1999–2000 Everton F.C. season

During the 1999–2000 English football season, Everton competed in the Premier League, the FA Cup, and the Football League Cup.

Everton

1999–2000 season
Chairman	Philip Carter
Manager	Walter Smith
Stadium	Goodison Park
Premiership	13th
FA Cup	Quarter-finals
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	Kevin Campbell (12)
Highest home attendance	40,056 (vs. Liverpool, 21 April)
Lowest home attendance	30,490 (vs. Leicester City, 3 January)
Average home league attendance	34,828
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

Season summary

1999–2000 brought a one-place improvement upon the previous season's 14th-place finish for Everton. The season largely proved to be one of mid-table safety, with relegation never a serious threat, and a run to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup representing their best performance in the competition since they last won it in 1995, but the blue half of Merseyside was still left frustrated by their side's lack of success, something which had been a familiar scene for far too long. Manager Walter Smith, determined to address the inconsistency that had prevented Everton from doing better this season, pulled off one of the biggest transfer surprises of the close season by bringing in Paul Gascoigne and bolstering one of the most ungainly squads currently in the Premiership.^[1]

Off the pitch, the big story was the battle for control of the club's boardroom, with former chairman Peter Johnson finally being forced to sell his controlling interest after the Football Association threatened both Everton and Tranmere Rovers with sanctions unless he sold his shares in one of the clubs. On the eve of the new millennium, Johnson sold his shares in Everton to theatre impresario Bill Kenwright.

Final league table

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Premier League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	Newcastle United	38	14	10	14	63	54	+9	52
12	Middlesbrough	38	14	10	14	46	52	−6	52
13	Everton	38	12	14	12	59	49	+10	50
14	Coventry City	38	12	8	18	47	54	−7	44
15	Southampton	38	12	8	18	45	62	−17	44

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of 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
38	12	14	12	59	49	+10	50	7	9	3	36	21	+15	5	5	9	23	28	−5

Source: 1999–2000 FA Premier League 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
Ground	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H
Result	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	L	D	L	D	D	D	L	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	W	W	D	D	L	L	L	W	D	W	D	L	D	L
Position	9	16	18	14	7	11	9	7	6	5	7	8	9	10	10	11	12	11	8	8	9	9	11	10	7	7	6	8	8	10	10	9	8	9	9	10	10	13

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

Results

Everton's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
8 August 1999	Manchester United	H	1–1	39,141	Stam (own goal)
11 August 1999	Aston Villa	A	0–3	30,336
14 August 1999	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2–3	34,539	Unsworth (2 pens)
21 August 1999	Southampton	H	4–1	31,755	Gough, Lundekvam (own goal), Jeffers, Campbell
25 August 1999	Wimbledon	H	4–0	32,818	Unsworth, Barmby, Jeffers, Campbell
28 August 1999	Derby County	A	0–1	26,550
11 September 1999	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2–0	23,539	Barmby, Gemmill
19 September 1999	West Ham United	H	1–0	35,154	Jeffers
27 September 1999	Liverpool	A	1–0	44,802	Campbell
2 October 1999	Coventry City	H	1–1	34,839	Jeffers
16 October 1999	Arsenal	A	1–4	38,042	Collins
24 October 1999	Leeds United	H	4–4	37,355	Campbell (2), Hutchison, Weir
30 October 1999	Middlesbrough	A	1–2	33,915	Campbell
7 November 1999	Newcastle United	A	1–1	36,164	Campbell
20 November 1999	Chelsea	H	1–1	38,255	Campbell
27 November 1999	Aston Villa	H	0–0	34,750
4 December 1999	Manchester United	A	1–5	55,133	Jeffers
18 December 1999	Watford	A	3–1	17,346	Barmby, Hutchison, Unsworth (pen)
26 December 1999	Sunderland	H	5–0	40,017	Hutchison (2), Jeffers, Pembridge, Campbell
28 December 1999	Bradford City	A	0–0	18,276
3 January 2000	Leicester City	H	2–2	30,490	Hutchison, Unsworth (pen)
15 January 2000	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2–2	36,144	Campbell, Moore
22 January 2000	Southampton	A	0–2	15,232
6 February 2000	Wimbledon	A	3–0	13,172	Campbell (2), Moore
12 February 2000	Derby County	H	2–1	33,260	Moore, Ball (pen)
26 February 2000	West Ham United	A	4–0	26,025	Barmby (3), Moore
4 March 2000	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–1	32,020	Weir
11 March 2000	Chelsea	A	1–1	35,113	Cadamarteri
15 March 2000	Coventry City	A	0–1	18,518
19 March 2000	Newcastle United	H	0–2	32,512
25 March 2000	Sunderland	A	1–2	41,934	Barmby
1 April 2000	Watford	H	4–2	31,960	M Hughes, Moore (2), S Hughes
8 April 2000	Leicester City	A	1–1	18,705	Hutchison
15 April 2000	Bradford City	H	4–0	30,646	Pembridge, Unsworth (pen), Barmby, Collins
21 April 2000	Liverpool	H	0–0	40,056
29 April 2000	Arsenal	H	0–1	35,919
8 May 2000	Leeds United	A	1–1	37,713	Barmby
14 May 2000	Middlesbrough	H	0–2	34,663

