1999–2000 West Ham United F.C. season

West Ham United
1999–2000 season
Chairman Terry Brown
Manager Harry Redknapp
Stadium Upton Park
Premiership 9th
FA Cup Third round
League Cup Quarter finals
Intertoto Cup Winners
UEFA Cup Second round
Top goalscorer League: Di Canio (16)
All: Di Canio (17)
Highest home attendance 26,044 (vs. Leeds United, 14 May)
Lowest home attendance 7,485 (vs. Heerenveen, 28 July)
Average home league attendance 25,093

During the 1999–2000 season, West Ham United competed in the Premier League.

Season summary

West Ham's involvement in the UEFA Intertoto Cup meant that they would have their shortest close-season in history. Only 62 days had passed since the last game of the previous season before West Ham took to the field against Jokerit of Finland.

West Ham had already played four games before the Premier League season began, and this match-fitness head-start on the rest of the division would see them in third place after five games.

Although they lost in the first leg of the Intertoto Cup Final at home to Metz 1-0, West Ham managed to win the return leg 3-1 two weeks later and ensure UEFA Cup football.

Harry Redknapp regarded this result as his greatest night as West Ham's manager: "That was a great performance and a great day for West Ham, to win the Intertoto Cup and to be in the UEFA Cup and turning in such an outstanding performance against a good French team, to go over there and play so well and win 3-1. We took great support over to France and they enjoyed their day. Yeah, I think that was special. That was a real good day for me and West Ham's history."

Frank Lampard was West Ham's top European goalscorer with four in ten games. He, along with Trevor Sinclair, Paolo Di Canio and captain Steve Lomas, were ever-present in West Ham's European campaign.

After making only one substitute appearance in West Ham's first Intertoto Cup game, Ian Wright was loaned to Nottingham Forest. Later in the season he would sign a permanent deal at Celtic.

On 15 December 1999, West Ham played a League Cup quarter-final game against Aston Villa. The game went to extra time and a reserve player, Emmanuel Omoyinmi, was brought on as a substitute for Paulo Wanchope in the 113th minute. Unknown to manager Harry Redknapp, Omoyinmi had previously played in the competition for Gillingham, where he had spent time on loan earlier in the season, and was thus ineligible to play. Although the Hammers won the game on penalties, the game was replayed after the Football League upheld a complaint by Villa. West Ham lost the replay 3-1. The error eventually led to the resignations of club secretary Graham Mackrell and football secretary Alison Dowd: "Whatever happens, I'm responsible for administration here at West Ham United. The buck does stop with me," said Mackrell.[1]

26 March 2000 saw West Ham meet Wimbledon. The Hammers had only beaten the Dons at home twice in the previous ten meetings between the clubs. The 9th minute of the game saw Paolo Di Canio score what would become the BBC's "Goal of the Season" with an airborne volley. Frederic Kanoute doubled West Ham's lead in the 59th minute, before Wimbledon pulled one back after 75 minutes with a 25-yard volley from former Hammer Michael Hughes.

West Ham's heaviest defeat of the season came on 1 April 2000 when they were demolished by table-toppers and eventual champions Manchester United. Paolo Wanchope opened the scoring with a goal in the 11th minute, which was to be West Ham's only goal of the game; Manchester United proceeded to put seven past West Ham, including a Paul Scholes hat-trick.

This sparked West Ham into a run of three straight wins, culminating with their biggest win of the season on 22 April 2000, when they beat Coventry City 5-0. Paolo Di Canio scored two goals in the 48th and 67th minutes, with the others coming from Michael Carrick (7), Javier Margas (14) and Frederic Kanoute (83).

The Boleyn Ground saw its largest attendance on the last day of the season as 26,044 fans packed in to see the clash against Leeds United. The game ended 0-0, and West Ham finished 9th in the Premier League, putting them in the top nine for the third consecutive season.

Said Harry Redknapp after the Leeds game: "It's been a good season again. People don't realise that West Ham have only finished in the top ten 14 times in its entire history and this is only the second time that we've done it three years running."

Paolo Di Canio was the season's leading scorer with 17 goals in all competitions.

Trevor Sinclair made the most appearances with 49 in all competitions.

