Bradford City 1999–2000 football season
Bradford City 1999–2000 season Chairman Geoffrey Richmond Manager Paul Jewell Stadium Valley Parade Premiership 17th FA Cup Fourth round League Cup Third round Top goalscorer Windass (10)Highest home attendance 18,286 (vs. Newcastle United , 18 December) Lowest home attendance 16,864 (vs. Watford , 22 January) Average home league attendance 18,030
During the 1999–2000 English football season, Bradford City competed in the FA Premier League .
Season summary [ ]
David Wetherall 's goal on the final day of the season gave Bradford City a surprise 1–0 victory over Liverpool , which secured survival and kept them in the top division that the Bantams had spent 77 years trying to regain.[1] Paul Jewell then walked out at Valley Parade to take over at relegated Sheffield Wednesday , leaving his assistant Chris Hutchings to pick up the pieces.[2] [3]
Final league table [ ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
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
Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round
18
Wimbledon (R)
38
7
12
19
46
74
−28
33
Relegation to the Football League First Division
19
Sheffield Wednesday (R)
38
8
7
23
38
70
−32
31
Source:
Premier League Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
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
9
9
20
38
68
−30
36
6
8
5
26
29
−3
3
1
15
12
39
−27
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 Ground A H A A H H A A H A H A H A A H H A H A H A H H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H Result W D L L L D L W L L W L D L L D W L D L D L W W L D D L L L L L L D W W L W Position 5 8 13 17 18 18 18 16 18 18 16 18 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 19 19 18 17 18 17
Results [ ]
Bradford City's score comes first [4]
Legend [ ]
FA Premier League [ ]
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
7 August 1999
Middlesbrough
A
1-0
33,762
Saunders
14 August 1999
Sheffield Wednesday
H
1-1
18,276
Beagrie (pen)
21 August 1999
Watford
A
0-1
15,564
25 August 1999
Arsenal
A
0-2
38,073
28 August 1999
West Ham United
H
0-3
17,926
12 September 1999
Tottenham Hotspur
H
1-1
18,143
McCall
18 September 1999
Aston Villa
A
0-1
28,083
25 September 1999
Derby County
A
1-0
31,035
Carbonari (own goal)
2 October 1999
Sunderland
H
0-4
18,204
16 October 1999
Wimbledon
A
2-3
10,029
Mills , Windass
23 October 1999
Leicester City
H
3-1
17,655
Blake , Mills , Redfearn
1 November 1999
Liverpool
A
1-3
40,483
Windass
6 November 1999
Coventry City
H
1-1
17,587
Mills
20 November 1999
Leeds United
A
1-2
39,937
Windass
28 November 1999
Chelsea
A
0-1
31,591
4 December 1999
Middlesbrough
H
1-1
17,708
Mills
18 December 1999
Newcastle United
H
2-0
18,286
Saunders , Wetherall
26 December 1999
Manchester United
A
0-4
55,188
28 December 1999
Everton
H
0-0
18,276
3 January 2000
Southampton
A
0-1
15,027
8 January 2000
Chelsea
H
1-1
18,276
Mills
15 January 2000
Sheffield Wednesday
A
0-2
24,682
22 January 2000
Watford
H
3-2
16,864
Beagrie (pen), Whalley , O'Brien
5 February 2000
Arsenal
H
2-1
18,276
Windass , Saunders
12 February 2000
West Ham United
A
4-5
25,417
Windass , Beagrie (pen), Lawrence (2)
26 February 2000
Aston Villa
H
1-1
18,276
Windass
4 March 2000
Tottenham Hotspur
A
1-1
35,472
Lawrence
12 March 2000
Leeds United
H
1-2
18,276
Beagrie
18 March 2000
Coventry City
A
0-4
19,201
25 March 2000
Manchester United
H
0-4
18,276
1 April 2000
Newcastle United
A
0-2
36,572
8 April 2000
Southampton
H
1-2
17,439
Blake
15 April 2000
Everton
A
0-4
30,646
21 April 2000
Derby County
H
4-4
18,276
Windass (3), Beagrie (pen)
24 April 2000
Sunderland
A
1-0
40,628
Dreyer
30 April 2000
Wimbledon
H
3-0
18,276
Beagrie (2, 1 pen), Windass
6 May 2000
Leicester City
A
0-3
21,103
14 May 2000
Liverpool
H
1-0
18,276
Wetherall
FA Cup [ ]
Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Goalscorers
R3
11 December 1999
Crewe Alexandra
A
2-1
6,571
Blake , Saunders
R4
11 January 2000
Gillingham
A
1-3
7,091
Saunders
League Cup [ ]
Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg
14 September 1999
Reading
H
1-1
4,961
Blake
R2 2nd Leg
22 September 1999
Reading
A
2-2
6,892 (win on away goals)
Saunders , Wetherall
R3
12 October 1999
Barnsley
H
2-3
8,583
Mills , Wetherall
First-team squad [ ]
Squad at end of season [5]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Left club during season [ ]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Reserve squad [ ]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Transfers [ ]
In [ ]
Date
Pos.
