1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Final, Post-match
The final and tournament as a whole created greater interest in women's soccer, particularly the United States team, and broke attendance and television records for women's sports. Its reported attendance of 90,185 set a new international record for a women's sporting event, although the unofficial 1971 Women's World Cup final at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City was seen by an estimated 110,000 people. The final averaged 17.9 million viewers and peaked at 40 million on U.S. broadcast television, which remained unsurpassed until the 2014 men's World Cup and the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Final.


1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Group A
Group A of the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup took place from 19 to 27 June 1999. The group consisted of Denmark, Nigeria, North Korea and the hosts United States.


1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Group B
Group B of the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup took place from 19 to 27 June 1999. The group consisted of Brazil, Germany, Italy and Mexico.


1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C
Group C of the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup took place from 19 to 26 June 1999. The group consisted of Canada, Japan, Norway and Russia.


1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Group D
Group D of the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup took place from 19 to 26 June 1999. The group consisted of Australia, China PR, Ghana and Sweden.


1999 FIFA Women's World Cup knockout stage
The knockout stage of the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup was the second and final stage of the competition, following the group stage. It began on 30 June with the quarter-finals and ended on 10 July 1999 with the final match, held at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. A total of eight teams (the top two teams from each group) advanced to the knockout stage to compete in a single-elimination style tournament.


1999 FIFA Women's World Cup knockout stage, Format
In all knockout matches apart from the third-place play-off, if a match was level at the end of 90 minutes of normal playing time, extra time was played (two periods of 15 minutes each). If still tied after extra time, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner. If the third-place play-off was level at the end of 90 minutes of normal playing time, no extra time would be played, and the match would immediately be decided by a penalty shoot-out.


1999 FIFA Women's World Cup knockout stage, Qualified teams
The top two placed teams from each of the four groups qualified for the knockout stage.


1999 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
The qualification process for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup saw 67 teams from the six FIFA confederations compete for the 16 places in the tournament's finals. The places were divided as follows:


1999 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification, Qualification groups, Africa (CAF)
The two African teams to qualify to the World Cup were the two finalists of the 1998 CAF Women's Championship, Nigeria and Ghana.


1999 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification, Qualification groups, Asia (AFC)
The three Asian teams to qualify to the World Cup were the two finalists and the third-placed of the 1997 AFC Women's Championship.


1999 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification, Qualification groups, Europe (UEFA)
The 16 teams belonging to Class A of European women's football were drawn into four groups, from which the group winners qualify for the World Cup. The four runners-up were drawn into two home-and-away knock-out matches, winners of those matches also qualifying.


1999 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification, Qualification groups, North, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)
The 1998 CONCACAF's Women's Championship winner Canada qualified for the FIFA Women's World Cup 1999. The runner-up Mexico qualified in two playoff-matches against the second-placed team of CONMEBOL – Argentina. The United States qualified as hosts.


1999 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification, Qualification groups, Oceania (OFC)
The 1998 OFC Women's Championship determined the OFC's one qualifier for the FIFA Women's World Cup 1999 – the winner Australia.


1999 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification, Qualification groups, South America (CONMEBOL)
The third edition of the Sudamericano Femenino (Women's South American Championship) in 1998 determined the CONMEBOL's qualifier. Brazil won the tournament.


1999 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification, CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off
The runners-up of the CONMEBOL and CONCACAF qualification tournaments played for one berth.


1999 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off)
The CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off of the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification competition was a two-legged home-and-away tie that decided one spot in the final tournament in the United States. The play-off was contested by the runners-up from CONCACAF, Mexico, and the runners-up from CONMEBOL, Argentina.


1999 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off), Matches
Mexico won 6–3 on aggregate and qualified for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup.


1999 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off), Goalscorers
There were 9 goals scored in 2 matches, for an average of 4.5 goals per match.


1999 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)
The 1999 UEFA Women's World Cup qualification was held between 21 August 1997 and 11 October 1998. The 16 teams belonging to Class A of European women's football were drawn into four groups, from which the group winners qualified for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. The four runners-up were drawn into two home-and-away knock-out matches, winners of those matches also qualifying. Sweden, Italy, Norway, Denmark, Germany and Russia qualified for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup.


1999 FIFA Women's World Cup squads
Below are the rosters for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup tournament in the United States. The 16 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 20 players, including at least two goalkeepers. Only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.


1999 FIFA World Player of the Year
The 1999 FIFA World Player of the Year award was won by Rivaldo with 536 points. David Beckham took second place, the highest ever position for an English footballer. Argentina striker Gabriel Batistuta came third.


1999 FIFA World Youth Championship
The 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Nigeria between 3 April and 24 April 1999. This was the 12th edition of the tournament.


1999 FIFA World Youth Championship, Qualification
The following 24 teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.


1999 FIFA World Youth Championship, Group stage
The 24 teams were split into six groups of four teams. Six group winners, six second-place finishers and the four best third-place finishers qualify for the knockout round.


1999 FIFA World Youth Championship squads
Below are the rosters for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship tournament in Nigeria. Players name marked in bold went on to earn full international caps.


1999 FINA Diving World Cup
The 1999 FINA Diving World Cup was held in Wellington, New Zealand.


1999 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
The 1999 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup was the eleventh World Cup.


1999 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup, Final ranking
*Hungary, Italy and Spain qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Croatia also qualified, although the team was not even at the World Cup, having finished ninth at last year's World Swimming Championships in Perth, Australia, missing the eight-team cut-off for the World Cup. But by finishing second at the recent European Championship and the fact that Hungary downed Olympic and World Champion Spain 8-4 in the medal semifinal, Croatia claimed the European continental berth.


1999 FINA Synchronised Swimming World Cup
The 9th FINA Synchronised Swimming World Cup was held September 8–12, 1999, in Seoul, Korea. It featured swimmers from 12 nations, swimming in three events: Solo, Duet, and Team.


1999 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup
The 1999 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup was the twelfth edition of the event, organised by the International Swimming Federation (FINA). The event took place in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada from May 24 to May 29, 1999. Participating teams were the eight leading teams from the World Championships. The tournament served as a qualifier for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Automatically the first ranked teams from Europe and the Americas, plus one team from the host country, qualified. Other teams could qualify at the 2000 Olympic Games Qualifying Tournament, held from April 22 to April 30 in Palermo, Italy.


1999 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup, Final ranking
*The Netherlands and Canada qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia


1999 FINA World Junior Synchronised Swimming Championships
The 6th FINA World Junior Synchronised Swimming Championships was held July 7–11, 1999 in Cali, Colombia. The synchronised swimmers are aged between 15 and 18 years old, from 15 nations, swimming in three events: Solo, Duet and Team.


1999 FINA World Junior Synchronised Swimming Championships, Participating nations
15 nations swam at the 1999 World Junior Championships were:


1999 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
The 4th FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was an international swimming meet organized by FINA, held 1–4 April 1999 at the Hong Kong Coliseum in Hong Kong. It features 516 swimmers from 61 nations, swimming in 40 short course (25 m  pool) events.


1999 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), Participating nations
59 of 61 nations with swimmers at the 1999 Short Course Worlds were:


1999 FIRA Women's European Championship
The fourth tournament saw the same format as 1997, but with Germany and Ireland being replaced by Kazakhstan and Wales.


1999 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup
The 1999 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup was the twentieth World Cup season in freestyle skiing organised by International Ski Federation. The season started on 9 January 1999 and ended on 21 March 1999. This season included four disciplines: aerials, moguls, dual moguls and ballet.


1999 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup
Dual moguls counted as season title and was awarded with small crystal globe separately from moguls. Ballet title for men was not awarded.


1999 FIS Ski Jumping Grand Prix
The 1999 FIS Ski Jumping Grand Prix was the 6th Summer Grand Prix season in ski jumping on plastic. Season began on 6 August 1999 in Hinterzarten, Germany and ended on 15 September 1999 in Sapporo.


1999 FIS Ski Jumping Grand Prix
Other competitive circuits this season included the World Cup and Continental Cup.


1999 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship
The 1999 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship was held in Riyadh.


1999 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup
The 1999 FIVB Men's World Cup was held from 18 November to 2 December 1999 in Japan. Twelve men's national teams played in cities all over Japan for the right to a fast lane ticket into the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.


1999 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup
The twelve competing teams played a single-round robin format, in two parallel pools (site A and site B). The men played in Tokyo, Kagoshima, Hiroshima, Kumamoto, Osaka, Nagoya, Yoyogi, and Komazawa.


1999 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship
The 1999 FIVB Women's U20 World Championship was held in Edmonton, Canada from August 28 to September 4, 1999. 16 teams participated in the tournament. This tournament had to be played at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Due to hurricane was transferred to Canada.


1999 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup
The 1999 FIVB Women's World Cup was held from 2 to 16 November 1999 in Japan. The winner received a fast lane ticket into the 2000 Summer Olympics.


1999 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup
Twelve women's national teams played at several venues across Japan. the teams were the hosts Japan, continental and vice-champions from Asia, Europe, NORCECA and South America, the African continental champion, and two wild-card teams created by the FIVB and the Japan Volleyball Association.


1999 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup
Teams played a 66-game single-round robin format match, in two groups (site A and site B).


1999 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup squads
This article shows all participating team squads at the 1999 FIVB Women's World Cup, held from November 2 to November 16, 1999 in several cities in Japan.


1999 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix
The 1999 FIVB World Grand Prix was the seventh women's volleyball tournament of its kind. It was held over three weeks in four cities throughout Asia, cumulating with the final round in Yu Xi, PR China, from 27 to 29 August 1999.


1999 FIVB Volleyball World League
The 1999 FIVB Volleyball World League was the tenth edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 12 countries from 28 May to 17 July 1999. The Final Round was held in Mar del Plata, Argentina.


