English FA Community Shield Tickets

You can expect Community Shield tickets to become available from mid-July. Sometimes the Football Association makes additional tickets available to both sets of fans. If this happens, they will be available around the end of July.

For General Admission the price of a Community Shield ticket is between £20 and £65. Remember, this is face value, and resale tickets may be cheaper or more expensive.

If you’re buying General Admission tickets through official channels you need to be a Season Ticket holder to enter a ballot for Man United Community Shield tickets. If you want to know more, we’ve published detailed guides to Manchester United Membership and Man United Season Tickets.

The same applies if you want Community Shield tickets for Manchester City. The allocation is made available to Man City Season Ticket holders, and anything left will go to Cityzens Matchday Members, which leaves everyone else in the cold. For more info, check out our guides to Manchester City Season Tickets and Manchester City Membership.

The two clubs will each receive an official allocation of about 31,500 tickets for the Community Shield. When you remember that Manchester United alone have more than 50,000 season ticket holders, you see how tricky it might be to get tickets for this game.

Even if you assume that not all season ticket holders will want to attend, Community Shield tickets will still be almost impossible to obtain through official channels.

Keep in mind that Manchester United have more than 330,000 registered members, many of whom will be desperate for tickets for this match. Man City are also famous for their travelling support, and will easily fill out their allocation.

According to tradition, fans of the first name in the match-up sit in the East end of Wembley stadium, while the second team is in the West end. So in this case Manchester United fans will occupy the East end and City fans will have the West end.

There are fan zones outside of the ground for both sets of supporters. These are open from 11:00 AM and feature DJs and food and drink to help fans get in the mood.

For United and City fans who aren’t season ticket holders, or who live outside the UK, the only other option is the secondary market. Ticket Compare sources authentic tickets for the Community Shield from reliable marketplaces with pre-vetted resellers. Instead of entering a ballot, you can choose the ticket location and the price that suits you.

For atmosphere, the Lower Tier is the place to be, as you will be among the noisy match-going regulars. For the ideal view the front rows of the Upper Tier provide a perfect perspective of the action, especially from the longside North and South stands. For more details, take a look at our Wembley Stadium seating guide.

With beautiful symmetry, this 2024-25 Community Shield is a rematch of one of the last top-tier matches of the 2023-24 season. From out of nowhere, Manchester United pulled off a tactical masterclass in the FA Cup Final in May, nullifying Guardiola’s City and causing endless problems on the break.

United went 2-0 up through Garnacho and Mainoo, and then held on despite a late Doku goal to lift their 13th FA Cup. It was an unexpected but welcome end to a difficult season, in which they finished 8th in the Premier League.

Manchester City qualified for the Community Shield by winning the Premier League, with the help of a 23-game unbeaten run, pipping Arsenal to the title on the final day.

In the past this match has been described as a ‘glorified friendly’, but that has never been true. It is definitely not the case this season, when local rivals Manchester United and Manchester City face each other.

Naturally there’s a cross-city rivalry to consider. For decades, United was the big fish in Manchester, while City endured relegation to the third tier of the English league system in the 1990s. Things changed when City’s current owners took over in 2008, propelling the club to eight Premier League titles, three FA Cups and a Champions League since 2012.

In that time, Manchester United have been eclipsed, winning the league once in 2013, to go with two FA Cups, an EFL Cup and the Europa League in 2017.

But things may be about to change. Pep Guardiola’s time at City is expected to end in 2025, while Manchester United have a new part-owner, injecting fresh ambition into a club that had stagnated. It’s possible we saw the early signs of a new direction in the FA Cup Final, with young stars Garnacho and Mainoo scoring the goals.

One of the most memorable matches in recent years was Liverpool’s 3-1 win over Man City at the King Power Stadium in 2002. The match was relocated from Wembley Stadium to make way for the final of UEFA Women’s Euro 2022.

One Community Shield that was not played in a friendly spirit was the 2003 edition, won by Manchester United on penalties against Arsenal after a 1-1 draw. At the height of the two clubs’ bitter rivalry, this match featured 26 fouls, 5 yellow cards and a red card.

Here’s a list of the top teams in the history of the Community Shield. Asterisks (*) denote the times that the trophy was shared. We’ll explain why this happened below.

Strangely, until 1993, if the match ended in a draw the Community Shield trophy was shared. This happened on 11 occasions between 1949 and 1991. Now, if the teams are tied after 90 minutes there’s a penalty shootout.

Considering the match involves two of the best-performing clubs from the previous campaign, surprisingly few Community Shield winners go on to win the league.

In the Premier League era’s 30+ seasons, the Community Shield winner has only proceeded to win the league six times. These teams were:

• Manchester United in 1993-94, 1996-97, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2010-11
• Manchester City in 2018-19

Going back further, only 18 Community Shield champions since 1908 have gone on to win the league. Curse or not, you can guarantee that the winners will be celebrating at the final whistle.