1999–2000 FA Cup

1999–2000 FA Cup

Tournament details
Country	England Wales
Final positions
Champions	Gustavo Poyet (6 goals)
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The 1999–2000 FA Cup (known as The FA Cup sponsored by AXA for sponsorship reasons) was the 119th staging of the

, giving them a 1–0 victory.

The title holders Manchester United, withdrew from the 1999–2000 competition due to their participation in the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship in South America, to take place in early 2000,^[1] thus becoming the first FA Cup winners not to defend their title. Despite this being at the request of the Football Association (FA), they received criticism from journalists and television pundits.^[2] To keep the competition running smoothly, the FA chose to draw one team from among those lower-division teams defeated in the second round to progress as "lucky losers" to the third.^[3] Darlington were the team drawn.^[4]

The main competition started in November 1999 for clubs from the Football League and Premiership.

Calendar

Round	Date	Matches	Clubs	New entries this round	Prize money
Preliminary round	21 August 1999	166	558 → 392	161: 227th–387th	£1,000
First round qualifying	4 September 1999	116	392 → 276	66: 161st–226th	£2,250
Second round qualifying	18 September 1999	80	276 → 196	44: 117th–160th	£3,750
Third round qualifying	2 October 1999	40	196 → 156	none	£5,000
Fourth round qualifying	16 October 1999	32	156 → 124	24: 93rd–116th	£10,000
First round proper	30 October 1999	40	124 → 84	48: 45th–92nd	£16,000
Second round proper	19 November 1999	20	84 → 64	none	£24,000
Third round proper	11 December 1999	32	64 → 32	43: 2nd–44th‡	£40,000
Fourth round proper	8 January 2000	16	32 → 16	none	£60,000
Fifth round proper	29 January 2000	8	16 → 8	none	£120,000
Sixth round proper	19 February 2000	4	8 → 4	none	£300,000
Semi-finals	2 April 2000	2	4 → 2	none	£900,000
Final	20 May 2000	1	2 → 1	none	£1,000,000

‡ Manchester United, who were the winners the previous season, did not enter.

First round proper

This round is the first in which teams from the second Division and Third Division compete with non-League teams.

• Ties were played over the weekend of 30 and 31 October 1999.
• Replays were played on 8, 9 and 10 November 1999.

Exeter City v Eastwood Town

30 October 1999	St James Park, Exeter
	Flack 40' Gale 47' Bradley  65'		Smith 56'	Attendance: 2,441 Referee: S W Mathieson

Wrexham

10 November 1999	Wrexham	Nene Park, Irthlingborough
			Williams 22'	Attendance: 2,611 Referee: Alan Wiley

Wycombe Wanderers v Oxford City

30 October 1999	Wycombe Wanderers	1 – 1	Oxford City	Adams Park, High Wycombe
	Simpson 67'		Pierson 87'	Attendance: 2,963 Referee: P S Danson

Oxford City v Wycombe Wanderers

16 November 1999	Manor Ground, Oxford
			Brown 51'	Attendance: 4,004 Referee: P S Danson

‡ - Oxford City's replay with Wycombe Wanderers was abandoned after extra time due to a fire within the stadium. The score was 1–1.^[5]

Second round proper

• Ties were played over the weekend of 20 and 21 November 1999.
• Replays were played on 30 November 1999.

Blackpool v Hendon

20 November 1999	Blackpool	2 – 0	Hendon	Bloomfield Road, Blackpool
	Clarkson 69' Durnin 73'			Attendance: 2,975 Referee: K A Leach

AFC Bournemouth v Bristol City

20 November 1999	AFC Bournemouth	0 – 2	Bristol City	Dean Court, Bournemouth
	Fletcher  71'		Murray 21', 53'	Attendance: 5,223 Referee: Bill Jordan

Burnley v Rotherham United

20 November 1999	Burnley	2 – 0	Rotherham United	Turf Moor, Burnley
	Cook 67' Mullin 75'			Attendance: 8,110 Referee: G Laws

Bury v Cardiff City

20 November 1999	Bury	0 – 0	Cardiff City	Gigg Lane, Bury
				Attendance: 2,603 Referee: Matt Messias

Cardiff City v Bury

30 November 1999 Replay	Cardiff City	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Bury	Ninian Park, Cardiff
	Ford 120'			Attendance: 4,511 Referee: Matt Messias

Cambridge United v Bamber Bridge

20 November 1999	Cambridge United	1 – 0	Bamber Bridge	Abbey Stadium, Cambridge
	Butler 71' (pen.)			Attendance: 3,303 Referee: W C Burns

