1999–2000 Walsall F.C. season

Walsall 1999–2000 football season

Walsall

1999–2000 season

Chairman

Jeff Bonser

Manager

Ray Graydon

Stadium

Bescot Stadium

First Division

22nd (relegated)

FA Cup

Third round

League Cup

Second round

Top goalscorer

Michael Ricketts (11)

Highest home attendance

9,422 (vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers, 29 January 2000)

Lowest home attendance

5,384 (vs. Grimsby Town, 4 March 2000)

Average home league attendance

6,779

Home colours

← 1998–99

2000–01 →

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

Season summary

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
20	Grimsby Town	46	13	12	21	41	67	−26	51
21	West Bromwich Albion	46	10	19	17	43	60	−17	49
22	Walsall (R)	46	11	13	22	52	77	−25	46	Relegation to the Second Division
23	Port Vale (R)	46	7	15	24	48	69	−21	36
24	Swindon Town (R)	46	8	12	26	38	77	−39	36

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

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


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


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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ENG	Jimmy Walker
2	DF	ENG	Chris Marsh
3	DF	ENG	Ian Brightwell
4	DF	ENG	Adi Viveash
5	DF	GRE	Michalis Vlachos
6	DF	ENG	Ian Roper
7	MF	ENG	Darren Wrack
8	FW	ENG	Mark Robins
9	FW	ENG	Andy Rammell
10	MF	ENG	Dean Keates
11	DF	ARG	Gino Padula
14	MF	ENG	Jason Brissett
15	MF	ISL	Bjarni Lárusson


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	ISL	Sigurður Ragnar Eyjólfsson
17	GK	ENG	Carl Emberson
19	MF	JAM	Paul Hall
20	MF	ENG	Graham Fenton
21	DF	ENG	Matt Gadsby
22	FW	ENG	Michael Ricketts
23	FW	ENG	Alfie Carter
24	DF	ENG	Dion Scott
25	DF	ENG	Tony Barras
26	MF	HUN	Gábor Bukrán
27	MF	ESP	Pedro Matías
28	FW	ENG	Jamie Forrester
29	MF	SCO	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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	MF	ENG	Neil Pointon (to Chesterfield)
5	DF	ENG	Richard Green (to Northampton Town)
11	MF	ENG	Tony Daley (to Forest Green Rovers)
11	FW	FRA	Samassi Abou (returned to West Ham United)
12	MF	YUG	Darko Mavrak (released)
18	MF	ENG	Wayne Thomas (to Shrewsbury Town)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	FW	ENG	Clive Platt (to Rochdale)
19	DF	ENG	Lee Todd (returned to Bradford City)
19	MF	SCO	Kevin Harper (returned to Derby County)
20	MF	SLE	John Keister (to Chester City)
28	FW	BRA	Marcus di Giuseppe (to Universitario de Deportes)

References

Walsall squad for 1999–2000 season

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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