During the 1999–2000 English football season, Oxford United F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division where they finished in 20th position avoiding relegation to Division Three by a single point.

Season summary After an inconsistent start, a run of seven defeats in eight games cost manager Malcolm Shotton his job by the end of October, and made it apparent that the club would be fighting to avoid a second successive relegation. Mickey Lewis became caretaker manager, assisted by former manager Maurice Evans, and oversaw an initial upturn in form that saw the team begin to climb up the table. A poor run of form after Christmas plunged the team straight back into relegation trouble, however, leading to Lewis stepping aside in favour of another former manager, Denis Smith, in February. Results remained inconsistent at best, but in the end the team did enough to just barely avoid relegation.

Final league table

Results Oxford United's score comes first

Legend WinDrawLoss

Football League Division Two

MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers17 August 1999 Stoke CityA2–111,300Murphy 28', Anthrobus 78'214 August 1999 Cardiff CityH2–36,423Murphy 67', 73'321 August 1999 Bristol RoversA0–17,617428 August 1999 Oldham AthleticH1–05,098Murphy 18' (pen)530 August 1999 BlackpoolA1–13,670Lilley 57'64 September 1999 Wycombe WanderersH0–06,306711 September 1999 GillinghamH1–25,418Cook 90'818 September 1999 WrexhamA0–14,229925 September 1999 Luton TownA2–46,102Powell 59', Lilley 65'102 October 1999 Bristol CityH3–06,638Beauchamp 7', 33', Lilley 66'119 October 1999 MillwallH1–35,392Murphy 66' (pen)1216 October 1999 BrentfordA0–26,2371319 October 1999 Scunthorpe UnitedA0–13,8291423 October 1999 Luton TownH0–15,866152 November 1999 Colchester UnitedH1–14,444Lambert 1'167 November 1999 ReadingA2–110,101Folland 7', Murphy 84'1713 November 1999 BuryH1–14,318Lambert 9'1823 November 1999 Notts CountyA1–04,020Warren 85' (o.g.)1927 November 1999 ChesterfieldA0–02,768204 December 1999 Stoke CityH1–15,700Beauchamp 27'2118 December 1999 BournemouthA0–44,4432218 December 1999 Cambridge UnitedH1–06,772Murphy 83'2328 December 1999 BurnleyA2–314,218Anthrobus 3', Whelan 52'243 January 2000 Wigan AthleticH1–25,915Cook 60'2515 January 2000 Cardiff CityA1–16,914Murphy 44'2623 January 2000 Bristol RoversH0–57,3552729 January 2000 Oldham AthleticA0–24,780281 February 2000 Preston North EndH0–45,164295 February 2000 BlackpoolH0–15,1793012 February 2000 Wycombe WanderersA1–06,200Beauchamp 26'3119 February 2000 ChesterfieldH2–15,146Fear 10', Lilley 89'3226 February 2000 WrexhamH1–44,988Edwards 71'334 March 2000 GillinghamA0–16,996347 March 2000 ReadingH1–37,638Powell 8'3511 March 2000 Colchester UnitedA2–14,058S Weatherstone 22', Whelan 90'3614 March 2000 Preston North EndA1–312,008Murphy 64'3718 March 2000 Notts CountyH2–34,544Powell 7', 76' (1 pen)3821 March 2000 BuryA2–12,606Lilley 9', Cook 90'3925 March 2000 Cambridge UnitedA0–25,127401 April 2000 BournemouthH1–05,214Lilley 31'418 April 2000 Wigan AthleticA0–24,8484215 April 2000 BurnleyH1–27,549Murphy 13'4322 April 2000 BrentfordA1–15,342Lilley 41'4424 April 2000 Bristol CityA2–29,046Powell 10', Davis 68'4529 April 2000 Scunthorpe UnitedH2–06,752Murphy 26', Powell 70'466 May 2000 MillwallA0–113,827

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR1 1st Leg10 August 1999 Southend UnitedA2–02,618Murphy 53', Beauchamp 81'R1 2nd Leg24 August 1999 Southend UnitedH1–04,162Murphy 61'R2 1st Leg14 September 1999 EvertonH1–17,345Murphy 21'R2 2nd Leg22 September 1999 EvertonA1–010,006Beauchamp 12'R312 October 1999 Tranmere RoversA0–25,328

FA Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR130 October 1999 MorecambeH3–23,504Lilley 12', Powell 58', Abbey 87'R220 November 1999 Shrewsbury TownA2–23,557Murphy 63', Folland 77'R2 Replay30 November 1999 Shrewsbury TownH2–1 AET4,096Murphy 90', 117'R310 December 1999 Nottingham ForestA1–18,079Powell 75'R3 Replay8 January 2000 Nottingham ForestH1–37,191Powell 72'

Football League Trophy

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR17 December 1999 Luton TownH2–01,220Powell 40', 48 (2 pen)R211 January 2000 Wycombe WanderersH1–1 (5–3 pens)1,798Powell 21' (pen)Quarter final25 January 2000 BrentfordA0–22,942

Squad statistics

No.Pos.NameLeagueFA CupLeague CupLeague TrophyTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals1GK Andre Arendse1301(1)0400018(1)02DF Les Robinson4605050305903MF Paul Powell39(1)63(1)3502349(2)124MF Peter Fear13(6)11(1)0302019(7)15DF Mark Watson34(1)050201042(1)06FW Craig Russell5(1)00000005(1)06MF Eddie Newton70000000706DF Phil Gilchrist10000000107FW Matt Murphy461153532058178MF Paul Tait3402050204309FW Steve Anthrobus25(11)23(1)0402034(12)210FW Derek Lilley36(8)7513(2)01045(10)811MF Joey Beauchamp33(1)450501(2)044(3)412MF Jamie Cook11(18)31(3)01(3)03016(24)313GK Paul Lundin21(1)040103029(1)014DF Steve Davis20(4)110400(1)025(5)115MF Simon Weatherstone13(7)1001(1)01015(8)116FW Rob Folland17(6)14(1)1401026(7)117DF Jon Shepheard1(1)00000203(1)018MF Chris Hackett0(2)00000000(2)018FW Kevin Francis0(3)00(1)0000(1)00(5)019DF Phil Whelan31250103040(1)220FW Nicky Banger1(2)0000(1)0002(2)021DF Neil McGowan15(5)02(1)00(2)02019(8)022DF Mickey Lewis3(2)0002(1)0005(3)023DF Ross Weatherstone3(1)01000205(1)024MF Jamie Lambert8(5)22(1)0000010(6)224FW Nigel Jemson13(5)000000013(5)025FW Ben Abbey0(10)00(1)1000(2)00(13)127MF Dean Whitehead0000000(1)00(1)029GK Richard Knight12(1)000000012(1)030DF Christian Edwards5100000051

References

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

See also 1999–2000 in English football