Manchester City 0 v 1 Manchester United, Charity Shield, Final, 24th October 1956, Season 1956-1957, Venue: Maine Road
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Starting 11 & match stats of Manchester United football club first team Charity Shield match v opponent Manchester City football club, played on Wednesday 24th October 1956 at Maine Road stadium during the 1956-1957 season.
Scoreboard
Manchester City 0
Manchester United 1
Dennis Viollett 75'
First MATCH (65) Last
Misc match information
MUFC win their 4th Charity Shield. Youngest ever first-team player: David Gaskell – 16 years, 19 days. David Gaskell was the 1st official substitute ever used for Manchester United. Gaskell was in crowd and was given a kit and Colin Webster's Boots
The Managers Match details Head to head record
Busby, Matt McDowall, Les
Busby, Matt McDowall, Les
Wednesday 24th October 1956
Charity Shield
1956-1957
Final
Charity Shield Trophy
Venue: Maine Road (A)
Attendance: 30495
Match 65 of 196 vs Manchester City
Manchester City


Manchester City
P W D L F A Diff Win%
97 43 29 25 150 123 +27 0.44
93 35 25 33 121 142 -21 0.38
6 2 1 3 7 10 -3 0.33
196 80 55 61 278 275 +3 0.41
Red Card logo
Portrait Player Name RED CARD
Clean Sheets
Portrait Player Name Clean Sheets
Wood, Ray Clean Sheets gloves
Gaskell, David Clean Sheets gloves
Manchester United Starting 11
Manchester United shirt number Manchester United portraits Manchester United player name Manchester United red cards Manchester United National flag Manchester United substitutes Goal Goal time
Manchester United squad number 1 Manchester United player portrait of Wood, Ray Wood, Ray
Manchester United squad number 2 Manchester United player portrait of Foulkes, William Foulkes, William
Manchester United squad number 3 Manchester United player portrait of Byrne, Roger Byrne, Roger
Manchester United squad number 4 Manchester United player portrait of Colman, Eddie Colman, Eddie
Manchester United squad number 5 Manchester United player portrait of Jones, Mark Jones, Mark
Manchester United squad number 6 Manchester United player portrait of Edwards, Duncan Edwards, Duncan
Manchester United squad number 7 Manchester United player portrait of Berry, Johnny Berry, Johnny
Manchester United squad number 8 Manchester United player portrait of Whelan, William Whelan, William
Manchester United squad number 9 Manchester United player portrait of Taylor, Tommy Taylor, Tommy
Manchester United squad number 10 Manchester United player portrait of Viollet, Dennis Viollet, Dennis 75'
Manchester United squad number 11 Manchester United player portrait of Pegg, David Pegg, David
Manchester United squad number 12 Manchester United player portrait of Gaskell, David Gaskell, David ON for Wood
Match shirt
Image used with kind permission from https://www.unitedkits.com/
Manchester United shirt worn for game v Manchester City played on Wednesday 24th October 1956 at Maine Road stadium during the 1956-1957 season.
EVERY GAME VS Manchester City
Newspaper Match Report
 

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