1999 Faber Grand Prix
The 1999 Faber Grand Prix was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hardcourts in Hannover, Germany that was part of Tier II of the 1999 WTA Tour. It was the seventh edition of the tournament and was held from 15 February until 21 February 1999. First-seeded Jana Novotná won the singles title and earned $80,000 first-prize money.


1999 Faber Grand Prix, Finals, Doubles
Serena Williams /  Venus Williams defeated  Alexandra Fusai /  Nathalie Tauziat, 5–7, 6–2, 6–2


1999 Faber Grand Prix, Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


1999 Faber Grand Prix, Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


1999 Faber Grand Prix – Doubles
The 1999 Faber Grand Prix – Doubles was the doubles event of the seventh edition of the Faber Grand Prix; a WTA Tier II tournament held in Hannover, Germany. Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs were the defending champions but did not compete that year.


1999 Faber Grand Prix – Doubles
Serena Williams and Venus Williams won in the final 5–7, 6–2, 6–2 against Alexandra Fusai and Nathalie Tauziat.


1999 Faber Grand Prix – Singles
The 1999 Faber Grand Prix – Singles was the singles event of the seventh edition of the Faber Grand Prix; a WTA Tier II tournament held in Hannover, Germany. Patty Schnyder was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Elena Likhovtseva.


1999 Faber Grand Prix – Singles
Jana Novotná won in the final 6–4, 6–4 against Venus Williams. This was her first win at the Faber Grand Prix after having lost in the past three finals.


1999 Faber Grand Prix – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.


1999 Family Circle Cup
The 1999 Family Circle Cup was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Sea Pines Plantation on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina in the United States that was part of Tier I of the 1999 WTA Tour. It was the 27th edition of the tournament and was held from March 29 through April 4, 1999. Martina Hingis won the singles title.


1999 Family Circle Cup, Finals, Doubles
Elena Likhovtseva /  Jana Novotná defeated  Barbara Schett /  Patty Schnyder, 6–1, 6–4


1999 Family Circle Cup, Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


1999 Family Circle Cup, Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:


1999 Family Circle Cup, Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry from the doubles qualifying draw:


1999 Family Circle Cup – Doubles
The 1999 Family Circle Cup – Doubles was the doubles event of the twenty-seventh edition of the tennis tournament played at Hilton Head, United States. It is the third WTA Tier I tournament of the year, and part of the US Spring tennis season. Conchita Martínez and Patricia Tarabini were the defending champions but lost in the second round to Silvia Farina and Corina Morariu.


1999 Family Circle Cup – Doubles
Elena Likhovtseva and Jana Novotná won in the final 6–1, 6–4 against Barbara Schett and Patty Schnyder.


1999 Family Circle Cup – Doubles, Seeds
The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.


1999 Family Circle Cup – Singles
The 1999 Family Circle Cup – Singles was the singles event of the twenty-seventh edition of the tennis tournament played at Hilton Head, United States. It is the third WTA Tier I tournament of the year, and part of the US Spring tennis season. Amanda Coetzer was the defending champion but lost in the third round to Henrieta Nagyová.


1999 Family Circle Cup – Singles
Martina Hingis won in the final 6–4, 6–3 against Anna Kournikova.


1999 Family Circle Cup – Singles, Seeds
The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.


1999 Family Circle Cup – Singles Qualifying
The 1999 Family Circle Cup was a WTA tennis tournament, played on outdoor clay courts.


1999 Fareham Borough Council election
The 1999 Fareham Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Fareham Borough Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.


1999 Fareham Borough Council election, Election result
The results saw the Conservatives take control of the council after winning 9 seats.


1999 Fed Cup
The 1999 Fed Cup was the 37th edition of the most important competition between national teams in women's tennis. In the final, the United States defeated Russia at Taube Tennis Stadium in Stanford, CA, United States, on 18–19 September, giving the Americans their 16th title.


1999 Fed Cup, World Group II
The World Group II was the second highest level of Fed Cup competition in 1998. Winners advanced to the World Group for 2000, and losers played in the World Group II Play-offs.


1999 Fed Cup, World Group II Play-offs
The four losing teams from World Group II (Australia, Belarus, Japan and Netherlands) were divided into two pools of four with qualifiers from Zonal Group I. Two teams qualified from Europe/Africa Zone (Romania and Slovenia), one team from the Asia/Oceania Zone (Chinese Taipei), and one team from the Americas Zone (Argentina).


1999 Fed Cup, World Group II Play-offs
The two top teams from each pool played-off against each, with the winner promoted to 2000 World Group. All other teams were relegated to Zonal Competition in 2000.


1999 Fed Cup, Americas Zone, Group II
Venue: Costa Rica Country Club, San José, Costa Rica (outdoor hard)


1999 Fed Cup Americas Zone
The Americas Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 1999 Fed Cup.


1999 Fed Cup Americas Zone, Group I
The ten teams were randomly divided into two pools of five teams to compete in round-robin competitions. The teams that finished first in the pools played-off to determine which team would partake in the World Group II Play-offs, while the teams that finished last in the pools would be relegated to Group II for 2000.


1999 Fed Cup Americas Zone, Group II
The sixteen teams were randomly divided into four pools of four teams to compete in round-robin competitions. The top teams of each pool play-off in a two-round knockout stage with the two winners advancing to Group I for 2000.


1999 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I – Pool A
Group A of the 1999 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I was one of two pools in the Americas Zone Group I of the 1999 Fed Cup. Five teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team advancing to the Group I play-off, the winner of which would advance to World Group II Play-offs, and the bottom team being relegated down to 2000 Group II.


1999 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I – Pool B
Group B of the 1999 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I was one of two pools in the Americas Zone Group I of the 1999 Fed Cup. Five teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team advancing to the Group I play-off, the winner of which would advance to World Group II Play-offs, and the bottom team being relegated down to 2000 Group II.


1999 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II – Knockout Stage
The Knockout Stage of the 1999 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II was the final stage of the Zonal Competition involving teams from the Americas. Those that qualified for this stage placed first and second in their respective pools.


1999 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II – Knockout Stage
The eight teams were then randomly drawn into two two-stage knockout tournaments, with the winners advancing to next year's Americas Zone Group I.


1999 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II – Pool A
Group A of the 1999 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II was one of two pools in the Americas Zone Group II of the 1999 Fed Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top two teams advancing to the knockout stage.


1999 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II – Pool B
Group B of the 1999 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II was one of two pools in the Americas Zone Group II of the 1999 Fed Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top two teams advancing to the knockout stage.


1999 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II – Pool C
Group C of the 1999 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II was one of two pools in the Americas Zone Group II of the 1999 Fed Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top two teams advancing to the knockout stage.


1999 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II – Pool D
Group D of the 1999 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II was one of two pools in the Americas Zone Group II of the 1999 Fed Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top two teams advancing to the knockout stage.


1999 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone
The Asia/Oceania Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 1999 Fed Cup.


1999 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone, Group I
The ten teams were randomly divided into two pools of five teams to compete in round-robin competitions. The teams that finished first in the pools would play-off to determine which team would partake in the World Group II Play-offs, while the teams that finished last in the pools would be relegated to Group II for 2000.


1999 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone, Group II
The seven teams were divided into two pools of three and four. The top two teams from each pool then moved on to the play-off stage of the competition. The two teams that won a match from the play-off stage would advance to Group I for 2000.


1999 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I – Pool A
Group A of the 1999 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I was one of two pools in the Asia/Oceania Zone Group I of the 1999 Fed Cup. Five teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team advancing to the Group I play-off, the winner of which would advance to World Group II Play-offs, and the bottom team being relegated down to 2000 Group II.


1999 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I – Pool B
Group B of the 1999 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I was one of two pools in the Asia/Oceania Zone Group I of the 1999 Fed Cup. Five teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team advancing to the Group I play-off, the winner of which would advance to World Group II Play-offs, and the bottom team being relegated down to 2000 Group II.


1999 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II – Play-offs
The Play-offs of the 1999 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II were the final stages of the Group II Zonal Competition involving teams from Asia and Oceania. Those that qualified for this stage placed first and second in their respective pools.


1999 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II – Play-offs
The four teams were then paired up the team from a different placing of the other group for a play-off tie, with the winners being promoted to Group I in 2000.


1999 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II – Pool A
Group A of the 1999 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II was one of two pools in the Asia/Oceania Zone Group II of the 1999 Fed Cup. Three teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top two teams qualifying for the play-offs.


1999 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II – Pool B
Group B of the 1999 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II was one of two pools in the Asia/Oceania Zone Group II of the 1999 Fed Cup. Three teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top two teams qualifying for the play-offs.


1999 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone
The Europe/Africa Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 1999 Fed Cup.


1999 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Group I
The sixteen teams were divided into four pools of four teams. The top two teams of each pool play-off in a two-round knockout stage to decide which nations progress to World Group II Play-offs. The four nations coming last in the pools were relegated down to Group II for 2000.


1999 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Group II
The twenty teams were randomly divided into four pools of five teams to compete in round-robin competitions. The teams that finished first in the pools would progress to Group I for 2000.


1999 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Knockout Stage
The Knockout Stage of the 1999 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I was the final stage of the Zonal Competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Those that qualified for this stage placed first and second in their respective pools.


1999 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Knockout Stage
The eight teams were then randomly drawn into two two-stage knockout tournaments, with the winners advancing to the World Group II Play-offs.


1999 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Pool A
Group A of the 1999 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I was one of four pools in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I of the 1999 Fed Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top two teams advancing to the knockout stage.


1999 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Pool B
Group B of the 1999 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I was one of four pools in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I of the 1999 Fed Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top two teams advancing to the knockout stage.


1999 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Pool C
Group C of the 1999 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I was one of four pools in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I of the 1999 Fed Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top two teams advancing to the knockout stage.


1999 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Pool D
Group D of the 1999 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I was one of four pools in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I of the 1999 Fed Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top two teams advancing to the knockout stage.