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 15 10 13 52 53 −1 55 11 5 3 32 23 +9 4 5 10 20 30 −10

Source: 1999-2000 FA Premier League table

Results by round
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAAHAHAAAHHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHHAHAHHAAH
Result W D W W W L L W L D L L D W W D L D D D D W L W L W W L D W L W W W L L L D
Position 5 8 6 4 3 8 9 9 10 11 12 12 11 10 8 8 9 11 10 11 11 8 10 9 11 10 6 10 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9

Source: 11v11.com: 1999-2000 West Ham United results
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results

West Ham United's score comes first[2]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

FA Premier League

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
7 August 1999 Tottenham HotspurH1-026,010Lampard
16 August 1999 Aston VillaA2-226,250Southgate (own goal), Sinclair
21 August 1999 Leicester CityH2-123,631Wanchope, Di Canio
28 August 1999 Bradford CityA3-017,926Di Canio, Sinclair, Wanchope
11 September 1999 WatfordH1-025,310Di Canio
19 September 1999 EvertonA0-135,154
25 September 1999 Coventry CityA0-119,993
3 October 1999 ArsenalH2-126,009Di Canio (2)
17 October 1999 MiddlesbroughA0-231,862
24 October 1999 SunderlandH1-126,022Sinclair
27 October 1999 LiverpoolA0-144,012
30 October 1999 Leeds UnitedA0-140,190
7 November 1999 ChelseaA0-034,935
21 November 1999 Sheffield WednesdayH4-323,015Wanchope, Di Canio (pen), Foé, Lampard
27 November 1999 LiverpoolH1-026,043Sinclair
6 December 1999 Tottenham HotspurA0-036,233
18 December 1999 Manchester UnitedH2-426,037Di Canio (2)
26 December 1999 WimbledonA2-221,180Sinclair, Lampard
28 December 1999 Derby CountyH1-124,998Di Canio
3 January 2000 Newcastle UnitedA2-236,314Lampard, Štimac
15 January 2000 Aston VillaH1-124,237Di Canio
22 January 2000 Leicester CityA3-119,019[Wanchope (2), Di Canio
5 February 2000 SouthamptonA1-215,257Lampard
12 February 2000 Bradford CityH5-425,417Sinclair, Moncur, Di Canio (pen), Cole, Lampard
26 February 2000 EvertonH0-426,025
4 March 2000 WatfordA2-118,619Lomas, Wanchope
8 March 2000 SouthamptonH2-023,484Wanchope, Sinclair
11 March 2000 Sheffield WednesdayA1-321,147Lampard
18 March 2000 ChelseaH0-026,041
26 March 2000 WimbledonH2-120,050Di Canio, Kanouté
1 April 2000 Manchester UnitedA1-761,611Wanchope
12 April 2000 Newcastle UnitedH2-125,817Wanchope (2)
15 April 2000 Derby CountyA2-131,202Wanchope (2)
22 April 2000 Coventry CityH5-024,719Carrick, Margas, Di Canio (2), Kanouté
29 April 2000 MiddlesbroughH0-125,472
2 May 2000 ArsenalA1-238,093Di Canio
6 May 2000 SunderlandA0-141,684
14 May 2000 Leeds UnitedH0-026,044

FA Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R311 December 1999 Tranmere RoversA0-113,629

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R313 October 1999 BournemouthH2-022,067Keller, Lampard
R430 November 1999 Birmingham CityA3-217,728Lomas, Kitson, Cole
R511 January 2000 Aston VillaH1-3 (a.e.t.)25,592Lampard

NOTE: This match was a replay after West Ham were order to replay the match after fielding an ineligible player in the original tie[3]

Intertoto Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R3 1st leg17 July 1999 JokeritH1-011,098Kitson
R3 2nd leg24 July 1999 JokeritA1-1 (won 2-1 on agg)7,667Lampard
SF 1st leg28 July 1999 HeerenveenH1-07,485Lampard
SF 2nd leg4 August 1999 HeerenveenA1-0 (won 2-0 on agg)13,500Wanchope
F 1st leg10 August 1999 MetzH0-125,372
F 2nd leg24 August 1999 MetzA3-1 (won 3-2 on agg)19,599Sinclair, Lampard, Wanchope

