1998–99 FA Cup

1998–99 FA Cup
	Manchester United lifting the FA Cup trophy
Country	England; Wales
Teams	558
Defending champions	Arsenal
Champions	Manchester United (10th title)
Runners-up	Newcastle United
Top goal scorer(s)	Jason Roberts; (7 goals)
	← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

The 1998–99 FA Cup (known as The AXA sponsored FA Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 118th season of the FA Cup. It was won by Manchester United, who beat Newcastle United 2–0 in the final at the old Wembley Stadium. The goals were scored by Teddy Sheringham after 11 minutes, less than two minutes after coming on as a substitute for Roy Keane, and Paul Scholes on 53 minutes. It was the second leg of a historic treble for Manchester United; having already won the Premier League title the previous weekend, they went on to win the Champions League the following Wednesday.

Calendar[]

Round	Initial Matches	New Entries	Clubs
Preliminary Round	5 September 1998	172	558 → 472
First Qualifying Round	19 September 1998	206	472 → 326
Second Qualifying Round	3 October 1998	66	326 → 220
Third Qualifying Round	17 October 1998	22	220 → 156
Fourth Qualifying Round	31 October 1998	none	156 → 124
First Round Proper	14 November 1998	48	124 → 84
Second Round	5 December 1998	none	84 → 64
Third Round	2 January 1999	44	64 → 32
Fourth Round	23 January 1999	none	32 → 16
Fifth Round	13 February 1999	none	16 → 8
Sixth Round	6 March 1999	none	8 → 4
Semi Finals	11 April 1999	none	4 → 2
Final	22 May 1999	none	2 → 1

First round proper[]

The First Round featured those non-league teams who had come through the qualifying rounds and the teams from the third and fourth tiers of the English football league system. The matches were played on 14 November 1998. There were ten replays, with three ties requiring a penalty shoot-out to settle.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Enfield	2–2	York City	14 November 1998
Replay	York City	2–1	Enfield	24 November 1998
2	Darlington	3–2	Burnley	17 November 1998
3	Bedlington Terriers	4–1	Colchester United	14 November 1998
4	Preston North End	3–0	Ford United	14 November 1998
5	Yeovil Town	2–2	West Auckland Town	14 November 1998
Replay	West Auckland Town	1–1	Yeovil Town	24 November 1998
Yeovil Town won 5–3 on penalties
6	Reading	0–1	Stoke City	14 November 1998
7	Walsall	1–0	Gresley Rovers	14 November 1998
8	Woking	0–1	Scunthorpe United	14 November 1998
9	Boreham Wood	2–3	Luton Town	15 November 1998
10	Macclesfield Town	2–2	Slough Town	14 November 1998
Replay	Slough Town	1–1	Macclesfield Town	24 November 1998
Macclesfield Town won 9–8 on penalties
11	Scarborough	1–1	Rochdale	14 November 1998
Replay	Rochdale	2–0	Scarborough	24 November 1998
12	Wrexham	1–0	Peterborough United	14 November 1998
13	Hednesford Town	3–1	Barnet	14 November 1998
14	Wycombe Wanderers	1–0	Chesterfield	14 November 1998
15	Manchester City	3–0	Halifax Town	13 November 1998
16	Fulham	1–1	Leigh RMI	15 November 1998
Replay	Leigh RMI	0–2	Fulham	24 November 1998
17	Brentford	5–0	Camberley Town	14 November 1998
18	Bristol Rovers	3–0	Welling United	14 November 1998
19	Northampton Town	2–1	Lancaster City	14 November 1998
20	Plymouth Argyle	0–0	Kidderminster Harriers	14 November 1998
Replay	Kidderminster Harriers	0–0	Plymouth Argyle	1 December 1998
Plymouth Argyle won 5–4 on penalties
21	Oldham Athletic	2–0	Gillingham	14 November 1998
22	Worcester City	0–1	Torquay United	14 November 1998
23	Southend United	0–1	Doncaster Rovers	14 November 1998
24	Mansfield Town	2–1	Hayes	14 November 1998
25	Cardiff City	6–0	Chester City	14 November 1998
26	Cheltenham Town	0–1	Lincoln City	14 November 1998
27	Kingstonian	1–0	Burton Albion	14 November 1998
28	Dulwich Hamlet	0–1	Southport	14 November 1998
29	Runcorn	1–1	Stevenage Borough	14 November 1998
Replay	Stevenage Borough	2–0	Runcorn	23 November 1998
30	Wigan Athletic	4–3	Blackpool	14 November 1998
31	Tamworth	2–2	Exeter City	14 November 1998
Replay	Exeter City	4–1	Tamworth	24 November 1998
32	Leyton Orient	4–2	Brighton & Hove Albion	14 November 1998
33	Hendon	0–0	Notts County	15 November 1998
Replay	Notts County	3–0	Hendon	1 December 1998
34	Basingstoke Town	1–2	Bournemouth	14 November 1998
35	Telford United	0–2	Cambridge United	14 November 1998
36	Swansea City	3–0	Millwall	13 November 1998
37	Emley	1–1	Rotherham United	15 November 1998
Replay	Rotherham United	3–1	Emley	24 November 1998
38	Hartlepool United	2–1	Carlisle United	14 November 1998
39	Rushden & Diamonds	1–0	Shrewsbury Town	14 November 1998
40	Salisbury City	0–2	Hull City	14 November 1998

