1911 FA Charity Shield

The 1911 FA Charity Shield was the fourth Charity Shield, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Football League and Southern League competitions. The match was played on 25 September 1911 between Manchester United, winners of the 1910–11 Football League, and Swindon Town, winners of the 1910–11 Southern League. Manchester United won the match 8–4 in front of only 10,000 fans at Stamford Bridge, London.

1911 FA Charity Shield
EventFA Charity Shield
Date25 September 1911
VenueStamford Bridge, London
Attendance10,000

The match remains the highest scoring match in Charity Shield history. Harold Halse scored six goals for Manchester United in this match, a record for the most goals scored by an individual in a Charity Shield match. It is also a record for the most goals scored by an individual Manchester United player in one match, a record that was not equalled for almost 60 years, until George Best in an 8–2 win over Northampton Town on 7 February 1970. Proceeds from the sale of tickets at this game were donated to the survivors of the RMS Titanic.[1]

Match details

Manchester United8–4Swindon Town
Halse (6)
Turnbull
Wall
Fleming
Wheatcroft
Tout
Jefferson
Attendance: 10,000
GK1 Hugh Edmonds
RB2 Leslie Hofton
LB3 George Stacey
RH4 Dick Duckworth
CH5 Charlie Roberts
LH6 Alex Bell
OR7 Billy Meredith
IR8 Mickey Hamill
CF9 Harold Halse
IL10 Sandy Turnbull
OL11 George Wall
Manager:
Ernest Mangnall
GK1 Len Skiller
RB2 Harry Kay
LB3 Billy Tout
RH4 Frank Handley
CH5 Charlie Bannister
LH6 Billy Silto
OR7 Bob Jefferson
IR8 Harold Fleming
CF9 Freddy Wheatcroft
IL10 Archie Bown
OL11 Sammy Lamb
Manager:
Sam Allen

References

  1. Medals to be sold Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine Salisbury Journal 20 April 2005
  • White, John D. T. (2008). The Official Manchester United Almanac. London: Orion Books. p. 254. ISBN 978-0-7528-9192-7.
  • Curran, Joe (August 2008). "A Century of Shields". The FA Community Shield sponsored by McDonald's 2008 – Manchester United v Portsmouth – Official Matchday Programme. London: The Football Association: 56–60.
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