1999–2000 Crystal Palace F.C. season

Crystal Palace
1999–2000 season
Chairman	Peter Morley
Manager	Steve Coppell
Stadium	Selhurst Park
First Division	15th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
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
	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

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: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results

Crystal Palace's score comes first^[1]

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


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

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^[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
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^{[notes 1]}
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. 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^{[notes 2]} (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.

[1] "Crystal Palace 1999-2000 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 19 March 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2014.

[2] "FootballSquads - Crystal Palace - 1999/00".

[3] 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.

[4] 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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