1999–2000 Chester City F.C. season

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2022}}

{{Infobox football club season

|club = Chester City

|season = 1999–2000

|manager = Kevin Ratcliffe
Terry Smith
Ian Atkins

|stadium = Deva Stadium

|league = Football League
Third Division

|league result = 24th
(relegated)

|cup1 = FA Cup

|cup1 result = Round 3

|cup2 = Football League Cup

|cup2 result = Round 2

|cup3 = Football League Trophy

|cup3 result = Round 2

|league topscorer =
Luke Beckett (14)

|season topscorer =
Luke Beckett (19)

|highest attendance = 5,507 vs Wrexham (30 October)

|lowest attendance = 1,705 vs Hull City (28 March)

|average attendance = 2,686
20th in division{{cite web |url=http://european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn.htm |title=English attendances archive |publisher=EFS |accessdate=21 June 2016}}

|prevseason= 1998–99

|nextseason= 2000–01

}}

The 1999–2000 season was the 62nd season of competitive association football in the Football League played by Chester City, an English club based in Chester, Cheshire.

Also, it was the fifth season spent in the Third Division, after the relegation from the Second Division in 1995. Alongside competing in the Football League the club also participated in the FA Cup, the Football League Cup and the Football League Trophy.

Football League

{{Main|1999–2000 Football League Third Division}}

{{:1999–2000 Football League|only_totals=y|transcludesection=Third Division|showteam=CHE}}

=Results summary=

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{{Fb rs footer |s=[https://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1999-00.html rsssf.com]|date=October 2021}}

=Results by matchday=

{{#invoke:sports rbr table|table|legendpos=b

|header= Round

|label1= Result

| res1=L /L /L /D /L /D /D /W /L /D /L /L /W /L /W /L /L /D /L /L /L /W /L /L /L /L /L /L /W /L /D /L /L /W /D /D /L /D /W /W /L /W /D /W /L /L

|label2= Position

| res2=23/23/24/23/24/24/24/24/24/24/24/24/24/24/23/23/24/24/24/24/24/23/23/24/24/24/24/24/24/24/24/24/24/24/23/23/24/24/24/24/24/23/24/22/23/24

|color_W=green2|text_W=Win

|color_D=yellow2|text_D=Draw

|color_L=red2|text_L=Loss

|color_-3=green1|color_-7=yellow2|color_24-=red2

|source=[https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-division-3/06-may-2000/ 11v11.com]

|date=December 2021

}}

=Matches=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Date

!Opponents

!Venue

!Result

!Score

!Scorers

!Attendance

7 August

|Barnet

|H

|style="background-color:#FFCCCC"|L

0–2

|align="left"|

|2,234

14 August

|Rotherham United

|A

|style="background-color:#FFCCCC"|L

0–4

|align="left"|

|2,966

18 August

|Northampton Town

|H

|style="background-color:#FFCCCC"|L

0–2

|align="left"|

|1,904

28 August

|Torquay United

|A

|style="background-color:#FFFFCC"|D

2–2

|align="left"|Beckett, Berry

|2,345

30 August

|Rochdale

|H

|style="background-color:#FFCCCC"|L

0–2

|align="left"|

|2,644

3 September

|Hull City

|A

|style="background-color:#FFCCCC"|L

1–2

|align="left"|Richardson

|6,137

11 September

|Exeter City

|H

|style="background-color:#FFFFCC"|D

1–1

|align="left"|Beckett

|1,855

18 September

|Brighton & Hove Albion

|A

|style="background-color:#CCFFCC"|W

3–2

|align="left"|Beckett, Watson (o.g.), Agogo

|5,810

25 September

|Lincoln City

|H

|style="background-color:#FFCCCC"|L

1–3

|align="left"|Blackwood

|2,161

2 October

|York City

|A

|style="background-color:#FFFFCC"|D

2–2

|align="left"|Blackwood, Agogo

|2,452

9 October

|Peterborough United

|A

|style="background-color:#FFCCCC"|L

1–2

|align="left"|Beckett

|4,965

16 October

|Macclesfield Town

|H

|style="background-color:#FFCCCC"|L

1–2

|align="left"|Agogo

|2,506

19 October

|Cheltenham Town

|H

|style="background-color:#CCFFCC"|W

2–1

|align="left"|Agogo (2)

