1999–2000 Bury F.C. season

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

Bury

1999–2000 season
Chairman	Terry Robinson
Manager	Neil Warnock (until 2 December) Steve Redmond/Andy Preece (caretakers from 2 December)
Stadium	Gigg Lane
Second Division	15th
FA Cup	Second round
League Cup	First round
Football League Trophy	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Preece (12) All: Preece/Lawson (12)
Average home league attendance	4,024
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

Season summary

In the 1999-2000 season, Bury had a disappointing campaign after relegation from the second tier of English football the previous season which at one stage saw manager Warnock resigning from his role on 2 December to take over as Sheffield United manager.^[1] Andy Preece and Steve Redmond took temporary charge until the end of the season and Bury finished the season in 15th place.

Final league table

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League § Second Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
13	Luton Town	46	17	10	19	61	65	−4	61
14	Oldham Athletic	46	16	12	18	50	55	−5	60
15	Bury	46	13	18	15	61	64	−3	57
16	Bournemouth	46	16	9	21	59	62	−3	57
17	Brentford	46	13	13	20	47	61	−14	52

Source: ^[2]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results

Bury's score comes first^[3]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 August 1999	Gillingham	H	2–1	4,014	Lawson, Littlejohn
14 August 1999	Wrexham	A	0–1	4,185
21 August 1999	Brentford	H	2–2	3,491	Lawson, C Swailes
28 August 1999	Bristol City	A	1–1	9,537	Littlejohn
30 August 1999	Colchester United	H	5–2	3,360	Lawson (3), Littlejohn, Preece
4 September 1999	Luton Town	A	1–1	4,633	Richardson
11 September 1999	Oldham Athletic	A	0–2	6,541
18 September 1999	Wycombe Wanderers	H	2–0	3,293	Preece, Bullock
25 September 1999	Bournemouth	A	1–1	4,208	Lawson
2 October 1999	Cardiff City	H	3–2	3,603	Lawson, Bullock, Preece
9 October 1999	Notts County	H	1–3	3,620	Billy
16 October 1999	Blackpool	A	5–0	5,270	C Swailes, Hills (own goal), Billy, Lawson, Barnes
20 October 1999	Reading	A	0–2	5,393
23 October 1999	Bournemouth	H	2–2	3,701	Preece (pen), Littlejohn
2 November 1999	Bristol Rovers	A	0–0	5,397
6 November 1999	Stoke City	H	0–0	4,280
13 November 1999	Oxford United	A	1–1	4,318	Lawson
23 November 1999	Wigan Athletic	H	2–2	4,086	Billy, Preece (pen)
27 November 1999	Preston North End	H	1–3	6,469	Lawson
4 December 1999	Gillingham	A	0–1	7,036
18 December 1999	Scunthorpe United	A	2–0	3,137	Logan (own goal), Barnes
26 December 1999	Burnley	H	4–2	9,115	Preece (2, 1 pen), Barrass, Littlejohn
4 January 2000	Millwall	H	2–2	3,375	Reid, Redmond
15 January 2000	Wrexham	H	0–2	3,622
22 January 2000	Brentford	A	1–2	5,605	Lawson
29 January 2000	Bristol City	H	0–0	3,435
5 February 2000	Colchester United	A	3–1	3,915	D Swailes, James, Barnes
12 February 2000	Luton Town	H	1–0	3,760	Littlejohn
19 February 2000	Preston North End	A	1–1	13,901	James
22 February 2000	Cambridge United	H	0–2	3,088
26 February 2000	Wycombe Wanderers	A	0–3	4,909
4 March 2000	Oldham Athletic	H	2–2	5,306	Reid (pen), Preece
11 March 2000	Bristol Rovers	H	0–0	4,049
18 March 2000	Wigan Athletic	A	0–1	6,567
21 March 2000	Oxford United	H	1–2	2,606	Daws
25 March 2000	Burnley	A	2–2	13,297	D Swailes, Daws
28 March 2000	Chesterfield	A	1–0	1,903	D Swailes
1 April 2000	Scunthorpe United	H	3–0	3,546	Crowe, Preece (pen), Barnes
4 April 2000	Cambridge United	A	0–3	3,016
8 April 2000	Millwall	A	0–3	10,742
15 April 2000	Chesterfield	H	1–1	3,021	Bhutia
22 April 2000	Blackpool	H	3–2	3,857	Preece (2, 1 pen), Littlejohn
24 April 2000	Cardiff City	A	2–0	6,781	Littlejohn (2)
29 April 2000	Reading	H	1–1	3,869	Preece
3 May 2000	Stoke City	A	0–3	14,792
6 May 2000	Notts County	A	2–2	4,017	Bhutia, Billy

FA Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	30 October 1999	Tamworth	A	2–2	2,743	Bullock, Littlejohn
R1R	10 November 1999	Tamworth	H	2–1 (a.e.t.)	2,531	Billy, James
R2	20 November 1999	Cardiff City	H	0–0	2,603
R2R	30 November 1999	Cardiff City	A	0–1 (a.e.t.)	4,511

League Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	10 August 1999	Notts County	H	1–0	1,893	Lawson
R1 2nd Leg	24 August 1999	Notts County	A	0–2 (lost 1-2 agg)	2,494

Football League Trophy

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League Trophy

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
NR1	7 December 1999	Mansfield Town	A	1–2 (a.e.t.)	1,205	Bullock

Squad

^[4] 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  ENG Mark Cartwright (on loan from Wrexham) 3 DF  ENG Paul Williams 4 MF  ENG Nick Daws 5 DF  ENG Sam Collins 6 DF  ENG Chris Swailes 7 MF  ENG Chris Billy 8 MF  ENG Darren Bullock 9 FW  ENG Paul Barnes 10 FW  IND Baichung Bhutia 11 MF  ENG Paul Reid 12 MF  SWE Kemajl Avdiu 13 GK  ENG Paddy Kenny 14 DF  ENG Marvin Bryan 15 DF  ENG Brian Linighan 16 FW  SKN Lutel James 17 DF  ENG Steve Redmond 18 FW  ENG Andy Preece

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  ENG Martyn Forrest 20 FW  ENG Dean Crowe (on loan from Stoke City) 21 MF  ENG Adrian Littlejohn 22 MF  ENG Ryan Souter 23 DF  ENG Dean Barrick 24 DF  ENG Danny Swailes 25 DF  ENG Paul Challinor 26 DF  ENG Nicky Hill 29 DF  ENG Matt Barrass 30 FW  ENG Lee Buggie 31 DF  ENG Lee Connell 32 MF  ENG John Gaynor 34 GK  ENG Gary Hoggeth 35 MF  ENG Steve Halford 36 MF  ENG Phil Beal 37 DF  ENG Chris Armstrong

Left club during 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 10 FW  BEN Laurent D'Jaffo (to Stockport County) 27 MF  ENG Lee Richardson (on loan from Huddersfield Town) 26 FW  POR Carlos Rocha (to Lincoln City) 33 DF  ENG Mark Donnelly (Released) 20 FW  ENG Ian Lawson (to Stockport County)

No. Pos. Nation Player 28 FW  ENG Gary Messer (to Workington) 2 DF  ENG Andy Woodward (to Sheffield United) 31 MF  ENG John Borg (Released) 32 DF  ENG Rob Debenham (Released)