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2008 FA Community Shield

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2008 FA Community Shield
Match programme cover
EventFA Community Shield
Manchester United won 3–1 on penalties
Date10 August 2008
VenueWembley Stadium, London
Man of the MatchCarlos Tevez
RefereePeter Walton
Attendance84,808
WeatherRain
20 °C (68 °F)[1]
2007
2009

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.

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). As of the 2023 edition, Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp is the most recent English to manage a team in the Community Shield.

Match details

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Manchester United0–0Portsmouth
Report
Penalties
Tevez soccer ball with check mark
Giggs soccer ball with check mark
Carrick soccer ball with check mark
3–1 soccer ball with red X Diarra
soccer ball with check mark Defoe
soccer ball with red X Mvuemba
soccer ball with red X Johnson
Attendance: 84,808
Referee: Peter Walton (Northamptonshire)[A]
Manchester United
Portsmouth
GK 1 Netherlands Edwin van der Sar
RB 2 England Gary Neville (c) Yellow card 61' downward-facing red arrow 66'
CB 5 England Rio Ferdinand
CB 15 Serbia Nemanja Vidić Yellow card 45'
LB 3 France Patrice Evra
RM 24 Scotland Darren Fletcher
CM 18 England Paul Scholes
CM 22 Republic of Ireland John O'Shea downward-facing red arrow 66'
LM 17 Portugal Nani downward-facing red arrow 79'
SS 11 Wales Ryan Giggs
CF 32 Argentina Carlos Tevez
Substitutes:
GK 29 Poland Tomasz Kuszczak
DF 6 England Wes Brown upward-facing green arrow 66'
DF 21 Brazil Rafael
DF 23 Northern Ireland Jonny Evans
MF 16 England Michael Carrick upward-facing green arrow 66'
MF 34 Brazil Rodrigo Possebon
FW 31 England Fraizer Campbell upward-facing green arrow 79'
Manager:
Scotland Sir Alex Ferguson
GK 1 England David James
RB 5 England Glen Johnson
CB 15 France Sylvain Distin Yellow card 37'
CB 23 England Sol Campbell (c)
LB 7 Iceland Hermann Hreiðarsson downward-facing red arrow 79'
RM 8 Senegal Papa Bouba Diop
CM 30 Portugal Pedro Mendes downward-facing red arrow 75'
CM 6 France Lassana Diarra
LM 19 Croatia Niko Kranjčar downward-facing red arrow 60'
CF 9 England Peter Crouch
CF 14 England Jermain Defoe
Substitutes:
GK 21 England Jamie Ashdown
DF 4 Cameroon Lauren upward-facing green arrow 79'
DF 20 England Martin Cranie
DF 32 Mali Djimi Traoré
MF 18 France Arnold Mvuemba upward-facing green arrow 75'
FW 17 Nigeria John Utaka upward-facing green arrow 60'
FW 26 Israel Ben Sahar
Manager:
England 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

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Footnotes

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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

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  1. ^ "Weather History for London, United Kingdom". wunderground.com. Archived from the original on 20 May 2014.
  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.

Sources

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