FA Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	11 December 1999	Exeter City	A	0–0	6,045
R3R	21 December 1999	Exeter City	H	1–0	15,345	Barmby
R4	8 January 2000	Birmingham City	H	2–0	25,405	Unsworth (2 pens)
R5	29 January 2000	Preston North End	H	2–0	37,486	Unsworth, Moore
QF	20 February 2000	Aston Villa	H	1–2	35,331	Moore

League Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	14 September 1999	Oxford United	A	1–1	7,345	Cadamarteri
R2 2nd Leg	22 September 1999	Oxford United	H	0–1 (lost 1–2 on agg)	10,006

Squad

^[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  NOR Thomas Myhre 2 DF  SCO Alec Cleland 3 DF  ENG Michael Ball 4 DF  SCO Richard Gough 5 DF  ENG Dave Watson 6 DF  ENG David Unsworth 7 MF  SCO John Collins 8 FW  ENG Nick Barmby 9 FW  ENG Kevin Campbell 10 MF  SCO Don Hutchison[4] 11 MF  SCO Scot Gemmill 12 MF  WAL Mark Pembridge 13 GK  ENG Paul Gerrard 14 DF  SCO David Weir 15 DF  IRL Richard Dunne 16 FW  ENG Danny Cadamarteri

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW  ENG Francis Jeffers 18 MF  ENG Stephen Hughes 19 DF  POR Abel Xavier 20 FW  ENG Phil Jevons 21 MF  ENG Mitch Ward 22 MF  DEN Peter Degn 23 FW  USA Joe-Max Moore 25 MF  ENG Danny Williamson 26 FW  WAL Mark Hughes 27 DF  ENG Peter Clarke 31 GK  IRL Dean Delany 34 MF  ENG Matt McKay 35 GK  ENG Steve Simonsen 36 MF  ENG Jamie Milligan 37 DF  ENG Adam Farley 38 DF  ENG Carl Regan

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF  IRL Terry Phelan (to Fulham) 19 MF  WAL John Oster[5] (to Sunderland) 24 MF  ENG Tony Grant (to Manchester City) 26 FW  ENG Tommy Johnson (on loan from Celtic) 28 DF  CRO Slaven Bilić (to Hajduk Split)

No. Pos. Nation Player 29 MF  ENG Wayne McDermott (to Nuneaton Borough) 30 MF  IRL Gareth Farrelly (to Bolton Wanderers) 31 FW  ENG Michael Branch (to Wolves) 32 DF  ENG John O'Kane (to Bolton Wanderers) 33 MF  ENG Joe Parkinson (retired)

Reserve squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player - DF  ENG Tony Hibbert - DF  WAL Craig Hogg - DF  ENG George Pilkington - MF  ENG Tom Kearney - MF  IRL John Lester

No. Pos. Nation Player - MF  ENG Kevin McLeod - MF  ENG Leon Osman - MF  ENG Keith Southern - FW  ENG Nick Chadwick

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
14 July 1999	FW	Kevin Campbell	Trabzonspor	£3,000,000
5 August 1999	MF	Mark Pembridge	Benfica	£800,000
3 September 1999	DF	Abel Xavier	PSV Eindhoven	£1,500,000
3 December 1999	FW	Joe-Max Moore	New England Revolution	Free transfer
7 March 2000	MF	Stephen Hughes	Arsenal	£3,000,000
14 March 2000	FW	Mark Hughes	Southampton	Free transfer

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
22 June 1999	FW	Ibrahima Bakayoko	Marseille	£4,000,000
23 June 1999	DF	Adam Eaton	Preston North End	£5,000
29 June 1999	MF	Olivier Dacourt	Lens	£6,500,000
8 July 1999	DF	Marco Materazzi	Perugia	£3,000,000
30 July 1999	DF	Craig Short	Blackburn Rovers	£1,700,000
1 August 1999	MF	Mick O'Brien	Torquay United	Free transfer
6 August 1999	MF	David Poppleton	Lincoln City	Free transfer
6 August 1999	MF	John Oster	Sunderland	£1,000,000
10 November 1999	DF	Joe Parkinson	Retired	Free transfer
17 December 1999	DF	Wayne McDermott	Nuneaton Borough	Non-contract
17 December 1999	MF	Gareth Farrelly	Bolton Wanderers	Free transfer
23 December 1999	DF	John O'Kane	Bolton Wanderers	Free transfer
24 December 1999	MF	Tony Grant	Manchester City	£450,000
20 January 2000	FW	Michael Branch	Wolverhampton Wanderers	£500,000
2 February 2000	DF	Terry Phelan	Fulham	Free transfer
2 March 2000	DF	Slaven Bilić	Hajduk Split	Free transfer

Transfers in: £8,300,000

Transfers out: £17,155,000

Total spending: £8,855,000

Statistics

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[6][7]

• GK: #13, Paul Gerrard, 37
• RB: #14, David Weir, 42
• CB: #4, Richard Gough, 32
• CB: #15, Richard Dunne, 32
• LB: #6, David Unsworth, 38
• RM: #8, Nick Barmby, 42
• CM: #10, Don Hutchison, 34
• CM: #7, John Collins, 38
• LM: #12, Mark Pembridge, 34
• CF: #9, Kevin Campbell, 31
• CF: #17, Francis Jeffers, 20

References

1. "Gazza signs for Everton". BBC Sport. 17 July 2000. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
2. "Everton 1999-2000 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 24 March 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
3. "FootballSquads - Everton - 1999/00".
4. Hutchison was born in Gateshead, England.
5. Oster was born in England.
6. "All Everton players: 2000".
7. "Everton in FA Premier League 1999/2000 fixture".