1999–2000 Sunderland A.F.C. season

Sunderland A.F.C.

1999–2000 season
Chairman	Bob Murray
Manager	Peter Reid
Stadium	Stadium of Light
FA Premier League	7th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	Kevin Phillips (30)
Average home league attendance	40,495
Home colours Away colours

During the 1999–2000 season, Sunderland participated in the FA Premier League.

Season summary

Sunderland's 1999–2000 season started at Stamford Bridge, where Chelsea beat them 4–0.^[1] However, in the return match later in the season Sunderland turned the tables on Chelsea, avenging their 4–0 defeat with a 4–1 win at the Stadium of Light.^[2] Sunderland also achieved a 2–1 victory over rivals Newcastle United at St. James' Park,^[3] a result which helped bring about the resignation of Newcastle's manager, Ruud Gullit.^[4] At the end of the season Sunderland finished seventh, with Kevin Phillips winning the European Golden Shoe in his first top-flight season, scoring 30 goals.^[5]

Team kit and sponsors

This season was the first in which the club was sponsored by car dealership Reg Vardy, and the last in which ASICS made the club's kit.^[6]

Results

Sunderland's score comes first^[7]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Premier League

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Chelsea	38	18	11	9	53	34	+19	65	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[a]
6	Aston Villa	38	15	13	10	46	35	+11	58	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
7	Sunderland	38	16	10	12	57	56	+1	58
8	Leicester City	38	16	7	15	55	55	0	55	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[b]
9	West Ham United	38	15	10	13	52	53	−1	55

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. Chelsea qualified for the UEFA Cup as FA Cup winners.
2. Leicester City qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	16	10	12	57	56	+1	58	10	6	3	28	17	+11	6	4	9	29	39	−10

Source: 1999-2000 FA Premier League table

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	W	L
Position	20	11	11	16	11	11	8	4	4	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	7	9	8	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7

Source: 11v11.com: 1999-2000 Sunderland results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 August 1999	Chelsea	A	0–4	34,831
10 August 1999	Watford	H	2–0	40,630	Phillips (2, 1 pen)
14 August 1999	Arsenal	H	0–0	41,680
21 August 1999	Leeds United	A	1–2	39,064	Phillips (pen)
25 August 1999	Newcastle United	A	2–1	36,600	Quinn, Phillips
29 August 1999	Coventry City	H	1–1	39,427	Phillips
11 September 1999	Leicester City	H	2–0	40,105	Butler, McCann
18 September 1999	Derby County	A	5–0	28,264	McCann, Phillips (3), Quinn
25 September 1999	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–0	41,132	Schwarz
2 October 1999	Bradford City	A	4–0	18,204	Rae, Quinn, Phillips (2, 1 pen)
18 October 1999	Aston Villa	H	2–1	41,045	Phillips (2, 1 pen)
24 October 1999	West Ham United	A	1–1	26,022	Phillips
31 October 1999	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2–1	41,904	Quinn (2)
6 November 1999	Middlesbrough	A	1–1	34,793	Reddy
20 November 1999	Liverpool	H	0–2	42,015
27 November 1999	Watford	A	3–2	21,590	Phillips (2), McCann
4 December 1999	Chelsea	H	4–1	41,377	Quinn (2), Phillips (2)
18 December 1999	Southampton	H	2–0	40,860	Phillips (2)
26 December 1999	Everton	A	0–5	40,017
28 December 1999	Manchester United	H	2–2	42,026	McCann, Quinn
3 January 2000	Wimbledon	A	0–1	17,621
15 January 2000	Arsenal	A	1–4	38,039	Quinn
23 January 2000	Leeds United	H	1–2	41,947	Phillips
5 February 2000	Newcastle United	H	2–2	42,192	Phillips (2)
12 February 2000	Coventry City	A	2–3	22,101	Phillips, Rae
26 February 2000	Derby County	H	1–1	41,940	Rae
5 March 2000	Leicester City	A	2–5	20,432	Phillips, Quinn
11 March 2000	Liverpool	A	1–1	44,693	Phillips (pen)
18 March 2000	Middlesbrough	H	1–1	42,013	Quinn
25 March 2000	Everton	H	2–1	41,934	Summerbee, Phillips
1 April 2000	Southampton	A	2–1	15,245	Quinn, Phillips (pen)
8 April 2000	Wimbledon	H	2–1	41,592	Quinn, Kilbane
15 April 2000	Manchester United	A	0–4	61,612
22 April 2000	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2–0	28,072	Phillips (2)
24 April 2000	Bradford City	H	0–1	40,628
29 April 2000	Aston Villa	A	1–1	33,949	Quinn
6 May 2000	West Ham United	H	1–0	41,684	Phillips
14 May 2000	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–3	36,070	Makin