1999 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – Pool A
Group A of the 1999 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II was one of four pools in the Europe/Africa zone of the 1999 Fed Cup. Five teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team advancing to Group I for 2000.


1999 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – Pool B
Group A of the 1999 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II was one of four pools in the Europe/Africa zone of the 1999 Fed Cup. Five teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team advancing to Group I for 2000.


1999 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – Pool C
Group C of the 1999 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II was one of four pools in the Europe/Africa zone of the 1999 Fed Cup. Five teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team advancing to Group I for 2000.


1999 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – Pool D
Group D of the 1999 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II was one of four pools in the Europe/Africa zone of the 1999 Fed Cup. Five teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team advancing to Group I for 2000.


1999 Fed Cup World Group
The World Group was the highest level of Fed Cup competition in 1999. Eight nations competed in a three-round knockout competition. Spain was the defending champion, but they were defeated in the first round by Italy. United States defeated Italy, and then Russia in the final to claim their 16th title.


1999 Fed Cup World Group II
The World Group II was the second highest level of Fed Cup competition in 1999. Winning nations advanced to the 2000 World Group, and the losing nations were demoted to the World Group II Play-offs.


1999 Fed Cup World Group II Play-offs – Pool A
Group A of the 1999 Fed Cup World Group II Play-offs was one of two pools in the World Group II Play-offs of the 1999 Fed Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team advancing to the final play-off, the winner of which advancing to the 2000 World Group.


1999 Fed Cup World Group II Play-offs – Pool B
Group B of the 1999 Fed Cup World Group II Play-offs was one of two pools in the World Group II Play-offs of the 1999 Fed Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team advancing to the final play-off, the winner of which advancing to the 2000 World Group.


1999 Fenland District Council election
The 1999 Fenland District Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect 40 members of Fenland District Council in Cambridgeshire, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control. Previous election in 1995


1999 Fenland District Council election, Election result
One seat was vacant at the time of the election.


1999 Fiesta Bowl
The 1999 Fiesta Bowl, the designated BCS National Championship Game for the 1998 season, was played on January 4, 1999, in Tempe, Arizona at Sun Devil Stadium. The teams were the Tennessee Volunteers and Florida State Seminoles. Tennessee entered the contest undefeated and number one in the major polls, while Florida State had won 10 straight games after a Week 2 loss to NC State. Florida State sophomore QB Chris Weinke was injured in Florida State's final ACC game of the regular season and did not participate in the championship game. Ultimately, Tennessee won their sixth National Championship and first since 1951 by defeating the Seminoles, 23–16. The game was the first BCS National Championship.


1999 Fiesta Bowl, Game summary, First half
After a scoreless first quarter, Tennessee's QB Tee Martin fired a 4-yard touchdown pass to FB Shawn Bryson for the Vols to open up an early 7–0 lead. Bryson's TD came after the Vols took a Jeff Hall field goal off the board due to a roughing-the-kicker penalty. Shortly thereafter, Florida State had the ball near midfield. Seminoles QB Marcus Outzen threw an interception to Vol CB Dwayne Goodrich who was covering WR Peter Warrick, and it was returned 54 yards for a touchdown; thus, Tennessee opened up a 14–0 lead. The two scores both occurred in the first 25 seconds of the second quarter. Goodrich's interception changed the complexion of the game and forced Florida State to play from behind.


1999 Fiesta Bowl, Game summary, First half
Florida State did get on the board later in the second quarter with a 1-yard run by FB William McCray, but Sebastian Janikowski missed an extra point off the crossbar, so the score stood at 14–6. At the end of the half, Janikowski drilled a 34-yard field goal, and the lead was cut to 14–9.


1999 Fiesta Bowl, Game summary, Second half
The second half saw a new challenge for the Vols, who were clinging to a narrow lead. Cornerback Dwayne Goodrich, who had the interception for a touchdown in the first half, was unable to play in the second half due to an ankle injury. He was replaced by Gerald Griffin, who had not seen much action that season. Griffin was assigned to cover Warrick, and did an adequate job, limiting Warrick to one catch for the game.


1999 Fiesta Bowl, Game summary, Second half
The Vol defense, as a unit, also held its own. Once again, both teams failed to score for an entire quarter. After the scoreless third quarter, the Vols got back on the scoreboard again. Tee Martin fired a 79-yard touchdown pass to Peerless Price, and the Vols claimed a 20–9 lead after a missed extra point by K Jeff Hall.


1999 Fiesta Bowl, Game summary, Second half
Later, Tennessee added a 23-yard field goal by Hall, and the lead extended to 23–9. But Florida State was not conceding the outcome yet. Seminole quarterback Marcus Outzen scrambled for a 7-yard touchdown, capping a Florida State drive, and the lead was cut to 23–16. With less than 2 minutes to go in the game, Tennessee RB Travis Henry fumbled and turned the ball over to Florida State. However, Outzen threw an errant pass that was intercepted by CB Steve Johnson, which sealed the victory and the national championship for the Vols.


1999 Fife Council election
1999 Elections to Fife Council were held on 6 May 1999, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament election. The election were the first after the third boundary review  which resulted in 78 individual councillors being elected.


1999 Fife Council election, Changes since last election
Boundary Commission for Scotland had its Third review in to the ward area for Fife Area. The resulting changes lead to 14 fewer wards.


1999 Fijian general election
General elections were held in Fiji between 8 and 15 May 1999. They were the first election held under the revised Constitution of 1997, which instituted a new electoral system and resulted in Mahendra Chaudhry taking office as Fiji's first Indo-Fijian Prime Minister.


1999 Fijian general election, Results
Mahendra Chaudhry's Fiji Labour Party won all 19 Indo-Fijian seats, annihilating the National Federation Party which had traditionally been Fiji's dominant Indo-Fijian party; Indo-Fijian voters were angered by the NFP's decision to enter into an electoral coalition agreement with the Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei of Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka, whom they had not forgiven for leading the military coup that removed an Indo-Fijian dominated government from power in 1987. In addition to the 19 Indo-Fijian seats, the Labour Party won 18 of the 25 "open electorates" for a total of 37 - an absolute majority in the 71-member House.


1999 Fijian general election, Results
The Fijian Association Party, led by Adi Kuini Speed (the widow of former Prime Minister Timoci Bavadra), won 11 seats (10 ethnic Fijian and 1 open) against only 8 seats (5 ethnic Fijian and 3 open) for the Fijian Political Party, which had ruled the country since 1992. The Christian Democratic Alliance won 3 seats (2 ethnic Fijian and one open), while Apisai Tora's Party of National Unity won four ethnic Fijian seats. The United General Party won one "general" and one open electorate. The remaining six seats (two ethnic Fijian, two "general electorates," one Rotuman, and one open) were won by minor parties and independents.


1999 Fijian general election, Aftermath
Many ethnic Fijians were unwilling to accept the result of the election, which was partly because their own votes had been so fragmented while those of Indo-Fijians had been much more united. President and "father of the nation" Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara worked behind the scenes, however, to persuade the main ethnic Fijian parties in parliament to accept Labour Party leader Mahendra Chaudhry as Prime Minister. To appease ethnic Fijians, Chaudhry gave 11 of the 18 Cabinet posts to native Fijian politicians. Following the power-sharing provisions of the Constitution, the Cabinet was composed of members of numerous political parties.


1999 Fijian general election, Aftermath
Not all ethnic Fijians were appeased, however. Simmering resentment exploded on 19 May 2000, when George Speight stormed the parliament buildings and kidnapped most members of the government, including Chaudhry in a coup.


1999 Fingal County Council election
An election to Fingal County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 24 councillors were elected from six electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.


1999 Finlandia Trophy
The Finlandia Trophy is an annual senior-level international figure skating competition held in Finland. It was held in Helsinki. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing.


1999 Finnish Cup
The 1999 Finnish Cup (Finnish: Suomen Cup) was the 45th season of the main annual association football cup competition in Finland. It was organised as a single-elimination knock–out tournament and participation in the competition was voluntary. The final was held at the Olympic Stadium, Helsinki on 30 October 1999 with FC Jokerit defeating FF Jaro by 2-1 before an attendance of  3,217 spectators.


1999 Finnish Figure Skating Championships
The 1999 Finnish Figure Skating Championships took place between December 11 and 13, 1998 in Joensuu. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, and ice dancing on the senior and junior levels. The event was used to help determine the Finnish team to the 1999 European Championships.


1999 Finnish parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 21 March 1999. Despite suffering significant losses, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) remained the largest party of the Eduskunta and Paavo Lipponen remained Prime Minister.


1999 Finnish parliamentary election, Background
Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen's five-party "rainbow government" consisting of the SDP, National Coalition Party, Left Alliance, Swedish People's Party and the Green League had been in power since April 1995. It had managed to keep Finland's economy growing, to reduce the state's budget deficit and to create jobs, although it had failed to halve the unemployment rate:  in 1995, the unemployment had been 15.4% and in 1999, it still stood at 10.2%. This was, as the governing parties pointed out, still a better record than the previous centre-right government's performance; during its term between 1991 and 1995, the unemployment had risen from 6.6% to 15.4%.


1999 Finnish parliamentary election, Campaign
The largest opposition party, the Centre Party, tried to become the largest party overall, and to re-join the government. They called for labour reform, which they claimed would make it easier for employers to hire new employees and for small enterprises to operate. Finland's largest labour unions rejected the proposed work reform, claiming that it would reduce the employees' job security and would excessively increase the employers' power. The Centrists also accused the government of not improving the Finnish economy enough, and of not slowing down sufficiently the large internal migration of Finns from the rural towns and small cities to the large economic growth centres, like the Helsinki and Tampere regions.


