The City Ground

SEASON: 1999-00

Prev Season: 1998-99
This Season: 1999-00
Next Season: 2000-01

DIVISION:: Nationwide League Division One (Tier 2)
MANAGER(s):: David Platt
FA Cup:: Lost in the 4th Round (Chelsea (A) 0-2)
League Cup:: 4th Round (Sheffield Wednesday (A) 1-4)
Player Of The Year:: Dave Beasant

Top Goalscorer:: Alan Rogers, Dougie Freedman (11 goals)

When goals were scored and conceded

	First Half					Second Half
Time:	0-10 mins	10-20 mins	20-30 mins	30-40 mins	40-45 mins	45-50 mins	50-60 mins	60-70 mins	70-80 mins	80-90 mins	Injury Time
Num goals scored:	4	6	5	9	7	4	5	5	5	10	3
Num goals conceded:	5	6	9	8	1	1	9	8	10	6

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals
Scored	22 times	8 times	7 times	1 time
Conceded	22 times	7 times	7 times	2 times
Won By	6 times	7 times	4 times
Lost By	12 times	5 times	4 times

Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days		Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green = win; Blue = draw; Red = loss)
1		1	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Charlton Athletic (1-1)
2		2	1	-	-	1	1	3	0	Manchester City (1-3)
3		3	2	-	-	2	1	6	0	Huddersfield Town (1-3), Charlton Athletic (0-3)
4		4	1	-	-	1	0	1	0	Manchester City (0-1)
5		5	2	-	1	1	1	2	1	Stockport County (1-1), Ipswich Town (0-1)
6		6	4	2	1	1	6	3	7	West Bromwich Albion (1-1), Barnsley (3-0), Huddersfield Town (1-2), Birmingham City (1-0)
7		7	3	-	1	2	0	4	1	Barnsley (0-1), Fulham (0-0), Wolverhampton Wanderers (0-3)
8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
9	8	9	2	-	2	-	2	2	2	Queens Park Rangers (1-1), Fulham (1-1)
10	14	10	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Queens Park Rangers (1-1)
11	14	11	2	1	-	1	1	1	3	Birmingham City (1-0), Blackburn Rovers (0-1)
12	6	12	2	1	-	1	4	2	3	Walsall (4-1), Norwich City (0-1)
13	4	13	2	-	1	1	2	3	1	Blackburn Rovers (1-2), Tranmere Rovers (1-1)
14	15	14	4	1	2	1	4	6	5	Tranmere Rovers (0-3), Norwich City (1-1), Sheffield United (0-0), Stockport County (3-2)
15	18	15	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Bolton Wanderers (1-1)
16	16	16	2	2	-	-	3	0	6	Crewe Alexandra (1-0), Crystal Palace (2-0)
17	45	17	1	-	-	1	0	2	0	Crystal Palace (0-2)
18	63	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
19	45	19	2	1	1	-	2	0	4	Portsmouth (2-0), West Bromwich Albion (0-0)
20	11	20	5	2	-	3	11	10	6	Grimsby Town (2-1), Bolton Wanderers (2-3), Sheffield United (1-2), Grimsby Town (3-4), Crewe Alexandra (3-0)
21		21	4	2	2	-	5	1	8	Swindon Town (0-0), Wolverhampton Wanderers (1-1), Port Vale (2-0), Walsall (2-0)
22		22	1	-	-	1	1	2	0	Portsmouth (1-2)
23	7	23	1	1	-	-	2	0	3	Port Vale (2-0)
24		24	1	1	-	-	3	1	3	Swindon Town (3-1)

Not included: Week 1 game against Ipswich Town (1-3) as all teams were unplaced at the time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 25,846
Lowest League Attendance:: 13,841
Average League Attendance:: 17,196
Highest Cup Attendance:: 8,300
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 5,015

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 16
Red cards:: 10
Yellow cards:: 37
Own goals (for):: 4 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: (scored by us for opponents)
Yellow cards:: 37
Penalties scored:: 6
Penalties conceded:: 6
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE (1999-00)

FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION ONE (Tier 2)								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Charlton Athletic	46	27	10	9	79	45	15	3	5	37	18	12	7	4	42	27	34	91	Promoted as Champions	1-1	0-3
2	Manchester City	46	26	11	9	78	40	17	2	4	48	17	9	9	5	30	23	38	89	Promoted	1-3	0-1
3	Ipswich Town	46	25	12	9	71	42	16	3	4	39	17	9	9	5	32	25	29	87	Promoted via playoffs	0-1	1-3
4	Barnsley	46	24	10	12	88	67	15	4	4	48	24	9	6	8	40	43	21	82		3-0	0-1
5	Birmingham City	46	22	11	13	65	44	15	5	3	37	16	7	6	10	28	28	21	77		1-0	1-0
6	Bolton Wanderers	46	21	13	12	69	50	14	5	4	43	26	7	8	8	26	24	19	76		1-1	2-3
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	21	11	14	64	48	15	5	3	45	20	6	6	11	19	28	16	74		1-1	0-3
8	Huddersfield Town	46	21	11	14	62	49	14	5	4	43	21	7	6	10	19	28	13	74		1-3	1-2
9	Fulham	46	17	16	13	49	41	13	7	3	33	13	4	9	10	16	28	8	67		0-0	1-1
10	Queens Park Rangers	46	16	18	12	62	53	9	12	2	30	20	7	6	10	32	33	9	66		1-1	1-1
11	Blackburn Rovers	46	15	17	14	55	51	10	9	4	33	20	5	8	10	22	31	4	62		0-1	1-2
12	Norwich City	46	14	15	17	45	50	11	6	6	26	22	3	9	11	19	28	-5	57		1-1	0-1
13	Tranmere Rovers	46	15	12	19	57	68	10	8	5	35	27	5	4	14	22	41	-11	57		1-1	0-3
14	Nottingham Forest	46	14	14	18	53	55	9	10	4	29	18	5	4	14	24	37	-2	56
15	Crystal Palace	46	13	15	18	57	67	7	11	5	33	26	6	4	13	24	41	-10	54		2-0	0-2
16	Sheffield United	46	13	15	18	59	71	10	8	5	38	24	3	7	13	21	47	-12	54		0-0	1-2
17	Stockport County	46	13	15	18	55	67	8	8	7	33	31	5	7	11	22	36	-12	54		1-1	3-2
18	Portsmouth	46	13	12	21	55	66	9	6	8	36	27	4	6	13	19	39	-11	51		2-0	1-2
19	Crewe Alexandra	46	14	9	23	46	67	9	5	9	27	31	5	4	14	19	36	-21	51		1-0	3-0
20	Grimsby Town	46	13	12	21	41	67	10	8	5	27	25	3	4	16	14	42	-26	51		2-1	3-4
21	West Bromwich Albion	46	10	19	17	43	60	6	11	6	25	26	4	8	11	18	34	-17	49		0-0	1-1
22	Walsall	46	11	13	22	52	77	7	6	10	26	34	4	7	12	26	43	-25	46	Relegated	4-1	2-0
23	Port Vale	46	7	15	24	48	69	6	6	11	27	30	1	9	13	21	39	-21	36	Relegated	2-0	2-0
24	Swindon Town	46	8	12	26	38	77	5	6	12	23	37	3	6	14	15	40	-39	36	Relegated	3-1	0-0

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GAMES
Manager for all games: David Platt

