1999–2000 Preston North End F.C. season

Preston North End
1999–2000 season
Chairman	Bryan Gray
Manager	David Moyes
Stadium	Deepdale
Second Division	1st (champions)
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Third round
Football League Trophy	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Macken (22); All: Macken (25)
Average home league attendance	12,819
	← 1998–99 2000–01 →

During the 1999–2000 English football season, Preston North End F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division.

Season summary

In the 1999–2000 season, Preston finally made their return to the second tier of the Football League, after an absence of almost twenty years.^[1] Jon Macken, whom Gary Peters had signed from Manchester United two years previously, had a storming season scoring 22 league goals, his flair being reinforced by the team's solid spine of Teuvo Moilanen in goal, defenders Graham Alexander, Colin Murdock, Michael Jackson and Rob Edwards and a central midfield made up of workhorses Gregan and Rankine. Blackpool, who are Preston's archrivals got relegated to basement division the same season. This meant Preston took revenge from Blackpool after 30 years.

The championship was confirmed at Cambridge United on 24 April, a game which brought North End's seventh, and last, defeat of the season.

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Preston North End (C, P)	46	28	11	7	74	37	+37	95	Promotion to the First Division
2	Burnley (P)	46	25	13	8	69	47	+22	88	Promotion to the First Division
3	Gillingham (O, P)	46	25	10	11	79	48	+31	85	Qualification for the Second Division play-offs
4	Wigan Athletic	46	22	17	7	72	38	+34	83
5	Millwall	46	23	13	10	76	50	+26	82

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

Results

Preston North End's score comes first^[3]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 August 1999	Oldham Athletic	A	1–0	9,432	Macken
14 August 1999	Stoke City	H	2–1	11,465	Nogan, Murdock
21 August 1999	Wycombe Wanderers	A	1–1	5,091	Nogan
28 August 1999	Wigan Athletic	H	1–4	13,885	Basham
1 September 1999	Reading	A	2–2	7,628	Eyres, Basham
4 September 1999	Chesterfield	H	0–2	8,506
11 September 1999	Burnley	H	0–0	13,708
18 September 1999	Gillingham	A	2–0	6,610	Macken, Gregan
25 September 1999	Brentford	A	2–2	7,100	Macken, McKenna
2 October 1999	Cambridge United	H	2–1	9,522	Macken (2)
9 October 1999	Bristol City	H	1–0	10,042	Mathie
16 October 1999	Scunthorpe United	A	1–1	5,336	Macken
19 October 1999	Millwall	A	2–0	6,355	Cartwright, Nethercott (own goal)
23 October 1999	Brentford	H	2–1	10,382	Alexander (pen), Marshall (own goal)
3 November 1999	Bournemouth	H	3–0	9,630	McKenna, Macken, Alexander (pen)
6 November 1999	Colchester United	A	2–2	3,818	Mathie, Nogan
12 November 1999	Notts County	H	2–0	14,226	Macken (2)
23 November 1999	Luton Town	A	2–0	5,124	Eyres (2)
27 November 1999	Bury	A	3–1	6,469	Jackson, Gregan, Macken
4 December 1999	Oldham Athletic	H	2–0	10,970	Macken (2)
18 December 1999	Blackpool	H	3–0	16,821	Eyres (2), Appleton
26 December 1999	Wrexham	A	0–0	7,872
28 December 1999	Bristol Rovers	H	2–1	16,680	Alexander (pen), Macken
3 January 2000	Cardiff City	A	4–0	10,142	Edwards, Alexander (2, 1 pen), Nogan
14 January 2000	Stoke City	A	1–2	10,285	Alexander (pen)
22 January 2000	Wycombe Wanderers	H	3–2	10,969
1 February 2000	Oxford United	A	4–0	5,164	Macken (2), Eyres, Appleton
5 February 2000	Reading	H	2–2	12,618	Macken, Jackson
12 February 2000	Chesterfield	A	1–0	4,726	Gregan
19 February 2000	Bury	H	1–1	13,901	Macken
26 February 2000	Gillingham	H	0–2	13,246
4 March 2000	Burnley	A	3–0	22,310	Jackson, Macken, Edwards
7 March 2000	Colchester United	H	2–3	11,323	Angell (2)
11 March 2000	Bournemouth	A	1–0	5,317	Angell
14 March 2000	Oxford United	H	3–1	12,008	Angell (2), Macken
18 March 2000	Luton Town	H	1–0	13,731	Anderson
21 March 2000	Notts County	A	0–1	6,401
25 March 2000	Wrexham	H	1–0	12,481	Anderson
1 April 2000	Blackpool	A	0–0	9,042
4 April 2000	Wigan Athletic	A	1–0	15,993	Jackson
8 April 2000	Cardiff City	H	0–0	13,794
15 April 2000	Bristol Rovers	A	2–0	10,111	Macken, Gunnlaugsson
22 April 2000	Scunthorpe United	H	1–0	15,518	Angell
24 April 2000	Cambridge United	A	0–2	6,068
29 April 2000	Millwall	H	3–2	19,407	Eyres, Jackson, Angell
6 May 2000	Bristol City	A	2–0	11,160	Angell, Appleton

