1999–2000 Swansea City A.F.C. season

Swansea City

1999–2000 season
Chairman	Steve Hamer
Manager	John Hollins
Third Division	1st
FA Cup	First round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: All: Steve Watkin (11)
Highest home attendance	10,743 (vs. Exeter City, 29 April)[1]
Lowest home attendance	952 (vs. Caernarfon Town, 7 September)[1]
Home colours Away colours
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

The 1999–00 season was Swansea City A.F.C.'s 80th season in the English football league system, in this season Swansea finished 1st in the 3rd division with a total of 85 points from 46 games.^[2] It was also memorable for the fastest red card for a player in Swansea's history as Walter Boyd was red carded at half time against Darlington at Feethams and was taken off the pitch in a matter of seconds after the restart.^[3]

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[4]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Roger Freestone 2 GK Jason Jones 3 DF Matthew Bound 5 DF Michael Howard 6 DF Kristian O'Leary 7 DF Jason Smith 8 MF Richard Appleby 10 MF Ryan Casey 11 MF Nick Cusack (captain) 12 MF Lee Jenkins

No. Position Player 13 MF Damien Lacey 14 MF Gareth Philips 15 MF Jason Price 16 MF Martin Thomas 18 FW Tony Bird 19 FW Walter Boyd 20 FW Jonathan Coates 21 FW Stuart Roberts 22 FW Steve Watkin

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GD		Pts	Notes
1	Swansea City	46		15	6	2	32	11		9	7	7	19	19		51	30	+21		85
2	Rotherham United	46		13	5	5	43	17		11	7	5	29	19		72	36	+36		84
3	Northampton	46		16	2	5	36	18		9	5	9	27	27		63	45	+18		82
4	Darlington	46		13	9	1	43	15		8	7	8	23	21		66	36	+30		79
5	Peterborough United	46		14	4	5	39	30		8	8	7	24	24		63	54	+9		78
6	Barnet	46		12	6	5	36	24		9	6	8	23	29		59	53	+6		75
7	Hartlepool United	46		16	1	6	32	17		5	8	10	28	32		60	49	+11		72
8	Cheltenham Town	46		13	4	6	28	17		7	6	10	22	25		50	42	+8		70
9	Torquay United	46		12	6	5	35	20		7	6	10	27	32		62	52	+10		69
10	Rochdale	46		8	7	8	21	25		10	7	6	36	29		57	54	+3		68
11	Brighton & Hove Albion	46		10	7	6	38	25		7	9	7	26	21		64	47	+17		67
12	Plymouth Argyle	46		12	10	1	38	18		4	8	11	17	33		55	51	+4		66
13	Macclesfield Town	46		9	7	7	36	30		9	4	10	30	31		66	61	+5		65
14	Hull City	46		7	8	8	26	23		8	6	9	17	20		43	43	±0		59
15	Lincoln City	46		11	6	6	38	23		4	8	11	29	46		67	69	–2		59
16	Southend United	46		11	5	7	37	31		4	6	13	16	30		53	61	–8		56
17	Mansfield Town	46		9	6	8	33	26		7	2	14	17	39		50	65	–15		56
18	Halifax Town	46		7	5	11	22	24		8	4	11	22	34		44	58	–14		54
19	Leyton Orient	46		7	7	9	22	22		6	6	11	25	30		47	52	–5		52
20	York City	46		7	10	6	21	21		5	6	12	18	32		39	53	–14		52
21	Exeter City	46		8	6	9	27	30		3	5	15	19	42		46	72	–26		44
22	Shrewsbury Town	46		5	6	12	20	27		4	7	12	20	40		40	67	–27		40
23	Carlisle United	46		6	8	9	23	27		3	4	16	19	48		42	75	–33		39
24	Chester	46		5	5	13	20	36		5	4	14	24	43		44	79	–35		39

• Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

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• NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted through play-offs
	New club in the league
	Relegated to Conference

References

1. http://web.archive.org/web/19991116100223/http://www.scfc.co.uk/
2. http://www.statto.com/football/teams/swansea-city/1999-2000
3. http://scfcheritage.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/remember-walter-boyd/
4. "Swans squad numbers announced". worldoffootball.net. 1999. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
5. http://www.rsssf.com/engpaul/FLA/1999-00.html