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The FA Community Shield, which the winner receives.. The Football Association Community Shield (formerly the Charity Shield, up to and including the 2001 edition) is an annual association football match organised by the Football Association and presently contested between the Premier League champions and FA Cup winners.
The Community Shield evolved from the Sheriff of London Charity Shield, which was introduced in 1898 [8] as a professionals vs amateurs cup (the gentlemen and players tradition). [9] The Football Association Charity Shield, as it was known at the time, was designed to replace the Sheriff of London Charity Shield after the leading amateur clubs ...
The Millennium Stadium, which was hosting the Shield for the first time.. Founded in 1908 as a successor to the Sheriff of London Charity Shield, [3] the FA Community Shield began as a contest between the respective champions of the Football League and Southern League, although in 1913 it was played between an Amateurs XI and a Professionals XI. [4]
Manchester City and Manchester United qualified for the 2024 FA Community Shield as the winners of the 2023–24 Premier League and the 2023–24 FA Cup, respectively.It was the 194th Manchester derby to take place in all competitions and the third to take place in the Community Shield; Manchester United won both previous meetings in 1956 (when the competition was known as the Charity Shield ...
The match was played on 11 August 1996 at Wembley Stadium [1] and contested by Manchester United, who had won the Double of Premier League and FA Cup in 1995–96, and Newcastle United, who had finished as runners-up in the Premier League. Manchester United won the match 4–0 with goals from Eric Cantona, Nicky Butt, David Beckham and Roy ...
It was contested on 9 August 1998 by Arsenal – who won a league and FA Cup double the previous season – and Manchester United – who finished as runners-up in the league. Watched by a crowd of 67,342 at Wembley Stadium in London, Arsenal won the match 3–0. This was Manchester United's 18th Charity Shield appearance to Arsenal's 14th.
Manchester United star Diogo Dalot's surpise visit to a local homeless shelter was "a real mood lifter" for people finding it tough this Christmas, the charity has said.
The match was played on 3 August 1997 at Wembley Stadium and contested by Manchester United, who had won the 1996–97 FA Premier League, and Chelsea, who had won the 1996–97 FA Cup. Manchester United won the match 4–2 on penalties after the match had finished at 1–1 after 90 minutes. The 1997 Charity Shield was a game of several "firsts".