1999–2000 Watford F.C. season

During the 1999–2000 English football season, Watford F.C. competed in the FA Premier League, after being promoted from the First Division last season.

Season summary

Watford managed some encouraging early results, including victories over Liverpool and Chelsea, suggesting that experienced manager Graham Taylor might be able to keep the club in the Premier League against all expectations. However, after the victory against Chelsea on 18 September, Watford only managed three more wins all season, and it soon became obvious that this campaign was a bridge too far after two successive promotions. The club were eventually relegated with the then-lowest points total in Premier League history, although observers widely predicted that Taylor would at least stabilise the club in Division One again, and maybe even get the club to make an immediate return to the Premiership.

Final league table

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Premier League


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	2000–01 UEFA Champions League First group stage
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	2000–01 UEFA Cup First round ¹
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

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	6	6	26	35	77	−42	24	5	4	10	24	31	−7	1	2	16	11	46	−35

Source: Statto

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Result	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	W
Position	13	19	14	9	11	15	15	14	14	15	16	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results

Watford's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 August 1999	Wimbledon	H	2–3	15,511	Kennedy (pen), Ngonge
10 August 1999	Sunderland	A	0–2	40,630
14 August 1999	Liverpool	A	1–0	44,174	Mooney
21 August 1999	Bradford City	H	1–0	15,564	Mooney
24 August 1999	Aston Villa	H	0–1	19,161
30 August 1999	Leicester City	A	0–1	17,920
11 September 1999	West Ham United	A	0–1	25,310
18 September 1999	Chelsea	H	1–0	21,144	Smart
25 September 1999	Arsenal	A	0–1	38,127
3 October 1999	Leeds United	H	1–2	19,677	Williams
16 October 1999	Manchester United	A	1–4	55,188	Johnson
24 October 1999	Middlesbrough	H	1–3	16,081	Smith
31 October 1999	Coventry City	A	0–4	21,700
6 November 1999	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2–2	21,658	Ngonge, Page
20 November 1999	Newcastle United	H	1–1	19,539	Ngonge
27 November 1999	Sunderland	H	2–3	21,590	Ngonge, Johnson (pen)
4 December 1999	Wimbledon	A	0–5	14,021
18 December 1999	Everton	H	1–3	17,346	Ngonge
26 December 1999	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–4	36,089
28 December 1999	Southampton	H	3–2	18,459	Perpetuini, Gravelaine (2)
3 January 2000	Derby County	A	0–2	28,072
15 January 2000	Liverpool	H	2–3	21,367	Johnson, Helguson
22 January 2000	Bradford City	A	2–3	16,864	Hyde, Helguson
5 February 2000	Aston Villa	A	0–4	27,647
12 February 2000	Leicester City	H	1–1	16,814	Wooter
26 February 2000	Chelsea	A	1–2	34,928	Smart
4 March 2000	West Ham United	H	1–2	18,619	Helguson
11 March 2000	Newcastle United	A	0–1	36,433
18 March 2000	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–0	15,840	Smart
25 March 2000	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–1	20,050	Smart
1 April 2000	Everton	A	2–4	31,960	Smart, Hyde
8 April 2000	Derby County	H	0–0	16,579
15 April 2000	Southampton	A	0–2	15,252
23 April 2000	Arsenal	H	2–3	19,670	Helguson, Hyde
29 April 2000	Manchester United	H	2–3	20,250	Helguson, Smith
3 May 2000	Leeds United	A	1–3	36,324	Foley
6 May 2000	Middlesbrough	A	1–1	32,930	Ward
14 May 2000	Coventry City	H	1–0	18,977	Helguson

FA Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	11 December 1999	Birmingham City	H	0–1	8,144

League Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	14 September 1999	Wigan Athletic	H	2–0	6,628	Easton, Hyde
R2 2nd Leg	21 September 1999	Wigan Athletic	A	1–3 (won on away goals)	5,006	Kennedy
R3	13 October 1999	Middlesbrough	A	0–1	8,843

