1999–2000 Aston Villa F.C. season

During the 1999–2000 English football season, Aston Villa competed in the FA Premier League.

Main article: History of Aston Villa F.C. (1961–present)

Aston Villa

1999–2000 season
Chairman	Doug Ellis
Manager	John Gregory
Stadium	Villa Park
FA Premier League	6th
FA Cup	Runners-up
League Cup	Semi-final
Top goalscorer	League: Dion Dublin (12) All: Dion Dublin (16)
Highest home attendance	39,217 (vs. Liverpool, 2 October 1999; vs. Tottenham Hotspur, 29 December 1999; vs. Manchester United, 14 May 2000)
Lowest home attendance	23,885 (vs. Sheffield Wednesday, 18 December 1999)
Average home league attendance	31,697
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

Aston Villa matched their previous season's solid sixth-place finish. After starting the campaign brightly a run of nine matches without a win dragged Villa down to 15th. However, after that Villa rallied to go 12 matches unbeaten, and thereafter lost only two more games all season to finish sixth. Villa also reached the FA Cup final for the first time in 43 years, but their hopes of winning the famous trophy for the eighth time were ended by a 1–0 defeat at the hands of Chelsea, whose success was achieved in the last game at Wembley before the old stadium was rebuilt.^[1]

The season saw debuts for George Boateng (103), David James (67), Peter Enckelman (52), Benito Carbone (24), Najwan Ghrayib (5), and Neil Cutler (1).^[2]

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Transfers

Transferred in

Date	Pos	Player	From	Fee
17 June 1999	GK	David James	Liverpool	£1,700,000
20 July 1999	LB	Najwan Ghrayib	Hapoel Haifa	£1,000,000
20 July 1999	DM	George Boateng	Coventry City	£4,500,000
20 October 1999	SS	Benito Carbone	Sheffield Wednesday	£800,000
30 November 1999	GK	Neil Cutler	Chester City	Free transfer
				£8,000,000

Loaned in

Date	Pos	Player	From	Loan End
6 January 2000	CF	Gustavo Bartelt	Roma	31 May 2000

Transferred out

Date	Pos	Player	To	Fee
1 July 1999	GK	Mark Bosnich	Manchester United	Free transfer
7 July 1999	CF	Alan Lee	Burnley	£200,000
13 July 1999	CM	Fabio Ferraresi	Verona	Free transfer
22 July 1999	CB	Riccardo Scimeca	Nottingham Forest	£3,000,000
29 July 1999	RB	Simon Grayson	Blackburn Rovers	£750,000
24 September 1999	LB	David Hughes	Shrewsbury Town	Free transfer
27 September 1999	GK	Adam Rachel	Blackpool	Free transfer
29 October 1999	GK	Michael Oakes	Wolverhampton Wanderers	£500,000
20 January 2000	LB	Tommy Jaszczun	Blackpool	£50,000
10 February 2000	CF	Stan Collymore	Leicester City	Free transfer
14 March 2000	CB	Colin Calderwood	Nottingham Forest	£70,000
				£4,570,000

Loaned out

Date	Pos	Player	To	Loan End
19 July 1999	CF	Stan Collymore	Fulham	15 October 1999
3 August 1999	CF	Darren Byfield	Northampton Town	12 September 1999
17 September 1999	CF	Darren Byfield	Cambridge United	25 October 1999
10 December 1999	CF	Neil Tarrant	Ayr United	31 May 2000
7 March 2000	CF	Darren Byfield	Blackpool	31 May 2000
13 March 2000	LB	Aaron Lescott	Lincoln City	13 April 2000

