Auto Windscreens Shield - 1999/2000
Participating teams
48: 24 each from the Second and Third Divisions. 24 teams in each
area group.
North: Blackpool, Burnley, Bury, Carlisle, Chester, Chesterfield,
Darlington, Halifax, Hartlepool, Hull, Lincoln, Macclesfield, Mansfield,
Notts County, Oldham, Preston, Rochdale, Rotherham, Scunthorpe,
Shrewsbury, Stoke, Wigan, Wrexham, York.
South: Barnet, Bournemouth, Brentford, Brighton, Bristol City,
Bristol Rovers, Cambridge, Cardiff, Cheltenham, Colchester, Exeter,
Gillingham, Leyton Orient, Luton, Millwall, Northampton, Oxford,
Peterborough, Plymouth, Reading, Southend, Swansea, Torquay, Wycombe.
Format
First round: 8 single-game ties in each area, with 8 teams
receiving byes to the second round. Winners advance to the second round.
Second round: 8 single-game ties in each area. Winners advance to
the area quarter-finals.
Area quarter-finals: 4 single-game ties in each area. Winners
advance to the area semi-finals.
Area semi-finals: 2 single-game ties in each area. Winners
advance to the area finals.
Area finals: 1 two-legged tie in each area. Winners advance to
the national final.
Final: a single game, played at Wembley.
First round
North
Byes: Carlisle, Chester, Chesterfield, Lincoln, Macclesfield,
Oldham, Rochdale, Scunthorpe.
| 7 Dec |
Hartlepool |
1 |
- |
0 |
Halifax |
|
|
Mansfield |
2 |
- |
1 |
Bury |
(aet) |
|
Notts County |
0 |
- |
1 |
Blackpool |
|
|
Preston |
4 |
- |
1 |
Wrexham |
|
|
Rotherham |
2 |
- |
1 |
Shrewsbury |
|
|
Stoke |
3 |
- |
2 |
Darlington |
(aet) |
|
Wigan |
2 |
- |
1 |
Burnley |
(aet) |
|
York |
0 |
- |
1 |
Hull |
South
Byes: Bournemouth, Brentford, Bristol City, Bristol Rovers,
Exeter, Peterborough, Plymouth, Wycombe.
| 7 Dec |
Brighton |
1 |
- |
0 |
Millwall |
|
|
Gillingham |
0 |
- |
3 |
Torquay |
|
|
Northampton |
1 |
- |
0 |
Cardiff |
|
|
Oxford |
2 |
- |
0 |
Luton |
|
|
Southend |
0 |
- |
1 |
Cheltenham |
|
|
Swansea |
3 |
- |
1 |
Colchester |
|
| 8 Dec |
Reading |
1 |
- |
0 |
Leyton Orient |
|
| 11 Jan |
Cambridge |
1 |
- |
2 |
Barnet |
(aet) |
Second round
North
| 8 Jan |
Lincoln |
1 |
- |
2 |
Scunthorpe |
|
| 10 Jan |
Preston |
1 |
- |
2 |
Hartlepool |
|
| 11 Jan |
Hull |
2 |
- |
0 |
Chester |
|
|
Mansfield |
0 |
- |
1 |
Blackpool |
|
|
Oldham |
0 |
- |
1 |
Stoke |
|
|
(Abandoned after 57 minutes) |
|
Rochdale |
3 |
- |
2 |
Macclesfield |
(aet) |
|
Rotherham |
1 |
- |
4 |
Chesterfield |
|
| 18 Jan |
Oldham |
0 |
- |
1 |
Stoke |
(aet) |
| 25 Jan |
Carlisle |
2 |
- |
1 |
Wigan |
South
| 11 Jan |
Bournemouth |
1 |
- |
0 |
Brighton |
(aet) |
|
Exeter |
2 |
- |
0 |
Swansea |
|
|
Northampton |
0 |
- |
0 |
Bristol Rovers |
(aet) |
|
(Bristol Rovers won on penalties) |
|
Oxford |
1 |
- |
1 |
Wycombe |
(aet) |
|
(Oxford won on penalties) |
|
Peterborough |
0 |
- |
1 |
Brentford |
|
|
Plymouth |
0 |
- |
1 |
Torquay |
|
| 12 Jan |
Bristol City |
3 |
- |
1 |
Cheltenham |
|
| 18 Jan |
Barnet |
1 |
- |
2 |
Reading |
(aet) |
Area quarter-finals
North
| 25 Jan |
Blackpool |
1 |
- |
2 |
Stoke |
|
|
Rochdale |
0 |
- |
0 |
Hull |
(aet) |
|
(Rochdale won on penalties) |
|
Scunthorpe |
1 |
- |
2 |
Chesterfield |
|
| 22 Feb |
Carlisle |
2 |
- |
1 |
Hartlepool |
|
|
(Played at Hartlepool) |
South
| 24 Jan |
Bristol Rovers |
1 |
- |
2 |
Reading |
|
| 25 Jan |
Brentford |
2 |
- |
0 |
Oxford |
|
|
Bristol City |
1 |
- |
1 |
Bournemouth |
(aet) |
|
(Bristol City won on penalties) |
|
Exeter |
1 |
- |
0 |
Torquay |
Area semi-finals
North
| 15 Feb |
Chesterfield |
0 |
- |
1 |
Stoke |
|
| 7 Mar |
Carlisle |
0 |
- |
1 |
Rochdale |
South
| 15 Feb |
Bristol City |
4 |
- |
0 |
Reading |
|
|
Exeter |
3 |
- |
2 |
Brentford |
Area finals
North
| 14 Mar |
Rochdale |
1 |
- |
3 |
Stoke |
|
| 22 Mar |
Stoke |
1 |
- |
0 |
Rochdale |
|
|
(Stoke won 4-1 on aggregate) |
South
| 29 Feb |
Bristol City |
4 |
- |
0 |
Exeter |
|
| 14 Mar |
Exeter |
1 |
- |
1 |
Bristol City |
|
|
(Bristol City won 5-1 on aggregate) |
Final
Sunday 16th April 2000, at Wembley
| Stoke City |
2 |
- |
1 |
Bristol City |
|