1999 Finnish parliamentary election, Campaign
Several parties hired as their candidates previously non-political or only locally politically active celebrities, such as Leena Harkimo, the manager of Helsinki's ice hockey team Jokerit, Lasse Virén, a former long-distance running Olympic champion, and Anni Sinnemäki, the songwriter of pop music group Ultra Bra. Some of these celebrities got elected. After the elections, Prime Minister Lipponen formed a new government of the same five parties. Only one of those parties left the government during the parliamentary term 1999-2003:  the Greens moved into the opposition in May 2002, when the Parliament approved the construction of Finland's fifth nuclear power plant.


1999 Firestone Firehawk 500K
The 1999 Firestone Firehawk 500K was the second round of the 1999 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on April 9, 1999, on the Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi, Tochigi, Japan.


1999 Firestone Firehawk 500K
It was the first Champ Car race since the 1995 Indianapolis 500 where Al Unser Jr is absent.


1999 Firestone Firehawk 500K, Report, Race
There was drama at the start when polesitter Gil de Ferran spun while taking the green flag. As a result, the start was delayed, and de Ferran was able to take back his starting position: pole. He led the early stages but then began to drop back with tire problems and Maurício Gugelmin took the lead. Gugelmin led comfortably until the first round of stops, when he overshot his pitlane, losing time. He was also given a black flag for running over pit material, which put him a lap down and out of contention.


1999 Firestone Firehawk 500K, Report, Race
Adrián Fernández took the lead and led comfortably until Juan Pablo Montoya closed right up to him. Fernández held him off, and Montoya's challenge was ended when he lost three laps due to a fuel pick-up problem. In the final stages of the race, it seemed clear that everyone had to pit for fuel, and a caution brought out by Max Papis's spin was ideal. All the leaders pitted, except Fernández who for some reason stayed out.


1999 Firestone Firehawk 500K, Report, Race
It seemed to be a mistake, as the race went green with 4 laps left, and he did not have enough fuel for 4 green-flag laps. However, Greg Moore, running second, spun while lapping backmarkers, which resulted in Richie Hearn crashing, and the caution came out again. Whereas the spin dropped Moore to fourth, the caution was till the end of the race, which meant that Fernández did not have to stop, and thus won the race. de Ferran recovered to finish second, and Christian Fittipaldi completed the podium.


1999 Fitzgibbon Cup
The 1999 Fitzgibbon Cup was the 86th staging of the Fitzgibbon Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1912. The first-round games were held on 30 January 1999, with Garda Síochána College hosting the latter stages of the cup from 27 to 28 February 1999.


1999 Fitzgibbon Cup
On 28 February 1999, Waterford Institute of Technology won the Fitzgibbon Cup after beating University College Cork by 4–15 to 3–12 in the final. This was their third cup title overall and their first title since 1995.


1999 Five Nations Championship
The 1999 Five Nations Championship (sponsored by Lloyds TSB) was the seventieth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the hundred-and-fifth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played over five weekends from 6 February to 11 April. The tournament was won by Scotland, who beat England on points difference. Scotland scored sixteen tries in the tournament, to England's eight.


1999 Five Nations Championship
It was notable for the dramatic climax to the tournament, which was decided in the dying minutes of the final match. England were heavy favourites to beat Wales and claim both the tournament title and Grand Slam. With England leading the match by six points as the game entered injury time, Wales centre Scott Gibbs evaded a number of tackles to score a try from approximately 20 metres. Neil Jenkins successfully converted to claim victory for Wales by a single point and hand the Championship to Scotland in one of the most memorable matches in the tournament's history. Scotland had staged their own remarkable upset the previous day, scoring five first-half tries to beat France in Paris for only the second time in thirty years.


1999 Five Nations Championship
Scotland's Gregor Townsend became only the fifth player in history to score a try against each other country in the five nations tournament. He also became the second Scotsman to do so, following on from Johnnie Wallace in 1925. The other men to achieve the feat were Carston Catcheside (England 1924), Patrick Estève (France 1983) and Phillipe Sella (France 1986). After him, French Philippe Bernat-Salles scored a try in the 5 games of the new '6 Nations' in 2001.


1999 Five Nations Championship
This was the last Five Nations Championship; in 2000, Italy joined the tournament, which became the Six Nations Championship. Indeed, Italy played all the Five Nations sides during the 1998/99 season, partly in preparation for joining the tournament the following year, albeit that the game against England (at Huddersfield) was a World Cup qualifier. Italy lost all five of these games.


1999 Five Nations Championship
England missed out on a twelfth Grand Slam after losing to Wales at Wembley Stadium.


1999 Flanders Women's Open
The 1999 Flanders Women's Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Antwerp, Belgium that was part of the Tier IV category of the 1999 WTA Tour. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and was held from 10 May until 16 May 1999. Unseeded Justine Henin, who entered on a wildcard, won the singles title and the accompanying $16,000 first-prize money.


1999 Flanders Women's Open, Finals, Doubles
Laura Golarsa /  Katarina Srebotnik defeated  Louise Pleming /  Meghann Shaughnessy, 6–4, 6–2


1999 Flanders Women's Open, Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


1999 Flanders Women's Open, Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


1999 Flanders Women's Open, Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:


1999 Flanders Women's Open, Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry from the doubles qualifying draw:


1999 Flanders Women's Open – Doubles
The 1999 Belgian Open – Doubles was the doubles event of the sixth edition of the Belgian Open; a WTA Tier IV tournament and the most prestigious women's tennis tournament held in Belgium on clay. The tournament had not occurred since 1993, when it was won by Radka Bobková and María José Gaidano. They did not compete this year.


1999 Flanders Women's Open – Doubles
Laura Golarsa and Katarina Srebotnik won the tournament without losing a set, defeating Louise Pleming and Meghann Shaughnessy in the final.


1999 Flanders Women's Open – Singles
The 1999 Belgian Open – Singles was the singles event of the sixth edition of the Belgian Open; a WTA Tier IV tournament and one of the most prestigious women's tennis tournament held in Belgium. The tournament had not occurred since 1993, where it was won by Radka Bobková. She did not compete this year.


1999 Flanders Women's Open – Singles
Wildcard and World No. 178 Justine Henin won her first WTA title, defeating first seed Sarah Pitkowski in the final, 6–1, 6–2. This was also the first WTA tour tournament that Henin competed in, making her the fifth woman ever to win their debut WTA event.


1999 Florida Citrus Bowl
The 1999 Florida Citrus Bowl featured the Arkansas Razorbacks of the SEC against the Michigan Wolverines of the Big Ten. Both teams were surprised to be playing in the game. The defending National Champion Wolverines, with their two early season losses and the Razorbacks playing under first year coach Houston Nutt caused very different expectations.


1999 Florida Citrus Bowl, Game summary
Trailing 31-24 with just 5:49 left in the game, the Wolverines rallied by scoring  21 points in four minutes to win their 15th bowl game all-time. Running back Anthony Thomas led the Wolverines with three rushing touchdowns and 139 yards. Thomas was named Citrus Bowl Most Valuable Player and linebacker Sam Sword was named Michigan Defensive MVP by the media after recording 11 tackles.


1999 Florida Citrus Bowl, Game summary
The Wolverines scored first with 6:29 left in the first quarter as Jay Feely kicked a 43-yard field goal. However, Arkansas responded on a 35-yard touchdown pass from Clint Stoerner to Michael Williams in the second quarter to take a 7-3 lead. Michigan then scored with a two-yard touchdown run from Thomas, and a 46-yard interception return for a touchdown by linebacker Ian Gold. After Arkansas’ Todd Latourette completed a 42-yard field goal cut the lead to 17-10,


1999 Florida Citrus Bowl, Game summary
Michigan drove 69 yards with a five-yard touchdown run by Thomas taking a 24-10 lead into halftime. However, the Razorbacks would score three consecutive second half touchdowns to take a 31-24 lead.


1999 Florida Citrus Bowl, Game summary
Thomas tied the game on a one-yard run. Tom Brady found Diallo Johnson in the endzone from 21 yards out for the eventual game winning score with 2:25 remaining. Michigan Cornerback James Whitley sealed the victory with 1:47 remaining by intercepting a Stoerner pass, returning it 26 yards for a touchdown


1999 Florida Citrus Bowl, Aftermath
Michigan became the first Big Ten team to win the Citrus Bowl since 1993.


1999 Florida Gators baseball team
The 1999 Florida Gators baseball team represented the University of Florida in the sport of baseball during the 1999 college baseball season. The Gators competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They played their home games at Alfred A. McKethan Stadium, on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus. The team was coached by Andy Lopez, who was in his fifth season at Florida.


1999 Florida Gators football team
The 1999 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. The season was Steve Spurrier's tenth as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. The Gators returned to the SEC Championship Game after a two-year hiatus, but did not bring home another SEC Championship trophy. After losing the SEC Championship Game 34–7 to the Alabama Crimson Tide, the Gators ended their season with a last-second 37–34 loss to the Michigan State Spartans in the Citrus Bowl. Spurrier's 1999 Florida Gators posted a 9–4 overall record and a 7–1 record in the Southeastern Conference, placing first among the six SEC Eastern Division teams.


1999 Florida Marlins season
The Florida Marlins' 1999 season was the seventh season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in the National League. It would begin with the team attempting to improve on their season from 1998. Their manager was John Boles. They played home games at Pro Player Stadium. They finished with a record of 64-98, 5th in the NL East.


1999 Florida Marlins season, Regular season, Citrus Series
The season series each year between the Devil Rays and the Florida Marlins has come to be known as the Citrus Series. In 1999, the Marlins won the series 5 games to 1.


1999 Florida Marlins season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1999 Florida Marlins season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1999 Florida Marlins season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1999 Florida Marlins season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1999 Florida Marlins season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1999 Florida State Seminoles baseball team
The 1999 Florida State Seminole baseball team represented Florida State University in the 1999 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Seminoles played their home games at Dick Howser Stadium. The team was coached by Mike Martin in his 20th season at Florida State.


1999 Florida State Seminoles baseball team
The Seminoles lost the College World Series, defeated by the Miami Hurricanes in the championship series.


