1999–2000 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season

Oldham Athletic
1999–2000 season
Chairman	David Brierley
Manager	Andy Ritchie
Stadium	Boundary Park
Second Division	14th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	First round
Football League Trophy	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Allott (10); All: Allott/Whitehall (11)
Highest home attendance	9,432 vs. Preston North End
Lowest home attendance	2,750 vs. Stockport County
Average home league attendance	5,391
	← 1998–99 2000–01 →

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

Season summary

In the 1999–2000 season, it began in disastrous fashion with the Latics losing their first five matches and failing to score in the first four. Ritchie's side however recovered well, proving difficult to beat, and losing only four of their nineteen remaining away matches, comfortably finishing in mid-table with 61 points from their 46 league matches.

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

Oldham Athletic's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 August 1999	Preston North End	H	0–1	9,432
14 August 1999	Brentford	A	0–2	5,074
21 August 1999	Burnley	H	0–1	8,543
28 August 1999	Oxford United	A	0–1	5,098
4 September 1999	Gillingham	A	1–2	5,884	S McNiven
11 September 1999	Bury	H	2–0	6,541	Allott, Duxbury
18 September 1999	Bristol Rovers	A	2–3	6,574	Sheridan, Allott
25 September 1999	Reading	A	1–1	7,274	Allott
2 October 1999	Notts County	H	1–2	5,143	Thom
9 October 1999	Luton Town	H	2–1	4,532	D McNiven, Allott
16 October 1999	Cardiff City	A	1–1	5,650	Graham
19 October 1999	Blackpool	A	2–1	3,845	Duxbury, Allott
23 October 1999	Reading	H	1–2	4,963	Dudley
2 November 1999	Wycombe Wanderers	H	2–2	3,807	Rickers, Whitehall
6 November 1999	Chesterfield	A	1–0	2,737	Adams
9 November 1999	Millwall	H	2–1	4,209	Dudley, Whitehall
14 November 1999	Colchester United	H	1–2	5,147	Dudley
23 November 1999	Bristol City	A	1–1	8,214	Allott
27 November 1999	Wrexham	H	0–0	4,963
4 December 1999	Preston North End	A	0–2	10,970
18 December 1999	Cambridge United	A	3–2	3,162	Allott, Adams, Duxbury
26 December 1999	Scunthorpe United	H	1–1	5,998	Whitehall
28 December 1999	Stoke City	A	0–0	13,709
3 January 2000	Bournemouth	H	1–0	5,160	Allott
7 January 2000	Wigan Athletic	A	1–0	6,487	Duxbury
15 January 2000	Brentford	H	3–0	4,967	Holt, Allott (2, 1 pen)
22 January 2000	Burnley	A	0–3	12,391
29 January 2000	Oxford United	H	2–0	4,780	Whitehall (2)
5 February 2000	Millwall	A	0–1	8,303
12 February 2000	Gillingham	H	1–3	5,144	Garnett
19 February 2000	Wrexham	A	3–0	3,603	Graham, Whitehall, Dudley
26 February 2000	Bristol Rovers	H	1–4	5,839	Dudley
4 March 2000	Bury	A	2–2	5,306	Whitehall, Rickers
11 March 2000	Wycombe Wanderers	A	0–0	4,471
18 March 2000	Bristol City	H	1–1	4,808	Whitehall
21 March 2000	Colchester United	A	1–0	3,282	Holt
25 March 2000	Scunthorpe United	A	2–1	3,807	Garnett, Rickers
1 April 2000	Cambridge United	H	1–0	4,988	Holt
4 April 2000	Stoke City	H	0–1	4,474
8 April 2000	Bournemouth	A	0–3	3,808
11 April 2000	Wigan Athletic	H	2–1	5,697	Tipton, Jones
18 April 2000	Chesterfield	H	1–2	4,012	Whitehall
22 April 2000	Cardiff City	H	1–2	4,549	Thom
24 April 2000	Notts County	A	1–0	3,728	Tipton
29 April 2000	Blackpool	H	1–1	6,290	Sugden
6 May 2000	Luton Town	A	1–1	5,963	Tipton (pen)

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	30 October 1999	Chelmsford City	H	4–0	4,392	Dudley, Sheridan, Duxbury, Whitehall
R2	20 November 1999	Swansea City	H	1–0	4,332	Whitehall
R3	11 December 1999	Preston North End	A	1–2	9,940	Adams

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	10 August 1999	Stockport County	A	0–2	3,017
R1 2nd Leg	24 August 1999	Stockport County	H	1–1 (lost 1-3 on agg)	2,750	Allott

Football League Trophy


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2N	18 January 2000	Stoke City	H	0–1	4,682

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[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	IRL	Gary Kelly^{[notes 1]}
2	DF	SCO	Scott McNiven^{[notes 2]}
3	DF	ENG	Andy Holt
4	DF	ENG	Shaun Garnett
5	DF	ENG	Stuart Thom
6	MF	ENG	Lee Duxbury
7	MF	ENG	Paul Rickers
8	MF	IRL	John Sheridan^{[notes 3]}
9	FW	WAL	Matthew Tipton
10	FW	ENG	Steve Whitehall
11	MF	SCO	Mark Innes
12	FW	ENG	Mark Allott
13	GK	NIR	David Miskelly
14	MF	ENG	Phil Salt
15	MF	ENG	Danny Walsh


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	FW	ENG	Ryan Sugden
17	FW	ENG	Craig Dudley
18	MF	ENG	Danny Boshell
19	DF	SCO	Iain Swan
20	MF	ENG	Mark Hotte
22	DF	ENG	Ian McLean
23	FW	ENG	Andy Ritchie (player-manager)
24	MF	ENG	Neil Adams
26	DF	ENG	Richard Graham
27	DF	ENG	Ben Futcher
28	MF	ENG	Darren Wardle
29	DF	ENG	Paul Jones
30	DF	ENG	Jordan Tait
36	FW	ENG	Paul Beavers

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
21	FW	ENG	David McNiven (to Southport)
25	MF	ENG	John Mohan (released)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
25	FW	GHA	Junior Agogo (on loan from Sheffield Wednesday)
29	DF	ENG	Lee Clitheroe (released)

References

Notes

^ Kelly was born in Preston, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his father and represented them at U-19, U-21, U-23, and B level.
^ McNiven was born in Leeds, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his father and represented them at U-21 level.
^ Sheridan was born in Stretford, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 1988.

[1] ttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/oldham-athletic/1999-2000/results

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

[3] Kelly was born in Preston, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his father and represented them at U-19, U-21, U-23, and B level.

[4] McNiven was born in Leeds, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his father and represented them at U-21 level.

[5] Sheridan was born in Stretford, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 1988.

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