1999 FA Charity Shield

The 1999 FA Charity Shield was a football match held on 1 August 1999 at Wembley Stadium. The teams involved were Manchester United, who had won the Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League the previous season, and Arsenal, who had finished as runners-up to United in the league. Arsenal won the match 2–1, with goals from Nwankwo Kanu and Ray Parlour. Dwight Yorke scored the opening goal for the Red Devils. This defeat was Manchester United's first in 34 matches in all competitions - their previous competitive defeat having come at home to Middlesbrough who had beaten them 3–2 at Old Trafford in the league on 19 December 1998.

Making their debuts for Arsenal on the day were Brazilian midfielder Sylvinho and Ukrainian defender Oleh Luzhny.

Manchester United's only "debutant" was Mark Bosnich, who had actually played a few games for them at the beginning of the decade and just rejoined them after eight seasons with Aston Villa.

Match details

1 August 1999 15:00	Arsenal	2–1	Manchester United	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 70,185 Referee: Graham Barber (Hertfordshire)
	Kanu  67' (pen.) Parlour  78'		Yorke  36'

Arsenal

Manchester United

GK 13 Alex Manninger RB 2 Lee Dixon CB 5 Martin Keown 25' CB 18 Gilles Grimandi LB 3 Nigel Winterburn RM 15 Ray Parlour 88' CM 4 Patrick Vieira 25' CM 17 Emmanuel Petit LM 16 Sylvinho 64' CF 8 Fredrik Ljungberg CF 25 Nwankwo Kanu Substitutes: GK 24 Stuart Taylor GK 31 John Lukic DF 19 Stefan Malz DF 22 Oleh Luzhny 88' MF 21 Luis Boa Morte 64' MF 30 Paolo Vernazza FW 12 Christopher Wreh Manager: Arsène Wenger

GK 1 Mark Bosnich RB 12 Phil Neville CB 21 Henning Berg CB 6 Jaap Stam 46' LB 3 Denis Irwin RM 7 David Beckham 21' CM 8 Nicky Butt 25' 81' CM 18 Paul Scholes LM 14 Jordi Cruyff 62' CF 9 Andy Cole CF 19 Dwight Yorke Substitutes: GK 31 Nick Culkin DF 4 David May 46' DF 13 John Curtis MF 33 Mark Wilson MF 34 Jonathan Greening FW 10 Teddy Sheringham 81' FW 20 Ole Gunnar Solskjær 62' Manager: Sir Alex Ferguson

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