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 UEFA Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R1 1st leg16 September 1999 OsijekH3-025,331Wanchope, Di Canio, Lampard
R1 2nd leg30 September 1999 OsijekA3-1 (won 6-1 on agg)15,000Kitson, Ruddock, Foé
R2 1st leg21 October 1999 Steaua BucureștiA0-212,550
R2 2nd leg4 November 1999 Steaua BucureștiH0-0 (lost 0-2 on agg)24,514

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[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 Trinidad and Tobago GK Shaka Hislop[5]
2 England DF Gary Charles
3 England DF Stuart Pearce
4 England DF Steve Potts[6]
5 Croatia DF Igor Štimac
6 England DF Neil Ruddock
7 France MF Marc Keller
8 England MF Trevor Sinclair
9 England FW Paul Kitson
10 Italy FW Paolo Di Canio
11 Northern Ireland MF Steve Lomas[7]
12 Costa Rica FW Paulo Wanchope
13 Cameroon MF Marc-Vivien Foé
14 France FW Frédéric Kanouté[8] (on loan from Lyon)
15 England DF Rio Ferdinand
16 England MF John Moncur
18 England MF Frank Lampard
19 England DF Ian Pearce
20 England DF Scott Minto
21 England MF Michael Carrick
22 Canada GK Craig Forrest
No. Position Player
24 France FW Samassi Abou
25 England DF Stevland Angus
26 England MF Joe Cole
27 Nigeria FW Emmanuel Omoyinmi
28 England GK Les Sealey
29 United States GK Ian Feuer
30 Chile DF Javier Margas
31 Turkey FW Ömer Rıza[9]
32 England GK Stephen Bywater
33 England MF Craig Etherington
34 England FW Gary Alexander
35 Republic of Ireland DF Shaun Byrne[10]
36 England DF Terrell Forbes
37 Northern Ireland MF Grant McCann
38 England DF Adam Newton[11]
39 England DF Stephen Purches
40 England MF Jimmy Bullard
42 England FW Jermain Defoe
43 Australia MF Richard Garcia
44 England FW Gavin Holligan
45 England DF Ezomo Iriekpen

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
2 England DF Rob Jones (retired)
14 England FW Ian Wright (to Celtic)
No. Position Player
23 Australia DF Chris Coyne (to Dundee)
28 Serbia and Montenegro GK Saša Ilić[12] (on loan from Charlton Athletic)

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
- Republic of Ireland GK Alex O'Reilly
- Australia DF Steve Laurie
- England MF Leon Britton
- Australia MF Michael Ferrante
No. Position Player
- Finland MF Daniel Sjölund
- England FW Amos Foyewa
- Uganda FW Moses Junju

Statistics

No. Player Position Euro apps Euro gls Lge apps Lge gls FAC apps FAC gls LC apps LC gls Date signed Previous club
1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup second leg winning team
1 Trinidad and Tobago Shaka Hislop GK 9 22 1 3 July 1998 Newcastle United
8 England Trevor Sinclair RWB 10 1 36 7 1 2+1 January 1998 Queens Park Rangers
4 England Steve Potts CB 7+1 16+1 1 1 May 1984 Academy
11 Northern Ireland Steve Lomas (captain) CB 10 25 1 1 2 1 March 1997 Manchester City
15 England Rio Ferdinand CB 9 33 1 3 November 1995 Academy
7 France Marc Keller LWB 6+1 19+4 2+1 1 July 1998 Karlsruher
13 Cameroon Marc-Vivien Foé CM 5+1 1 25 1 1 3 January 1999 Lens
16 England John Moncur CM 5+1 20+2 1 June 1994 Swindon Town
18 England Frank Lampard CM 10 4 34 7 1 3 2 July 1995 Academy
10 Italy Paolo Di Canio
(Hammer of the Year)
CF 10 1 29+1 16 1 3 January 1999 Sheffield Wednesday
12 Costa Rica Paulo Wanchope CF 7+1 3 33+2 12 0+1 2 July 1999 Derby County
Substitute
26 England Joe Cole M 2+3 17+5 1 1 2+1 1 July 1997 Academy
Other players
5 Croatia Igor Štimac CB 2 24 1 2 August 1999 Derby County
20 England Scott Minto LWB 5 15+3 1 1 January 1999 Benfica
6 England Neil Ruddock CB 5 1 12+3 1 2+1 July 1998 Liverpool
30 Chile Javier Margas CB 2+1 15+3 1 1 July 1998 Universidad Católica
22 Canada Craig Forrest GK 1 9+2 July 1995 Ipswich Town
9 England Paul Kitson CF 3+5 2 4+6 0+1 0+2 1 February 1997 Newcastle United
Other players
14 Mali Frédéric Kanouté F 8 2 May 2000 Lyon
3 England Stuart Pearce CB 8 July 1999 Newcastle United
21 England Michael Carrick CM 0+1 4+4 1 July 1998 Academy
32 England Stephen Bywater GK 3+1 20 February 1998 Rochdale
29 United States Ian Feuer GK 3 February 2000 Cardiff City
2 England Gary Charles RB 2+2 1 October 1999 Benfica
2 England Rob Jones RB 1 July 1999 Liverpool
28 Serbia and Montenegro Saša Ilić GK 1 February 2000 Charlton Athletic
19 England Ian Pearce CB 1+1 1 September 1997 Blackburn Rovers
38 England Adam Newton CD 0+1 0+2 December 1997 Academy
17 Australia Stan Lazaridis LW 0+1 September 1995 West Adelaide
14 England Ian Wright CF 0+1 August 1998 Arsenal
37 Republic of Ireland Shaun Byrne LWB 0+1 July 1998 Academy

