1999–2000 Wigan Athletic F.C. season

Wigan Athletic
1999–2000 season
Chairman	Dave Whelan
Manager	John Benson
Stadium	JJB Stadium
Second Division	4th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
Football League Trophy	Second round
Top goalscorer	Barlow (18)
Average home league attendance	7,007
	← 1998–99 2000–01 →

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

Season summary

On 1 June 1999, John Benson was appointed as Wigan's manager. As Wigan settled into their new home at the JJB Stadium, Benson's side went 26 league games undefeated, before losing at home to Oldham Athletic on 7 January 2000, Benson picking up 2 Manager of the Month awards in the process. Towards the end of the season Wigan lost their form and found themselves in the play-off final at Wembley against Gillingham. A few days prior to the game, Benson had announced he was stepping down but remained to lead his team out at Wembley and ultimately a 3–2 defeat after being 2–1 up with only 7 minutes of extra time remaining.^[1]

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Preston North End	46	15	4	4	37	23	13	7	3	37	14	74	37	+37	95
2	Burnley	46	16	3	4	42	23	9	10	4	27	24	69	47	+22	88
3	Gillingham	46	16	3	4	46	21	9	7	7	33	27	79	48	+31	85
4	Wigan Athletic	46	15	3	5	37	14	7	14	2	35	24	72	38	+34	83
5	Millwall	46	14	7	2	41	18	9	6	8	35	32	76	50	+26	82
6	Stoke City	46	13	7	3	37	18	10	6	7	31	24	68	42	+26	82
7	Bristol Rovers	46	13	7	3	34	19	10	4	9	35	26	69	45	+24	80
8	Notts County	46	9	6	8	32	27	9	5	9	29	28	61	55	+6	65
9	Bristol City	46	7	14	2	31	18	8	5	10	28	39	59	57	+2	64
10	Reading	46	10	9	4	28	18	6	5	12	29	45	57	63	–6	62
11	Wrexham	46	9	6	8	23	24	8	5	10	29	37	52	61	–9	62
12	Wycombe Wanderers	46	11	4	8	32	24	5	9	9	24	29	56	53	+3	61
13	Luton Town	46	10	7	6	41	35	7	3	13	20	30	61	65	–4	61
14	Oldham Athletic	46	8	5	10	27	28	8	7	8	23	27	50	55	–5	60
15	Bury	46	8	10	5	38	33	5	8	10	23	31	61	64	–3	57
16	Bournemouth	46	11	6	6	37	19	5	3	15	22	43	59	62	–3	57
17	Brentford	46	8	6	9	27	31	5	7	11	20	30	47	61	–14	52
18	Colchester United	46	9	4	10	36	40	5	6	12	23	42	59	82	–23	52
19	Cambridge United	46	8	6	9	38	33	4	6	13	26	32	64	65	–1	48
20	Oxford United	46	6	5	12	24	38	6	4	13	19	35	43	73	–30	45
21	Cardiff City	46	5	10	8	23	34	4	7	12	22	33	45	67	–22	44
22	Blackpool	46	4	10	9	26	37	4	7	12	23	40	49	77	–28	41
23	Scunthorpe United	46	4	6	13	16	34	5	6	12	24	40	40	74	–34	39
24	Chesterfield	46	5	7	11	17	25	2	8	13	17	38	34	63	–29	36

Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted through play-offs
	Relegated

Results

Wigan Athletic's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 August 1999	Scunthorpe United	H	3–0	7,481	Haworth (2), Barlow (pen)
14 August 1999	Millwall	A	3–3	8,165	Liddell, Balmer, Barlow
21 August 1999	Bristol City	H	2–1	7,103	Barlow, Haworth
28 August 1999	Preston North End	A	4–1	13,885	Barlow (3, 1 pen), Haworth
30 August 1999	Cambridge United	H	1–1	5,976	McGibbon
11 September 1999	Bristol Rovers	H	3–1	6,927	Sheridan, Barlow, Haworth
18 September 1999	Stoke City	A	1–1	11,195	Mohan (own goal)
25 September 1999	Cardiff City	A	0–0	7,679
2 October 1999	Luton Town	H	1–0	6,866	Barlow
16 October 1999	Reading	A	2–0	7,708	Barlow, Bradshaw (pen)
19 October 1999	Wrexham	A	1–1	3,392	Martínez
23 October 1999	Cardiff City	H	2–0	5,728	Martínez, Kilford
26 October 1999	Colchester United	A	2–2	2,915	Barlow, Liddell
2 November 1999	Chesterfield	H	3–0	4,376	Liddell, Barlow (2, 1 pen)
6 November 1999	Blackpool	A	2–2	4,535	Jones, Barlow
12 November 1999	Wycombe Wanderers	H	2–1	5,523	Barlow, Balmer
16 November 1999	Bournemouth	H	3–1	4,338	Green, de Zeeuw, Barlow
23 November 1999	Bury	A	2–2	4,086	Barlow, Haworth
27 November 1999	Burnley	H	1–1	11,986 (6,546 away)	Haworth
4 December 1999	Scunthorpe United	A	2–1	3,463	Liddell, Martínez
18 December 1999	Brentford	H	1–0	5,498	de Zeeuw
26 December 1999	Notts County	A	2–0	8,176	O'Neill, Liddell
28 December 1999	Gillingham	H	2–0	8,054	McLoughlin, Sheridan
3 January 2000	Oxford United	A	2–1	5,915	Haworth (2)
7 January 2000	Oldham Athletic	H	0–1	6,487
15 January 2000	Millwall	H	1–1	6,304	O'Neill
22 January 2000	Bristol City	A	0–0	10,758
5 February 2000	Cambridge United	A	1–1	3,755	Barlow
12 February 2000	Colchester United	H	0–1	6,022
19 February 2000	Burnley	A	0–0	20,435
26 February 2000	Stoke City	H	1–2	9,429	Green
4 March 2000	Bristol Rovers	A	1–1	11,109	Liddell
7 March 2000	Blackpool	H	5–1	6,451	Liddell, Griffiths, Haworth, Barlow, Sheridan
11 March 2000	Chesterfield	A	1–1	3,106	Cooke
18 March 2000	Bury	H	1–0	6,567	Liddell
21 March 2000	Wycombe Wanderers	A	2–0	3,821	de Zeeuw, Haworth
25 March 2000	Notts County	H	2–0	6,094	Redfearn (2, 1 pen)
1 April 2000	Brentford	A	2–0	4,479	Redfearn (pen), Powell (own goal)
4 April 2000	Preston North End	H	0–1	15,993
8 April 2000	Oxford United	H	2–0	4,848	Haworth (2)
11 April 2000	Oldham Athletic	A	1–2	5,697	Redfearn (pen)
15 April 2000	Gillingham	A	1–2	7,746	Pennock (own goal)
22 April 2000	Reading	H	1–0	5,855	Redfearn (pen)
24 April 2000	Luton Town	A	1–1	5,010	Redfearn (pen)
29 April 2000	Wrexham	H	0–1	7,245
6 May 2000	Bournemouth	A	2–2	6,512	McGibbon, Roberts

