1968 FA Charity Shield

The 1968 FA Charity Shield was a football match played on 3 August 1968 between Football League champions Manchester City and FA Cup winners West Bromwich Albion. It was the 46th Charity Shield match and was played at City's home ground, Maine Road. Manchester City won 6–1.

1968 FA Charity Shield

Event	FA Charity Shield
Manchester City West Bromwich Albion 6 1
Date	3 August 1968
Venue	Maine Road, Manchester
Referee	Harry New
Attendance	35,510[1]
← 1967 1969 →

The official match programme cost one shilling.^[2]

Match details

3 August 1968

15:00 BST

Manchester City	6–1	West Bromwich Albion
Owen 1', 59' Lovett 5' (o.g.) Lee 40', 90' Young 62'		Krzywicki 43'

Maine Road, Manchester

Attendance: 35,510^[1]

Referee: Harry New

Manchester City

West Bromwich Albion

GK 1 Ken Mulhearn RB 2 David Connor LB 3 Glyn Pardoe RH 4 Mike Doyle CH 5 George Heslop (c) LH 6 Alan Oakes OR 7 Francis Lee IR 8 Colin Bell CF 9 Mike Summerbee IL 10 Neil Young OL 11 Bobby Owen Manager: Joe Mercer

1 John Osborne 2 Doug Fraser 3 Graham Williams (c) 4 Tony Brown 5 John Talbut 6 John Kaye 7 Graham Lovett 8 Ian Collard 9 Asa Hartford 10 Dick Krzywicki 11 Kenny Stephens Substitute: 12 Alan Merrick Manager: Alan Ashman

See also

• 1967–68 Football League
• 1967–68 FA Cup