1999 Florida State Seminoles baseball team, Seminoles in the 1999 MLB Draft
The following members of the Florida State Seminoles baseball program were drafted in the 1999 Major League Baseball Draft.


1999 Florida State Seminoles football team
The 1999 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University during the college football season of 1999. Winning the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Championship and winning the 2000 Sugar Bowl BCS National Championship game, the team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium. The team entered the season with high expectations after losing to Tennessee in the inaugural BCS Championship game. FSU entered the 1999 pre-season ranked No. 1 in all national pre-season polls, picked unanimously to win the ACC and expected to contend for a national championship. The Seminoles finished 11-2 in 1998, extending their NCAA record to 13 straight seasons with at least 10 victories and ranked among the nation's top four teams.


1999 Florida State Seminoles football team
The Seminoles finished the 1999 season with a perfect 12-0 record and was the first in NCAA history to go "wire-to-wire" being ranked continuously as the nation's No. 1 team from the preseason through the bowl season. This marked the 13th consecutive season that the Seminoles will have finished in the Top 5 rankings of both the AP and coaches poll. The 2000 Sugar Bowl BCS National Championship game also marks the 17th consecutive season the Bowden lead Seminoles played in a bowl game.


1999 Florida State Seminoles football team, Before the season, Preseason outlook
The Seminoles ended the 1998 season with a defeat in the inaugural BCS Championship game to Tennessee and finished with a No. 3 ranking in both the AP and Coaches polls and winning their seventh consecutive ACC title. Bowden had two returning Consensus All-Americans and two other All-Americans among his 16 starters along with 19 fifth-year seniors. "This time a year ago, I said we had a talented football team, but it's the least experience we've had in a long time", Bowden said. "Now we've got most of the same guys back. Most of those guys started.


1999 Florida State Seminoles football team, Before the season, Preseason outlook
That's the reason for so much preseason optimism." As expected, FSU was at the top of the first Coaches Poll of the season, released August 5, 1999 with 36 of a possible 59 first-place votes; other teams receiving first-place votes were No.2 Tennessee with 13 votes, No. 3 Arizona with 2 votes, and No. 4 Penn State with 8 votes.


1999 Florida State Seminoles football team, Before the season, Preseason outlook
FSU was also atop the AP poll, released August 14, 1999 with 48 of a possible 70 first-place votes; other teams receiving first-place votes were No. 2 Tennessee with 15 votes, No. 3 Penn State with 4 votes, No. 4 Arizona, No. 5 Florida, and No. 13 Virginia Tech with 1 vote each. Seminoles came into pre-season camp with a healthy Chris Weinke who had to miss the 1999 Fiesta Bowl BCS National championship game due to a season-ending cervical herniated disc sustained during a sack against Virginia.


1999 Florida State Seminoles football team, Before the season, Preseason outlook
Despite being touted as a top NFL draft pick, Consensus All-American Peter Warrick stated his desire to earn his undergraduate degree and to win a national championship after the Seminoles shared a sad result in the 1999 Fiesta Bowl BCS National Championship game. Warrick would enter the 1999 season as a heisman front runner alongside Drew Brees, Ron Dayne, and Joe Hamilton. On top of being a heisman favorite, Warrick was considered the front-runner for the Fred Biletnikoff award for the nations top wide receiver. The Weinke led offense that scored 31 points a game in 1998 would find himself with a senior talented corp of wide receivers with Warrick, Laveranues Coles, and Ron Dugans.


1999 Florida State Seminoles football team, Before the season, Recruiting class
Due to FSU having 74 scholarship players on the roster and the maximum per NCAA is 85, FSU was only able to sign 13 players on National Signing Day. Despite only signing 13 players, this stellar recruiting class was highlighted by four highly touted recruits that made USA Today's All-USA high school football team: Nick Maddox (RB), Kendyll Pope (LB), Darnell Dockett (DL), and the top prospect in the country, Anquan Boldin (QB) who selected FSU over Florida and Miami.


1999 Florida State Seminoles football team, Before the season, Recruiting class
During preseason football practice, Anquan Boldin would move from QB to WR at his request, a move that would eventually pay big career dividends. The move surprised Bowden who stated ``I told him he'd be a great quarterback, (His decision) surprised all of us. He is an excellent prospect wherever he lines up.


1999 Florida State Seminoles football team, Before the season, Offseason news
On November 12, 1998, Chris Weinke underwent surgery at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital to repair damage to his C6 vertebrae. The surgery repaired ligament damage, corrected a ruptured disc and removed a bone chip which was lodged against a nerve in his neck. There was much uncertainty as to whether or not Weinke would be fully healthy for the 1999 season as there was a 6-month recovery period and much weight loss.


1999 Football League Cup Final
The 1999 Football League Cup Final was played between Tottenham Hotspur and Leicester City, at Wembley on Sunday, 21 March 1999.


1999 Football League Cup Final
Tottenham won the game, and their third League Cup, with an injury-time diving header from Allan Nielsen after a cross from the right from Steffen Iversen had been blocked by goalkeeper Kasey Keller. Justin Edinburgh became the last player to be sent off at the old Wembley, after angrily waving his arm towards Robbie Savage following a particularly tough Savage challenge. In the last few minutes of the game, Ramon Vega made a last-ditch sliding tackle to deny Emile Heskey a goal for Leicester, after Ian Walker rushed off his line, and Allan Nielsen scored a diving header.


1999 Football League First Division play-off Final
The 1999 Football League First Division play-off Final was an association football match which was played on 31 May 1999 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Bolton Wanderers and Watford. The match was to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from the Football League First Division, the second tier of English football, to the Premier League. The top two teams of the 1998–99


1999 Football League First Division play-off Final
Football League First Division season gained automatic promotion to the Premier League, while those from third to sixth place in the table took part in play-off semi-finals; Bolton Wanderers ended the season fifth in the table, one position and one point ahead of Watford. The winners of these semi-finals competed for the final place for the 1999–2000 season in the Premier League. Birmingham City and Ipswich Town were the losing semi-finalists. Winning the final was estimated to be worth up to £10 million to the successful team.


1999 Football League First Division play-off Final
The 1999 final was played in front of a crowd of 70,343 and was refereed by Terry Heilbron. Nick Wright put Watford ahead late in the first half with an overhead kick. Allan Smart doubled their lead with two minutes remaining and Watford won the match 2–0. As a result, Watford would play in the Premier League for the first time since its inception in the 1992–93 season. It also meant that Watford were promoted for the second successive season, having been champions of Division Two in the 1997–98 season. Elton John, Watford's chairman, watched the final from Seattle.


1999 Football League First Division play-off Final
Watford were considered favourites for relegation the following season and finished bottom of the Premier League, 12 points from safety, having lost 26 of their 38 matches: they were relegated back to the First Division. Bolton ended their next season in sixth place in the First Division to qualify for the play-offs where they lost in the semi-finals to Ipswich Town.


1999 Football League First Division play-off Final, Route to the final
Watford finished the regular 1998–99 season in fifth position in the Football League First Division, the second tier of the English football league system, one place and one point ahead of Bolton Wanderers. Both therefore missed out on the two automatic places for promotion to the Premier League and instead took part in the play-offs, along with Ipswich Town and Birmingham City, to determine the third promoted team. Watford finished ten points behind Bradford City (who were promoted in second place) and twenty-eight behind league winners Sunderland.


1999 Football League First Division play-off Final, Route to the final
Bolton's opponents for their play-off semi-final were Ipswich Town, with the first match of the two-legged tie being played on 16 May 2001 at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton. The visitors had a penalty appeal turned down by the referee late in the first half when Mark Fish appeared to trip David Johnson and the first half ended goalless. With six minutes of the match remaining, Michael Johansen volleyed the ball into the Ipswich goal, securing a 1–0 first-leg victory. The second leg took place at Ipswich's Portman Road three days later.


1999 Football League First Division play-off Final, Route to the final
The home team took the lead with a goal from Matt Holland on 14 minutes, but the score on the day was level after Bob Taylor's close-range shot went in. Ipswich were ahead once again one minute later through Kieron Dyer but a deflected strike by Per Frandsen made the score 2–2 with seven minutes remaining. Dyer's 90th minute headed goal made it 3–2 to Ipswich and level on aggregate, taking the match into extra time. Taylor scored his second and Bolton's third in the 96th minute, and Holland's 20-yard (18 m) strike made it 4–3 to Ipswich in the 116th minute. The tie ended 4–4 on aggregate with Bolton progressing to the final via the away goals rule.


1999 Football League First Division play-off Final, Route to the final
Watford faced Birmingham City in their play-off semi-final and played the first leg at their home ground of Vicarage Road on 16 May 1999. After five minutes, Watford took the lead when Michel Ngonge headed Peter Kennedy's cross into the bottom corner of the Birmingham City goal to make it 1–0. Before half-time, Birmingham City's Chris Holland hit the outside of the post with a long-distance strike and Nick Wright's lob for Watford hit the crossbar.


1999 Football League First Division play-off Final, Route to the final
Midway through the second half, Tommy Mooney's header hit the Watford bar before Paul Robinson was sent off for receiving a second yellow card for a foul on Peter Ndlovu. No further goals were scored and the match ended 1–0 to Watford. The return match was played at St Andrew's in Birmingham four days later. Dele Adebola opened the scoring for Birmingham City after two minutes but David Holdsworth was sent off with more than an hour of the match remaining for a second yellow card.


1999 Football League First Division play-off Final, Route to the final
The first half ended 1–0, 1–1 on aggregate, and remained unchanged by the end of regular time. Half an hour of extra time went goalless forcing the match to be decided by a penalty shootout. At 6–6 with one penalty missed by each team, Watford's Alon Hazan put them ahead before Holland's miss condemned Birmingham City to defeat and sent Watford to the final.


