1999–2000 Rotherham United F.C. season

Rotherham United
1999–2000 season
Football League Third Division	2nd
FA Cup	Second round
League Cup	First round
Football League Trophy	Second Round
Top goalscorer	Leo Fortune-West (17)
	Home colours
	Home colours

During the 1999–2000 English football season, Rotherham United Football Club competed in the Football League Third Division where they finished in 2nd position on 84 points and gained promotion to the Football League Second Division.

Final league table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1.	Swansea City	46	24	13	9	51	30	85
2.	Rotherham United	46	24	12	10	72	36	84
3.	Northampton Town	46	25	7	14	63	45	82
4.	Darlington	46	21	16	9	66	36	79
5.	Peterborough United	46	22	12	12	63	54	78
6.	Barnet	46	21	12	13	59	53	75
7.	Hartlepool United	46	21	9	16	60	49	72
8.	Cheltenham Town	46	20	10	16	50	42	70
9.	Torquay United	46	19	12	15	62	52	69
10.	Rochdale	46	18	14	14	57	54	68
11.	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	17	16	13	64	47	67
12.	Plymouth Argyle	46	16	18	12	55	51	66
13.	Macclesfield Town	46	18	11	17	66	61	65
14.	Hull City	46	15	14	17	43	43	59
15.	Lincoln City	46	15	14	17	67	69	59
16.	Southend United	46	15	11	20	53	61	56
17.	Mansfield Town	46	16	8	22	50	65	56
18.	Halifax Town	46	12	16	18	44	58	54
19.	Leyton Orient	46	13	13	20	47	52	52
20.	York City	46	12	16	18	39	53	52
21.	Exeter City	46	11	11	24	46	72	44
22.	Shrewsbury Town	46	9	13	24	40	67	40
23.	Carlisle United	46	9	12	25	42	75	39
24.	Chester City	46	10	9	27	44	79	39

Key
Promoted to Division 2
Qualified for the promotion playoff
Relegated to Conference

Results

Rotherham United's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Division Three

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	7 August 1999	Lincoln City	A	1 – 2	4,494	Warne 90'
2	14 August 1999	Chester City	H	4 – 0	2,966	Martindale 54' 58' (2 pens), Fortune-West 81', Watson 88'
3	21 August 1999	Exeter City	A	1 – 3	2,646	Garner 23'
4	28 August 1999	Shrewsbury Town	H	4 – 0	2,708	Turner 2', Scott 3', Garner 21', 33'
5	30 August 1999	Macclesfield Town	A	1 – 1	2,307	Fortune-West 86'
6	4 September 1999	York City	H	1 – 0	3,171	Garner 59'
7	11 September 1999	Plymouth Argyle	A	1 – 1	4,075	Berry 49'
8	18 September 1999	Rochdale	H	0 – 1	3,568
9	25 September 1999	Northampton Town	H	3 – 0	3,625	Thompson 14', 80' (2 pens), Fortune-West 52'
10	2 October 1999	Cheltenham Town	A	2 – 0	3,331	Thompson 37' (pen), Warne 47'
11	12 October 1999	Swansea City	A	0 – 2	5,287
12	16 October 1999	Barnet	H	2 – 0	3,596	Fortune-West 10', Sedgwick 67'
13	19 October 1999	Hartkepool United	H	3 – 0	3,340	Garner 7', 14', Berry 30'
14	23 October 1999	Northampton Town	A	0 – 1	5,753
15	2 November 1999	Torquay United	H	1 – 0	3,892	Berry 27'
16	6 November 1999	Hull City	A	0 – 0	7,045
17	12 November 1999	Leyton Orient	H	0 – 1	4,280
18	23 November 1999	Mansfield Town	A	2 – 1	2,937	Berry 27', Sedgwick 90'
19	27 November 1999	Carlisle United	A	1 – 0	2,649	Hurst 90'
20	4 December 1999	Lincoln City	H	1 – 1	3,674	Garner 45'
21	11 December 1999	Halifax Town	A	0 – 0	2,583
22	18 December 1999	Darlington	H	2 – 1	4,234	White 83', 88'
23	26 December 1999	Peterborough United	A	5 – 0	10,789	Hudson 2', Warne 34', 49', Thompson 71', Fortune-West 74'
24	28 December 1999	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	1 – 3	5,924	Branston 83'
25	3 January 2000	Southend United	A	2 – 1	4,728	Fortune-West 26', 40'
26	8 January 2000	Halifax Town	H	0 – 1	4,450
27	15 January 2000	Chester City	A	2 – 0	3,398	Warne 21', Fortune-West 54'
28	22 January 2000	Exeter City	H	5 – 0	3,402	Fortune-West 5', 7', Warne 12', 86', Wilsterman 82'
29	29 January 2000	Shrewsbury Town	A	0 – 0	2,587
30	5 February 2000	Macclesfield Town	H	2 – 1	4,175	Sedgwick 31' (pen), Fortune-West 44'
31	12 February 2000	York City	H	2 – 1	4,531	Fortune-West 7', Branston 90'
32	19 February 2000	Carlisle United	H	4 – 2	4,271	Fortune-West 22', 32', 73', Wilsterman 50'
33	26 February 2000	Rochdale	A	1 – 0	4,131	White 58'
34	4 March 2000	Plymouth Argyle	H	1 – 1	4,496	Warne 76'
35	7 March 2000	Hull City	H	3 – 0	4,881	Wilsterman 74', Fortune-West 76', Warne 84'
36	11 March 2000	Torquay United	A	1 – 2	2,655	Thompson 42'
37	17 March 2000	Mansfield Town	H	2 – 3	5,186	Sedgwick 35', 69'
38	21 March 2000	Leyton Orient	H	1 – 0	3,959	Garner 58'
39	25 March 2000	Peterborough United	H	1 – 1	5,319	Hurst 14'
40	1 April 2000	Darlington	A	2 – 2	7,401	Branston 55', Tutill 59' (o.g.)
41	8 April 2000	Darlington	H	0 – 0	4,327
42	15 April 2000	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	1 – 1	5,805	Thompson 32'
43	22 April 2000	Barnet	A	0 – 1	3,239
44	24 April 2000	Cheltenham Town	H	2 – 0	5,447	Garner 12', White 84'
45	29 April 2000	Hartlepool United	A	2 – 1	4,673	Fortune-West 6', Branston 49'
46	6 May 2000	Swansea City	H	1 – 1	10,863	Glover 90' (pen)

