Swindon Town 1999–2000 football season
During the 1999–2000 English football season, Swindon Town F.C. competed in the Football League First Division .
Season summary [ edit ] Swindon's financial problems came to a head during the 1999–2000 season when in January 2000 Swindon—£4m in debt and losing £25,000 a week—went into administration for the first time.[1] Chairman Rikki Hunt was forced to resign and 15 staff members were made redundant. At one point, manager Jimmy Quinn was told not to pick midfielder Robin Hulbert because one more appearance would trigger a £25,000 payment to Everton under the terms of his 1996 transfer.[1] Swindon's future was safeguarded when a consortium headed by business tycoon Terry Brady took over the club and they came out of administration towards the end of the season. But it was too late to save Swindon's place in Division One — they had already been relegated in bottom place. The club's new owner sacked manager Jimmy Quinn and appointed Colin Todd — who had won promotion to the Premiership with Bolton in 1997 — as manager, in hope of getting the club's fortunes back on track.
Final league table [ edit ]
Source:
[citation needed ] Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated
Results summary Overall Home Away Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD 46 8 12 26 38 77 −39 36 5 6 12 23 37 −14 3 6 14 15 40 −25
Results by round Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 Ground A H A H A H A A H H H A A H H A A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H H A H A H A A H A H H A H A Result D L W L L D L L W L D L L D W L L D D L D D L D L L L L D L D L L L W W L W L L L W W L L D Position 14 22 15 20 22 22 23 23 21 21 23 24 24 24 22 23 24 23 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24
Results [ edit ] Swindon Town's score comes first [2]
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 7 August 1999 Walsall A 0-0 6,437 15 August 1999 Ipswich Town H 1-4 6,195 Grazioli 21 August 1999 Crystal Palace A 2-1 12,726 Grazioli , Onoura 28 August 1999 West Bromwich Albion H 1-2 6,565 Walters 30 August 1999 Grimsby Town H 0-1 5,705 11 September 1999 Nottingham Forest H 0-0 8,203 18 September 1999 Crewe Alexandra A 1-2 5,280 Ndah 25 September 1999 Port Vale A 0-2 4,629 28 September 1999 Blackburn Rovers H 2-1 7,354 Grayson (own goal), Howe 2 October 1999 Bolton Wanderers H 0-4 6,711 9 October 1999 Stockport County H 1-1 5,318 Hay 16 October 1999 Fulham A 0-1 13,715 19 October 1999 Barnsley A 0-1 12,026 23 October 1999 Sheffield United H 2-2 5,504 Hay (2) 25 October 1999 Port Vale H 2-1 5,703 Onoura , Grazioli 30 October 1999 Bolton Wanderers A 0-2 12,486 6 November 1999 Huddersfield Town A 0-4 11,891 Flo 12 November 1999 Norwich City H 0-0 7,404 20 November 1999 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 1-1 19,917 Onoura (pen) 23 November 1999 Charlton Athletic H 1-2 6,515 Carrick 27 November 1999 Birmingham City A 1-1 22,620 Onoura 4 December 1999 Walsall H 1-1 7,186 Carrick 18 December 1999 Manchester City A 0-3 31,751 26 December 1999 Portsmouth H 1-1 10,279 Hay 28 December 1999 Tranmere Rovers A 1-3 8,068 Hay 3 January 2000 Queens Park Rangers H 0-1 9,460 15 January 2000 Ipswich Town A 0-3 17,326 23 January 2000 Crystal Palace H 2-4 5,214 Reeves , Hall 29 January 2000 West Bromwich Albion A 1-1 11,856 Hall 5 February 2000 Grimsby Town H 0-1 5,784 12 February 2000 Blackburn Rovers A 0-0 16,938 19 February 2000 Birmingham City H 1-4 7,591 Hay 26 February 2000 Crewe Alexandra H 0-1 5,003 4 March 2000 Nottingham Forest A 1-3 19,748 Hay (pen) 7 March 2000 Huddersfield Town H 2-0 4,701 Collins , Hay 11 March 2000 Charlton Athletic A 1-0 19,569 Kiely (own goal) 18 March 2000 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 1-2 8,748 A Williams 22 March 2000 Norwich City A 2-0 13,662 Hay (2) 25 March 2000 Portsmouth A 1-4 15,305 Gray 1 April 2000 Manchester City H 0-2 12,397 8 April 2000 Queens Park Rangers A 1-2 12,633 Grazioli 15 April 2000 Tranmere Rovers H 3-1 4,925 Griffin , Grazioli , Gray 22 April 2000 Fulham H 1-0 7,556 Grazioli 24 April 2000 Stockport County A 0-3 5,362 29 April 2000 Barnsley H 1-2 6,151 J Williams 7 May 2000 Sheffield United A 2-2 12,603 Grazioli (2)
League Cup [ edit ] Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers R1 1st Leg 10 August 1999 Leyton Orient H 0-1 3,587 R1 2nd Leg 25 August 1999 Leyton Orient A 1-1 (lost 1–2 on agg) 4,000 Walters
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Left club during season [ edit ] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
References [ edit ]
National teams
League competitions
Level 1 Levels 2–4 Level 5 Levels 6–7 Levels 8–9 Lower leagues
Cup competitions
FA cups Football League cups
European competitions