FA Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	11 December 1999	Portsmouth	H	1–0	26,535	McCann
R4	8 January 2000	Tranmere Rovers	A	0–1	15,469

League Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	14 September 1999	Walsall	H	3–2	14,388	Williams, Dichio, Barras (own goal)
R2 2nd Leg	21 September 1999	Walsall	A	5–0 (won 8-2 on agg)	5,109	Roy, Dichio (2), Fredgaard (2)
R3	12 October 1999	Wimbledon	A	2–3 (a.e.t.)	5,061	Dichio, Ball

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[8][9]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  DEN Thomas Sørensen 2 DF  ENG Chris Makin 3 DF  ENG Michael Gray 4 MF  IRL Kevin Kilbane[notes 1] 5 DF  ENG Steve Bould (captain) 6 DF  IRL Paul Butler[notes 2] 7 MF  ENG Nicky Summerbee 8 DF  GER Thomas Helmer 9 FW  IRL Niall Quinn 10 FW  ENG Kevin Phillips 12 FW  ENG Danny Dichio 13 GK  WAL Andy Marriott[notes 3] 14 DF  ENG Darren Holloway 15 MF  DEN Carsten Fredgaard

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  SCO Alex Rae 17 DF  ENG Jody Craddock 18 DF  ENG Darren Williams 19 MF  ENG Paul Thirlwell 20 MF  SWE Stefan Schwarz 21 MF  ENG Gavin McCann 22 MF  ENG Neil Wainwright 23 MF  ENG Chris Lumsdon 25 DF  ENG Mark Maley 27 MF  IRL Thomas Butler 28 MF  WAL John Oster[notes 4] 29 MF  FRA Éric Roy 31 FW  IRL Michael Reddy 33 FW  HON Milton Núñez

Left club during the season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 4 MF  ENG Kevin Ball (to Fulham) 11 MF  SCO Allan Johnston (on loan to Birmingham City and Bolton Wanderers)

No. Pos. Nation Player 30 FW  BRA Marcus di Giuseppe (to Walsall)

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 MF  ENG Sam Aiston 26 FW  ENG Michael Proctor 32 MF  IRL Brendan McGill 34 DF  NIR George McCartney 35 MF  SCO David Duke — GK  ENG Jon Kennedy — GK  NIR Michael Ingham[notes 5] — GK  ENG Chris Porter — GK  IRL Gregg Shannon

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  IRL Cliff Byrne — DF  ENG Steve Harrison — DF  ENG David Morgan — MF  ENG Mark Convery — MF  ENG Jonjo Dickman — MF  ENG Gerry Harrison — MF  IRL Finbar Lynch — FW  IRL Keith Graydon — FW  SCO Kevin Kyle

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
1 July 1999	GK	Michael Ingham	Cliftonville	£30,000
2 July 1999	DF	Steve Bould	Arsenal	£500,000
7 July 1999	DF	Thomas Helmer	Bayern Munich	Free transfer
29 July 1999	MF	Stefan Schwarz	Valencia	£4,000,000
6 August 1999	MF	John Oster	Everton	£1,000,000
15 August 1999	MF	Éric Roy	Marseille	£200,000
15 December 1999	MF	Kevin Kilbane	West Bromwich Albion	£2,500,000
23 March 2000	FW	Milton Núñez	PAOK	£1,600,000
23 March 2000	GK	Jon Kennedy	Worksop Town	£90,000