1999 Football League First Division play-off Final, Match, Background
This was Bolton's second appearance in the second tier play-off final; they had beaten Reading 4–3 after extra time in the 1995 final. Watford were making their first appearance in the second tier play-off final, but had lost to Blackburn Rovers in the 1989 play-off semi-finals. Bolton were aiming to make an immediate return to the top tier of English football having been relegated from the Premier League in the 1997–98 season on goal difference. Conversely, Watford were seeking back-to-back promotions, after ending the previous season as champions of the Second Division (third tier).


1999 Football League First Division play-off Final, Match, Background
They had been outside the top tier for eleven years. In the two regular season meetings between the two clubs, Watford had won both, defeating Bolton 2–1 at the Reebok Stadium in October 1998 and 2–0 at Vicarage Road the following April. Graham Taylor, the Watford manager, was making his first visit to Wembley Stadium since September 1993 in his last game as England manager. Reflecting on Watford's appearance at the national stadium in the 1984 FA Cup Final, he suggested: "There are two ways to go to Wembley.


1999 Football League First Division play-off Final, Match, Background
You either go as Watford did against Everton ... just happy to be there. Or you go to win." Elton John, Watford's chairman, also spoke similarly of the 1984 final: "Yes, we desperately wanted to win ... but there was something about getting there which was a victory in its own right for a relatively small club like ours". He went on to suggest that both Taylor and his team had an "overwhelming determination" to succeed in the play-off final.


1999 Football League First Division play-off Final, Match, Background
Bolton's top scorer in the league was Bob Taylor who had fifteen goals for the season. Gifton Noel-Williams was Watford's leading marksman with ten league goals, but had not featured for his club since suffering a fractured hip in January. Mooney was second in the list of Watford's top scorers with nine league goals. The match was broadcast live in the UK on Sky Sports 2 with highlights shown later that evening on ITV. According to bookmakers Coral and Littlewoods, Bolton were favourites to win the match. The match was estimated in the media to be worth around £10 million to the winning team. The referee for the match was Terry Heilbron from Newton Aycliffe in County Durham.


1999 Football League First Division play-off Final, Match, First half
Watford kicked off the match at 3 p.m. on 31 May 1999 in front of a Wembley Stadium crowd of 70,343. Bolton adopted a 4–4–2 formation while Watford played as 4–3–3. In the second minute, Claus Jensen's pass was cleared by Watford, and a minute later a Bolton corner was also defended. Four minutes later Taylor took the ball clear and his shot from 20 yards (18 m), under challenge from Rob Page, was straight at Alec Chamberlain in the Watford goal.


1999 Football League First Division play-off Final, Match, First half
Bolton dominated the midfield but in the eleventh minute Steve Palmer's long ball forward was allowed to bounce allowing Kennedy to shoot but the ball went high over the bar. On 13 minutes, Eiður Guðjohnsen was challenged by both Robinson and Page, but the ball fell to Johansen whose shot went across the face of Watford's goal. Four minutes later, a foul from Robbie Elliott drew a free kick which was taken by Kennedy, with Steve Banks saving from Mooney. In the 19th minute, Guðjohnsen's shot was gathered by Chamberlain, despite the goalkeeper losing his footing.


1999 Football League First Division play-off Final, Match, First half
Six minutes later, Guðjohnsen set off on a counter-attack, beating Robinson to go one-on-one with Chamberlain, but shot just wide of the right-hand post. In the 30th minute, a free kick from Elliott broke to Guðjohnsen whose shot from around the penalty spot was parried by Chamberlain. Seven minutes later, Watford's Darren Bazeley beat both Gardner and Elliott to win a corner. From the set piece, Neil Cox headed the ball clear, which fell to Wright whose overhead kick flew into the Bolton goal, making it 1–0 to Watford.


1999 Football League First Division play-off Final, Match, First half
The BBC described it as "one of the best goals seen in a play-off final". In the 39th minute, Frandsen's free kick was saved by Chamberlain but had to be retaken, the second strike being cleared. In the final minute of the half, Guðjohnsen's curled shot went past Watford's left-hand post.


1999 Football League First Division play-off Final, Match, Second half
No changes were made by either side during the break and Bolton kicked off the second half. Six minutes in, Guðjohnsen's header dropped in front of Taylor who fouled Chamberlain in pursuit of a shot. In the 56th minute Guðjohnsen had another chance after breaking free but the ball was cleared by Page. A minute later, Micah Hyde was shown the first yellow card of the match for tugging an opponent's shirt. In the 61st minute, a cross from Gardner was cleared off the line by Watford's Palmer. Two subsequent corners from Bolton were defended by Watford. Five minutes later, Bolton made the first substitution of the game with Scott Sellars coming on to replace Johansen. On 68 minutes, a header from Mooney went close.


1999 Football League First Division play-off Final, Match, Second half
With fifteen minutes of the game remaining, Bolton counter-attacked and Cox shot wide from a Taylor pass. Watford then made their first change of the afternoon, Ngonge being replaced by Allan Smart. Two minutes later, Wright's ball to Mooney was struck across the Bolton goal. Kennedy then shot wide of Banks from a corner, before Frandsen's shot was straight at Chamberlain. With five minutes to go, Guðjohnsen beat Palmer but his poked shot round the Watford goalkeeper went wide.


1999 Football League First Division play-off Final, Match, Second half
A minute later, Guðjohnsen's shot was saved by Chamberlain before a 50-yard (46 m) run from Cox resulted in him shooting high and wide. In the 88th minute, Watford made their second change, Hazan coming on to replace Wright. In the 89th minute, Watford doubled their lead: Kennedy won the ball from Sellars and passed it to Smart who side-footed it past Banks. The match ended 2–0 and saw Watford secure back-to-back promotions.


1999 Football League First Division play-off Final, Post-match
After the game, Taylor was jubilant: "I always thought I would get back to the top ... I would have gone abroad if I thought I wouldn't have been able to get back in. The England job caused me great problems ... but now I'm back at the highest level". Todd, the losing manager, noted: "The first 20 minutes of any game is important and I thought we settled well. But it's not about 20 minutes — it's about 90 and we didn't stamp any authority on the game".


1999 Football League First Division play-off Final, Post-match
Elton John, who had watched the match live from Seattle, said: "I have never seen a Watford team play with such passion ... I can't thank Graham enough for what he has done for me". He went on to praise Taylor's management: "We have one of the greatest managers to have ever graced the English game". It was the fifth time that Watford had secured promotion under the management of Taylor.


1999 Football League First Division play-off Final, Post-match
Watford were immediately installed by William Hill, the bookmakers, as odds on for relegation from the Premier League the following season and declared favourites to do so by Ian Parkes writing in the Irish Independent;  the club finished bottom of the Premier League, 12 points from safety, losing 26 of their 38 matches. Bolton ended their next season in sixth place in the First Division, qualifying for the play-offs, where they lost in the semi-finals to Ipswich Town.


1999 Football League Second Division play-off Final
The 1999 Football League Second Division play-off Final was an association football match which was played on 30 May 1999 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Manchester City and Gillingham. The match was to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from the Football League Second Division, the third tier of English football, to the First Division. The top two teams of the 1998–99 Football League Second Division season gained automatic promotion to the First Division, while the clubs placed from third to sixth in the table took part in play-offs. Manchester City ended the season in third position while Gillingham  were fourth. The winners of these semi-finals competed for the final place in the First Division for the 1999–2000 season. In the semi-finals, Gillingham defeated Preston North End and Manchester City beat Wigan Athletic.


1999 Football League Second Division play-off Final
It was Gillingham's first match at Wembley Stadium, although Manchester City had played there on eleven previous occasions. The final drew a crowd of just under 77,000 and was refereed by Mark Halsey. The match was scoreless until the 81st minute, when Carl Asaba gave Gillingham the lead. Robert Taylor added a second goal five minutes later. Kevin Horlock scored for City in the 90th minute to halve the deficit and, in the fifth minute of injury time, Paul Dickov scored an equaliser to make the score 2–2 and send the game into extra time. With no further goals being scored, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out, which City won 3–1 to gain promotion.


1999 Football League Second Division play-off Final
Manchester City's next season saw them secure automatic promotion to the FA Premier League after ending their campaign as runners-up. Gillingham finished their following season in third place in the Second Division and qualified for the play-offs again, where they secured promotion to the First Division with a 3–2 victory against Wigan Athletic in the final.


1999 Football League Second Division play-off Final, Route to the final
The teams finishing in the top two positions in the Second Division, the third tier of the English football league system, in the 1998–99 Football League season gained automatic promotion to the First Division. The teams finishing between third and sixth inclusive competed in the play-offs for the third and final promotion place. Manchester City finished the regular season in third place, two points ahead of fourth-placed Gillingham.


1999 Football League Second Division play-off Final, Route to the final
Both therefore missed out on the two automatic places for promotion to the First Division and instead took part in the play-offs, along with Preston North End and Wigan Athletic, to determine the third promoted team. Manchester City finished five points behind Walsall (who were promoted in second place) and nineteen behind league winners Fulham.


1999 Football League Second Division play-off Final, Route to the final
Gillingham's opponents for their play-off semi-final were Preston North End, with the first match of the two-legged tie taking place at Deepdale in Preston on 16 May 1999. After a goalless first half, David Eyres put Preston ahead in the 54th minute. Robert Taylor equalised with 11 minutes to go and the match ended 1–1. The second leg was held three days later at Priestfield Stadium in Gillingham. Within two minutes of the start of the match, Gillingham took the lead through Andy Hessenthaler: Barry Ashby passed to Carl Asaba who guided the ball to Hessenthaler to score.


1999 Football League Second Division play-off Final, Route to the final
Gillingham dominated the remainder of the half and, despite pressure from Preston after the interval, they held onto their lead; Vince Bartram, the Gillingham goalkeeper, dived full-length across his goal to keep out a strike from Jon Macken. The match ended 1–0 and Gillingham progressed to the final with a 2–1 aggregate victory.


