1999–2000 Hartlepool United F.C. season

Hartlepool United

1999–2000 season
Football League Third Division	7th
FA Cup	Second round
League Cup	First round
Football League Trophy	Quarter final
Top goalscorer	Tommy Miller (16)
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

During the 1999–2000 English football season, Hartlepool United Football Club competed in the Football League Third Division where they finished in 7th position on 72 points and qualified for the play-offs but lost to local rivals Darlington in the semi-final.

Final league table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1.	Swansea City	46	24	13	9	51	30	85
2.	Rotherham United	46	24	12	10	72	36	84
3.	Northampton Town	46	25	7	14	63	45	82
4.	Darlington	46	21	16	9	66	36	79
5.	Peterborough United	46	22	12	12	63	54	78
6.	Barnet	46	21	12	13	59	53	75
7.	Hartlepool United	46	21	9	16	60	49	72
8.	Cheltenham Town	46	20	10	16	50	42	70
9.	Torquay United	46	19	12	15	62	52	69
10.	Rochdale	46	18	14	14	57	54	68
11.	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	17	16	13	64	47	67
12.	Plymouth Argyle	46	16	18	12	55	51	66
13.	Macclesfield Town	46	18	11	17	66	61	65
14.	Hull City	46	15	14	17	43	43	59
15.	Lincoln City	46	15	14	17	67	69	59
16.	Southend United	46	15	11	20	53	61	56
17.	Mansfield Town	46	16	8	22	50	65	56
18.	Halifax Town	46	12	16	18	44	58	54
19.	Leyton Orient	46	13	13	20	47	52	52
20.	York City	46	12	16	18	39	53	52
21.	Exeter City	46	11	11	24	46	72	44
22.	Shrewsbury Town	46	9	13	24	40	67	40
23.	Carlisle United	46	9	12	25	42	75	39
24.	Chester City	46	10	9	27	44	79	39

Key
Promoted to Division 2
Qualified for the promotion playoff
Relegated to Conference

Results

Hartlepool United's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Division Three

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	7 August 1999	Peterborough United	A	1 – 2	5,886	Jones 39'
2	14 August 1999	Halifax Town	H	0 – 2	2,719
3	21 August 1999	Carlisle United	A	3 – 0	4,033	Freestone 3', 52', Miller 58'
4	28 August 1999	Cheltenham Town	H	0 – 1	2,390
5	31 August 1999	Shrewsbury Town	A	0 – 0	1,803
6	4 September 1999	Southend United	H	1 – 2	1,980	Stephenson 46'
7	11 September 1999	Northampton Town	A	1 – 2	4,724	Miller 24'
8	18 September 1999	Plymouth Argyle	H	3 – 0	2,242	Freestone 4', Lee 13', Henderson 88'
9	25 September 1999	Leyton Orient	A	1 – 2	3,889	Stephenson 14'
10	2 October 1999	Darlington	H	2 – 0	3,957	Shilton 46', Fitzpatrick 68'
11	9 October 1999	Hull City	H	2 – 0	3,114	Miller 50', Freestone 90'
12	16 October 1999	Mansfield Town	A	3 – 2	2,612	Shilton 14', Stephenson 51', Miller 59'
13	19 October 1999	Rotherham United	A	0 – 3	3,340
14	23 October 1999	Leyton Orient	H	1 – 0	2,397	Henderson 49'
15	2 November 1999	Barnet	H	3 – 0	2,290	Miller 27', 47', 85'
16	6 November 1999	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	0 – 1	5,746
17	13 November 1999	Chester City	H	1 – 0	2,266	Miller 35'
18	23 November 1999	Torquay United	A	0 – 0	2,280
19	27 November 1999	Macclesfield Town	A	3 – 3	2,351	Clark 47', 90', Lee 84'
20	4 December 1999	Peterborough United	H	1 – 0	2,404	Jones 20'
21	11 December 1999	Swansea City	H	0 – 1	2,397
22	18 December 1999	Exeter City	A	2 – 1	2,261	Jones 31', 78'
23	26 December 1999	York City	H	2 – 1	4,668	Henderson 31', 73'
24	28 December 1999	Lincoln City	A	2 – 1	3,480	Clark 9', Miller 53'
25	3 January 2000	Rochdale	H	3 – 2	4,498	Miller 5' (pen), Jones 46', Clark 56'
26	8 January 2000	Swansea City	A	1 – 2	7,163	Henderson 40'
27	15 January 2000	Halifax Town	A	1 – 1	3,546	Jones 24'
28	22 January 2000	Carlisle United	H	1 – 0	3,530	Miller 53'
29	29 January 2000	Cheltenham Town	A	1 – 2	3,630	Lee 86'
30	5 February 2000	Shrewsbury Town	H	1 – 0	2,933	Boyd 90'
31	12 February 2000	Southend United	A	1 – 2	3,337	Lee 45'
32	19 February 2000	Macclesfield Town	H	1 – 4	2,823	Miller 39'
33	26 February 2000	Plymouth Argyle	A	1 – 1	3,917	Shilton 59'
34	4 March 2000	Northampton Town	H	2 – 1	2,878	Stephenson 6', Lee 29'
35	7 March 2000	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	0 – 0	2,734
36	11 March 2000	Barnet	A	1 – 1	2,925	Coppinger 73'
37	18 March 2000	Torquay United	H	2 – 0	2,766	Stephenson 10', Lee 77'
38	21 March 2000	Chester City	A	1 – 1	1,816	Fitzpatrick 78'
39	25 March 2000	York City	A	1 – 2	4,079	Coppinger 53'
40	1 April 2000	Exeter City	H	2 – 1	2,668	Arnison 62', Clark 63'
41	8 April 2000	Rochdale	A	0 – 2	2,332
42	15 April 2000	Lincoln City	H	2 – 0	2,777	Henderson 6', Miller 39'
43	22 April 2000	Mansfield Town	H	1 – 0	3,473	Henderson 55'
44	24 April 2000	Darlington	A	1 – 1	6,749	Miller 45'
45	29 April 2000	Rotherham United	H	1 – 2	4,673	Clark 21'
46	6 May 2000	Hull City	A	3 – 0	7,620	Lee 2', Coppinger 8', Henderson 37'

