1911 FA Charity Shield

Summary

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
1910
1912

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 edit

Manchester United8–4Swindon Town
Halse   (6)
Turnbull  
Wall  
Fleming  
Wheatcroft  
Tout  
Jefferson  
Attendance: 10,000
GK 1   Hugh Edmonds
RB 2   Leslie Hofton
LB 3   George Stacey
RH 4   Dick Duckworth
CH 5   Charlie Roberts
LH 6   Alex Bell
OR 7   Billy Meredith
IR 8   Mickey Hamill
CF 9   Harold Halse
IL 10   Sandy Turnbull
OL 11   George Wall
Manager:
  Ernest Mangnall
GK 1   Len Skiller
RB 2   Harry Kay
LB 3   Billy Tout
RH 4   Frank Handley
CH 5   Charlie Bannister
LH 6   Billy Silto
OR 7   Bob Jefferson
IR 8   Harold Fleming
CF 9   Freddie Wheatcroft
IL 10   Archie Bown
OL 11   Sammy Lamb
Manager:
  Sam Allen

References edit

  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.