By Chris,
May 20 2008

Manchester United will play Portsmouth for the Community Shield on August 10th at Wembley Stadium. Pompey won the F.A Cup on Saturday afternoon with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Cardiff City – meaning the south-coast club will enter European competition for the same time next season. The win also secured their participation in August’s Community Shield curtain-raiser.

Nwanwko Kanu struck eight minutes before half-time to cap a fine performance and secure that Portsmouth won the F.A Cup for the second time.

Pompey, of course, knocked 10-man United out of the competition at the quarter-final stage - denying the fans at least one trip to Wembley.

The two teams will now go head-to-head for the Community Shield on August 10^th at Wembley Stadium. Pompey are certain to provide a stern test for United - particularly after chief executive Peter Storrie promised Redknapp a boost of summer transfer funds following their Cup triumph.

United won the traditional curtain-raiser in 2007 with a penalty shoot-out win against Chelsea. However, fans showed a degree of apathy towards the match with thousands streaming for the exits before the spot-kicks were taken.