1998–99 Football League Trophy#Final

{{infobox football tournament season

| title = Football League Trophy

| year = 1998–99

| other_titles = Auto Windscreens Shields

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| country = England
Wales

| num_teams = 48

| winners = Wigan Athletic

| second = Millwall

| matches = 49

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| prev_season = 1997–98

| next_season = 1999–00

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The Football League Trophy 1998–99, known as the Auto Windscreens Shield 1998–99 for sponsorship reasons, was the 18th staging of the Football League Trophy, a knock-out competition for English football clubs in Second and Third Division. The winners were Wigan Athletic who beat Millwall 1–0 in the final.

The competition began on 5 December 1998 and ended with the final on 18 April 1999 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.

First round

Carlisle United, Chesterfield, Halifax Town, Lincoln City, Rochdale, Scarborough, Scunthorpe United and York City from the North section all received byes.

Brighton & Hove Albion, Cambridge United, Exeter City, Fulham, Luton Town, Northampton Town, Southend United and Torquay United from the South section all received byes.

=Northern Section=

Date !Home team !Score !Away team
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8 December	Blackpool	0–2	Stoke City
8 December	Burnley	0–1	Preston North End
8 December	Macclesfield Town	0–1	Wrexham
8 December	Chester City	1–2	Hartlepool United
8 December	Manchester City	1–2	Mansfield Town
8 December	Oldham Athletic	0–1	Darlington
8 December	Rotherham United	0–3	Wigan Athletic
22 December	Notts County	0–1	Hull City

=Southern Section=

Date !Home team !Score !Away team
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
5 December	Colchester United	1–5	Gillingham
8 December	AFC Bournemouth	2–0	Reading
8 December	Brentford	2–0	Plymouth Argyle
8 December	Peterborough United	3–0	Leyton Orient
8 December	Shrewbury Town	0–1	Wycombe Wanderers
8 December	Swansea City	4–1	Barnet
8 December	Walsall	2–2	Bristol Rovers
colspan="5"\|Walsall won 5 – 4 on penalties
9 December	Millwall	2–0	Cardiff City

Second round

=Northern Section=

Date !Home team !Score !Away team
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
5 January	Halifax Town	4–2	York City
5 January	Hull City	1–2	Wrexham
5 January	Lincoln City	1–0	Mansfield Town
12 January	Chesterfield	2-1	Darlington
19 January	Hartlepool United	2–2	Preston North End
colspan="5"\|Hartlepool United won 4 – 3 on penalties
19 January	Scunthorpe United	1–1	Carlisle United
colspan="5"\|Carlisle United won 4 – 3 on penalties
19 January	Wigan Athletic	3–0	Scarborough
2 February	Stoke City F.C.	1-2	Rochdale

=Southern Section=

Date !Home team !Score !Away team
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
5 January	AFC Bournemouth	5–1	Peterborough United
5 January	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–5	Millwall
5 January	Cambridge United	3–2	Northampton Town
5 January	Exeter City	3–1	Southend United
5 January	Luton Town	0–3	Walsall
5 January	Swansea City	0–1	Gillingham
5 January	Torquay United	2–1	Fulham
5 January	Wycombe Wanderers	1–4	Brentford

Quarter-finals

=Northern Section=

Date !Home team !Score !Away team
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19 January	Wrexham	3–2	Chesterfield
26 January	Carlisle United	0–3	Wigan Athletic
26 January	Hartlepool United	0–3	Lincoln City
23 February	Halifax Town	1-2	Rochdale

=Southern Section=

Date !Home team !Score !Away team
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
19 January	Brentford	0–0	Walsall
colspan="5"\|Walsall won 4 – 3 on penalties
19 January	Cambridge United	1–1	Exeter City
colspan="5"\|Cambridge United won 5 – 3 on penalties
23 January	Torquay United	0–1	Gillingham
2 February	AFC Bournemouth	1–1	Millwall
colspan="5"\|Millwall won 4 – 3 on penalties

