1999–2000 FA Premier League

The 1999–2000 FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the eighth season of the FA Premier League, and Manchester United secured their sixth Premiership title. Like the previous season, they lost only three league games all season. Unlike in 1998–99 season, they won by a comfortable margin – 18 points as opposed to a single point.

FA Premier League
Season1999–2000
Dates7 August 1999 – 14 May 2000
ChampionsManchester United
6th Premier League title
13th English title
RelegatedWatford
Wimbledon
Sheffield Wednesday
Champions LeagueManchester United
Arsenal
Leeds United
UEFA CupChelsea
Liverpool
Leicester City
Intertoto CupAston Villa
Bradford City
Matches played380
Goals scored1,060 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorerKevin Phillips (30 goals)
Biggest home winNewcastle United 8–0 Sheffield Wednesday
(19 September 1999)
Biggest away winDerby County 0–5 Sunderland
(18 September 1999)
Highest scoringWest Ham United 5–4 Bradford City
(12 February 2000)
Tottenham Hotspur 7–2 Southampton
(11 March 2000)
Longest winning run11 games[1]
Manchester United
Longest unbeaten run16 games[1]
Chelsea
Longest winless run11 games[1]
Sunderland
Watford
Longest losing run8 games[1]
Wimbledon
Highest attendance61,619
Manchester United v Derby County
(11 March 2000)
Lowest attendance8,248
Wimbledon v Sheffield Wednesday
(12 April 2000)
Average attendance30,755

Their only disappointment of the season came when they lost their defence of the European Cup following a 3–2 defeat against Real Madrid in the quarter finals. Manchester United had withdrawn from the 1999–2000 FA Cup to participate in the FIFA World Club Championship at the request of the FA who wanted Manchester United to compete to support England's bid to host the World Cup. Chelsea would go on to win the last FA Cup held at Wembley Stadium before its redevelopment. The League Cup final was won by Leicester City, for the second time in four seasons. In Europe, Leeds United reached the UEFA Cup semi final and Arsenal were on the losing side to Galatasaray in the UEFA Cup final.

Only one newly promoted team suffered relegation: Watford, who finished in last place, and achieved a record Premiership low of just 24 points (a record since broken by Sunderland (twice) and by Derby County, Aston Villa and Huddersfield Town), despite a decent start to their campaign which saw them beat both Liverpool (at Anfield) and Chelsea. The most successful promoted team was Sunderland, who finished seventh in the final table and spent much of the season pushing for a place in European competition. Bradford City, back in the top division for the first time since 1922, secured their Premiership survival on the last day of the season with a 1–0 win over Liverpool. The result meant that Liverpool lost out on a Champions League place, and Wimbledon were relegated after 14 years of top-division football. Second-from-bottom Sheffield Wednesday were relegated in their penultimate game of the season, having spent 15 of the previous 16 seasons in the top division. Wednesday's season included an 8–0 defeat at Newcastle. Amazingly Coventry City went all season without an away win but still managed to secure 14th place due to an impressive home record which saw them win 12 out of their 19 matches.

As well as Premiership champions Manchester United and runners-up Arsenal, third placed Leeds United qualified for the 2000–01 Champions League. UEFA Cup places went to fourth placed Liverpool, F.A Cup winners Chelsea, and League Cup winners Leicester City.

Promoted to the Premiership for 2000–01 were First Division champions Charlton Athletic, runners-up Manchester City and playoff winners Ipswich Town. For the first time since the formation of the Premiership, all of the promoted teams had been members of the Premiership before.

Teams

Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the First Division. The promoted teams were Sunderland, Bradford City and Watford, returning after absences of two, seventy-seven and eleven years respectively. This was also both Bradford City and Watford's first season in the Premier League. They replaced Charlton Athletic, Blackburn Rovers and Nottingham Forest. Charlton Athletic and Nottingham Forest were immediately relegated after a season's presence while Blackburn Rovers' seven-year top flight spell came to an end.

