List of FA Community Shield matches

[1] The match is played every August, serving as England's super cup equivalent, and is regarded as the "curtain-raiser" and the first competitive game of each top-flight English football season.

[11] Following a six-year suspension due to the First World War, the competition resumed in 1920 with a game between the champions of the Football League First and Second Divisions.

[16] A decade later, in 1971, Arsenal won the double and opted against contesting the Shield in favour of playing in more profitable friendlies in Europe; Leicester City – the champions of the Second Division – took their place.

Although the Shield has had its share of historical moments – from Eric Cantona's first career hat-trick in 1992[19] to Manchester United's first loss of 1999 ending a streak of 33 consecutive games without a defeat,[20] it has been dismissed by some as a ceremonial friendly that is not on par with other domestic honours in terms of prestige.

[26][27][28] Ahead of the 2016 FA Community Shield against Manchester United, Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri asked, "Why do you say this question, a friendly?

"[3] The following year, Chelsea manager Antonio Conte affirmed the significance of the cup, stating "It is not a friendly game.

It is an official game and there is a trophy so for us it must be important" ahead of his side's clash with Arsenal, the team that had denied his club the double the previous season.

[29] Likewise in 2018, Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola referred to his side's clash with Chelsea in the competition as "the first final" of the season.