1999–2000 Preston North End F.C. season

Preston North End
1999–2000 season
Chairman	Bryan Gray
Manager	David Moyes
Stadium	Deepdale
Second Division	1st (champions)
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
Football League Trophy	Second round
Top goalscorer	Barlow (18)
Average home league attendance	12,819
	← 1998–99 2000–01 →

During the 1999–2000 English football season, Preston North End F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division.

Season summary

In the 1999–2000 season, Preston finally made their return to the second tier of the Football League, after an absence of almost twenty years. Jon Macken, whom Gary Peters had signed from Manchester United two years previously, had a storming season scoring 22 league goals, his flair being reinforced by the team's solid spine of Teuvo Moilanen in goal, defenders Graham Alexander, Colin Murdock, Michael Jackson and Rob Edwards and a central midfield made up of workhorses Gregan and Rankine. Blackpool, who are Preston's archrivals got relegated to basement division the same season. This meant Preston took revenge from Blackpool after 30 years.

The championship was confirmed at Cambridge United on 24 April, a game which brought North End's seventh, and last, defeat of the season.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Preston North End	46	15	4	4	37	23	13	7	3	37	14	74	37	+37	95
2	Burnley	46	16	3	4	42	23	9	10	4	27	24	69	47	+22	88
3	Gillingham	46	16	3	4	46	21	9	7	7	33	27	79	48	+31	85
4	Wigan Athletic	46	15	3	5	37	14	7	14	2	35	24	72	38	+34	83
5	Millwall	46	14	7	2	41	18	9	6	8	35	32	76	50	+26	82
6	Stoke City	46	13	7	3	37	18	10	6	7	31	24	68	42	+26	82
7	Bristol Rovers	46	13	7	3	34	19	10	4	9	35	26	69	45	+24	80
8	Notts County	46	9	6	8	32	27	9	5	9	29	28	61	55	+6	65
9	Bristol City	46	7	14	2	31	18	8	5	10	28	39	59	57	+2	64
10	Reading	46	10	9	4	28	18	6	5	12	29	45	57	63	–6	62
11	Wrexham	46	9	6	8	23	24	8	5	10	29	37	52	61	–9	62
12	Wycombe Wanderers	46	11	4	8	32	24	5	9	9	24	29	56	53	+3	61
13	Luton Town	46	10	7	6	41	35	7	3	13	20	30	61	65	–4	61
14	Oldham Athletic	46	8	5	10	27	28	8	7	8	23	27	50	55	–5	60
15	Bury	46	8	10	5	38	33	5	8	10	23	31	61	64	–3	57
16	Bournemouth	46	11	6	6	37	19	5	3	15	22	43	59	62	–3	57
17	Brentford	46	8	6	9	27	31	5	7	11	20	30	47	61	–14	52
18	Colchester United	46	9	4	10	36	40	5	6	12	23	42	59	82	–63	52
19	Cambridge United	46	8	6	9	38	33	4	6	13	26	32	64	65	–1	48
20	Oxford United	46	6	5	12	24	38	6	4	13	19	35	43	73	–30	45
21	Cardiff City	46	5	10	8	23	34	4	7	12	22	33	45	67	–22	44
22	Blackpool	46	4	10	9	26	37	4	7	12	23	40	49	77	–28	41
23	Scunthorpe United	46	4	6	13	16	34	5	6	12	24	40	40	74	–34	39
24	Chesterfield	46	5	7	11	17	25	2	8	13	17	38	34	63	–29	36

Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted through play-offs
	Relegated

Squad

^[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ENG	David Lucas
2	DF	ENG	Graham Alexander
3	DF	ENG	Dominic Ludden
4	DF	ENG	Ryan Kidd
5	DF	ENG	Michael Jackson
6	MF	ENG	Sean Gregan
7	MF	ENG	Lee Cartwright
8	MF	ENG	Mark Rankine
10	FW	ENG	Steve Basham
11	MF	ENG	David Eyres
12	DF	ENG	Gary Parkinson
13	DF	SCO	David Moyes
14	DF	NIR	Colin Murdock
15	DF	ENG	Rob Edwards
16	MF	ENG	Paul McKenna


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	EIR	Jon Macken
18	MF	ENG	Michael Appleton
19	FW	ISL	Bjarki Gunnlaugsson
20	DF	NIR	Paul Morgan
21	GK	FIN	Teuvo Moilanen
22	DF	ENG	Adam Eaton
23	FW	ENG	Mark Wright
24	MF	FRA	Farid Daif
25	MF	ENG	Julian Darby
26	MF	NIR	Stuart King
27	FW	ENG	Mark Beesley
28	DF	EIR	Brian Barry-Murphy
30	GK	EIR	Kelham O'Hanlon
31	MF	SCO	Iain Anderson
32	FW	ENG	Brett Angell (on loan from Stockport County)

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
31	FW	SCO	Alex Mathie (on loan from Dundee United)
32	MF	ENG	David Beresford (on loan from Huddersfield Town)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
9	FW	WAL	Kurt Nogan (to Cardiff City)

References

^ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1999-2000/d2/preston.htm

[1] ttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1999-2000/d2/preston.htm

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