Stadiums and Locations
Locations of the 1999–2000 Premier League teams
Greater London Premier League football clubs
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Arsenal London (Highbury) Arsenal Stadium 38,419
Aston Villa Birmingham Villa Park 42,573
Bradford City Bradford Valley Parade 25,136
Chelsea London (Fulham) Stamford Bridge 42,055
Coventry City Coventry Highfield Road 23,489
Derby County Derby Pride Park Stadium 33,597
Everton Liverpool (Walton) Goodison Park 40,569
Leeds United Leeds Elland Road 40,242
Leicester City Leicester Filbert Street 22,000
Liverpool Liverpool (Anfield) Anfield 45,522
Manchester United Old Trafford Old Trafford 68,174
Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Riverside Stadium 35,049
Newcastle United Newcastle upon Tyne St James' Park 52,387
Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Hillsborough Stadium 39,732
Southampton Southampton The Dell 15,200
Sunderland Sunderland Stadium of Light 49,000
Tottenham Hotspur London (Tottenham) White Hart Lane 36,240
Watford Watford Vicarage Road 19,920
West Ham United London (Upton Park) Boleyn Ground 35,647
Wimbledon London (Wimbledon) Selhurst Park[lower-alpha 1] 26,074
  1. Due to Wimbledon lacking a home stadium, they played their home games at Selhurst Park, which is the home stadium of Crystal Palace.

Personnel and kits

(as of 14 May 2000)

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Arsenal Arsène Wenger Tony Adams Nike Dreamcast
Aston Villa John Gregory Gareth Southgate Reebok LDV Vans
Bradford City Paul Jewell Stuart McCall Asics JCT600
Chelsea Gianluca Vialli Dennis Wise Umbro Autoglass
Coventry City Gordon Strachan Gary McAllister CCFC Garments Subaru
Derby County Jim Smith Darryl Powell Puma EDS
Everton Walter Smith Dave Watson Umbro One2One
Leeds United David O'Leary Lucas Radebe Puma Packard Bell
Leicester City Martin O'Neill Matt Elliott Fox Leisure Walkers Crisps
Liverpool Gérard Houllier Jamie Redknapp Reebok Carlsberg Group
Manchester United Sir Alex Ferguson Roy Keane Umbro Sharp
Middlesbrough Bryan Robson Paul Ince Erreà BT Cellnet
Newcastle United Bobby Robson Alan Shearer Adidas Newcastle Brown Ale
Sheffield Wednesday Peter Shreeves (caretaker) Des Walker Puma Sanderson
Southampton Glenn Hoddle Matt Le Tissier Saints Friends Provident
Sunderland Peter Reid Steve Bould Asics Reg Vardy
Tottenham Hotspur George Graham Sol Campbell Adidas Holsten
Watford Graham Taylor Rob Page Le Coq Sportif Phones4U
West Ham United Harry Redknapp Steve Lomas Fila Dr. Martens
Wimbledon Terry Burton Robbie Earle Lotto Tiny

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Wimbledon Joe Kinnear Resigned 9 June 1999 Pre-season Egil Olsen 9 June 1999
Newcastle United Ruud Gullit Resigned 28 August 1999[2] 19th Bobby Robson 2 September 1999[3]
Southampton Dave Jones Contract terminated 27 January 2000[lower-alpha 1] 17th Glenn Hoddle 28 January 2000
Sheffield Wednesday Danny Wilson Sacked 21 March 2000[4] 19th Peter Shreeves (caretaker) 21 March 2000
Wimbledon Egil Olsen Sacked 1 May 2000[5] 18th Terry Burton 1 May 2000
  1. Jones was put on gardening leave on 27 January, with Glenn Hoddle taking over as interim manager. At the end of the season, Jones's contract was terminated, and Hoddle took over the position permanently.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Manchester United (C) 38 28 7 3 97 45 +52 91 Qualification for the Champions League first group stage
2 Arsenal 38 22 7 9 73 43 +30 73
3 Leeds United 38 21 6 11 58 43 +15 69 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4 Liverpool 38 19 10 9 51 30 +21 67 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
5 Chelsea 38 18 11 9 53 34 +19 65
6 Aston Villa 38 15 13 10 46 35 +11 58 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
7 Sunderland 38 16 10 12 57 56 +1 58
8 Leicester City 38 16 7 15 55 55 0 55 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 2]
9 West Ham United 38 15 10 13 52 53 −1 55
10 Tottenham Hotspur 38 15 8 15 57 49 +8 53
11 Newcastle United 38 14 10 14 63 54 +9 52
12 Middlesbrough 38 14 10 14 46 52 −6 52
13 Everton 38 12 14 12 59 49 +10 50
14 Coventry City 38 12 8 18 47 54 −7 44
15 Southampton 38 12 8 18 45 62 −17 44
16 Derby County 38 9 11 18 44 57 −13 38
17 Bradford City 38 9 9 20 38 68 −30 36 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round
18 Wimbledon (R) 38 7 12 19 46 74 −28 33 Relegation to the Football League First Division
19 Sheffield Wednesday (R) 38 8 7 23 38 70 −32 31
20 Watford (R) 38 6 6 26 35 77 −42 24
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Chelsea qualified for the UEFA Cup as FA Cup winners.
  2. Leicester City qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners.

