1998–99 Irish League Cup

Irish League Cup Coca-Cola League Cup 1998–99 Northern Ireland 18 Linfield (5th win) Glentoran 17 67 1997–98 1999–2000 The 1998–99 Irish League Cup (known as the Coca-Cola League Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 13th edition of the Irish League Cup, Northern Ireland's secondary football knock-out cup competition. It concluded on 4 May 1999 with the final. Linfield were the defending champions after their fourth League Cup win last season; a 1–0 victory over Glentoran in the previous final. This season they became the first club ever to successfully defend the trophy. In a repeat of the previous final, Linfield once again came out on top with a 2–1 extra time victory against Glentoran in the final, lifting the cup for the fifth time and condemning the Glens to defeat in the final for the third season running, which is a record for successive final defeats in the competition that still stands.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nilleagcuphist.html Northern Ireland - List of League Cup Finals Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation RSSSF 24 December 2012 28 June 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230628203543/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nilleagcuphist.html livehttps://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nil99.html Northern Ireland 1998/99 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation RSSSF 24 December 2012 3 December 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20221203082251/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nil99.html liveSpike's Gloss Finish Belfast Telegraph 5 May 1999 30 The competition was re-structured this season, allowing only the 10 top-flight clubs and the 8 second-tier clubs to enter. This reduced the number of clubs taking part from 32 down to 18. Preliminary round Newry Town 0–1 Larne Omagh Town 4–3 Limavady United |} First round Ballyclare Comrades 1–4 Glenavon Ballymena United 2–3 Linfield Bangor 3–4 Ards Carrick Rangers 2–1 Coleraine Crusaders 3–1 Larne Glentoran 8–0 Dungannon Swifts Omagh Town 2–3 Distillery Portadown 0–2 Cliftonville |} Quarter-finals Carrick Rangers 2–1 Ards Crusaders 1–2 Cliftonville Glenavon 1–2 Linfield Glentoran 2–1 Distillery |} Semi-finals Cliftonville 1–2 Linfield Glentoran 1–0 Carrick Rangers |} Final 4 May 1999 Linfield 2 – 1 yes Report Glentoran Ferguson 94 112 Young 97 Windsor Park, Belfast References Category:Irish League Cup seasons League Cup