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure £8,000,000

Income £4,570,000

Balance £3,430,000

Squad

First Team

#	Name	Position	Nationality	Place of birth	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Apps	Gls
Goalkeepers
1	David James	GK		Welwyn Garden City	(1970-08-01)1 August 1970 (aged 28)	Liverpool	17 June 1999	£1,700,000	-	-
13	Michael Oakes	GK		Northwich	(1973-10-30)30 October 1973 (aged 25)	Academy	1 July 1991	—	61	0
13*	Neil Cutler	GK		Perton	(1976-09-03)3 September 1976 (aged 22)	Chester City	30 November 1999	Free transfer	-	-
39	Peter Enckelman	GK		Turku	(1977-03-10)10 March 1977 (aged 22)	TPS	1 February 1999	£200,000	0	0
40	Matthew Ghent	GK		Burton upon Trent	(1980-09-05)5 September 1980 (aged 18)	Academy	1 July 1997	—	0	0
Defenders
2	Steve Watson	RB		North Shields	(1974-04-01)1 April 1974 (aged 25)	Newcastle United	15 October 1998	£4,000,000	30	0
3	Alan Wright	LB		Ashton-under-Lyne	(1971-09-28)28 September 1971 (aged 27)	Blackburn Rovers	10 March 1995	£1,000,000	199	3
4	Gareth Southgate (c)	CB		Watford	(1970-09-03)3 September 1970 (aged 28)	Crystal Palace	1 July 1995	£3,500,000	164	4
5	Ugo Ehiogu	CB		Hackney	(1972-11-03)3 November 1972 (aged 26)	West Bromwich Albion	12 July 1991	£40,000	255	14
15	Gareth Barry	LB		Hastings	(1981-02-23)23 February 1981 (aged 18)	Academy	1 January 1998	—	39	2
20	Najwan Ghrayib	LB		Nazareth	(1974-01-30)30 January 1974 (aged 25)	Hapoel Haifa	20 July 1999	£1,000,000	-	-
23	David Hughes	LB		Wrexham	(1978-02-01)1 February 1978 (aged 21)	Academy	1 July 1996	—	7	0
24	Mark Delaney	RB		Haverfordwest	(1976-05-13)13 May 1976 (aged 23)	Cardiff City	9 March 1999	£250,000	2	0
28	Tommy Jaszczun	CB		Kettering	(1977-09-16)16 September 1977 (aged 21)	Academy	1 July 1998	—	1	0
30	Jon Bewers	RB		Kettering	(1982-09-10)10 September 1982 (aged 16)	Academy	1 July 1999	—	-	-
31	Jlloyd Samuel	LB		San Fernando	(1981-03-29)29 March 1981 (aged 18)	Academy	1 January 1999	—	0	0
32	Aaron Lescott	CB		Birmingham	(1978-12-02)2 December 1978 (aged 20)	Academy	1 July 1998	—	1	0
34	Colin Calderwood	CB		Stranraer	(1965-01-20)20 January 1965 (aged 34)	Tottenham Hotspur	23 March 1999	£230,000	8	0
Midfielders
6	George Boateng	CM		Nkawkaw	(1975-09-05)5 September 1975 (aged 23)	Coventry City	20 July 1999	£4,500,000	-	-
7	Ian Taylor	CM		Birmingham	(1968-06-04)4 June 1968 (aged 31)	Sheffield Wednesday	21 December 1994	£1,000,000	178	22
8	Mark Draper	CM		Long Eaton	(1970-11-11)11 November 1970 (aged 28)	Leicester City	5 July 1995	£3,250,000	154	11
10	Paul Merson	AM		Harlesden	(1968-03-20)20 March 1968 (aged 31)	Middlesbrough	8 September 1998	£6,750,000	27	5
11	Alan Thompson	LM		Newcastle upon Tyne	(1973-12-22)22 December 1973 (aged 25)	Bolton Wanderers	5 June 1998	£4,500,000	28	2
17	Lee Hendrie	RM		Solihull	(1977-05-18)18 May 1977 (aged 22)	Academy	1 July 1995	—	71	6
26	Steve Stone	RM		Gateshead	(1971-08-20)20 August 1971 (aged 27)	Nottingham Forest	11 March 1999	£5,500,000	10	0
27	Michael Standing	AM		Shoreham-by-Sea	(1981-03-20)20 March 1981 (aged 18)	Academy	1 July 1998	—	0	0
38	John McGrath	CM		Limerick	(1980-03-27)27 March 1980 (aged 19)	Academy	1 July 1999	—	-	-
Forwards
9	Dion Dublin	CF		Leicester	(1969-04-22)22 April 1969 (aged 30)	Coventry City	5 November 1998	£5,750,000	24	11
12	Julian Joachim	CF		Peterborough	(1974-09-20)20 September 1974 (aged 24)	Leicester City	24 February 1996	£1,890,000	100	28
14	Neil Tarrant	CF		Darlington	(1979-06-24)24 June 1979 (aged 20)	Ross County	28 April 1998	£250,000	-	-
18	Benito Carbone	SS		Bagnara Calabra	(1971-08-14)14 August 1971 (aged 27)	Sheffield Wednesday	20 October 1999	£800,000	-	-
19	Richard Walker	CF		Bloxwich	(1977-11-08)8 November 1977 (aged 21)	Academy	1 July 1997	—	1	0
21	Darren Byfield	CF		Sutton Coldfield	(1976-09-29)29 September 1976 (aged 22)	Academy	1 July 1997	—	10	0
22	Darius Vassell	CF		Birmingham	(1980-06-13)13 June 1980 (aged 19)	Academy	1 January 1998	—	11	2
25	Gustavo Bartelt	CF		Buenos Aires	(1974-09-02)2 September 1974 (aged 24)	Roma	6 January 2000	Loan	-	-
29	Stan Collymore	CF		Tittensor	(1971-01-22)22 January 1971 (aged 28)	Liverpool	13 May 1997	£7,000,000	61	15

