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Leading League goalscorer:
Kevin Phillips 
(Sunderland)
 30  goals

FA Cup holders Manchester United withdrew from the 1999/2000 competition to play in the inaugural World Club championships, played in Brazil. Championship results.

Bobby Robson's first home match as manager of Newcastle saw the Magpies beat Sheffield Wednesday 8-0 and Alan Shearer score five. Perfect!

It was reported that Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier was keen to sign Frenchman
Didier Baptiste - then the truth was revealed!
Whoops!
 

   P W D L F A Pts
    Results 1 Manchester United 38 28 7 3 97 45 91
    Results 2 Arsenal 38 22 7 9 73 43 73
    Results 3 Leeds United 38 21 6 11 58 43 69
    Results 4 Liverpool 38 19 10 9 51 30 67
    Results 5 Chelsea 38 18 11 9 53 34 65
    Results 6 Aston Villa 38 15 13 10 46 35 58
    Results 7 Sunderland 38 16 10 12 57 56 58
    Results 8 Leicester City 38 16 7 15 55 55 55
    Results 9 West Ham United 38 15 10 13 52 53 55
    Results 10 Tottenham Hotspur 38 15 8 15 57 49 53
    Results 11 Newcastle United 38 14 10 14 63 54 52
    Results 12 Middlesbrough 38 14 10 14 46 52 52
    Results 13 Everton 38 12 14 12 59 49 50
    Results 14 Coventry City 38 12 8 18 47 54 44
    Results 15 Southampton 38 12 8 18 45 62 44
    Results 16 Derby County 38 9 11 18 44 57 38
    Results 17 Bradford City 38 9 9 20 38 68 36
    Results 18 Wimbledon 38 7 12 19 46 74 33 Relegated
    Results 19 Sheffield Wednesday 38 8 7 23 38 70 31 Relegated
    Results 20 Watford 38 6 6 26 35 77 24 Relegated
   
    Full home and away table
   

 

Question:
The programme cover of the April 2009 Premier clash between Newcastle and Chelsea had a picture of the new Newcastle manager with a quote of 'It's a big job - but I'm confident'. A month later they were relegated - name the manager.
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