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions[13]

No.
Pos
Nat
Name
MS Notes
1 GK Trinidad and Tobago Shaka Hislop 34
3 CB England Rio Ferdinand 45
18 CB Croatia Igor Štimac 28
19 CB England Steve Potts 24 John Moncur has 24 starts
8 RM England Trevor Sinclair 48
7 CM Northern Ireland Steve Lomas 37
14 CM Cameroon Marc-Vivien Foé 33
18 CM England Frank Lampard 47
11 LM France Marc Keller 27
10 CF Italy Paolo Di Canio 42
9 CF Costa Rica Paulo Wanchope 41

Transfers

Signings for the 1999-2000 season included full-backs Gary Charles, for £1.2 million from Benfica, and 37-year-old former England International Stuart Pearce, who signed from Newcastle United on a free transfer. Also arriving was Croatian Igor Štimac, for £600,000, who followed his Derby County team-mate Paulo Wanchope to Upton Park. West Ham had already spent £3.5 million the previous month to bring in the lanky Costa Rican.

All of these transfers had been funded by the £5.75 million sale of Eyal Berkovic to Celtic, and Stan Lazaridis' £1.9 million departure to Birmingham City. West Ham had only spent £300,000 for Lazaridis four years earlier.

Harry Redknapp had tried to bring Slaven Bilić back from Everton but the player failed a medical.

In

Out

References

  1. Thorne, Peter (2004). Nightmare On Green Street. Football World. pp. 8–20. ISBN 0-9548336-2-7.
  2. http://www.statto.com/football/teams/west-ham-united/1999-2000/results
  3. League order replay - independent.co.uk
  4. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1999-2000/faprem/westham.htm
  5. Hislop was born in Hackney, England, and represented them at U-21 level, but was raised in Trinidad and Tobago and made his international debut for Trinidad and Tobago in 1999.
  6. Potts was born in Hartford, Connecticut, the United States.
  7. Lomas was born in Hanover, Germany, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and made his international debut for Northern Ireland in 1994.
  8. Kanouté was born in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, France, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Mali internationally through his father and made his international debut for Mali in 2004.
  9. Rıza was born in Edmonton, England, but qualified to represent Turkey internationally and has represented them at A2 level.
  10. Byrne was born in Taplow, England, but qualifies to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and has represented them at U-16 and U-21 level.
  11. Newton was born in Ascot, England, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Saint Kitts and Nevis internationally and made his international debut for Saint Kitts and Nevis in 2004.
  12. Ilić was born in Melbourne, Australia, but also qualified to represent Serbia and Montenegro internationally and made his international debut for Serbia and Montenegro in 1998.
  13. http://www.11v11.com/teams/west-ham-united/tab/players/season/2000
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, January 15, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.