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| Date | 8 August 1992 | ||||||
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| Venue | Wembley Stadium,London | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Eric Cantona (Leeds United) | ||||||
| Referee | David Elleray (Middlesex) | ||||||
| Attendance | 61,291 | ||||||
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The1992 FA Charity Shield (also known as theTennent's FA Charity Shield for sponsorship reasons) was the 70thCharity Shield, afootball match contested by the winners of the previous season'sFootball League andFA Cup competitions. The match was played on 8 August 1992 between1991–92 Football League championsLeeds United and1991–92 FA Cup winnersLiverpool.
Leeds won a dramatic match 4–3 with ahat-trick fromEric Cantona. As of 2025, this was Leeds' most recent Shield appearance.
The match saw Liverpool playerPaul Stewart make his debut for the club. It was also the first competitive game that goalkeeperDavid James, an unused substitute, was involved in for Liverpool.
TheFA Community Shield was founded in 1908 under its former name, the FA Charity Shield, and was initially contested between the top professional and amateur teams of each season. It was played between theFootball League champions andFA Cup winners for the first time in 1921. Leeds United were appearing in the Charity Shield for the third time, having previously won one (1969) and lost one (1974), while Liverpool appeared in their eighteenth and had won thirteen, five of them shared, (1964,1965,1977,1986,1990) and lost four (1922,1971,1983,1984).
The formation of a new top-tier division, thePremier League, in 1992 meant that Leeds were the last club to take part in the event as Football League champions.[1]Wembley Stadium acted as the host of the Shield, but matches from 2001 were switched to theMillennium Stadium, while Wembley was being refurbished into a90,000-capacity venue.[1]
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