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| Date | 14 August 1994 | ||||||
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| Venue | Wembley Stadium,London | ||||||
| Referee | Philip Don (Middlesex) | ||||||
| Attendance | 60,402 | ||||||
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The1994 FA Charity Shield was the 72ndFA Charity Shield, an annualfootball match played between the winners of the previous season'sPremier League andFA Cup competitions. The match was played on 14 August 1994 atWembley Stadium and contested byManchester United, who had won theleague andcupDouble in 1993–94, andBlackburn Rovers, who had finished as runners-up in the Premier League. Manchester United won the match 2–0 with goals fromEric Cantona andPaul Ince, with seven players booked due to a new clampdown imposed by referees.[1]
Notable omissions from the Blackburn side were the previous season's top scorerAlan Shearer (who had a virus from eating seafood) and his new strike partnerChris Sutton, who had just joined them for a national record fee of £5 million. Also absent due to injury wereMike Newell,Kevin Gallacher,Paul Warhurst andDavid Batty.Stuart Ripley andIan Pearce made a makeshift front two, with young strikerPeter Thorne making his solitary appearance for Blackburn as a substitute. Other debutants for Rovers were experienced defenderTony Gale and Australian wingerRobbie Slater.
Meanwhile, Manchester United defenderDavid May made his club debut just weeks after joining them from Blackburn.Denis Irwin andRoy Keane were absent after being given an extended break after playing for theRepublic of Ireland in the1994 FIFA World Cup.
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| Report | Cantona 22' (pen.)Ince 81' |
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