1956 FA Charity Shield

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1956 FA Charity Shield
EventFA Charity Shield
Manchester City Manchester United
0 1
Date24 October 1956
VenueMaine Road, Manchester
Attendance30,495
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The 1956 FA Charity Shield was the 34th FA Charity Shield, an annual football match held between the winners of the previous season's Football League and FA Cup competitions. The match was contested by Manchester United, who had won the 1955–56 Football League, and Manchester City, who had won the 1955–56 FA Cup, at Maine Road, Manchester, on 24 October 1956. Manchester United won the match 1–0, Dennis Viollet scoring the winning goal. Manchester United goalkeeper David Gaskell made his debut for the club during the game, taking the place of injured goalkeeper Ray Wood, and, at the age of 16 years and 19 days, became the youngest player ever to play for the club.

This game was the first competitive floodlit Manchester derby.[1] The game was a break with tradition as Charity Shield games were typically played at the home ground of the League Champions, but as Old Trafford had yet to install lights, the game was played at Maine Road. Prior to this the first floodlit Manchester derby was played on 26 February 1889 at the Belle Vue Athletic Ground. That match was also a charity game as it was played in aid of the Hyde Coal Mine disaster.[2]

Match details[]

Manchester City0–1Manchester United
Viollet 75'
Attendance: 30,495
Manchester City
Manchester United

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References[]

  1. ^ Steve Cawley & Gary James, The Pride of Manchester – A History of the Manchester Derby (ACL & Polar Publishing, 1991), p 320.
  2. ^ Gary James & Keith Mellor, From Maine Men To Banana Citizens (Temple Press, 1989), p 8.
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