1994 FA Charity Shield

1994 FA Charity Shield

Blackburn Rovers Manchester United 0 2
Date	14 August 1994
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Referee	Philip Don (Middlesex)
Attendance	60,402
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The 1994 FA Charity Shield was the 72nd 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 14 August 1994 at Wembley Stadium and contested by Manchester United, who had won the league and cup Double in 1993–94, and Blackburn Rovers, who had finished as runners-up in the Premier League. Manchester United won the match 2–0 with goals from Eric Cantona and Paul Ince, with seven players booked due to a new clampdown imposed by referees.

Notable omissions from the Blackburn side were the previous season's top scorer Alan Shearer (who had a virus from eating seafood) and his new strike partner Chris Sutton, who had just joined them for a national record fee of £5 million. Also absent due to injury were Mike Newell, Kevin Gallacher, Paul Warhurst and David Batty. Stuart Ripley and Ian Pearce made a makeshift front two, with young striker Peter Thorne making his solitary appearance for Blackburn as a substitute. Other debutants for Rovers were experienced defender Tony Gale and Australian winger Robbie Slater.

Meanwhile, Manchester United defender David May made his club debut just weeks after joining them from Blackburn. Denis Irwin and Roy Keane were absent after being given an extended break after playing for the Republic of Ireland in the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

Match details

14 August 1994 16:00 UTC+1	Blackburn Rovers	0–2	Manchester United	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 60,402 Referee: Philip Don (Middlesex)
		Report	Cantona  22' (pen.) Ince  81'

Blackburn Rovers

Manchester United

GK 1 Tim Flowers RB 20 Henning Berg CB 5 Colin Hendry CB 2 Tony Gale LB 6 Graeme Le Saux RM 17 Robbie Slater CM 22 Mark Atkins 64' CM 4 Tim Sherwood (c) LM 11 Jason Wilcox CF 7 Stuart Ripley CF 25 Ian Pearce Substitutes: GK 13 Bobby Mimms DF 3 Alan Wright DF 18 Andy Morrison MF 21 Paul Harford FW 19 Peter Thorne 64' Manager: Kenny Dalglish

GK 1 Peter Schmeichel RB 12 David May CB 4 Steve Bruce (c) CB 6 Gary Pallister LB 5 Lee Sharpe RM 14 Andrei Kanchelskis CM 9 Brian McClair CM 8 Paul Ince LM 11 Ryan Giggs SS 7 Eric Cantona CF 10 Mark Hughes Substitutes: GK 13 Gary Walsh DF 26 Chris Casper MF 19 Nicky Butt MF 31 Keith Gillespie FW 20 Dion Dublin Manager: Alex Ferguson

Match officials Linesmen: Alan Streets (Sheffield and Hallamshire) Mark Warren (Staffordshire) Reserve official: Alan Wilkie (Durham)

Match rules 90 minutes Penalty shootout if scores level Five named substitutes, of which two may be used

See also

• 1993–94 FA Premier League
• 1993–94 FA Cup

Sources

• 1994 Final

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