1999–2000 Stoke City F.C. season
Top goalscorer | League: Peter Thorne (24) All: Peter Thorne (30) | |
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Highest home attendance | 15,354 vs Burnley (29 January 2000) | |
Lowest home attendance | 7,054 vs Millwall (22 August 1999) | |
Average home league attendance | 11,246 | |
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The
For the third pre-season Stoke were looking for a new manager but the directors were finding it difficult with first choice
Season review
League
For the third consecutive summer, Stoke were hunting for a new manager, this time they had a clear favourite,
Gary Megson through no fault of his own was replaced by Gudjon Thordarson and in came a number of Icelandic players and the new era began well with Stoke beating Wycombe Wanderers 4–0 away.[2] There was now a much better feeling about the club with the injection of new money and players but this was knocked back greatly in early 2000.[1] On 23 February 2000 arguably one of the greatest footballers the world has ever seen Stanley Matthews died at the age of 85. Matthews was not just a club legend but also to Stoke-on-Trent as a whole.[1] He was remembered in a perfect way with Stoke beating Chesterfield 5–1 with Thorne scoring four goals.[3]
Stoke maintained their form from this match and went unbeaten until the final match of the season but despite a 1–0 defeat at Reading Stoke finished two points above Bristol Rovers and entered the play-offs.[1] Their opponents were Gillingham and in the first leg 22,124 saw Stoke make a great start going into a 2–0 lead thanks to Arnar Gunnlaugsson and Kyle Lightbourne Gillingham pulled one back but Thorne restored Stoke's two goal advantage. Andy Hessenthaler then scored in injury time meaning the second leg would be a very tough match.[1] In the second leg at Priestfield Stadium referee Rob Styles sent off both Graham Kavanagh and Clive Clarke for minor offences and Gillingham went on to win 3–0.[1]
FA Cup
Another early exit for Stoke this season, defeated 2–0 away at Blackpool.[1]
League Cup
After beating last seasons opponents Macclesfield Town Stoke lost 3–1 to Premier League Sheffield Wednesday.[1]
League Trophy
Stoke began their
Final league table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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4 | Wigan Athletic | 46 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 72 | 38 | +34 | 83 | Participated in play-offs
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5 | Millwall | 46 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 76 | 50 | +26 | 82 | |
6 | Stoke City | 46 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 68 | 42 | +26 | 82 | |
7 | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 69 | 45 | +24 | 80 | |
8 | Notts County | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 61 | 55 | +6 | 65 |
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
Results
Stoke's score comes first
Legend
Win | Draw | Loss |
Pre-Season Friendlies
Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
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1 | 17 July 1999 | Bolton Wanderers | H |
2–1 | 2,921 | Crowe, Connor |
2 | 21 July 1999 | Newport County | A | 2–1 | 878 | Oldfield (2) |
3 | 24 July 1999 | Hereford United | A | 0–0 | 634 | |
3 | 25 July 1999 | Newcastle Town | A | 4–1 | 1,966 | Connor (2), MacKenzie, Crowe |
4 | 28 July 1999 | Newcastle United | H |
1–2 | 7,171 | Jacobsen |
5 | 31 July 1999 | Chester City | A | 0–0 | 1,249 |
Football League Second Division
Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
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1 | 7 August 1999 | Oxford United | H |
1–2 | 11,300 | Kavanagh 59' |
2 | 14 August 1999 | Preston North End | A | 1–2 | 11,465 | Thorne 8' |
3 | 22 August 1999 | Millwall | H |
3–1 | 7,054 | Thorne 15', Connor 51', Kavanagh 84' (pen) |
4 | 28 August 1999 | Burnley | A | 0–1 | 11,328 | |
5 | 30 August 1999 | Gillingham | H |
1–1 | 8,369 | Sigurðsson 87' |
6 | 4 September 1999 | Cambridge United | A | 3–1 | 4,007 | Connor 19', Oldfield 81', Thorne 86' |
