1998–99 Football League Trophy

1998–99 Football League Trophy

Auto Windscreens Shields
Tournament details
Country	England  Wales
Teams	48
Final positions
Champions	Wigan Athletic
Runner-up	Millwall
Tournament statistics
Matches played	49
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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 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.

Second round

Quarter-finals

Area semi-finals

Area finals

Northern Area final

16 March 1999

19:45

Wigan Athletic	2–0	Wrexham
Sharp 59' Barlow 71'

Springfield Park, Wigan

Attendance: 4,938

23 March 1999

19:45

Wrexham	2–3	Wigan Athletic
Brammer 37' Edwards 59' Ridler		Haworth 2' 52' O'Neill 88'

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Attendance: 4,941

Wigan Athletic beat Wrexham 5–2 on aggregate.

Southern Area final

9 March 1999

19:45

Millwall	1–0	Walsall
Cahill 4'

The Den, London

16 March 1999

19:45

Walsall	1–1	Millwall
Eyjólfsson 88'		Sadlier 37'

Bescot Stadium, West Midlands

Attendance: 9,158

Millwall beat Walsall 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

18 April 1999

14:00 BST

Millwall	0–1	Wigan Athletic
	Report[dead link]	Rogers 90+3'

Wembley, London

Attendance: 55,349

Referee: C.R.Wilkes

Millwall

Wigan Athletic

MILLWALL: GK Ben Roberts DF Gerard Lavin DF Jamie Stuart DF Stuart Nethercott DF Joe Dolan MF Tim Cahill MF Paul Ifill MF Ricky Newman MF Steven Reid FW Neil Harris FW Richard Sadlier Substitutes: MF Paul Shaw MF Bobby Bowry MF Marc Bircham Manager: Keith Stevens

WIGAN ATHLETIC: GK Roy Carroll DF Carl Bradshaw (c) DF Pat McGibbon DF Stuart Balmer DF Kevin Sharp MF Colin Greenall MF Paul Rogers MF Michael O'Neill FW Andy Liddell FW Simon Haworth FW Stuart Barlow  88' Substitute: DF Scott Green MF David Lee  88' FW Graeme Jones Manager: Ray Mathias

External links

• Official website
• Auto Windscreens Shield – 1998/99