1999–2000 Norwich City F.C. season

Norwich City 1999–2000 football season

Norwich City

1999–2000 season

Chairman

Bob Cooper

Manager

Bruce Rioch (until 13 March)
Bryan Hamilton (from 5 April)

Stadium

Top goalscorer

League: Iwan Roberts (17)
All: Iwan Roberts (19)

Highest home attendance

19,948 (vs. Ipswich Town, 21 November 1999)

Lowest home attendance

12,468 (vs. Bolton Wanderers, 24 October 1999)

Average home league attendance

15,539

Home colours

Away colours

← 1998–99 2000–01 →

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

Season summary

Manager Bruce Rioch resigned in March after failing to take Norwich anywhere near a place high enough to qualify for promotion to the Premier League. He was replaced by former Northern Ireland manager (and player for Norwich's arch-rivals Ipswich Town) Bryan Hamilton.

At the end of the season, top-scorer Iwan Roberts was named the club's player of the year. It was the second consecutive season the Welsh striker had won the award.

Kit

Norwich signed a two-year kit manufacturing deal with Alexandra plc. Norfolk-based mustard maker Colman's remained the kit sponsors.

Final league table

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League § First Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	Queens Park Rangers	46	16	18	12	62	53	+9	66
11	Blackburn Rovers	46	15	17	14	55	51	+4	62
12	Norwich City	46	14	15	17	45	50	−5	57
13	Tranmere Rovers	46	15	12	19	57	68	−11	57
14	Nottingham Forest	46	14	14	18	53	55	−2	56

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

Results

Norwich City's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
11 August 1999	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-1	16,196	Dalglish
14 August 1999	Birmingham City	H	0-1	15,261
21 August 1999	Charlton Athletic	A	0-1	19,623
28 August 1999	Blackburn Rovers	H	0-2	15,407
30 August 1999	Walsall	A	2-2	6,187	Marshall, Coote
11 September 1999	Crewe Alexandra	H	2-1	13,172	Roberts, Eadie
18 September 1999	Huddersfield Town	A	0-1	12,823
26 September 1999	Stockport County	A	2-2	7,603	Roberts, Dalglish
28 September 1999	Manchester City	H	1-0	15,130	Roberts
2 October 1999	Fulham	H	1-2	16,332	Forbes
16 October 1999	Port Vale	A	1-0	5,790	Fleming
19 October 1999	Sheffield United	A	0-0	11,907
24 October 1999	Bolton Wanderers	H	2-1	12,468	Russell (2)
26 October 1999	Stockport County	H	2-0	16,880	Flynn (own goal), Roberts
30 October 1999	Fulham	A	1-1	13,552	Roberts
6 November 1999	Nottingham Forest	H	1-0	15,818	Sutch
12 November 1999	Swindon Town	A	0-0	7,405
21 November 1999	Ipswich Town	H	0-0	19,948
23 November 1999	Crystal Palace	A	0-1	12,110
28 November 1999	Grimsby Town	A	1-2	5,333	Kenton
4 December 1999	West Bromwich Albion	H	2-1	15,183	Roberts, Russell
17 December 1999	Tranmere Rovers	A	2-1	5,863	Roberts (2)
26 December 1999	Queens Park Rangers	H	2-1	17,823	Breacker (own goal), Llewellyn
28 December 1999	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-1	25,072
3 January 2000	Portsmouth	H	2-1	16,637	Fleming, Roberts (pen)
8 January 2000	Barnsley	H	2-2	14,039	Roberts (2)
15 January 2000	Birmingham City	A	0-2	21,007
22 January 2000	Charlton Athletic	H	0-3	15,642
5 February 2000	Walsall	H	1-1	16,837	Llewellyn
12 February 2000	Manchester City	A	1-3	32,681	Roberts
19 February 2000	Grimsby Town	H	3-0	13,533	McDermott (own goal), Russell, Llewellyn
26 February 2000	Huddersfield Town	H	1-1	16,464	Roberts
29 February 2000	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-1	15,671	Sutch
4 March 2000	Crewe Alexandra	A	0-1	5,450
8 March 2000	Nottingham Forest	A	1-1	15,640	Roberts
11 March 2000	Crystal Palace	H	0-1	15,064
19 March 2000	Ipswich Town	A	2-0	21,760	Roberts (2)
22 March 2000	Swindon Town	H	0-2	13,662
25 March 2000	Queens Park Rangers	A	2-2	11,918	Marshall (2)
1 April 2000	Tranmere Rovers	H	1-1	13,734	Marshall
8 April 2000	Portsmouth	A	1-2	14,003	Marshall
15 April 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-0	15,910	Roberts
22 April 2000	Port Vale	H	0-0	15,526
24 April 2000	Barnsley	A	1-2	15,253	Bellamy
28 April 2000	Sheffield United	H	2-1	16,921	Fleming, Bellamy
7 May 2000	Bolton Wanderers	A	0-1	17,987

FA Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	11 December 1999	Coventry City	H	1-3	15,702	Llewellyn

League Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	10 August 1999	Cheltenham Town	H	2-0	12,276	Roberts (2)
R1 2nd Leg	24 August 1999	Cheltenham Town	A	1-2 (won 3-2 on agg)	4,203	Marshall
R2 1st Leg	14 September 1999	Fulham	H	0-4	11,760
R2 2nd Leg	21 September 1999	Fulham	A	0-2 (lost 0-6 on agg)	5,246

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
1	GK	ENG	Andy Marshall
2	DF	ENG	Daryl Sutch
4	MF	ENG	Lee Marshall
5	DF	ENG	Craig Fleming
6	DF	ENG	Matt Jackson (captain)
7	MF	FRA	Cédric Anselin
8	FW	WAL	Craig Bellamy
9	FW	WAL	Iwan Roberts
10	MF	NIR	Phil Mulryne
11	MF	ENG	Des Hamilton (on loan from Newcastle United)
12	MF	ENG	Darel Russell
13	GK	ENG	Robert Green
14	FW	SCO	Paul Dalglish


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	FW	NIR	Adrian Coote
17	MF	ENG	Adrian Forbes
18	MF	SCO	Garry Brady (on loan from Newcastle United)
19	DF	ENG	Darren Kenton
20	MF	WAL	Chris Llewellyn
21	DF	SCO	Malky Mackay
25	MF	FRA	Jean-Yves de Blasiis
26	MF	NED	Raymond de Waard
27	GK	ENG	Danny Gay
31	DF	NED	Fernando Derveld
32	FW	SUI	Gaetano Giallanza
33	FW	NIR	Paul McVeigh

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
3	DF	NOR	Erik Fuglestad (to Viking)
11	MF	ENG	Darren Eadie (to Leicester City)
15	MF	IRL	Shaun Carey (to Rushden & Diamonds)
18	MF	SCO	Peter Grant (to Reading)
22	MF	IRL	Mike Milligan (to Blackpool)
23	DF	ENG	Che Wilson (to Bristol Rovers)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
24	MF	ENG	Darren Way (to Yeovil Town)
26	DF	SEN	Pape Seydou Diop (on loan from Lens)
28	MF	ENG	Ross Fitzsimon (released)
29	MF	ENG	Kevin Parker (released)
30	DF	ENG	Matthew Joynson (released)

Notes

Coote was born in Belton with Browston, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for Northern Ireland in 1999.
Carey was born in Kettering, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21 level.
Milligan was born in Manchester, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21, U-23, and B level before making his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 1992.

References

"Norwich City 1999-2000 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
"FootballSquads - Norwich City - 1999/00".

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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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