1999–2000 Luton Town F.C. season

Just before the 1999–2000 season, the club was sold to Cliff Bassett, while player sales continued to balance the books.^[1] Young duo Kelvin Davis and Chris Willmott were sold to Wimbledon for £900,000, and Lawrence was forced to sell Gary Doherty late on in the season, but he successfully kept an inexperienced Luton side up once again. Mike Watson-Challis then purchased the club in 2000,^[1] and Lawrence was sacked to be replaced by former Luton player Ricky Hill.^[2]

Final league table

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Preston North End	46	15	4	4	37	23	13	7	3	37	14	74	37	+37	95
2	Burnley	46	16	3	4	42	23	9	10	4	27	24	69	47	+22	88
3	Gillingham	46	16	3	4	46	21	9	7	7	33	27	79	48	+31	85
4	Wigan Athletic	46	15	3	5	37	14	7	14	2	35	24	72	38	+34	83
5	Millwall	46	14	7	2	41	18	9	6	8	35	32	76	50	+26	82
6	Stoke City	46	13	7	3	37	18	10	6	7	31	24	68	42	+26	82
7	Bristol Rovers	46	13	7	3	34	19	10	4	9	35	26	69	45	+24	80
8	Notts County	46	9	6	8	32	27	9	5	9	29	28	61	55	+6	65
9	Bristol City	46	7	14	2	31	18	8	5	10	28	39	59	57	+2	64
10	Reading	46	10	9	4	28	18	6	5	12	29	45	57	63	–6	62
11	Wrexham	46	9	6	8	23	24	8	5	10	29	37	52	61	–9	62
12	Wycombe Wanderers	46	11	4	8	32	24	5	9	9	24	29	56	53	+3	61
13	Luton Town	46	10	7	6	41	35	7	3	13	20	30	61	65	–4	61
14	Oldham Athletic	46	8	5	10	27	28	8	7	8	23	27	50	55	–5	60
15	Bury	46	8	10	5	38	33	5	8	10	23	31	61	64	–3	57
16	Bournemouth	46	11	6	6	37	19	5	3	15	22	43	59	62	–3	57
17	Brentford	46	8	6	9	27	31	5	7	11	20	30	47	61	–14	52
18	Colchester United	46	9	4	10	36	40	5	6	12	23	42	59	82	–23	52
19	Cambridge United	46	8	6	9	38	33	4	6	13	26	32	64	65	–1	48
20	Oxford United	46	6	5	12	24	38	6	4	13	19	35	43	73	–30	45
21	Cardiff City	46	5	10	8	23	34	4	7	12	22	33	45	67	–22	44
22	Blackpool	46	4	10	9	26	37	4	7	12	23	40	49	77	–28	41
23	Scunthorpe United	46	4	6	13	16	34	5	6	12	24	40	40	74	–34	39
24	Chesterfield	46	5	7	11	17	25	2	8	13	17	38	34	63	–29	36

Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted through play-offs
	Relegated

