1999–2000 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season
| 1999–2000 season | |||
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| Chairman |
Dave Richards Howard Culley |
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| Manager |
Danny Wilson (from 21 March) Peter Shreeves (caretaker from 21 March) |
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| Premiership | 19th (relegated) | ||
| FA Cup | Fifth round | ||
| League Cup | Fourth round | ||
| Top goalscorer |
League: Gilles De Bilde (10) All: Gilles De Bilde (11) |
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| Highest home attendance | 39,640 (vs. Manchester United, Premier League) | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 10,993 (vs. Stoke City, League Cup) | ||
| Average home league attendance | 26,800 (league) |
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The 1999–2000 season was Sheffield Wednesday's 133rd season in existence. They competed in the twenty-team Premier League, the top tier of English football. The club finished nineteenth and were relegated from the Premier League for the first time.
A very poor start to the season saw Sheffield Wednesday fail to win any of their first nine league games (gaining just one solitary point away to Premier League newcomers Bradford City) and an 8–0 hammering at the hands of Newcastle United in September saw most people tip the club as favourites for relegation, and this opinion was further strengthened by their failure to make a substantial improvement as the season went on as they won just once in their first 17 games (twice in their first 20). The board of directors decided that enough was enough and on 21 March, Danny Wilson's managerial contract was terminated, three days after an appalling 1-0 defeat away to a struggling Watford side who had previously won only once in their previous 20 league games. Wilson's assistant Peter Shreeves took temporary charge, and kept the Owls in contention for survival right up to the penultimate day of the season. A failure to beat Arsenal confirmed their relegation after nine successive seasons of top division football, but they did manage a 3–3 draw at Highbury.Bradford City manager Paul Jewell was then given the uphill task of restoring Premier League football to the club, though the club's mounting debts triggered fears that further struggles would lie ahead.
Updated to games played on 14 May 2000.
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Chelsea qualified for the UEFA Cup as FA Cup winners
2 Leicester City qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
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