1999–2000 Walsall F.C. season

In the 1999–2000 season, Walsall were relegated on the final day despite derby wins over local rivals Wolverhampton Wanderers, Birmingham City and West Bromwich Albion earlier in the campaign.

Final league table

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1.	Charlton Athletic	46	27	10	9	79	45	91
2.	Manchester City	46	26	11	9	78	40	89
3.	Ipswich Town	46	25	12	9	71	42	87
4.	Barnsley	46	24	10	12	88	67	82
5.	Birmingham City	46	22	11	13	65	44	77
6.	Bolton Wanderers	46	21	13	12	69	50	76
7.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	21	11	14	64	48	74
8.	Huddersfield Town	46	21	11	14	62	49	74
9.	Fulham	46	17	16	13	49	41	67
10.	Queens Park Rangers	46	16	18	12	62	53	66
11.	Blackburn Rovers	46	15	17	14	55	51	62
12.	Norwich City	46	14	15	17	45	50	57
13.	Tranmere Rovers	46	15	12	19	57	68	57
14.	Nottingham Forest	46	14	14	18	53	55	56
15.	Crystal Palace	46	13	15	18	57	67	54
16.	Sheffield United	46	13	15	18	59	71	54
17.	Stockport County	46	13	15	18	55	67	54
18.	Portsmouth	46	13	12	21	55	66	51
19.	Crewe Alexandra	46	14	9	23	46	67	51
20.	Grimsby Town	46	13	12	21	41	67	51
21.	West Bromwich Albion	46	10	19	17	43	60	49
22.	Walsall	46	11	13	22	52	77	46
23.	Port Vale	46	7	15	24	48	69	36
24.	Swindon Town	46	8	12	26	38	77	36

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points

Results

Walsall's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 August 1999	Swindon Town	H	0–0	6,437
14 August 1999	Sheffield United	A	1–1	12,581	Wrack
21 August 1999	Crewe Alexandra	H	1–4	6,238	Robins
28 August 1999	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2–1	24,439	Barras, Rammell
30 August 1999	Norwich City	H	2–2	6,187	Barras, Wrack
4 September 1999	Nottingham Forest	A	1–4	15,081	Robins
11 September 1999	Grimsby Town	A	0–1	6,014
18 September 1999	Manchester City	H	0–1	7,260
25 September 1999	Blackburn Rovers	A	0–2	18,232
2 October 1999	Stockport County	H	1–2	5,492	Ricketts
8 October 1999	Birmingham City	H	1–0	7,164	Rammell
16 October 1999	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–0	19,562	Rammell
19 October 1999	Portsmouth	A	1–5	9,042	Wrack
23 October 1999	Ipswich Town	H	0–1	6,526
25 October 1999	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–1	6,484	Ricketts
30 October 1999	Stockport County	A	1–1	6,592	Ricketts
6 November 1999	Charlton Athletic	A	1–2	18,663	Bukrán
12 November 1999	Port Vale	H	0–0	6,190
20 November 1999	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–2	10,058	Ricketts
23 November 1999	Huddersfield Town	H	2–0	5,860	Robins, Rammell
26 November 1999	Fulham	H	1–3	5,449	Matías
4 December 1999	Swindon Town	A	1–1	7,186	Wrack
18 December 1999	Barnsley	A	2–3	13,300	Keates, Roper
26 December 1999	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–2	7,214	Bukrán
28 December 1999	Crystal Palace	A	2–3	13,943	Ricketts (2)
3 January 2000	Bolton Wanderers	H	2–0	6,873	Ricketts, Matías
15 January 2000	Sheffield United	H	2–1	6,222	Viveash, Robins
22 January 2000	Crewe Alexandra	A	3–2	6,275	Bennett, Ricketts, Harper
29 January 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–1	9,422	Barras
5 February 2000	Norwich City	A	1–1	16,837	Ricketts
12 February 2000	Nottingham Forest	H	0–2	8,027
19 February 2000	Fulham	A	0–2	10,540
26 February 2000	Manchester City	A	1–1	32,438	Matías
4 March 2000	Grimsby Town	H	1–0	5,384	Robins
7 March 2000	Charlton Athletic	H	2–4	6,227	Robins (pen), Vlachos
11 March 2000	Huddersfield Town	A	1–1	12,424	Eyjólfsson
18 March 2000	Queens Park Rangers	H	2–3	6,414	Barras, Hall
21 March 2000	Port Vale	A	2–1	5,737	Matías, Fenton
25 March 2000	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–1	6,537	Ricketts (pen)
1 April 2000	Barnsley	H	1–4	7,218	Hall
8 April 2000	Bolton Wanderers	A	3–4	11,777	Hall, Ricketts, Bennett
15 April 2000	Crystal Palace	H	2–2	6,323	Matías, Hall
22 April 2000	West Bromwich Albion	H	2–1	9,161	Rammell, Bennett
24 April 2000	Birmingham City	A	0–2	24,268
29 April 2000	Portsmouth	H	1–0	8,151	Matías
7 May 2000	Ipswich Town	A	0–2	21,908