*squad number was re-used following a players departure.
Note: Stats and ages are correct as of July 1, 1999.

Final league table

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Premier League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Liverpool	38	19	10	9	51	30	+21	67	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[a]
5	Chelsea	38	18	11	9	53	34	+19	65
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]

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	15	13	10	46	35	+11	58	8	8	3	23	12	+11	7	5	7	23	23	0

Source: 1999-2000 FA Premier League table

Results by matchday

Match	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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D	L	W	W	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	D	L	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	D	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	L
Position	5	1	2	5	2	2	6	3	6	6	9	8	11	11	13	13	15	12	12	12	10	10	9	8	7	8	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

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

Results

Aston Villa's score comes first^[3]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 August 1999	Newcastle United	A	1–0	36,376	Joachim 75'
11 August 1999	Everton	H	3–0	30,337	Joachim 9', Dublin 57', Taylor 85'
16 August 1999	West Ham United	H	2–2	26,250	Dublin 5', 52'
21 August 1999	Chelsea	A	0–1	35,071
24 August 1999	Watford	A	1–0	19,161	Delaney 68'
28 August 1999	Middlesbrough	H	1–0	28,728	Dublin 5'
11 September 1999	Arsenal	A	1–3	38,093	Joachim 44'
18 September 1999	Bradford City	H	1–0	28,083	Dublin 71'
25 September 1999	Leicester City	A	1–3	19,917	Dublin 73'
2 October 1999	Liverpool	H	0–0	39,217
18 October 1999	Sunderland	A	1–2	41,045	Dublin 47'
23 October 1999	Wimbledon	H	1–1	27,160	Dublin 35'
30 October 1999	Manchester United	A	0–3	55,211
6 November 1999	Southampton	H	0–1	26,474
22 November 1999	Coventry City	A	1–2	20,184	Dublin 41'
27 November 1999	Everton	A	0–0	34,750
4 December 1999	Newcastle United	H	0–1	34,531
18 December 1999	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2–1	23,885	Merson 69', Taylor 82'
26 December 1999	Derby County	A	2–0	33,222	Boateng 68', Taylor 78'
29 December 1999	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–1	39,217	Taylor 75'
3 January 2000	Leeds United	A	2–1	40,027	Southgate 19', 62'
15 January 2000	West Ham United	A	1–1	24,237	Taylor 24'
22 January 2000	Chelsea	H	0–0	33,704
5 February 2000	Watford	H	4–0	27,647	Stone 47', Merson 57', 59', Walker 81'
14 February 2000	Middlesbrough	A	4–0	31,571	Carbone 11', 65', Joachim 70', 75'
26 February 2000	Bradford City	A	1–1	18,276	Merson 38'
5 March 2000	Arsenal	H	1–1	36,930	Walker 62'
11 March 2000	Coventry City	H	1–0	33,177	Ehiogu 45'
15 March 2000	Liverpool	A	0–0	43,615
18 March 2000	Southampton	A	0–2	15,218
25 March 2000	Derby County	H	2–0	28,613	Carbone 40', Boateng 57'
5 April 2000	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–0	18,136	Thompson 90'
9 April 2000	Leeds United	H	1–0	33,889	Joachim 39'
15 April 2000	Tottenham Hotspur	A	4–2	35,304	Dublin 62'(pen), 69' Carbone 70', Wright 74'
22 April 2000	Leicester City	H	2–2	31,229	Thompson 31', Merson 48'
29 April 2000	Sunderland	H	1–1	33,949	Barry 60'
6 May 2000	Wimbledon	A	2–2	19,188	Hendrie 54', Dublin 74'
14 May 2000	Manchester United	H	0–1	39,217

