1999–2000 Peterborough United F.C. season

Peterborough United

1999–2000 season
Football League Third Division	5th
FA Cup	First round
League Cup	First round
Football League Trophy	Second Round
Top goalscorer	Andy Clarke (18)
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

During the 1999–2000 English football season, Peterborough United Football Club competed in the Football League Third Division where they finished in 5th position on 78 points and gained promotion to the Football League Second Division via the Play-offs.

Final league table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1.	Swansea City	46	24	13	9	51	30	85
2.	Rotherham United	46	24	12	10	72	36	84
3.	Northampton Town	46	25	7	14	63	45	82
4.	Darlington	46	21	16	9	66	36	79
5.	Peterborough United	46	22	12	12	63	54	78
6.	Barnet	46	21	12	13	59	53	75
7.	Hartlepool United	46	21	9	16	60	49	72
8.	Cheltenham Town	46	20	10	16	50	42	70
9.	Torquay United	46	19	12	15	62	52	69
10.	Rochdale	46	18	14	14	57	54	68
11.	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	17	16	13	64	47	67
12.	Plymouth Argyle	46	16	18	12	55	51	66
13.	Macclesfield Town	46	18	11	17	66	61	65
14.	Hull City	46	15	14	17	43	43	59
15.	Lincoln City	46	15	14	17	67	69	59
16.	Southend United	46	15	11	20	53	61	56
17.	Mansfield Town	46	16	8	22	50	65	56
18.	Halifax Town	46	12	16	18	44	58	54
19.	Leyton Orient	46	13	13	20	47	52	52
20.	York City	46	12	16	18	39	53	52
21.	Exeter City	46	11	11	24	46	72	44
22.	Shrewsbury Town	46	9	13	24	40	67	40
23.	Carlisle United	46	9	12	25	42	75	39
24.	Chester City	46	10	9	27	44	79	39

Key
Promoted to Division 2
Qualified for the promotion playoff
Relegated to Conference

Results

Peterborough United's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Division Three

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	7 August 1999	Hartlepool United	H	2 – 1	5,886	Castle 34', Green 83'
2	14 August 1999	Northampton Town	A	1 – 0	6,253	Davies 66'
3	21 August 1999	Leyton Orient	H	2 – 1	6,448	Etherington 19', Castle 15'
4	28 August 1999	Plymouth Argyle	A	1 – 2	4,189	Farrell 90'
5	30 August 1999	Darlington	H	4 – 2	6,044	Shields 5', Martin 9', Farrell 17', Etherington 55'
6	3 September 1999	Mansfield Town	A	1 – 3	3,338	Castle 78' (pen)
7	11 September 1999	York City	A	0 – 0	2,832
8	18 September 1999	Cheltenham Town	H	1 – 0	5,242	Castle 68'
9	25 September 1999	Southend United	A	1 – 0	6,187	Davies 37'
10	2 October 1999	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	0 – 0	7,823
11	9 October 1999	Chester City	H	2 – 1	4,965	Forinton 9', 43'
12	16 October 1999	Halifax Town	A	1 – 2	3,292	Broughton 90'
13	19 October 1999	Torquay United	A	1 – 2	2,000	Etherington 19'
14	23 October 1999	Southend United	H	1 – 0	5,860	Chapple 85'
15	2 November 1999	Lincoln City	A	2 – 1	5,032	Forinton 38', 43'
16	6 November 1999	Shrewsbury Town	H	4 – 1	5,264	Clarke 7', 29', Castle 19', Forinton 24'
17	12 November 1999	Carlisle United	A	1 – 1	2,515	Forinton 34'
18	20 November 1999	Macclesfield Town	H	2 – 2	5,083	Clarke 19', Edwards 48'
19	27 November 1999	Barnet	H	1 – 2	8,631	Forinton 9'
20	4 December 1999	Hartlepool United	A	0 – 1	2,404
21	26 December 1999	Rotherham United	H	0 – 5	10,793
22	28 December 1999	Exeter City	A	2 – 2	2,695	Clarke 9', 81'
23	3 January 2000	Swansea City	H	2 – 3	6,439	Gill 2', Castle 45'
24	8 January 2000	Hull City	A	3 – 2	5,898	Clarke 68', 90', Scott 75'
25	15 January 2000	Northampton Town	H	1 – 0	9,104	Lee 72'
26	22 January 2000	Leyton Orient	A	1 – 1	4,795	Lee 19'
27	29 January 2000	Plymouth Argyle	H	2 – 0	5,694	Castle 82', Clarke 88'
28	6 February 2000	Darlington	A	0 – 2	4,688
29	12 February 2000	Mansfield Town	H	1 – 0	5,472	Lee 42'
30	19 February 2000	Barnet	A	2 – 0	3,753	Castle 21', Lee 45'
31	22 February 2000	Hull City	H	2 – 1	6,668	Drury 54', Scott 88'
32	26 February 2000	Cheltenham Town	A	1 – 2	4,250	Clarke 72'
33	4 March 2000	York City	H	2 – 0	5,578	Clarke 40', Lee 80'
34	7 March 2000	Shrewsbury Town	A	1 – 0	2,018	Clarke 18'
35	11 March 2000	Lincoln City	H	2 – 2	7,882	Farrell 11', Clarke 14'
36	18 March 2000	Macclesfield Town	A	1 – 1	2,309	Scott 18'
37	21 March 2000	Carlisle United	H	0 – 2	5,178
38	25 March 2000	Rotherham United	A	1 – 1	5,319	Cullen 42'
39	1 April 2000	Rochdale	H	3 – 3	5,587	Clarke 17', Rea 68', Lee 82'
40	8 April 2000	Swansea City	A	0 – 0	6,574
41	15 April 2000	Exeter City	H	3 – 1	5,276	Clarke 2', Cullen 26', Edwards 32'
42	18 April 2000	Rochdale	A	2 – 1	2,816	Castle 8', 40'
43	22 April 2000	Halifax Town	H	2 – 1	7,194	Cullen 67', Clarke 70'
44	26 April 2000	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	0 – 0	5,813
45	29 April 2000	Torquay United	A	0 – 2	8,242
46	6 May 2000	Chester City	A	1 – 0	4,905	Hanlon 64'

