1985 FA Charity Shield

The 1985 FA Charity Shield (also known as the General Motors FA Charity Shield for sponsorship reasons) was the 63rd FA Charity Shield, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's First Division and FA Cup competitions. The match was played on 10 August 1985 at Wembley Stadium and contested by Everton, who had won the 1984–85 First Division, and Manchester United, who had won the 1984–85 FA Cup. Everton won 2–0 with goals from Trevor Steven and Adrian Heath. Trevor Steven put Everton into the lead when he swept home from six yards after a cross from the left in the first half. The second goal came in the second half when Manchester United goalkeeper Gary Bailey dropped a cross from the left to allow Adrian Heath to tip the ball past him into the left corner of the net.

The Charity Shield was the first competitive game that new striker Gary Lineker played for Everton, and although he failed to get on the scoresheet in the game he made up for it by scoring 40 goals in all competitions that season. He took the place in the team previously occupied by Andy Gray. Kevin Moran of Manchester United had been sent off in the final and he was suspended for this game, with his place in the side being taken by understudy Graeme Hogg, and Gordon Strachan was replaced by Mike Duxbury. These were the only differences between the first XI of this game and the FA Cup final earlier in May 1985.

Match details

Everton v Manchester United

10 August 1985 15:00 UTC+1

Everton	2–0	Manchester United
Steven Heath	Report

Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 82,000 Referee: Joe Worrall (Cheshire)

GK Neville Southall DF Gary Stevens DF Kevin Ratcliffe (c) DF Derek Mountfield DF Pat Van Den Hauwe MF Trevor Steven MF Paul Bracewell MF Peter Reid MF Kevin Sheedy FW Graeme Sharp FW Gary Lineker Substitutes: DF John Bailey MF Adrian Heath Manager: Howard Kendall

GK 1 Gary Bailey DF 2 John Gidman DF 3 Arthur Albiston MF 4 Norman Whiteside DF 5 Paul McGrath DF 6 Graeme Hogg MF 7 Bryan Robson (c) MF 8 Mike Duxbury FW 9 Mark Hughes FW 10 Frank Stapleton MF 11 Jesper Olsen Substitutes: FW 12 Alan Brazil GK 13 Chris Turner MF 14 Remi Moses MF 15 Peter Barnes DF 16 Clayton Blackmore Manager: Ron Atkinson

See also

• 1984–85 Football League
• 1984–85 FA Cup