Exeter City v Aldershot Town

20 November 1999	St James Park, Exeter
	Alexander 32' Flack 35' Power  64'			Attendance: 4,151 Referee: C R Wilkes

Forest Green Rovers v Torquay United

21 November 1999	Forest Green Rovers	0 – 3	Torquay United	The Lawn Ground, Nailsworth
			Brandon 77' Hill 81' Donaldson 87'	Attendance: 2,962 Referee: Phil Joslin

Gillingham v Darlington^†

20 November 1999	Gillingham
	Butters 17' Taylor 43', 47'		Duffield 55'	Attendance: 5,168 Referee: P Jones

Hayes v Hull City

20 November 1999	Hayes	2 – 2	Hull City	Church Road, Hayes
	Charles 21', 63' (pen.)		Watts 4' (o.g.) Edwards 56' Brabin  63'	Attendance: 2,749 Referee: Steve Tomlin

Hull City v Hayes

30 November 1999 Replay	Hull City	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Hayes	Boothferry Park, Hull
	Brown 49' Edwards 97' Wood 112'		Gallen 78' Charles 114'	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Steve Tomlin

Hereford United v Hartlepool United

21 November 1999	Hereford United	1 – 0	Hartlepool United	Edgar Street, Hereford
	Elmes 54'			Attendance: 4,914 Referee: Anthony Leake

Ilkeston Town v Rushden & Diamonds

20 November 1999	Ilkeston Town	1 – 1	Rushden & Diamonds	New Manor Ground, Ilkeston
	Eshelby 18'		de Souza 51'	Attendance: 2,737 Referee: A R Hall

Rushden & Diamonds v Ilkeston Town

30 November 1999 Replay	Rushden & Diamonds	3 – 0	Ilkeston Town	Nene Park, Irthlingborough
	Wooding 2' Collins 86'		Knapper  74'	Attendance: 4,226 Referee: A R Hall

Luton Town v Lincoln City

19 November 1999	Luton Town	2 – 2	Lincoln City	Kenilworth Road, Luton
	Doherty 63', 84'		Gordon 14' Barnett 81'	Attendance: 4,291 Referee: Stephen Lodge

Lincoln City v Luton Town

30 November 1999 Replay	Lincoln City	0 – 1	Luton Town	Sincil Bank, Lincoln
			Douglas 85'	Attendance: 3,822 Referee: Stephen Lodge

^† = Darlington advanced as lucky losers

Third round proper

This round marked the first time First Division and Premier League (top-flight) teams played.

• Matches were played on the weekend of 11 and 12 December 1999.
• Replays were played on 21 and 22 December 1999.

Derby County v Burnley

11 December 1999	Derby County	0 – 1	Burnley	Pride Park, Derby
			Cooke 62'	Attendance: 23,400 Referee: Mike Riley

Exeter City v Everton

11 December 1999	St James Park, Exeter
				Attendance: 6,045 Referee: Steve Bennett

Everton v Exeter City

21 December 1999 Replay	Everton	1 – 0	Exeter City	Goodison Park, Liverpool
	Barmby 85'			Attendance: 16,869 Referee: Steve Bennett

Fulham v Luton Town

11 December 1999	Fulham	2 – 2	Luton Town	Craven Cottage, London
	Horsfield 11' Davis 14'		George 6' Spring 82'	Attendance: 8,251 Referee: G B Frankland

Luton Town v Fulham

21 December 1999 Replay	Luton Town	0 – 3	Fulham	Kenilworth Road, Luton
			Hayles 57', 60' Hayward 63'	Attendance: 8,170 Referee: G B Frankland

Grimsby Town v Stockport County

11 December 1999	Grimsby Town	3 – 2	Stockport County	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes
	Livingstone 57', 60' Bradley Allen 63'			Attendance: 3,400

Hereford United v Leicester City

11 December 1999	Hereford United	0 – 0	Leicester City	Edgar Street, Hereford
				Attendance: 7,795 Referee: Mike Dean

Leicester City v Hereford United

22 December 1999 Replay	Leicester City	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Hereford United	Filbert Street, Leicester
	Elliott 78' Izzet 104'		Fewings 40'	Attendance: 12,157 Referee: Mike Dean

Huddersfield Town v Liverpool

12 December 1999	Huddersfield Town	0 – 2	Liverpool	Alfred McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield
		Report	Camara 36' Matteo 59'	Attendance: 23,678 Referee: Rob Harris

Hull City v Chelsea

11 December 1999	Hull City	1 – 6	Chelsea	Boothferry Park, Hull
	Brown 38'		Poyet 8', 49', 58' Sutton 39' Di Matteo 47' Edwards 90' (o.g.)	Attendance: 10,279 Referee: P Jones

