1999–2000 Scunthorpe United F.C. season

During the 1999–2000 English football season, Scunthorpe United F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division.

Scunthorpe United

1999–2000 season
Manager	Brian Laws
Stadium	Glanford Park
Second Division	23rd (relegated)
FA Cup	First round
League Cup	First round
Football League Trophy	Northern quarter finals
Top goalscorer	Ipoua (9)
Average home league attendance	4,064

Season summary

In the 1999-2000 season, after a successful play-off final win to ensure promotion the season before, Scunthorpe weren't able to maintain their Second Division status and were relegated back to the Third Division in 23rd place.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GD		Pts
1	Preston North End	46		15	4	4	37	23		13	7	3	37	14		74	37	+37		95
2	Burnley	46		16	3	4	42	23		9	10	4	27	24		69	47	+22		88
3	Gillingham	46		16	3	4	46	21		9	7	7	33	27		79	48	+31		85
4	Wigan Athletic	46		15	3	5	37	14		7	14	2	35	24		72	38	+34		83
5	Millwall	46		14	7	2	41	18		9	6	8	35	32		76	50	+26		82
6	Stoke City	46		13	7	3	37	18		10	6	7	31	24		68	42	+26		82
7	Bristol Rovers	46		13	7	3	34	19		10	4	9	35	26		69	45	+24		80
8	Notts County	46		9	6	8	32	27		9	5	9	29	28		61	55	+6		65
9	Bristol City	46		7	14	2	31	18		8	5	10	28	39		59	57	+2		64
10	Reading	46		10	9	4	28	18		6	5	12	29	45		57	63	–6		62
11	Wrexham	46		9	6	8	23	24		8	5	10	29	37		52	61	–9		62
12	Wycombe Wanderers	46		11	4	8	32	24		5	9	9	24	29		56	53	+3		61
13	Luton Town	46		10	7	6	41	35		7	3	13	20	30		61	65	–4		61
14	Oldham Athletic	46		8	5	10	27	28		8	7	8	23	27		50	55	–5		60
15	Bury	46		8	10	5	38	33		5	8	10	23	31		61	64	–3		57
16	Bournemouth	46		11	6	6	37	19		5	3	15	22	43		59	62	–3		57
17	Brentford	46		8	6	9	27	31		5	7	11	20	30		47	61	–14		52
18	Colchester United	46		9	4	10	36	40		5	6	12	23	42		59	82	–63		52
19	Cambridge United	46		8	6	9	38	33		4	6	13	26	32		64	65	–1		48
20	Oxford United	46		6	5	12	24	38		6	4	13	19	35		43	73	–30		45
21	Cardiff City	46		5	10	8	23	34		4	7	12	22	33		45	67	–22		44
22	Blackpool	46		4	10	9	26	37		4	7	12	23	40		49	77	–28		41
23	Scunthorpe United	46		4	6	13	16	34		5	6	12	24	40		40	74	–34		39
24	Chesterfield	46		5	7	11	17	25		2	8	13	17	38		34	63	–29		36

• Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
• NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted through play-offs
	Relegated

