1987 FA Charity Shield

1987 FA Charity Shield
The match programme cover
Coventry City Everton
0 1
Date 1 August 1987
Venue Wembley Stadium, London
Referee Ray Lewis
Attendance 88,000

The 1987 FA Charity Shield (also known as the General Motors FA Charity Shield for sponsorship reasons) was the 65th Charity Shield, a football match contested by the holders of the Football League First Division and FA Cup. This edition was contested between Everton and Coventry City at Wembley on Saturday 1 August 1987. Everton had won the 1986–87 Football League and Coventry had won the 1987 FA Cup Final to qualify for the season opener for the first time. It was played two weeks before the new league season kicked off. This was Everton's fourth successive appearance in the Charity Shield. The match was shown live on ITV with commentary from Brian Moore and Ian St. John.[1] Shortly before the interval, Wayne Clarke scored the only goal of the game to win the trophy for Everton.[2]

Match details

Coventry City 0–1 Everton
Clarke  44'
Attendance: 88,000
Referee: Ray Lewis
Coventry
Everton
1England Steve Ogrizovic
2Wales David Phillips
3England Greg Downs
4England Lloyd McGrath
5England Brian Kilcline (c)
6England Trevor Peake
7England Dave Bennett
8England Micky Gynn
9Scotland David Speedie
10England Keith Houchen
11England Nick Pickering
Substitutes:
England Steve Sedgley
England Brian Borrows
Manager:
England John Sillett
1England Bobby Mimms
2England Alan Harper
3England Paul Power
4Wales Kevin Ratcliffe (c)
5England Dave Watson
6England Peter Reid
7England Trevor Steven
8England Wayne Clarke
9Scotland Graeme Sharp
10England Adrian Heath
11Republic of Ireland Kevin Sheedy
Substitutes:
England Alec Chamberlain
England Neil Pointon
England Derek Mountfield
England Neil Adams
England Ian Marshall
Manager:
England Colin Harvey

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Cup Finals on ITV". NTL World. 11 June 2008. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
  2. ↑ "1987 Charity Shield". football site.co.uk. 11 June 2008. Retrieved 17 June 2011.


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