1999–2000 Crystal Palace F.C. season

1999–2000 season of Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace 1999–2000 football season

Crystal Palace

1999–2000 season

Chairman

Manager

Stadium

Top goalscorer

League: Morrison (12)
All: Morrison (14)

Highest home attendance

22,577 vs. Charlton Athletic (25 March 2000)

Lowest home attendance

12,110 vs. Norwich City (23 November 1999)

Average home league attendance

15,662

Home colours

← 1998–99 2000–01 →

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

Season summary

Crystal Palace finished in a secure 15th final place. At the end of the season, veteran defender Andy Linighan was voted the club's player of the season.

Final league table

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
13	Tranmere Rovers	46	15	12	19	57	68	−11	57
14	Nottingham Forest	46	14	14	18	53	55	−2	56
15	Crystal Palace	46	13	15	18	57	67	−10	54
16	Sheffield United	46	13	15	18	59	71	−12	54
17	Stockport County	46	13	15	18	55	67	−12	54

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results

Crystal Palace's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 August 1999	Crewe Alexandra	H	1–1	13,664	Rodger
14 August 1999	Barnsley	A	3–2	14,461	Rodger, Austin, Bradbury
21 August 1999	Swindon Town	H	1–2	12,726	Morrison
28 August 1999	Huddersfield Town	A	1–7	10,656	Linighan
4 September 1999	Sheffield United	A	1–3	11,886	Morrison
11 September 1999	Manchester City	A	1–2	31,541	Morrison
18 September 1999	Grimsby Town	H	3–0	13,294	Morrison, Mullins, Svensson
25 September 1999	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–0	13,219
28 September 1999	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–1	12,720	Bradbury
2 October 1999	Portsmouth	H	4–0	15,221	Svensson, Carlisle, Fan, Mullins
16 October 1999	Birmingham City	A	0–2	21,582
20 October 1999	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–1	15,819	Mullins
23 October 1999	Tranmere Rovers	H	2–2	18,645	Svensson, Austin
26 October 1999	West Bromwich Albion	H	0–2	12,203
30 October 1999	Portsmouth	A	1–3	13,018	Linighan
6 November 1999	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–2	12,744
14 November 1999	Queens Park Rangers	H	3–0	15,861	McKenzie, Svensson, Mullins (pen)
20 November 1999	Port Vale	A	2–2	5,170	McKenzie, Svensson
23 November 1999	Norwich City	H	1–0	12,110	Svensson
27 November 1999	Nottingham Forest	H	2–0	15,920	McKenzie, Svensson
4 December 1999	Crewe Alexandra	A	0–2	4,923
7 December 1999	Ipswich Town	H	2–2	13,176	Svensson, Mowbray (own goal)
18 December 1999	Fulham	H	0–0	17,480
26 December 1999	Charlton Athletic	A	1–2	20,043	Martin
28 December 1999	Walsall	H	3–2	13,943	Svensson (pen), Carlisle, Mullins
3 January 2000	Stockport County	A	2–1	8,570	Mullins, Carlisle
15 January 2000	Barnsley	H	0–2	14,225
21 January 2000	Swindon Town	A	4–2	5,214	Morrison (2), Foster, Mullins (pen)
29 January 2000	Huddersfield Town	H	2–2	14,290	Mullins, Linighan
5 February 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–2	20,756	Martin
12 February 2000	Sheffield United	H	1–1	14,877	Morrison
19 February 2000	Nottingham Forest	A	0–2	16,421
26 February 2000	Grimsby Town	A	0–1	5,421
4 March 2000	Manchester City	H	1–1	21,052	Morrison
7 March 2000	Bolton Wanderers	H	0–0	15,236
11 March 2000	Norwich City	A	1–0	15,064	Morrison
18 March 2000	Port Vale	H	1–1	18,954	Rougier (own goal)
22 March 2000	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–0	12,842	Morrison
25 March 2000	Charlton Athletic	H	0–1	22,577
1 April 2000	Fulham	A	0–1	16,356
8 April 2000	Stockport County	H	3–3	16,646	McKenzie, Forssell (2)
15 April 2000	Walsall	A	2–2	6,323	Forssell, Mullins
22 April 2000	Birmingham City	H	0–2	17,144
25 April 2000	Ipswich Town	A	0–1	18,798
29 April 2000	Blackburn Rovers	H	2–1	18,272	Cole, Morrison
7 May 2000	Tranmere Rovers	A	2–1	8,891	Mullins, Morrison

FA Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	10 December 1999	Cambridge United	A	0–2	5,631

League Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	10 August 1999	Colchester United	A	2–2	4,242	Smith, Rizzo
R1 2nd Leg	24 August 1999	Colchester United	H	3–1 (won 5–3 on agg)	5,471	Smith, Morrison, Rizzo
R2 1st Leg	14 September 1999	Leicester City	H	3–3	5,006	Morrison, Fan, Mullins
R2 2nd Leg	22 September 1999	Leicester City	A	2–4 (lost 5–7 on agg)	12,762	Thomson, Bradbury

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	ENG	Jamie Smith
3	DF	ENG	Andy Frampton
4	DF	ENG	Dean Austin
6	DF	ENG	David Woozley
7	DF	ENG	Hayden Mullins
8	MF	CHN	Fan Zhiyi
9	FW	FIN	Mikael Forssell (on loan from Chelsea)
10	FW	IRL	Clinton Morrison
11	MF	AUS	Nicky Rizzo
12	MF	SCO	Jamie Fullarton
13	GK	ENG	Fraser Digby
14	MF	SCO	Steven Thomson
15	MF	AUS	Craig Foster
16	DF	ENG	Ashley Cole (on loan from Arsenal)
17	DF	ENG	Andy Linighan


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	DF	NIR	Wayne Carlisle
19	FW	ENG	Leon McKenzie
20	FW	ENG	Richard Harris
21	GK	ENG	Matt Gregg
22	FW	WAL	Andy Martin
23	MF	WAL	Stephen Evans
24	DF	ENG	Jimmy Hibburt
26	MF	IRL	Stephen Hunt
27	MF	ENG	Sean Hankin
28	FW	ENG	Steve Kabba
29	FW	ENG	Roscoe Dsane
30	MF	ENG	Jon Boardman
31	MF	ENG	Simon Rodger
32	GK	WAL	Lee Kendall
33	FW	ENG	Chris Sharpling

Left club during season

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ENG	Kevin Miller (to Barnsley)
5	DF	ENG	Dave Tuttle (to Barnsley)
9	FW	ENG	Lee Bradbury (to Portsmouth)
16	FW	SWE	Mathias Svensson (to Charlton Athletic)
25	MF	NIR	Gareth Graham (to Brentford)
25	GK	AUS	Steve Mautone (to Gillingham)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
34	DF	BRA	Fumaça (on loan from Catuense Futebol)
34	MF	VEN	Fernando de Ornelas (to Real Zaragoza)
35	DF	IRL	Terry Phelan (on loan from Everton)
36	DF	ENG	David Lee (to Exeter City)
37	MF	IRL	Brian Launders (to Sheffield United)

References

"Crystal Palace 1999-2000 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 19 March 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
"FootballSquads - Crystal Palace - 1999/00".

Notes

Morrison was born in Wandsworth, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandmother and would make his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in August 2001.
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.

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National teams

League competitions

Level 1	Premier League
Levels 2–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, play-offs)
Level 5	Football Conference
Levels 6–7	Isthmian League (Premier, One) Northern Premier League (Premier, One) Southern League (Premier, Eastern, Western)
Levels 8–9	Isthmian League (Two, Three) Eastern Counties League (Premier, One) Hellenic League (Premier, One) Kent League (level 8 only) Midland Alliance (level 8 only) Midland Football Combination (level 9 only) North West Counties League (One, Two) Northern Counties East League (Premier, One) Northern League (One, Two) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (Premier, One) Wessex League (level 8 only) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 9 only) Western League (Premier, One)
Lower leagues	Combined Counties League Essex Senior League Spartan South Midlands League

Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) Charity Shield FA Trophy (Final)
Football League cups	League Cup (Final) Football League Trophy (Final)

European competitions

Club seasons
Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Bradford City Chelsea Coventry City Derby County Everton Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Ham United Wimbledon
First Division	Barnsley Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Charlton Athletic Crewe Alexandra Crystal Palace Fulham Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Manchester City Norwich City Nottingham Forest Port Vale Portsmouth Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United Stockport County Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Walsall West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers
Second Division	Bournemouth Blackpool Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Burnley Bury Cambridge United Cardiff City Chesterfield Colchester United Gillingham Luton Town Millwall Notts County Oldham Athletic Oxford United Preston North End Reading Scunthorpe United Stoke City Wigan Athletic Wrexham Wycombe Wanderers
Third Division	Barnet Brighton & Hove Albion Carlisle United Cheltenham Town Chester City Darlington Exeter City Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hull City Leyton Orient Lincoln City Macclesfield Town Mansfield Town Northampton Town Peterborough United Plymouth Argyle Rochdale Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swansea City Torquay United York City

List of transfers

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