Results

Scunthorpe United's score comes first[1]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 August 1999	Wigan Athletic	A	0–3	7,481
14 August 1999	Wycombe Wanderers	H	0–1	4,092
21 August 1999	Notts County	A	0–3	5,506
28 August 1999	Bournemouth	H	3–1	3,376	Humphreys (2, 1 pen), Ipoua
30 August 1999	Cardiff City	A	1–1	8,006	Ipoua
4 September 1999	Bristol Rovers	H	0–2	4,496
11 September 1999	Colchester United	A	1–0	3,280	Hodges
18 September 1999	Bristol City	H	1–2	4,542	Guinan
25 September 1999	Chesterfield	H	0–0	4,321
2 October 1999	Stoke City	A	0–1	13,068
10 October 1999	Burnley	A	2–1	10,752	Ipoua (2)
16 October 1999	Preston North End	H	1–1	5,336	Ipoua (pen)
19 October 1999	Oxford United	H	1–0	3,829	Ipoua
23 October 1999	Chesterfield	A	1–1	3,464	Fickling
2 November 1999	Cambridge United	A	3–1	3,285	Hope, Harsley, Hodges
6 November 1999	Millwall	H	1–4	4,550	Cornforth
12 November 1999	Brentford	A	3–4	4,657	Ipoua (pen), Harsley, Jandro
23 November 1999	Gillingham	H	1–4	3,444	Ipoua
27 November 1999	Reading	A	1–1	6,142	Hodges
4 December 1999	Wigan Athletic	H	1–2	3,463	Hodges
18 December 1999	Bury	H	0–2	3,137
26 December 1999	Oldham Athletic	A	1–1	5,998	Hope
28 December 1999	Blackpool	H	1–0	4,476	Omoyinmi
3 January 2000	Luton Town	A	1–4	5,574	Hodges
15 January 2000	Wycombe Wanderers	A	1–2	4,850	Sheldon
22 January 2000	Notts County	H	1–0	4,035	Ipoua
29 January 2000	Bournemouth	A	1–1	4,802	Dawson
1 February 2000	Wrexham	H	0–2	2,851
5 February 2000	Cardiff City	H	0–0	3,614
12 February 2000	Bristol Rovers	A	1–1	8,236	Hope
19 February 2000	Reading	H	2–2	4,082	Torpey, Quailey
26 February 2000	Bristol City	A	1–2	9,897	Quailey
4 March 2000	Colchester United	H	0–0	4,253
7 March 2000	Millwall	A	2–1	8,772	Logan, Quailey
11 March 2000	Cambridge United	H	0–3	3,964
18 March 2000	Gillingham	A	1–3	6,822	Harsley
21 March 2000	Brentford	H	0–0	2,686
25 March 2000	Oldham Athletic	H	1–2	3,807	Quailey
28 March 2000	Wrexham	A	1–3	2,139	Quailey
1 April 2000	Bury	A	0–3	3,546
8 April 2000	Luton Town	H	1–2	3,811	Dawson
15 April 2000	Blackpool	A	2–0	5,542	Bull, Sheldon
22 April 2000	Preston North End	A	0–1	15,518
24 April 2000	Stoke City	H	0–2	5,435
29 April 2000	Oxford United	A	0–2	6,752
6 May 2000	Burnley	H	1–2	5,862	Hodges

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	29 October 1999	Rushden & Diamonds	A	0–2	4,112

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	10 August 1999	Huddersfield Town	H	0–2	3,398
R1 2nd Leg	24 August 1999	Huddersfield Town	A	0–0 (lost 0-2 agg)	4,345

Football League Trophy

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
NR2	8 January 2000	Lincoln City	A	2–1	3,617	Hodges, Sheldon
NQF	25 January 2000	Chesterfield	H	1–2	2,532	Stamp

Squad

[2] 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  NIR Tom Evans 2 DF  ENG Paul Harsley 3 DF  ENG Andy Dawson 4 MF  ENG Richard Logan 5 DF  ENG Russ Wilcox 6 DF  ENG Chris Hope 7 MF  ENG Justin Walker 8 MF  ENG Lee Hodges 9 FW  ENG Gareth Sheldon 10 FW  ENG Steve Torpey 11 MF  ESP Jandro 12 FW  ENG Gary Bull 13 GK  ENG Ross Turner 14 MF  ENG Steve Housham

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF  ENG Ashley Fickling 16 DF  ENG Mark Jackson 17 MF  ENG Wayne Graves 18 DF  ENG Nathan Stanton 19 FW  ENG Darryn Stamp 20 MF  ENG Lee Marshall 21 DF  ENG Brian Laws 22 GK  ENG Leigh Herrick 23 MF  ENG Matt Sparrow 24 FW  ENG Mark Anderson 25 FW  CMR Guy Ipoua 26 DF  NIR Richard Clarke 27 MF  ENG Terry Barwick 29 FW  ENG James Morris

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 FW  ENG Ritchie Humphreys (on loan from Sheffield Wednesday) 13 GK  ENG Tim Clarke (to Kidderminster Harriers) 26 FW  ENG Steve Guinan (on loan from Nottingham Forest) 10 FW  ENG John Gayle (to Shrewsbury Town) 26 MF  TRI Clint Marcelle (on loan from Barnsley) 13 GK  FRA Lionel Pérez (on loan from Newcastle United)

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF  ENG Sean McAuley (to Rochdale) 13 GK  DEN Morten Hyldgaard (on loan from Coventry City) 27 MF  ENG John Cornforth (to Exeter City) 26 MF  ENG Emmanuel Omoyinmi (on loan from West Ham United) 27 FW  ENG Richard Hodgson (Released) 28 DF  FRA Stéphane Pounewatchy (Retired)

References

1. Soccerbase: 1999-2000 Scunthorpe United results
2. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1999-2000/d2/scunny.htm