FA Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	11 December 1999	Darlington	H	2–1	22,101	Carbone 43', Dublin 63'
R4	8 January 2000	Southampton	H	1–0	25,025	Southgate 20'
R5	30 January 2000	Leeds United	H	3–2	30,026	Carbone 32', 58', 69'
QF	20 February 2000	Everton	A	2–1	35,331	Stone 16', Carbone 45'
SF	2 April 2000	Bolton Wanderers	N	0–0 (won 4–1 on pens)	62,828
F	20 May 2000	Chelsea	N	0–1	78,217

League Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	14 September 1999	Chester City	A	1–0	4,364	Hendrie 77'
R2 2nd Leg	21 September 1999	Chester City	H	5–0 (6–0 on agg)	22,613	Boateng 17', Taylor 31', Hendrie 46', 47', Thompson 50'
R3	13 October 1999	Manchester United	H	3–0	33,815	Joachim 18', Taylor 49', Stone 90'
R4	1 December 1999	Southampton	H	4–0	17,608	Watson 22', Joachim 66', Dublin 72', 90'
QF	11 January 2000	West Ham United	A	3–1	25,592	Taylor 80', 118', Joachim 93'
SF 1st Leg	25 January 2000	Leicester City	H	0–0	28,037
SF 2nd Leg	2 February 2000	Leicester City	A	0–1 (0–1 on agg)	21,843

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[4][5]

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 David James 2 DF  ENG Steve Watson 3 DF  ENG Alan Wright 4 DF  ENG Gareth Southgate (captain) 5 DF  ENG Ugo Ehiogu 6 MF  NED George Boateng[notes 1] 7 MF  ENG Ian Taylor 8 MF  ENG Mark Draper 9 FW  ENG Dion Dublin 10 FW  ENG Paul Merson 11 MF  ENG Alan Thompson 12 FW  ENG Julian Joachim

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 GK  ENG Neil Cutler 15 DF  ENG Gareth Barry 17 MF  ENG Lee Hendrie 18 FW  ITA Benito Carbone 19 FW  ENG Richard Walker 20 DF  ISR Najwan Ghrayib 22 FW  ENG Darius Vassell 24 DF  WAL Mark Delaney 26 MF  ENG Steve Stone 30 DF  ENG Jon Bewers 31 DF  ENG Jlloyd Samuel[notes 2] 39 GK  FIN Peter Enckelman

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 13 GK  ENG Michael Oakes (to Wolves) 23 DF  WAL David Hughes (to Shrewsbury Town) 28 DF  ENG Tommy Jaszczun (to Blackpool)

No. Pos. Nation Player 29 FW  ENG Stan Collymore (to Leicester City) 34 DF  SCO Colin Calderwood (to Nottingham Forest)

Reserve squad

The following players spend most of the season playing for the reserves, and did not appear for the first team.

