1987 FA Charity Shield

1987 FA Charity Shield

Coventry City Everton 0 1
Date	1 August 1987
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Referee	Ray Lewis
Attendance	88,000

The 1987 FA Charity Shield (also known as the General Motors FA Charity Shield for sponsorship reasons) was a football match between Everton and Coventry City at Wembley on Saturday the 1 August 1987. Everton had won the 1986–87 Football League and Coventry had won the 1987 FA Cup Final to qualify for the season opener for the first time. It was played two weeks before the new league season kicked off. This was Everton's fourth successive appearance in the Charity Shield. The match was shown live on ITV with commentary from Brian Moore and Ian St. John.^[1] Shortly before the interval, Wayne Clarke scored the only goal of the game to win the trophy for Everton.^[2]

Match details

Coventry City v Everton

1 August 1987 15:00

Coventry City	0–1	Everton
		Clarke  44'

Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 88,000 Referee: Ray Lewis

Coventry

Everton

1 Steve Ogrizovic 2 David Phillips 3 Greg Downs 4 Lloyd McGrath 5 Brian Kilcline 6 Trevor Peake 7 Dave Bennett 8 Micky Gynn 9 David Speedie 10 Keith Houchen 11 Nick Pickering Substitutes: Steve Sedgley Brian Borrows Manager: John Sillett

1 Bobby Mimms 2 Alan Harper 3 Paul Power 4 Kevin Ratcliffe 5 Dave Watson 6 Peter Reid 7 Trevor Steven 8 Wayne Clarke 9 Graeme Sharp 10 Adrian Heath 11 Kevin Sheedy Substitutes: Alec Chamberlain Neil Pointon Derek Mountfield Neil Adams Ian Marshall Manager: Colin Harvey See also 1986–87 Football League 1986–87 FA Cup References "Cup Finals on ITV". NTL World. 11 June 2008. Retrieved 17 June 2011. "1987 Charity Shield". football site.co.uk. 11 June 2008. Retrieved 17 June 2011.