# 1999–2000 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season

The 1999–00 season was the 105th season in the history of Plymouth Argyle Football Club, their 75th in the Football League.

## Players
### First-team squad

    Squad at end of 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 |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Jon Sheffield |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Jon Ashton |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Jon Beswetherick |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Chris Leadbitter |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Mick Heathcote (captain) |
| 6 | DF | WAL | Jason Rowbotham |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Martin Barlow |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Darren Bastow |
| 9 | FW | WAL | Sean McCarthy |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Paul McGregor |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Chris Hargreaves |
| 12 | MF | ENG | Lee Phillips |
| 13 | MF | ENG | Steve McCall |
| 14 | DF | ENG | Paul Gibbs |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Paul Wotton |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | DF | SCO | Scott Paterson |
| 18 | DF | ENG | Adam Barrett |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Kevin Wills |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Steve Adams |
| 21 | FW | ENG | Jamie Morrison-Hill |
| 22 | FW | ENG | Barrington Belgrave |
| 23 | FW | ENG | Ian Stonebridge |
| 24 | DF | IRL | Wayne O'Sullivan |
| 25 | GK | ENG | Ken Veysey |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Craig Taylor |
| 27 | FW | SCO | Martin Gritton |
| 28 | FW | ENG | Steve Guinan |
| 29 | GK | ENG | Luke McCormick |
| 30 | MF | ENG | Craig Etherington (on loan from West Ham United) |

### 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 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Brendan McGovern (released) |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Craig Middleton (on loan from Cardiff City) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Fergus Nevin (released) |
| 28 | FW | ENG | Leon Hapgood (to Yeovil Town) |

## Third Division
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | Rochdale | 46 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 57 | 54 | +3 | 68 |
| 11 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 64 | 46 | +18 | 67 |
| 12 | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 55 | 51 | +4 | 66 |
| 13 | Macclesfield Town | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 66 | 61 | +5 | 65 |
| 14 | Hull City | 46 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 59 |

### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | H | A |
| Result | L | D | W | W | L | D | D | L | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | W | D | D | L | W | D | D | L | W | D | W | L | D | D | D | D | D | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | L | L | D |
| Position | 13 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 |

