1999–2000 Grimsby Town F.C. season

Grimsby Town
1999–2000 season
Chairman	Bill Carr
Manager	Alan Buckley
Stadium	Blundell Park
First Division	20th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Ashcroft (12); All: Ashcroft (13)
Average home league attendance	6,157
	← 1998–99 2000–01 →

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

Season summary

After a brilliant first full season back in the second tier finishing 11th, Grimsby a season later really struggled and finished the 1999–2000 season in 20th, avoiding relegation at the expense of Buckley's former club Walsall.

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
18	Portsmouth	46	13	12	21	55	66	−11	51
19	Crewe Alexandra	46	14	9	23	46	67	−21	51
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

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

Results

Grimsby Town's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 August 1999	Stockport County	H	0–1	5,528
14 August 1999	Nottingham Forest	A	1–2	17,121	Groves (pen)
21 August 1999	Fulham	H	1–1	6,196	Black
27 August 1999	Crewe Alexandra	A	1–1	5,440	Lester
30 August 1999	Swindon Town	H	1–0	5,705	Groves (pen)
5 September 1999	Port Vale	A	1–3	3,737	Allen
11 September 1999	Walsall	H	1–0	6,014	Allen
18 September 1999	Crystal Palace	A	0–3	13,294
25 September 1999	Portsmouth	A	2–1	12,073	Ashcroft, Coldicott
2 October 1999	Ipswich Town	H	2–1	6,531	Donovan, Ashcroft
16 October 1999	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–1	17,575	Ashcroft (pen)
19 October 1999	Tranmere Rovers	A	2–3	5,004	Allen (2)
23 October 1999	Birmingham City	H	1–1	6,266	Allen
26 October 1999	Portsmouth	H	1–0	5,912	Awford (own goal)
30 October 1999	Ipswich Town	A	0–2	16,617
6 November 1999	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–3	19,036
12 November 1999	Charlton Athletic	H	2–5	6,849	Ashcroft (pen), Donovan
20 November 1999	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–2	12,415
23 November 1999	Queens Park Rangers	H	2–1	4,297	Ashcroft (2 pens)
28 November 1999	Norwich City	H	2–1	5,333	Ashcroft (2, 1 pen)
4 December 1999	Stockport County	A	1–2	5,581	Hamilton
14 December 1999	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–1	4,036	Allen
18 December 1999	Huddersfield Town	A	1–3	14,065	Groves
26 December 1999	Barnsley	H	0–3	8,742
28 December 1999	Manchester City	A	1–2	32,607	Coldicott
3 January 2000	Sheffield United	H	2–2	7,618	Lester, Ashcroft
15 January 2000	Nottingham Forest	H	4–3	6,738	Lester, Ashcroft (2, 1 pen), Donovan
22 January 2000	Fulham	A	1–0	10,802	Lester
29 January 2000	Crewe Alexandra	H	1–1	6,147	Allen
5 February 2000	Swindon Town	A	1–0	5,784	Ashcroft
12 February 2000	Port Vale	H	2–0	6,265	Clare, Allen
19 February 2000	Norwich City	A	0–3	13,533
26 February 2000	Crystal Palace	H	1–0	5,421	D Smith (pen)
4 March 2000	Walsall	A	0–1	5,384
7 March 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–0	5,575	Clare
11 March 2000	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–1	10,450
18 March 2000	Bolton Wanderers	H	0–1	5,289
22 March 2000	Charlton Athletic	A	0–4	19,364
27 March 2000	Barnsley	A	0–3	14,613
1 April 2000	Huddersfield Town	H	0–0	6,993
8 April 2000	Sheffield United	A	0–0	11,612
15 April 2000	Manchester City	H	1–1	8,166	Pouton
22 April 2000	Blackburn Rovers	H	0–0	6,558
24 April 2000	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–2	15,291	Black
29 April 2000	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–2	5,427	Clare
7 May 2000	Birmingham City	A	0–0	25,263

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	10 December 1999	Stockport County	H	3–2	3,400	Livingstone (2), Allen
R4	8 January 2000	Bolton Wanderers	H	0–2	4,270

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	10 August 1999	Carlisle United	A	0–0	3,000
R1 2nd Leg	24 August 1999	Carlisle United	H	6–0 (won 6-0 on agg)	2,696	Lester (3), Groves, Coldicott, Donovan
R2 1st Leg	14 September 1999	Leyton Orient	H	4–1	2,238	D Smith, Gallimore, Ashcroft (pen), Groves
R2 2nd Leg	21 September 1999	Leyton Orient	A	0–1 (won 4-2 on agg)	1,036
R3	13 October 1999	Leicester City	A	0–2	13,701

Squad

^[2] 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	WAL	Danny Coyne
2	DF	ENG	John McDermott
3	DF	ENG	Tony Gallimore
4	DF	SCO	Peter Handyside
5	DF	ENG	Richard Smith
6	MF	ENG	Wayne Burnett
7	MF	ENG	Kevin Donovan
8	MF	ENG	David Smith
9	FW	ENG	Lee Ashcroft
10	FW	ENG	Mark Nicholls (on loan from Chelsea)
11	MF	ENG	Paul Groves
12	DF	ENG	Danny Butterfield
13	GK	ENG	Steve Croudson


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	DF	ENG	Steve Livingstone
15	DF	ENG	Mark Lever
16	MF	ENG	Stacy Coldicott
17	MF	NIR	Kingsley Black
18	MF	ENG	Adam Buckley
19	FW	EIR	Daryl Clare
20	DF	ENG	Matthew Bloomer
21	GK	ENG	Andy Love
22	DF	ENG	Ben Chapman
23	DF	ENG	Matt McKenzie
24	MF	ENG	Matthew Oswin
25	FW	ENG	Bradley Allen
26	MF	ENG	Alan Pouton

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
28	MF	ENG	Ian Hamilton (on loan from Sheffield United)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
10	FW	ENG	Jack Lester (to Nottingham Forest)

References

^ "Grimsby Town 1999-2000 Results - statto.com". statto.com. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
^ "FootballSquads - Grimsby Town - 1999/00". footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 6 April 2014.

[statto-1] "Grimsby Town 1999-2000 Results - statto.com". statto.com. Retrieved 6 April 2014.

[footballsquads-2] "FootballSquads - Grimsby Town - 1999/00". footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 6 April 2014.

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