1999–2000 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season

The 1999–2000 season was the 121st season in Bolton Wanderers F.C.'s existence, and their second successive season in the Football League First Division. It covers the period from 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000.^[1]

Bolton Wanderers

1999–2000 season
Chairman	Phil Gartside
Manager	Colin Todd (until 22 September) Phil Brown (caretaker from 22 September to 19 October) Sam Allardyce (from 19 October)
Stadium	Reebok Stadium
First Division	6th
FA Cup	Semi-Final
Worthington Cup	Semi-Final
Top goalscorer	League: Eiður Guðjohnsen Dean Holdsworth (14) All: Eiður Guðjohnsen (21)
Highest home attendance	21,671 v Manchester City 28 August 1999
Lowest home attendance	3,673 v Gillingham 21 September 1999
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Results

Nationwide League Division One

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
7 August 1999	Tranmere Rovers	A	0 – 0		7,674
14 August 1999	Queens Park Rangers	H	2 – 1	Holdsworth 11' (pen), Guðjohnsen 64'	13,019
21 August 1999	Ipswich Town	A	0 – 1		17,696
28 August 1999	Manchester City	H	0 – 1		21,671
5 September 1999	Birmingham City	H	3 – 3	Frandsen (2) 14', 53', Holdsworth 90' (pen)	11,668
11 September 1999	Charlton Athletic	A	1 – 2	Johansen 12'	19,028
18 September 1999	Barnsley	A	2 – 2	Tuttle 4' (og), Gardner 85'	14,621
25 September 1999	Nottingham Forest	H	3 – 2	Gardner 32', Holdsworth 65' (pen), Cox 90'	14,978
2 October 1999	Swindon Town	A	4 – 0	Cox 9', Holdsworth 22', Gardner 26', Elliott 43'	6,711
9 October 1999	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0 – 1		18,665
16 October 1999	Huddersfield Town	H	1 – 0	Gardner 45'	16,603
19 October 1999	Crewe Alexandra	H	2 – 2	Guðjohnsen 44', Holdsworth 58'	12,676
24 October 1999	Norwich City	A	1 – 2	Gardner 74'	12,468
27 October 1999	Nottingham Forest	A	1 – 1	Guðjohnsen 20'	15,572
30 October 1999	Swindon Town	H	2 – 0	Taylor 87', Hansen 88'	12,486
6 November 1999	Crystal Palace	H	2 – 0	Guðjohnsen 64', Jensen 82'	12,744
14 November 1999	Sheffield United	A	2 – 1	Farrelly 2', Hansen 35'	10,013
20 November 1999	Grimsby Town	H	2 – 0	Hansen (2) 50', 69'	12,415
23 November 1999	Fulham	A	1 – 1	Guðjohnsen 15'	9,642
27 November 1999	Portsmouth	A	0 – 0		10,431
4 December 1999	Tranmere Rovers	H	2 – 3	Guðjohnsen 64', Taylor 77'	13,534
7 December 1999	Blackburn Rovers	A	1 – 3	Elliott 57'	21,046
18 December 1999	Stockport County	H	0 – 1		13,285
28 December 1999	West Bromwich Albion	H	1 – 1	Jensen 82'	16,269
3 January 2000	Walsall	A	0 – 2		6,873
15 January 2000	Queens Park Rangers	A	1 – 0	Jensen 64'	11,396
22 January 2000	Ipswich Town	H	1 – 1	Holdsworth 66'	11,924
5 February 2000	Blackburn Rovers	H	3 – 1	Bergsson 17', Johansen 39', Guðjohnsen 69'	17,687
8 February 2000	Port Vale	A	1 – 0	Guðjohnsen 77'	5,092
12 February 2000	Birmingham City	A	1 – 2	Johnston 20'	18,426
22 February 2000	Portsmouth	H	3 – 0	Taylor 12, Jensen 68', Elliott 77'	12,672
26 February 2000	Barnsley	A	1 – 1	Holdsworth 43' (pen)	14,604
4 March 2000	Charlton Athletic	H	0 – 2		15,000
7 March 2000	Crystal Palace	A	0 – 0		15,236
11 March 2000	Fulham	H	3 – 1	Holdsworth (2) 45' (pen), 50', Guðjohnsen 90'	12,761
14 March 2000	Stockport County	A	0 – 0		6,412
18 March 2000	Grimsby Town	A	1 – 0	Bergsson 39'	5,289
21 March 2000	Sheffield United	H	2 – 0	Johnston 32', O'Kane 45'	11,891
25 March 2000	Port Vale	H	2 – 1	Guðjohnsen 16', Johnston 42'	12,292
5 April 2000	Manchester City	A	0 – 2		32,927
8 April 2000	Walsall	H	4 – 3	Johansen 2' (pen), Hansen (2) 13', 74, Phillips 25'	11,777
15 April 2000	West Bromwich Albion	A	4 – 4	Hansen 36', Bergsson (2) 55, 90, Guðjohnsen 66'	12,802
22 April 2000	Huddersfield Town	A	3 – 0	Hansen (2) 9', 26', Whitlow 58'	16,404
26 April 2000	Crewe Alexandra	A	3 – 1	Guðjohnsen 15', Holdsworth 71' (pen), Jensen 89'	8,015
3 May 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2 – 1	Jensen 60', Guðjohnsen 70'	18,871
7 May 2000	Norwich City	H	1 – 0	Holdsworth 72'	17,987

