1999–2000 Watford F.C. season

English football team season March 2015 March 2015 Watford 1999–2000 Graham Taylor Elton John Vicarage Road FA Premier League 20th (relegated) FA Cup Third round League Cup Third round Helguson (6) 21,590 vs. Sunderland,27 November 1999 6,628 vs. Wigan Athletic,14 September 1999 18,544 1998–99 2000–01 During the 1999–2000 English football season, Watford competed in the FA Premier League, after being promoted twice first from the Second Division two seasons ago and the First Division the previous season. Season summary Watford managed some encouraging early results, including victories over Liverpool and Chelsea, suggesting that experienced manager Graham Taylor might be able to keep the club in the Premier League against all expectations. However, after the victory against Chelsea on 18 September, Watford only managed three more wins all season, and it soon became obvious that this campaign was a bridge too far after two successive promotions. The club were eventually relegated with the then-lowest points total in Premier League history, although observers widely predicted that Taylor would at least stabilise the club in Division One again, and maybe even get the club to make an immediate return to the Premiership. Final league table 1999–2000 FA Premier League WAT Results summary 5 4 10 24 31 1 2 16 11 46 Statto December 2014 Results by matchday table b Matchday Result L/L/W/W/L/L/L/W/L/L/L/L/L/D/D/L/L/L/L/W/L/L/L/L/D/L/L/L/W/D/L/D/L/L/L/L/D/W Position 13/19/14/9/11/15/15/14/14/15/16/18/19/19/19/19/19/19/19/19/19/19/20/20/20/20/20/20/20/20/20/20/20/20/20/20/20/20 green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss red1 Statto.com December 2014 Results Watford's score comes firsthttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/watford/1999-2000/results Watford 1999-2000 Results - statto.com 15 July 2012 26 March 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130326010705/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/watford/1999-2000/results live Legend WinDrawLoss FA Premier League DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 7 August 1999 WimbledonH2–315,511Kennedy (pen), Ngonge 10 August 1999 SunderlandA0–240,630 14 August 1999 LiverpoolA1–044,174Mooney 21 August 1999 Bradford CityH1–015,564Mooney 24 August 1999 Aston VillaH0–119,161 30 August 1999 Leicester CityA0–117,920 11 September 1999 West Ham UnitedA0–125,310 18 September 1999 ChelseaH1–021,144Smart 25 September 1999 ArsenalA0–138,127 3 October 1999 Leeds UnitedH1–219,677Williams 16 October 1999 Manchester UnitedA1–455,188Johnson 24 October 1999 MiddlesbroughH1–316,081Smith 31 October 1999 Coventry CityA0–421,700 6 November 1999 Sheffield WednesdayA2–221,658Ngonge, Page 20 November 1999 Newcastle UnitedH1–119,539Ngonge 27 November 1999 SunderlandH2–321,590Ngonge, Johnson (pen) 4 December 1999 WimbledonA0–514,021 18 December 1999 EvertonH1–317,346Ngonge 26 December 1999 Tottenham HotspurA0–436,089 28 December 1999 SouthamptonH3–218,459Perpetuini, Gravelaine (2) 3 January 2000 Derby CountyA0–228,072 15 January 2000 LiverpoolH2–321,367Johnson, Helguson 22 January 2000 Bradford CityA2–316,864Hyde, Helguson 5 February 2000 Aston VillaA0–427,647 12 February 2000 Leicester CityH1–116,814Wooter 26 February 2000 ChelseaA1–234,928Smart 4 March 2000 West Ham UnitedH1–218,619Helguson 11 March 2000 Newcastle UnitedA0–136,433 18 March 2000 Sheffield WednesdayH1–015,840Smart 25 March 2000 Tottenham HotspurH1–120,050Smart 1 April 2000 EvertonA2–431,960Smart, Hyde 8 April 2000 Derby CountyH0–016,579 15 April 2000 SouthamptonA0–215,252 23 April 2000 ArsenalH2–319,670Helguson, Hyde 29 April 2000 Manchester UnitedH2–320,250Helguson, Smith 3 May 2000 Leeds UnitedA1–336,324Foley 6 May 2000 MiddlesbroughA1–132,930Ward 14 May 2000 Coventry CityH1–018,977Helguson FA Cup 1999–2000 FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR311 December 1999 Birmingham CityH0–18,144 League Cup 1999–2000 Football League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR2 1st Leg14 September 1999 Wigan AthleticH2–06,628Easton, HydeR2 2nd Leg21 September 1999 Wigan AthleticA1–3 (won on away goals)5,006KennedyR313 October 1999 MiddlesbroughA0–18,843 Players First-team squad Squad at end of seasonhttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1999-2000/faprem/watford.htm FootballSquads - Watford - 1999/00http://www.11v11.com/teams/watford/tab/players/season/2000 All Watford players: 2000 1 ENG GK Alec Chamberlain 2 ENG DF Des Lyttle 3 NIR DF Peter Kennedy 4 WAL DF Rob Page captain 5 ENG DF Steve Palmer 6 ENG DF Paul Robinson 7 COD FW Michel NgongeNgonge was born in Huy, Belgium, but also qualified to represent the Democratic Republic of the Congo internationally and made his international debut for the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1995. 