Football League Division Three Play-offs

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
Semi final 1st Leg	13 May 2000	Darlington	H	0 – 2	6,995
Semi final 2nd Leg	17 May 2000	Darlington	A	0 – 1	8,238

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1 1st Leg	10 August 1999	Crewe Alexandra	H	3 – 3	1,836	Miller 3', Di Lella 48', Stephenson 60'
R1 2nd Leg	24 August 1999	Crewe Alexandra	A	0 – 1	5,095

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	31 October 1999	Millwall	H	1 – 0	2,847	Jones 90'
R2	21 November 1999	Hereford United	A	0 – 1	4,914

Football League Trophy

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	7 December 1999	Halifax Town	H	1 – 0	1,484	Henderson 14'
R2	10 January 2000	Preston North End	A	2 – 1	3,635	Midgley 83', Miller 86'
Quarter final	22 February 2000	Carlisle United	H	1 – 2	2,399	Lee 85'

Squad

Appearances for competitive matches only

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
DF	Paul Arnison	5(3)	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	7(3)	1
DF	Michael Barron	40	0	2	0	2	0	5	0	49	0
FW	Paul Beavers	2(5)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3(5)	0
FW	Adam Boyd	0(4)	1	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0	0(6)	1
MF	Ian Clark	34(10)	6	1(1)	0	1	0	3(1)	0	39(12)	6
MF	James Coppinger	6(4)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6(4)	3
MF	Gustavo Di Lella	3	0	0	0	1(1)	1	0	0	4(1)	1
GK	Andy Dibble	6	0	0	0	2	0	2(1)	0	10(1)	0
MF	Lee Fitzpatrick	16(8)	2	0	0	0	0	1(1)	0	17(8)	2
FW	Chris Freestone	15(12)	4	2	0	2	0	3	0	22(12)	4
FW	Kevin Henderson	23(12)	8	0(1)	0	0(1)	0	1	1	24(14)	8
GK	Martin Hollund	40	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	45	0
DF	Denny Ingram	6(1)	0	0	0	1(1)	0	0	0	7(2)	0
FW	Gary Jones	30(3)	6	2	1	2	0	2(2)	0	38(5)	7
DF	Darren Knowles	43(1)	0	2	0	2	0	3	0	50(1)	0
DF	Graeme Lee	38	7	2	0	2	0	4	1	46	8
MF	Gary Mason	5(1)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	7(1)	0
MF	Andy McAvoy	5(11)	0	0	0	0	0	1(2)	0	6(13)	0
MF	Craig Midgley	2(15)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	2(1)	1	4(17)	1
MF	Tommy Miller	44	14	2	0	2	1	4	1	52	16
MF	Chris Perkins	7(1)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8(1)	0
MF	Sam Shilton	16(5)	3	2	0	0	0	2	0	20(5)	3
MF	Paul Stephenson	46	5	1(1)	0	2(1)	1	5	0	54(2)	6
DF	Gary Strodder	28(1)	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	32(1)	0
MF	Thomas Tennebø	6(5)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	8(5)	0
DF	Rune Vindheim	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
FW	Colin West	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0
DF	Chris Westwood	33(4)	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	40(4)	0

References

Hartlepool United 1999–2000 at soccerbase.com (use drop down list to select relevant season)

See also

• 1999–2000 in English football