SUPERCALEYGOBALISTICCELTICAREATTROCIOUS was a headline in the Sun in February 2000 after a shock cup win. To which , then 3rd Division, football club, now flying high in the SPL, did it apply ?
1999–2000 in English football Celtic, whose 'dream team' partnership of Director of Football Kenny Dalglish and Head Coach John Barnes had ended a nightmare as they finished 21 points behind champions Rangers in the SPL title race and had suffered a shock SFA Cup exit at the hands of Inverness Caledonian Thistle, which had inspired "The Sun" newspaper headline: "Super Caley Go Ballistic, Celtic Are Atrocious". England overcame Scotland in the qualification playoffs to qualify for Euro 2000, and beat Germany in the group stages. But they surrendered a two-goal lead to lose 3–2 to Portugal and lost by the same scoreline to Romania,
1999–2000 in English football top six. 8 January 2000 — Liverpool suffer a shock 1–0 home defeat to Blackburn Rovers (now in Division One) in the FA Cup fourth round. Tranmere Rovers, on a good run in the League Cup, progress to the fifth round of the FA Cup after a surprise 1–0 win at home to Sunderland in the fourth round. There is a major shock also for Bradford City, who are crushed 3–1 by Division Two Gillingham at Priestfield. 12 January 2000 — Liberian striker George Weah, 31, joins Chelsea on a six-month loan from A.C. Milan. 19 January 2000 — Arsenal's