|1,705

23 October

|Lincoln City

|A

|style="background-color:#FFCCCC"|L

1–4

|align="left"|Agogo

|3,790

2 November

|Shrewsbury Town

|A

|style="background-color:#CCFFCC"|W

1–0

|align="left"|Richardson

|2,523

6 November

|Plymouth Argyle

|H

|style="background-color:#FFCCCC"|L

0–1

|align="left"|

|2,027

13 November

|Hartlepool United

|A

|style="background-color:#FFCCCC"|L

0–1

|align="left"|

|2,266

23 November

|Southend United

|H

|style="background-color:#FFFFCC"|D

0–0

|align="left"|

|1,906

27 November

|Swansea City

|H

|style="background-color:#FFCCCC"|L

0–1

|align="left"|

|2,713

4 December

|Barnet

|A

|style="background-color:#FFCCCC"|L

0–2

|align="left"|

|2,252

15 December

|Darlington

|A

|style="background-color:#FFCCCC"|L

1–3

|align="left"|Samways (o.g.)

|3,553

18 December

|Halifax Town

|H

|style="background-color:#CCFFCC"|W

2–1

|align="left"|Laird, Eve

|2,037

26 December

|Mansfield Town

|A

|style="background-color:#FFCCCC"|L

1–2

|align="left"|Doughty

|3,234

28 December

|Leyton Orient

|H

|style="background-color:#FFCCCC"|L

1–5

|align="left"|Wright

|3,160

3 January

|Carlisle United

|A

|style="background-color:#FFCCCC"|L

1–4

|align="left"|Eve

|4,565

8 January

|Darlington

|H

|style="background-color:#FFCCCC"|L

1–2

|align="left"|Beckett

|2,067

15 January

|Rotherham United

|H

|style="background-color:#FFCCCC"|L

0–2

|align="left"|

|2,398

22 January

|Northampton Town

|A

|style="background-color:#FFCCCC"|L

1–3

|align="left"|Pickering

|5,332

29 January

|Torquay United

|H

|style="background-color:#CCFFCC"|W

2–1

|align="left"|Eyjólfsson, Beckett

|2,229

5 February

|Rochdale

|A

|style="background-color:#FFCCCC"|L

1–2

|align="left"|Beckett

|3,093

12 February

|Hull City

|H

|style="background-color:#FFFFCC"|D

0–0

|align="left"|

|2,802

18 February

|Swansea City

|A

|style="background-color:#FFCCCC"|L

1–2

|align="left"|Eyjólfsson

|6,336

26 February

|Brighton & Hove Albion

|H

|style="background-color:#FFCCCC"|L

1–7

|align="left"|Beckett

|2,743

4 March

|Exeter City

|A

|style="background-color:#CCFFCC"|W

2–0

|align="left"|Eyjólfsson, Beckett

|2,391

7 March

|Plymouth Argyle

|A

|style="background-color:#FFFFCC"|D

0–0

|align="left"|

|4,140

11 March

|Shrewsbury Town

|H

|style="background-color:#FFFFCC"|D

0–0

|align="left"|

|4,002

18 March

|Southend United

|A

|style="background-color:#FFCCCC"|L

1–3

|align="left"|Beckett

|3,483

21 March

|Hartlepool United

|H

|style="background-color:#FFFFCC"|D

1–1

|align="left"|Hemmings

|1,816

25 March

|Mansfield Town

|H

|style="background-color:#CCFFCC"|W

5–0

|align="left"|Heggs, Beckett, Hemmings, Eve

|1,953

1 April

|Halifax Town

|A

|style="background-color:#CCFFCC"|W

1–0

|align="left"|Beckett (pen)

|2,431

8 April

|Carlisle United

|H

|style="background-color:#FFCCCC"|L

0–1

|align="left"|

|5,507

15 April

|Leyton Orient

|A

|style="background-color:#CCFFCC"|W

2–1

|align="left"|Heggs, Fisher

|4,123

22 April

|Macclesfield Town

|A

|style="background-color:#FFFFCC"|D

1–1

|align="left"|Beckett

|3,456

24 April

|York City

|H

|style="background-color:#CCFFCC"|W

2–0

|align="left"|Bower (o.g.), Beckett

|3,503

29 April

|Cheltenham Town

|A

|style="background-color:#FFCCCC"|L

0–1

|align="left"|

|5,391

6 May

|Peterborough United

|H

|style="background-color:#FFCCCC"|L

0–1

|align="left"|

|4,905

FA Cup

{{Main|1999–2000 FA Cup}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Round

