1999–2000 Wimbledon F.C. season

March 2015 August 2010 Wimbledon 1999–2000 Egil Olsen (until 1 May)Olsen axed by Wimbledon, BBC News, 1 May 2000Terry Burton (caretaker) Sam HammamBjørn Rune Gjelsten Selhurst Park Premier League 18th (relegated) FA Cup Fourth round League Cup Quarter-finals Carl Cort and John Hartson (9) Carl Cort (15) 26,129 (vs. Manchester United, 26 February) 2,772 (vs. Cardiff City, 21 September) 17,156 1998–99 2000–01 During the 1999–2000 English football season, Wimbledon competed in the Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons). The season began with a new manager, Norway's Egil Olsen, after the close season resignation of long-serving Joe Kinnear, but Olsen was ousted with two weeks of the season remaining and replaced by coach Terry Burton, who was unable to save Wimbledon from relegation after 14 successive seasons of top division football. Season summary Wimbledon's new season began with a 3–2 win against newly promoted Watford at Vicarage Road; this would turn out to be the Dons' only ever away league win throughout the season. The close-season resignation of former Joe Kinnear because of health problems (he would suffer from them again as manager of Newcastle United) after seven years as manager led to the appointment of former Norwegian national coach Egil Olsen as Wimbledon's new manager, giving Dons fans hope of beating the drop once again. The mid-season collapse of star striker John Hartson's move to Tottenham Hotspur was further good news to the cause, but a run of eight straight defeats during the final weeks of the season dragged Wimbledon into the depth of the relegation mire. Olsen was sacked after a 3–0 defeat away to Bradford City, to be replaced by former coach and assistant manager Terry Burton for the final two games of the season. A 2–2 draw at home to Aston Villa gave them hope going into their last game, away to Southampton. They were one place above the relegation zone on goal difference, but a 2–0 defeat at the Dell – combined with Bradford's 1–0 win over Liverpool – condemned Wimbledon to relegation and ended their 14-year stay in the top flight.Dons sent down at the Dell https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/748075.stm BBC News 14 May 2000 1 August 2015 The transition coincided with the end of one of the most remarkable rags-to-riches stories in football,June 2011 which had started with Wimbledon's election to the Football League in 1977 and seen them reach the top flight nine years later, before peaking as 1988 FA Cup final winners, also finishing as high as sixth in the league in 1987 and 1994. Their relegation was confirmed 12 years to the day that Wimbledon achieved their famous victory over Liverpool at Wembley. Final league table 1999–2000 FA Premier League WDN Results summary 6 7 6 30 28 1 5 13 16 46 1999-2000 FA Premier League table December 2014 Results by round table b Round Ground A/H/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/A Result W/L/D/D/L/L/D/D/D/L/W/D/D/W/L/D/W/D/D/L/W/L/W/L/L/D/L/W/L/L/L/L/L/L/L/L/D/L Position 8/10/9/11/15/16/16/16/17/18/15/15/15/15/15/14/13/14/14/15/13/14/13/14/16/15/16/15/16/16/16/17/17/17/17/18/17/18 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd red1 Soccerbase: 1999-2000 Wimbledon results December 2014 Results Wimbledon's score comes firsthttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/wimbledon/1999-2000/results Wimbledon 1999-2000 Results - statto.com 15 July 2012 27 March 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130327033625/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/wimbledon/1999-2000/results live Legend WinDrawLoss FA Premier League DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 7 August 1999 WatfordA3–215,511Cort, Gayle, Johnson (own goal) 10 August 1999 MiddlesbroughH2–311,036Cort, Hartson 14 August 1999 Coventry CityH1–110,635Cort 21 August 1999 Newcastle UnitedA3–335,809Hughes, Ainsworth (2) 25 August 1999 EvertonA0–432,818 28 August 1999 ChelseaH0–122,167 11 September 1999 Derby CountyH2–212,282Hartson, Euell 18 September 1999 Manchester UnitedA1–155,189Badir 26 September 1999 Tottenham HotspurH1–117,368Hartson 2 October 1999 Sheffield WednesdayA1–518,077Hartson 16 October 1999 Bradford