Results
Home \ Away ARS AST BRA CHE COV DER EVE LEE LEI LIV MUN MID NEW SHW SOU SUN TOT WAT WHU WDN
Arsenal 3–1 2–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 4–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–2 5–1 0–0 3–3 3–1 4–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1
Aston Villa 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 4–0 2–2 1–1
Bradford City 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 4–4 0–0 1–2 3–1 1–0 0–4 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–4 1–1 3–2 0–3 3–0
Chelsea 2–3 1–0 1–0 2–1 4–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 5–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 4–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 3–1
Coventry City 3–2 2–1 4–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 3–4 0–1 0–3 1–2 2–1 4–1 4–1 0–1 3–2 0–1 4–0 1–0 2–0
Derby County 1–2 0–2 0–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 0–2 1–2 1–3 0–0 3–3 2–0 0–5 0–1 2–0 1–2 4–0
Everton 0–1 0–0 4–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 4–4 2–2 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 4–1 5–0 2–2 4–2 1–0 4–0
Leeds United 0–4 1–2 2–1 0–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–1 2–0 3–2 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 4–1
Leicester City 0–3 3–1 3–0 2–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–2 2–1 1–2 3–0 2–1 5–2 0–1 1–0 1–3 2–1
Liverpool 2–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 3–1 0–2 2–3 0–0 2–1 4–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 3–1
Manchester United 1–1 3–0 4–0 3–2 3–2 3–1 5–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 5–1 4–0 3–3 4–0 3–1 4–1 7–1 1–1
Middlesbrough 2–1 0–4 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–4 2–1 0–0 0–3 1–0 3–4 2–2 1–0 3–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–0
Newcastle United 4–2 0–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 0–2 2–2 3–0 2–1 8–0 5–0 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–2 3–3
Sheffield Wednesday 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–2 0–3 4–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 0–2 1–2 2–2 3–1 5–1
Southampton 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 3–3 2–0 0–3 1–2 1–1 1–3 1–1 4–2 2–0 1–2 0–1 2–0 2–1 2–0
Sunderland 0–0 2–1 0–1 4–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 0–2 2–2 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–1
Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 2–4 1–1 0–1 3–2 1–1 3–2 1–2 2–3 1–0 3–1 2–3 3–1 0–1 7–2 3–1 4–0 0–0 2–0
Watford 2–3 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–3 1–2 1–1 2–3 2–3 1–3 1–1 1–0 3–2 2–3 1–1 1–2 2–3
West Ham United 2–1 1–1 5–4 0–0 5–0 1–1 0–4 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–4 0–1 2–1 4–3 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1
Wimbledon 1–3 2–2 3–2 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–3 2–0 2–1 1–2 2–2 2–3 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 5–0 2–2
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers
Sunderland's Kevin Phillips was the top scorer, with 30 goals.
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Kevin Phillips Sunderland 30
2 Alan Shearer Newcastle United 23
3 Dwight Yorke Manchester United 20
4 Michael Bridges Leeds United 19
Andy Cole Manchester United
6 Thierry Henry Arsenal 17
7 Paolo Di Canio West Ham United 16
8 Chris Armstrong Tottenham Hotspur 14
Steffen Iversen Tottenham Hotspur
Niall Quinn Sunderland

