1999–2000 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

During the 1999–2000 English football season, Nottingham Forest competed in the Football League First Division.

Nottingham Forest

1999–2000 season
Chairman	Eric Barnes
Manager	David Platt
Stadium	City Ground
First Division	14th
FA Cup	Fourth round
Worthington Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Dougie Freedman/Alan Rogers (9) All: Dougie Freedman/Alan Rogers (11)
Highest home attendance	25,846 (vs. Manchester City, 5 February)
Lowest home attendance	13,841 vs. Portsmouth, 24 November)
Average home league attendance	17,196
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

Season summary

Under the management of David Platt, Forest were expected to make a push for an immediate return to the Premier League, but it all went wrong for Forest and they never looked anywhere near attempting a promotion challenge. In fact, they finished the season closer to a second successive relegation than the play-off places, let alone the automatic promotion places.

Final league table

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League § First Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Norwich City	46	14	15	17	45	50	−5	57
13	Tranmere Rovers	46	15	12	19	57	68	−11	57
14	Nottingham Forest	46	14	14	18	53	55	−2	56
15	Crystal Palace	46	13	15	18	57	67	−10	54
16	Sheffield United	46	13	15	18	59	71	−12	54

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

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
46	14	14	18	53	55	−2	56	9	10	4	29	18	+11	5	4	14	24	37	−13

Source: Soccerbase: 1999–2000 Football League First Division 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	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	D	D	L	W	D	D	L	W	L	W	D	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	L	D	D	L	W	W	L	W	D	L	D	L	L	W	D	W	D	D	W	W
Position	21	12	9	14	16	8	9	11	14	8	15	11	11	13	15	16	17	18	16	18	19	19	19	20	17	17	18	18	18	19	18	18	18	17	17	18	18	19	19	19	19	17	17	17	15	14

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

Results

Nottingham Forest's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 August 1999	Ipswich Town	A	1–3	20,830	Bart-Williams (pen)
14 August 1999	Grimsby Town	H	2–1	17,121	Freedman, Palmer
20 August 1999	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–1	13,202	Freedman
28 August 1999	Queens Park Rangers	H	1–1	18,442	Wright
30 August 1999	Manchester City	A	0–1	31,857
4 September 1999	Walsall	H	4–1	15,081	Freedman (2), Chettle (pen), Wright
11 September 1999	Swindon Town	A	0–0	8,203
19 September 1999	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–1	20,694	Allou
25 September 1999	Bolton Wanderers	A	2–3	14,978	Freedman, Wright (pen)
1 October 1999	Barnsley	H	3–0	15,255	Rogers, Bonalair, Freedman
16 October 1999	Sheffield United	A	1–2	15,687	Freedman
19 October 1999	Port Vale	A	2–0	5,714	Bonalair, Wright
23 October 1999	Stockport County	H	1–1	15,770	Wright
27 October 1999	Bolton Wanderers	H	1–1	15,572	Harewood
30 October 1999	Barnsley	A	0–1	14,727
6 November 1999	Norwich City	A	0–1	15,818
14 November 1999	Huddersfield Town	H	1–3	15,258	Rogers
20 November 1999	Tranmere Rovers	A	0–3	6,693
24 November 1999	Portsmouth	H	2–0	13,841	John, Beck
27 November 1999	Crystal Palace	A	0–2	15,920
5 December 1999	Ipswich Town	H	0–1	15,724
15 December 1999	Fulham	H	0–0	14,250
18 December 1999	Crewe Alexandra	H	1–0	15,289	John
26 December 1999	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–2	23,406	Johnson
28 December 1999	Birmingham City	H	1–0	20,821	Harewood
3 January 2000	Charlton Athletic	A	0–3	19,787
15 January 2000	Grimsby Town	A	3–4	6,738	Rogers (2), Lever (own goal)
22 January 2000	West Bromwich Albion	H	0–0	19,863
29 January 2000	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–1	12,297	Quashie
5 February 2000	Manchester City	H	1–3	25,846	Bart-Williams
12 February 2000	Walsall	A	2–0	8,027	Rogers, Freedman
19 February 2000	Crystal Palace	H	2–0	16,421	Rogers, Quashie
26 February 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–3	24,444
4 March 2000	Swindon Town	H	3–1	19,748	Rogers, Bart-Williams (pen), Freedman
8 March 2000	Norwich City	H	1–1	15,640	Lester
11 March 2000	Portsmouth	A	1–2	14,336	Johnson
18 March 2000	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–1	14,428	Harewood
21 March 2000	Huddersfield Town	A	1–2	12,893	Harewood
25 March 2000	Blackburn Rovers	H	0–1	16,823
1 April 2000	Crewe Alexandra	A	3–0	7,014	Prutton, Rogers (2)
8 April 2000	Charlton Athletic	H	1–1	20,922	Bart-Williams
15 April 2000	Birmingham City	A	1–0	23,006	Purse (own goal)
22 April 2000	Sheffield United	H	0–0	17,172
24 April 2000	Fulham	A	1–1	12,696	Lester
29 April 2000	Port Vale	H	2–0	15,534	John, Prutton
7 May 2000	Stockport County	A	3–2	7,756	Bart-Williams, Taylor (own goal), Flynn (own goal)