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	31 October 1999	Bristol Rovers	A	1–0	6,145	McKenna
R2	20 November 1999	Enfield	H	0–0	11,566
R2R	30 November 1999	Enfield	A	3–0	1,808	Eyres, Alexander (pen), Gunnlaugsson
R3	11 December 1999	Oldham Athletic	H	2–1	9,940	Macken, Alexander (pen)
R4	8 January 2000	Plymouth Argyle	A	3–0	10,824	O'Sullivan (own goal), Alexander (pen), Beswetherick (own goal)
R5	29 January 2000	Everton	A	0–2	37,486

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	10 August 1999	Wrexham	H	1–0	4,930	Appleton
R1 2nd Leg	24 August 1999	Wrexham	A	2–0 (won 3-0 on agg)	2,911	Basham, Macken
R2 1st Leg	14 September 1999	Sheffield United	A	0–2	5,350
R2 2nd Leg	21 September 1999	Sheffield United	H	3–0 (won 3-2 on agg)	5,658	Alexander, Mathie (2)
R3	12 October 1999	Arsenal	A	1–2	15,239	Macken

Football League Trophy


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1N	7 December 1999	Wrexham	H	4–1	3,306	Gunnlaugsson (3), Edwards
R2N	10 January 2000	Hartlepool United	H	1–2	3,635	Gunnlaugsson

Squad

^[4] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ENG	David Lucas
2	DF	ENG	Graham Alexander
3	DF	ENG	Dominic Ludden
4	DF	ENG	Ryan Kidd
5	DF	ENG	Michael Jackson
6	MF	ENG	Sean Gregan
7	MF	ENG	Lee Cartwright
8	MF	ENG	Mark Rankine
10	FW	ENG	Steve Basham
11	MF	ENG	David Eyres
12	DF	ENG	Gary Parkinson
13	DF	SCO	David Moyes (player-manager)
14	DF	NIR	Colin Murdock
15	DF	ENG	Robert Edwards
16	MF	ENG	Paul McKenna


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	IRL	Jon Macken
18	MF	ENG	Michael Appleton
19	FW	ISL	Bjarki Gunnlaugsson
20	DF	NIR	Paul Morgan
21	GK	FIN	Teuvo Moilanen
22	DF	ENG	Adam Eaton
23	FW	ENG	Mark Wright
24	MF	FRA	Farid Diaf
25	MF	ENG	Julian Darby
26	MF	NIR	Stuart King
27	FW	ENG	Mark Beesley
28	DF	IRL	Brian Barry-Murphy
30	GK	IRL	Kelham O'Hanlon
31	MF	SCO	Iain Anderson (on loan from Toulouse)
32	FW	ENG	Brett Angell (on loan from Stockport County)

Left club during season

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
31	FW	SCO	Alex Mathie (on loan from Dundee United)
32	MF	ENG	David Beresford (on loan from Huddersfield Town)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
9	FW	WAL	Kurt Nogan (to Cardiff City)

References

^ "Promotion glory for North End". BBC Sport. 2 July 2000. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
^ "England 1999–00". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 1 February 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
^ "Preston North End 1999-2000 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
^ "FootballSquads - Preston North End - 1999/00".

[1] "Promotion glory for North End". BBC Sport. 2 July 2000. Retrieved 20 March 2014.

[rsssf-2] "England 1999–00". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 1 February 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.

[3] "Preston North End 1999-2000 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014.

[4] "FootballSquads - Preston North End - 1999/00".

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