Second round proper[]

The second round of the competition featured the winners of the first round ties. The matches were scheduled to be played on 5 December 1998, with eight replays and two penalty shoot-outs required, each of which featured a team who won on penalties in the previous round.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Darlington	1–1	Manchester City	4 December 1998
Replay	Manchester City	1–0	Darlington	15 December 1998
2	Preston North End	2–0	Walsall	5 December 1998
3	Rochdale	0–0	Rotherham United	5 December 1998
Replay	Rotherham United	4–0	Rochdale	15 December 1998
4	Yeovil Town	2–0	Northampton Town	5 December 1998
5	Notts County	1–1	Wigan Athletic	5 December 1998
Replay	Wigan Athletic	0–0	Notts County	15 December 1998
Notts County won 4–2 on penalties
6	Macclesfield Town	4–1	Cambridge United	5 December 1998
7	Lincoln City	4–1	Stevenage Borough	5 December 1998
8	Luton Town	1–2	Hull City	5 December 1998
9	Doncaster Rovers	0–0	Rushden & Diamonds	5 December 1998
Replay	Rushden & Diamonds	4–2	Doncaster Rovers	15 December 1998
10	Wrexham	2–1	York City	5 December 1998
11	Wycombe Wanderers	1–1	Plymouth Argyle	5 December 1998
Replay	Plymouth Argyle	3–2	Wycombe Wanderers	15 December 1998
12	Fulham	4–2	Hartlepool United	5 December 1998
13	Oldham Athletic	1–1	Brentford	5 December 1998
Replay	Brentford	2–2	Oldham Athletic	15 December 1998
Oldham Athletic won 4–2 on penalties
14	Exeter City	2–2	Bristol Rovers	5 December 1998
Replay	Bristol Rovers	5–0	Exeter City	15 December 1998
15	Scunthorpe United	2–0	Bedlington Terriers	5 December 1998
16	Mansfield Town	1–2	Southport	5 December 1998
17	Cardiff City	3–1	Hednesford Town	5 December 1998
18	Kingstonian	0–0	Leyton Orient	6 December 1998
Replay	Leyton Orient	2–1	Kingstonian	15 December 1998
19	Torquay United	0–1	Bournemouth	5 December 1998
20	Swansea City	1–0	Stoke City	5 December 1998

Third round proper[]

The third round of the season's FA Cup was scheduled for 2 January 1999. This round marked the point at which the teams in the two highest divisions in the English league system, the Premier League and the Football League First Division (now known as the Football League Championship). There were six replays, with none of these games requiring a penalty shoot-out.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Bournemouth	1–0	West Bromwich Albion	2 January 1999
2	Bristol City	0–2	Everton	2 January 1999
3	Bury	0–3	Stockport County	2 January 1999
4	Preston North End	2–4	Arsenal	4 January 1999
5	Southampton	1–1	Fulham	2 January 1999
Replay	Fulham	1–0	Southampton	13 January 1999
6	Leicester City	4–2	Birmingham City	2 January 1999
7	Nottingham Forest	0–1	Portsmouth	2 January 1999
8	Blackburn Rovers	2–0	Charlton Athletic	2 January 1999
9	Aston Villa	3–0	Hull City	2 January 1999
10	Sheffield Wednesday	4–1	Norwich City	3 January 1999
11	Bolton Wanderers	1–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2 January 1999
12	Crewe Alexandra	1–3	Oxford United	2 January 1999
13	Lincoln City	0–1	Sunderland	2 January 1999
14	Swindon Town	0–0	Barnsley	2 January 1999
Replay	Barnsley	3–1	Swindon Town	19 January 1999
15	Wrexham	4–3	Scunthorpe United	2 January 1999
16	Sheffield United	1–1	Notts County	2 January 1999
Replay	Notts County	3–4	Sheffield United	23 January 1999
17	Tranmere Rovers	0–1	Ipswich Town	2 January 1999
18	Newcastle United	2–1	Crystal Palace	2 January 1999
19	Tottenham Hotspur	5–2	Watford	2 January 1999
20	Queens Park Rangers	0–1	Huddersfield Town	2 January 1999
21	Coventry City	7–0	Macclesfield Town	2 January 1999
22	West Ham United	1–1	Swansea City	2 January 1999
Replay	Swansea City	1–0	West Ham United	13 January 1999
23	Manchester United	3–1	Middlesbrough	3 January 1999
24	Plymouth Argyle	0–3	Derby County	2 January 1999
25	Bradford City	2–1	Grimsby Town	2 January 1999
26	Oldham Athletic	0–2	Chelsea	2 January 1999
27	Wimbledon	1–0	Manchester City	2 January 1999
28	Cardiff City	1–1	Yeovil Town	2 January 1999
Replay	Yeovil Town	1–2	Cardiff City	12 January 1999
29	Port Vale	0–3	Liverpool	3 January 1999
30	Southport	0–2	Leyton Orient	2 January 1999
31	Rotherham United	0–1	Bristol Rovers	2 January 1999
32	Rushden & Diamonds	0–0	Leeds United	2 January 1999
Replay	Leeds United	3–1	Rushden & Diamonds	13 January 1999

