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

Round 1Millwall2–0Cardiff CityRound 2Brighton1–5MillwallQuarter-finalBournemouth1–1Millwall  (Millwall won 4–3 on penalties)Semi-finalMillwall1–0GillinghamSouthern Final (1st leg)Millwall1–0WalsallSouthern Final (2nd leg)Walsall1–1Millwall  (Millwall won 2–1 on aggregate)

Wigan Athletic

Round 1Rotherham0–3Wigan AthleticRound 2Wigan Athletic3–0ScarboroughQuarter-finalCarlisle United0–3Wigan AthleticSemi-finalRochdale0–2Wigan AthleticNorthern Final (1st leg)Wigan Athletic2–0WrexhamNorthern Final (2nd leg)Wrexham2–3Wigan Athletic  (Wigan Athletic won 5–2 on aggregate)

Match details

GK Ben RobertsDF Gerard Lavin DF Jamie StuartDF Stuart NethercottDF Joe DolanMF Tim CahillMF Paul IfillMF Ricky Newman MF Steven ReidFW Neil HarrisFW Richard SadlierSubstitutes:MF Paul ShawMF Bobby BowryMF Marc BirchamManager:Keith Stevens GK Roy CarrollDF Carl Bradshaw (c) DF Pat McGibbon DF Stuart BalmerDF Kevin SharpDF Colin GreenallMF Paul Rogers MF Michael O'Neill FW Andy LiddellFW Simon HaworthFW Stuart Barlow Substitute:DF Scott GreenMF David Lee FW Graeme JonesManager:Ray Mathias 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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