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.

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

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
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
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
Walsall won 5 – 4 on penalties
9 December	Millwall	2–0	Cardiff City

Second round

Northern Section

Date	Home team	Score	Away team
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
Hartlepool United won 4 – 3 on penalties
19 January	Scunthorpe United	1–1	Carlisle United
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
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
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
19 January	Brentford	0–0	Walsall
Walsall won 4 – 3 on penalties
19 January	Cambridge United	1–1	Exeter City
Cambridge United won 5 – 3 on penalties
23 January	Torquay United	0–1	Gillingham
2 February	AFC Bournemouth	1–1	Millwall
Millwall won 4 – 3 on penalties

Area semi-finals

Northern Section

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
16 February	Millwall	1–0	Gillingham
16 February	Walsall	1–1	Cambridge United
Walsall won 4 – 3 on penalties

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	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

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

External links

• Official website
• Auto Windscreens Shield – 1998/99