Fourth round proper[]

The Fourth Round ties were played with the thirty-two winners of the previous round. The matches were originally scheduled for 23 January 1999. There were three replays.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Leicester City	0–3	Coventry City	23 January 1999
2	Blackburn Rovers	1–0	Sunderland	23 January 1999
3	Aston Villa	0–2	Fulham	23 January 1999
4	Sheffield Wednesday	2–0	Stockport County	23 January 1999
5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–2	Arsenal	24 January 1999
6	Everton	1–0	Ipswich Town	23 January 1999
7	Wrexham	1–1	Huddersfield Town	23 January 1999
Replay	Huddersfield Town	2–1	Wrexham	3 February 1999
8	Sheffield United	4–1	Cardiff City	27 January 1999
9	Newcastle United	3–0	Bradford City	23 January 1999
10	Barnsley	3–1	Bournemouth	23 January 1999
11	Bristol Rovers	3–0	Leyton Orient	23 January 1999
12	Portsmouth	1–5	Leeds United	23 January 1999
13	Manchester United	2–1	Liverpool	24 January 1999
14	Wimbledon	1–1	Tottenham Hotspur	23 January 1999
Replay	Tottenham Hotspur	3–0	Wimbledon	2 February 1999
15	Oxford United	1–1	Chelsea	25 January 1999
Replay	Chelsea	4–2	Oxford United	3 February 1999
16	Swansea City	0–1	Derby County	23 January 1999

Fifth round proper[]

The Fifth Round matches were scheduled for 13 February 1999. There were three replays, and one game replayed, Arsenal had beaten Sheffield United in the original tie. However, both sides felt that Arsenal's winning goal had been gained unfairly. Arsenal's boss Arsene Wenger wrote himself into FA Cup folklore with an act of sportsmanship that saw him offer to play the game again after Marc Overmars scored following Nwankwo Kanu's failure to return the ball to the Blades following an injury.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Sheffield Wednesday	0–1	Chelsea	13 February 1999
2	Everton	2–1	Coventry City	13 February 1999
3	Newcastle United	0–0	Blackburn Rovers	14 February 1999
Replay	Blackburn Rovers	0–1	Newcastle United	24 February 1999
4	Barnsley	4–1	Bristol Rovers	13 February 1999
5	Manchester United	1–0	Fulham	14 February 1999
6	Huddersfield Town	2–2	Derby County	13 February 1999
Replay	Derby County	3–1	Huddersfield Town	24 February 1999
7	Arsenal	2–1	Sheffield United	13 February 1999
Rematch	Arsenal	2–1	Sheffield United	23 February 1999
8	Leeds United	1–1	Tottenham Hotspur	13 February 1999
Replay	Tottenham Hotspur	2–0	Leeds United	24 February 1999

Sixth round proper[]

The four quarter-final games were scheduled for 6 March 1999, although only the match between Arsenal and Derby County was played on this date. One of the ties, Manchester United–Chelsea, resulted in a draw and went to a replay, which United won.

Barnsley, who lost 1–0 at home to Tottenham Hotspur, were the last team left in the competition from outside the Premier League.

