1999–2000 Sunderland A.F.C. season

Sunderland

1999–2000 season
Chairman	Bob Murray
Manager	Peter Reid
Stadium	Stadium of Light
Premiership	7th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	Phillips (30)
Average home league attendance	40,495
Home colours Away colours
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

During the 1999–2000 season, Sunderland participated in the FA Premier League.

Season summary

Sunderland's 1999–2000 season started at Stamford Bridge, where Chelsea beat them 4–0. However, in the return match later in the season Sunderland turned the tables on Chelsea, avenging their 4–0 defeat with a 4–1 win at the Stadium of Light. Sunderland also achieved a 2–1 victory over rivals Newcastle United at St. James' Park, a result which helped bring about the resignation of Newcastle's manager, Ruud Gullit. At the end of the season Sunderland finished seventh, with Kevin Phillips winning the European Golden Shoe in his first top-flight season, scoring 30 goals.

Team kit and sponsors

This season was the first in which the club was sponsored by car dealership Reg Vardy, and the last in which ASICS made the club's kit.

Final league table

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Premier League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester United (C)	38	28	7	3	97	45	+52	91	2000–01 UEFA Champions League First group stage
2	Arsenal	38	22	7	9	73	43	+30	73
3	Leeds United	38	21	6	11	58	43	+15	69	2000–01 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Liverpool	38	19	10	9	51	30	+21	67	2000–01 UEFA Cup First round 1
5	Chelsea	38	18	11	9	53	34	+19	65
6	Aston Villa	38	15	13	10	46	35	+11	58	2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
7	Sunderland	38	16	10	12	57	56	+1	58
8	Leicester City	38	16	7	15	55	55	0	55	2000–01 UEFA Cup First round 2
9	West Ham United	38	15	10	13	52	53	−1	55
10	Tottenham Hotspur	38	15	8	15	57	49	+8	53
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
16	Derby County	38	9	11	18	44	57	−13	38
17	Bradford City	38	9	9	20	38	68	−30	36	2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round
18	Wimbledon (R)	38	7	12	19	46	74	−28	33	Relegation to 2000–01 Football League First Division
19	Sheffield Wednesday (R)	38	8	7	23	38	70	−32	31
20	Watford (R)	38	6	6	26	35	77	−42	24

Updated to games played on 14 May 2000.
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹ Chelsea qualified for the UEFA Cup as FA Cup winners

² Leicester City qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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	16	10	12	57	56	+1	58	10	6	3	28	17	+11	6	4	9	29	39	−10

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	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	W	L
Position	20	11	11	16	11	11	8	4	4	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	7	9	8	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7

Source: 11v11.com: 1999-2000 Sunderland results
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results

Sunderland's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 August 1999	Chelsea	A	0–4	34,831
10 August 1999	Watford	H	2–0	40,630	Phillips (2, 1 pen)
14 August 1999	Arsenal	H	0–0	41,680
21 August 1999	Leeds United	A	1–2	39,064	Phillips (pen)
25 August 1999	Newcastle United	A	2–1	36,600	Quinn, Phillips
29 August 1999	Coventry City	H	1–1	39,427	Phillips
11 September 1999	Leicester City	H	2–0	40,105	Butler, McCann
18 September 1999	Derby County	A	5–0	28,264	McCann, Phillips (3), Quinn
25 September 1999	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–0	41,132	Schwarz
2 October 1999	Bradford City	A	4–0	18,204	Rae, Quinn, Phillips (2, 1 pen)
18 October 1999	Aston Villa	H	2–1	41,045	Phillips (2, 1 pen)
24 October 1999	West Ham United	A	1–1	26,022	Phillips
31 October 1999	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2–1	41,904	Quinn (2)
6 November 1999	Middlesbrough	A	1–1	34,793	Reddy
20 November 1999	Liverpool	H	0–2	42,015
27 November 1999	Watford	A	3–2	21,590	Phillips (2), McCann
4 December 1999	Chelsea	H	4–1	41,377	Quinn (2), Phillips (2)
18 December 1999	Southampton	H	2–0	40,860	Phillips (2)
26 December 1999	Everton	A	0–5	40,017
28 December 1999	Manchester United	H	2–2	42,026	McCann, Quinn
3 January 2000	Wimbledon	A	0–1	17,621
15 January 2000	Arsenal	A	1–4	38,039	Quinn
23 January 2000	Leeds United	H	1–2	41,947	Phillips
5 February 2000	Newcastle United	H	2–2	42,192	Phillips (2)
12 February 2000	Coventry City	A	2–3	22,101	Phillips, Rae
26 February 2000	Derby County	H	1–1	41,940	Rae
5 March 2000	Leicester City	A	2–5	20,432	Phillips, Quinn
11 March 2000	Liverpool	A	1–1	44,693	Phillips (pen)
18 March 2000	Middlesbrough	H	1–1	42,013	Quinn
25 March 2000	Everton	H	2–1	41,934	Summerbee, Phillips
1 April 2000	Southampton	A	2–1	15,245	Quinn, Phillips (pen)
8 April 2000	Wimbledon	H	2–1	41,592	Quinn, Kilbane
15 April 2000	Manchester United	A	0–4	61,612
22 April 2000	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2–0	28,072	Phillips (2)
24 April 2000	Bradford City	H	0–1	40,628
29 April 2000	Aston Villa	A	1–1	33,949	Quinn
6 May 2000	West Ham United	H	1–0	41,684	Phillips
14 May 2000	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–3	36,070	Makin

