1999–2000 Wycombe Wanderers F.C. season

Wycombe Wanderers
1999–2000 season
Manager	Lawrie Sanchez
Football League Second Division	12th
FA Cup	Second round
League Cup	Second round
Football League Trophy	Second round
Top goalscorer	Sean Devine (25)

During the 1999–2000 English football season, Wycombe Wanderers F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division where they finished in 12th position.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	Reading	46	16	14	16	57	63	−6	62
11	Wrexham	46	17	11	18	52	61	−9	62
12	Wycombe Wanderers	46	16	13	17	56	53	+3	61
13	Luton Town	46	17	10	19	61	65	−4	61
14	Oldham Athletic	46	16	12	18	50	55	−5	60

Source:
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Results

Wycombe's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Division Two

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	7 August 1999	Burnley	H	1–1	6,119	McSporran 27'
2	14 August 1999	Scunthorpe United	A	1–0	4,092	Devine 42'
3	21 August 1999	Preston North End	H	1–1	5,091	Devine 28'
4	28 August 1999	Gillingham	A	2–2	6,180	Brown 34', McCarthy 80'
5	31 August 1999	Wrexham	H	0–1	5,393
6	4 September 1999	Oxford United	A	0–0	6,306
7	11 September 1999	Cardiff City	H	3–1	4,982	Lawrence 18', McSporran 75', Baird 79'
8	18 September 1999	Bury	A	0–2	3,293
9	25 September 1999	Blackpool	A	2–1	3,452	McSporran 38', Devine 40'
10	2 October 1999	Reading	H	5–3	7,042	Ryan 8', Carroll 45', Devine 52', 69', 83'
11	9 October 1999	Cambridge United	H	1–0	5,345	Devine 7'
12	16 October 1999	Notts County	A	1–2	5,710	Devine 20'
13	19 October 1999	Luton Town	A	1–1	5,820	Jason Cousins 25'
14	23 October 1999	Blackpool	H	0–2	5,021
15	2 November 1999	Oldham Athletic	A	2–2	3,807	Devine 2', Baird 88'
16	6 November 1999	Bristol Rovers	H	1–1	5,167	Devine 67'
17	12 November 1999	Wigan Athletic	A	1–2	5,523	McSporran 26'
18	23 November 1999	Stoke City	H	0–4	4,345
19	27 November 1999	Brentford	H	2–0	5,879	Devine 44', 59'
20	4 December 1999	Burnley	A	0–1	9,149
21	11 December 1999	Millwall	H	1–2	4,777	Ryan 62'
22	17 December 1999	Bristol City	A	0–0	8,175
23	26 December 1999	Bournemouth	H	2–1	5,656	Brown 26', Devine 55'
24	3 January 2000	Chesterfield	H	3–0	5,001	Devine 40', 59', Bulman 90'
25	8 January 2000	Millwall	A	1–1	8,945	Devine 13'
26	15 January 2000	Scunthorpe United	H	2–1	4,850	Bates 30', Ryan 58'
27	18 January 2000	Colchester United	A	0–1	4,075
28	22 January 2000	Preston North End	A	2–3	10,969	Brady 5', Lawrence 57'
29	5 February 2000	Wrexham	A	3–1	2,781	Brady 54', Carroll 77', Senda 90'
30	12 February 2000	Oxford United	H	0–1	6,200
31	19 February 2000	Brentford	A	0–0	5,981
32	26 February 2000	Bury	H	3–0	4,909	Devine 40', 57', 85'
33	3 March 2000	Cardiff City	A	2–2	5,011	McSporran 18', Devine 55'
34	7 March 2000	Bristol Rovers	A	0–1	8,053
35	11 March 2000	Oldham Athletic	H	0–0	4,471
36	18 March 2000	Stoke City	A	1–1	9,738	McSporran 23'
37	21 March 2000	Wigan Athletic	H	0–2	3,821
38	25 March 2000	Bournemouth	A	0–2	4,398
39	28 March 2000	Gillingham	H	1–0	4,183	Baird 88'
40	1 April 2000	Bristol City	H	1–2	4,754	Devine 63'
41	8 April 2000	Chesterfield	A	2–1	2,081	Ryan 51', Devine 76'
42	15 April 2000	Colchester United	H	3–0	4,558	Ryan 62', 67', Steve Brown 90'
43	21 April 2000	Notts County	H	2–0	4,369	Devine 40', McSporran 77'
44	24 April 2000	Reading	A	1–2	11,834	McSporran 64'
45	29 April 2000	Luton Town	H	0–1	5,379
46	6 May 2000	Cambridge United	A	2–1	5,335	Baird 35', McSporran 86'