Area semi-finals

= Northern Section =

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Date !Home team !Score !Away team
16 February	Lincoln City	1–2	Wrexham
8 March	Rochdale	0–2	Wigan Athletic

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Date

!Home team

!Score

!Away team

16 February

Lincoln City

1–2

Wrexham

8 March

Rochdale

0–2

Wigan Athletic

=Southern Section=

Date !Home team !Score !Away team
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
16 February	Millwall	1–0	Gillingham
16 February	Walsall	1–1	Cambridge United
colspan="5"\|Walsall won 4 – 3 on penalties

Area finals

=Northern Area final=

{{football box

|date=16 March 1999

|time= 19:45

|team1= Wigan Athletic

|score= 2–0

|report=

|team2= Wrexham

|goals1= Sharp {{goal|59}}
Barlow {{goal|71}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Springfield Park, Wigan

|attendance= 4,938}}

{{football box

|date=23 March 1999

|time= 19:45

|team1= Wrexham

|score= 2–3

|report=

|team2= Wigan Athletic

|goals1= Brammer {{goal|37}}
Edwards {{goal|59}}
Ridler {{Sent off}}

|goals2= Haworth {{goal|2}} {{goal|52}}
O'Neill {{goal|88}}

|stadium=Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

|attendance= 4,941}}

Wigan Athletic beat Wrexham 5–2 on aggregate.

=Southern Area final=

{{football box

|date= 9 March 1999

|time= 19:45

|team1= Millwall

|score= 1–0

|report= https://www.11v11.com/matches/millwall-v-walsall-09-march-1999-292616/

|team2= Walsall

|goals1= Cahill {{goal|4}}

|goals2=

|stadium= The Den, London

|attendance=11,626}}

{{football box

|date= 16 March 1999

|time= 19:45

|team1= Walsall

|score= 1–1

|report=

|team2= Millwall

|goals1= Eyjólfsson {{goal|88}}

|goals2= Sadlier {{goal|37}}

|stadium= Bescot Stadium, West Midlands

|attendance= 9,158}}

Millwall beat Walsall 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

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|date=18 April 1999

|time= 14:00 BST

|team1=Millwall

|score=0–1

|report=[https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-rogers-late-goal-silences-the-majority-1088236.html Report]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|team2=Wigan Athletic

|goals1=

|goals2=Rogers {{goal|90+3}}

|stadium=Wembley, London

|attendance=55,349

|referee= C.R.Wilkes}}

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width="100%" \|valign="top" width="50%"\| {\| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" \|colspan="4"\|MILLWALL:
GK	Ben Roberts
DF	Gerard Lavin	{{yel}}
DF	Jamie Stuart
DF	Stuart Nethercott
DF	Joe Dolan
MF	Tim Cahill
MF	Paul Ifill
MF	Ricky Newman	{{yel}}
MF	Steven Reid
FW	Neil Harris
FW	Richard Sadlier
colspan=3\|Substitutes:
MF	Paul Shaw
MF	Bobby Bowry
MF	Marc Bircham
colspan=4\|Manager:
colspan="4"\|Keith Stevens

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style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" \|colspan="4"\|WIGAN ATHLETIC:
GK	Roy Carroll
DF	Carl Bradshaw (c)	{{yel}}
DF	Pat McGibbon	{{yel}}
DF	Stuart Balmer
DF	Kevin Sharp
MF	Colin Greenall
MF	Paul Rogers
MF	Michael O'Neill	{{yel}}
FW	Andy Liddell
FW	Simon Haworth
FW	Stuart Barlow	{{suboff\|88}}
colspan=4\|Substitute:
DF	Scott Green
MF	David Lee	{{subon\|88}}
FW	Graeme Jones
colspan=4\|Manager:
colspan="4"\|Ray Mathias

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MATCH RULES

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
Maximum of 3 substitutions.

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20080825153109/http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/JohnstonesPaintTrophy/0,,10794,00.html Official website]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20110524011528/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jeremy.hicks/flt/flt9899.html Auto Windscreens Shield – 1998/99]

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