Ipswich Town v Southampton

13 December 1999	Ipswich Town	0 – 1	Southampton	Portman Road, Ipswich
			Richards 40'	Attendance: 14,383 Referee: Graham Barber

Leeds United v Port Vale

12 December 1999	Leeds United	2 – 0	Port Vale	Elland Road, Leeds
	Bakke 61', 68'			Attendance: 11,912 Referee: Steve Dunn

Norwich City v Coventry City

11 December 1999	Norwich City	1 – 3	Coventry City	Carrow Road, Norwich
	Llewellyn 66'		Whelan 58' Roussel 76' Eustace 84'	Attendance: 15,702 Referee: Paul Alcock

Nottingham Forest v Oxford United

10 December 1999	Nottingham Forest	1 – 1	Oxford United	City Ground, Nottingham
	Llewellyn 66'		Whelan 58'	Attendance: 8,079 Referee: Andy D'Urso

Oxford United v Nottingham Forest

8 January 2000 Replay	Manor Ground, Oxford
	Lundin		Rogers 89'	Attendance: 7,191 Referee: Andy D'Urso

Fourth round proper

• Ties played on weekend of 8 and 9 January 2000.
• Replays played on 18 and 19 January 2000.

Fulham v Wimbledon

8 January 2000	Fulham	3 – 0	Wimbledon	Craven Cottage, London
	Collins 22', 77' Finnan 25'	Report		Attendance: 16,877 Referee: Jeff Winter

Coventry City v Burnley

8 January 2000	Coventry City	3 – 0	Burnley	Highfield Road, Coventry
	Whelan 75'	Report		Attendance: 22,774 Referee: Stephen Lodge

Plymouth Argyle v Preston North End

8 January 2000	Plymouth Argyle	0 – 3	Preston North End	Home Park, Plymouth
			O'Sullivan 39' (og) Alexander 60' (pen.) Beswetherick 77' (og)	Attendance: 10,824 Referee: Paul Durkin

Chelsea v Nottingham Forest

19 January 2000	Chelsea	2 – 0	Nottingham Forest	Stamford Bridge, London
	Leboeuf 57' Wise 86'	Report		Attendance: 30,125 Referee: David Elleray

Charlton Athletic v Queens Park Rangers

8 January 2000	The Valley, London
	MacDonald 68'		Plummer  67'	Attendance: 16,798 Referee: Rob Styles

Arsenal v Leicester City

9 January 2000	Arsenal	0 – 0	Leicester City	Highbury, London
		Report	Eadie  81'	Attendance: 35,710 Referee: Mike Riley

Leicester City v Arsenal

19 January 2000 Replay	Leicester City	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)	Arsenal	Filbert Street, Leicester
		Report		Attendance: 15,235 Referee: Mike Riley
	Penalties
	Gunnlaugsson Savage Fenton Elliott Oakes Campbell Heskey		Hughes Parlour Henry Vieira Grimandi

Fifth round proper

• Ties played on weekend of 29 and 30 January 2000.
• The shock result of the round came when Division Two Gillingham (who had yet to play in the top two divisions) defeated Premier League side Sheffield Wednesday 3–1.

Gillingham v Sheffield Wednesday

29 January 2000	Gillingham	3 – 1	Sheffield Wednesday	Priestfield Stadium, Gillingham
	Saunders 70' Thomson 72' Southall 82'	Report	Sibon 27'	Attendance: 10,130 Referee: M D Reed

Blackburn Rovers v Newcastle United

31 January 2000	Blackburn Rovers	1 – 2	Newcastle United	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Jansen 25'	Report	Shearer 21', 79'	Attendance: 29,946 Referee: Paul Durkin

Aston Villa v Leeds United

30 January 2000	Aston Villa	3 – 2	Leeds United	Villa Park, Birmingham
	Carbone 32', 58', 69'	Report	Harte 13' Bakke 38'	Attendance: 30,026 Referee: Graham Barber

Everton v Preston North End

29 January 2000	Everton	2 – 0	Preston North End	Goodison Park, Liverpool
	Unsworth 64' Moore 90'	Report		Attendance: 37,486 Referee: Mike Riley

Fulham v Tranmere Rovers

29 January 2000	Fulham	1 – 2	Tranmere Rovers	Craven Cottage, London
	Coleman 18'	Report	Allison 9' Kelly 70'	Attendance: 13,859 Referee: David Elleray

Coventry City v Charlton Athletic

29 January 2000	Coventry City	2 – 3	Charlton Athletic	Highfield Road, Coventry
	Roussel 15', 21'	Report	Robinson 40' Newton 45' Hunt 88'	Attendance: 23,400 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

