1999–2000 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season

English football club season March 2015 September 2022 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. 1999–2000 Dave RichardsHoward Culley Danny Wilson (until 21 March)Peter Shreeves (caretaker from 21 March) FA Premier League 19th (relegated) FA Cup Fifth round League Cup Fourth round Gilles De Bilde (10) Gilles De Bilde (11) 39,640 (vs. Manchester United, FA Premier League) 10,993 (vs. Stoke City, League Cup) 26,800 1998–99 2000–01 The 1999–2000 season was Sheffield Wednesday's 133rd season in existence. They competed in the twenty-team FA Premier League, the top tier of English football. The club finished nineteenth and were relegated from the Premier League for the first time. To date, this is the last season the club have participated in the top-flight. Season summary Barring the opening-day 2–1 home defeat to Liverpool, Sheffield Wednesday were in the bottom three all season long. A very poor start to the season saw the club fail to win any of their first nine league games (gaining just one solitary point away to FA Premier League newcomers Bradford City) and an 8–0 hammering at the hands of Newcastle United in September http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/451779.stm Newcastle hit eight 19 September 1999 BBC News 11 December 2010 saw most people tip the club as favourites for relegation, and this opinion was further strengthened by their failure to make a substantial improvement as the season went on as they won just once in their first 17 games (twice in their first 20). The cups offered little respite, with the Owls getting to the fourth round of the League Cup before losing to Division One side Bolton Wanderers, while in the FA Cup they needed a replay to beat Wolverhampton Wanderers (albeit the first leg only ended in a draw thanks to a Wolves goal that replays showed had been awarded incorrectly), before suffering a humiliating exit to Division Two side Gillingham. Despite this, chairman Dave Richards steadfastly refused to sack manager Danny Wilson, and his patience was rewarded with an improved run of form after Christmas, which saw just one defeat in five games. However, the team's form slumped once again after that, and Richards departed to become chairman of the Premier League early in 2000. The remaining directors decided that enough was enough and on 21 March, Wilson's managerial contract was terminated,Owls sack Wilson http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/685121.stm BBC Sport 21 March 2000 14 July 2012 three days after an appalling 1–0 defeat away to a struggling Watford side who had previously won only once in their previous 20 league games. Peter Shreeves, who had previously been assistant to Wilson's predecessor, Ron Atkinson, took temporary charge, and kept the Owls in contention for survival right up to the penultimate day of the season. A failure to beat Arsenal confirmed their relegation after nine successive seasons of top division football, but they did manage a 3–3 draw at Highbury.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/742563.stm Sheffield Wednesday relegated 9 May 2000 BBC Sport 11 December 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20160112184410/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/742563.stm 12 January 2016 live Bradford City manager Paul Jewell was then given the uphill task of restoring Premier League football to the club, though the club's mounting debts triggered fears that further struggles would lie ahead. Final league table 1999–2000 FA Premier League SHW Results summary 6 3 10 21 23 2 4 13 17 47 1999–2000 FA Premier League table December 2014 Results by round table b Round Ground H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/H/A/A/H Result L/L/D/L/L/L/L/L/L/W/L/D/L/D/L/L/L/W/L/D/W/W/L/D/L/L/D/W/L/L/L/W/W/L/L/L/D/W Position 14/20/19/20/20/20/20/20/20/20/20/20/20/20/20/20/20/20/20/20/20/19/19/19/19/19/19/19/19/19/19/19/18/18/19/19/19/19 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd red1 11v11.com: 1999-2000 Sheffield Wednesday results December 2014 Results Sheffield Wednesday's score comes firsthttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/sheffield-wednesday/1999-2000/results Sheffield