The 1968 FA Charity Shield was a
football
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match played on 3 August 1968 between
Football League
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champions
Manchester City
Manchester City Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in Manchester, England, that competes in the Premier League, the English football league system, top flight of Football in England, English footbal ...
and
FA Cup
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winners
West Bromwich Albion
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. It was the 46th
Charity Shield match and was played at City's home ground,
Maine Road
Maine Road was a football stadium in Moss Side, Manchester, England, that was home to Manchester City from 1923 to 2003. It hosted FA Cup semi-finals, the Charity Shield, a League Cup final and England matches. Maine Road's highest attenda ...
. Manchester City won 6–1.
The official match programme cost one
shilling
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.
Match details
See also
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1967–68 Football League
The 1967–68 season was the 69th completed season of the English Football League.
For the first time since 1937 Manchester City won the league title, finishing two points clear of their local rivals Manchester United. Fulham finished bottom o ...
*
1967–68 FA Cup
The 1967–68 FA Cup was the 87th season of the world's oldest association football, football single-elimination tournament, cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup. West Bromwich Albion F.C., West Brom ...
References
1968
Events January–February
* January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously.
* January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...
Charity Shield 1968
Charity Shield 1968
Comm
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Charity Shield
Football competitions in Manchester
1960s in Manchester
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