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 07, 1999	Ipswich Town	A	1-3	Loss	20,830	23	Bart-Williams (76 pen)
2	Sat Aug 14, 1999	Grimsby Town	H	2-1	Win	17,121	12	Freedman (27), Palmer (87)
3	Fri Aug 20, 1999	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-1	Draw	13,202	9	Freedman (62)
4	Sat Aug 28, 1999	Queens Park Rangers	H	1-1	Draw	18,442	14	Wright (29)
5	Mon Aug 30, 1999	Manchester City	A	0-1	Loss	31,857	16
6	Sat Sep 04, 1999	Walsall	H	4-1	Win	15,081	8	Freedman (43, 76), Chettle (71 pen), Wright (86)
7	Sat Sep 11, 1999	Swindon Town	A	0-0	Draw	8,203	9
8	Sun Sep 19, 1999	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-1	Draw	20,694	11	Allou (46)
9	Sat Sep 25, 1999	Bolton Wanderers	A	2-3	Loss	14,978	14	Freedman (47), Wright (50 pen)
10	Fri Oct 01, 1999	Barnsley	H	3-0	Win	15,255	8	Rogers (63), Bonalair (68), Freedman (90)
11	Sat Oct 16, 1999	Sheffield United	A	1-2	Loss	15,687	15	Freedman (43)
12	Tue Oct 19, 1999	Port Vale	A	2-0	Win	5,714	11	Bonalair (6), Wright (44)
13	Sat Oct 23, 1999	Stockport County	H	1-1	Draw	15,770	11	Wright (16)
14	Wed Oct 27, 1999	Bolton Wanderers	H	1-1	Draw	15,572	13	Harewood (32)
15	Sat Oct 30, 1999	Barnsley	A	0-1	Loss	14,727	15
16	Sat Nov 06, 1999	Norwich City	A	0-1	Loss	15,818	16
17	Sun Nov 14, 1999	Huddersfield Town	H	1-3	Loss	15,258	17	Rogers (45)
18	Sat Nov 20, 1999	Tranmere Rovers	A	0-3	Loss	6,693	18
19	Wed Nov 24, 1999	Portsmouth	H	2-0	Win	13,841	16	John (6), Beck (11)
20	Sat Nov 27, 1999	Crystal Palace	A	0-2	Loss	15,920	18
21	Sun Dec 05, 1999	Ipswich Town	H	0-1	Loss	15,724	19
22	Wed Dec 15, 1999	Fulham	H	0-0	Draw	14,250	19
23	Sat Dec 18, 1999	Crewe Alexandra	H	1-0	Win	15,289	19	John (75)
24	Sun Dec 26, 1999	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-2	Loss	23,406	20	Johnson (31)
25	Tue Dec 28, 1999	Birmingham City	H	1-0	Win	20,821	17	Harewood (81)
26	Mon Jan 03, 2000	Charlton Athletic	A	0-3	Loss	19,787	17
27	Sat Jan 15, 2000	Grimsby Town	A	3-4	Loss	6,738	18	Rogers (33, 90), Mark Lever (47 OG)
28	Sat Jan 22, 2000	West Bromwich Albion	H	0-0	Draw	19,863	18
29	Sat Jan 29, 2000	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-1	Draw	12,297	18	Quashie (12)
30	Sat Feb 05, 2000	Manchester City	H	1-3	Loss	25,846	18	Bart-Williams (9)
31	Sat Feb 12, 2000	Walsall	A	2-0	Win	8,027	18	Rogers (43), Freedman (90)
32	Sat Feb 19, 2000	Crystal Palace	H	2-0	Win	16,421	18	Rogers (13), Quashie (51)
33	Sat Feb 26, 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-3	Loss	24,444	18
34	Sat Mar 04, 2000	Swindon Town	H	3-1	Win	19,748	17	Rogers (33), Bart-Williams (37 pen), Freedman (42)
35	Wed Mar 08, 2000	Norwich City	H	1-1	Draw	15,640	17	Lester (1)
36	Sat Mar 11, 2000	Portsmouth	A	1-2	Loss	14,336	18	Johnson (80)
37	Sat Mar 18, 2000	Tranmere Rovers	H	1-1	Draw	14,428	18	Harewood (66)
38	Tue Mar 21, 2000	Huddersfield Town	A	1-2	Loss	12,893	19	Harewood (21)
39	Sat Mar 25, 2000	Blackburn Rovers	H	0-1	Loss	16,823	19
40	Sat Apr 01, 2000	Crewe Alexandra	A	3-0	Win	7,014	19	Prutton (25), Rogers (53, 79)
41	Sat Apr 08, 2000	Charlton Athletic	H	1-1	Draw	20,922	19	Bart-Williams (81 pen)
42	Sat Apr 15, 2000	Birmingham City	A	1-0	Win	23,006	17	Darren Purse (40 OG)
43	Sat Apr 22, 2000	Sheffield United	H	0-0	Draw	17,172	17
44	Mon Apr 24, 2000	Fulham	A	1-1	Draw	12,696	17	Lester (20)
45	Sat Apr 29, 2000	Port Vale	H	2-0	Win	15,534	15	John (11), Prutton (34)
46	Sun May 07, 2000	Stockport County	A	3-2	Win	7,736	14	Bart-Williams (33), Martin Taylor (37 OG), Mike Flynn (55 OG)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Fri Dec 10, 1999	Oxford United	3			H	1-1	Draw	8,079	Freedman (39)
Sat Jan 08, 2000	Oxford United	3	Y	1	A	3-1	Win	7,191	Bart-Williams (81, 83 pen), Rogers (89)
Wed Jan 19, 2000	Chelsea	4			A	0-2	Loss	30,125

