1999 Football League Trophy final
| Event | 1998–99 Football League Trophy | ||||||
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| Date | 18 April 1999 | ||||||
| Venue | Wembley Stadium, London | ||||||
| Referee | C. R. Wilkes (Gloucester) | ||||||
| Attendance | 55,349 | ||||||
The 1999 Football League Trophy final (known as the Auto Windscreens Shield for sponsorship reasons) was the 16th final of the domestic
the Football League
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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
| Round 1 | Millwall | 2–0 | Cardiff City | |
| Round 2 | Brighton |
1–5 | Millwall | |
| Quarter-final | Bournemouth |
1–1 | Millwall | |
| (Millwall won 4–3 on penalties) | ||||
| Semi-final | Millwall | 1–0 | Gillingham | |
| Southern Final (1st leg) | Millwall | 1–0 | Walsall | |
| Southern Final (2nd leg) | Walsall | 1–1 | Millwall | |
| (Millwall won 2–1 on aggregate) | ||||
Wigan Athletic
| Round 1 | Rotherham | 0–3 | Wigan Athletic | |
| Round 2 | Wigan Athletic | 3–0 | Scarborough | |
| Quarter-final | Carlisle United | 0–3 | Wigan Athletic | |
| Semi-final | Rochdale |
0–2 | Wigan Athletic | |
| Northern Final (1st leg) | Wigan Athletic | 2–0 | Wrexham
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| Northern Final (2nd leg) | Wrexham | 2–3 | Wigan Athletic | |
| (Wigan Athletic won 5–2 on aggregate) | ||||
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Match details
| Millwall | 0–1 | Wigan Athletic |
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| Report[dead link] | Rogers  90+3' |
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MATCH RULES
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