Chelsea v Leicester City

30 January 2000	Chelsea	2 – 1	Leicester City	Stamford Bridge, London
	Poyet 35' Weah 48'	Report	Elliott 90'	Attendance: 30,141 Referee: Graham Poll

Cambridge United v Bolton Wanderers

29 January 2000	Cambridge United	1 – 3	Bolton Wanderers	Abbey Stadium, Cambridge
	Benjamin 29'	Report	Taylor 53', 75' Guðjohnsen 86'	Attendance: 7,523 Referee: M J Brandwood

Sixth round proper

19 February 2000

15:00

Bolton Wanderers	1 – 0	Charlton Athletic
Guðjohnsen 47'	Report

Reebok Stadium, Bolton

Attendance: 20,131

Referee: Graham Poll

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20 February 2000

16:00

Everton	1 – 2	Aston Villa
Moore 20'	Report	Stone 16' Carbone 45'

Goodison Park, Everton

Attendance: 35,331

Referee: Dermot Gallagher

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20 February 2000

14:00

Tranmere Rovers	2 – 3	Newcastle United
Jones 76'	Report	Ferguson 58'

Prenton Park, Birkenhead

Attendance: 15,776

Referee: Steve Dunn

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20 February 2000

15:00

Chelsea	5 – 0	Gillingham
Flo 16' Terry 49' Weah 50' Zola 85' (pen.) Morris 88'	Report

West London

Attendance: 34,205

Referee: Paul Durkin

Semi-finals

Aston Villa booked their first FA Cup final appearance since 1957 by beating Bolton Wanderers on penalties after a goalless draw, while Chelsea reached their first final after just three years with a narrow 2–1 win over Newcastle United (who had been finalists in the previous two seasons).

2 April 2000

15:00

Aston Villa	0 – 0	Bolton Wanderers
	Report

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 62,828

Referee: David Elleray

• Aston Villa win 4–1 on penalties. Steve Stone, Lee Hendrie, Gareth Barry and Dion Dublin all scored for Aston Villa. Dean Holdsworth scored for Bolton.

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9 April 2000

15:00

Chelsea	2 – 1	Newcastle United
Poyet 17', 72'	Report	Lee 66'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 73,876

Referee: Dermot Gallagher

Final

Main article:

2000 FA Cup Final

The 2000 FA Cup final was contested between Chelsea and Aston Villa at Wembley Stadium, with Chelsea coming out 1-0 winners. Roberto Di Matteo scored the winning goal 17 minutes from the end, three years after he had opened the scoring within the first minute of Chelsea's last FA Cup final win. This was Villa's first FA Cup final for 43 years.

20 May 2000
15:00 BST

Chelsea	1 – 0	Aston Villa
Di Matteo 73'	(Report)

Wembley, London

Attendance: 78,217^[6]

Referee: Graham Poll (Hertfordshire)

Chelsea

Aston Villa

Media coverage

In the United Kingdom, ITV were the free to air broadcasters for the third consecutive season while Sky Sports were the subscription broadcasters for the twelfth consecutive season.^{[citation needed]}

The matches shown live on ITV Sport were:

• Huddersfield Town 0-2 Liverpool
  (R3)
• Leicester City
  (R4)
• Leeds United
  (R5)
• Newcastle United
  (QF)
• Aston Villa
  (SF)
• Aston Villa
  (Final)

The matches shown live on Sky Sports were:

• Scunthorpe United
  (R1)
• Barnet 0-1 Burnley (R1)
• Wrexham
  (R1 Replay)
• Luton Town 2-2 Lincoln City
  (R2)
• Hartlepool United
  (R2)
• Luton Town
  (R2 Replay)
• Newcastle United
  (R3)
• Ipswich Town 0-1 Southampton
  (R3)
• Tottenham Hotspur
  (R3 Replay)
• Leeds United
  (R4)
• Blackburn Rovers
  (R4)
• Leicester City 0-0 Arsenal
  (R4 Replay)
• Leicester City
  (R5)
• Newcastle United
  (R5)
• Aston Villa
  (QF)
• Newcastle United
  (SF)
• Aston Villa
  (Final)

References

1. ^ United pull out of FA Cup BBC News, 30 June 1999.
2. ^ Club World Cup: David Beckham sent off for Manchester United BBC News, 11 December 2012.
3. ^ FA Cup to have 'wild card' entry BBC News, 8 November 1999.
4. ^ Lucky Darlington land Villa trip BBC News, 11 December 1999.
5. ^ Staniforth, Tommy (10 November 1999). "Fire at Wycombe calls halt to Cup tie". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2009.
6. ^ Malam, Colin (21 May 2000). "Chelsea 1 Aston Villa 0". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 24 October 2007. Retrieved 10 May 2012.

External links

• The FA website
• BBC FA Cup page