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 14 FW  SCO Neil Tarrant[notes 3] 16 FW  WAL Graham Evans 21 FW  ENG Darren Byfield[notes 4] 25 FW  ARG Gustavo Bartelt (on loan from Roma) 27 MF  ENG Michael Standing 32 MF  ENG Aaron Lescott 38 MF  IRL John McGrath

No. Pos. Nation Player 40 GK  ENG Matthew Ghent — DF  WAL Darren Moss (on trial from Chester City) — DF  DEN Morten Karlsen (on trial from B.93) — MF  ENG Michael Blackwood — FW  BRA Marcus di Giuseppe (on trial)

Under-19 squad

The following players spent most of the season playing for the under-19 squad, but may have played for the U-17s and reserves.

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  ENG Liam Folds — DF  ENG Danny Haynes — DF  ENG Karl Johnson — DF  ENG Jamie Kearns — DF  ENG Martyn Lancaster (on trial from Chester City) — DF  SCO Gary McSeveney — DF  WAL Stuart Thornley — DF  COD Carlin Itonga (on trial from Arsenal) — MF  ENG David Berks — MF  ENG David Harding

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ENG Robert Hughes (on trial from Fulham) — MF  ENG Luke Prince — MF  ENG Jay Smith — MF  ENG Gregory Walters — MF  NIR Gavin Melaugh — MF  SWE David Curtolo — FW  ENG Stephen Evans — FW  ENG Andrew Marfell — FW  SWE Isaac N'Kubi[notes 5] —   Adam A. Smith

Under-17 squad

The following players spent most of the season playing for the under-17 squad, but may have played for the U-19s and reserves.

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 — GK  ENG Boaz Myhill[notes 6] — GK  IRL Wayne Henderson — DF  ENG David Andrewartha — DF  ENG Rob Edwards[notes 7] — DF  ENG Leon Hylton — DF  ENG Danny Jackman — DF  ENG Liam Ridgewell — DF  ENG Andy Wells — DF  ENG Ben Willets — DF  IRL Seán Dillon — MF  ENG Ryan Amoo — MF  ENG Stephen Cooke

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ENG Jamie Cunnington — MF  ENG Lee McGuire — MF  ENG Alexis Nicolas[notes 8] — MF  ENG Jamie Pawley — MF  IRL Keith Fahey — FW  ENG Mark DeBolla — FW  ENG Michael Husbands — FW  ENG Stuart Lewis — FW  ENG Stefan Moore —   Keiron Richardson —   Adam Rundell

Other players

The following players did not appear for any squad this 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 — DF  ENG Wesley Meacham — MF  ENG Darren Middleton — MF  ITA Marco Russo (on trial)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  SCO Brian Mulholland — FW  GRE Yannis Anastasiou (on trial from Anderlecht)

Statistics

Starting 11

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	MS	Notes
1	GK		David James	38
24	RB		Mark Delaney	30
5	CB		Ugo Ehiogu	43
4	CB		Gareth Southgate	42
3	LB		Alan Wright	41
10	RM		Paul Merson	34
7	CM		Ian Taylor	35
6	CM		George Boateng	41
11	LM		Alan Thompson	43
12	CF		Julian Joachim	37
9	CF		Dion Dublin	28	Benito Carbone has 28 starts

Notes

1. Boateng was born in Nkawkaw, Ghana, but also qualified to represent the Netherlands internationally and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for the Netherlands in November 2001.
2. Samuel was born in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, but also qualified to represent England internationally and would represent them at U-18, U-20, and U-21 level and be called up to the senior team before switching his international allegiance to Trinidad and Tobago and making his international debut for Trinidad and Tobago in September 2009.
3. Tarrant was born in Darlington, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and represented them at U-21 level.
4. Byfield was born in Sutton Coldfield, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and would make his international debut for Jamaica in 2003.
5. N'Kubi was born in Uganda, but also qualified to represent Sweden internationally and represented them at U-17 level.
6. Myhill was born in Modesto, California, United States, but was raised in England from the age of 1, qualifying to represent any of the home nations. He represented England at U-17, and U-18, and U-20 level before making his international debut for Wales in March 2008.
7. Edwards was born in Madeley, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally through his parents and would make his international debut for Wales in March 2003.
8. Nicolas was born in Westminster, England, but also qualified to represent Cyprus internationally and represented them at U-21 level.