Hat-tricks
Main article: List of Premier League hat-tricks
The 1999–2000 Premier League season would see Everton's Nick Barmby score his one and only hat-trick during his professional career.
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
Michael BridgesLeeds UnitedSouthampton3–0 (A)11 August 1999[6]
Andy Cole4Manchester UnitedNewcastle United5–1 (H)30 August 1999[7]
Kevin PhillipsSunderlandDerby County5–0 (A)18 September 1999[8]
Alan Shearer5Newcastle UnitedSheffield Wednesday8–0 (H)19 September 1999[9]
Nwankwo KanuArsenalChelsea3–2 (A)23 October 1999[10]
Marc OvermarsArsenalMiddlesbrough5–1 (H)21 November 1999[11]
Ole Gunnar Solskjær4 PManchester UnitedEverton5–1 (H)4 December 1999[12]
Nick BarmbyEvertonWest Ham United4–0 (A)26 February 2000[13]
Stan CollymoreLeicester CitySunderland5–2 (H)5 March 2000[14]
Steffen IversenTottenham HotspurSouthampton7–2 (H)11 March 2000[15]
Dwight YorkeManchester UnitedDerby County3–1 (H)11 March 2000[16]
Paul ScholesManchester UnitedWest Ham United7–1 (H)1 April 2000[17]
Dean WindassBradford CityDerby County4–4 (H)21 April 2000[18]
Note: 5 Player scored 5 goals; 4 Player scored 4 goals; P Player scored a perfect hat-trick; (H) – Home; (A) – Away

Top assists
Manchester United's David Beckham was the joint top assist provider with 15 assists for the club in the 1999–2000 Premier League season.
Rank Player Club Assists[19]
1 David Beckham Manchester United 15
Nolberto Solano Newcastle United
3 Paolo Di Canio West Ham United 13
4 Ryan Giggs Manchester United 12
5 Dennis Bergkamp Arsenal 9
6 Nick Barmby Everton 8
Thierry Henry Arsenal
Steffen Iversen Tottenham Hotspur
Wim Jonk Sheffield Wednesday
Paul Merson Aston Villa

Awards

Monthly awards
Alex Ferguson was Manager of the Month three times during the 1999–2000 Premier League season, and was later named Manager of the Season.
Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month
Manager Club Player Club
August Alex Ferguson Manchester United Robbie Keane Coventry City
September Walter Smith Everton Muzzy Izzet Leicester City
October Peter Reid Sunderland Kevin Phillips Sunderland
November Martin O'Neill Leicester City Sami Hyypiä Liverpool
December Gérard Houllier Liverpool Roy Keane Manchester United
January Danny Wilson Sheffield Wednesday Gareth Southgate Aston Villa
February Bobby Robson Newcastle United Paul Merson Aston Villa
March Alex Ferguson Manchester United Dwight Yorke Manchester United
April Manchester United Thierry Henry Arsenal

Annual awards
Award Winner Club
Premier League Manager of the Season Alex Ferguson Manchester United
Premier League Player of the Season Kevin Phillips Sunderland
PFA Players' Player of the Year Roy Keane Manchester United
PFA Young Player of the Year Harry Kewell Leeds United
FWA Footballer of the Year Roy Keane Manchester United
PFA Team of the Year
Goalkeeper Nigel Martyn (Leeds United)
Defence Gary Kelly (Leeds United) Jaap Stam (Manchester United) Sami Hyypiä (Liverpool) Ian Harte (Leeds United)
Midfield David Beckham (Manchester United) Roy Keane (Manchester United) Patrick Vieira (Arsenal) Harry Kewell (Leeds United)
Attack Andy Cole (Manchester United) Kevin Phillips (Sunderland)

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