1998 FA Cup Final Newcastle, success was hard to come by. In August 1998, just two matches into the Premier League season, Dalglish was dismissed, replaced by former Chelsea manager Ruud Gullit. Although the team reached another FA Cup final in 1999, they were again losing finalists. General Specific 1998 FA Cup Final The 1998 FA Cup Final was a football match between Arsenal and Newcastle United on 16 May 1998 at the old Wembley Stadium, London. It was the final match of the 1997–98 FA Cup, the 117th season of the world's oldest football knockout competition, the FA Cup. Six-time winners Arsenal were
1999 Football League Second Division play-off Final following his save from Guy Butters which sealed the victory, celebrated wildly with his teammates. 1999 Football League play-offs 1999 Football League Second Division play-off Final The 1999 Football League Second Division play-off Final was a football match played at Wembley Stadium on 30 May 1999, to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from the Second Division to the First Division of the Football League in the 1998–99 season. Gillingham faced Manchester City. The match was Gillingham's first ever appearance at the Wembley Stadium. Manchester City, by comparison, had played there on eleven previous occasions in FA