CityH3–210,029Hartson (2), Cort 23 October 1999 Aston VillaA1–127,160Earle 30 October 1999 SouthamptonH1–115,754Gayle 7 November 1999 Leeds UnitedH2–018,747Hartson, Gayle 20 November 1999 Leicester CityA1–218,255Gayle 27 November 1999 MiddlesbroughA0–031,400 4 December 1999 WatfordH5–014,021Cort, Earle, Hartson, Euell, Gayle 18 December 1999 ArsenalA1–138,052Cort 26 December 1999 West Ham UnitedH2–221,180Hreidarsson, Ardley 28 December 1999 LiverpoolA1–344,107Gayle 3 January 2000 SunderlandH1–017,621Cort 15 January 2000 Coventry CityA0–219,012 22 January 2000 Newcastle UnitedH2–022,118Earle, Gayle 6 February 2000 EvertonH0–313,172 12 February 2000 ChelseaA1–334,826Lund 26 February 2000 Manchester UnitedH2–226,129Euell, Cort 4 March 2000 Derby CountyA0–428,384 11 March 2000 Leicester CityH2–114,319Ardley (pen), Euell 19 March 2000 Leeds UnitedA1–439,256Euell 26 March 2000 West Ham UnitedA1–222,438Hughes 1 April 2000 ArsenalH1–325,858Lund 8 April 2000 SunderlandA1–241,592Roy (own goal) 12 April 2000 Sheffield WednesdayH0–28,248 16 April 2000 LiverpoolH1–226,102Andresen 22 April 2000 Tottenham HotspurA0–233,086 30 April 2000 Bradford CityA0–318,276 6 May 2000 Aston VillaH2–219,188Ehiogu (own goal), Hartson 14 May 2000 SouthamptonA0–215,249 FA Cup 1999–2000 FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR311 December 1999 BarnsleyH1–04,505CortR48 January 2000 FulhamA0–316,877 League Cup 1999–2000 Football League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR2 1st Leg14 September 1999 Cardiff CityA1–17,613HughesR2 2nd Leg21 September 1999 Cardiff CityH3–1 (4–2 on agg)2,772Cort, Earle (2)R312 October 1999 SunderlandH3–24,790Cort (3)R430 November 1999 Huddersfield TownA2–113,312Kimble, EuellQF14 December 1999 Bolton WanderersA1–29,463Cort Players First-team squad Squad at end of seasonhttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1999-2000/faprem/wimbled.htm FootballSquads - Wimbledon - 1999/00 1 SCO GK Neil SullivanSullivan was born in Sutton, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and made his international debut for Scotland in 1997. 2 IRL DF Kenny Cunningham 3 ENG DF Alan Kimble 4 ENG MF Andy Roberts 5 ENG DF Dean Blackwell 6 ENG DF Ben ThatcherThatcher was born in Swindon, England, and represented England at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally through his grandmother and made his international debut for Wales in March 2004. 7 ENG FW Carl CortCort was born in Southwark, England, but also qualified to represent Guyana internationally and made his international debut for Guyana in 2011. 8 JAM MF Robbie EarleEarle was born in Newcastle-under-Lyme, England, and was called up for England without playing, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Jamaica in 1997. 9 WAL FW John Hartson 10 ENG MF Jason EuellEuell was born in Lambeth, England, and represented England at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally through his father and made his international debut for Jamaica in November 2004. 11 JAM FW Marcus GayleGayle was born in Hammersmith, London, and represented England at U-18 level, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally through his father and made his international debut for Jamaica in 1998. 12 ENG MF Neal Ardley 13 ENG GK Paul Heald 14 NOR DF Tore Pedersen 15 ENG FW Carl Leaburn 16 NIR MF Michael Hughes 18 ENG MF Gareth Ainsworth 19 ISR DF Walid Badir 20 NOR MF Martin Andresen 21 SCO DF Duncan JuppJupp was born in Haslemere, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and represented Scotland at U-21 level. 22 ENG DF Chris Willmott 24 ENG MF Damien FrancisFrancis was born in Wandsworth, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 2003. 29 NOR MF Trond Andersen 30 ISL DF Hermann Hreiðarsson 32 ENG FW Wayne Gray 34 NOR FW Andreas Lund Left club during season 20 NGA FW Efan EkokuEkoku was born in Cheetham, England, but also qualified to represent Nigeria internationally and made his international debut for Nigeria in 1994. to Grasshoppers 25 IRL FW Jon GoodmanGoodman was born in Waltham Forest, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his debut for the Republic of Ireland in 1997. retired 26 WAL MF Ceri Hughes to Portsmouth 31 ENG DF Danny Hodges released 36 ENG FW Patrick AgyemangAgyemang was born in Waltham Forest, England, but also qualified to represent Ghana internationally and made his international debut for Ghana in May 2003. on loan to Brentford ENG DF Andy Pearce to Aldershot Town Reserve squad The following players did not make an appearance for the first team this season. 