Wednesday 1999–2000 Results statto.com 14 July 2012 26 March 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130326003826/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/sheffield-wednesday/1999-2000/results live Legend WinDrawLoss FA Premier League DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 7 August 1999 LiverpoolH1–234,853Carbone 11 August 1999 Manchester UnitedA0–454,941 14 August 1999 Bradford CityA1–118,276Dreyer (own goal) 21 August 1999 Tottenham HotspurH1–224,027Carbone (pen) 25 August 1999 Derby CountyH0–220,943 28 August 1999 SouthamptonA0–214,815 11 September 1999 EvertonH0–223,539 19 September 1999 Newcastle UnitedA0–836,619 25 September 1999 SunderlandA0–141,132 2 October 1999 WimbledonH5–1http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/463588.stm FA Carling Premiership Five-star Owls hit form at last BBC Sport 16 May 201818,077Jonk, De Bilde (2), Rudi, Sibon 16 October 1999 Leeds UnitedA0–239,437 23 October 1999 Coventry CityH0–023,296 30 October 1999 Leicester CityA0–319,046 6 November 1999 WatfordH2–221,658De Bilde (2, 1 pen) 21 November 1999 West Ham UnitedA3–423,015Rudi, Jonk, Booth 5 December 1999 LiverpoolA1–442,517Alexandersson 18 December 1999 Aston VillaA1–223,885De Bilde (pen) 26 December 1999 MiddlesbroughH1–028,531Atherton 29 December 1999 ChelseaA0–332,938 3 January 2000 ArsenalH1–126,155Sibon 15 January 2000 Bradford CityH2–024,682Alexandersson, O'Brien (own goal) 22 January 2000 Tottenham HotspurA1–035,897Alexandersson 2 February 2000 Manchester UnitedH0–139,640 5 February 2000 Derby CountyA3–330,100De Bilde, Sibon, Donnelly 12 February 2000 SouthamptonH0–123,470 26 February 2000 Newcastle UnitedH0–229,212 4 March 2000 EvertonA1–132,020Quinn 11 March 2000 West Ham UnitedH3–121,147Cresswell, Hinchcliffe, Alexandersson 18 March 2000 WatfordA0–115,840 25 March 2000 MiddlesbroughA0–132,748 5 April 2000 Aston VillaH0–118,136 12 April 2000 WimbledonA2–08,248De Bilde, Sibon 15 April 2000 ChelseaH1–021,743Jonk (pen) 22 April 2000 SunderlandH0–228,072 30 April 2000 Leeds UnitedH0–323,416 6 May 2000 Coventry CityA1–419,921De Bilde 9 May 2000 ArsenalA3–337,271Sibon, De Bilde, Quinn 14 May 2000 Leicester CityH4–021,656Quinn, Booth, Alexandersson, De Bilde FA Cup 1999–2000 FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR311 December 1999 Bristol CityH1–011,644BoothR48 January 2000 Wolverhampton WanderersH1–118,506AlexanderssonR4R18 January 2000 Wolverhampton WanderersA0–0 (won 4–3 on pens)25,201R529 January 2000 GillinghamA1–310,130Sibon League Cup 1999–2000 Football League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR2 1st Leg14 September 1999 Stoke CityA0–09,313R2 2nd Leg22 September 1999 Stoke CityH3–1 (won 3–1 on agg)10,993Alexandersson (2), De BildeR313 October 1999 Nottingham ForestH4–115,524Cresswell, Booth, Sonner, RudiR430 November 1999 Bolton WanderersA0–112,543 Players First-team squad Squad at end of seasonFootballSquads – Sheffield Wednesday – 1999/00 https://web.archive.org/web/20120217085138/http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1999-2000/faprem/sheffwed.htm 17 February 2012 1 ENG GK Kevin Pressman 2 ENG DF Peter Atherton 3 ENG DF Andy Hinchcliffe 4 NED MF Wim Jonk 6 ENG DF Des Walker 7 NIR MF Danny SonnerSonner was born in Wigan, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and represented them at B level before making his international debut for Northern Ireland in September 1997. 9 NED FW Gerald Sibon 10 ENG FW Andy Booth 11 SCO MF Phil O'Donnell 12 ENG FW Richard Cresswell 13 ENG GK Barry Richardson on loan from Lincoln City 14 NOR MF Petter Rudi 15 SCO MF Philip Scott 16 SWE MF Niclas Alexandersson 17 NIR DF Ian NolanNolan was born in Liverpool, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and made his international debut for Northern Ireland in 1996. 18 SCO MF Simon Donnelly 19 ENG DF Jon Newsome 20 ENG FW Ritchie Humphreys 21 ENG MF Lee Briscoe 22 ENG DF Steve Haslam 23 BEL FW Gilles De Bilde 24 IRL MF Mark McKeeverMcKeever was born in Derry, Northern Ireland, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-19 and U-21 level. 