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1998 FA Charity Shield

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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/August 7, 2016 by — Chris Woodrich (talk) 15:48, 22 July 2016 (UTC)



The 1998 FA Charity Shield was the 76th FA Charity Shield, an annual English football match organised by The Football Association and played between the winners of the previous season's Premier League and FA Cup competitions. It was contested on 9 August 1998 by Arsenal – who won a league and FA Cup double the previous season – and Manchester United, who finished runners-up in the league. Watched by a crowd of 67,342 at Wembley Stadium, Arsenal won the match 3–0. Manchester United began the game more strongly, but Arsenal took the lead when Marc Overmars scored 11 minutes before half-time. They extended their lead in the second half, as Overmars and Nicolas Anelka found Christopher Wreh, who put the ball into an empty net at the second attempt. In the 72nd minute, Arsenal scored a third goal, when Anelka got around Jaap Stam in the penalty box and shot the ball past goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel. It was Manchester United's first defeat in the Shield for 13 years. The teams later faced each other in the FA Cup semi-final, which was won by Manchester United in a replay. Manchester United finished the league season one point ahead of Arsenal and went on to win the FA Cup and UEFA Champions League, thereby completing a treble of trophies in the 1998–99 season.
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 * Promoted: 23 August 2014
 * Reasons for nomination: For the 2016 edition on 7 August. Article has FA status in Chinese and Vietnamese
 * Support as nominator. &#39;&#39;&#39;tAD&#39;&#39;&#39; (talk) 01:41, 5 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Support good timing Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:11, 7 July 2016 (UTC)