Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The 1993 FA Charity Shield was the 71st FA Charity Shield, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's Premier League and FA Cup competitions. It was held at Wembley Stadium on 7 August 1993. The match was played between Manchester United, champions of the 1992–93 Premier League and Arsenal, who beat Sheffield Wednesday to win the 1993 FA Cup Final. Watched by a crowd of 66,519, Manchester United won the Shield 5–4 on penalties, after the match had finished at 1–1 after 90 minutes.This was Manchester United's 17th Charity Shield appearance and Arsenal's 12th. The 1993 staging of the event was the first to feature players wearing permanent squad numbers; this became common practise in time for the 1993–94 season. It was scheduled for a 12:30pm kick-off, for the benefit of television. Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson and Arsenal manager George Graham revealed their intention to win the Shield before the match, in spite of it treated as a friendly.Roy Keane made his debut for Manchester United in the match; he partnered Paul Ince in midfield. United began the match the brighter of the two teams and scored after eight minutes of play, through Mark Hughes. Striker Eric Cantona spurned two chances to extend United's lead, by which point Arsenal's midfield started to assert themselves. Five minutes before the interval, Ian Wright capitalised on an mistake by Ryan Giggs to score the equaliser. Arsenal started the second half as the better side, which prompted Ferguson to tweak his formation and bring on Bryan Robson in place of Giggs. Eddie McGoldrick came on for his Arsenal debut in the 74th minute, and two minutes later, United were denied a penalty after Ince was brought down by John Jensen.As there were no further goals, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out. Wright and Denis Irwin missed their penalties; the decisive penalty, taken by Arsenal goalkeeper David Seaman, was saved by his opposite number, Peter Schmeichel. The Charity Shield was presented to Manchester United captain Steve Bruce by former footballer Billy Wright. Graham admitted he did not know the match was to be decided on penalties, and thought it was unfortunate Seaman missed. Ferguson was delighted with the win and his team's start to the game, but suggested it should not have been settled by a shoot-out.. }
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- 1993_FA_Charity_Shield abstract "The 1993 FA Charity Shield was the 71st FA Charity Shield, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's Premier League and FA Cup competitions. It was held at Wembley Stadium on 7 August 1993. The match was played between Manchester United, champions of the 1992–93 Premier League and Arsenal, who beat Sheffield Wednesday to win the 1993 FA Cup Final. Watched by a crowd of 66,519, Manchester United won the Shield 5–4 on penalties, after the match had finished at 1–1 after 90 minutes.This was Manchester United's 17th Charity Shield appearance and Arsenal's 12th. The 1993 staging of the event was the first to feature players wearing permanent squad numbers; this became common practise in time for the 1993–94 season. It was scheduled for a 12:30pm kick-off, for the benefit of television. Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson and Arsenal manager George Graham revealed their intention to win the Shield before the match, in spite of it treated as a friendly.Roy Keane made his debut for Manchester United in the match; he partnered Paul Ince in midfield. United began the match the brighter of the two teams and scored after eight minutes of play, through Mark Hughes. Striker Eric Cantona spurned two chances to extend United's lead, by which point Arsenal's midfield started to assert themselves. Five minutes before the interval, Ian Wright capitalised on an mistake by Ryan Giggs to score the equaliser. Arsenal started the second half as the better side, which prompted Ferguson to tweak his formation and bring on Bryan Robson in place of Giggs. Eddie McGoldrick came on for his Arsenal debut in the 74th minute, and two minutes later, United were denied a penalty after Ince was brought down by John Jensen.As there were no further goals, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out. Wright and Denis Irwin missed their penalties; the decisive penalty, taken by Arsenal goalkeeper David Seaman, was saved by his opposite number, Peter Schmeichel. The Charity Shield was presented to Manchester United captain Steve Bruce by former footballer Billy Wright. Graham admitted he did not know the match was to be decided on penalties, and thought it was unfortunate Seaman missed. Ferguson was delighted with the win and his team's start to the game, but suggested it should not have been settled by a shoot-out.".