1986 FA Charity Shield

1986 FA Charity Shield

Liverpool Everton 1 1
Date	16 August 1986
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Referee	Neil Midgley
Attendance	88,231[1]
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The 1986 FA Charity Shield (also known as the General Motors – FA Charity Shield for sponsorship reasons) was the 64th Charity Shield, a football match contested by the holders of the Football League First Division and FA Cup. This edition featured a Merseyside derby between Liverpool and Everton at Wembley Stadium. Liverpool achieved a First Division and FA Cup double in 1985–86 so they faced Everton who finished as runners-up in the League. The match was played on 16 August 1986.

Adrian Heath opened the scoring for Everton in the 80th minute when he ran in on goal to shoot right footed to the left of the goalkeeper from six yards. Ian Rush equalised in the 88th minute when he side footed to the net from six yards after a low cross from the right. The match finished 1–1. The two clubs shared the title, each having held the shield for six months.^[2]

Match details

16 August 1986

15:00

Liverpool	1–1	Everton
Rush 88'	Report	Heath 80'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 88,231

Referee: Neil Midgley (Salford)

Liverpool

Everton

1 Bruce Grobbelaar  57' 2 Barry Venison 3 Jim Beglin 4 Mark Lawrenson 5 Ronnie Whelan 6 Alan Hansen (c) 7 Steve McMahon 8 Craig Johnston 9 Ian Rush 10 Jan Mølby 11 Kevin MacDonald  65' Substitutes: 12 Kenny Dalglish  65' 14 Sammy Lee 15 John Wark 16 Gary Gillespie 17 Mike Hooper  57' Manager: Kenny Dalglish

1 Bobby Mimms 2 Alan Harper 3 Paul Power 4 Kevin Ratcliffe (c) 5 Ian Marshall 6 Kevin Langley 7 Trevor Steven 8 Adrian Heath 9 Graeme Sharp 10 Kevin Richardson 11 Kevin Sheedy  57' Substitutes: 12 Paul Wilkinson  84' 13 Fred Barber 14 Neil Adams  57'  84' 15 Warren Aspinall Manager: Howard Kendall

See also

• 1985–86 Football League
• 1985–86 FA Cup

References

External links

• LFC History Article on the match

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