1996 FA Charity Shield

September 2020 1996 FA Charity Shield 1996 Charity shield.jpg The match programme cover Manchester United 4 Newcastle United 0 11 August 1996 Wembley Stadium London Eric Cantona Paul Durkin (Dorset) 73,214 1995 1997 The 1996 FA Charity Shield (also known as the Littlewoods FA Charity Shield for sponsorship reasons) was the 74th FA Charity Shield, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's Premier League and FA Cup competitions. The match was played on 11 August 1996 at Wembley StadiumDetails - 1996/97 Charity Shield https://www.footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/CommunityShield/1996-97CharityShield.htm www.footballsite.co.uk 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 Keane.Best Community Shield matches https://www.espn.com/soccer/blog/name/93/post/1979238/headline ESPN 9 August 2014 en The game saw new signings Jordi Cruyff and Karel Poborský make their debuts for Manchester United, though neither of these players had particularly successful careers at Old Trafford and both had left the club within four years. The day before the game had seen the surprise sale of one of Manchester United's longest serving players – Lee Sharpe. The game saw Newcastle United give a debut to £15 million world record signing Alan Shearer, who would remain at the club until his retirement as a player 10 years later and break the club's goalscoring record in the process, though he would never win a major trophy with them.Sunderland Tom Community Shield: Revisiting the Last 25 Matches https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2148884-community-shield-revisiting-the-last-25-matches Bleacher Report en Match details 11 August 1996 15:00 UTC+1 Manchester United 4–0 Report Newcastle United Cantona 24Butt 30Beckham 85Keane 87 Wembley Stadium, London 73,214 Paul Durkin (Dorset) _manutdh9698 _manutdh9698 _manutdh9698 _manutdh9698 _whitetop E20E0E E20E0E E20E0E 0 000000 Manchester United _nufc9597h _nufc9597h _nufc9597h _white_stripes _3_stripes_on_white_top FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000000 FFFFFF Newcastle United GK 1 DEN Peter SchmeichelRB 12ENG Phil NevilleCB 6 ENG Gary PallisterCB 4 ENG David MayLB 3 IRL Denis Irwin 46RM 10ENG David BeckhamCM 8 ENG Nicky Butt 41CM 16IRL Roy Keane 40LM 11WAL Ryan GiggsCF 18ENG Paul Scholes 65CF 7 FRA 1974 Eric Cantona (c) 65Substitutes:GK 17NED Raimond van der GouwDF 2 ENG Gary Neville 46DF 19NOR Ronny JohnsenMF 14NED Jordi Cruyff 65MF 15CZE Karel Poborský 41FW 13SCO Brian McClairFW 20NOR Ole Gunnar SolskjærManager:SCO Alex Ferguson300px GK 1 CZE Pavel SrníčekRB 19ENG Steve WatsonCB 5 ENG Darren PeacockCB 27BEL Philippe Albert 16LB 3 ENG John BeresfordRM 8 ENG Peter Beardsley (c) 75CM 4 ENG David BattyCM 7 ENG Rob LeeLM 14FRA 1974 David Ginola 77CF 9 ENG Alan ShearerCF 10ENG Les FerdinandSubstitutes:GK 15TRI Shaka HislopDF 2 ENG Warren BartonDF 6 ENG Steve HoweyMF 18NIR Keith Gillespie 77MF 20ENG Lee ClarkFW 11COL Faustino Asprilla 75FW 28ENG Paul KitsonManager:ENG Kevin Keegan Match officials Assistant referees: David Horlick (Merseyside) Alan Sheffield (Staffordshire) Reserve official: Peter Jones (Leicestershire)Match rules 90 minutes Penalty shootout if scores level Seven named substitutes Maximum of three substitutions References Sources 1996 Final MAN UNITED 4 NEWCASTLE 0 See also 1995–96 FA Premier League 1995–96 FA Cup June 2017 1996 Category:Football matches in London 1996 Charity Shield 1996 Charity Shield 1996 Charity Shield FA Charity Shield Category:1996 in sport in London