2008 FA Community Shield

June 2020 2008 FA Community Shield 2008 Community Shield programme.jpg 200 Match programme cover FA Community Shield Manchester United 0 Portsmouth 0 Manchester United won 3–1 on penalties 10 August 2008 Wembley Stadium London Carlos Tevez Peter Walton 84,808 Rain20 °C °FWeather History for London, United Kingdom http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/EGLL/2008/8/10/DailyHistory.html?req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NA wunderground.com https://web.archive.org/web/20140520040534/http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/EGLL/2008/8/10/DailyHistory.html?req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NA 20 May 2014 dead 2007 2009 The 2008 FA Community Shield (also known as The FA Community Shield sponsored by McDonald's for sponsorship reasons) was the 86th staging of the FA Community Shield, an annual football match played between the reigning Premier League champions and FA Cup winners. The match was played on 10 August 2008 between 2007–08 Premier League champions Manchester United and 2007–08 FA Cup winners Portsmouth as the "curtain-raiser" to the 2008–09 English football season.http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/TheFACommunityShield/ https://archive.today/20060326121547/http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/TheFACommunityShield/ dead 26 March 2006 The FA Community Shield sponsored by McDonald's 6 March 2009 27 February 2009 TheFA.com The Football Association The match marked the 100th year since the first Charity Shield, also won by Manchester United after a replay in August 1908. Manchester United won the game 3–1 on penalties, after the match finished 0–0 after 90 minutes; the Community Shield no longer plays extra time if the teams are level at the end of normal time.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/7549022.stm Man Utd 0-0 Portsmouth (Man Utd win 3-1 on penalties) 10 August 2008 BBC Sport 7 August 2019 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-united/2535218/Community-Shield-Manchester-United-reatin-Community-Shield-beating-Portsmouth-on-penalties-Football.html Manchester United retain Community Shield beating Portsmouth on penalties 10 August 2008 The Daily Telegraph 7 August 2019 The match was the second meeting between the two teams in the space of two weeks, after they had played each other in a friendly in Nigeria on 27 July 2008. It was also the first Community Shield since 1996 to feature a team from outside the big four of Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool. With this Community Shield title, United extended their record number of wins in the competition to 13 (17 including shared titles). Match details 10 August 2008 15:00 BST Manchester United 0–0 Report Portsmouth Wembley Stadium, London 84,808 Peter Walton (Northamptonshire)Clattenburg A Tevez Giggs Carrick 3–1 Diarra Defoe Mvuemba Johnson _manutdh0709 _thinblackline _whiteline E20E0E E20E0E E20E0E FFFFFF 000000 Manchester United _goldborder_2 _shouldersonblue _goldborder 0000FF FFCC66 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF Portsmouth GK 1 NED Edwin van der SarRB 2 ENG Gary Neville (c) 61 66CB 5 ENG Rio FerdinandCB 15SRB 2004 Nemanja Vidić 45LB 3 FRA 1974 Patrice EvraRM 24SCO Darren FletcherCM 18ENG Paul ScholesCM 22IRL John O'Shea 66LM 17POR Nani 79SS 11WAL Ryan GiggsCF 32ARG Carlos TevezSubstitutes:GK 29POL Tomasz KuszczakDF 6 ENG Wes Brown 66DF 21BRA RafaelDF 23NIR Jonny EvansMF 16ENG Michael Carrick 66MF 34BRA Rodrigo PossebonFW 31ENG Fraizer Campbell 79Manager:SCO Sir Alex Ferguson300px GK 1 ENG David JamesRB 5 ENG Glen JohnsonCB 15FRA 1974 Sylvain Distin 37CB 23ENG Sol Campbell (c)LB 7 ISL Hermann Hreiðarsson 79RM 8 SEN Papa Bouba DiopCM 30POR Pedro Mendes 75CM 6 FRA 1974 Lassana DiarraLM 19CRO Niko Kranjčar 60CF 9 ENG Peter CrouchCF 14ENG Jermain DefoeSubstitutes:GK 21ENG Jamie AshdownDF 4 CMR Lauren 79DF 20ENG Martin CranieDF 32MLI Djimi TraoréMF 18FRA 1974 Arnold Mvuemba 75FW 17NGA John Utaka 60FW 26ISR Ben SaharManager:ENG Harry Redknapp Man of the match Carlos Tevez (Manchester United) Match officials Assistant referees: Dave Richardson (West Yorkshire) Ian Gosling (Kent) Fourth official: Andre Marriner (Birmingham)Match rules 90 minutes Penalty shoot-out if scores level Seven named substitutes, of which up to six may be used See also 2007–08 Premier League 2007–08 FA Cup Footnotes A. Clattenburg Mark Clattenburg was originally appointed as the match referee,Shield referee confirmed http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/TheFACommunityShield/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2008/06/Clattenburg_FACS.htm https://archive.today/20080626180837/http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/TheFACommunityShield/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2008/06/Clattenburg_FACS.htm dead 26 June 2008 TheFA.com The Football Association 23 June 2008 27 June 2008 but he was suspended over allegations of debt and replaced by Peter Walton.Ref Clattenburg hit by suspension http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7546968.stm BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 7 August 2008 7 August 2008 References Sources 2008 Final at Guardian 2008 Category:Football matches in London Fa Community Shield Fa Community Shield Fa Community Shield Charity Shield 2008 Charity Shield 2008 Category:Sports events at Wembley Stadium