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1911 FA Charity Shield

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1911 FA Charity Shield
EventFA Charity Shield
Date25 September 1911
VenueStamford Bridge, London
Attendance10,000
1910
1912

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.

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

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

References

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  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.