1908 FA Charity Shield

The 1908 FA Charity Shield was a football match played on 27 April 1908 between 1907-08 Football League winners Manchester United and 1907-08 Southern League champions Queens Park Rangers. The match was played at the neutral venue of Stamford Bridge, London, and ended as a 1–1 draw, goals coming from Billy Meredith for Manchester United and F. Cannon for Queens Park Rangers.

Since extra time was not played, and penalty shoot-outs did not exist in the early 1900s, the match went to a replay, also at Stamford Bridge. The replay was played four months after the original match, on 29 August 1908, and finished in a 4–0 victory for Manchester United, crowning them as the first ever Charity Shield winners. Sandy Turnbull scored a hat-trick for United, the other goal coming from George Wall. To date, the 1908 Charity Shield is the only Charity or Community Shield to have required a replay and raised £1,275 for charity.

Match details

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date=1908-04-27
team1=Manchester United
score=1 – 1
report=
team2=Queens Park Rangers
goals1=Meredith goal
goals2=Cannon goal
stadium=Stamford Bridge, London
attendance=12,000
referee=

Replay

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date=1908-08-29
team1=Manchester United
score=4 – 0
report=
team2=Queens Park Rangers
goals1=Turnbull goal goal goal
Wall goal
goals2=
stadium=Stamford Bridge, London
attendance=10,000
referee=

References

*cite book |last=White |first=John D. T. |title=The Official Manchester United Almanac |year=2008 |publisher=Orion Books |location=London |isbn=978-0-7528-9192-7 |pages=pp.123, 227
*cite journal |last=Curran |first=Joe |year=2008 |month=August |title=A Century of Shields |journal=The FA Community Shield sponsored by McDonald's 2008 - Manchester United v Portsmouth - Official Matchday Programme |pages=pp.56–60 |publisher=The Football Association |location=London