1996 FA Charity Shield

1996 FA Charity Shield
	The match programme cover
Date	11 August 1996
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Man of the Match	Eric Cantona
Referee	Paul Durkin (Dorset)
Attendance	73,214
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The 1996 FA Charity Shield (also known as the Littlewoods FA Charity Shield for sponsorship reasons) was the 74th FA Charity Shield, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's Premier League and FA Cup competitions. The match was played on 11 August 1996 at Wembley Stadium^[1] and contested by Manchester United, who had won the Double of Premier League and FA Cup in 1995–96, and Newcastle United, who had finished as runners-up in the Premier League. Manchester United won the match 4–0 with goals from Eric Cantona, Nicky Butt, David Beckham and Roy Keane.^[2]

The game saw new signings Jordi Cruyff and Karel Poborský make their debuts for Manchester United, though neither of these players had particularly successful careers at Old Trafford and both had left the club within four years. The day before the game had seen the surprise sale of one of Manchester United's longest serving players – Lee Sharpe.

The game saw Newcastle United give a debut to £15 million world record signing Alan Shearer, who would remain at the club until his retirement as a player 10 years later and break the club's goalscoring record in the process, though he would never win a major trophy with them.^[3]

Match details

11 August 1996

15:00 UTC+1

Manchester United	4–0	Newcastle United
Cantona 24' Butt 30' Beckham 85' Keane 87'	Report

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 73,214

Referee: Paul Durkin (Dorset)

Manchester United

Newcastle United


GK	1	Peter Schmeichel
RB	12	Phil Neville
CB	6	Gary Pallister
CB	4	David May
LB	3	Denis Irwin		46'
RM	10	David Beckham
CM	8	Nicky Butt		41'
CM	16	Roy Keane	40'
LM	11	Ryan Giggs
CF	18	Paul Scholes		65'
CF	7	Eric Cantona (c)	65'
Substitutes:
GK	17	Raimond van der Gouw
DF	2	Gary Neville		46'
DF	19	Ronny Johnsen
MF	14	Jordi Cruyff		65'
MF	15	Karel Poborský		41'
FW	13	Brian McClair
FW	20	Ole Gunnar Solskjær
Manager:
Alex Ferguson


GK	1	Pavel Srníček
RB	19	Steve Watson
CB	5	Darren Peacock
CB	27	Philippe Albert	16'
LB	3	John Beresford
RM	8	Peter Beardsley (c)		75'
CM	4	David Batty
CM	7	Rob Lee
LM	14	David Ginola		77'
CF	9	Alan Shearer
CF	10	Les Ferdinand
Substitutes:
GK	15	Shaka Hislop
DF	2	Warren Barton
DF	6	Steve Howey
MF	18	Keith Gillespie		77'
MF	20	Lee Clark
FW	11	Faustino Asprilla		75'
FW	28	Paul Kitson
Manager:
Kevin Keegan