Premier League champions Manchester United face FA Cup winners Wigan in the Community Shield at Wembley on Sunday. Here we look back at five previous classics in the annual curtain raiser to the English top-flight season:

RAMPANT UNITED MAKE SHEARER PAY FOR SNUB

Alan Shearer got a taste of what might have been after snubbing Alex Ferguson's advances for the second time in his career in the summer of 1996.

The England striker's decision to reject Manchester United in favour of a £15 million move from Blackburn to Newcastle never looked an especially sound decision and it seemed even less wise after Kevin Keegan's team were thrashed 4-0 by champions United thanks to goals from Eric Cantona, Nicky Butt, David Beckham and Roy Keane.

HAT-TRICK HERO CANTONA INSPIRES LEEDS While Eric Cantona is remembered most fondly for his legendary exploits at Manchester United, the French forward was also the last player to score a hat-trick in the Shield in Leeds' 4-3 win over Liverpool in 1992.

Cantona's treble still wasn't enough to persuade Leeds manager Howard Wilkinson to put his trust in the controversial star and he was sold to United in November that year, a move that played a massive role in the rise of Alex Ferguson's club, who won the Premier League title at the end of that season.

CLOUGH'S FIVE-STAR FOREST ROUT IPSWICH

In this 1978 fixture, Brian Clough's Nottingham Forest were kings of England and soon to be crowned European champions, while FA Cup winners Ipswich were playing without Kevin Beattie and Allan Hunter at the heart of their defence.

In the circumstances, Forest's 5-0 demolition job was somewhat inevitable as Martin O'Neill scored a brace, with Peter Withe, Larry Lloyd and John Robertson also scoring in the most one-sided Shield showdown in the last 34 years.

KEEGAN, BREMNER OFF AFTER WEMBLEY ROW

Liverpool beat champions Leeds 6-5 on penalties after a 1-1 draw in the first Charity Shield to be held at Wembley.

But, while the result has long been forgotten, the 1974 match is still remembered for a spectacular punch-up between Liverpool's Kevin Keegan and Leeds captain Billy Bremner, which saw the pair become the first British players to be sent off at Wembley.

Keegan famously ripped his shirt off in frustration as he left the field and both were subsequently fined £500 and banned for 11 games.

KEEPER JENNINGS SCORES IN SIX-GOAL THRILLER Spurs goalkeeper Pat Jennings got himself on the score sheet with a huge kick up field, which left Manchester United stopper Alex Stepney embarrassed as it bounced over him into the unguarded net.

Jennings' remarkable eighth minute goal, along with Jimmy Robertson and Frank Saul's for Spurs, cancelled out Denis Law's effort and a Bobby Charlton brace, ensuring the trophy was shared at Old Trafford.