FA Community Shield
Wembley Stadium
Sunday, 10 August; KO: 15:00 BST


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Gary Neville is set to captain Manchester United

in what will be his second competitive appearance since injuring his ankle in March 2007.

Cristiano Ronaldo (ankle), Owen Hargreaves, Ben Foster,
Louis Saha and Park Ji-sung (all knee) are out.

Portsmouth could be without midfielders Lassana Diarra (ankle) and Sean Davis (hip),
while Glen Little is also trying to shake off a thigh injury.

Peter Crouch is set to feature alongside Jermain Defoe in attack.



Manchester United (from):

Van der Sar, Kuszczak,
Neville, Brown, R Da Silva, Ferdinand, Vidic, O'Shea, Evans, Evra, Silvestre,
F Da Silva, Nani, Carrick, Scholes, Fletcher, Gibson, Possebon, Giggs, Martin,
Tevez, Campbell.

Portsmouth (from):

James, Johnson,
Campbell, Distin, Hreidarsson, Utaka, Diop, Pedro Mendes,
Kranjcar, Crouch, Little, Sahar, Diarra, Defoe, Davis, Kanu, Wilson, Duffy, Lauren, Nugent, Mvuemba,
Cranie, Ashdown.




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BIG-MATCH FACTS



Manchester United are making their 25th appearance in the FA Community Shield,
formerly known as the Charity Shield, and are attempting to claim the silverware
exactly 100 years after doing so on the first occasion it was contested.

It was back in 1908 when United, as League champions, defeated then Southern League champions
Queen's Park Rangers 4-0 in a replay after a 1-1 draw.

In those days the Charity Shield was a contest between professionals and amateurs,
prior to becoming the traditional seasonal curtain-raiser, between the league champions and FA Cup winners.

The Old Trafford based Premier League champions and Champions League winners
have won this pipe-opener 12 times, and have shared it on a further four occasions.

No other club has had at least a share of the shield as many as 16 times.
Liverpool at 15 and Arsenal 12 are the next nearest.

Portsmouth, who won the FA Cup in May, return to the scene of their
1-0 triumph over Cardiff to compete for the shield for a second time.

Their only previous appearance was in 1949, when as champions of England
they drew 1-1 with Wolverhampton Wanderers, and shared the silver platter.

Victory for Portsmouth would make them the 14th club to have had at least a share of the shield on multiple occasions.


Previous Charity/Community Shield appearances



The League ladder

Portsmouth ended last season eighth in the Barclays Premier League with 57 points, 20 points inferior
to table toppers Manchester United, who retained the title and claimed their 10th Premier League crown.



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HEAD TO HEAD

All competitions

These sides met three times last season.
The league fixture at Fratton Park ended 1-1 and United won the reverse




2-0



They then faced up in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup, when a 78th minute penalty


from Sulley Ali Muntari

saw Pompey qualify for the last four.


Premier League

Manchester United lead by six wins to three with one match drawn
from 10 Premier League meetings since Portsmouth gained promotion in 2003.




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Sir Alex Ferguson

will be embarking on his 23rd year in charge of Manchester United this season.

The victory over Chelsea in the Champions League final in May
saw the Red Devils lift their 29th piece of silverware in the tenure of the 66 year old.

Since taking over at the helm, United under Ferguson have won
the Champions League twice, 10 Premier League titles, five FA Cups, two League Cups, the European Cup Winners' Cup,
the European Super Cup, the Inter-Continental Cup and the FA Charity/Community Shield six times,
and have been joint holders once.

At 61 years of age,


Harry Redknapp

will be the second oldest manager in the Premier League, when it kicks off next weekend.

He is in his second spell in charge at Fratton Park
(25 March 2002 to 24 November 2004, and then re-appointed on 7 December 2005).

Redknapp has masterminded three notable FA Cup victories over Manchester United.

He famously managed Bournemouth to a 2-0 win at Dean Court in 1984, in pre-Ferguson days.

He motivated West Ham to a 1-0 fourth round victory at Old Trafford in 2001,
and inspired Portsmouth to repeat that 1-0 score at Fratton Park five months ago.




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REFEREE:



Peter Walton

has been appointed as a replacement for original appointee Mark Clattenburg,
who is suspended
from officiating while the FA investigate allegations relating to debts of companies connected to the Fifa-listed referee.

Ref Clattenburg hit by suspension

Walton from Northamptonshire, issued three red cards and 74 yellow in 24 Premier League games last season.

[ 本帖最后由 卡里克 于 2008-8-11 00:16 编辑 ]

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