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Saturday, 8th August 2009
Kick Off : 14:00 GMT
Venue : Wembley, London

Chelsea will be hoping to begin the new season where they left off, lifting a trophy at Wembley when they face Manchester United in the Community Shield.

So United took on Valencia in a match that I (for some reason) thought was supposed to be the Testimonial for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Perhaps not? Regardless, a rather young United side managed to knock two past their Spanish counterparts and managed to look rather convincing in the process.

Second half goals from Wayne Rooney and Tom Cleverley (both assisted by a once again impressive Antonio Valencia) gave United the victory, and made me even more excited about this Sunday's Charity Shield match against Chelsea.

This is probably a first, a European football player with a "Verified Account" on"twitter. His first tweet was from his agent Jorge Mendes "This is the official Cristiano Ronaldo twitter. Cristiano Ronaldo will start twittering soon". Half an hour into the Charity Shield match between his former club, Manchester United and Chelsea, Ronaldo made his [.

The Charity Shield illustrated several points of concern for EPL FF managers looking to Man Utd defenders, and has started to turn decisions on players into something of a headache. Vidic has been ruled out for up to two weeks with a calf injury, Ben Foster had some shaky moments in goal which may have opened the door for Kuszczak.

Sir Alex Ferguson went mental at referee Chris Foy before the penalty shoot-out took place. Manchester United left-back Patrice Evra was floored clutching his face by Michael Ballack in the Chelsea half just before Frank Lampard scored. The referee had twice stopped play before that and Ferguson was incensed that there were no consistency with the [.

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This has to be a joke!

Darren Fletcher has rejected a plea from Scotland boss George Burley to sit out Sunday's Community Shield match between Manchester United and Chelsea.
Burley was desperate to secure the early release of United midfielder Fletcher for next Wednesday's crucial World Cup qualifier in Norway.

Manchester United Defender Nemanja Vidic ruled out for the Charity Shield and Season Opening match with a calf injury.

Man United eventually succumbed to Chelsea after a penalty shootout - but not before both teams showed they cared about the trophy. Nani was surprisingly effective for United, and they will be cursing his dislocated shoulder. He can be added to Vidic, Neville, Rafael, Brown, Van Der Sar, and Foster on the treatment table.

The English Premier League kicks off its 2009-2010 season this weekend and it promises to be an enthralling season again in Europe's top league.

With the transfer window still three weeks away the prospects for many teams will rise and fall on who is added or leaves between now and then.

Antonio Valencia enjoyed a superb home debut against his namesakes as Manchester United beat Valencia 2-0 at Old Trafford before a crowd of 71,000.

United's summer signing from Wigan set up both goals and left the field to a standing ovation late on after a dynamic display on the right side of midfield.

In my mind, the Community Shield (previously known as the Charity Shield) was always a big deal for me. The winner of the FA Cup against the winner of the Premier League (formerly First Division). It had to be a massive exciting game, right? But year after year, it felt liked the jilted bride was left at the altar as the games hardly ever lived up to its promises.

Well days after first signing an extension to his current contract at Chelsea, then lifting the Charity Shield at Wembley as he scored one of our pens in the penalty shootout after the 2-2 draw at Wembley, Didier Drogba is singing from the same hymnsheet as the rest of us! He said: "I have a lot of friends in France at the moment who are without a team, without contracts, so I know how lucky I am

An exercise in curtain-raising
19 Venues For Charity Shield / Community Shield Finals
1. Anfield (Liverpool) 1964
2. Burnden Park (Bolton) 1958
3. Elland Road (Leeds) 1969
4. Filbert Street (Leicester) 1971
5. Goodison Park (Everton) 1933, 1963, 1966
6. Highbury (Arsenal) 1924, 1934, 1935, 1938, 1948, 1949, 1953
7.

One piece of non-sense sorted already this season, thanks to Chelsea in the Charity Shield. The idiots who drempt up Man Utd could win "5 trophies" (which was a joke when including the Charity Shield) cannot happen this season.

Chelsea winning on Penalties.

One piece of non-sense sorted already this season, thanks to Chelsea in the Charity Shield. The idiots who drempt up Man Utd could win "5 trophies" (which was a joke when including the Charity Shield) cannot happen this season.

Chelsea winning on Penalties.

As mentioned on here before Bayern Munich have made no secret in their interest for Jose Bosingwa. Reports in today's press would seem that there was an "agreement" in place for Bayern and Chelsea to discuss the transfer of Jose once the Charity Shield was over. It is rumoured that Chelsea are willing to discuss a deal at around £15m.

The Charity Shield might not be as important as a league game per se, historically it is a bit of an anti-climax and prove absolutely nothing about the destination of the Premier League title, but it is the customary curtain raiser to the Premier League and my balls are literally shaking with excitement here.

Old Foes

My attention on Saturday evening was drawn to the Coca-Cola Championship, or Division 2 as it was called up until BSkyB came along, and the clash between recently relegated West Bromwich Albion and Ipswich Town. Roberto Di Matteo and Roy Keane faced each other as players on numerous occasions during their careers, with one particular incident in the Charity Shield in 2000 leading to one of the 11 red cards Keane received during his Manchester United career.