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Barnsley	46	24	10	12	88	67	+21	82	Qualification for the First Division play-offs
5	Birmingham City	46	22	11	13	65	44	+21	77
6	Bolton Wanderers	46	21	13	12	69	50	+19	76
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	21	11	14	64	48	+16	74
8	Huddersfield Town	46	21	11	14	62	49	+13	74

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

Nationwide League Division One play-offs

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
14 May 2000	Semi-Final First Leg	Ipswich Town	H	2 – 2	Holdsworth 5', Guðjohnsen 26'	18,814
17 May 2000	Semi Final Second Leg	Ipswich Town	A	3 – 5 (aet) 5 – 7 (agg)	Holdsworth (2) 6', 39', Johnston 50'	21,543

F.A. Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
21 December 1999	Round 3	Cardiff City	H	1 – 0	Guðjohnsen 29'	5,734
8 January 2000	Round 4	Grimsby Town	A	2 – 0	Guðjohnsen 33', Hansen 54'	4,270
29 January 2000	Round 5	Cambridge United	A	3 – 1	Bob Taylor (2) 53, 75, Guðjohnsen 86'	7,523
19 February 2000	Round 6	Charlton Athletic	H	1 – 0	Guðjohnsen 47'	20,131
2 April 2000	Semi Final	Aston Villa	Wembley Stadium	0 – 0 (aet) Aston Villa won 4 – 1 on penalties		62,828

Worthington Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
10 August 1999	Round 1 First Leg	Darlington	A	1 – 1	Frandsen	5,361
24 August 1999	Round 1 Second Leg	Darlington	H	5 – 3 6 – 4 (agg)	Reed 5' (og), Gardner 6', Taylor 50', Frandsen 55', Johansen 71' (pen)	4,991
14 September 1999	Round 2 First Leg	Gillingham	A	4 – 1	Cox 17', Guðjohnsen (2) 44', 58', Bergsson 64'	4,996
21 September 1999	Round 2 Second Leg	Gillingham	H	2 – 0 6 – 1 (agg)	Hansen 4', Holdsworth 7'	3,673
13 October 1999	Round 3	Derby County	A	2 – 1	Fish 45', Johansen 88'	20,242
30 November 1999	Round 4	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1 – 0	Eliott 53'	12,543
14 December 1999	Round 5	Wimbledon	H	2 – 1	Guðjohnsen 34', Johansen 39' (pen)	9,463
12 January 2000	Semi Final First Leg	Tranmere Rovers	H	0 – 1		13,303
26 January 2000	Semi Final Second Leg	Tranmere Rovers	A	0 – 3 0 – 4 (agg)		15,834

Appearances

Bolton used a total of 30 players during the season.

