2008 FA Community Shield

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.[2] The match marked the 100th year since the first Charity Shield, also won by Manchester United after a replay in August 1908.

2008 FA Community Shield
Match programme cover
EventFA Community Shield
Manchester United Portsmouth
0 0
Manchester United won 3–1 on penalties
Date10 August 2008
VenueWembley Stadium, London
RefereePeter Walton
Attendance84,808
WeatherRain
20 °C (68 °F)[1]

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.[3][4]

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
Manchester United0–0Portsmouth
Report
Penalties
Tevez
Giggs
Carrick 		3–1 Diarra
Defoe
Mvuemba
Johnson
Attendance: 84,808
Referee: Peter Walton (Northamptonshire)[A]
Manchester United
Portsmouth
GK1 Edwin van der Sar
RB2 Gary Neville (c) 61' 66'
CB5 Rio Ferdinand
CB15 Nemanja Vidić 45'
LB3 Patrice Evra
RM24 Darren Fletcher
CM18 Paul Scholes
CM22 John O'Shea 66'
LM17 Nani 79'
SS11 Ryan Giggs
CF32 Carlos Tevez
Substitutes:
GK29 Tomasz Kuszczak
DF6 Wes Brown 66'
DF21 Rafael
DF23 Jonny Evans
MF16 Michael Carrick 66'
MF34 Rodrigo Possebon
FW31 Fraizer Campbell 79'
Manager:
Sir Alex Ferguson
GK1 David James
RB5 Glen Johnson
CB15 Sylvain Distin 37'
CB23 Sol Campbell (c)
LB7 Hermann Hreiðarsson 79'
RM8 Papa Bouba Diop
CM30 Pedro Mendes 75'
CM6 Lassana Diarra
LM19 Niko Kranjčar 60'
CF9 Peter Crouch
CF14 Jermain Defoe
Substitutes:
GK21 Jamie Ashdown
DF4 Lauren 79'
DF20 Martin Cranie
DF32 Djimi Traoré
MF18 Arnold Mvuemba 75'
FW17 John Utaka 60'
FW26 Ben Sahar
Manager:
Harry Redknapp

Man of the match

Match officials

Match rules

  • 90 minutes
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores level
  • Seven named substitutes, of which up to six may be used

See also

Footnotes
A. ^ Mark Clattenburg was originally appointed as the match referee,[5] but he was suspended over allegations of debt and replaced by Peter Walton.[6]

References
  1. http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/EGLL/2008/8/10/DailyHistory.html?req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NA
  2. "The FA Community Shield sponsored by McDonald's". TheFA.com. The Football Association. 27 February 2009. Archived from the original on 26 March 2006. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
  3. "Man Utd 0-0 Portsmouth (Man Utd win 3-1 on penalties)". BBC Sport. 10 August 2008. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  4. "Manchester United retain Community Shield beating Portsmouth on penalties". The Daily Telegraph. 10 August 2008. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  5. "Shield referee confirmed". TheFA.com. The Football Association. 23 June 2008. Archived from the original on 26 June 2008. Retrieved 27 June 2008.
  6. "Ref Clattenburg hit by suspension". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 7 August 2008. Retrieved 7 August 2008.
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