1999–2000 Swansea City A.F.C. season

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 after coming on as a substitute in the second half against Darlington at Vetch Field and was sent off before play had restarted from the same free kick that allowed him to be substituted on in the first place.^[3]

Swansea City

1999–2000 season
Chairman	Steve Hamer
Manager	John Hollins
Stadium	Vetch Field
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 →

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. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  WAL Roger Freestone 2 GK  WAL Jason Jones 3 DF  ENG Matthew Bound 5 DF  ENG Michael Howard 6 DF  WAL Kristian O'Leary 7 DF  ENG Jason Smith 8 MF  ENG Richard Appleby 10 MF  IRL Ryan Casey 11 MF  ENG Nick Cusack (captain) 12 MF  WAL Lee Jenkins

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

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Swansea City (C, P)	46	24	13	9	51	30	+21	85	Promotion to the Second Division
2	Rotherham United (P)	46	24	12	10	72	36	+36	84
3	Northampton Town (P)	46	25	7	14	63	45	+18	82
4	Darlington	46	21	16	9	66	36	+30	79	Qualification for the Third Division play-offs
5	Peterborough United (O, P)	46	22	12	12	63	54	+9	78

Source: ^[5]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

References

1. "Swansea City FC". Archived from the original on 16 November 1999.
2. "Swansea City 1999-2000 Home - statto.com". Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
3. "Remember Walter Boyd?". 18 January 2012.
4. "Swans squad numbers announced". worldoffootball.net. 1999. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
5. "England 1999–00". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 1 February 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.