Give you a statement and table with its title in Markdown format, please determine whether the statement is supported or refuted by, or is unrelated to the table. It'a binary classification problem, you should choose the answer between supported and refuted. Table cells in one row are seperated by '|', and different rows are seperated by '
'.

Table:
| date | opponents | h / a | result f - a | attendance | league position |
| 8 august 1999 | everton | a | 1 - 1 | 39141 | 9th |
| 11 august 1999 | sheffield wednesday | h | 4 - 0 | 54941 | 3rd |
| 14 august 1999 | leeds united | h | 2 - 0 | 55187 | 1st |
| 22 august 1999 | arsenal | a | 2 - 1 | 38147 | 1st |
| 25 august 1999 | coventry city | a | 2 - 1 | 22024 | 1st |
| 30 august 1999 | newcastle united | h | 5 - 1 | 55190 | 1st |
| 11 september 1999 | liverpool | a | 3 - 2 | 44929 | 1st |
| 18 september 1999 | wimbledon | h | 1 - 1 | 55189 | 1st |
| 25 september 1999 | southampton | h | 3 - 3 | 55249 | 1st |
| 3 october 1999 | chelsea | a | 0 - 5 | 34909 | 2nd |
| 16 october 1999 | watford | h | 4 - 1 | 55188 | 2nd |
| 23 october 1999 | tottenham hotspur | a | 1 - 3 | 36072 | 3rd |
| 30 october 1999 | aston villa | h | 3 - 0 | 55211 | 2nd |
| 6 november 1999 | leicester city | h | 2 - 0 | 55191 | 1st |
| 20 november 1999 | derby county | a | 2 - 1 | 33370 | 1st |
| 4 december 1999 | everton | h | 5 - 1 | 55193 | 1st |
| 18 december 1999 | west ham united | a | 4 - 2 | 26037 | 1st |
| 26 december 1999 | bradford city | h | 4 - 0 | 55188 | 2nd |
| 28 december 1999 | sunderland | a | 2 - 2 | 42026 | 2nd |
| 24 january 2000 | arsenal | h | 1 - 1 | 58293 | 2nd |
| 29 january 2000 | middlesbrough | h | 1 - 0 | 61267 | 1st |
| 2 february 2000 | sheffield wednesday | a | 1 - 0 | 39640 | 1st |
| 5 february 2000 | coventry city | h | 3 - 2 | 61380 | 1st |
| 12 february 2000 | newcastle united | a | 0 - 3 | 36470 | 1st |
| 20 february 2000 | leeds united | a | 1 - 0 | 40160 | 1st |
| 26 february 2000 | wimbledon | a | 2 - 2 | 26129 | 1st |
| 4 march 2000 | liverpool | h | 1 - 1 | 61592 | 1st |
| 11 march 2000 | derby county | h | 3 - 1 | 61619 | 1st |
| 18 march 2000 | leicester city | a | 2 - 0 | 22170 | 1st |
| 25 march 2000 | bradford city | a | 4 - 0 | 18276 | 1st |
| 1 april 2000 | west ham united | h | 7 - 1 | 61611 | 1st |
| 10 april 2000 | middlesbrough | a | 4 - 3 | 34775 | 1st |
| 15 april 2000 | sunderland | h | 4 - 0 | 61612 | 1st |
| 22 april 2000 | southampton | a | 3 - 1 | 15245 | 1st |
| 24 april 2000 | chelsea | h | 3 - 2 | 61593 | 1st |
| 29 april 2000 | watford | a | 3 - 2 | 20250 | 1st |
| 6 may 2000 | tottenham hotspur | h | 3 - 1 | 61629 | 1st |
| 14 may 2000 | aston villa | a | 1 - 0 | 39217 | 1st |
Title:
1999 - 2000 manchester united f.c. season
Statement:
the team held on to first place for the last eighteen games of the season
Answer:
supported