FA Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	11 December 1999	Portsmouth	H	1–0	26,535	McCann
R4	8 January 2000	Tranmere Rovers	A	0–1	15,469

League Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	14 September 1999	Walsall	H	3–2	14,388	Williams, Dichio, Barras (own goal)
R2 2nd Leg	21 September 1999	Walsall	A	5–0 (won 8-2 on agg)	5,109	Roy, Dichio (2), Fredgaard (2)
R3	12 October 1999	Wimbledon	A	2–3 (a.e.t.)	5,061	Dichio, Ball

Squad

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 Thomas Sørensen 2 DF Chris Makin 3 DF Michael Gray 4 MF Kevin Kilbane 5 DF Steve Bould (captain) 6 DF Paul Butler 7 MF Nicky Summerbee 8 DF Thomas Helmer 9 FW Niall Quinn 10 FW Kevin Phillips 11 MF Allan Johnston 12 FW Danny Dichio 13 GK Andy Marriott 14 DF Darren Holloway 15 MF Carsten Fredgaard 16 MF Alex Rae 17 DF Jody Craddock

No. Position Player 18 DF Darren Williams 19 MF Paul Thirlwell 20 MF Stefan Schwarz 21 MF Gavin McCann 22 MF Neil Wainwright 23 MF Chris Lumsdon 24 MF Sam Aiston 25 DF Mark Maley 26 FW Michael Proctor 27 MF Thomas Butler 28 MF John Oster 29 MF Éric Roy 31 FW Michael Reddy 32 MF Brendan McGill 33 FW Milton Núñez 34 DF George McCartney 35 MF David Duke

Left club during the season

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

No. Position Player 4 MF Kevin Ball (to Fulham)

No. Position Player 30 FW Marcus di Giuseppe (to Walsall)

Reserve squad

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

No. Position Player - GK Jon Kennedy - GK Michael Ingham - GK Chris Porter - GK Gregg Shannon - DF Cliff Byrne - DF Steve Harrison - DF David Morgan

No. Position Player - MF Mark Convery - MF Jonjo Dickman - MF Gerry Harrison - MF Finbar Lynch - FW Keith Graydon - FW Kevin Kyle

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
1 July 1999	GK	Michael Ingham	Cliftonville	£30,000
2 July 1999	DF	Steve Bould	Arsenal	£500,000
7 July 1999	DF	Thomas Helmer	Bayern Munich	Free transfer
29 July 1999	MF	Stefan Schwarz	Valencia	£4,000,000
6 August 1999	MF	John Oster	Everton	£1,000,000
15 August 1999	MF	Éric Roy	Marseille	£200,000
15 December 1999	MF	Kevin Kilbane	West Bromwich Albion	£2,500,000
23 March 2000	FW	Milton Núñez	PAOK	£1,600,000
23 March 2000	GK	Jon Kennedy	Worksop Town	£90,000

Out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
2 June 1999	DF	Andy Melville	Fulham	Free transfer
7 July 1999	MF	Lee Clark	Fulham	£3,000,000
13 July 1999	MF	John Mullin	Burnley	Free transfer
17 July 1999	DF	Matthew Pitts	Carlisle United	Free transfer
23 July 1999	FW	Michael Bridges	Leeds United	£5,000,000
6 August 1999	FW	Martin Smith	Sheffield United	Free transfer
7 August 1999	FW	Paul Beavers	Oldham Athletic	Free transfer
8 September 1999	GK	Luke Weaver	Carlisle United	Free transfer
8 December 1999	MF	Kevin Ball	Fulham	£200,000
7 March 2000	GK	Chris Porter	Darlington	Free transfer

Transfers in: £9,620,000

Transfers out: £8,200,000

Total spending: £1,420,000