Second Division play-offs


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
SF 1st Leg	13 May 2000	Millwall	A	0–0	14,091 (812 away)
SF 2nd Leg	17 May 2000	Millwall	H	1–0	10,642	Sheridan
F	28 May 2000	Gillingham	N	2–3 (a.e.t.)	53,764	Haworth, Barlow (pen)

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	30 October 1999	Cambridge City	A	2–0	4,024 (337 away)	Barlow (2)
R2	20 November 1999	Wycombe Wanderers	A	2–2	2,992 (294 away)	Haworth (2)
R2R	30 November 1999	Wycombe Wanderers	H	2–1	3,967	Liddell, Haworth
R3	11 December 1999	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–1	10,531

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	10 August 1999	York City	A	1–0	1,921 (1,063 away)	Haworth
R1 2nd Leg	24 August 1999	York City	H	2–1 (won 3–1 on agg)	3,396	Barlow (2, 1 pen)
R2 1st Leg	14 September 1999	Watford	A	0–2	6,628 (598 away)
R2 2nd Leg	21 September 1999	Watford	H	3–1 (lost on away goals)	5,006	Haworth (2), Bradshaw (pen)

Football League Trophy


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1N	7 December 1999	Burnley	H	2–1 (a.e.t.)	2,085	Bradshaw (pen), Morris
R2N	25 January 2000	Carlisle United	A	1–2	1,321 (320 away)	Martínez

Squad

^[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
1	GK	NIR	Roy Carroll
2	DF	ENG	Carl Bradshaw
3	DF	ENG	Kevin Sharp
4	DF	NIR	Pat McGibbon
5	DF	SCO	Stuart Balmer
6	DF	NED	Arjan de Zeeuw
7	FW	SCO	Andy Liddell
8	MF	ENG	Kevin Nicholls
9	FW	WAL	Simon Haworth
10	MF	NIR	Michael O'Neill
11	FW	ENG	Stuart Barlow
12	FW	WAL	Neil Roberts
13	GK	SCO	Derek Stillie
14	DF	ENG	Scott Green
15	DF	ENG	Gareth Griffiths
16	MF	ESP	Roberto Martínez
17	DF	ENG	Neil Fitzhenry


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	ENG	Ian Kilford
19	MF	ENG	David Lee
20	MF	ENG	Andy Porter
21	MF	SCO	Brian McLaughlin
22	MF	ENG	Darren Sheridan
23	MF	ENG	Andrew Morris
24	DF	ENG	Paul Mitchell
25	DF	ENG	Tom Spearitt
26	DF	ENG	Colin Greenall
27	GK	ENG	Lee Ellis
28	MF	ENG	Stephen Greenwood
29	MF	FRA	Jean-François Péron
31	MF	ENG	Terry Cooke (on loan from Manchester City)
32	MF	ENG	Neil Redfearn
33	DF	ENG	Michael Clegg (on loan from Manchester United)
34	MF	EIR	Alan McLoughlin

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
12	FW	ENG	Graeme Jones (to St Johnstone)
25	DF	WAL	Mark Bowen (to Reading)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
30	MF	ENG	Scott Willis (to Mansfield Town)

References

^ "Second time lucky for Gills". BBC Sport. 28 May 2000. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
^ Soccerbase: 1999-2000 Wigan Athletic results
^ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1999-2000/d2/wigan.htm

[1] "Second time lucky for Gills". BBC Sport. 28 May 2000. Retrieved 19 March 2014.

[2] Soccerbase: 1999-2000 Wigan Athletic results

[3] ttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1999-2000/d2/wigan.htm

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