1999–2000 Wrexham F.C. season

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

Wrexham

1999–2000 season
Chairman	Pryce Griffiths
Manager	Brian Flynn
Stadium	Racecourse Ground
Second Division	11th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	First round
Football League Trophy	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Connolly/Faulconbridge (9) All: Faulconbridge (11)
Average home league attendance	3,952
Home colours
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Season summary

In the 1999-2000 season, Wrexham had a satisfying league campaign finishing mid-table in 11th place. The season also saw Wrexham again beat a top-flight team in the FA Cup, this time in the shape of Middlesbrough. The final score of the match was 2–1, with the second half goals coming from Robin Gibson and Darren Ferguson after being behind to the Premiership outfit.^[1]

Final league table

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Bristol City	46	15	19	12	59	57	+2	64
10	Reading	46	16	14	16	57	63	−6	62
11	Wrexham	46	17	11	18	52	61	−9	62
12	Wycombe Wanderers	46	16	13	17	56	53	+3	61
13	Luton Town	46	17	10	19	61	65	−4	61

Source: ^[2]
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Results

Wrexham's score comes first^[3]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 August 1999	Blackpool	A	1–2	5,008	Faulconbridge
14 August 1999	Bury	H	1–0	4,185	Stevens
20 August 1999	Cardiff City	A	1–1	11,168	Stevens
28 August 1999	Bristol Rovers	H	2–1	3,365	Faulconbridge (2)
31 August 1999	Wycombe Wanderers	A	1–0	5,393	Barrett
3 September 1999	Notts County	H	2–3	5,040	Faulconbridge (2)
11 September 1999	Luton Town	A	1–3	5,121	Stevens
18 September 1999	Oxford United	H	1–0	4,229	Stevens
25 September 1999	Stoke City	H	2–3	5,924	Carey, Lowe
1 October 1999	Colchester United	A	2–2	3,315	Owen, Morrell
9 October 1999	Gillingham	A	1–5	5,997	Faulconbridge
16 October 1999	Chesterfield	H	1–1	2,603	Roberts
19 October 1999	Wigan Athletic	H	1–1	3,392	Roberts (pen)
23 October 1999	Stoke City	A	0–2	10,545
2 November 1999	Burnley	A	0–5	8,944
6 November 1999	Brentford	H	0–1	2,473
12 November 1999	Millwall	A	0–0	6,711
23 November 1999	Cambridge United	H	1–1	3,467	Faulconbridge
27 November 1999	Oldham Athletic	A	0–0	4,963
4 December 1999	Blackpool	H	1–1	2,668	Faulconbridge
18 December 1999	Reading	A	2–2	6,223	Owen, Roberts
26 December 1999	Preston North End	H	0–0	7,872
28 December 1999	Bournemouth	A	0–1	5,394
3 January 2000	Bristol City	H	0–1	4,021
15 January 2000	Bury	A	2–0	3,622	Roberts (2)
22 January 2000	Cardiff City	H	2–1	4,350	Connolly, Ferguson
29 January 2000	Bristol Rovers	A	1–3	8,196	Roberts
1 February 2000	Scunthorpe United	A	2–0	2,851	Barrett, Connolly
5 February 2000	Wycombe Wanderers	H	1–3	2,781	Faulconbridge
12 February 2000	Notts County	A	1–2	5,474	Connolly
19 February 2000	Oldham Athletic	H	0–3	3,603
26 February 2000	Oxford United	A	4–1	4,988	Connolly, Allsopp (2), Ferguson
4 March 2000	Luton Town	H	1–0	2,703	Allsopp
7 March 2000	Brentford	A	2–0	4,055	Allsopp, Connolly
11 March 2000	Burnley	H	0–1	6,582
18 March 2000	Cambridge United	A	4–3	4,591	Williams, Russell (2), Ferguson
21 March 2000	Millwall	H	1–1	3,019	Owen
25 March 2000	Preston North End	A	0–1	12,481
28 March 2000	Scunthorpe United	H	3–1	2,139	Gibson, Russell, Ferguson (pen)
1 April 2000	Reading	H	0–1	2,613
8 April 2000	Bristol City	A	0–4	8,639
15 April 2000	Bournemouth	H	1–0	2,597	Russell
22 April 2000	Chesterfield	A	3–0	2,550	Connolly (3, 1 pen)
24 April 2000	Colchester United	H	1–0	2,460	Hardy (pen)
29 April 2000	Wigan Athletic	A	1–0	7,245	Connolly
6 May 2000	Gillingham	H	1–0	5,297	McGregor

FA Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	30 October 1999	Kettering Town	H	1–1	2,701	Roberts
R1R	10 November 1999	Kettering Town	A	2–0	2,611	Roberts, Williams
R2	20 November 1999	Rochdale	H	2–1	3,408	Roberts, Faulconbridge
R3	11 December 1999	Middlesbrough	H	2–1	11,755	Gibson, Ferguson
R4	8 January 2000	Cambridge United	H	1–2	7,186	Connolly

League Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	10 August 1999	Preston North End	A	0–1	4,930
R1 2nd Leg	24 August 1999	Preston North End	H	0–2 (lost 0-3 agg)	2,911

Football League Trophy

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League Trophy

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
NR1	7 December 1999	Preston North End	A	1–4	3,306	Faulconbridge

Squad

^[4]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 Kevin Dearden 2 DF   ENG Mark McGregor 3 DF   IRL Phil Hardy 4 MF   WAL Gareth Owen 5 DF   IRL Brian Carey 6 DF   ENG Adrian Moody 7 MF   ENG Martyn Chalk 8 MF   ENG Kevin Russell 9 FW   ENG Karl Connolly 10 FW   ENG Dean Spink 11 FW   ENG David Lowe 12 DF   ENG David Ridler 13 MF   IRL Dave Warren 14 DF   WAL Deryn Brace 15 MF   ENG Paul Barrett

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF   WAL Stephen Roberts 18 MF   WAL Danny Williams 19 MF   WAL Steve Thomas 20 GK   ENG Mark Cartwright 21 GK   WAL David Walsh 22 GK   ENG Kristian Rogers 23 DF   WAL Steve Cooper 24 DF   ENG Mike Ryan 25 FW   ENG Robin Gibson 26 DF   ENG Kevin Hannon 28 FW   ENG Andy Morrell 29 FW   ENG Ian Stevens 30 MF   WAL Wayne Phillips 31 FW   ENG Craig Faulconbridge 32 MF   SCO Darren Ferguson

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 27 GK   ENG Jake Edwards (to Telford United) 16 DF   WAL Neil Roberts (to Wigan Athletic)

No. Pos. Nation Player 33 FW   AUS Danny Allsopp (on loan from Manchester City) 6 DF   ENG Jason Jarrett (Released)

References

1. "Wrexham wreck Boro cup bid". BBC News. 11 December 1999. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
2. "England 1999–00". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. from the original on 1 February 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
3. Soccerbase: 1999-2000 Wrexham results
4. "FootballSquads - Wrexham - 1999/00".