1999–2000 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

Results

Pre-season

Wolves spent several weeks of pre-season training in Sölvesborg, Sweden. They played against four local sides during this tour, their first visit to the country since 1994, before returning home to face further opposition. Ringberg Emblen Sinton Carls Jones Keane Gustavsson Ekelund M. Nilsson B. Nilsson Flo Keane Muscat Riedle "Wolves XI" pre season results (all away): 0–1 vs Hereford United (21 July), 3–1 vs Tiverton (28 July), A–A vs Telford United (2 August, abandoned at half time due to lightning)

Football League First Division

A total of 24 teams competed in the Football League First Division in the 1999–2000 season. Each team played every other team twice: once at their stadium, and once at the opposition's. Three points were awarded to teams for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats.

The provisional fixture list was released on 24 June 1999, but was subject to change in the event of matches being selected for television coverage or police concerns. Rammell Devlin Akinbiyi Curle Rougier Branch Muscat Pollet Moore Pollet Pringle Pringle Robinson Claridge Branch Akinbiyi Branch Akinbiyi Slade Pollet Brown Naylor Bazeley Bazeley Branch Robinson Taylor Emblen Dinning Nielsen Muscat Taylor Gudjohnsen

Final table Source: Statto.com Results summary

Results by round

FA Cup

Simpson Branch Sedgley Corica Jonk Sibon Cresswell Donnelly

League Cup

Emblen McSporran Ryan

Players

Statistics

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Awards

Transfers

In

Out

Loans in

Loans out

Kit

The season retained the club's home kit from the previous season, but brought a new away kit that was again a white shirt but with a change to a black collar. Both were manufactured by Puma and sponsored by Goodyear.

References

References

1. (25 June 1999). "Around the world in 80 games". The Mirror.
2. (7 July 1999). "New blood for Wolves on old boy network". Birmingham Post.
3. (8 September 1999). "Akinbiyi training sights on Wolves' golden Premiership goal". Birmingham Post.
4. (10 October 1999). "Lee defiant after Akinbiyi strike secures Wolves win". Sunday Mercury.
5. (22 October 1999). "Ndah's boost to Wolves morale". Birmingham Post.
6. (22 October 1999). "Lee bids to sign Oakes". Birmingham Evening Mail.
7. (30 October 1999). "Oakes completes Wolves' post-Keane rebuilding job". Birmingham Post.
8. (13 May 1999). "Wolves hoping Richards will fall back on Molineux". Birmingham Post.
9. (16 July 1999). "Foley goes". Birmingham Evening Mail.
10. (16 May 1999). "Jilted Gilkes hopes Wolves will howl for his return". Sunday Mercury.
11. (14 July 1999). "Dean joins Saints". Birmingham Evening Mail.
12. (14 July 1999). "Golden years ending as Bull calls it quits". Birmingham Post.
13. (19 August 1999). "Robbie's my £6m Jobbie". The Mirror.
14. (14 March 2000). "Corica hopes new Eastern promise will kick-start career". Birmingham Post.
15. (15 September 1999). "Impressed Wolves take long loan look at Pollet". Birmingham Post.
16. (25 November 1999). "Lee's anger at Stowell blunder". Birmingham Evening Mail.
17. (15 February 2000). "Second time lucky as Lee's persuasive powers go to work". Birmingham Post.
18. (23 March 2000). "Lee calls for calm as Nielsen joins pack". Birmingham Post.
19. (5 October 1999). "Wolves block Lee's move for Windass". Birmingham Post.
20. (6 December 1999). "Robert Niestroj to return to Germany on loan". Birmingham Evening Mail.
21. (16 February 2000). "Wolves wary of Rovers Cup spur". Birmingham Post.