Manchester United v Wigan Athletic, Community Shield: live 2 min First touch of class from young Wilfried Zaha, an impudent cut back which beats McCarthur. Not to worry, McCarthy's over in a hurry to snub out the threat. 1 min Wigan kick us off. The sun has rudely cast an off-putting shadow over half of the pitch. Let's block it out, Mr Burns-style. I'm fairly sure this is all part of Richard Scudamore's long-term planning... 13.59 Right, come on then, let's all do a big, sloppy football. 13.55 Here comes the national anthem. Please be upstanding: 13.50 Some men in uniform are bringing out three trophies which make up the holy trinity of this pre-season friendly.. They're either strippers or military men. I'm going for the latter. The Premier League, FA Cup and Community Shield are solemnly walked onto the pitch abnd placed on some absolutely wonderful plinths. Here comes the teams, too. They shall be useful. 13.43 Some pre-match words from Sir David Moyes: It's been great. It's a great club, the players have been terrific. There's still a lot more work to come before the season starts. Pre-season form has been a bit mixed, but it's more important to get people fit. Today's still a pre-season game, but obviously there's a trophy to be one which is important too. Zaha has done well in the pre-season games. There's some boys not quite up to match speed yet, Will's one of the ones who has played and impressed us. It's the sort of thing this club does, gives young players a chance. Rooney trained with us yesterday but he's not quite fit, but he will join up with England because I think that will benefit Manchester United. And less words from commoner Owen Coyle: We'll obviously try our best. We all love the underdogs, don't we? As great as the gap might appear to be, we believe we have the quality to win games. 13.40 Time for the season's first pertinent statisitcal tweet from our friends at Opta: 13.32 ITV's coverage is up and running. Roy Keane running at a gentle simmer thus far. Give it a few defensive lapses and he'll reach his usual levels. A watched Keano never boils. 13.30 Here's roughly half of Wigan's travelling support gearing up for a non-afternoon in London's trendy Brent: I'm not just being sniffy and dismissive about Wigan's fans, incidentally. As of last week they had only sold 4,000 tickets. Alright, perhaps I'm being slightly sniffy and dismissive. I apologise to the three Wigan fans reading. 13.20 Old man Ryan Giggs starts in his millionth Community Shield this afternoon. His first appearance in the game was 20 years ago. More to the point: Ian Wright's goal! David Seaman taking a penalty! Peter Schmeichel's top! Cheers, YouTube. 13.10 Another intriguing subplot this afternoon is the debut of goal-line technology. Let's hope it's less contentious than that pesky thermal hawk snickometer device that's been the star of this Ashes series. Here's today's fourth official Michael Oliver making sure everything's working as it should be: 13.00 David Moyes has talked a good game since arriving at Old Trafford. He continues to do so today, according to Henry Winter, who's at Wembley for us: You can't help feeling like words like these are going to be quoted back to Moyes in smart-Alecy voices in the not-too-distant future, can you? 12.52 Some very prompt team-delivery has occured. Here they are: Wigan: Carson; Boyce, Perch, Barnett, Crainey; McCarthy, Watson, McArthur; Maloney, Holt, McClean. Subs: McCann, Nicholls, Gomez, McManaman, Espinoza, Dicko, Fortune. Man Utd: De Gea: Rafael, Vidic, Jones, Evra; Giggs, Carrick, Cleverley, Zaha; Van Persie, Welbeck. Subs: Evans, Valencia, Anderson, Smalling, Lindegaard, Kagawa, Januzaj. 4-4-2 for United? Moyes you old traditionalist, you... 12.50 I made it through the first update without mentioning him once, but it is time to turn our attention to the stocky and suspiciously generously-haired shadow cast over this game, that of Wayne Rooney. We're not expecting Wazza, whose first name for the forseeable future has been replaced with "wantaway," to feature this afternoon, but we can expect the vast majority of ITV's build-up to be dedicated to him and his current sadness. Here's the latest on the summer's second-least interesting transfer saga: Moyes denies rift between club and Rooney Rooney wants to say at Old Trafford, says RVP 12.30 Afternoon liveblog fans. Ever woken up disorientated, head throbbing with absolutely no idea where you are or quite what your name is? This is a football match with a similarly stinking hangover. The sport is stirring uncomfortably from the irresponsible excesses of the latter parts of last season, we're piecing the new reality together this afternoon and remembering a great number of seismic events that have irrevocably changed everything. Christ, Fergie's gone! Wigan won the cup! And got relegated! David Moyes is United manager! Jose Mourinho's back! Hull are in the Premier League! It's an unsettling set of circumstances, making this one of the most intriguing Charity Community Shields in recent memory. All right, I can't really remember any other Community Shields. But the point stands: there's plenty to learn this afternoon. Manchester United come into the game after a wobbly pre-season. Defeat this afternoon to Wigan Athletic, who will be cheered by raucous band of around 4,500 fans, would make a dismissably disconcerting last month into one that's actually quite alarming for supporters of the champions. It's a walkover in theory, but I wonder if unchecked expectation of an easy victory for United might work against a squad who are presumably all still on their best behaviour in front of their new gruff Scottish manager. Wigan's season began encouragingly with a 4-0 win against Barnsley, and despite the exit of their manager, Arouna Kone and Antolin Alcaraz they've still got the core of a settled and reasonably capable team. Callum McManaman, Shaun Maloney, Ben Watson. Those guys are all totally, toally okay. And Grant Holt's stumbled into their attack, which will give Owen Coyle's side a bit of menace which they have lacked. I'm expecting a nervy and vaguely exciting match. I am prepared to be disappointed. But at least it's football. Let's take solace in that. Team news and stories that are neither big nor clever to follow. Stay tuned.