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	30 October 1999	Oxford City	H	1–1	2,963	Simpson 67'
R1 Replay	9 November 1999	Oxford City	A	A – A[1]		Simpson 59'
R1 Replay	16 November 1999	Oxford City	A	1–0	4,004	Brown 51'
R2	20 November 1999	Wigan Athletic	H	2–2	2,992	Devine 20', Ryan 90'
R2 Replay	30 November 1999	Wigan Athletic	A	1–2	3,967	Baird 23'

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1 1st Leg	10 August 1999	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–1	4,564
R1 2nd Leg	24 August 1999	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	4–2	13,732	Muscat (o.g.) 11', McSporran 26', 59', Ryan 85'
R2 1st Leg	14 September 1999	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–1	9,383	McCarthy 58'
R2 2nd Leg	21 September 1999	West Bromwich Albion	H	3–4	5,047	Devine 4', Carroll 70', Brown 119'

League Trophy

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R2	11 January 2000	Oxford United	A	1–1 (3–5 pens)	1,798	McSporran 40'

Squad

Appearances for competitive matches only

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Football League Trophy		Total
Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
DF	Gary Ablett	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
FW	Andy Baird	20(10)	4	3	1	1(2)	0	1	0	25(12)	5
DF	Jaime Bates	30(2)	1	5	0	4	0	0	0	39(2)	1
DF	Alan Beeton	10(6)	0	4	0	2(1)	0	0	0	16(7)	0
DF	Matthew Brady	4(3)	2	4	0	0	0	0(1)	0	4(4)	2
MF	Steve Brown	34(5)	3	3(2)	1	3	1	1	0	41(7)	5
MF	Dannie Bulman	10(19)	1	0(2)	0	0	0	1	0	11(21)	1
GK	Stephen Bywater	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
MF	Dave Carroll	36	2	3	0	3(1)	1	0	0	42(1)	3
DF	Jason Cousins	30(7)	1	3(1)	0	2(1)	0	0	0	35(9)	1
FW	Sean Devine	39	23	5	1	4	1	0	0	48	25
MF	Paul Emblen	12(4)	0	1(3)	0	1(3)	0	0	0	14(10)	0
MF	Mo Harkin	2(15)	0	1(2)	0	0	0	0	0	3(17)	0
DF	Lee Holsgrove	5(4)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7(4)	0
DF	Matthew Lawrence	29	2	4	0	4	0	1	0	38	2
MF	Martyn Lee	3(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3(1)	0
DF	Paul McCarthy	21(1)	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	24(1)	1
DF	Jermaine McSporran	32(6)	9	4(1)	0	4	2	1	1	41(7)	12
GK	Mark Osborn	1	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	1(1)	0
DF	Mark Rogers	19(6)	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	24(6)	0
MF	Keith Ryan	38	6	4	1	4	1	0	0	46	8
DF	Danny Senda	5(21)	1	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	5(22)	1
MF	Michael Simpson	42(1)	0	5	2	3(1)	0	1	0	51(2)	2
GK	Martin Taylor	42	0	5	0	3	0	1	0	51	0
MF	Richard Thompson	1(5)	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	1(6)	0
DF	Ben Townsend	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
DF	Chris Vinnicombe	33(2)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	36(2)	0
GK	Mark Westhead	1(1)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2(1)	0

References

Staniforth, Tommy (10 November 1999). "Fire at Wycombe calls halt to Cup tie". The Independent. London. Retrieved 25 January 2012.

Wycombe Wanderers 1999–2000 at soccerbase.com (use drop down list to select relevant season)

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