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)
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	← 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 v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
3	Northampton Town (P)	46	25	7	14	63	45	+18	82	Promotion to the Second Division
4	Darlington	46	21	16	9	66	36	+30	79	Qualification for the Third Division play-offs
5	Peterborough United (O, P)	46	22	12	12	63	54	+9	78
6	Barnet	46	21	12	13	59	53	+6	75
7	Hartlepool United	46	21	9	16	60	49	+11	72

Source: ^[1]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results

Peterborough United's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

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'

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


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

Appearances for competitive matches only

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
Pos.	Name	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

^ "England 1999–00". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 1 February 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.

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

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