1911 FA Charity Shield

The 1911 FA Charity Shield was the fourth Charity Shield, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Football League and Southern League competitions. The match was played on 25 September 1911 between Manchester United, winners of the 1910–11 Football League, and Swindon Town, winners of the 1910–11 Southern League. Manchester United won the match 8–4 in front of only 10,000 fans at Stamford Bridge, London.

The match remains the highest-scoring match in Charity Shield history. Harold Halse scored six goals for Manchester United in this match, a record for the most goals scored by an individual in a Charity Shield match. It is also a record for the most goals scored by an individual Manchester United player in one match, a record that was not equalled for almost 60 years, until George Best in an 8–2 win over Northampton Town on 7 February 1970. Proceeds from the sale of tickets at this game were donated to the survivors of the RMS Titanic.^[1]

Match details

25 September 1911

Manchester United	8–4	Swindon Town
Halse (6) Turnbull Wall		Fleming Wheatcroft Tout Jefferson

Stamford Bridge, London

Attendance: 10,000

GK 1 Hugh Edmonds RB 2 Leslie Hofton LB 3 George Stacey RH 4 Dick Duckworth CH 5 Charlie Roberts LH 6 Alex Bell OR 7 Billy Meredith IR 8 Mickey Hamill CF 9 Harold Halse IL 10 Sandy Turnbull OL 11 George Wall Manager: Ernest Mangnall

GK 1 Len Skiller RB 2 Harry Kay LB 3 Billy Tout RH 4 Frank Handley CH 5 Charlie Bannister LH 6 Billy Silto OR 7 Bob Jefferson IR 8 Harold Fleming CF 9 Freddie Wheatcroft IL 10 Archie Bown OL 11 Sammy Lamb Manager: Sam Allen

References

• White, John D. T. (2008). The Official Manchester United Almanac. London: Orion Books. p. 254. ISBN 978-0-7528-9192-7.
• Curran, Joe (August 2008). "A Century of Shields". The FA Community Shield sponsored by McDonald's 2008 – Manchester United v Portsmouth – Official Matchday Programme. London: The Football Association: 56–60.