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1998 Football League Trophy final

Field	Value
title	1998 Football League Trophy Final
image	Wembley Twin Towers.jpg
image_size	300
caption	Wembley Stadium, which hosted the match.
event	1997–98 Football League Trophy
team1	Bournemouth
team1score	1
team2	Grimsby Town
team2score	2
date	19 April 1998
stadium	Wembley
city	London
man_of_the_match1a	John McDermott (Grimsby Town)
referee	M.E.Pierce (Portsmouth)
attendance	62,432
previous	1997
next	1999

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 and Third Division of the Football League. The match was played at Wembley on 19 April 1998, and was contested by Bournemouth and Grimsby Town. The match was won by Grimsby Town, with Wayne Burnett scoring the winning golden goal in the 2–1 victory during extra-time. The attendance was the largest for a sporting event in England that weekend.

Grimsby's victory was the first of a Wembley double that season as later they went on to triumph in the 1998 Football League Second Division play-off final.

Background

Bournemouth and Grimsby entered the fixture in a similar positions with both clubs fighting for promotion from the Football League Second Division. Grimsby were 3rd trailing Watford and Bristol City where Bournemouth were outside the play-offs in 8th. Bournemouth were competing in their second Football League Trophy final having won the first ever tournament in 1984, Grimsby were competing in their first final. Both teams were playing at Wembley for the first time.

Match details

Burnett

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Mel Machin

Alan Buckley

Route to the final

Bournemouth

	(Bournemouth won 4–3 on aggregate)

Grimsby Town

	(Grimsby Town won 3–1 on aggregate)

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