Name
From
Fee
11 June 1999
DF
Gunnar Halle
Leeds United
£200,000
15 June 1999
MF
Lee Sharpe
Leeds United
£200,000
22 June 1999
GK
Matt Clarke
Sheffield Wednesday
Free
30 June 1999
DF
David Wetherall
Leeds United
£1,400,000
8 July 1999
DF
Andy Myers
Chelsea
£800,000
31 July 1999
MF
Neil Redfearn
Charlton Athletic
£250,000
5 August 1999
FW
Dean Saunders
Benfica
Free
9 September 1999
FW
Bruno Rodriguez
Paris Saint Germain
Loan
3 February 2000
GK
Neville Southall
Torquay United
Free
14 March 2000
GK
Aidan Davison
Sheffield United
Free
17 February 2000
MF
Jorge Cadete
Benfica
Loan
21 March 2000
GK
Ademola Bankole
Queens Park Rangers
Loan
Out [ ]
Date
Pos.
Name
To
Fee
26 July 1999
FW
Robert Steiner
Queens Park Rangers
£215,000
1 August 1999
MF
Craig Ramage
Notts County
Free
20 August 1999
FW
Gordon Watson
Bournemouth
Free
23 October 1999
FW
Bruno Rodriguez
Paris Saint Germain
Loan return
8 November 1999
GK
Mark Prudhoe
Southend United
Free
17 November 1999
DF
Darren Moore
Portsmouth
£500,000
17 March 2000
MF
Neil Redfearn
Wigan Athletic
£112,500
Transfers in: £2,850,000
Transfers out: £827,500
Total spending: £2,022,500
Statistics [ ]
Starting 11 [ ]
Considering starts in all competitions [6]
GK: #13, Matt Clarke , 24
RB: #18, Gunnar Halle , 40
CB: #14, Andy O'Brien , 40
CB: #5, David Wetherall , 41
LB: #22, Wayne Jacobs , 23
RM: #7, Jamie Lawrence , 20 (#8, Robbie Blake , has 19 starts)
CM: #4, Stuart McCall , 36
CM: #10, Gareth Whalley , 18
LM: #11, Peter Beagrie , 34
CF: #28, Dean Saunders , 30 (#9, Lee Mills , has 22 starts)
CF: #15, Dean Windass , 40
Notes [ ]
^ Lawrence was born in Wandsworth , England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and would make his international debut for Jamaica in February 2001.
^ Whalley was born in Manchester , England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and has represented them at B level.
^ O'Brien was born in Harrogate , England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and would make his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 2001.
^ Davison was born in Sedgefield , England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and made his international debut for Northern Ireland in April 1996.
^ Moore was born in Birmingham , England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally through his parents and would make his international debut for Jamaica in 2006.
References [ ]
Bradford City A.F.C. seasons
National teams
UEFA Euro 2000 (Squad
Group A
Qualification Group 5 )
Kevin Keegan
League competitions
Level 1 Levels 2–4 Level 5 Levels 6–7 Levels 8–9
Isthmian League (Two , Three )
Combined Counties League (level 8 only )
Eastern Counties League (Premier , One )
Essex Senior League (level 8 only )
Hellenic League (Premier , One )
Kent League (level 8 only )
Midland Alliance (level 8 only )
Midland Football Combination (level 9 only )
North West Counties League (One , Two )
Northern Counties East League (Premier , One )
Northern League (One , Two )
Spartan South Midlands League (Premier , Senior )
Sussex County League (One , Two )
United Counties League (Premier , One )
Wessex League (level 8 only )
West Midlands (Regional) League (level 9 only )
Western League (Premier , One )
Cup competitions
FA cups Football League cups
European competitions