8 ENG MF Micah HydeHyde was born in Newham, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and would make his international debut for Jamaica in 2001. 9 ENG FW Tommy Mooney 10 AUS MF Richard Johnson 11 ENG FW Nick Wright 12 SCO FW Allan Smart 13 ENG GK Chris Day 14 NED MF Nordin WooterWooter was born in Paramaribo, Suriname, but also qualifies to represent the Netherlands internationally and has represented them at U-19 and U-21 level. 15 ENG FW Gifton Noel-Williams 16 ENG DF Nigel Gibbs 17 ENG FW Tommy Smith 19 ENG MF Clint Easton 20 ISL MF Jóhann Guðmundsson 23 ENG DF Darren Ward 24 FRA MF Alexandre Bonnot 25 BEL MF Adrian Bakalli 26 ENG DF David Perpetuini 27 ENG DF James Panayi 31 ENG FW Steve Brooker 32 NIR DF Mark WilliamsWilliams was born in Stalybridge, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and made his international debut for Northern Ireland in 1999. 33 IRL FW Dominic Foley 34 AUT GK Herwig Walker 35 SCO MF Charlie Miller 36 ENG DF Neil Cox 37 ISL FW Heiðar Helguson Left club during season 18 NGA DF Benedict Iroha retired 21 ENG DF Keith Millen to Bristol City 21 FRA MF Xavier Gravelaine to Le Havre 28 ENG DF Colin Miles to Greenock Morton 42 ENG MF Stuart Slater to Carlton SC Reserve squad 22 ENG DF Dean Yates 29 ENG MF Lee Johnson 30 ENG MF Lee Cook 38 ENG DF Jerel Ifil 39 ENG MF Matthew Langston 40 ENG MF Gary Fisken 41 ENG MF Danny Grieves 43 ENG FW David Warner Transfers In Date Pos. Name From Fee7 July 1999DFMark WilliamsChesterfieldFree8 July 1999DFDes LyttleNottingham ForestFree9 July 1999FWDominic FoleyWolverhampton WanderersFree1 August 1999MFAlexandre BonnotAngersFree6 August 1999GKHerwig WalkerVorwärts SteyrFree13 September 1999MFNordin WooterReal Zaragoza£950,00029 September 1999MFCharlie MillerRangers£450,0001 November 1999MFLee CookAylesburyFree4 November 1999DFNeil CoxBolton Wanderers£500,0009 November 1999MFXavier GravelaineParis Saint-GermainFree2 January 2000FWDavid WarnerBrook HouseFree11 January 2000FWHeiðar HelgusonLillestrøm£1,500,000 Out Date Pos. Name To Fee22 June 1999MFTony DaleyWalsallFree transfer6 July 1999DFDarren BazeleyWolverhampton WanderersFree6 August 1999DFAlon HazanF.C. AshdodFree18 August 1999MFStuart SlaterCarlton SCFree11 November 1999DFKeith MillenBristol City£35,00029 January 2000MFXavier GravelaineLe Havre£300,0005 February 2000DFColin MilesGreenock MortonFree Transfers in: £3,400,000 Transfers out: £335,000 Total spending: £3,065,000 Statistics Appearances 14 May 2000 Premier League FA Cup League Cup 1 Alec Chamberlain GK ENG 27 0 1 0 3 0 2 Des Lyttle DF ENG 11 0 0 0 1 0 3 Peter Kennedy DF NIR 17+1 1 0 0 3 1 4 Rob Page DF WAL 36 1 1 0 3 0 5 Steve Palmer DF ENG 38 0 1 0 3 0 6 Paul Robinson DF ENG 29+3 0 1 0 3 0 7 Michel Ngonge FW COD 16+7 5 1 0 2+1 0 8 Micah Hyde MF ENG 33+1 3 1 0 3 1 9 Tommy Mooney FW ENG 8+4 2 0 0 1 0 10 Richard Johnson MF AUS 20+3 3 1 0 1 0 11 Nick Wright FW ENG 1+3 0 1 0 1 0 12 Allan Smart FW SCO 13+1 5 0 0 1+1 0 13 Chris Day GK ENG 11 0 0 0 0 0 14 Nordin Wooter FW NED 16+4 1 1 0 1 0 15 Gifton Noel-Williams FW ENG 1+2 0 0 0 0 0 16 Nigel Gibbs DF ENG 11+6 0 0+1 0 2 0 17 Tommy Smith FW ENG 13+9 2 0 0 0+1 0 19 Clint Easton MF ENG 13+4 0 0 0 1+1 1 20 Johann Gudmundsson MF ISL 1+8 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 21 Xavier Gravelaine MF FRA 7 2 0 0 0 0 23 Darren Ward DF ENG 7+2 1 0 0 0 0 24 Alex Bonnot MF FRA 7+5 0 0 0 0 0 25 Adrian Bakalli MF BEL 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 26 David Perpetuini DF ENG 12+1 1 0 0 0 0 27 James Panayi DF ENG 2 0 0 0 0 0 31 Steve Brooker FW ENG 0+1 0 0+1 0 0 0 32 Mark Williams MF NIR 20+2 1 0 0 2 0 33 Dominic Foley FW IRL 5+7 1 0 0 0+1 0 35 Charlie Miller MF SCO 9+5 0 1 0 1 0 36 Neil Cox DF ENG 20+1 0 1 0 0 0 37 Heidar Helguson FW ISL 14+2 6 0 0 0 0 September 2016 Starting 11 Considering starts in all competitions Considering a 5-3-2 formation GK: #1, ENG Alec Chamberlain, 31 RWB: #36, ENG Neil Cox, 21 CB: #5, ENG Steve Palmer, 42 CB: #4, WAL Rob Page, 40 CB: #32, NIR Mark Williams, 22 LWB: #6, ENG Paul Robinson, 33 CM: #8, ENG Micah Hyde, 37 CM: #10, AUS Richard Johnson, 22 CM: #3, NIR Peter Kennedy, 20 CF: #7, COD Michel Ngonge, 19 CF: #14, NED Nordin Wooter, 18 References Notes notes Category:Watford F.C. seasons Watford