 This was Arsenal 's 12th 's Charity Shield appearance and Manchester United 's 17th . The 1993 staging of the event was the first to feature players wearing permanent squad numbers ; this became common practise in time for the 1993 – 94 season . Roy Keane made his debut for Manchester United in the match ; he partnered Paul Ince in midfield . United began the match the brighter of the two teams and scored after eight minutes of play , through Mark Hughes . Striker Eric Cantona spurned two chances to extend United 's lead , by which point Arsenal 's midfield started to assert themselves . Five minutes before the interval , Ian Wright capitalised on a mistake by Ryan Giggs to score the equaliser . Arsenal started the second half strongly , which prompted Ferguson to tweak his formation and bring on Bryan Robson in place of Giggs . Eddie McGoldrick came on for his Arsenal debut in the 74th minute , and two minutes later , United were denied a penalty after Ince was brought down by John Jensen . 