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed Aug 11, 1999	Mansfield Town	1	1	H	3-0	Win	8,300	Bart-Williams (44), Quashie (68), Allou (81)
Tue Aug 24, 1999	Mansfield Town	1	2	A	0-1	Loss	3,072
Wed Sep 15, 1999	Bristol City	2	1	H	2-1	Win	5,015	Harewood (12), Rogers (56)
Wed Sep 22, 1999	Bristol City	2	2	A	0-0	Draw	8,259
Wed Oct 13, 1999	Sheffield Wednesday	3		A	1-4	Loss	15,524	Freedman (85)

County Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Mon May 01, 2000	Notts County	Final	H	1-0	Win	1,836	? (?)

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Tue Jul 13, 1999	Peterborough United	England	A	3-1	Win	3,476	? (?, ?, ?)
Fri Jul 16, 1999	Bray Wanderers	Ireland	A	1-1	Draw	-	? (?)
Sat Jul 17, 1999	St Patrick's Athletic	Ireland	A	0-1	Loss	2,000
Wed Jul 21, 1999	Bournemouth	England	A	1-3	Loss	6,000	? (?)
Sat Jul 24, 1999	Brighton and Hove Albion	England	A	2-2	Draw	6,000	? (?, ?)
Tue Jul 27, 1999	Bradford City	England	A	2-1	Win	3,234	? (?, ?)
Wed Jul 28, 1999	Wycombe Wanderers	England	A	0-0	Draw	-
Sat Jul 31, 1999	Millwall	England	A	1-2	Loss	3,000	? (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (17)				Out (21)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Colin Calderwood	Bought			Jean-Claude Darcheville	Sold
	Mikkel Beck	Loan In			Jesper Mattsson	Sold
	Niall McNamara	Bought		May 2000	Mark Crossley	Sold
	Pollet	Bought			Pollet	Sold
	Riccardo Scimeca	Bought	£2,500,000		Robert Gill	Sold
Jul 27, 1999	David Platt	Bought			Steve Chettle	Sold
Aug 07, 1999	Gianluca Petrachi	Bought		Sep 22, 1998	Andy Dawson	Sold	£53,000
Aug 07, 1999	Moreno Mannini	Bought		Jul 28, 1999	Colin Cooper	Sold	£2,630,000
Aug 07, 1999	Salvatore Matrecano	Bought		Jul 28, 1999	Mark Goodlad	Sold
Aug 28, 1999	Ian Wright	Loan In		Jul 28, 1999	Richard Hodgson	Released
Oct 30, 1999	Jim Brennan	Bought	£1,580,000	Aug 20, 1999	Des Lyttle	Sold
Nov 24, 1999	Stern John	Bought	£2,660,000	Aug 28, 1999	Carlton Palmer	Sold	£420,000
Feb 05, 2000	Jack Lester	Bought	£245,000	Sep 19, 1999	John Burns	Sold
Feb 12, 2000	Tony Vaughan	Loan In		Nov 24, 1999	Moreno Mannini	Sold
Apr 08, 2000	John Terry	Loan In		Dec 18, 1999	Craig Armstrong	Sold	£750,000
Feb 20, 2005	Colin Doyle	Loan In		Dec 27, 1999	Steve Guinan	Sold
Jul 01, 2011	Andy Reid	Bought		Jan 22, 2000	Thierry Bonalair	Sold
				Feb 01, 2000	Steve Melton	Sold
				Mar 18, 2000	Nigel Quashie	Sold	£630,000
				May 01, 2000	Carlos Merino	Released
				May 07, 2000	Ian Woan	Released