FA Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	11 December 1999	Gillingham	H	1–1	4,314	Robins (pen)
R3R	8 January 2000	Gillingham	A	1–2	6,538	Lárusson

League Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	10 August 1999	Plymouth Argyle	H	4–1	3,502	Bukrán, Robins, Eyjólfsson
R1 2nd Leg	24 August 1999	Plymouth Argyle	A	4–1 (won 8–2 on agg)	1,834	Keates, Barras, Bukrán, Eyjólfsson
R2 1st Leg	14 September 1999	Sunderland	A	2–3	14,388	Bukrán, Rae (own goal)
R2 2nd Leg	21 September 1999	Sunderland	H	0–5 (lost 2–8 on agg)	5,109

Squad

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Jimmy Walker
2	DF	Chris Marsh
3	DF	Ian Brightwell
4	DF	Adrian Viveash
5	DF	Michalis Vlachos
6	DF	Ian Roper
7	MF	Darren Wrack
8	FW	Mark Robins
9	FW	Andy Rammell
10	MF	Dean Keates
11	DF	Gino Padula
14	MF	Jason Brissett
15	MF	Bjarni Lárusson

No.	Position	Player
16	MF	Sigurður Ragnar Eyjólfsson
17	GK	Carl Emberson
19	MF	Paul Hall
20	MF	Graham Fenton
21	DF	Matt Gadsby
22	FW	Michael Ricketts
23	FW	Alfie Carter
24	DF	Dion Scott
25	DF	Tony Barras
26	MF	Gábor Bukrán
27	MF	Pedro Matías
28	FW	Jamie Forrester
29	MF	Tom Bennett (on loan from Stockport County)

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.	Position	Player
3	MF	Neil Pointon (to Hearts)
5	DF	Richard Green (to Northampton Town)
11	MF	Tony Daley (to Watford)
11	FW	Samassi Abou (to West Ham United)
12	MF	Darko Mavrak (to Falkenbergs)
18	MF	Wayne Thomas (to Shrewsbury Town)

No.	Position	Player
19	FW	Clive Platt (to Rochdale)
19	DF	Lee Todd (to Bradford City)
19	MF	Kevin Harper (to Derby County)
20	MF	John Keister (to Chester City)
28	FW	Marcus di Giuseppe (to Sunderland)

References

Walsall squad for 1999–2000 season

Walsall F.C. seasons

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Walsall Football Club

Players Managers Seasons Records

Home ground	The Chuckery West Bromwich Road Fellows Park Bescot Stadium

Matches	2001 Football League Second Division play-off Final 2015 Football League Trophy Final

1999–2000 in English football

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FA competitions

Premier League and
Football League

Football Conference

Football Conference
Conference League Cup

Lower leagues

European competitions

Related to national team

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

Non-League	Newport County

List of transfers

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