United history on Shield

[rondwisan]

03/08/2011 11:23, Ivan Ponting
Holding the Shield

There’s no doubt about United’s favourite number at the moment. Just a few months after sealing a record-breaking 19th league title, Nemanja Vidic and co are out to equal that mark in the Community/Charity Shield (14 outright and four shared) when the Reds meet City on Sunday.

But whatever the result in the now-traditional curtain-raiser to the new season, United will be sitting in splendid isolation at the pinnacle of the Shield table, as second-placed Liverpool are lagging three behind on 15.

The competition was launched in 1908 as a match between the Football League champions and the Southern League winners, who were QPR. United prevailed 4-0 in the replay to bag the first ever Shield, thanks largely to a hat-trick from Jimmy Turnbull.

Remarkably, United’s next Charity Shield hero, in 1911, was Harold Halse who hit six of the goals as Ernest Mangnall's champions beat Swindon 8-4 in a vastly entertaining contest. Now United endured the longest Shield hiatus in the club’s history, not contesting the trophy again until 1948. By this time, the format was champions against FA Cup holders, and Matt Busby’s Cup heroes went down 4-3 to Arsenal at Highbury.

Four years later, having lifted their first title of the Busby era, the Reds defeated Newcastle 4-2 at Old Trafford, then came the 1-0 Manchester derby victory of 1956 before a passionate affair when Aston Villa came calling in 1957. Still smarting from what they perceived as rank injustice from the FA Cup final, the Reds won easily, thanks to a Tommy Taylor hat-trick and a strike by Johnny Berry.

Six years on, with the club just beginning to recover from the ravages of the Munich air crash of 1958, United were on the wrong end of a drubbing by Everton.

Come 1965, United were champions again and now they shared the Shield for the first time after drawing 2-2 with Liverpool at Old Trafford. Then, having claimed another title in 1967, they divided the spoils once more, this time after a 3-3 draw with Tottenham. It was a fabulous contest and one which featured a freak goal from Spurs keeper Pat Jennings, whose steepling drop-kick bounced over Alex Stepney. A happier memory for home fans was one of Bobby Charlton’s most spectacular finishes.

Liverpool were the opponents in the Reds’ next two Shield encounters, a forgettable goalless draw and shared silverware in 1977, by which time Wembley had become the regular venue, followed by a 2-0 victory in 1983. That win, courtesy of two goals from Bryan Robson.

In 1985, Everton brushed the Reds aside 2-0 but at least there were more hopeful signs in 1990 – by which time Alex Ferguson had replaced Ron Atkinson at the helm – with a 1-1 draw against Liverpool ensuring that the Shield spent six months in the Old Trafford trophy room.

Thereafter, with the dawn of the Premier League, United became the dominant force in the land, a status reflected by their near-permanent presence in the annual appetiser for the new term. To be precise, Ferguson’s sides qualified for 15 of the next 19 Shield encounters, commencing with a 1-1 draw against Arsenal in 1993. The Reds won on penalties, as they would in each of their next four shoot-outs in the competition. In 1994, they needed no such device, overcoming Blackburn 2-0, then in 1996 Newcastle were crushed 4-0.

Penalties were required to dispose of Chelsea after a 1-1 deadlock in 1997, then United kicked off a run of four straight Shield defeats with a 3-0 cuffing by Arsenal in 1998. The losing sequence continued with reverses against Arsenal, 2-1 in 1999; Chelsea, 2-0 in 2000, and Liverpool, 2-1 in 2001. Then two more meetings with the Gunners produced a 1-1 stalemate and a triumph on penalties in 2003, and a 3-1 loss in 2004.

There were further shoot-out successes, against Chelsea after a 1-1 draw in 2007 and Portsmouth following a goalless 90 minutes in 2008, but United’s spot-kick luck finally ran out in 2009 when they bowed to Chelsea after the final whistle blew with the score at 2-2. Javier Hernandez announced his arrival on the English scene with a goal as Chelsea were dismissed 3-1 in 2010 in what was a better game of football than is usually served up when the Shield is at stake.

[rondwisan]

The complete record so far

1. 1908: 1-1, 4-1 v QPR
2. 1911: 8-4 v Swindon
3. 1948: 3-4 v Arsenal
4. 1952: 4-2 v Newcastle
5. 1956: 1-0 v Man City
6. 1957: 4-0 v Aston Villa
7. 1963: 4-0 v Everton
8. 1965: 2-2 v Liverpool (shared)
9. 1967: 3-3 v Tottenham (shared)
10. 1977: 0-0 v Liverpool (shared)
11. 1983: 2-0 v Liverpool
12. 1985: 0-2 v Everton
13. 1990: 1-1 v Liverpool (shared)
14. 1993: 1-1 v Arsenal (won on pens)
15. 1994: 2-0 v Blackburn
16. 1996: 4-0 v Newcastle
17. 1998: 0-3 v Arsenal
18. 1999: 1-2 v Arsenal
19. 2000: 0-2 v Chelsea
20. 2001: 1-2 v Liverpool
21. 2003: 1-1 v Arsenal (won on pens)
22. 2004: 1-3 v Arsenal
23. 2007: 1-1 v Chelsea (won on pens)
24. 2008: 0-0 v Portsmouth (won on pens)
25. 2009: 2-2 v Chelsea (lost on pens)
26. 2010: 3-1 v Chelsea

[Andi Istiabudi]

Pertama kali lihat Manchester United di ajang ini tahun 1996, kalau tidak salah pas masih ada Cantona dan Jordi Cruyff.
Namanya masih Charity Shield, saya ingat dulu masih biungung apa beda FA Cup dan Charity Shield ? Maklum saat itu belum ada internet, hehehe ....

[Rean]

Originally Posted by Andi Istiabudi

Pertama kali lihat Manchester United di ajang ini tahun 1996, kalau tidak salah pas masih ada Cantona dan Jordi Cruyff.
Namanya masih Charity Shield, saya ingat dulu masih biungung apa beda FA Cup dan Charity Shield ? Maklum saat itu belum ada internet, hehehe ....

yg satu klo juara dpt cup, yg satu dpt shield...

[12inmyhearz]

Originally Posted by Rean

yg satu klo juara dpt cup, yg satu dpt shield...

jawaban paling masuk akal
tapi cupnya bukan yang di pake buat minum kopi ya masberow

[Andi Istiabudi]

Originally Posted by Rean

yg satu klo juara dpt cup, yg satu dpt shield...

Hahahaha .....
Baik sekali pak Rean mau menjelaskannya (padahal sudah tahu sejak bertahun-tahun lalu)

[finza_13]

2011 bakal mengulang kesuksesan sejarah di tahun 1956 nih.....

[timzhoot]

semoga menjadi gelar CS ke 15 besok minggu!!! AMIIINN!!!

[Andi Istiabudi]

Originally Posted by finza_13

2011 bakal mengulang kesuksesan sejarah di tahun 1956 nih.....

Amin. Semoga kemenangan di pertandingan besok menjadi awal yang baik untuk musim ini.

[dhodoadrian]

Berapa tahun terakhir mitosnya sapa yang mnang shield, akhir musim juara EPL,