2000 Football League play-offs

Football League play-offs

Season	1999–2000
Champions	Ipswich Town (First Division) Gillingham (Second Division) Peterborough United (Third Division)
Matches played	15
Goals scored	49 (3.27 per match)
Biggest home win	Peterborough 3–0 Barnet (Third Division)
Biggest away win	Birmingham 0–4 Barnsley (First Division)
Highest scoring	Ipswich 5–3 Bolton (8 goals)
Highest attendance	73,427 – Barnsley v Ipswich (First Division final)
Lowest attendance	4,535 – Barnet v Peterborough (Third Division semi-final)
Average attendance	22,266
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The Football League play-offs for the 1999–2000 season were held in May 2000, with the finals taking place at the old Wembley Stadium in London for the final time. The play-off semi-finals will be played over two legs and will be contested by the teams who finish in 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th place in the Football League First Division and Football League Second Division and the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th placed teams in the Football League Third Division table. The winners of the semi-finals will go through to the finals, with the winner of the matches gaining promotion for the following season.

Background

The Football League play-offs have been held every year since 1987. They take place for each division following the conclusion of the regular season and are contested by the four clubs finishing below the automatic promotion places.

In the First Division, Ipswich Town, who are aiming to return to the top flight after 5 years outside the top flight, finished 2 points behind second placed Manchester City, who in turn finished 2 points behind champions Charlton Athletic, who returned to the top flight after being relegated last season. Barnsley who are aiming to return to the top flight after 2 seasons outside the top division, finished in fourth place in the table. Birmingham City, who are aiming to return to the top flight after 14 years outside the top division, finished in fifth place. Bolton Wanderers, who as well as Barnsley are aiming to return to the top flight after relegation 2 seasons ago, finished 1 point behind Birmingham City in sixth place.

First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	Ipswich Town	46	25	12	9	71	42	+29	87
4	Barnsley	46	24	10	12	88	67	+21	82
5	Birmingham City	46	22	11	13	65	44	+21	77
6	Bolton Wanderers	46	21	13	12	69	50	+19	76

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

Ipswich Town won 7–5 on aggregate.

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Barnsley won 5–2 on aggregate.

Final

Second Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	Gillingham	46	25	10	11	79	48	+31	85
4	Wigan Athletic	46	22	17	7	72	38	+34	83
5	Millwall	46	23	13	10	76	50	+26	82
6	Stoke City	46	23	13	10	68	42	+26	82

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

Gillingham won 5–3 on aggregate.

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Wigan Athletic won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final

Third Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
4	Darlington	46	21	16	9	66	36	+30	79
5	Peterborough United	46	22	12	12	63	54	0+9	78
6	Barnet	46	21	12	13	59	53	0+6	75
7	Hartlepool United	46	21	9	16	60	49	+11	72

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

Darlington won 3–0 on aggregate.

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Peterborough United won 5–1 on aggregate.

Final

External links

• Football League website