1990 FA Charity Shield

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.

1990 FA Charity Shield
The match programme cover
Liverpool Manchester United
1 1
Date18 August 1990
VenueWembley Stadium, London
RefereeGeorge Courtney (County Durham)
Attendance66,558

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
Liverpool1–1Manchester United
Barnes  51' (pen.) Blackmore  44'
Attendance: 66,558
Liverpool
Manchester United
GK1 Bruce Grobbelaar
CB2 Glenn Hysén
LB3 David Burrows
RB4 Barry Venison
CM5 Ronnie Whelan (c)
CB6 Gary Ablett
CF7 Peter Beardsley 78'
RM8 Ray Houghton
CF9 Ian Rush
LM10 John Barnes
CM11 Steve McMahon
Substitutes:
FW12 Ronny Rosenthal 78'
GK13 Mike Hooper
DF14 Gary Gillespie
DF15 Steve Staunton
MF16 Jim Magilton
Manager:
Kenny Dalglish
GK1 Les Sealey
RB2 Denis Irwin
LB3 Mal Donaghy
CB4 Steve Bruce (c)
RM5 Mike Phelan
CB6 Gary Pallister
CM7 Clayton Blackmore
CM8 Paul Ince
CF9 Brian McClair
CF10 Mark Hughes
LM11 Danny Wallace 25'
Substitutes:
FW12 Mark Robins 25'
GK13 Jim Leighton
MF14 Lee Sharpe
DF15 Viv Anderson
MF16 Russell Beardsmore
Manager:
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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