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1999–2000 Leicester City F.C. season

1999–2000 season of Leicester City

Field	Value
club	Leicester City F.C.
season	1999–2000
chairman	Philip Smith
manager	Martin O'Neill
stadium	Filbert Street
league	FA Premier League
league result	[8th](1999-2000-fa-premier-league)
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	[Fifth round](1999-2000-fa-cup)
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	[Winners](1999-2000-football-league-cup)
cup3	Player of the Year
cup3 result	Gerry Taggart
league topscorer	Tony Cottee (13)
highest attendance	22,170 vs Manchester United
(18 March 2000, FA Premier League)
lowest attendance	12,157 vs Hereford United
(22 December 1999, FA Cup)
average attendance	19,825
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prevseason	[1998–99](1998-99-leicester-city-f-c-season)
nextseason	[2000–01](2000-01-leicester-city-f-c-season)

(18 March 2000, FA Premier League) (22 December 1999, FA Cup) During the 1999–2000 English football season, Leicester City F.C. competed in the FA Premier League.

Season summary

Leicester City achieved their highest league finish in 24 years by coming eighth in the final table, as well as reaching their third League Cup final in four years. They triumphed for the second time under Martin O'Neill and the third time in their history, beating Tranmere Rovers 2–1 at Wembley. O'Neill then left the club after accepting the offer to manage Celtic. In came former England under 21 coach Peter Taylor as his successor.

Final league table

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Premier League

;Results summary

;Results by round

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Results

Leicester City's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Pre-season

Fletcher Heskey Campbell Healy Smith Heskey Campbell Marshall

FA Premier League

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Premier League

Sinclair Izzet Sinclair Di Canio Cottee McCann Sinclair Izzet Thompson Southgate Cottee Dublin Taggart Cottee Pahars Mills Redfearn Cottee Guppy Overmars Bowyer Shearer Unsworth Di Canio Schwarzer Heskey Oakes Quinn Cort Yorke Guppy Sturridge Delap Savage Merson Lennon Richards Izzet Gilchrist Cottee Booth Alexandersson De Bilde

FA Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Cup

Izzet Savage Fenton Elliott Oakes Campbell Heskey Dixon Hughes Parlour Henry Vieira Grimandi Weah Wise Elliott

League Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League Cup

Zhiyi Mullins Lennon Taggart Marshall Fenton Bradbury Heskey Elliott Impey Zagorakis Izzet Harte Kelly Bowyer Walsh Horsfield Coleman Savage Fenton Trollope Horsfield Kelly

Squad

Left club during season

Reserve squad

Statistics

:Players with squad numbers struck through and marked left the club during the playing season. :Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Leicester.

Appearances, goals and cards

:(Starting appearances + substitute appearances)

No.	Pos.	Name	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total	Discipline	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps
1	GK	ENG Tim Flowers	29	0	2	0	5+1	0	36+1	0	1	0
3	DF	JAM Frank Sinclair	34	0	3	0	7	0	44	0	9	1
4	DF	NIR Gerry Taggart	30+1	6	5	0	7+1	1	42+2	7	7	1
5	DF	ENG Steve Walsh	5+6	0	3+1	0	2+1	1	10+8	1	3	1
6	MF	TUR Muzzy Izzet	32	8	2	1	6	1	40	10	4	0
7	MF	NIR Neil Lennon	31	1	2	0	6	1	39	2	8	1
8	FW	ENG Stan Collymore	6	4	0	0	0	0	6	4	1	0
9	FW	ENG Emile Heskey	23	7	4	0	8	1	35	8	8	0
10	FW	ENG Darren Eadie	15+1	0	3	0	0	0	18+1	0	1	1
11	MF	ENG Steve Guppy	29+1	2	2	0	5	0	36+1	2	2	0
13	FW	ISL Arnar Gunnlaugsson	2	0	2+1	0	0+2	0	4+3	0	0	0
14	MF	WAL Robbie Savage	35	1	5	0	7	0	47	1	6	0
15	DF	ENG Phil Gilchrist	17+10	1	3	0	5+1	0	25+11	1	1	0
16	MF	SCO Stuart Campbell	1+3	0	0+3	0	0+2	0	1+8	0	0	0
18	DF	SCO Matt Elliott	37	6	5	2	6	3	48	11	3	0
20	FW	ENG Ian Marshall	2+19	0	0+1	0	3+1	3	5+21	3	1	0
21	FW	ENG Graham Fenton	1+1	0	0+3	0	0+4	1	1+8	1	1	0
22	GK	FRA Pegguy Arphexad	9+2	0	3+1	0	3	0	15+3	0	0	0
24	MF	ENG Andrew Impey	28+1	1	2+1	0	5+2	0	35+4	1	0	0
25	MF	ENG Stuart Wilson	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	0+2	0	0	0
27	FW	ENG Tony Cottee	30+3	13	2	0	3	0	35+3	13	1	0
28	FW	ENG Lawrie Dudfield	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0
29	MF	ENG Stefan Oakes	15+7	1	3	0	7	2	25+7	3	1	0
34	DF	ENG Danny Thomas	0+3	0	0	0	0	0	0+3	0	0	0
37	MF	GRE Theodoros Zagorakis	6+11	1	4	0	3+4	0	13+15	1	2	0
38	DF	ENG Tommy Goodwin	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
46	DF	ENG Jordan Stewart	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
30 July 1999	GK	ENG Tim Flowers	Blackburn Rovers	£1,100,000
10 August 1999	DF	ENG Phil Gilchrist	Oxford United	£500,000
10 December 1999	MF	ENG Darren Eadie	Norwich City	£3,000,000
10 February 2000	FW	ENG Stan Collymore	Aston Villa	Free
23 March 2000	FW	ARG Fernando Pasquinelli	Boca Juniors	Loan

