1948 FA Charity Shield
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Event | FA Charity Shield | ||||||
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Date | 6 October 1948[1] | ||||||
Venue | Highbury, London | ||||||
Attendance | 31,000 | ||||||
Weather | Cold[2] | ||||||
The 1948 FA Charity Shield was the 26th
Watched by a crowd of over 30,000,
Background
The
Arsenal qualified for the 1948 FA Charity Shield as winners of the
This was Arsenal's eighth Charity Shield appearance; prior to the game they had won five Shields (1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1938), and lost two (1935, 1936). By contrast Manchester United were undefeated in the Charity Shield; the club won their previous two appearances, in 1908 and 1911.[10] Manchester United had beaten Arsenal 1–0 the last time the two clubs met at Highbury, for a league fixture on 30 August 1948; Charlie Mitten scored the only goal of the match.[11]
Match
Summary
Arsenal began the quicker of the two teams. Inside a minute, a miskick by Manchester United left back
United regrouped and scored immediately. Charging forward, John Anderson and Jack Rowley each shot wide, before Johnny Morris's effort hit the post.[12] The ball rebounded to Rowley, whose shot went in past goalkeeper George Swindin.[13] United were in full ascendancy – "Anderson and Warner were winning the ball in mid-field, and bringing it through to their forwards [...], making the Arsenal defence feel the strain," so said The Times football correspondent.[13] In the 35th minute however, Lewis scored his second goal of the match, beating Allenby Chilton to the ball first and going past Crompton.[12] Five minutes before half-time, United halved Arsenal's lead – a well-worked move started by Carey in his own half was finished off by Burke.[14]
Arsenal struggled to regain fluency in the second half, as their opponents dominated play. In the 53rd minute, United scored to make it 4–3; Charlie Mitten's flick in the area was diverted into the Arsenal net by Lionel Smith for an own goal.[14] United fashioned further chances through Burke and Rowley, but for large periods of the second half the Arsenal defence stood firm.[12] Jones' headed goal was rule out for offside, after which the match descended into a contest between United's attack and Arsenal's defence.[12] Jimmy Delaney came closest to equalising late on, when he darted forward and missed by inches.[12]
Details
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Source [14]
Post-match
Manchester United ended the season as runners-up to Portsmouth in the Football League First Division, and reached the semi-final stage of the FA Cup.[16] Arsenal progressed no further than the fourth round of the cup competition, and finished sixth in the league.[17] The two clubs next faced each other in the Charity Shield in 1993, when Manchester United won the inaugural Premier League title, and Arsenal were FA Cup winners in the 1992–93 season.[18][19]
See also
References
General
- White, Jim (2010). Manchester United: The Biography: The complete story of the world's greatest football club. London: Hachette. ISBN 0-7481-2332-6.
Specific
- ^ a b c "To-day's football fixtures". The Times. 6 October 1948. p. 6.
- ^ "Weather forecast". The Times. 6 October 1948. p. 5.
- ^ "Abandonment of the Sheriff Shield". The Observer. London. 19 April 1908. p. 11.
- ^ "The F.A. Charity Shield". The Times. 7 October 1913. p. 10.
- ^ Ferguson, Peter (4 August 2011). "The Shield: From the beginning". mcfc.co.uk. Manchester City FC. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
- ^ Ross, James (6 August 2015). "England – List of FA Charity/Community Shield Matches". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ "GGM 44 Whittaker leads Arsenal to sixth title". Arsenal F.C. 8 August 2007. Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ a b Glendenning, Barry (5 February 2003). "The hardest FA Cup of all". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ^ White (2010), pp. 17–27.
- ^ "English Community Shield: Honours". Statto Organisation. Archived from the original on 13 July 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ^ "Manchester United win at Highbury". The Times. 30 August 1948. p. 2.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Exciting Charity Shield game at Highbury". The Manchester Guardian. 7 October 1948. p. 2.
- ^ a b c d e "A Pleasant Revival". The Times. 7 October 1948. p. 2.
- ^ a b c d e MacAdam, John (7 October 1948). "Lewis snaps up two in soccer 'feast'". Daily Express. London. p. 4.
- ^ "End of summer time". The Times. 30 October 1948. p. 4.
British summer time ends at 3 a.m. to-morrow (31 October), and clocks should be put back an hour to-night.
- ^ "Manchester United Season 1948/49". StretfordEnd.co.uk. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
- ^ "Arsenal 1948–49". Statto Organisation. Archived from the original on 22 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ Thomas, Russell (7 August 1993). "Scots with little room for charity". The Guardian. London. p. 19.
- ^ "Manchester United's head-to-head comparison with Arsenal". Statto Organisation. Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.