1998–99 Football League Trophy

The Football League Trophy 1998–99, known as the Auto Windscreens Shield 1998–99 for sponsorship reasons, was the 16th 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 8 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.

Area finals

Northern Area final
Wigan Athletic2–0Wrexham
Sharp  59'
Barlow  71'
Attendance: 4,938
Wrexham2–3Wigan Athletic
Brammer  37'
Edwards  59'
Ridler 		Haworth  2'  52'
O'Neill  88'
Attendance: 4,941

Wigan Athletic beat Wrexham 5–2 on aggregate.

Southern Area final
Millwall1–0Walsall
Cahill  4'
The Den, London
Walsall1–1Millwall
Eyjólfsson  88' Sadlier  37'
Bescot Stadium, West Midlands
Attendance: 9,158

Millwall beat Walsall 2–1 on aggregate.

Final
Millwall0–1Wigan Athletic
Report Rogers  90+3'
Wembley, London
Attendance: 55,349
Referee: C.R.Wilkes
Millwall
Wigan Athletic
MILLWALL:
GKBen Roberts
DFGerard Lavin
DFJamie Stuart
DFStuart Nethercott
DFJoe Dolan
MFTim Cahill
MFPaul Ifill
MFRicky Newman
MFSteven Reid
FWNeil Harris
FWRichard Sadlier
Substitutes:
MFPaul Shaw
MFBobby Bowry
MFMarc Bircham
Manager:
Keith Stevens
WIGAN ATHLETIC:
GKRoy Carroll
DFCarl Bradshaw (c)
DFPat McGibbon
DFStuart Balmer
DFKevin Sharp
MFColin Greenall
MFPaul Rogers
MFMichael O'Neill
FWAndy Liddell
FWSimon Haworth
FWStuart Barlow 88'
Substitute:
DFScott Green
MFDavid Lee 88'
FWGraeme Jones
Manager:
Ray Mathias

MATCH RULES

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