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The 1993 FA Charity Shield was the 71st FA Charity Shield, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's Premier League and FA Cup competitions. It was held at Wembley Stadium on 7 August 1993. The match was played between Arsenal, who beat Sheffield Wednesday to win the 1993 FA Cup Final, and Manchester United, champions of the 1992–93 Premier League. Watched by a crowd of 66,519, Manchester United won the Shield 5–4 on penalties, after the match had finished at 1–1 after 90 minutes. This was Arsenal's 12th's Charity Shield appearance and Manchester United's 17th. The 1993 staging of the event was the first to feature players wearing permanent squad numbers; this became common practise in time for the 1993–94 season. It was scheduled for a lunchtime kick-off, for the benefit of television. Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson and Arsenal manager George Graham revealed their intention to win the Shield before the match, in spite of it treated as a friendly. Roy Keane made his debut for Manchester United in the match; he partnered Paul Ince in midfield. United began the match the brighter of the two teams and scored after eight minutes of play, through Mark Hughes. Striker Eric Cantona spurned two chances to extend United's lead, by which point Arsenal's midfield started to assert themselves. Five minutes before the interval, Ian Wright capitalised on an mistake by Ryan Giggs to score the equaliser. Arsenal started the second half as the better side, which prompted Ferguson to tweak his formation and bring on Bryan Robson in place of Giggs. Eddie McGoldrick came on for his Arsenal debut in the 74th minute, and two minutes later, United were denied a penalty after Ince was brought down by John Jensen. As there were no further goals, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out. Wright and Denis Irwin missed their penalties; the decisive penalty, taken by Arsenal goalkeeper David Seaman, was saved by his opposite number, Peter Schmeichel. The Charity Shield was presented to Manchester United captain Steve Bruce by former footballer Billy Wright. Graham admitted he did not know the match was to be decided on penalties, and thought it was unfortunate Seaman missed. Ferguson was delighted with the win and his team's start to the game, but suggested it should not have been settled by a shoot-out. ==Background== The FA Charity Shield was founded in 1908 as a contest between the top professional and amateur teams of each season. It was played between the Football League champions and FA Cup winners for the first time in 1921; the formation of a new top-tier division, the Premier League, in 1992 meant it displaced the Football League spot. Wembley Stadium acted as the home venue of the Shield.〔 The Arsenal players in the 1993 staging of the Charity Shield were the first in the competition to wear permanent squad numbers and names on the back of their shirts, while the Manchester United players used the traditional 1–11 numbering system without the names, which was phased out by the start of the 1993–94 FA Premier League season. The Premier League intended to introduce this at the start of the 1992–93 season, but Manchester United vetoed plans "because their laundry room was too small to handle all the extra shirts". Arsenal, who defeated Sheffield Wednesday in a replay match of the 1993 FA Cup Final.〔 Arsenal completed a domestic cup double; they beat Sheffield Wednesday 2–1 in the 1993 Football League Cup Final. The other Charity Shield place went to Manchester United qualified for the 1993 FA Charity Shield as winners of the inaugural Premier League season. It was their first league title in 26 years and goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel felt the signing of striker Eric Cantona was a factor in the team's success: "He has added an element of surprise, imagination, inventiveness." This was Manchester United's first appearance in the Charity Shield in three years; prior to this event they won 10 Shields outright (1908, 1911, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1983), shared four (1965, 1967, 1977, 1990) and lost three (1948, 1963, 1985). By contrast, Arsenal won seven previous Shields (1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1938, 1948, 1953), shared one with Tottenham Hotspur in 1991 and lost four (1935, 1936, 1979, 1989). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1993 FA Charity Shield」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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