FA Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	10 December 1999	Oxford United	H	1–1	8,079	Freedman
R3R	8 January 2000	Oxford United	A	3–1	7,191	Bart-Williams, (2, 1 pen), Rogers
R4	19 January 2000	Chelsea	A	0–2	30,125

League Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	11 August 1999	Mansfield Town	H	3–0	8,300	Bart-Williams, Quashie, Allou
R1 2nd Leg	24 August 1999	Mansfield Town	A	0–1 (won 3–1 on agg)	3,072
R2 1st Leg	15 September 1999	Bristol City	H	2–1	5,015	Harewood, Rogers
R2 2nd Leg	21 September 1999	Bristol City	A	0–0 (won 2–1 on agg)	8,259
R3	13 October 1999	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–4	15,524	Freedman

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[2]

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 Dave Beasant 2 DF  FRA Matthieu Louis-Jean 3 DF  ENG Alan Rogers 4 MF  ENG Nigel Quashie[3] 5 DF  SCO Colin Calderwood 6 DF  NOR Jon Olav Hjelde 7 MF  ENG David Platt (player-manager) 8 MF  ENG Riccardo Scimeca 9 MF  ITA Gianluca Petrachi 10 MF  WAL Andy Johnson[4] 11 DF  ENG Chris Bart-Williams 12 GK  WAL Mark Crossley 14 FW  SCO Dougie Freedman 15 DF  ENG John Terry (on loan from Chelsea) 16 DF  ITA Salvatore Matrecano 18 MF  ENG Ian Woan 19 FW  TRI Stern John 20 DF  ENG Tony Vaughan

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 FW  ENG Jack Lester 22 DF  ENG Richard Cooper 23 FW  CIV Bernard Allou 24 DF  WAL Christian Edwards 25 DF  SWE Jesper Mattsson 26 GK  IRL Barry Roche 27 FW  ENG Andy Gray[5] 28 DF  ENG Kevin Dawson 29 FW  ENG Marlon Harewood 30 MF  ESP Carlos Merino 31 DF  SCO Chris Doig 32 MF  AUS Gareth Edds 34 MF  ENG David Prutton 35 FW  IRL David Freeman 36 DF  CAN Jim Brennan 37 MF  SCO Gareth Williams 38 MF  IRL Keith Foy

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 5 DF  ENG Steve Chettle (to Barnsley) 15 MF  IRL John Burns (to Bristol City) 15 DF  ITA Moreno Mannini (retired) 17 MF  FRA Thierry Bonalair (to FC Zürich) 20 MF  ENG Carlton Palmer (to Coventry City)

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 FW  ENG Steve Guinan (to Cambridge United) 26 MF  ENG Steve Melton (to Stoke City) 32 FW  DEN Mikkel Beck (on loan from Derby County) 32 FW  ENG Ian Wright (on loan from West Ham United) 33 GK  ENG Mark Goodlad (to Port Vale)

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 - DF  IRL John Thompson - MF  IRL Brian Cash - MF  ENG Richard Hodgson

No. Pos. Nation Player - MF  ENG Jermaine Jenas - MF  IRL Liam Kearney - MF  IRL Andy Reid