1999 Football League Second Division play-off Final, Route to the final
Manchester City faced Wigan Athletic in their semi-final and the first leg was played at Springfield Park in Wigan on 15 May 1999. Within 20 seconds, the home side had taken the lead: a misunderstanding between Manchester City goalkeeper Nicky Weaver and his team-mate Gerard Wiekens allowed Stuart Barlow to score from 15 yards (14 m). Paul Dickov equalised with 13 minutes of the match remaining and the game ended 1–1. The second leg took place four days later at Maine Road in Manchester.


1999 Football League Second Division play-off Final, Route to the final
City dominated the early stages and took the lead in the 27th minute through Shaun Goater, who put the ball past Roy Carroll in the Wigan goal with his chest from a Michael Brown cross. With four minutes remaining, a shot by Wigan's Graeme Jones struck the crossbar. The match ended 1–0 and Manchester City progressed to the final 2–1 on aggregate.


1999 Football League Second Division play-off Final, Match, Background
The match was Gillingham's first appearance at Wembley Stadium, the country's national stadium and the venue reserved for major tournament finals since 1923. Manchester City, by comparison, had played there on eleven previous occasions in FA Cup and League Cup finals. Gillingham were aiming to reach the second tier of English football for the first time in their history, whereas their opponents had spent more than 100 seasons in the top two tiers and had played in the top-level FA Premier League as recently as the 1995–96 season. At the end of the 1997–98 season, City had been relegated to the third tier of English football for the first time.


1999 Football League Second Division play-off Final, Match, Background
This season saw the first competitive matches between the sides: the first game, at Maine Road in November 1998, ended in a goalless draw while the return match played at Priestfield the following April ended in a 2–0 victory for Manchester City. Asaba was the season's top scorer for Gillingham with 22 goals (20 in the league and 2 in the Football League Trophy) followed by Taylor, who scored 19 goals in the regular season (16 in the league and 3 in the Football League Trophy).


1999 Football League Second Division play-off Final, Match, Background
Manchester City's Goater was leading scorer for his side, with 20 goals (17 in the league, 1 in the FA Cup and 2 in the League Cup) followed by Dickov on 13 (10 in the league, 1 in the FA Cup and 2 in the League Cup) and Kevin Horlock with 10 (all in the league).


1999 Football League Second Division play-off Final, Match, Background
Gillingham manager Tony Pulis picked the same eleven players in his starting line-up as in the second leg of the semi-final. His opposite number, Joe Royle, made one change, selecting Andy Morrison in place of Tony Vaughan, who was instead named as one of the substitutes. The referee for the match was Mark Halsey, from Welwyn Garden City. The play-off final drew an attendance of 76,935, the largest crowd ever to watch a Gillingham match. It was a new record attendance for the third-tier play-off final and a larger attendance than that for the First Division play-off final the following day. Liam and Noel Gallagher of the rock band Oasis were among the Manchester City fans in attendance.


1999 Football League Second Division play-off Final, Match, Summary
The match kicked off at around 3.00 p.m. on 30 May 1999. In the first minute, Dickov's overhead kick struck Ashby's hand in the Gillingham penalty area but referee Halsey did not award a penalty kick. Goater then saw his shot hit the Gillingham goalpost. Gillingham's first goal-scoring chance came from Mick Galloway, who had a shot from close range saved by a diving Weaver. After 26 minutes, City's Terry Cooke crossed the ball into the penalty area, where Horlock headed it towards goal, but it was saved by Gillingham's Bartram.


1999 Football League Second Division play-off Final, Match, Summary
Both teams had further goal-scoring opportunities in the second half. For Gillingham, Nicky Southall crossed the ball to Mark Saunders, but his shot went wide of the goal, and Asaba was tackled by City's Ian Bishop when in a potential scoring position. After 70 minutes, Weaver saved a strongly-hit shot from Gillingham's Paul Smith, and five minutes later Cooke was again involved for City, as he set up Goater, whose shot went past Bartram but hit the goalpost. The BBC characterised much of the match as "ordinary" and suggested that both teams were somewhat overawed by the high-profile setting.


1999 Football League Second Division play-off Final, Match, Summary
The match remained scoreless until the 81st minute, when Asaba gave Gillingham the lead. He played a one-two with Smith before shooting past Weaver from around 15 yards (14 m). Taylor added a second goal five minutes later: he found Asaba with a header and received a backheeled return pass before scoring with a shot. With only a minute of normal time left, and two goals behind in the game, many City fans considered that the game had been lost and began to make their way to the exits.


1999 Football League Second Division play-off Final, Match, Summary
However, after Darren Carr had tackled Goater to deny him a goal-scoring opportunity, Horlock scored from the rebound for City to halve the deficit in the 90th minute. In the fifth minute of injury time, Wiekens punted the ball forward, Horlock and Goater helped it on to Dickov who scored an equalising goal. The regulation 90 minutes ended moments later, and with the scores level the game went into extra time. Dickov saw his header gathered by Bartram and although Hodge's cross was blocked by Jeff Whitley's hand, no penalty was awarded. With no goals being scored in the additional 30 minutes, the match and promotion to the First Division would be decided by a penalty shoot-out.


1999 Football League Second Division play-off Final, Match, Summary
Horlock scored the opening penalty for Manchester City before Weaver saved Smith's spot kick. Dickov missed his penalty after it struck both posts, but Adrian Pennock then missed for Gillingham. Cooke made it 2–0 to City before John Hodge scored for Gillingham. Richard Edghill scored for City to make the score 3–1, meaning that City would win if Guy Butters failed to score with Gillingham's fourth penalty. Weaver saved the defender's kick to give Manchester City victory and secure promotion to the First Division.


1999 Football League Second Division play-off Final, Post-match
Gillingham manager Pulis was bemused by the amount of time added on by referee Halsey, stating that he "could not believe" the decision to add an additional five minutes. One month after the 1999 final, Pulis was dismissed from his job at Gillingham, amid accusations of gross misconduct on his part, a decision which led to a lengthy and acrimonious court case between Pulis and club owner Paul Scally.


1999 Football League Second Division play-off Final, Post-match
Scally was charged with misconduct by the Football Association (the FA), the governing body of the sport in England, after it emerged that he had placed a series of bets on the play-off final in contravention of the rules governing individuals gambling on matches in which they had a vested interest. He appeared at an FA tribunal the following year and was fined £10,000.


1999 Football League Second Division play-off Final, Post-match
Manchester City's next season saw them secure automatic promotion to the FA Premier League after ending their campaign as runners-up. Gillingham, under new manager Peter Taylor, returned to the play-offs in their following season, finishing in third place in the Second Division. They secured promotion to the First Division with a 3–2 victory against Wigan Athletic in the final.


1999 Football League Second Division play-off Final, Post-match
Looking back on the match in 2011, Pulis stated that "[Gillingham] didn't deserve to lose that game ... But it made me a much stronger person. You take things out of defeat as well as victory". Manchester City's 1999 captain, Morrison, contended in 2018 that the club was at risk of going out of business within a year, if not for their match-winning promotion out of the Second Division.


1999 Football League Second Division play-off Final, Post-match
Twenty years after the match, Dickov recalled scoring the equalising goal past his friend and the best man at his wedding, Gillingham goalkeeper Bartram: "There is nothing better than getting one over your mate or reminding him of it a few years later". As a result of the subsequent success of the club, the Manchester Evening News described the match as "legendary in City's history" and Dickov's celebration of his goal as "iconic". In 2017, the English Football League (formerly The Football League) described the 1999 final as a "play-off classic". Manchester City fans and other commentators regard the game as a crucial first step in the club's revival from the third tier of English football to yearly contenders for the Premier League championship.


1999 Football League Third Division play-off Final
The 1999 Football League Third Division play-off Final was an association football match which was played on 29 May 1999 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Scunthorpe United and Leyton Orient. It was to determine the fourth and final team to gain promotion from the Football League Third Division to the Second Division. The top three teams of the 1998–99 Football League Third Division, Brentford, Cambridge United and Cardiff City, gained automatic promotion to the Second Division, while those placed from fourth to seventh place in the table took part in play-offs. The winners of the play-off semi-finals competed for the final place for the 1999–2000 season in the Second Division. The losing semi-finalists were Rotherham United and Swansea City who had been defeated by Leyton Orient and Scunthorpe United respectively.


1999 Football League Third Division play-off Final
The referee for the final, which was played in front of 36,985 spectators, was Clive Wilkes. In the sixth minute, Gareth Sheldon took the ball round Dean Smith, the Leyton Orient captain, and played a chipped cross to the near post: Scunthorpe's Alejandro Calvo García scored with a header past Scott Barrett. Scunthorpe dominated the first half but Leyton Orient made two substitutions at half-time and started the second half with more pressure. Scunthorpe's goalkeeper Tom Evans made a number of saves and Martin Ling cleared Darryn Stamp's shot in the final minute of the game. The match ended 1–0 to Scunthorpe who were promoted to the Second Division.


1999 Football League Third Division play-off Final
Scunthorpe United finished their following season in 23rd place in the Second Division, losing four of their last five matches, and were relegated back to the Third Division. Leyton Orient ended their following season in 19th position in the Third Division.


1999 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Route to the final
Scunthorpe United finished the regular 1998–99 season in fourth position in the Third Division, the fourth tier of the English football league system, two places and two points ahead of Leyton Orient. Both therefore missed out on the three automatic places for promotion to the Second Division and instead took part in the play-offs to determine the fourth promoted team. Scunthorpe United finished six points behind Cardiff City (who were promoted in third place), seven behind Cambridge United (who were promoted in second place) and eleven behind league winners Brentford.


