Alan Shearer made his competitive debut for his hometown club Newcastle United in the Charity Shield on this day back in 1996.Sadly for Shearer and the Toon Army, Double winners Manchster United won comprehensively 4-0 in front of 73,214 fans at Wembley in the annual curtain raiser for the new season. In the weeks after […]
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On This Day – 8th August
Champions Leeds United and FA Cup winners Liverpool played out a memorable seven goal thriller in the Charity Shield on this day back in 1992.With a week to go until the first games of the new Premier League, a hat-trick from Frenchman Eric Cantona gave Leeds a 4-3 victory over Graeme Souness’s Liverpool side. Leeds […]
Iconic Moments in Football No.49
This week’s ‘Iconic Moment’ comes from the 1974 Charity Shield between the league champions Leeds United and FA Cup winners Liverpool.The match was the first Charity Shield to be held at Wembley and made it into much more of a showpiece occasion to start the season. Don Revie had left Leeds United at the end […]
Iconic Moments in Football No.48
This week’s ‘Iconic Moment’ comes from the 1967 Charity Shield between champions Manchester United and FA Cup winners Tottenham Hotspur.The match was played at United’s home ground Old Trafford as it was another seven years before the season’s curtain-raiser was played at Wembley. Pat Jennings scored the second goal of the game with a drop […]