### Matches

| Win | Draw | Loss |
Plymouth Argyle's score comes first
| Date | H/A | Opposition | Attendance | Score | Scorers |
| 7 Aug | Away | Southend United | 4,981 | 1–2 | Barrett |
| 14 Aug | Home | Shrewsbury Town | 4,919 | 0–0 | |
| 21 Aug | Away | Halifax Town | 2,431 | 1–0 | Stonebridge |
| 28 Aug | Home | Peterborough United | 4,189 | 2–1 | Stonebridge, O'Sullivan |
| 30 Aug | Away | Carlisle United | 2,863 | 2–4 | Stonebridge (2) |
| 5 Sep | Home | Brighton and Hove Albion | 5,444 | 3–3 | Gritton (2), Stonebridge |
| 11 Sep | Home | Rotherham United | 4,075 | 1–1 | Heathcote |
| 18 Sep | Away | Hartlepool United | 2,242 | 0–3 | |
| 25 Sep | Away | Darlington | 5,045 | 0–2 | |
| 2 Oct | Home | Leyton Orient | 3,782 | 5–0 | Leadbitter (2), McCarthy (2), Hargreaves |
| 9 Oct | Home | Mansfield Town | 3,809 | 2–1 | Gritton, O'Sullivan |
| 16 Oct | Away | Rochdale | 3,105 | 0–0 | |
| 19 Oct | Away | Hull City | 4,727 | 1–0 | McGregor |
| 23 Oct | Home | Darlington | 4,362 | 0–0 | |
| 2 Nov | Home | Exeter City | 9,412 | 1–0 | McCarthy |
| 6 Nov | Away | Chester City | 2,027 | 1–0 | McCall |
| 14 Nov | Home | Barnet | 6,343 | 4–1 | McGregor (3), Stonebridge |
| 23 Nov | Away | Cheltenham Town | 5,140 | 0–2 | |
| 27 Nov | Away | York City | 2,745 | 0–0 | |
| 4 Dec | Home | Southend United | 4,679 | 3–1 | Bastow, Stonebridge, Hargreaves |
| 17 Dec | Away | Northampton Town | 5,039 | 1–1 | McGregor |
| 26 Dec | Home | Torquay United | 14,893 | 2–2 | McCarthy, McGregor |
| 28 Dec | Away | Swansea City | 9,075 | 0–1 | |
| 3 Jan | Home | Macclesfield Town | 6,128 | 3–2 | Stonebridge (2), Taylor |
| 15 Jan | Away | Shrewsbury Town | 2,458 | 0–0 | |
| 22 Jan | Home | Halifax Town | 4,841 | 1–1 | McGregor |
| 29 Jan | Away | Peterborough United | 5,694 | 0–2 | |
| 5 Feb | Home | Carlisle United | 4,009 | 2–0 | Middleton, Gritton |
| 12 Feb | Away | Brighton and Hove Albion | 5,654 | 1–1 | Gritton |
| 19 Feb | Home | York City | 4,343 | 2–0 | Middleton, McCarthy |
| 22 Feb | Away | Lincoln City | 2,561 | 0–3 | |
| 26 Feb | Home | Hartlepool United | 3,917 | 1–1 | McGregor |
| 4 Mar | Away | Rotherham United | 4,496 | 1–1 | Hargreaves |
| 7 Mar | Home | Chester City | 4,140 | 0–0 | |
| 11 Mar | Away | Exeter City | 4,287 | 1–1 | Taylor |
| 14 Mar | Home | Lincoln City | 4,111 | 1–1 | Barrett |
| 18 Mar | Home | Cheltenham Town | 4,392 | 1–0 | Gritton |
| 21 Mar | Away | Barnet | 2,328 | 0–1 | |
| 25 Mar | Away | Torquay United | 4,113 | 4–0 | Taylor, McGregor (3) |
| 1 Apr | Home | Northampton Town | 5,448 | 2–1 | McGregor, Rowbotham |
| 8 Apr | Away | Macclesfield Town | 2,231 | 1–4 | McCarthy |
| 15 Apr | Home | Swansea City | 5,881 | 1–0 | Barrett |
| 22 Apr | Home | Rochdale | 6,205 | 1–1 | McGregor |
| 24 Apr | Away | Leyton Orient | 4,113 | 0–3 | |
| 29 Apr | Home | Hull City | 4,233 | 0–1 | |
| 6 May | Away | Mansfield Town | 2,031 | 2–2 | Guinan (2) |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No | Pos | Name | Appearances | Sub appearances | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Jon Sheffield | 48 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Jon Ashton | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Jon Beswetherick | 53 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Chris Leadbitter | 36 | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | Mick Heathcote | 35 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | Jason Rowbotham | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Martin Barlow | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Darren Bastow | 12 | 8 | 2 |
| 9 | ST | Sean McCarthy | 24 | 9 | 6 |
| 10 | ST | Paul McGregor | 53 | 0 | 16 |
| 11 | CM | Chris Hargreaves | 54 | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Lee Phillips | 4 | 15 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Steve McCall | 5 | 10 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | Paul Gibbs | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Paul Wotton | 23 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Scott Paterson | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Adam Barrett | 47 | 5 | 3 |
| 19 | MF | Kevin Wills | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Steve Adams | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Jamie Morrison-Hill | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | ST | Barrington Belgrave | 2 | 16 | 0 |
| 23 | ST | Ian Stonebridge | 36 | 5 | 11 |
| 24 | DF | Wayne O'Sullivan | 55 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | GK | Ken Veysey | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Craig Taylor | 46 | 0 | 3 |
| 27 | ST | Martin Gritton | 16 | 19 | 7 |
| 28 | ST | Steve Guinan | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| 29 | GK | Luke McCormick | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Craig Etherington | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Last updated: 15 February 2015 Source:Greens on Screen Source:Football Squads.co.uk