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1999–2000 Fulham F.C. season

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Fulham
1999–2000 season
ChairmanMohamed Al-Fayed
ManagerPaul Bracewell (until 29 March)
Karl-Heinz Riedle/Roy Evans (caretakers from 29 March until end of season)
StadiumCraven Cottage
First Division9th
FA CupFifth round
Worthington CupFifth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Clark (7)
All: Horsfield (14)
Average home league attendance13,076

During the 1999–2000 English football season, Fulham F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

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Before the 1999-2000 season, Paul Bracewell was appointed as Fulham manager and despite them competing in the top half of Division One throughout the campaign, Bracewell was sacked on 30 March 2000 by millionaire owner Mohamed Al-Fayed after failing to provide instant success that was demanded from the owner who is desperate to see Fulham play Premiership football and Karl-Heinz Riedle along with assistant Roy Evans took over as caretaker managers on a temporary basis until the end of the season and they guided the Cottagers to a 9th-place finish.[1] On 9 April 2000, the more experienced Jean Tigana was appointed as Bracewell's successor and took over in July.[2]

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 21 11 14 64 48 +16 74
8 Huddersfield Town 46 21 11 14 62 49 +13 74
9 Fulham 46 17 16 13 49 41 +8 67
10 Queens Park Rangers 46 16 18 12 62 53 +9 66
11 Blackburn Rovers 46 15 17 14 55 51 +4 62
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
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 17 16 13 49 41  +8 67 13 7 3 33 13  +20 4 9 10 16 28  −12
Results by round
Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundAHAHAAHHAHHAAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHHAAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAH
ResultDDDWDWWWWWLDDDLWLLDWDDDDLWLLWWLWDWWLDLLWDWLDLW
Position111416108653223435846886667798101088888878891010999999
Source: 11v11.com: 1999-2000 Fulham results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

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Fulham's score comes first[3]

Legend

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Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

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Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
7 August 1999 Birmingham City A 2–2 24,042 Horsfield (2)
14 August 1999 Manchester City H 0–0 16,754
21 August 1999 Grimsby Town A 1–1 6,196 Finnan
28 August 1999 Charlton Athletic H 2–1 15,154 Neilson, Peschisolido
30 August 1999 West Bromwich Albion A 0–0 17,120
11 September 1999 Port Vale A 2–0 6,130 Peschisolido, Coleman
18 September 1999 Queens Park Rangers H 1–0 19,623 Peschisolido
25 September 1999 Crewe Alexandra H 3–0 12,156 Horsfield, Hayles, Symons
2 October 1999 Norwich City A 2–1 16,332 Riedle, Hayles
16 October 1999 Swindon Town H 1–0 13,715 Horsfield
19 October 1999 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 0–1 13,160
23 October 1999 Huddersfield Town A 1–1 13,350 Gray (own goal)
26 October 1999 Crewe Alexandra A 1–1 5,493 Coleman
30 October 1999 Norwich City H 1–1 13,552 Symons
6 November 1999 Stockport County A 1–2 7,200 Cadamarteri
9 November 1999 Portsmouth H 1–0 13,229 Collins
13 November 1999 Barnsley H 1–3 10,635 Riedle
20 November 1999 Blackburn Rovers A 0–2 18,543
23 November 1999 Bolton Wanderers H 1–1 9,642 Peschisolido (pen)
26 November 1999 Walsall A 3–1 5,449 Riedle, Horsfield (2)
4 December 1999 Birmingham City H 0–0 12,290
15 December 1999 Nottingham Forest A 0–0 14,250
18 December 1999 Crystal Palace A 0–0 17,480
26 December 1999 Ipswich Town H 0–0 17,255
28 December 1999 Sheffield United A 0–2 17,375
3 January 2000 Tranmere Rovers H 1–0 11,377 Roberts (own goal)
16 January 2000 Manchester City A 0–4 30,057
22 January 2000 Grimsby Town H 0–1 10,802
5 February 2000 West Bromwich Albion H 1–0 12,044 Riedle (pen)
12 February 2000 Portsmouth A 1–0 17,337 Goldbæk
15 February 2000 Charlton Athletic A 0–1 19,940
19 February 2000 Walsall H 2–0 10,540 Phelan, Clark
28 February 2000 Queens Park Rangers A 0–0 16,308
4 March 2000 Port Vale H 3–1 10,418 Clark (2), Melville
7 March 2000 Stockport County H 4–1 8,688 Hayles (2), Goldbæk, Finnan
11 March 2000 Bolton Wanderers A 1–3 12,761 Clark
18 March 2000 Blackburn Rovers H 2–2 15,108 Hayles, Riedle
21 March 2000 Barnsley A 0–1 14,262
25 March 2000 Ipswich Town A 0–1 20,168
1 April 2000 Crystal Palace H 1–0 16,356 Horsfield
9 April 2000 Tranmere Rovers A 1–1 7,132 Melville
15 April 2000 Sheffield United H 4–0 12,197 Phelan, Clark (2), Melville
22 April 2000 Swindon Town A 0–1 7,556
24 April 2000 Nottingham Forest H 1–1 12,696 Coleman
30 April 2000 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 0–3 19,912
7 May 2000 Huddersfield Town H 3–0 13,728 Clark (2) (1 pen), Goldbæk