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK	1	Dave Beasant	32	11	9	12		1	1		1	21	Player Of The Year
GK	12	Mark Crossley	23	6	8	9		1		1		29
GK	26	Barry Roche
GK	33	Mark Goodlad										3	Left to join Port vale
GK		Colin Doyle
Defenders
D	3	Alan Rogers	45	15	13	17	11	3		6	2
D	5	Colin Calderwood	6	2	2	2		1	1	1
D	5	Steve Chettle	15	4	5	6	1			3	1		Left to join Barnsley
D	15	John Terry	6	3	3						1
D	16	Salvatore Matrecano	13	4	4	5				2
D	20	Tony Vaughan	10	5	3	2		1	1	4
D	24	Christian Edwards										1
D	25	Jesper Mattsson
D	31	Chris Doig	13	4	4	5				1	4	4
D		Colin Cooper
D		Craig Armstrong	1	1							1
D		Des Lyttle	1		1						1
D		Moreno Mannini	9	3	1	5				4	1	4	Retired
D		Pollet
Midfielders
M	2	Matthieu Louis-Jean	32	7	11	14		2		6	2	7
M	4	Nigel Quashie	34	11	12	11	3	3	2	9	3	3
M	6	Jon Olav Hjelde	39	13	11	15		4	1	2	8	1
M	7	David Platt	3	1	1	1			1		2	1
M	8	Riccardo Scimeca	46	15	14	17		3		3
M	17	Thierry Bonalair	16	4	5	7	2			4	4	2	Left to join FC Zurich
M	22	Richard Cooper	1	1							1	9
M	23	Bernard Allou	8	2	3	3	2			1	5	9
M	28	Kevin Dawson	8	2	1	5		3		1	3	7
M	32	Gareth Edds	2	2						1		2
M	34	David Prutton	38	12	11	15	2	3	1	5	1	1
M	36	Jim Brennan	27	7	7	13				2	3
M		Brian Cash											Reserve squad
M		Carlton Palmer	1		1		1					1	Left to join Coventry City
M		Hugo Porfirio	1	1							1
M		John Burns	4	2	2			1		2		2	Left to join Bristol City
M		John Thompson											Reserve squad
M		Keith Foy
M		Richard Hodgson											Reserve squad
M		Steve Melton	3		1	2					1	1	Left to join Stoke City
Forwards
F	9	Gianluca Petrachi	16	5	5	6		1		8	3	2
F	10	Andy Johnson	25	10	5	10	2		1	3
F	11	Chris Bart-Williams	43	14	12	17	8	3		7		1
F	14	Dougie Freedman	40	11	13	16	11			8	6	2
F	18	Ian Woan	11	4	2	5					10	2
F	19	Stern John	20	6	6	8	3	2		4	4	1
F	21	Jack Lester	15	6	5	4	2	1		3	3
F	27	Andy Gray	27	4	9	14				5	12	6
F	29	Marlon Harewood	39	12	13	14	5	2		9	16	6
F	30	Carlos Merino	11	2	1	8				2	7	12
F	32	Ian Wright	10	3	4	3	5	1	1	1			Returned to West Ham at end of loan
F	32	Mikkel Beck	5	1		4	1	1		2			Returned to Derby County at end of loan
F	35	David Freeman	3	1		2					3	4
F	37	Gareth Williams	3	1		2				1	2	8
F		Andy Dawson
F		Andy Reid
F		Jean-Claude Darcheville										1
F		Jermaine Jenas											Reserve squad
F		Liam Kearney											Reserve squad
F		Matthew Turner
F		Robert Gill
F		Steve Guinan	1			1				1		2	Left to join Cambridge United

		Niall McNamara
		Kevin Doyle

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
11	Alan Rogers	45
11	Dougie Freedman	40
8 (4)	Chris Bart-Williams	43
5 (1)	Ian Wright	10
5	Marlon Harewood	39
4	Own Goals	54
3	Nigel Quashie	34
3	Stern John	20
2	Andy Johnson	25
2	Bernard Allou	8
2	David Prutton	38
2	Jack Lester	15
2	Thierry Bonalair	16
1	Carlton Palmer	1
1	Mikkel Beck	5
1 (1)	Steve Chettle	15

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Birmingham City	Tue Dec 28, 1999	Home	1-0	Sat Apr 15, 2000	Away	1-0
Crewe Alexandra	Sat Dec 18, 1999	Home	1-0	Sat Apr 01, 2000	Away	3-0
Port Vale	Tue Oct 19, 1999	Away	2-0	Sat Apr 29, 2000	Home	2-0
Walsall	Sat Sep 04, 1999	Home	4-1	Sat Feb 12, 2000	Away	2-0