!Date

!Opponents

!Venue

!Result

!Score

!Scorers

!Attendance

First round

|30 October

|rowspan=2|Whyteleafe (7)

|A

|style="background-color:#FFFFCC"|D||0–0

|align="left"|

|2,164

First round replay

|9 November

|H

|style="background-color:#CCFFCC"|W||3–1

|align="left"|Cross (2), Beckett

|2,183

Second round

|20 November

|Stalybridge Celtic (6)

|A

|style="background-color:#CCFFCC"|W||2–1

|align="left"|Cross, Beckett

|3,312

Third round

|12 December

|Manchester City (2)

|H

|style="background-color:#FFCCCC"|L||1–4

|align="left"|Richardson

|5,469

League Cup

{{Main|1999–2000 Football League Cup}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Round

!Date

!Opponents

!Venue

!Result

!Score

!Scorers

!Attendance

First round first leg

|10 August

|rowspan=2|Port Vale (2)

|H

|style="background-color:#CCFFCC"|W||2–1

|align="left"|Richardson, Beckett (pen)

|2,102

First round second leg

|24 August

|A

|style="background-color:#FFFFCC"|D||4–4

|align="left"|Beckett (2, 1pen), Shelton, Jones

|2,625

Second round first leg

|14 September

|rowspan=2|Aston Villa (1)

|H

|style="background-color:#FFCCCC"|L||0–1

|align="left"|

|4,364

Second round second leg

|21 September

|A

|style="background-color:#FFCCCC"|L||0–5

|align="left"|

|22,163

Football League Trophy

{{Main|1999–2000 Football League Trophy}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Round

!Date

!Opponents

!Venue

!Result

!Score

!Scorers

!Attendance

Second round

|11 January

|Hull City (4)

|A

|style="background-color:#FFCCCC"|L||0–2

|align="left"|

|1,680

Season statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
rowspan="2" style="font-size:80%;"| {{tooltip|Nat|Nationality}}

! rowspan="2" | Player

! colspan="2" | Total

! colspan="2" | League

! colspan="2" | FA
Cup

! colspan="2" | League
Cup

! colspan="2" | FL
Trophy

style="width: 50px; font-size:80%;"| {{tooltip|A|Appearances}}

! style="width: 25px; font-size:80%;"| {{tooltip|G|Goals}}

! style="width: 50px; font-size:80%;"| {{tooltip|A|Appearances}}

! style="width: 25px; font-size:80%;"| {{tooltip|G|Goals}}

! style="width: 50px; font-size:80%;"| {{tooltip|A|Appearances}}

! style="width: 25px; font-size:80%;"| {{tooltip|G|Goals}}

! style="width: 50px; font-size:80%;"| {{tooltip|A|Appearances}}

! style="width: 25px; font-size:80%;"| {{tooltip|G|Goals}}

! style="width: 50px; font-size:80%;"| {{tooltip|A|Appearances}}

! style="width: 25px; font-size:80%;"| {{tooltip|G|Goals}}

colspan="12" style="background:white; color:blue; text-align:center;"| Goalkeepers
{{flagicon|ENG}}style="text-align:left;" | Wayne Brown

| 55

| 46

441
colspan="12" style="background:white; color:blue; text-align:center;"| Field players
{{flagicon|GHA}}style="text-align:left;" | Junior Agogo

