1998 Football League Trophy Final - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 1998 Football League Trophy Final (known as the Auto Windscreens Shields Trophy for sponsorship reasons) was the 15th final of the domestic football cup competition for teams from the Second

Football League Second Division

From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...

and Third Division

Football League Third Division

The Football League Third Division was the 3 tier of English Football from 1920 until 1992 when after the formation of the Football Association Premier League saw the league renamed The Football League Division Two...

of the Football League

The Football League

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. The match was played at Wembley on 19 April 1998, and was contested by Bournemouth

A.F.C. Bournemouth

A.F.C. Bournemouth is an English football club currently playing in Football League One. The club plays at Dean Court in Kings Park, Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset and have been in existence since 1899....

and Grimsby Town

Grimsby Town F.C.

Grimsby Town Football Club is an English football club based in the seaside town of Cleethorpes, in North East Lincolnshire, England, who compete in the Conference National. They were formed in 1878 as Grimsby Pelham and later became Grimsby Town...

. The match was won by Grimsby Town, with Wayne Burnett

Wayne Burnett

Wayne Burnett is an English former footballer who is most notable for playing at Plymouth Argyle, Huddersfield Town and Grimsby Town. Having also had spells with Leyton Orient, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Woking, Grays Athletic, Fisher Athletic and Peterborough United...

scoring the winning golden goal

Golden goal

The golden goal is a method used in association football, field hockey, ice hockey and korfball to decide the winner of games in elimination matches which end in a draw after the end of regulation time. It is a type of sudden death. Golden goal rules allow the team that scores the first goal during...

in the 2-1 victory during extra-time.

Match details


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	BOURNEMOUTH:
GK		Jimmy Glass Jimmy Glass James "Jimmy" Glass is a former football goalkeeper. Glass is remembered for scoring the last-minute goal which kept Carlisle United in the Football League in 1999...
DF		Neil Young Neil Young (footballer born 1973) For the former Manchester City F.C., Preston North End F.C. and Rochdale F.C. player, see Neil YoungNeil Young is a former professional footballer who currently plays for Cumberland United in the South Australian Premier League...
DF		Jamie Vincent Jamie Vincent Jamie Roy Vincent is an English footballer who currently plays for Didcot Town.-Career:Vincent was spotted by Mick Beard then Wimbledon where he played most of his youth football, before he began his career with Crystal Palace...
DF		Eddie Howe Eddie Howe Edward "Eddie" Howe is an English former footballer and manager of Burnley. A defender before retirement who spent much of his career at Bournemouth, he was the youngest manager in the Football League when appointed Bournemouth manager in January 2009.-Playing career:Howe began his professional...
DF		Ian Cox Ian Cox Ian Gary Cox is a former Trinidad and Tobago international footballer.Cox joined Crystal Palace from non-League side Carshalton Athletic for a fee of £40,000 in 1994...
MF		John Bailey John Bailey (footballer born 1969) John Bailey is an English former footballer, most notable for being the only player to score for A.F.C. Bournemouth at Wembley Stadium....
MF		Russell Beardsmore Russell Beardsmore Russell Peter Beardsmore is a former English footballer.Beardsmore began his career with Manchester United. He made his debut in September 1988 against West Ham United and was one of the first wave of "Fergie's Fledglings" to emerge...
MF		Steve Robinson
MF		Christer Warren Christer Warren Christer Simon Warren is a former football player.-Football career:Warren started his career at Cheltenham Town then in the Beazer Homes League. On 5 December 1992, he scored Cheltenham's goal in their 1–1 Second Round FA Cup game against Bournemouth forcing a replay...
FW		Mark Stein
FW		Steve Fletcher Steve Fletcher Steven Mark Fletcher is an English professional footballer born in Hartlepool who is currently in his second spell for Bournemouth, the club where he has spent the majority of his career...
Substitutes:
DF		Franck Rolling Franck Rolling Franck Rolling is a French former football defender.Rolling began his career as an attacking player at RC Strasbourg, making his debut in a game against Sporting Club Toulon on October 15, 1988. However Rolling did not manage to carve out a regular first team place and so dropped down a division...
MF		Jason Brissett Jason Brissett Jason Brissett is a former English professional football player.-Career:After playing youth football with Brimsdown Rovers and Arsenal, Brissett played professionally with Peterborough United, Bournemouth, Walsall, Cheltenham Town, Leyton Orient and Stevenage Borough.-External links:...
MF		John O'Neill John O'Neill (Scottish footballer) John O'Neill is a Scottish football midfielder, playing for Auchinleck Talbot.O'Neill started his career with amateur club Queens Park, before signing for Celtic in 1994. In his career he had two spells of playing for Dumfries club Queen of the South...
Manager:
Mel Machin Mel Machin Melvyn "Mel" Machin is an English former footballer and manager.A midfielder, he started his career at Port Vale in 1962, before he moved on to Gillingham four years later. He made his name at the club from 1966 to 1971, before he transferred to Bournemouth for a three year spell...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> GRIMSBY TOWN: GK

Aidan Davison

Aidan John Davison is an English-born Northern Irish former footballer and football coach who is Head Coach of American side FC JAX Destroyers.As a player he played as a goalkeeper from 1987 until 2008...

John McDermott DF

Tony Gallimore

Anthony Mark "Tony" Gallimore is an English former professional footballer who made more than 500 appearances in the Football League between 1990 and 2006, playing for Stoke City, Carlisle United, Grimsby Town, Barnsley and Rochdale. The major part of his career was spent at Carlisle United and...

Peter Handyside

Peter David Handyside is a former Scottish professional footballer who played his entire professional career in England between 1992 and 2007...

Mark Lever

Mark Lever is a former English footballer who played as a defender from 1988 until 2005 notably for Grimsby Town where he spent the first 12 years of his career...

Wayne Burnett

Kevin Donovan

Kevin Donovan is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder between 1989 and 2007. He notably played for Grimsby Town and West Bromwich Albion, and scored goals at Wembley Stadium for both clubs in Football League play-off finals...

David Smith

David Smith (footballer born 1968)

David Smith is a retired English football midfielder who made more than 400 appearances in the Football League and Premier League and won 10 caps for the England under-21 team...

Paul Groves (c) FW

Lee Nogan

Lee Martin Nogan is a Welsh footballer and football manager who plays as a forward for Conference North side F.C. Halifax Town, where he is also the clubs assistant manager....

Daryl Clare

Daryl Adam Clare is a Jersey-born Irish former professional footballer. He played as a striker. He has previously played for Grimsby Town, Northampton Town, Cheltenham Town, Boston United, Chester City, Crawley Town, Burton Albion, Rushden & Diamonds, Mansfield Town and Gateshead. He has twice won...

Substitute: MF

Kingsley Black

Kingsley Black is an English-born Northern Ireland former professional footballer. He notably played for Luton Town, Nottingham Forest and Grimsby Town...

Kevin Jobling

Kevin Jobling is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Leicester City, Grimsby Town and Shrewsbury Town, and in non-league football for Telford United.-External links:...

Steve Livingstone

Stephen "Steve" Livingstone is an English former footballer who played between 1986 and 2004 notably for Grimsby Town...

Manager:

Alan Buckley

Alan Peter Buckley is an English football manager. He was manager of League Two side Grimsby Town until his dismissal in September 2008...

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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