Football tournament season
1998–99 Football League Trophy Country England Wales Teams 48 Champions Wigan Athletic Runners-up Millwall Matches played 49
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.
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
9 December
Blackpool
0–2
Stoke City
9 December
Burnley
0–1
Preston North End
9 December
Macclesfield Town
0–1
Wrexham
9 December
Doncaster Rovers
0–1
Rochdale
9 December
Manchester City
1–2
Mansfield Town
9 December
Oldham Athletic
0–1
Darlington
9 December
Rotherham United
0–3
Wigan Athletic
9 December
Notts County
0–1
Hull City
Southern Section [ ]
Date
Home team
Score
Away team
9 December
Colchester United
1–5
Gillingham
9 December
AFC Bournemouth
2–0
Reading
9 December
Brentford
2–0
Plymouth Argyle
9 December
Peterborough United
3–0
Leyton Orient
9 December
Shrewbury Town
0–1
Wycombe Wanderers
9 December
Swansea City
4–1
Barnet
9 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
6 January
Halifax Town
4–2
York City
6 January
Hull City
1–2
Wrexham
6 January
Lincoln City
1–0
Mansfield Town
6 January
Darlington
0–2
Chesterfield
6 January
Hartlepool United
2–2
Preston North End
Hartlepool United won 4 – 3 on penalties
6 January
Scunthorpe United
1–1
Carlisle United
Carlisle United won 4 – 3 on penalties
6 January
Wigan Athletic
3–0
Scarborough
6 January
Rochdale
5–1
Stoke City F.C.
Southern Section [ ]
Quarter-finals [ ]
Northern Section [ ]
Date
Home team
Score
Away team
27 January
Wrexham
3–2
Chesterfield
27 January
Carlisle United
0–3
Wigan Athletic
27 January
Hartlepool United
0–3
Lincoln City
27 January
Rochdale
2–3
Halifax Town
Southern Section [ ]
Date
Home team
Score
Away team
27 January
Brentford
0–0
Walsall
Walsall won 4 – 3 on penalties
27 January
Cambridge United
1–1
Exeter City
Cambridge United won 5 – 3 on penalties
27 January
Torquay United
0–1
Gillingham
27 January
AFC Bournemouth
1–1
Millwall
Millwall won 4 – 3 on penalties
Area semi-finals [ ]
Northern Section [ ]
Date
Home team
Score
Away team
17 February
Lincoln City
1–2
Wrexham
17 February
Rochdale
0–2
Wigan Athletic
Southern Section [ ]
Date
Home team
Score
Away team
17 February
Millwall
1–0
Gillingham
17 February
Walsall
1–1
Cambridge United
Walsall won 4 – 3 on penalties
Area finals [ ]
Northern Area final [ ]
Wigan Athletic beat Wrexham 5–2 on aggregate.
Southern Area final [ ]
Millwall beat Walsall 2–1 on aggregate.
Final [ ]
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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