Football tournament season
1999–2000 Football League Trophy Country England Wales Teams 48 Defending champions Wigan Athletic Champions Stoke City Runners-up Bristol City Matches played 49
The 1999–2000 Football League Trophy , known as the Auto Windscreens Shield for sponsorship reasons, was the 17th staging of the Football League Trophy , a knock-out competition for English football clubs in Second and Third Division . The winners were Stoke City who beat Bristol City 2–1 in the final.
The competition began on 7 December 1999 and ended with the final on 16 April 2000 at the Wembley Stadium .
In the first round, there were two sections: North and South. In the following rounds each section gradually eliminates teams in knock-out fashion until each has a winning finalist. At this point, the two winning finalists face each other in the combined final to determine the winners of the Football League Trophy.
First round [ ]
Northern Section [ ]
Date
Home team
Score
Away team
Attendance
7 December
Hartlepool United
1 – 0
Halifax Town
1,482
7 December
Mansfield Town
2 – 1
Bury
1,205
7 December
Notts County
0 – 1
Blackpool
1,167
7 December
Preston North End
4 – 1
Wrexham
3,306
7 December
Rotherham United
2 – 1
Shrewsbury Town
1,166
7 December
Stoke City
3 – 2
Darlington
3,341
7 December
Wigan Athletic
2 – 1
Burnley
2,085
7 December
York City
0 – 1
Hull City
1,005
Southern Section [ ]
Date
Home team
Score
Away team
Attendance
7 December
Brighton & Hove Albion
1 – 0
Millwall
2,407
7 December
Gillingham
0 – 3
Torquay United
2,718
7 December
Northampton Town
1 – 0
Cardiff City
2,431
7 December
Oxford United
2 – 0
Luton Town
1,220
7 December
Southend United
0 – 1
Cheltenham Town
1,227
7 December
Swansea City
3 – 1
Colchester United
1,222
8 December
Reading
1 – 0
Leyton Orient
1,561
11 January
Cambridge United
1 – 2
Barnet
1,556
Second round [ ]
Northern Section [ ]
Date
Home team
Score
Away team
Attendance
8 January
Lincoln City
1 – 2
Scunthorpe United
3,617
10 January
Preston North End
1 – 2
Hartlepool United
3,635
11 January
Hull City
2 – 0
Chester City
1,680
11 January
Mansfield Town
0 – 1
Blackpool
1,884
11 January
Rochdale
3 – 2
Macclesfield Town
1,123
11 January
Rotherham United
1 – 4
Chesterfield
1,997
18 January
Oldham Athletic
0 – 1
Stoke City
4,682
25 January
Carlisle United
2 – 1
Wigan Athletic
1,321
Southern Section [ ]
Date
Home team
Score
Away team
Attendance
11 January
Bournemouth
1 – 0
Brighton & Hove Albion
4,325
11 January
Exeter City
2 – 0
Swansea City
964
11 January
Northampton Town
0 – 0
Bristol Rovers
2,443
Bristol Rovers won 5 – 3 on penalties
11 January
Oxford United
1 – 1
Wycombe Wanderers
1,798
Oxford United won 5 – 3 on penalties
11 January
Peterborough United
0 – 1
Brentford
2,430
11 January
Plymouth Argyle
0 – 1
Torquay United
3,124
12 January
Bristol City
3 – 1
Cheltenham Town
4,123
18 January
Barnet
0 – 1
Reading
1,109
Quarter Final [ ]
Northern Section [ ]
Date
Home team
Score
Away team
Attendance
22 February
Hartlepool United
1 – 2
Carlisle United
2,399
25 January
Blackpool
1 – 2
Stoke City
4,943
25 January
Rochdale
0 – 0
Hull City
1,745
Rochdale won 5 – 4 on penalties
25 January
Scunthorpe United
1 – 2
Chesterfield
2,583
Southern Section [ ]
Date
Home team
Score
Away team
Attendance
24 January
Bristol Rovers
1 – 2
Reading
4,948
25 January
Brentford
2 – 0
Oxford United
2,942
25 January
Bristol City
1 – 1
Bournemouth
4,291
Bristol City won 4 – 1 on penalties
25 January
Exeter City
1 – 0
Torquay United
2,599
Semi Final [ ]
Northern Section [ ]
Date
Home team
Score
Away team
Attendance
15 February
Chesterfield
0 – 1
Stoke City
3,825
7 March
Carlisle United
0 – 1
Rochdale
1,792
Southern Section [ ]
Date
Home team
Score
Away team
Attendance
15 February
Bristol City
4 – 0
Reading
8,733
15 February
Exeter City
3 – 2
Brentford
2,392
Area finals [ ]
Northern Area final [ ]
Stoke City beat Rochdale 4–1 on aggregate.
Southern Area final [ ]
Bristol City beat Exeter City 5–1 on aggregate.
Final [ ]
STOKE CITY:
GK
1
Gavin Ward
DF
5
Nicky Mohan
DF
15
Mikael Hansson
DF
22
Clive Clarke
MF
2
Brynjar Gunnarsson
MF
8
Graham Kavanagh
MF
17
James O'Connor
MF
25
Bjarni Guðjónsson
MF
36
Arnar Gunnlaugsson
62'
FW
9
Peter Thorne
FW
12
Kyle Lightbourne
89'
Substitute:
GK
14
Carl Muggleton
DF
32
Anders Jacobsen
DF
34
Richard Dryden
62'
MF
35
Steve Melton
FW
31
Chris Iwelumo
89'
Manager:
Guðjón Þórðarson
MATCH RULES
90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
Golden goal in extra time
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
Maximum of 3 substitutions.
External links [ ]
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Associate Members' Cup (1983–1992)
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National teams
UEFA Euro 2000 (Squad
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Qualification Group 5 )
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League competitions
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Western League (Premier , One )
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