1999 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Route to the final
Leyton Orient's opposition for their play-off semi-final were Rotherham United with the first match of the two-legged tie taking place at Brisbane Road in Leyton on 16 May 1999. Chris Brown, writing in The Guardian suggested that the pressure affected the players and that it resulted in "a scrappy goalless match". Leyton Orient applied pressure on the Rotherham defence in the early stages with a series of corners and Amara Simba twice missed chances to score. The second half saw an unmarked Danny Hudson miss with a header from a John Varty cross and the match ended 0–0.


1999 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Route to the final
The second leg was played three days later at Millmoor in Rotherham. The game ended goalless in regular time and went into extra time where the deadlock remained, the tie ending 0–0 on aggregate so had to be decided by a penalty shootout. Leyton Orient's goalkeeper Scott Barrett saved penalties from both Andy Roscoe and Paul Hurst, and Matt Lockwood scored the decisive goal to give his side a 4–2 win.


1999 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Route to the final
Scunthorpe United faced Swansea City in the other semi-final and the first leg was held at the Vetch Field in Swansea on 16 May 1999. Matthew Bound went close on 20 minutes but his shot from a Nick Cusack free kick went over the Scunthorpe crossbar. A minute before half-time, Bound put Swansea City ahead: Tony Bird was fouled by Russ Wilcox and Bound headed in the resulting free kick from Michael Howard from around 20 yards (18 m).


1999 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Route to the final
Despite applying more pressure in the second half, Scunthorpe failed to score and Bird missed two chances for Swansea, striking one shot high and another against the post, and the match finished 1–0 to Swansea. The second leg took place at Glanford Park in Scunthorpe three days later. Andy Dawson put the home side ahead after two minutes to level the tie on aggregate. The goal was followed by a period of Scunthorpe pressure that included misses from both Jamie Forrester and Paul Harsley.


1999 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Route to the final
With no further goals in regular time, the match went into extra time and Gareth Sheldon scored two minutes in to make it 2–0 to Scunthorpe. Bird then scored for Swansea City in the 98th minute before Sheldon increased Scunthorpe's lead in the 102nd minute. John Eyre then fouled Howard and was sent off after a 20-player fight erupted. The game ended 3–1 to Scunthorpe who progressed to the final 3–2 on aggregate.


1999 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Match, Background
This was Leyton Orient's second appearance in the play-offs having won the 1989 Football League Fourth Division play-off Final 2–1 on aggregate against Wrexham over two legs. They had played in the Third Division since being relegated in the 1994–95 season. Leyton Orient had twice played at Wembley Stadium in the 1930s as Clapton Orient when Lea Bridge Stadium, their home ground, was undergoing work. Scunthorpe United were taking part in their fifth play-offs, having lost in the semi-finals three times and the 1992 Football League Fourth Division play-off Final in a penalty shootout against Blackpool.


1999 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Match, Background
They had played in the fourth tier of English football since suffering relegation in the 1983–84 season. Both matches between the sides during the regular season ended in home wins: Leyton Orient won 1–0 at Brisbane Road in October 1998 while Scunthorpe United claimed a 2–0 victory at Glanford Park the following March. Simba and Tony Richards were lead scorers for Leyton Orient with 11 goals each. Forrester led the scoring for Scunthorpe United with 23 goals (20 in the league, 2 in the FA Cup and 1 in the League Cup) followed by Eyre on 17 (15 in the league, 2 in the FA Cup).


1999 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Match, Background
The referee for the final was Clive Wilkes. Leyton Orient adopted a 4–4–2 formation while Scunthorpe United played as a 3–4–3. The match was broadcast live in the United Kingdom on Sky Sports.


1999 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Match, Summary
The match kicked off around 3 p.m. on 29 May 1999 at Wembley Stadium in front of 36,985 spectators in warm conditions. In the sixth minute, Sheldon went round Dean Smith, the Leyton Orient captain, and played a chipped cross to the near post where Alejandro Calvo García headed the ball past Barrett to give Scunthorpe the lead. Forrester then crossed for Chris Hope whose header went over the Leyton Orient crossbar. Dawson sent a free kick wide of the post before Barrett made saves from both him and Sheldon.


1999 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Match, Summary
Leyton Orient made two substitutions at half-time, with Craig Maskell and Alex Inglethorpe coming on for Stuart Hicks and Richards and started the second half with more pressure. Maskell passed to Steve Watts but Scunthorpe's goalkeeper Tom Evans gathered the ball at his feet. Watts also saw his attempted shot go wide of the Scunthorpe goal. In the 86th minute, Simba passed to Inglethorpe but his shot was saved by Evans. In the last minute, Barrett then denied Harsley's attempt to score before Martin Ling cleared Darryn Stamp's shot from the rebound. The match ended 1–0 to Scunthorpe who were promoted to the Second Division.


1999 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Post-match
The Scunthorpe manager Brian Laws said "it's a better achievement getting promotion here than winning trophies with Nottingham Forest ... I've had a few lows and this is one of the highs." Spanish goalscorer Calvo García said he was unaware of Scunthorpe United before his move from Real Sociedad, but noted "the people there have made both me and my girlfriend very happy, and to clinch promotion at Wembley — you cannot ask for anything more than that." His mother was in the crowd having made her first trip from Spain to England, despite a fear of flying.


1999 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Post-match
Scunthorpe United finished their following season in 23rd place in the Second Division, losing four of their last five matches, and were relegated back to the Third Division. Leyton Orient ended their following season in 19th position in the Third Division.


1999 Football League Trophy Final
The 1999 Football League Trophy Final (known as the Auto Windscreens Shield for sponsorship reasons) was the 16th final of the domestic Football League Trophy competition for teams from the Second and Third Division of the Football League.


1999 Football League Trophy Final
The match was played at Wembley Stadium on 18 April 1999, and was contested by Millwall and Wigan Athletic. This was Millwall's first appearance at Wembley in a recognised competition, and the club brought around 47,000 of the 55,000 fans in attendance.


1999 Football League Trophy Final
Wigan won the match 1–0, with Paul Rogers scoring the winning goal three minutes into injury-time, one of only five goals he scored for the club in three years.


1999 Football League Trophy Final, Route to the final
The rounds were split into two sections: North and South. Wigan Athletic were the winning finalists of the Northern Section, and Millwall were the winners of the Southern Final.


1999 Football League play-offs
The Football League play-offs for the 1998–99 season were held in May 1999, with the finals taking place at the old Wembley Stadium in London. The play-off semi-finals were played over two legs and contested by the teams who finished in 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th place in the Football League First Division and Football League Second Division and the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th placed teams in the Football League Third Division table. The winners of the semi-finals went through to the finals, with the winner of the matches gaining promotion for the following season.


1999 Football League play-offs, Background
The Football League play-offs have been held every year since 1987. They take place for each division following the conclusion of the regular season and are contested by the four clubs finishing below the automatic promotion places.


1999 Football League play-offs, Background
In the First Division, Ipswich Town, who were aiming to return to the top flight after a 4-year absence, finished one point behind second placed Bradford City, who in turn finished 18 points behind champions Sunderland, who returned to the top flight after being relegated two seasons previously. Birmingham City, who were aiming to return to the top flight after 13 years outside the top division, finished in fourth place in the table. Watford, who were aiming to return to the top flight for the first time since 1988, finished in fifth place. Bolton Wanderers, who were aiming to return to the top flight after relegation the previous season, finished one point behind Watford in sixth place.


1999 Football League play-offs, First Division, Semi-finals
Ipswich Town 4–4 Bolton Wanderers on aggregate. Bolton Wanderers won on away goals.


1999 Football League play-offs, First Division, Semi-finals
Birmingham City 1–1 Watford on aggregate. Watford won 7–6 on penalties.


1999 Football League play-offs, Third Division, Semi-finals
Rotherham United 0–0 Leyton Orient on aggregate. Leyton Orient won 4–2 on penalties.


1999 Fordham Rams football team
The 1999 Fordham Rams football team was an American football team that represented Fordham University during the 1999 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Fordham lost every game and finished last in the Patriot League.


1999 Fordham Rams football team
In their first year under head coach Dave Clawson, the Rams compiled an 0–11 record. Jon Piela and Jim Walls were the team captains.


1999 Fordham Rams football team
The Rams were outscored 410 to 170. Their winless (0–6) conference record placed last in the seven-team Patriot League standings.


1999 Fordham Rams football team
Fordham played its home games at Jack Coffey Field on the university campus in The Bronx, in New York City.


1999 Formula Nippon Championship
The 1999 Formula Nippon Championship was  contested over 10 rounds. 14 different teams, 26 different drivers, 3 different chassis and only 1 engine competed.


1999 Formula One World Championship
The 1999 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 53rd season of Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) Formula One motor racing. It commenced on 7 March and ended on 31 October after sixteen races.


1999 Formula One World Championship
The Drivers' Championship was won for a second consecutive time by Mika Häkkinen, although Eddie Irvine, David Coulthard and Heinz-Harald Frentzen all had a chance of winning the title at various stages. Ferrari won their ninth Constructors' title, and their first since the 1983 season, paving the way for the Michael Schumacher era of Ferrari dominance beginning in 2000. However, Schumacher's participation in the 1999 championship was cut short due to injury at the British Grand Prix, where he suffered a broken leg in a crash. He returned for the last two races of the season in order to assist Irvine in his championship run.


1999 Formula One World Championship
The championship finale was set up in controversial circumstances: at the inaugural Malaysian Grand Prix, Ferrari took first and second places, but were disqualified for a breach of the technical regulations. They were reinstated on appeal, ensuring that Irvine had the title lead before the final race in Japan. If Schumacher won, fourth or higher would seal the title for Irvine. Schumacher took pole but lost the start to Häkkinen who then drove away at the front, never being troubled for position by Schumacher in spite of his running close all race. Had Ferrari switched their cars Irvine would have still lost the title on countback due to Häkkinen's five wins compared with Irvine's four. In the end Irvine finished a distant third and fell short in his championship title bid.