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
ChairmanSteve Hamer
ManagerJohn Hollins
StadiumVetch Field
Third Division1st
FA CupFirst round
League CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
All: Steve Watkin (11)
Highest home attendance10,743 (vs. Exeter City, 29 April)[1]
Lowest home attendance952 (vs. Caernarfon Town, 7 September)[1]

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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Swansea City 46 24 13 9 51 30 +21 85 Division Champions, promoted
2 Rotherham United 46 24 12 10 72 36 +36 84 Promoted
3 Northampton Town 46 25 7 14 63 45 +18 82
4 Darlington 46 21 16 9 66 36 +30 79 Participated in play-offs
5 Peterborough United 46 22 12 12 63 54 +9 78 Promoted through play-offs
Source: [5]

References
  1. "Swansea City FC". Archived from the original on 16 November 1999.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  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.
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