Sunday 7th August 2011 | An annual football match at London's Wembley Stadium, the FA Community Shield event (formerly known as the FA Charity Shield) takes place at the beginning of the English football season. The match is contested between the previous seasons' Premiership Champions and FA Cup winners.
FA Community Shield
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FA Community Shield Teams 2011
The 2011 FA Community shield will be played between 2010/2011 FA Premier League champions Manchester United and 2010/2011 FA Cup winners Manchester City.
Community Shield match rules: The match lasts 90 minutes, comprising of two 45 minute periods that are separated by a 15 minute break. If the scores are level after 90 minutes the match will go to a penalty shootout, where each side takes five penalty kicks each, and the winner is the team who scores more goals in the shootout. If the scores are level after each team has taken five penalty kicks, the match goes to sudden death, whereby each team takes one penalty kick each in succession, and the winner is the team who scores their sudden death kick when the other team misses.
FA Community Shield Tickets 2011
Ticket prices for the 2010 FA Community Shield ranged from £40, £30, £20 and £15, with The Football Association distributing all proceeds to charitable projects across England. With 86,000 fans attending the 2009 event, over £2 million was expected to be donated to charity. For further information on Community Shield 2011 tickets, go to www.thefa.com.
Mint,lets win it.
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