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1 1st Leg	10 August 1999	Hull City	H	0 – 1	3,294
R1 2nd Leg	24 August 1999	Hull City	A	0 – 2	4,373

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	30 October 1999	Woking	H	3 – 0	3,716	Thompson 31', Garner 81', Martindale 90' (pen)
R2	20 November 1999	Burnley	A	0 – 2	8,110

Football League Trophy

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	7 December 1999	Shrewsbury Town	H	2 – 1	1,166	Hanmer 18' (o.g.), Sedgwick 72'
R2	11 January 2000	Chesterfield	H	1 – 4	1,997	White 61'

First-team squad

Appearances for competitive matches only

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Football League Trophy		Total
Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
DF	David Artell	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0
DF	Chris Beech	5(1)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7(1)	0
MF	Trevor Berry	18(18)	4	2	0	0(1)	0	0(2)	0	20(21)	4
DF	Guy Branston	30	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	32	4
DF	Paul Dillon	15	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	19	0
FW	Leo Fortune-West	39	17	2	0	2	0	0	0	43	17
MF	Darren Garner	35	9	2	1	1(1)	0	1	0	39(1)	9
FW	Lee Glover[1]	0(6)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(6)	1
MF	Danny Hudson	3(4)	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4(4)	1
DF	Paul Hurst	25(5)	2	0(2)	0	0	0	1	0	26(7)	2
MF	Jamie Ingledow	2(2)	0	0	0	1	0	1(1)	0	4(3)	0
FW	Gary Martindale	4(5)	2	0(2)	1	1	0	0(1)	0	5(8)	3
GK	Mike Pollitt	46	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	52	0
DF	Rob Scott	33(1)	1	2	0	1(1)	0	2	0	38(2)	1
MF	Chris Sedgwick	29(9)	5	0(2)	0	1	0	2	1	32(11)	6
MF	Steve Thompson	27(4)	6	2	1	0	0	1	0	30(4)	6
MF	Andy Turner	26(6)	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	29(6)	1
DF	Will Varty	26(1)	0	2	0	2	0	0(1)	0	30(2)	0
FW	Paul Warne	40(3)	10	2	0	1(1)	0	2	0	45(4)	10
DF	Vance Warner	16(3)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	16(4)	0
MF	Kevin Watson	44	1	2	0	2	0	2	0	50	1
FW	Jason White	8(12)	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	10(12)	5
DF	Brian Wilsterman	38(4)	3	2	0	2	0	2	0	44(4)	3

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References

Glover was born in Kettering, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and represented them at U-21 level.

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