6 March 1999

15:00

Arsenal	1–0	Derby County
Kanu 89'	Details

Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London

Attendance: 38,046

Referee: Steve Dunn

7 March 1999

16:00

Newcastle United	4–1	Everton
Ketsbaia 21', 73' Georgiadis 61' Shearer 81'	Details	Unsworth 57'

St. James' Park, Newcastle

Attendance: 36,504

Referee: Graham Barber

7 March 1999

14:00

Manchester United	0–0	Chelsea
	Details

Old Trafford, Manchester

Attendance: 54,587

Referee: Paul Durkin

Replay

10 March 1999

19:45

Chelsea	0–2	Manchester United
	Details	Yorke 4', 59'

Stamford Bridge, London

Attendance: 33,075

Referee: Paul Durkin

16 March 1999

19:45

Barnsley	0–1	Tottenham Hotspur
	Details	Ginola 68'

Oakwell, Barnsley

Attendance: 18,793

Referee: Mike Reed

Semi-finals[]

The semi-finals were played on 11 April 1999. The original match between Manchester United and Arsenal finished as a goalless draw, as Roy Keane's goal for Manchester United was ruled out for offside, and the tie went to a replay;^[1] it was to be the last replay of a drawn semi-final, with all future ties decided by extra time and penalties.^[2]

In the replay, David Beckham opened the scoring for Manchester United in the 17th minute with a strike from 30 yards. Dennis Bergkamp equalised via a deflected shot from the same distance midway through the second half, before Arsenal had a second goal disallowed for offside against Nicolas Anelka. In the immediate aftermath, Keane was sent off for a foul on Overmars that earned him a second yellow card. In the final minutes of normal time, Phil Neville conceded a penalty with a foul on Ray Parlour, only for Manchester United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel to correctly guess which way Bergkamp would shoot and save the kick. In extra time, Ryan Giggs intercepted a wayward pass from Patrick Viera just inside the Manchester United half, before dribbling past Vieira, Lee Dixon (twice), Martin Keown and Tony Adams, and beating Arsenal goalkeeper David Seaman with a left-footed strike into the roof of the net.^[3] It was hailed almost immediately as one of the greatest goals ever scored in the history of the competition.

The other semi-final between Newcastle and Tottenham was goalless after 90 minutes, but two extra-time goals from Newcastle's Alan Shearer (one from the penalty spot) put the Magpies into their second consecutive FA Cup final and ended Spurs' hopes of adding to the League Cup title they had earned earlier in the season.^[4]

11 April 1999

12:30

Manchester United	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Arsenal
	Report

Villa Park, Birmingham

Attendance: 39,217

Referee: David Elleray

11 April 1999

15:00

Newcastle	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Tottenham Hotspur
Shearer 109' (pen.), 118'	Report

Old Trafford, Manchester

Attendance: 53,609

Referee: Paul Durkin

Replay[]

14 April 1999

19:45

Arsenal	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Manchester United
Bergkamp 69'	Report	Beckham 17' Giggs 109'

Villa Park, Birmingham

Attendance: 30,223

Referee: David Elleray

Final[]

Teams lining up prior to kick-off

The Final took place on 22 May 1999 and was played at the old Wembley Stadium, between Manchester United and Newcastle United. Manchester United had finished as champions and Newcastle 13th in the Premier League that season. The final was a slightly one-sided affair, Manchester United claiming a record 10th success with a 2–0 win. Goals from Teddy Sheringham and Paul Scholes were scored in the 11th and 53rd minutes respectively. It was the buildup to Manchester United's Treble. Manchester United also became the first team to win the double three times.

22 May 1999

15:00 BST

Manchester United	2–0	Newcastle United
Sheringham 11' Scholes 53'	Report

Wembley, London

Attendance: 79,101

Referee: Peter Jones (Leicestershire)

Media coverage[]

In the United Kingdom, ITV were the free-to-air broadcasters for the second consecutive season, while Sky Sports were the subscription broadcasters for the 11th consecutive season.^{[citation needed]}

The matches shown live on ITV Sport were: Port Vale v Liverpool (R3); Wolverhampton Wanderers v Arsenal (R4); Manchester United v Fulham (R5); Newcastle United v Everton (QF); Newcastle United v Tottenham Hotspur (SF); and Manchester United 2–0 Newcastle United (Final).

References[]

^ "Titans produce Cup stalemate". BBC News. 11 April 1999. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
^ "No more second chances". BBC News. 15 April 1999. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
^ "Giggs magic sinks Gunners". BBC News. 14 April 1999. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
^ "Shearer puts Newcastle in final". BBC News. 11 April 1999. Retrieved 5 May 2020.

External links[]

FA Cup Results at The FA Official site

[1] "Titans produce Cup stalemate". BBC News. 11 April 1999. Retrieved 5 May 2020.

[2] "No more second chances". BBC News. 15 April 1999. Retrieved 8 April 2014.

[3] "Giggs magic sinks Gunners". BBC News. 14 April 1999. Retrieved 5 May 2020.

[4] "Shearer puts Newcastle in final". BBC News. 11 April 1999. Retrieved 5 May 2020.

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UEFA competitions	Champions League (Group stage, knockout stage, Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

Manchester United lifting the FA Cup trophy
Country	England Wales
Teams	558
Defending champions	Arsenal
Champions	Manchester United (10th title)
Runners-up	Newcastle United
Top goal scorer(s)	Jason Roberts (7 goals)
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