1992 FA Charity Shield

The match programme cover
Leeds United Liverpool 4 3
Date	8 August 1992
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Man of the Match	Eric Cantona
Referee	David Elleray (Middlesex)
Attendance	61,291
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The 1992 FA Charity Shield (also known as the Tennent's FA Charity Shield for sponsorship reasons) was the 70th Charity Shield, a football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Football League and FA Cup competitions. The match was played on 8 August 1992 between 1991–92 Football League champions Leeds United and 1991–92 FA Cup winners Liverpool.

Leeds won a dramatic match 4–3 with a hat-trick from Eric Cantona.

The match saw Liverpool player Paul Stewart make his debut for the club. It was also the first competitive game that goalkeeper David James, an unused substitute, was involved in for Liverpool.

Background

The FA 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 the Football League champions and FA 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, the Premier 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 the Millennium Stadium, while Wembley was being refurbished into a 90,000-capacity venue.^[1]

Match details

8 August 1992

15:00

Leeds United	4–3	Liverpool
Cantona 26', 77', 87' Dorigo 43'	Report	Rush 34' Saunders 65' Strachan 89' (o.g.)

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 61,291

Referee: David Elleray (Middlesex)

Leeds United

Liverpool

GK 1 John Lukic LB 3 Tony Dorigo CB 5 Chris Fairclough CB 6 Chris Whyte RB 2 Jon Newsome  84' LM 11 Gary Speed CM 4 David Batty CM 10 Gary McAllister (c) RM 8 Rod Wallace CF 7 Eric Cantona CF 9 Lee Chapman  79' Substitutes: MF 12 Gordon Strachan  84' GK 13 Mervyn Day MF 14 Steve Hodge  79' MF 15 David Rocastle DF 16 David Wetherall Manager: Howard Wilkinson

GK 1 Bruce Grobbelaar LB 3 David Burrows CB 2 Nick Tanner CB 5 Mark Wright (c) RB 4 Mike Marsh  72' LM 6 Ronny Rosenthal  83' CM 10 Ronnie Whelan CM 8 Paul Stewart RM 11 Mark Walters CF 7 Dean Saunders CF 9 Ian Rush Substitutes: DF 12 Steve Harkness GK 13 David James MF 14 István Kozma  83' MF 15 Don Hutchison  72' Manager: Graeme Souness