1999–2000 Sheffield United F.C. season

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

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
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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 § First Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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
18	Portsmouth	46	13	12	21	55	66	−11	51

Source: ^[1]
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Results

Sheffield United's score comes first^[2]

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

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[3]

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 DF   ENG Wayne Quinn 4 DF   ENG Lee Sandford 5 DF   ENG Rob Kozluk 6 MF   ENG Jonathan Hunt 7 DF   AUS Shaun Murphy 8 MF   ENG Curtis Woodhouse 9 FW   ENG Marcus Bent 10 MF   ENG Paul Devlin 11 MF   ENG Bobby Ford 12 FW   FRA Laurent D'Jaffo^[notes 1] 13 GK   ENG Simon Tracey 14 GK   ENG Matt Duke 15 MF   ENG Ian Hamilton 16 MF   BEL Axel Smeets 18 DF   BEL Davy Gysbrechts 19 DF   ENG Andy Woodward

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF   ENG Stuart Wilson (on loan from Leicester City) 21 DF   ENG Jon O'Connor 23 MF   ENG Kevin Davies 25 DF   ENG Ben Doane 26 FW   ENG Paul Macari 27 MF   ENG Adam Burley 28 FW   ENG Paul Burke 29 DF   ENG Mark Camm 30 DF   ENG Craig McAughtrie 31 DF   ENG Matt Mosley 33 FW   NIR Andy Smith 35 MF   POR Bruno Ribeiro 37 MF   ENG Michael Brown 38 FW   SCO Alex Notman (on loan from Manchester United) 40 DF   ENG 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. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   NIR Aidan Davison^[notes 2] (to Bradford City) 2 MF   ENG Shaun Derry (to Portsmouth) 9 FW   BRA Marcelo (to Birmingham City) 12 MF   ENG Lee Morris (to Derby County) 12 MF   IRL Brian Launders (released) 19 DF   ENG Martin Smith (to Huddersfield Town) 20 DF   ENG Nicky Marker (to Cheltenham Town)

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF   ENG Sagi Burton^[notes 3] (to Port Vale) 22 MF   ENG Jon Cullen (to Peterborough United) 22 FW   BLR Pyotr Kachura (to Chengdu Wuniu) 24 MF   ENG Dane Whitehouse (retired) 32 GK   ENG Leigh Walker (to Barnsley) 34 DF   ENG Jody Craddock (on loan from Sunderland) 36 MF   JAM Paul Hall^[notes 4] (on loan from Coventry City)

References

1. "England 1999–00". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. from the original on 1 February 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
2. "Sheffield United results for the 1999-2000 season". statto.com. from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
3. "FootballSquads - Sheffield United - 1999/00". www.footballsquads.co.uk.

Notes

1. D'Jaffo was born in Bazas, France, but also qualified to represent Benin internationally and made his international debut for Benin in 2002.
2. Davison was born in Sedgefield, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and made his international debut for Northern Ireland in April 1996.
3. Burton was born in Birmingham, England, but also qualified to represent Saint Kitts and Nevis internationally and would make his international debut for Saint Kitts and Nevis in June 2004.
4. Hall was born in Manchester, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 1997.