7 | 11 September 1999 | Chesterfield | A | 2–0 | 4,285 | Lightbourne (2) 50', 90' |
8 | 18 September 1999 | Wigan Athletic | H |
1–1 | 11,195 | Lightbourne 48' |
9 | 25 September 1999 | Wrexham | A | 3–2 | 5,924 | Thorne 27', Lightbourne 50', Mohan 78' |
10 | 2 October 1999 | Scunthorpe United | H |
1–0 | 13,068 | Connor 90' |
11 | 9 October 1999 | Reading | H |
2–1 | 9,621 | Mohan 68', Jacobsen 89' |
12 | 16 October 1999 | Bournemouth | A | 1–1 | 5,990 | Clarke 62' |
13 | 19 October 1999 | Cardiff City | A | 2–1 | 6,146 | Thorne 23', O'Connor 58' |
14 | 23 October 1999 | Wrexham | H |
2–0 | 10,545 | O'Connor 58', Kavanagh 58' |
15 | 3 November 1999 | Notts County | H |
0–1 | 11,619 | |
16 | 6 November 1999 | Bury | A | 0–0 | 4,280 | |
17 | 14 November 1999 | Bristol City | H |
1–1 | 10,775 | Mohan 66' |
18 | 23 November 1999 | Wycombe Wanderers | A | 4–0 | 4,345 | Kavanagh 44', Daníelsson 45', Thorne 62', Mohan 71' |
19 | 27 November 1999 | Colchester United | H |
1–1 | 14,183 | Lightbourne 82' |
20 | 4 December 1999 | Oxford United | A |
1–1 | 5,700 | Thorne 79' |
21 | 18 December 1999 | Bristol Rovers | H |
1–2 | 10,379 | Keen 52' |
22 | 26 December 1999 | Blackpool | A | 2–1 | 5,274 | Robinson 21', Kavanagh 57' |
23 | 28 December 1999 | Oldham Athletic | H |
0–0 | 13,709 | |
24 | 3 January 2000 | Brentford | A | 1–0 | 6,792 | Thorne 60' |
25 | 8 January 2000 | Luton Town | H |
2–1 | 10,016 | Connor 24', Lightbourne 87' |
26 | 14 January 2000 | Preston North End | H |
2–1 | 10,285 | Kippe 3', O'Connor 87' |
27 | 22 January 2000 | Millwall | A |
0–1 | 11,548 | |
28 | 29 January 2000 | Burnley | H |
2–2 | 15,354 | Davis (o.g.) 71'
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29 | 5 February 2000 | Gillingham | A | 0–3 | 7,801 | |
30 | 8 February 2000 | Luton Town | A | 1–2 | 5,396 | O'Connor 33' |
31 | 12 February 2000 | Cambridge United | H |
1–0 | 9,429 | Connor 31' |
32 | 19 February 2000 | Colchester United | A | 0–1 | 4,364 | |
33 | 26 February 2000 | Wigan Athletic | A |
2–1 | 9,429 | Kavanagh 28', O'Connor 77' |
34 | 4 March 2000 | Chesterfield | H |
5–1 | 11,968 | Thorne (4) 8', 18', 41', 61', Jacobsen 90' |
35 | 11 March 2000 | Notts County | A | 0–0 | 9,677 | |
36 | 18 March 2000 | Wycombe Wanderers | H |
1–1 | 9,738 | Gunnlaugsson 54' (pen) |
37 | 25 March 2000 | Blackpool | H |
3–0 | 10,002 | Gunnarsson 62', Mohan 69', Guðjónsson 71' |
38 | 28 March 2000 | Bristol City | A |
2–2 | 8,103 | Lightbourne 26', Kavanagh 39' |
39 | 1 April 2000 | Bristol Rovers | A | 3–3 | 9,312 | Thorne (3) 10', 62', 79' |
40 | 4 April 2000 | Oldham Athletic | A | 1–0 | 4,474 | Thorne 23' |
41 | 8 April 2000 | Brentford | H |
1–0 | 9,955 | Thorne 8' |
42 | 22 April 2000 | Bournemouth | H |
1–0 | 15,022 | Thorne 81' |
43 | 24 April 2000 | Scunthorpe United | A | 2–0 | 5,435 | Thorne (2) 24', 39' |
44 | 30 April 2000 | Cardiff City | H |
2–1 | 14,192 | Gunnlaugsson 3', O'Connor 69' |
45 | 3 May 2000 | Bury | H |
3–0 | 14,792 | Thorne (3) 11', 55', 81' |
46 | 6 May 2000 | Reading | A | 0–1 | 13,146 |
Second Division play-offs
Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
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Semi-final 1st Leg | 13 May 2000 | Gillingham | H |
3–2 | 22,124 | Gunnlaugsson 1', Lightbourne 8', Thorne 67' |
Semi-final 2nd Leg | 17 May 2000 | Gillingham | A | 0–3 (aet) | 10,386 |
FA Cup
Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
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R1 | 30 October 1999 | Blackpool | A | 0–2 | 4,721 |
League Cup
Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
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R1 1st Leg | 10 August 1999 | Macclesfield Town | A | 1–1 | 2,551 | Keen 8' |
R1 2nd Leg | 25 August 1999 | Macclesfield Town | H |
3–0 | 5,003 | Connor 59', Thorne 69', O'Connor 75' |
R2 1st Leg | 14 September 1999 | Sheffield Wednesday | H |
0–0 | 9,313 | |
R2 2nd Leg | 22 September 1999 | Sheffield Wednesday | A | 1–3 | 10,993 | Kavanagh 74' |
League Trophy
Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
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R1 | 8 December 1999 | Darlington | H |
3–2 (aet) | 3,341 | Reed 40' (o.g.)
