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1998–99 FA Cup
The 1998–99 FA Cup (known as The AXA-sponsored FA Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 118th season of the FA Cup. The title defenders were Arsenal, who were eliminated in a semi-final replay by eventual winners Manchester United, who beat Newcastle United 2–0 in the final at the old Wembley Stadium. The goals were scored by Teddy Sheringham after 11 minutes, less than two minutes after coming on as a substitute for Roy Keane, and Paul Scholes on 53 minutes. It was the second leg of a historic treble for Manchester United; having already won the Premier League title the previous weekend, they went on to win the Champions League the following Wednesday.
Following the reformatting of the qualifying rounds for this season, all participating clubs that were not members of the Premier League or Football League entered the competition at various preliminary stages of the tournament to secure one of 32 places available in the first round proper.
The winners from the fourth qualifying round were Runcorn, West Auckland Town, Tamworth, Leigh RMI, Southport, Lancaster City, Telford United, Doncaster Rovers, Burton Albion, Gresley Rovers, Hednesford Town, Emley, Bedlington Terriers, Woking, Kingstonian, Enfield, Hayes, Stevenage Borough, Ford United, Hendon, Slough Town, Worcester City, Basingstoke Town, Camberley Town, Welling United, Boreham Wood, Rushden & Diamonds, Kidderminster Harriers, Yeovil Town, Salisbury City, Dulwich Hamlet and Cheltenham Town.
Bedlington Terriers, Ford United and Camberley Town were appearing in the competition proper for the first time (although Terriers were emulating the achievement of predecessor club Bedlington United in 1926-27). Of the others, Tamworth had not featured in the first round since 1990-91, Worcester City had not done so since 1987-88, Leigh RMI had not done so since 1982-83 (when the club was still based in Horwich), Lancaster City had not done so since 1972-73, West Auckland Town since 1961-62 and Dulwich Hamlet since 1948-49. Additionally, Emley was appearing in the first round for the last time before relocating to Wakefield in 2000.
The first round featured the 32 non-league teams from the qualifying rounds and the 48 teams from the third and fourth tiers of the Football League. Ford United and Camberley Town, from the Isthmian League Third Division at Step 9 of English football, were the lowest-ranked teams in the draw.
The matches were played on 14 November 1998. There were ten replays, with three ties requiring a penalty shoot-out to settle.
The second round of the competition featured the winners of the first round ties. The matches were scheduled to be played on 5 December 1998, with eight replays and two penalty shoot-outs required, each of which featured a team who won on penalties in the previous round.
Step 8 side Bedlington Terriers, from the Northern League First Division, was the lowest-ranked team in the draw courtesy of their stunning upset victory over Second Division (Step 3) strugglers Colchester United in the previous round.
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1998–99 FA Cup
The 1998–99 FA Cup (known as The AXA-sponsored FA Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 118th season of the FA Cup. The title defenders were Arsenal, who were eliminated in a semi-final replay by eventual winners Manchester United, who beat Newcastle United 2–0 in the final at the old Wembley Stadium. The goals were scored by Teddy Sheringham after 11 minutes, less than two minutes after coming on as a substitute for Roy Keane, and Paul Scholes on 53 minutes. It was the second leg of a historic treble for Manchester United; having already won the Premier League title the previous weekend, they went on to win the Champions League the following Wednesday.
Following the reformatting of the qualifying rounds for this season, all participating clubs that were not members of the Premier League or Football League entered the competition at various preliminary stages of the tournament to secure one of 32 places available in the first round proper.
The winners from the fourth qualifying round were Runcorn, West Auckland Town, Tamworth, Leigh RMI, Southport, Lancaster City, Telford United, Doncaster Rovers, Burton Albion, Gresley Rovers, Hednesford Town, Emley, Bedlington Terriers, Woking, Kingstonian, Enfield, Hayes, Stevenage Borough, Ford United, Hendon, Slough Town, Worcester City, Basingstoke Town, Camberley Town, Welling United, Boreham Wood, Rushden & Diamonds, Kidderminster Harriers, Yeovil Town, Salisbury City, Dulwich Hamlet and Cheltenham Town.
Bedlington Terriers, Ford United and Camberley Town were appearing in the competition proper for the first time (although Terriers were emulating the achievement of predecessor club Bedlington United in 1926-27). Of the others, Tamworth had not featured in the first round since 1990-91, Worcester City had not done so since 1987-88, Leigh RMI had not done so since 1982-83 (when the club was still based in Horwich), Lancaster City had not done so since 1972-73, West Auckland Town since 1961-62 and Dulwich Hamlet since 1948-49. Additionally, Emley was appearing in the first round for the last time before relocating to Wakefield in 2000.
The first round featured the 32 non-league teams from the qualifying rounds and the 48 teams from the third and fourth tiers of the Football League. Ford United and Camberley Town, from the Isthmian League Third Division at Step 9 of English football, were the lowest-ranked teams in the draw.
The matches were played on 14 November 1998. There were ten replays, with three ties requiring a penalty shoot-out to settle.
The second round of the competition featured the winners of the first round ties. The matches were scheduled to be played on 5 December 1998, with eight replays and two penalty shoot-outs required, each of which featured a team who won on penalties in the previous round.
Step 8 side Bedlington Terriers, from the Northern League First Division, was the lowest-ranked team in the draw courtesy of their stunning upset victory over Second Division (Step 3) strugglers Colchester United in the previous round.
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