1999–2000 Swansea City A.F.C. season

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Swansea City
1999–2000 season
ChairmanSteve Hamer
ManagerJohn Hollins
StadiumVetch Field
Third Division1st
FA CupFirst round
League CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
All: Steve Watkin (11)
Highest home attendance10,743 (vs. Exeter City, 29 April)[1]
Lowest home attendance952 (vs. Caernarfon Town, 7 September)[1]

The 1999–00 season was Swansea City A.F.C.'s 80th season in the English football league system, in this season Swansea finished 1st in the 3rd division with a total of 85 points from 46 games.[2] It was also memorable for the fastest red card for a player in Swansea's history as Walter Boyd was red carded at half time against Darlington at Feethams and was taken off the pitch in a matter of seconds after the restart.[3]

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. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Wales WAL Roger Freestone
2 GK Wales WAL Jason Jones
3 DF England ENG Matthew Bound
5 DF England ENG Michael Howard
6 DF Wales WAL Kristian O'Leary
7 DF England ENG Jason Smith
8 MF England ENG Richard Appleby
10 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Ryan Casey
11 MF England ENG Nick Cusack (captain)
12 MF Wales WAL Lee Jenkins
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 MF Wales WAL Damien Lacey
14 MF Wales WAL
15 MF Wales WAL Jason Price
16 MF England ENG Martin Thomas
18 FW Wales WAL Tony Bird
19 FW Jamaica JAM Walter Boyd
20 FW Wales WAL Jonathan Coates
21 FW Wales WAL Stuart Roberts
22 FW Wales WAL Steve Watkin

Final league table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Swansea City 46 24 13 9 51 30 +21 85 Division Champions, promoted
2 Rotherham United 46 24 12 10 72 36 +36 84 Promoted
3 Northampton Town 46 25 7 14 63 45 +18 82
4 Darlington 46 21 16 9 66 36 +30 79 Participated in play-offs
5 Peterborough United 46 22 12 12 63 54 +9 78 Promoted through play-offs
Source: [5]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Swansea City FC". Archived from the original on 1999-11-16.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-05-27. Retrieved 2012-07-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Remember Walter Boyd?". 18 January 2012.
  4. ^ "Swans squad numbers announced". worldoffootball.net. 1999. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  5. ^ "England 1999–00". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 1 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
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