2008 FA Community Shield

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2008 FA Community Shield
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Match programme cover
Event FA Community Shield
Manchester United won 3–1 on penalties
Date10 August 2008
Venue Wembley Stadium, London
Man of the Match Carlos Tevez
Referee Peter 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.

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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

Manchester United 0–0 Portsmouth
Report
Penalties
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Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 84,808
Referee: Peter Walton (Northamptonshire) [A]
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Portsmouth
GK1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Edwin van der Sar
RB2 Flag of England.svg Gary Neville (c)Yellow card.svg 61'Sub off.svg 66'
CB5 Flag of England.svg Rio Ferdinand
CB15 Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg Nemanja Vidić Yellow card.svg 45'
LB3 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Patrice Evra
RM24 Flag of Scotland.svg Darren Fletcher
CM18 Flag of England.svg Paul Scholes
CM22 Flag of Ireland.svg John O'Shea Sub off.svg 66'
LM17 Flag of Portugal.svg Nani Sub off.svg 79'
SS11 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Ryan Giggs
CF32 Flag of Argentina.svg Carlos Tevez
Substitutes:
GK29 Flag of Poland.svg Tomasz Kuszczak
DF6 Flag of England.svg Wes Brown Sub on.svg 66'
DF21 Flag of Brazil.svg Rafael
DF23 Ulster Banner.svg Jonny Evans
MF16 Flag of England.svg Michael Carrick Sub on.svg 66'
MF34 Flag of Brazil.svg Rodrigo Possebon
FW31 Flag of England.svg Fraizer Campbell Sub on.svg 79'
Manager:
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GK1 Flag of England.svg David James
RB5 Flag of England.svg Glen Johnson
CB15 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Sylvain Distin Yellow card.svg 37'
CB23 Flag of England.svg Sol Campbell (c)
LB7 Flag of Iceland.svg Hermann Hreiðarsson Sub off.svg 79'
RM8 Flag of Senegal.svg Papa Bouba Diop
CM30 Flag of Portugal.svg Pedro Mendes Sub off.svg 75'
CM6 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Lassana Diarra
LM19 Flag of Croatia.svg Niko Kranjčar Sub off.svg 60'
CF9 Flag of England.svg Peter Crouch
CF14 Flag of England.svg Jermain Defoe
Substitutes:
GK21 Flag of England.svg Jamie Ashdown
DF4 Flag of Cameroon.svg Lauren Sub on.svg 79'
DF20 Flag of England.svg Martin Cranie
DF32 Flag of Mali.svg Djimi Traoré
MF18 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Arnold Mvuemba Sub on.svg 75'
FW17 Flag of Nigeria.svg John Utaka Sub on.svg 60'
FW26 Flag of Israel.svg Ben Sahar
Manager:
Flag of England.svg 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]

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