1956 FA Charity Shield

April 2022 1956 FA Charity Shield FA Charity Shield Manchester City 0 Manchester United 1 24 October 1956 Maine Road Manchester 30,495 1955 1957 The 1956 FA Charity Shield was the 34th FA Charity Shield, an annual football match held between the winners of the previous season's Football League and FA Cup competitions. The match was contested by Manchester United, who had won the 1955–56 Football League, and Manchester City, who had won the 1955–56 FA Cup, at Maine Road, Manchester, on 24 October 1956. Manchester United won the match 1–0, with Dennis Viollet scoring the winning goal. United goalkeeper David Gaskell made his debut for the club during the game, taking the place of injured goalkeeper Ray Wood, and, at the age of 16 years and 19 days, became the youngest player ever to play for the club. This game was the first competitive floodlit Manchester derby.Steve Cawley & Gary James, The Pride of Manchester – A History of the Manchester Derby (ACL & Polar Publishing, 1991), p 320. The game was a break with tradition as Charity Shield matches were typically played at the home ground of the league champions, but as Old Trafford had yet to install lights, the game was played at Maine Road. Prior to this, the first floodlit Manchester derby was played on 26 February 1889 at the Belle Vue Athletic Ground. The match was played in aid of the Hyde Coal Mine disaster.Gary James & Keith Mellor, From Maine Men To Banana Citizens (Temple Press, 1989), p 8. Match details 24 October 1956 Manchester City 0–1 Manchester United Viollet 75 Maine Road, Manchester 30,495 _whiteborder _vneckwhite _whiteborder _hoops_sky 6cadff 6cadff 6cadff FFFFFF FFFFFF Manchester City _whiteborder _vneckwhite _whiteborder _redtopwhitestripe E20E0E E20E0E E20E0E FFFFFF 000000 Manchester United 1 ENG John Savage2 ENG Bill Leivers3 ENG Roy Little4 WAL 1953 Roy Clarke5 SCO Dave Ewing6 WAL 1953 Roy Paul (c)7 ENG Jack Dyson8 ENG Joe Hayes9 ENG Don Revie10SCO Bobby Johnstone11IRE Paddy FaganManager:SCO Les McDowall GK 1 ENG Ray Wood 45RB 2 ENG Bill FoulkesLB 3 ENG Roger Byrne (c)RH 4 ENG Eddie ColmanCH 5 ENG Mark JonesLH 6 ENG Duncan EdwardsOR 7 ENG Johnny BerryIR 8 IRL Billy WhelanCF 9 ENG Tommy TaylorIL 10ENG Dennis ViolletOL 11ENG David PeggSubstitutes:GK 12ENG David Gaskell 45Manager:SCO Matt Busby See also 1955–56 Football League 1955–56 FA Cup 2011 FA Community Shield – contested by the same teams References Category:FA Community Shield matches Charity Shield 1956 Charity Shield 1956 Charity Shield Charity Shield 1956 Charity Shield Charity Shield 1956 Category:Football matches in Manchester