Results

Luton Town's score comes first^[3]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 August 1999	Notts County	A	0–0	6,141
14 August 1999	Blackpool	H	3–2	5,176	George (2), Spring
21 August 1999	Reading	A	2–1	8,741	Fotiadis, George
28 August 1999	Cardiff City	H	1–0	5,374	Gray
31 August 1999	Bournemouth	A	0–1	4,797
4 September 1999	Bury	H	1–1	4,633	Fotiadis
11 September 1999	Wrexham	H	3–1	5,121	Taylor, Spring, George
18 September 1999	Brentford	A	0–2	7,039
25 September 1999	Oxford United	H	4–2	6,102	George (2), Fraser, Locke
2 October 1999	Wigan Athletic	A	0–1	6,866
9 October 1999	Oldham Athletic	A	1–2	4,532	Midgley
16 October 1999	Gillingham	H	3–1	6,394	George (2, 1 pen), Douglas
19 October 1999	Wycombe Wanderers	H	1–1	5,820	Douglas
23 October 1999	Oxford United	A	1–0	5,866	George
2 November 1999	Millwall	A	0–1	6,181
6 November 1999	Burnley	H	2–1	7,205	Midgley (2)
12 November 1999	Cambridge United	A	1–3	6,211	George
23 November 1999	Preston North End	H	0–2	5,124
27 November 1999	Bristol Rovers	A	0–3	7,805
4 December 1999	Notts County	H	2–2	5,195	Doherty, Thorpe
17 December 1999	Colchester United	A	0–3	3,049
26 December 1999	Chesterfield	H	1–1	5,870	Locke
28 December 1999	Bristol City	A	0–0	11,832
3 January 2000	Scunthorpe United	H	4–1	5,574	Douglas, Gray, Spring (2)
8 January 2000	Stoke City	A	1–2	10,016	Spring (pen)
15 January 2000	Blackpool	A	3–3	5,262	Locke, Gray, Taylor
22 January 2000	Reading	H	3–1	6,044	Watts, George (2)
30 January 2000	Cardiff City	A	3–1	6,185	Watts, Spring, George
5 February 2000	Bournemouth	H	1–2	5,961	Boyce
8 February 2000	Stoke City	H	2–1	5,396	Gray (2)
12 February 2000	Bury	A	0–1	3,760
19 February 2000	Bristol Rovers	H	1–4	6,520	Gray
26 February 2000	Brentford	H	1–2	6,029	Gray
4 March 2000	Wrexham	A	0–1	2,703
7 March 2000	Burnley	A	2–0	12,080	White, Gray
11 March 2000	Millwall	H	0–2	6,341
18 March 2000	Preston North End	A	0–1	13,731
21 March 2000	Cambridge United	H	2–2	5,379	Doherty, McLaren
25 March 2000	Chesterfield	A	3–1	2,597	Doherty, Watts, George
1 April 2000	Colchester United	H	3–2	5,125	Watts, Doherty, Taylor
8 April 2000	Scunthorpe United	A	2–1	3,811	Gray, Doherty
18 April 2000	Bristol City	H	1–2	4,771	Doherty
22 April 2000	Gillingham	A	0–2	8,667
24 April 2000	Wigan Athletic	H	1–1	5,010	Gray
29 April 2000	Wycombe Wanderers	A	1–0	5,379	Taylor
6 May 2000	Oldham Athletic	H	1–1	5,963	Gray

FA Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	30 October 1999	Kingstonian	H	4–2	4,682	Gray, George, Spring, Taylor
R2	19 November 1999	Lincoln City	H	2–2	4,291	Doherty (2)
R2R	30 November 1999	Lincoln City	A	1–0	3,822	Douglas
R3	11 December 1999	Fulham	A	2–2	8,251	George, Spring
R3R	21 December 1999	Fulham	H	0–3	8,170

League Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	10 August 1999	Bristol Rovers	H	0–2	2,984
R1 2nd Leg	24 August 1999	Bristol Rovers	A	2–2 (lost 2-4 agg)	4,414	Kandol, Doherty

Football League Trophy

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League Trophy


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
SR1	7 December 1999	Oxford United	A	0–2	1,220

Squad

^[4] 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	Nathan Abbey
2	DF	Gavin McGowan
4	MF	Matthew Spring
5	DF	Alan White
6	DF	Marvin Johnson
7	FW	Phil Gray
8	MF	Paul McLaren
9	FW	Stuart Douglas
10	MF	Michael McIndoe
11	FW	Liam George
13	DF	Stuart Fraser
14	FW	Andrew Fotiadis
15	DF	Matthew Taylor

No.	Position	Player
16	MF	Landry Zahana-Oni
17	DF	Emmerson Boyce
18	FW	Trésor Kandol
19	DF	James Ayres
20	MF	Jerry Moses
21	MF	Andre Scarlett
22	GK	Daniel Tate
23	DF	Jude Stirling
24	GK	Scott Ward
28	MF	Adam Locke
32	GK	Ben Roberts (on loan from Middlesbrough)
40	DF	Julian Watts

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
27	MF	Ray McKinnon (to Livingston)
30	FW	Neil Midgley (on loan from Ipswich Town)
39	FW	Tony Thorpe (on loan from Bristol City)
3	DF	Efe Sodje (to Colchester United)

No.	Position	Player
12	DF	Gary Doherty (to Tottenham Hotspur)
25	MF	Ryan Davis (Released)
26	MF	David Castro-Pearson (Released)
31	FW	Paul Read (Released)

References

1 2 "Luton Town Football Club". Luton Borough Council. Retrieved 2009-05-20.
↑ "Ricky Hill's managerial career". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
↑ Soccerbase: 1999-2000 Luton Town results
↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1999-2000/d2/luton.htm

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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

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