Football League Division Three Play-offs

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
Semi final 1st Leg	13 May 2000	Barnet	A	2 – 1	4,535	Lee 5', Clarke 68'
Semi final 2nd Leg	17 May 2000	Barnet	H	3 – 0	10,515	Farrell 28', 70', 89'
Final	26 May 2000	Darlington	N	1 – 0	33,383	Clarke 74'

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1 1st Leg	11 August 1999	Reading	A	0 – 0	4,651
R1 2nd Leg	24 August 1999	Reading	H	1 – 2	4,109	Shields 20'

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	30 October 1999	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	1 – 1	7,260	Clarke 24'
R1 Replay	9 November 1999	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	0 – 3	5,612

Football League Trophy

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R2	11 January 2000	Brentford	H	0 – 1	2,430

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 Mark Tyler 2 DF Dean Hooper 3 DF Adam Drury 4 DF Richard Scott 5 DF Matt Wicks 6 DF Andy Edwards 7 MF David Farrell 8 MF Simon Davies (sold to Tottenham) 8 DF Zat Knight (on loan from Fulham) 9 FW Andy Clarke 10 FW Drewe Broughton 11 MF Matthew Etherington (sold to Tottenham) 11 MF Jon Cullen 12 MF Matthew Gill 13 GK Bart Griemink 14 FW Francis Green 15 DF Phil Chapple (club captain) 16 FW Matthew Hann 17 MF Niall Inman 18 MF Ritchie Hanlon

No. Position Player 19 DF Gareth Jelleyman 20 MF Tony Shields 22 MF Grant Haley 23 MF Helgi Danielsson 24 MF Chris Cleaver 25 GK Andy Woodman (on loan from Brentford) 26 MF Daniel French 27 MF Anders Koogi 28 DF Gerard Lyttle 29 FW Jae Martin 30 MF Steve Castle 31 GK Dan Connor 32 FW Aaron Cable 34 DF Simon Rea 35 FW Howard Forinton 36 FW Jason Lee 37 GK Luke Steele 38 DF Dan Murray 39 MF Adam Tanner 40 MF David Oldfield

Appearances for competitive matches only

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
FW	Drewe Broughton	5(5)	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	7(5)	1
MF	Steve Castle	36(3)	10	1	0	2	0	3	0	42(3)	10
DF	Phil Chapple	15(1)	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	17(1)	1
FW	Andy Clarke	33(4)	15	2	1	0	0	4	2	40(4)	18
GK	Dan Connor	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0
MF	Jon Cullen	12	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	13(3)	3
MF	Simon Davies	16	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	20	2
DF	Adam Drury	41(1)	1	2	0	2	0	4	0	49(1)	1
DF	Andy Edwards	44	2	2	0	2	0	4	0	52	2
MF	Matthew Etherington	19	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	22	3
MF	David Farrell	33(2)	3	0	0	2	0	3	3	38(2)	6
FW	Howard Forinton	19(6)	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	21(6)	7
MF	Daniel French	0(6)	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0(7)	0
MF	Matthew Gill	7(13)	1	0	0	0	0	1(2)	0	8(15)	1
FW	Francis Green	8(12)	1	1	0	0(1)	0	1(2)	0	10(14)	1
GK	Bart Griemink	14(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14(1)	0
DF	Grant Haley	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MF	Ritchie Hanlon	9(7)	1	0	0	0	0	1(2)	0	10(9)	1
DF	Dean Hooper	28(1)	0	2	0	2	0	1(1)	0	33(2)	0
MF	Niall Inman	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0(2)	0
MF	Gareth Jelleyman	14(6)	0	0	0	0	0	3(1)	0	17(7)	0
DF	Zat Knight	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
DF	Anders Koogi	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0
FW	Jason Lee	23	6	0	0	0	0	2	1	25	6
FW	Jae Martin	7(7)	1	0	0	1(1)	0	1	0	9(8)	1
DF	Dan Murray	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
MF	David Oldfield	9	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	12	0
DF	Simon Rea	11(3)	1	0	0	0(1)	0	2(1)	0	13(4)	1
DF	Richard Scott	28(6)	3	0	0	0	0	4	0	32(6)	3
MF	Tony Shields	15(9)	1	1	0	2	1	0(1)	0	18(10)	1
GK	Mark Tyler	32	0	2	0	2	0	4	0	40	0
DF	Matthew Wicks	17(3)	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	21(3)	0

References

Peterborough United 1999–2000 at soccerbase.com (use drop down list to select relevant season)

See also

• 1999–2000 in English football