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R2 | 18 January 2000 | Oldham Athletic | A | 1–0 (aet) | 4,682 | O'Connor 116' |
Quarter final | 25 January 2000 | Blackpool | A | 2–1 | 4,943 | Gunnarsson 19', Kavanagh 79' |
Semi final | 15 February 2000 | Chesterfield | A | 1–0 | 3,825 | O'Connor 82' |
Area final 1st Leg | 14 March 2000 | Rochdale | A | 3–1 | 4,241 | Hansson 4', Thorne (2) 21', 27' |
Area final 2nd Leg | 22 March 2000 | Rochdale | H |
1–0 | 16,876 | Thorne 86' |
Final | 16 April 2000 | Bristol City | N | 2–1 | 75,057 | Kavanagh 32', Thorne 82' |
Squad statistics
No. | Pos. | Name | League | FA Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | Play-offs | Total | Discipline | |||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||||
1 | GK | Gavin Ward | 46 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2 | DF | Jason Kavanagh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | MF | Brynjar Gunnarsson | 21(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 29(1) | 2 | 3 | 0 |
3 | MF | Bryan Small | 5(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | DF | Phil Robinson | 14(8) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18(9) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
5 | DF | Nicky Mohan | 40 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
6 | DF | Lárus Sigurðsson | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
6 | DF | Sigursteinn Gíslason | 4(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6(6) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7 | DF | Chris Short | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17(1) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
8 | MF | Graham Kavanagh | 44(1) | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 58(1) | 10 | 9 | 1 |
9 | FW | Peter Thorne | 41(4) | 24 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4(1) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 50(5) | 30 | 3 | 0 |
10 | FW | Dean Crowe | 0(6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(8) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
11 | MF | David Oldfield | 7(12) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9(14) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
12 | FW | Kyle Lightbourne | 35(5) | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4(2) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 45(7) | 10 | 7 | 1 |
14 | GK | Carl Muggleton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | MF | Neil MacKenzie | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | DF | Mikael Hansson | 24(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33(3) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
16 | FW | Paul Connor | 15(11) | 5 | 0(1) | 0 | 2(2) | 1 | 2(1) | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 20(16) | 6 | 3 | 0 |
17 | MF | James O'Connor | 42 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 8 | 14 | 0 |
18 | DF | Ben Petty | 7(6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10(9) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
19 | DF | Lee Collins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20 | FW | Steven Taaffe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
21 | MF | Robert Heath | 0(3) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22 | DF | Clive Clarke | 39(3) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3(1) | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 51(4) | 1 | 7 | 1 |
23 | DF | Ashley Wooliscroft | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
24 | DF | Matthew Bullock | 4(3) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
25 | MF | Bjarni Guðjónsson | 7(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(2) | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 9(4) | 1 | 2 | 0 |
26 | MF | Jamie Cartwright | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
27 | GK | Stuart Fraser | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
28 | DF | Jamie Godbold | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
29 | DF | Richard Burgess | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
30 | MF | Kevin Keen | 20(3) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24(4) | 2 | 3 | 0 |
31 | FW | Chris Iwelumo | 0(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32 | DF | Anders Jacobsen | 29(4) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 39(5) | 2 | 5 | 1 |
33 | MF | Einar Daníelsson | 3(5) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4(5) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
34 | MF | Richard Dryden | 11(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
34 | DF | Frode Kippe | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
35 | DF | Sam Aiston | 2(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
36 | FW | Arnar Gunnlaugsson | 10(3) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15(3) | 3 | 3 | 0 |
37 | GK | Calvin Dixon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
38 | DF | Steve Melton | 0(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(7) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
– | – | Own goals | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | – |
References
- ^ ISBN 1-874287-39-2.
- ^ "It's just like watching Iceland! Stoke City fans celebrate new era at Wycombe on this day in 1999". Stoke Sentinel. Archived from the original on 24 November 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ^ "The day Peter Thorne scored FOUR (and shouldn't have even been in the team)". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
- ^ "England 1999–00". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 1 February 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.