The 1999–2000 English football season was Aston Villa's 8th season in the Premier League and their 12th consecutive season in the top division of English football.

Aston Villa matched their previous season's solid sixth-place finish. After starting the campaign brightly a run of nine matches without a win dragged Villa down to 15th. However, after that Villa rallied to go 12 matches unbeaten, and thereafter lost only two more games all season to finish sixth. Villa also reached the FA Cup final for the first time in 43 years, but their hopes of winning the famous trophy for the eighth time were ended by a 1–0 defeat at the hands of Chelsea, whose success was achieved in the last game at Wembley before the old stadium was rebuilt.

The season saw debuts for George Boateng (103), David James (67), Peter Enckelman (52), Benito Carbone (24), Najwan Ghrayib (5), and Neil Cutler (1).

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Premier League

Results summary

Results by matchday

Matches

FA Cup

+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR311 December 1999 DarlingtonH2–122,101Carbone 43', Dublin 63'R48 January 2000 SouthamptonH1–025,025Southgate 20'R530 January 2000 Leeds UnitedH3–230,026Carbone 32', 58', 69'QF20 February 2000 EvertonA2–135,331Stone 16', Carbone 45'SF2 April 2000 Bolton WanderersN0–0 (won 4–1 on pens)62,828F20 May 2000 ChelseaN0–178,217

League Cup

+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR2 1st Leg14 September 1999 Chester CityA1–04,364Hendrie 77'R2 2nd Leg21 September 1999 Chester CityH5–0 (6–0 on agg)22,613Boateng 17', Taylor 31', Hendrie 46', 47', Thompson 50'R313 October 1999 Manchester UnitedH3–033,815Joachim 18', Taylor 49', Stone 90'R41 December 1999 SouthamptonH4–017,608Watson 22', Joachim 66', Dublin 72', 90'QF11 January 2000 West Ham UnitedA3–125,592Taylor 80', 118', Joachim 93'SF 1st Leg25 January 2000 Leicester CityH0–028,037SF 2nd Leg2 February 2000 Leicester CityA0–1 (0–1 on agg)21,843

Players First-team squad # Name Position Nationality Place of birth Date of birth (age) Signed from Date signed Fee Apps Gls Goalkeepers 1 David James GK Welwyn Garden City Liverpool 17 June 1999 £1,700,000 - - 13 Michael Oakes GK Northwich Academy 1 July 1991 61 0 13* Neil Cutler GK Perton Chester City 30 November 1999 Free transfer - - 39 Peter Enckelman GK Turku TPS 1 February 1999 £200,000 0 0 40 Matthew Ghent GK Burton upon Trent Academy 1 July 1997 0 0 Defenders 2 Steve Watson RB North Shields Newcastle United 15 October 1998 £4,000,000 30 0 3 Alan Wright LB Ashton-under-Lyne Blackburn Rovers 10 March 1995 £1,000,000 199 3 4 Gareth Southgate (c) CB Watford Crystal Palace 1 July 1995 £3,500,000 164 4 5 Ugo Ehiogu CB Hackney West Bromwich Albion 12 July 1991 £40,000 255 14 15 Gareth Barry LB Hastings Academy 1 January 1998 39 2 20 Najwan Ghrayib LB Nazareth Hapoel Haifa 20 July 1999 £1,000,000 - - 23 David Hughes LB Wrexham Academy 1 July 1996 7 0 24 Mark Delaney RB Haverfordwest Cardiff City 9 March 1999 £250,000 2 0 28 Tommy Jaszczun CB Kettering Academy 1 July 1998 1 0 30 Jon Bewers RB Kettering Academy 1 July 1999 - - 31 Jlloyd Samuel LB San Fernando Academy 1 January 1999 0 0 32 Aaron Lescott CB Birmingham Academy 1 July 1998 1 0 34 Colin Calderwood CB Stranraer Tottenham Hotspur 23 March 1999 £230,000 8 0 Midfielders 6 George Boateng CM Nkawkaw Coventry City 20 July 1999 £4,500,000 - - 7 Ian Taylor CM Birmingham Sheffield Wednesday 21 December 1994 £1,000,000 178 22 8 Mark Draper CM Long Eaton Leicester City 5 July 1995 £3,250,000 154 11 10 Paul Merson AM Harlesden Middlesbrough 8 September 1998 £6,750,000 27 5 11 Alan Thompson LM Newcastle upon Tyne Bolton Wanderers 5 June 1998 £4,500,000 28 2 17 Lee Hendrie RM Solihull Academy 1 July 1995 71 6 26 Steve Stone RM Gateshead Nottingham Forest 11 March 1999 £5,500,000 10 0 27 Michael Standing AM Shoreham-by-Sea Academy 1 July 1998 0 0 38 John McGrath CM Limerick Academy 1 July 1999 - - Forwards 9 Dion Dublin CF Leicester Coventry City 5 November 1998 £5,750,000 24 11 12 Julian Joachim CF Peterborough Leicester City 24 February 1996 £1,890,000 100 28 14 Neil Tarrant CF Darlington Ross County 28 April 1998 £250,000 - - 18 Benito Carbone SS Bagnara Calabra Sheffield Wednesday 20 October 1999 £800,000 - - 19 Richard Walker CF Bloxwich Academy 1 July 1997 1 0 21 Darren Byfield CF Sutton Coldfield Academy 1 July 1997 10 0 22 Darius Vassell CF Birmingham Academy 1 January 1998 11 2 25 Gustavo Bartelt CF Buenos Aires Roma 6 January 2000 Loan - - 29 Stan Collymore CF Tittensor Liverpool 13 May 1997 £7,000,000 61 15

