Home of the Official Accrington Stanley Supporters' Trust
On Stanley On!
On Stanley On!

1999-00

1999-2000 Unibond League First Division

Fixtures

Date     Opponents   Score Att Scorers
Aug 14 A Lincoln United L 0-1 209  
  17 H Trafford L 1-2 334 Diggle.
  21 H Peterlee Newtown                      (AXA FA Cup Preliminary Round) W 3-0 231 O’Callaghan, Payne, Ceraolo.
  24 A Burscough D 1-1 187 Williams (Gary).
  28 A Matlock Town L 1-2 234 Shirley.
  30 H Netherfield Kendal W 4-1 404 Payne, Coleman, Ceraolo, Flannery (pen).
Sept 4 A Concett                                        (AXA FA Cup 1st Qualifying Round) W 2-0 149 Carragher, Williams (Gary).
  7 A Harrogate Town W 2-0 262 Ceraolo, Williams (Gary).
  11 H Eastwood Town D 2-2 341 Williams (Gary), Coleman.
  14 A Stalybridge Celtic                        (Unibond League Cup  Group 15) W 3-0 254 Hollis, Flannery, Williams (Gary).
  18 H Whitby Town                            (AXA FA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round) L 0-2 357  
  21 A Netherfield Kendal L 0-1 197  
  25 H Whitley Bay W 3-0 342 Flannery (pen), Coleman, Williams.
  28 H  Droylsden                                        (Unibond League Cup Group 15) W 3-1 171 Doolan (pen), Carragher, Williams (Gary).
Oct 2 A Bradford Park Avenue L 0-1 204  
  9 A Leek Town                      (Umbro FA Trophy  1st Qualifying Round) D 2-2 302 Coleman, Smith.
  12 H Leek Town          (Umbro FA Trophy 1st Qualifying Round Replay) W 5-4 221 Coleman, Baxter, Carragher, Hollis, Shirley.
  16 H Lincoln United W 10-1 376 Williams (Gary) (4), Howard, Smith, Shirley. Ceraolo, Payne, Hollis. 
  19 H Workington W 4-1 461 Carragher, Williams (Gary), Shirley, Coleman.
  23 A Ossett Town D 2-2 160 Carragher, Flannery (pen).
  26 A Farsley Celtic L 1-2 143 Carragher.
  30 H Stockbridge Park Steels W 4-1 394 Williams (Gary), Baxter, Payne.
  6 A Flixton W 5-0 137 Flannery (pen), Brennan, Coleman, Williams (Gary), Ceraolo.
Nov 8 A Hyde United                                     (Unibond League Cup Group B) W 3-1 305 Ceraolo (3).
  13 H Matlock Town D 0-0 404  
  20 A Gretna W 1-0 111 Smith.
  23 H Bamber Bridge                                (Unibond League Cup Group B) W 3-1 331 Williams (Gary) (2), Ceraolo.
  27 H Spalding United             (Umbro FA Trophy 2nd Qualifying Round) D 2-2 401 Flannery, Williams (Gary).
  30 A Spalding United             (FA Trophy 2nd Qualifying Round Replay) L  0-1 260  
  4 A Belper Town W 2-1 220 Carragher, Coleman.
  11 H Ossett Town W 2-1 437 Coleman, Carragher.
Dec 14 H Witton Albion D 0-0 355  
  18 A Workington L 0-1 549  
  27 H Radcliffe Borough L 1-3 687 Brennan.
  3 A Congleton Town W 3-2 206 Williams (Gary) (2), Payne.
  8 A Trafford W 4-2 262 Bell (Karl), Williams (Gary), Shirley, (Own Goal).
Jan 11 H Ramsbottom United             (Marsden Lancashire Junior Cup R2) W 4-2 211 Caswell, Williams (Gary), Flannery, Ceraolo.
  15 A Chorley W 3-2 405 Ceraolo, Williams (Gary) (2).
  22 H Belper Town                                             (Unibond League Cup Q/F) W 2-1 303 Ceraolo, Payne.
  29 H Harrogate Town W 5-0 504 Ceraolo (2), Baxter, Bell (Jim) (2).
  1 H Leigh RMI                              (Marsden Lancashire Junior Cup Q/F) L 1-2 303 Ceraolo.
  12 H Flixton W 2-0 433 Ceraolo, Doolan.
Feb 19 A Eastwood Town W 7-0 217 Payne (4), Hollis, Ceraolo, Doolan (pen).
  26 H Bradford Park Avenue W 2-1 738 Brennan, Ceraolo.
  4 H Worksop Town                                         (Unibond League Cup S/F) D 1-1 512 Ceraolo.
  11 H Congleton Town W 1-0 617 Bell (Karl).
Mar 14 A Worksop Town                           (Unibond League Cup S/F Replay) D 1-1 588 (AET)     Brennan. (WTFC win 4-3 on Penalties) Jamie Carragher, Jimmy Bell, Karl Bell.     Penalties Missed- John Doolan, Mark Brennan
  18 A Ashton Town W 2-1 304 Watson (pen), Smith.
  21 H Gretna W 3-2 505 Watson (2), Brennan. Bell (Karl), Smith
  24 A Witton Albion D 0-0 659  
  1 H Chorley D 0-0 758
  8 H Burscough D 2-2 912 Coleman, Smith.
Apr 15 A Stockbridge Park Steels W 3-1 235 Shirley, Coleman, (Own Goal).
  22 H Ashton United W 2-1 702 Watson (2).
  24 A Radcliffe Borough W 3-2 890 Bell (Karl), Carragher, Smith.
May 1 H Belper Town W 4-1 1826 Watson, Smith, Coleman, Baxter.
  6 H Farsley Celtic W 3-0 2468 Smith, Coleman, Shirley.