Out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
2 June 1999	DF	Andy Melville	Fulham	Free transfer
7 July 1999	MF	Lee Clark	Fulham	£3,000,000
13 July 1999	MF	John Mullin	Burnley	Free transfer
17 July 1999	DF	Matthew Pitts	Carlisle United	Free transfer
23 July 1999	FW	Michael Bridges	Leeds United	£5,000,000
6 August 1999	FW	Martin Smith	Sheffield United	Free transfer
7 August 1999	FW	Paul Beavers	Oldham Athletic	Free transfer
8 September 1999	GK	Luke Weaver	Carlisle United	Free transfer
8 December 1999	MF	Kevin Ball	Fulham	£200,000
7 March 2000	GK	Chris Porter	Darlington	Free transfer

Transfers in: £9,620,000

Transfers out: £8,200,000

Total spending: £1,420,000

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		FA Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	DEN	Thomas Sørensen	39	0	37	0	2	0	0	0
2	DF	ENG	Chris Makin	37	1	34	1	2	0	1	0
3	DF	ENG	Michael Gray	38	0	32+1	0	2	0	2+1	0
4	MF	IRL	Kevin Kilbane	21	2	17+3	1	0	0	0+1	1
5	DF	ENG	Steve Bould	22	0	19+1	0	2	0	0	0
6	DF	IRL	Paul Butler	36	1	31+1	1	2	0	2	0
7	MF	ENG	Nicky Summerbee	35	1	29+3	1	2	0	1	0
8	DF	GER	Thomas Helmer	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	IRL	Niall Quinn	38	14	35+2	14	1	0	0	0
10	FW	ENG	Kevin Phillips	38	30	36	30	2	0	0	0
12	FW	ENG	Danny Dichio	15	4	0+12	0	0	0	3	4
13	GK	WAL	Andy Marriott	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
14	MF	ENG	Darren Holloway	17	0	8+7	0	0	0	2	0
15	MF	DEN	Carsten Fredgaard	4	2	0+1	0	0	0	3	2
16	MF	SCO	Alex Rae	30	3	22+4	3	1	0	3	0
17	DF	ENG	Jody Craddock	20	0	18+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
18	DF	ENG	Darren Williams	28	1	13+12	0	0	0	3	1
19	DF	ENG	Paul Thirlwell	9	0	7+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
20	MF	SWE	Stefan Schwarz	29	1	27	1	2	0	0	0
21	MF	ENG	Gavin McCann	27	5	21+3	4	2	1	0+1	0
22	DF	ENG	Neil Wainwright	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
23	DF	ENG	Chris Lumsdon	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
25	DF	ENG	Mark Maley	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
27	MF	IRL	Thomas Butler	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
28	MF	WAL	John Oster	13	0	4+6	0	0	0	3	0
29	MF	FRA	Éric Roy	29	1	19+5	0	2	0	3	1
31	FW	IRL	Michael Reddy	10	1	0+8	1	0+1	0	0+1	0
33	FW	HON	Milton Núñez	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Players no longer with club:
4	DF	ENG	Kevin Ball	12	0	6+5	0	0	0	1	0
30	FW	BRA	Marcus di Giuseppe	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0

Notes

1. Kilbane was born in Preston, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his parents and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for Republic of Ireland in September 1997.
2. Butler was born in Moston, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his paternal step-grandfather, and would make his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in February 2000.
3. Marriott was born in Sutton-in-Ashfield, England, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in 1996.
4. Oster was born in Boston, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and represented them at U-18 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Wales in 1997.
5. Ingham was born in Preston, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and represented them at U-18 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Northern Ireland in June 2005.

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