1999–2000 Football League Trophy

The 1999–2000 Football League Trophy, known as the Auto Windscreens Shield for sponsorship reasons, was the 17th staging of the Football League Trophy, a knock-out competition for English football clubs in Second and Third Division. The winners were Stoke City who beat Bristol City 2–1 in the final.

1999–2000 Football League Trophy

Auto Windscreens Shield
Tournament details
Country	England Wales
Teams	48
Defending champions	Wigan Athletic
Final positions
Champions	Stoke City
Runner-up	Bristol City
Tournament statistics
Matches played	49

The competition began on 7 December 1999 and ended with the final on 16 April 2000 at the Wembley Stadium.

In the first round, there were two sections: North and South. In the following rounds each section gradually eliminates teams in knock-out fashion until each has a winning finalist. At this point, the two winning finalists face each other in the combined final to determine the winners of the Football League Trophy.

First round

Northern Section

The teams that given byes to the second round are Carlisle United, Chester City, Chesterfield, Lincoln City, Macclesfield Town, Oldham Athletic, Rochdale and Scunthorpe United.

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
7 December	Hartlepool United	1 – 0	Halifax Town	1,482
7 December	Mansfield Town	2 – 1	Bury	1,205
7 December	Notts County	0 – 1	Blackpool	1,167
7 December	Preston North End	4 – 1	Wrexham	3,306
7 December	Rotherham United	2 – 1	Shrewsbury Town	1,166
7 December	Stoke City	3 – 2	Darlington	3,341
7 December	Wigan Athletic	2 – 1	Burnley	2,085
7 December	York City	0 – 1	Hull City	1,005

Southern Section

The teams that given byes to the second round are Bristol City, Bournemouth, Bristol Rovers, Wycombe Wanderers, Brentford, Peterborough United, Exeter City and Plymouth Argyle.

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
7 December	Brighton & Hove Albion	1 – 0	Millwall	2,407
7 December	Gillingham	0 – 3	Torquay United	2,718
7 December	Northampton Town	1 – 0	Cardiff City	2,431
7 December	Oxford United	2 – 0	Luton Town	1,220
7 December	Southend United	0 – 1	Cheltenham Town	1,227
7 December	Swansea City	3 – 1	Colchester United	1,222
8 December	Reading	1 – 0	Leyton Orient	1,561
11 January	Cambridge United	1 – 2	Barnet	1,556

Second round

Northern Section

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
8 January	Lincoln City	1 – 2	Scunthorpe United	3,617
10 January	Preston North End	1 – 2	Hartlepool United	3,635
11 January	Hull City	2 – 0	Chester City	1,680
11 January	Mansfield Town	0 – 1	Blackpool	1,884
11 January	Rochdale	3 – 2	Macclesfield Town	1,123
11 January	Rotherham United	1 – 4	Chesterfield	1,997
18 January	Oldham Athletic	0 – 1	Stoke City	4,682
25 January	Carlisle United	2 – 1	Wigan Athletic	1,321

Southern Section

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
11 January	Bournemouth	1 – 0	Brighton & Hove Albion	4,325
11 January	Exeter City	2 – 0	Swansea City	964
11 January	Northampton Town	0 – 0	Bristol Rovers	2,443
Bristol Rovers won 5 – 3 on penalties
11 January	Oxford United	1 – 1	Wycombe Wanderers	1,798
Oxford United won 5 – 3 on penalties
11 January	Peterborough United	0 – 1	Brentford	2,430
11 January	Plymouth Argyle	0 – 1	Torquay United	3,124
12 January	Bristol City	3 – 1	Cheltenham Town	4,123
18 January	Barnet	0 – 1	Reading	1,109

Quarter-final

Northern Section

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
22 February	Hartlepool United	1 – 2	Carlisle United	2,399
25 January	Blackpool	1 – 2	Stoke City	4,943
25 January	Rochdale	0 – 0	Hull City	1,745
Rochdale won 5 – 4 on penalties
25 January	Scunthorpe United	1 – 2	Chesterfield	2,583

Southern Section

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
24 January	Bristol Rovers	1 – 2	Reading	4,948
25 January	Brentford	2 – 0	Oxford United	2,942
25 January	Bristol City	1 – 1	Bournemouth	4,291
Bristol City won 4 – 1 on penalties
25 January	Exeter City	1 – 0	Torquay United	2,599

Semi-final

Northern Section

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
15 February	Chesterfield	0 – 1	Stoke City	3,825
7 March	Carlisle United	0 – 1	Rochdale	1,792

Southern Section

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
15 February	Bristol City	4 – 0	Reading	8,733
15 February	Exeter City	3 – 2	Brentford	2,392

Area finals

Northern Area final

2000-03-14

19:45

Rochdale	1 – 3	Stoke City
Holt 86'		Hansson 4' Thorne 21', 27'

Spotland Stadium, Rochdale

Attendance: 4,241

2000-03-22

19:45

Stoke City	1 – 0	Rochdale
Thorne 86'

Britannia Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent

Attendance: 16,876

Stoke City beat Rochdale 4–1 on aggregate.

Southern Area final

2000-02-29

19:45

Bristol City	4 – 0	Exeter City
Thorpe 4' Beadle 63' Murray 68' Burnell 75'

Ashton Gate, Bristol

Attendance: 12,742

2000-03-14

19:45

Exeter City	1 – 1	Bristol City
Speakman 30'		Beadle 65'

St James Park, Exeter

Attendance: 2,929

Bristol City beat Exeter City 5–1 on aggregate.

Final

See also: 2000 Football League Trophy Final

2000-04-16

15:00 BST

Bristol City	1 – 2	Stoke City
Holland 74'	Match Report	Kavanagh 32' Thorne 82'

Wembley Stadium

Attendance: 75,057

Referee: K.M.Lynch

Bristol City

Stoke City

BRISTOL CITY: GK 2 Billy Mercer DF 6 Louis Carey  87' DF 27 Andy Jordan DF 46 Keith Millen DF 3 Michael Bell MF 17 Aaron Brown  68' MF 26 Scott Murray MF 10 Paul Holland MF 11 Brian Tinnion FW 20 Peter Beadle FW 21 Tony Thorpe Substitutes: GK 15 Steve Phillips DF 43 Kevin Amankwaah  87' DF 32 Matt Hill MF 33 Joe Burnell FW 34 Damian Spencer  68' Manager: David Burnside

STOKE CITY: GK 1 Gavin Ward DF 5 Nicky Mohan DF 15 Mikael Hansson DF 22 Clive Clarke MF 2 Brynjar Gunnarsson MF 8 Graham Kavanagh MF 17 James O'Connor MF 25 Bjarni Guðjónsson MF 36 Arnar Gunnlaugsson  62' FW 9 Peter Thorne FW 12 Kyle Lightbourne  89' Substitute: GK 14 Carl Muggleton DF 32 Anders Jacobsen DF 34 Richard Dryden  62' MF 35 Steve Melton FW 31 Chris Iwelumo  89' Manager: Guðjón Þórðarson

MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Golden goal in extra time Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Maximum of 3 substitutions.

External links

• Official website
• Auto Windscreens Shield - 1999/2000