1999–2000 Football League Trophy
# 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.

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.

## Area finals

### Northern Area final

Stoke City beat Rochdale 4–1 on aggregate.

### Southern Area final

Bristol City beat Exeter City 5–1 on aggregate.

## Final

| 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.