25 ENG MF Scott Oakes 26 WAL MF Barry Horne 27 ENG DF Earl Barrett 28 CZE GK Pavel Srníček 29 ENG MF Matt Hamshaw 30 IRL DF Derek Geary 32 NIR FW Owen Morrison 33 IRL MF Alan Quinn 34 ENG MF Alex Higgins 35 ENG MF Peter Holmes 36 ENG MF Tony Crane 37 ENG DF Tom Staniforth 38 ENG DF Kevin Nicholson Left club during season 5 BRA DF Emerson Thome to Chelsea 8 ITA FW Benito Carbone to Aston Villa 31 GHA FW Junior Agogo released Reserve squad ENG GK Stuart Jones ENG DF Scott Bettney ENG DF Leigh Bromby IRL MF Dean Brennan ENG MF John Hibbins ENG MF Nathan Hallam ENG MF Peter Holmes ENG FW James Coubrough ENG FW John Hutton ENG FW Andy Douglas Transfers In Date Pos. Name From Fee29 June 1999MFPhil O'DonnellCelticFree transfer29 June 1999MFSimon DonnellyCelticFree transfer10 July 1999FWGerald SibonAjax£2,000,00010 July 1999FWGilles De BildePSV Eindhoven£3,000,00023 March 2000MFBarry HorneHuddersfield TownNon-contract Out Date Pos. Name To Fee15 June 1999MFKrystof KotyloNuneaton BoroughFree transfer22 June 1999GKMatt ClarkeBradford CityFree transfer1 July 1999DFJuan CobiánCharlton AthleticSigned13 July 1999FWGuy WhittinghamPortsmouthFree transfer20 October 1999FWBenito CarboneAston Villa£805,00023 December 1999DFEmerson ThomeChelsea£2,700,00026 January 2000FWJunior AgogoFree agentReleased9 March 2000GKStuart JonesTorquay United£30,000 Transfers in: £5,000,000 Transfers out: £2,730,000 Total spending: £2,270,000 Statistics Appearances and goals 14 May 2000 Players with no appearances not included in the list FA Premier League FA Cup League Cup 1 Kevin Pressman GK ENG 18+1 0 0 0 2 0 2 Peter Atherton DF ENG 35 1 4 0 3 0 3 Andy Hinchcliffe DF ENG 29 1 4 0 2 0 4 Wim Jonk MF NED 29+1 3 4 0 2 0 6 Des Walker DF ENG 37 0 4 0 4 0 7 Danny Sonner MF NIR 18+9 0 2+1 0 3+1 1 9 Gerald Sibon FW NED 12+16 5 3+1 1 1+1 0 10 Andy Booth FW ENG 20+3 2 1 1 4 1 11 Phil O'Donnell MF SCO 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 12 Richard Cresswell FW ENG 2+18 1 0+3 0 1+1 1 14 Petter Rudi MF NOR 18+2 2 0+1 0 4 1 15 Philip Scott MF SCO 2+3 0 1+1 0 0 0 16 Niclas Alexandersson MF SWE 37 5 3 1 4 2 17 Ian Nolan DF NIR 28+1 0 4 0 3+1 0 18 Simon Donnelly MF SCO 3+9 1 0+3 0 1+2 0 19 Jon Newsome DF ENG 5+1 0 0 0 0 0 21 Lee Briscoe MF ENG 7+9 0 0 0 2+1 0 22 Steve Haslam DF ENG 16+7 0 3 0 0+1 0 23 Gilles De Bilde FW BEL 37+1 10 4 0 3 1 24 Mark McKeever MF IRL 1+1 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 26 Barry Horne MF WAL 7 0 0 0 0 0 28 Pavel Srníček GK CZE 20 0 4 0 2 0 33 Alan Quinn MF IRL 18+1 3 2+1 0 0 0 |- |colspan="14"|Players featured for club who have left: 5 Emerson Thome (to Chelsea) DF BRA 16+1 0 1 0 3+1 0 8 Benito Carbone (to Aston Villa) FW ITA 3+4 2 0 0 0+1 0 |} Source:http://www.11v11.com/teams/sheffield-wednesday/tab/players/season/2000 Sheffield Wednesday Squad Stats – 1999/2000 11v11 17 August 2014 Disciplinary record 14 May 2000 No. Pos. Name FA Premier League FA Cup League Cup Total 1GKKevin Pressman100000102DFPeter Atherton500000504MFWim Jonk400000405DFEmerson Thome300000307MFDanny Sonner411000519FWGerald Sibon2010003010FWAndy Booth3000003011MFPhil O'Donnell1000001012FWRichard Cresswell3000003014MFPetter Rudi2000002015MFPhilip Scott1000001016MFNiclas Alexandersson2010003017DFIan Nolan4000004018MFSimon Donnelly2000002019DFJon Newsome1000001021MFLee Briscoe1000102023FWGilles De Bilde3000104033MFAlan Quinn30110041Total4514120512 Source: Notes notes References Dickinson Jason Brodie, John The Wednesday Boys: A Definitive Who's Who of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club 1880–2005 Pickard Communication Sheffield 347, 350–351 2005 978-0-9547264-9-2 http://www.btinternet.com/~a.drake/owls/recent/p99.htm 1999–2000 Players Drake A The Owl Football Historian 7 August 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20121021132004/http://www.btinternet.com/~a.drake/owls/recent/p99.htm 21 October 2012 http://www.btinternet.com/~a.drake/owls/recent/m99.htm 1999–2000 Matches Drake A The Owl Football Historian 7 August 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080904214302/http://www.btinternet.com/~a.drake/owls/recent/m99.htm 4 September 2008 dead http://www.btinternet.com/~a.drake/owls/recent/att2000.htm 1999–2000 Attendance Drake A The Owl Football Historian 7 August 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081006144532/http://www.btinternet.com/~a.drake/owls/recent/att2000.htm 6 October 2008 Category:Sheffield Wednesday F.C. seasons Sheffield Wednesday