17 SCO DF Brian McAllister 23 ENG GK Kelvin Davis 27 ENG MF Stewart Castledine 28 ENG DF Peter Hawkins 31 NOR MF Kjetil Wæhler 33 IRL GK Brendan Murphy Transfers In NOR Tore Pedersen – GER Eintracht Frankfurt, 6 July 1999, freeWimbledon: Hammam's new man, BBC News ISR Walid Badir – ISR Hapoel Petah Tikva, 1 July 1999, £1,000,000 NOR Martin Andresen – NOR Stabæk Fotball, 4 October 1999, £1,800,000 ENG Chris Willmott – ENG Luton Town, 9 July 1999, £650,000 ENG Kelvin Davis – ENG Luton Town, 12 July 1999, £650,000 NOR Trond Andersen – NOR Molde, 10 August 1999, £2,500,000 ISL Hermann Hreiðarsson – ENG Brentford, 12 October 1999, £2,500,000 NOR Kjetil Wæhler – NOR Lyn, 29 October 1999, free NOR Andreas Lund – NOR Molde, 11 February 2000, £2,800,000 Out ENG Andy Clarke – ENG Peterborough United, 1 June 1999, free ENG Chris Perry – ENG Tottenham Hotspur, 3 July 1999, £4,000,000 IRL Mark Kennedy – ENG Manchester City, 8 July 1999, £1,000,000 ENG Andy Futcher - ENG Doncaster Rovers, 1 September 1999, free ENG Peter Fear – ENG Oxford United, 13 July 1999, free ENG Andy Pearce – ENG Aldershot Town, 22 October 1999, free NGA Efan Ekoku – SUI Grasshoppers, 26 August 1999, £500,000 IRL Jon Goodman – retired, 26 January 2000 WAL Ceri Hughes – ENG Portsmouth, 21 January 2000, £150,000 Loaned out ENG Patrick Agyemang – ENG Brentford, 4 months Statistics Starting 11 Only considering Premiership starts Considering a 4–3–3 formationhttp://www.football-lineups.com/team/Wimbledon_FC/FA_Premier_League_1999-2000/fixture Wimbledon FC in FA Premier League 1999/2000 fixture GK: #1, SCO Neil Sullivan, 37 RB: #6, ENG Ben Thatcher, 19 CB: #2, IRL Kenny Cunningham, 37 CB: #30, ISL Hermann Hreiðarsson, 24 LB: #3, ENG Alan Kimble, 24 RCM: #8, JAM Robbie Earle, 23 CM: #29, NOR Trond Andersen, 35 LCM: #10, ENG Jason Euell, 32 RW: #7, ENG Carl Cort, 32 CF: #11, JAM Marcus Gayle, 35 LW: #9, WAL John Hartson, 15 (#5, ENG Dean Blackwell, made 16 starts as a central defender) Appearances and goals Source: Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute. Players with names struck through and marked Left club during playing season left the club during the playing season. Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Burnley. Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes. Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward + Players contracted for the 1999–2000 seasonNo.Pos.Nat.NameLeagueFA CupLeague CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals1GKSCONeil Sullivan37020504402DFIRLKenny Cunningham37020404303DFENGAlan Kimble24 (4)0105130 (4)14MFENGAndy Roberts14 (2)0105020 (2)05DFENGDean Blackwell16 (1)0004020 (1)06DFENGBen Thatcher19 (1)0002021 (1)07FWENGCarl Cort32 (2)9215539 (2)158MFJAMRobbie Earle23 (2)3103 (1)227 (3)59FWWALJohn Hartson15 (1)9103019 (1)910FWENGJason Euell32 (5)4205139 (5)511FWJAMMarcus Gayle35 (1)7203040 (1)712MFENGNeal Ardley10 (7)20 (1)01011 (8)213GKENGPaul Heald1000001014DFNORTore Pedersen6000006015FWENGCarl Leaburn5 (13)0102 (2)08 (15)016MFNIRMichael Hughes13 (7)20 (1)01 (1)114 (9)317DFSCOBrian McAllister0000000018MFENGGareth Ainsworth0 (2)200000 (2)219MFISRWalid Badir12 (9)10 (1)03015 (10)120FWNGAEfan Ekoku Left club during playing season0000000020MFNORMartin Andresen4 (10)1100 (1)05 (11)121DFSCODuncan Jupp6 (3)0002 (1)08 (4)022DFENGChris Willmott70100 (1)08 (1)023GKENGKelvin Davis0000000024MFENGDamien Francis1 (8)0100 (3)02 (11)025FWIRLJon Goodman Left club during playing season00000 (1)00 (1)026MFWALCeri Hughes Left club during playing season0000000027MFENGStewart Castledine0000000028DFENGPeter Hawkins0000000029DFNORTrond Andersen35 (1)0202039 (1)030DFISLHermann Hreiðarsson241200026131DFENGDanny Hodges Left club during playing season0000000031MFNORKjetil Wæhler0000000032FWENGWayne Gray0 (1)00 (1)0000 (2)033GKIRLBrendan Murphy0000000034FWNORAndreas Lund10 (2)2000010 (2)2 References Notes notes May 2014 Category:Wimbledon F.C. seasons Wimbledon