1990 FA Charity Shield

1990 FA Charity Shield
The match programme cover
Liverpool Manchester United
1 1
Date 18 August 1990
Venue Wembley Stadium, London
Referee George Courtney (County Durham)
Attendance 66,558

The 1990 FA Charity Shield (also known as the Tennent's FA Charity Shield for sponsorship reasons) was the 68th Charity Shield, a football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Football League and FA Cup competitions. The match was played on 18 August 1990 between 1989–90 Football League champions Liverpool and 1989–90 FA Cup winners Manchester United. This would be the last time either team was to share the trophy, as new regulations were brought in two years later that allowed for extra time and subsequently a penalty shootout if a draw occurred in normal time.

Utility player Clayton Blackmore opened the scoring for United in the first half, but a John Barnes penalty kick drew Liverpool level shortly after the break. The match finished at 1–1 and the two sides shared the trophy for six months each.

Absent from the game for Manchester United were captain Bryan Robson, who would be out of action until December that year due to injury; left-back Lee Martin who scored the winning goal in the FA Cup Final three months previously; and midfielder Neil Webb. Their places in the starting XI were taken by Clayton Blackmore, Mal Donaghy and newly signed full-back Denis Irwin, beginning a 12-year spell with the club that would reap numerous honours, while Paul Ince moved back into his usual midfield position.[1]

As a curtain-raiser to the match, the England women's national football team played Italy. Carolina Morace scored all four goals in England's 4–1 defeat and made it onto the front page of the following day's La Gazzetta dello Sport.[2]

Match details

Liverpool 1–1 Manchester United
Barnes  51' (pen.) Blackmore  44'
Attendance: 66,558
Liverpool
Manchester United
GK1Zimbabwe Bruce Grobbelaar
CB2Sweden Glenn Hysén
LB3England David Burrows
RB4England Barry Venison
CM5Republic of Ireland Ronnie Whelan (c)
CB6England Gary Ablett
CF7England Peter Beardsley 78'
RM8Republic of Ireland Ray Houghton
CF9Wales Ian Rush
LM10England John Barnes
CM11England Steve McMahon
Substitutes:
FW12Israel Ronny Rosenthal 78'
GK13England Mike Hooper
DF14Scotland Gary Gillespie
DF15Republic of Ireland Steve Staunton
MF16Northern Ireland Jim Magilton
Manager:
Scotland Kenny Dalglish
GK1England Les Sealey
RB2Republic of Ireland Denis Irwin
LB3Northern Ireland Mal Donaghy
CB4England Steve Bruce (c)
RM5England Mike Phelan
CB6England Gary Pallister
CM7Wales Clayton Blackmore
CM8England Paul Ince
CF9Scotland Brian McClair
CF10Wales Mark Hughes
LM11England Danny Wallace 25'
Substitutes:
FW12England Mark Robins 25'
GK13Scotland Jim Leighton
MF14England Lee Sharpe
DF15England Viv Anderson
MF16England Russell Beardsmore
Manager:
Scotland Alex Ferguson

References

  1. ↑ http://manchesterunitedlegends.wordpress.com/2010/01/17/bryan-robson-1981-1994-461-games-97-goals/
  2. ↑ Bottazzo, Tiziana (19 August 1990). "Carolina Morace, quattro gol per far girare la testa a Wembley". La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 28 September 2011.


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