1999 Football League Trophy Final

The 1999 Football League Trophy Final (known as the Auto Windscreens Shield for sponsorship reasons) was the 16th final of the domestic Football League Trophy competition for teams from the Second and Third Division of the Football League.

The match was played at Wembley Stadium on 18 April 1999, and was contested by Millwall and Wigan Athletic. This was Millwall's first appearance at Wembley in a recognised competition, and the club brought around 47,000 of the 55,000 fans in attendance.

Wigan won the match 1–0, with Paul Rogers scoring the winning goal three minutes into injury-time, one of only five goals he scored for the club in three years.

Route to the final[]

The rounds were split into two sections: North and South. Wigan Athletic were the winning finalists of the Northern Section, and Millwall were the winners of the Southern Final.

Millwall[]

Wigan Athletic[]

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Match details[]

18 April 1999

14:00 BST

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

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 55,349

Referee: C. R. Wilkes (Gloucester)

Millwall

Wigan Athletic

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

GK Roy Carroll DF Carl Bradshaw (c) DF Pat McGibbon DF Stuart Balmer DF Kevin Sharp DF 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[]

• Match result & lineups at Soccerbase