FA Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 11 December 1999 Luton Town H 2–2 8,251 Horsfield, Davis
R3R 21 December 1999 Luton Town A 3–0 8,170 Hayles (2), Hayward
R4 8 January 2000 Wimbledon H 3–0 16,177 Collins (2), Finnan
R5 29 January 2000 Tranmere Rovers H 1–2 13,859 Coleman

League Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg 10 August 1999 Northampton Town A 2–1 4,415 Davis, Horsfield
R1 2nd Leg 24 August 1999 Northampton Town H 3–1 5,515 Horsfield (3)
R2 1st Leg 14 September 1999 Norwich City A 4–0 11,160 Peschisolido, Clark, Coote (own goal), Collins
R2 2nd Leg 21 September 1999 Norwich City H 2–0 5,246 Hayles, Davis
R3 12 October 1999 West Bromwich Albion A 2–1 10,556 Peschisolido, Collymore
R4 1 December 1999 Tottenham Hotspur H 3–1 18,134 Hayles, Horsfield, Collins
QF 12 January 2000 Leicester City A 3–3 a.e.t. (pen 0–3) 13,576 Peschisolido, Horsfield, Coleman

Players

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First-team squad

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Squad at end of season[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Northern Ireland NIR Maik Taylor[notes 1]
2 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Steve Finnan
3 DF England ENG Rufus Brevett
4 DF Wales WAL Andy Melville
5 DF Wales WAL Chris Coleman
6 DF Wales WAL Kit Symons[notes 2]
7 MF Wales WAL Paul Trollope[notes 3]
8 MF England ENG Lee Clark
9 FW England ENG Geoff Horsfield
10 FW Canada CAN Paul Peschisolido
11 MF England ENG Steve Hayward
12 GK United States USA Marcus Hahnemann
13 FW Germany GER Karl-Heinz Riedle
14 DF England ENG Simon Morgan
15 FW England ENG Barry Hayles[notes 4]
16 DF Wales WAL Alan Neilson[notes 5]
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF England ENG Wayne Collins
18 MF England ENG Kevin Ball
19 MF Denmark DEN Bjarne Goldbæk
20 DF Suriname SUR Gus Uhlenbeek
21 FW England ENG Ian Selley
22 DF Scotland SCO Steve McAnespie
23 MF England ENG Sean Davis
24 MF England ENG Paul Brooker
25 DF England ENG Ian McGuckin
26 MF England ENG Kevin Betsy[notes 6]
27 DF England ENG Zat Knight
28 FW England ENG Luke Cornwall
29 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Terry Phelan[notes 7]
30 GK England ENG Glyn Thompson
31 MF United States USA Eddie Lewis

Left club during season

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF England ENG John Salako[notes 8] (to Charlton Athletic)
18 FW England ENG Danny Cadamarteri (on loan from Everton)
19 MF England ENG Neil Smith (to Reading)
No. Pos. Nation Player
29 FW England ENG Stan Collymore (on loan from Aston Villa)
30 MF England ENG Stephen Hughes (on loan from Arsenal)

Reserve squad

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF England ENG Mark Hudson
MF England ENG Sammy Keevil
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW Ghana GHA Elvis Hammond

References

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  1. ^ "Fulham boss Bracewell sacked". BBC News. 29 March 2000. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Tigana named as Fulham boss". BBC News. 9 April 2000. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  3. ^ Soccerbase: 1999-2000 Fulham results
  4. ^ "FootballSquads - Fulham - 1999/00".

Notes

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  1. ^ Taylor was born in Hildesheim, West Germany, but qualified to represent any of the home nations internationally as he holds a British passport, and made his international debut for Northern Ireland in 1999.
  2. ^ Symons was born in Basingstoke, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally through his father and made his international debut for Wales in February 1992.
  3. ^ Trollope was born in Swindon, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in May 1997.
  4. ^ Hayles was born in Lambeth, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in June 2001, having previously represented the Cayman Islands internationally despite being ineligible to do so.
  5. ^ Neilson was born in Wegberg, West Germany, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in February 1992.
  6. ^ Betsy was born in Woking, England, but also qualified to represent Seychelles internationally and would make his international debut for Seychelles in June 2011.
  7. ^ Phelan was born in Manchester, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 1991.
  8. ^ Salako was born in Ibadan, Nigeria, but also qualified to represent England internationally and made his international debut for England in 1991.