Appearance & Goals (Manager John Coleman, Assistant Manager Jimmy Bell)

Player Name League Games Cup Games Total Games League Goals Cup Goals Season Total
Brett Baxter 29(3) 13 42(3) 4 1 5
Karl Bell 35(1) 12 47(1) 1 1 2
Mark Brennan 26(3) 11(1) 37(4) 4 1 5
Jimmy Bell 1(9) (5) 1(14) 3 0 3
Steve Carragher 23(10) 10(3) 33(13) 6 4 10
John Coleman 24(4) 6(3) 30(7) 11 2 13
Mark Ceraolo 18(18) 9(6) 27(24) 10 8 18
Steve Caswell 23 3 26 0 0 0
Gerrard Courtney (8) 2 2(8) 0 0 0
Stuart Diggle 2 1(1) 3(1) 1 0 1
John Doolan 30(3) 10 40(3) 3 0 3
James Flannery 28(2) 11(1) 39(3) 4 3 7
James Gedman 2 2 4 0 0 0
Paul Heavey 1(1) 3 4(1) 0 0 0
Mark Howard 6(2) 3(2) 9(4) 1 0 1
Steve Hollis 27(2) 13 40(2) 2 2 4
Mike Langhorn 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Lynch (4) 1(3) 1(7) 0 0 0
John Mohan                             (GK) 1 0 1 0 0 0
Billy O’Callaghan 2(1) 1 3(2) 0 1 1
Russell Payne 26(13) 11(2) 37(15) 9 2 11
Mark Shirley 36 10(3) 46(3) 5 2 7
Jonathan Smith 31 12 43 7 1 8
James Speare                           (GK) 41 16 57 0 0 0
Paul Tomlinson 5 4 9 0 0 0
Ged Walsh 2 1 3 0 0 0
Robert Williams 9(4) 1(1) 10(5) 0 0 0
Gary Williams 22(1) 10(1) 32(2) 16 8 24
Liam Watson 12 0 12 6 0 6
Own Goals --------- -------- --------- 0 1 1

Team Group Photo

Back Row: Paul Tomlinson, Billy O’Callaghan, Paul Heavey, Mark Howard, Jamie Speare, Neil Thornton, Ged Walsh, Aidan Warder, John Coleman (Manager).
Front Row: Robbie Williams, Mark Brennan, Jimmy Bell (Assistant Manager), Steve Carragher, Mark Shirley, Jay Flannery, James Gedman, Eamon Elliot.            

Final League Table

  P W D L F A Pts
1 Accrington Stanley 42 25 9 8 96 43 84
2 Burscough 42 22 18 2 81 35 84
3 Witton Albion 42 23 15 4 88 46 84
4 Bradford Park Avenue 42 23 9 10 77 48 78
5 Radcliffe Borough 42 22 12 8 71 48 78
6 Farsley Celtic 42 19 11 12 66 52 68
7 Matlock Town 42 17 16 9 72 55 67
8 Ossett Town 42 17 8 17 77 55 59
9 Stockbridge Park Steels 42 18 8 18 55 70 56
10 Eastwood Town 42 15 11 16 64 65 55  #
11 Harrogate Town 42 14 12 16 65 67 54
12 Congleton Town 42 14 12 16 63 73 54
13 Chorley 42 13 15 14 53 64 54
14 Ashton United 42 12 16 14 65 67 52
15 Workington 42 13 13 16 49 55 52
16 Lincoln United 42 13 12 17 52 80 51
17 Belper Town 42 13 11 18 59 72 50
18 Trafford 42 11 12 19 55 63 45
19 Gretna 42 11 7 24 48 78 40
20 Netherfield Kendal 42 8 9 25 46 82 33
21 Flixton 42 7 9 26 47 85 30
22 Whitley Bay 42 7 9 26 41 87 30

Programme Covers

Discover more from On Stanley On!

Subscribe now to keep reading and get access to the full archive.

Continue reading