Squad

^[2]^[3] 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	Alec Chamberlain
2	DF	Des Lyttle
3	DF	Peter Kennedy
4	DF	Rob Page (captain)
5	DF	Steve Palmer
6	DF	Paul Robinson
7	FW	Michel Ngonge^[4]
8	MF	Micah Hyde^[5]
9	FW	Tommy Mooney
10	MF	Richard Johnson
11	FW	Nick Wright
12	FW	Allan Smart
13	GK	Chris Day
14	MF	Nordin Wooter^[6]
15	FW	Gifton Noel-Williams
16	DF	Nigel Gibbs
17	FW	Tommy Smith

No.	Position	Player
19	MF	Clint Easton
20	MF	Jóhann Guðmundsson
22	DF	Dean Yates
23	DF	Darren Ward
24	MF	Alexandre Bonnot
25	MF	Adrian Bakalli
26	DF	David Perpetuini
27	DF	James Panayi
29	MF	Lee Johnson
30	DF	Matthew Langston
31	FW	Steve Brooker
32	DF	Mark Williams^[7]
33	FW	Dominic Foley
35	MF	Charlie Miller
36	DF	Neil Cox
37	FW	Heiðar Helguson

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
14	MF	Alon Hazan (released)
18	DF	Benedict Iroha (retired)
21	DF	Keith Millen (to Bristol City)

No.	Position	Player
21	MF	Xavier Gravelaine (to Le Havre)
28	DF	Colin Pluck (to Greenock Morton)
34	GK	Herwig Walker (released)

Reserve squad

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

No.		Position	Player
-		DF	Jerel Ifil
-		MF	Lee Cook

No.		Position	Player
-		MF	Gary Fisken
-		MF	Danny Grieves

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
7 July 1999	DF	Mark Williams	Chesterfield	Free transfer
8 July 1999	DF	Des Lyttle	Nottingham Forest	Free transfer
9 July 1999	FW	Dominic Foley	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Free transfer
1 August 1999	MF	Alexandre Bonnot	Angers	Free transfer
6 August 1999	GK	Herwig Walker	SK Vorwärts Steyr	Signed
13 September 1999	MF	Nordin Wooter	Real Zaragoza	£950,000
29 September 1999	MF	Charlie Miller	Rangers	£450,000
1 November 1999	MF	Lee Cook	Aylesbury	Signed
4 November 1999	DF	Neil Cox	Bolton Wanderers	£500,000
9 November 1999	MF	Xavier Gravelaine	Paris Saint-Germain	Free transfer
2 January 2000	FW	David Warner	Brookhouse	Signed
11 January 2000	FW	Heiðar Helguson	Lillestrøm	£1,500,000

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
22 June 1999	MF	Tony Daley	Walsall	Free transfer
6 July 1999	DF	Darren Bazeley	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Free transfer
18 August 1999	MF	Stuart Slater	Carlton	Free transfer
11 November 1999	DF	Keith Millen	Bristol City	£35,000
29 January 2000	MF	Xavier Gravelaine	Le Havre	£300,000
5 February 2000	DF	Colin Pluck	Greenock Morton	Free transfer

Transfers in:

£3,400,000

Transfers out:

£335,000

Total spending:

£3,065,000

Statistics

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions

Considering a 5-3-2 formation

GK: #1, Alec Chamberlain, 31
RWB: #36, Neil Cox, 21
CB: #5, Steve Palmer, 42
CB: #4, Rob Page, 40
CB: #32, Mark Williams, 22
LWB: #6, Paul Robinson, 33
CM: #8, Micah Hyde, 37
CM: #10, Richard Johnson, 22
CM: #3, Peter Kennedy, 20
CF: #7, Michel Ngonge, 19
CF: #14, Nordin Wooter, 18

References

↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/watford/1999-2000/results
↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1999-2000/faprem/watford.htm
↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/watford/tab/players/season/2000
↑ Ngonge was born in Huy, Belgium, but qualified to represent the Democratic Republic of the Congo (and its predecessor, Zaire) internationally.
↑ Hyde was born in Newham, England, but qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and would make his international debut for Jamaica in 2001.
↑ Wooter was born in Paramaribo, Suriname, but also qualifies to represent the Netherlands internationally and has represented the Netherlands at U-19 and U-21 level.
↑ Williams was born in Stalybridge, England, but qualifies to represent Northern Ireland internationally and made his international debut for Northern Ireland in 1999.

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