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 at half time against Darlington at Feethams and was taken off the pitch in a matter of seconds after the restart.[3]

Swansea City
1999–2000 season
ChairmanSteve Hamer
ManagerJohn Hollins
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]
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

References
  1. https://web.archive.org/web/19991116100223/http://www.scfc.co.uk/
  2. http://www.statto.com/football/teams/swansea-city/1999-2000
  3. http://scfcheritage.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/remember-walter-boyd/
  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 2010-02-24.
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