P	Player	Position	FL	FAC	LC	Total
1	Michael Johansen	Midfielder	47 0(1)	08 0(1)	05 0(0)	60 0(1)
2	Claus Jensen	Midfielder	44 0(1)	05 0(0)	06 0(0)	55 0(1)
3	Eiður Guðjohnsen	Striker	41 0(1)	04 0(1)	08 0(0)	53 0(2)
4	Guðni Bergsson	Defender	40 0(1)	04 0(0)	07 0(0)	51 0(1)
5	Mike Whitlow	Defender	38 0(2)	05 0(0)	07 0(0)	50 0(2)
6	Mark Fish	Defender	34 0(0)	04 0(0)	05 0(0)	43 0(0)
7	Jussi Jääskeläinen	Goalkeeper	36 0(1)	03 0(0)	02 0(0)	41 0(1)
8	Ricardo Gardner	Midfielder	27 0(3)	02 0(2)	09 0(0)	38 0(5)
9	Dean Holdsworth	Striker	24 (13)	02 0(0)	03 0(2)	29 (15)
10	Robbie Elliott	Defender	23 0(6)	03 0(0)	03 0(1)	29 0(7)
11	Bo Hansen	Midfielder/Striker	16 (15)	01 0(0)	04 0(1)	21 (16)
12	Bob Taylor	Striker	15 (12)	03 0(1)	03 0(2)	21 (15)
13	Allan Johnston	Midfielder	19 0 (2)	02 0(0)	00 0(0)	21 0(2)
14	Jimmy Phillips	Defender	16 0(9)	00 0(0)	03 0(1)	19 (10)
15	Paul Warhurst	Defender/Midfielder	17 0(4)	01 0(1)	01 0(3)	19 0(8)
16	Paul Ritchie	Midfielder	15 0(1)	03 0(1)	01 0(0)	19 0(2)
17	Neil Cox	Defender	15 0(0)	00 0(0)	04 0(0)	19 0(0)
18	Andy Todd	Defender	10 0(2)	00 0(0)	04 0(0)	14 0(2)
19	Keith Branagan	Goalkeeper	11 0(0)	00 0(0)	03 0(0)	14 0(0)
20	Franck Passi	Midfielder	07 0(9)	02 0(1)	02 0(0)	11 (10)
21	Dean Holden	Defender	06 0(6)	03 0(1)	02 0(1)	11 0(8)
22	John O'Kane	Defender	07 0(4)	01 0(1)	02 0(0)	10 0(5)
23	Per Frandsen	Midfielder	07 0(0)	00 0(0)	03 0(0)	10 0(0)
24	Greg Strong	Defender	06 0(0)	00 0(0)	03 0(1)	09 0(1)
25	Gareth Farrelly	Midfielder	08 0(3)	00 0(1)	00 0(0)	08 0(4)
26	Steve Banks	Goalkeeper	02 0(0)	02 0(0)	04 0(0)	08 0(0)
27	Hasney Aljofree	Striker	03 0(5)	00 0(2)	03 0(2)	06 0(9)
28	Darren Holloway	Defender	03 0(1)	00 0(0)	00 0(0)	03 0(1)
29	Kevin Nolan	Midfielder	00 0(4)	00 0(0)	00 0(0)	00 0(4)
30	Mickael Kaprielian	Midfielder	00 0(1)	00 0(0)	00 0(0)	00 0(1)

Top scorers

P	Player	Position	FL	FAC	LC	Total
1	Eiður Guðjohnsen	Striker	14	4	3	21
2	Dean Holdsworth	Striker	14	0	1	15
3	Bo Hansen	Midfielder	09	1	1	11
4=	Ricardo Gardner	Midfielder	05	1	0	06
4=	Claus Jensen	Midfielder	06	0	0	06
4=	Michael Johansen	Midfielder	03	0	3	06
4=	Bob Taylor	Striker	03	1	2	06