999–2000 Ipswich Town F.C. season

Ipswich Town

1999–2000 season
Chairman	David Sheepshanks
Manager	George Burley
Stadium	Portman Road
Football League First Division	3rd (promoted)
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Johnson (22) All: Johnson (23)
Average home league attendance	18,524
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

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

Season summary

In 1999–2000 season, Ipswich qualified for the Division One play-off final, the last First Division play-off final at Wembley Stadium before the stadium was to be redeveloped.^[1] They beat Barnsley 4–2 securing their return to the Premiership after an absence of five years.^[2]

Final league table

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

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 Richard Wright 2 DF Fabian Wilnis 3 DF Jamie Clapham 4 DF Jean-Manuel Thetis 5 DF Tony Mowbray 6 DF Mark Venus 7 MF Mick Stockwell 8 MF Matt Holland 9 FW David Johnson 10 FW James Scowcroft 11 MF Jim Magilton 12 FW Richard Naylor 13 GK Mike Salmon 14 MF Jermaine Wright 15 MF Marco Holster

No. Position Player 17 DF Wayne Brown 18 DF Titus Bramble 19 FW Neil Midgley 20 FW Richard Logan 21 MF John Kennedy 22 MF Stuart Niven 23 MF Sean Friars 24 DF John McGreal 25 DF Gary Croft 26 GK James Pullen 27 FW Marcus Stewart 29 GK Keith Branagan 30 MF Martijn Reuser (on loan from Vitesse Arnhem) 32 FW Jonas Axeldal

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 31 GK Sieb Dijkstra (released) 28 DF Michael Clegg (loan return to Manchester United)

No. Position Player 16 MF Adam Tanner (to Peterborough United)

References

1. Turnbull, Simon (27 May 2007). "Championship Play-Off Final: The Mowbray method – softly, softly". London: The Independent. Retrieved 7 February 2008.
2. "Ipswich triumph at last". BBC News. 29 May 2000. Retrieved 7 February 2008.

• Ipswich Town squad for 1999–2000 season