1999–2000 Sheffield United F.C. season

Sheffield United

1999–2000 season
Manager	Adrian Heath (until 23 November) Neil Warnock (from 2 December)
Stadium	Bramall Lane
Football League First Division	16th
FA Cup	Fourth round
Worthington Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Bent (15) All: Bent (16)
Average home league attendance	13,718
← 1999–99 2000–01 →

During the 1999–2000 English football season, Sheffield United competed in the English First Division.

Season summary

Steve Bruce resigned from his post as Sheffield United manager after just one season in charge, mentioning chaos in the club's boardroom meetings and a lack of transfer funds. Adrian Heath replaced him as boss but resigned after six months and long-time Sheffield United supporter Neil Warnock took over the reins and prevented a threat of relegation, securing a 16th place finish. During the season, striker Lee Morris was sold to Derby County for a club record transfer of £3m.

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

Sheffield United's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 August 1999	Portsmouth	A	0–2	17,667
14 August 1999	Walsall	H	1–1	12,581	Murphy
21 August 1999	Manchester City	A	0–6	30,110
28 August 1999	Ipswich Town	H	2–2	12,455	Smith, Marcelo
30 August 1999	Tranmere Rovers	A	3–1	5,436	Devlin (2), Smith
4 September 1999	Crystal Palace	H	3–1	11,886	Marcelo (2), Ford
18 September 1999	Charlton Athletic	H	1–2	13,216	Kachura
25 September 1999	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3–0	14,163	Smith (2), Devlin
2 October 1999	Huddersfield Town	A	1–4	14,238	Murphy
9 October 1999	Crewe Alexandra	A	0–1	5,304
16 October 1999	Nottingham Forest	H	2–1	15,687	Smith (2)
19 October 1999	Norwich City	H	0–0	11,907
23 October 1999	Swindon Town	A	2–2	5,504	Smith (2)
26 October 1999	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–1	24,402
30 October 1999	Huddersfield Town	H	0–1	14,928
6 November 1999	Barnsley	A	0–2	16,301
14 November 1999	Bolton Wanderers	H	1–2	10,013	Bent
20 November 1999	Stockport County	A	1–1	6,614	Bent
23 November 1999	Port Vale	H	1–3	8,965	Sandford
27 November 1999	West Bromwich Albion	A	2–2	12,278	Smith, Ribeiro
30 November 1999	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–3	9,922	Devlin
4 December 1999	Portsmouth	H	1–0	10,834	Devlin
19 December 1999	Blackburn Rovers	H	2–1	10,437	Bent (2)
26 December 1999	Birmingham City	A	2–0	22,874	Devlin, Smith
28 December 1999	Fulham	H	2–0	17,375	Devlin, Bent
3 January 2000	Grimsby Town	A	2–2	7,618	Bent, Hall
15 January 2000	Walsall	A	1–2	6,222	Devlin
22 January 2000	Manchester City	H	1–0	23,862	Brown
29 January 2000	Ipswich Town	A	1–1	17,350	Bent
5 February 2000	Tranmere Rovers	H	3–1	14,219	Devlin, Bent, Ford
12 February 2000	Crystal Palace	A	1–1	14,877	Bent
19 February 2000	West Bromwich Albion	H	6–0	14,519	Bent (3), Devlin, Notman, Brown
26 February 2000	Charlton Athletic	A	0–1	19,249
5 March 2000	Queens Park Rangers	H	1–1	11,554	Notman
7 March 2000	Barnsley	H	3–3	22,376	Notman, Brown, Bent
11 March 2000	Port Vale	A	3–2	5,484	Bent, Woodhouse, D'Jaffo
18 March 2000	Stockport County	H	1–0	14,907	Woodhouse
21 March 2000	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–2	11,891
25 March 2000	Birmingham City	H	1–2	15,486	Bent
1 April 2000	Blackburn Rovers	A	0–5	17,769
8 April 2000	Grimsby Town	H	0–0	11,612
15 April 2000	Fulham	A	0–4	12,197
22 April 2000	Nottingham Forest	A	0–0	17,172
24 April 2000	Crewe Alexandra	H	1–1	9,923	Woodhouse
28 April 2000	Norwich City	A	1–2	16,921	Devlin (pen)
7 May 2000	Swindon Town	H	2–2	12,603	Quinn, Burley

FA Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	12 December 1999	Rushden & Diamonds	H	1–1	10,104	Bent
R3R	21 December 1999	Rushden & Diamonds	A	1–1 (won 6–5 on pens)	6,010	Derry
R4	8 January 2000	Newcastle United	A	1–4	36,220	Smith

League Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	10 August 1999	Shrewsbury Town	H	3–0	6,419	Kachura, Smith (2)
R1 2nd Leg	24 August 1999	Shrewsbury Town	A	3–0 (won 6–0 on agg)	1,723	Marcelo (2), Smith
R2 1st Leg	14 September 1999	Preston North End	H	2–0	5,350	Smith, Kachura
R2 2nd Leg	21 September 1999	Preston North End	A	0–3 (lost 2–3 on agg)	5,658

First-team squad

Squad at end of 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 DF Wayne Quinn 4 DF Lee Sandford 5 DF Robert Kozluk 6 MF Jonathan Hunt 7 DF Shaun Murphy 8 MF Curtis Woodhouse 9 FW Marcus Bent 10 MF Paul Devlin 11 MF Bobby Ford 12 FW Laurent D'Jaffo 13 GK Simon Tracey 14 GK Matt Duke 15 MF Ian Hamilton 16 MF Axel Smeets 18 DF Davy Gysbrechts 19 DF Andy Woodward

No. Position Player 20 MF Stuart Wilson (on loan from Leicester City) 21 DF Jon O'Connor 23 MF Kevin Davies 25 DF Ben Doane 26 FW Paul Macari 27 MF Adam Burley 28 FW Paul Burke 29 DF Mark Camm 30 DF Craig McAughtrie 31 DF Matt Mosley 33 FW Andy Smith 35 MF Bruno Ribeiro 37 MF Michael Brown 38 FW Alex Notman (on loan from Manchester United) 40 DF Phil Jagielka

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 1 GK Aidan Davison 2 MF Shaun Derry 9 FW Marcelo 12 MF Lee Morris 12 MF Brian Launders 19 DF Martin Smith 20 DF Nicky Marker

No. Position Player 20 DF Sagi Burton 22 MF Jon Cullen 22 FW Pyotr Kachura 24 MF Dane Whitehouse 32 GK Leigh Walker 34 DF Jody Craddock (on loan from Sunderland) 36 MF Paul Hall (on loan from Coventry City)