1999–2000 in English football football programme on British television, is set to end after next season as a result of ITV's £183 million deal to show highlights from Premier League games. 20 June 2000 — Chelsea sign Icelandic striker Eiður Guðjohnsen from Bolton Wanderers for £5 million. 1999–2000 in English football The 1999–2000 season was the 120th season of competitive football in England. Manchester United were crowned FA Premier League champions with an 18-point margin over runners-up Arsenal and with just 3 league defeats all season. This was despite their failure to retain the European Cup and withdrawal from the FA Cup in order
FA Amateur Cup & Redbridge, a professional club which has also competed in the EFL. Thirty-six different clubs won the cup. The following clubs won the tournament more than once: FA Amateur Cup The FA Amateur Cup was an English football competition for amateur clubs. It commenced in 1893 and ended in 1974 when The Football Association abolished official amateur status. Following the legalisation of professionalism within football, professional teams quickly came to dominate the sport's main national knock-out tournament, the FA Cup. In response to this, the committee of the country's oldest club, Sheffield F.C., suggested in 1892 the organisation of a