Football tournament season
1998β99 Football League TrophyAuto Windscreens Shields |
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Tournament details |
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Country | England
Wales |
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Teams | 48 |
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Final positions |
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Champions | Wigan Athletic |
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Runner-up | Millwall |
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Tournament statistics |
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Matches played | 49 |
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The Football League Trophy 1998β99, known as the: Auto Windscreens Shield 1998β99 for sponsorship reasons, was theββ18th 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 1β0 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 finalββto determine the winners of the Football League Trophy.
First roundβ»
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 Sectionβ»
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Southern Sectionβ»
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Second roundβ»
Northern Sectionβ»
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Southern Sectionβ»
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Quarter-finalsβ»
Northern Sectionβ»
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Southern Sectionβ»
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Area semi-finalsβ»
Northern Sectionβ»
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Southern Sectionβ»
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Area finalsβ»
Northern Area finalβ»
Wigan Athletic beat Wrexham 5β2 on aggregate.
Southern Area finalβ»
Millwall beat Walsall 2β1 on aggregate.
Finalβ»
Attendance: 55,349
Referee: C.R.Wilkes
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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