| 10

6

| 10

6
{{flagicon|ENG}}style="text-align:left;" | Luke Beckett

| 55

19

| 46

1442431
{{flagicon|ENG}}style="text-align:left;" | Paul Berry

| 0+12

1

| 0+9

10+10+2
{{flagicon|ENG}}style="text-align:left;" | Chris Blackburn

| 0+1

| 0+1

{{flagicon|ENG}}style="text-align:left;" | Michael Blackwood

| 9

2

| 9

2
{{flagicon|ENG}}style="text-align:left;" | Paul Carden

| 9+2

| 9+2

{{flagicon|ENG}}style="text-align:left;" | Danny Carson

| 0+1

| –

0+1
{{flagicon|USA}}style="text-align:left;" | Joe Carver

| 1+1

| 1+1

{{flagicon|ENG}}style="text-align:left;" | Jonathan Cross

| 18+5

3

| 13+4

2+1321
{{flagicon|ENG}}style="text-align:left;" | Ross Davidson

| 13

| 9

4
{{flagicon|ENG}}style="text-align:left;" | Matt Doughty

| 25+14

1

| 19+14

142
{{flagicon|ISL}}style="text-align:left;" | Sigurður Ragnar Eyjólfsson

| 10

3

| 9

31
{{flagicon|TRI}}style="text-align:left;" | Angus Eve

| 9+6

4

| 9+5

40+1
{{flagicon|ENG}}style="text-align:left;" | Steve Finney

| 4+9

| 4+9

{{flagicon|ENG}}style="text-align:left;" | Neil Fisher

| 43+7

1

| 34+7

1441
{{flagicon|ENG}}style="text-align:left;" | Carl Heggs

| 11

2

| 11

2
{{flagicon|ENG}}style="text-align:left;" | Tony Hemmings

| 19

2

| 19

2
{{flagicon|ENG}}style="text-align:left;" | Stuart Hicks

| 13

| 13

{{flagicon|ENG}}style="text-align:left;" | Gary Hobson

| 20

| 20

{{flagicon|WAL}}style="text-align:left;" | Jonathan Jones

| 5+5

1

| 4+2

0+11+21
{{flagicon|SLE}}style="text-align:left;" | John Keister

| 9+2

| 8+2

1
{{flagicon|TRI}}style="text-align:left;" | Kamu Laird

| 2+1

1

| 2+1

1
{{flagicon|ENG}}style="text-align:left;" | Martyn Lancaster

| 19+4

| 14+3

1+131
{{flagicon|SCO}}style="text-align:left;" | Steve Malone

| 1

| –

1
{{flagicon|SER}}style="text-align:left;" | Goran Milosavijevic

| 17+1

| 11+1

321
{{flagicon|WAL}}style="text-align:left;" | Darren Moss

| 34+8

| 28+7

41+11
{{flagicon|CAN}}style="text-align:left;" | Martin Nash

| 15+5

| 12+4

3+1
{{flagicon|ENG}}style="text-align:left;" | Ally Pickering

| 7

1

| 7

1
{{flagicon|ENG}}style="text-align:left;" | Andy Porter

| 16

| 16

{{flagicon|ENG}}style="text-align:left;" | Shaun Reid

| 15+3

| 10+3

221
{{flagicon|ENG}}style="text-align:left;" | Nick Richardson

| 40+5

4

| 31+5

241411
{{flagicon|ENG}}style="text-align:left;" | Jamie Robinson

| 9

| 9

{{flagicon|ENG}}style="text-align:left;" | Andy Shelton

| 14+5

1

| 9+2

1+2410+1
{{flagicon|ENG}}style="text-align:left;" | Nicky Spooner

| 11

| 9

2
{{flagicon|ENG}}style="text-align:left;" | Matt Woods

| 46+3

| 40+2

2+14
{{flagicon|ENG}}style="text-align:left;" | Darren Wright

| 21+11

1

| 15+10

1330+1
Own goals

|

3

| –

3
style="background:white; color:blue; text-align:center;"

|

Total

| 55

56

| 46

4446461

References

{{reflist}}

{{cite book

|last1 = Sumner

|first1 = Chas

|title = 125 Years on the Borderline: The Complete History of Chester City F.C. 1885-2010

|date = 1 November 2011

|publisher = Yore Publications

|isbn = 978-0956984821

}}