Out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
27 July 1999	GK	USA Kasey Keller	Rayo Vallecano	Free transfer
8 October 1999	MF	ENG Scott Taylor	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Free transfer
18 November 1999	DF	ENG Guy Branston	Rotherham United	£50,000
10 March 2000	FW	ENG Emile Heskey	Liverpool	£11,000,000

:Transfers in: £4,600,000 :Transfers out: £11,050,000 :Total spending: £6,450,000

References

(1 June 2000). "O'Neill unveiled as Celtic boss". BBC Sport.
"Leicester City 1999-2000 Results - statto.com".
(7 August 1999). "Sinclair own-goal saves Arsenal". BBC.
(11 August 1999). "Foxes prey on shell-shocked Coventry". BBC.
(15 August 1999). "Sinclair does it again". BBC.
(21 August 1999). "Tricky pair sink Foxes". BBC.
(24 August 1999). "Heskey puts the brakes on Boro". BBC.
(30 August 1999). "Leicester add to Watford's woes". BBC.
(11 September 1999). "Sunderland victory march continues". BBC.
(18 September 1999). "O' Neill's pride at Leicester comeback". BBC.
(25 September 1999). "Southgate off as Villa crash". BBC.
(3 October 1999). "Izzet double sends Spurs spinning". BBC.
(16 October 1999). "Five in a row for Foxes". BBC.
(23 October 1999). "Bantams out fox Leicester". BBC.
(6 November 1999). "Cole double sinks Leicester". BBC.
(20 November 1999). "Cottee double denies Dons". BBC.
(27 November 1999). "Heskey sinks Sky Blues". BBC.
(18 December 1999). "Rams get lucky at Leicester". BBC.
(26 December 1999). "Leeds march on in style". BBC.
(28 December 1999). "Geordie duo outfox Leicester". BBC.
(3 January 2000). "Everton salvage a draw". BBC.
(15 January 2000). "Chelsea lose more ground". BBC.
(22 January 2000). "Wanchope breaks his duck". BBC.
(5 February 2000). "Foxes continue revival". BBC.
(12 February 2000). "Collymore impresses on debut". BBC.
(3 March 2000). "Collymore hat-trick sinks Sunderland". BBC.
(11 March 2000). "Cort keeps cool for Crazy Gang". BBC.
(18 March 2000). "Beckham cuts down Foxes". BBC.
(26 March 2000). "Leeds fall to sucker punch". BBC.
(2 April 2000). "Collymore breaks leg as Derby win". BBC.
(8 April 2000). "Everton grab a point". BBC.
(15 April 2000). "Foxes make fools of Magpies". BBC.
(19 April 2000). "Ginola lifts Spurs gloom". BBC.
(22 April 2000). "Foxes preserve unbeaten run". BBC.
(29 April 2000). "Izzett wins it on the rebound". BBC.
(3 May 2000). "Reds face European ignominy". BBC.
(6 May 2000). "Foxes prompt Bradford slump". BBC.
(14 May 2000). "Dons down as Bradford survive". BBC.
(11 December 1999). "Foxes held at Hereford". BBC.
(22 December 1999). "Izzet shatters Hereford's dream". BBC.
(9 January 2000). "Leicester hold out for replay". BBC.
(19 January 2000). "Gunners out in penalty thriller". BBC.
(30 January 2000). "Weah takes Blues into last eight". BBC.
(14 September 1999). "Crystal Palace v Leicester". BBC.
(23 September 1999). "Leicester 4–2 Crystal Palace (7–5 on agg)". BBC.
(14 October 1999). "Leicester 2–0 Grimsby". BBC.
(16 December 1999). "Fighting Foxes pull through". BBC.
(12 January 2000). "Fulham trio fail from spot". BBC.
(25 January 2000). "Stalemate at Villa Park". BBC.
(2 February 2000). "Leicester book Wembley date". BBC.
(27 February 2000). "Leicester triumph at Wembley". BBC.
"FootballSquads - Leicester City - 1999/00".
Daley, Kieran. (11 August 1999). "Football: Gilchrist's pounds 500,000 move to Leicester". The Independent.
Curtis, John. (11 December 1999). "Football: Eadie joins Leicester in record deal". The Independent.
(10 February 2000). "I want to be the best - Collymore". BBC Sport.
(10 March 2000). "Heskey shrugs off record fee". BBC Sport.

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