Squad at end of season

Left club during season

Reserve squad The following players spend most of the season playing for the reserves, and did not appear for the first team.

Under-19 squad The following players spent most of the season playing for the under-19 squad, but may have played for the U-17s and reserves.

Under-17 squad The following players spent most of the season playing for the under-17 squad, but may have played for the U-19s and reserves.

Other players The following players did not appear for any squad this season.

Statistics

Starting 11

Transfers

Transferred in DatePosPlayerFromFee 17 June 1999 GK David James Liverpool £1,700,000 20 July 1999 LB Najwan Ghrayib Hapoel Haifa £1,000,000 20 July 1999 DM George BoatengCoventry City £4,500,000 20 October 1999 SS Benito CarboneSheffield Wednesday £800,000 30 November 1999 GK Neil CutlerChester City Free transfer£8,000,000

Loaned in DatePosPlayerFromLoan End 6 January 2000 CF Gustavo Bartelt Roma 31 May 2000

Transferred out DatePosPlayerToFee 1 July 1999 GK Mark Bosnich Manchester UnitedFree transfer 7 July 1999 CF Alan Lee Burnley £200,000 13 July 1999 CM Fabio Ferraresi Verona Free transfer 22 July 1999 CB Riccardo Scimeca Nottingham Forest £3,000,000 29 July 1999 RB Simon Grayson Blackburn Rovers £750,000 24 September 1999 LB David Hughes Shrewsbury Town Free transfer 27 September 1999 GK Adam Rachel Blackpool Free transfer 29 October 1999 GK Michael Oakes Wolverhampton Wanderers £500,000 20 January 2000 LB Tommy Jaszczun Blackpool £50,000 10 February 2000 CF Stan Collymore Leicester City Free transfer 14 March 2000 CB Colin Calderwood Nottingham Forest £70,000£4,570,000

Loaned out DatePosPlayerToLoan End 19 July 1999 CF Stan Collymore Fulham 15 October 1999 3 August 1999 CF Darren Byfield Northampton Town 12 September 1999 17 September 1999 CF Darren Byfield Cambridge United 25 October 1999 10 December 1999 CF Neil Tarrant Ayr United 31 May 2000 7 March 2000 CF Darren Byfield Blackpool 31 May 2000 13 March 2000 LB Aaron Lescott Lincoln City 13 April 2000

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure £8,000,000

Income £4,570,000

Balance £3,430,000

Notes

References

External links Aston Villa official website avfchistory.co.uk 1999–2000 season