- The match was, for the last time, played at the end of the season in which they won their honours. For the first time both competing clubs were from the north and so the venue moved out of London which had never been done before.
- Liverpool were presented with the League trophy at Old Trafford by Football League chairman and former Liverpool chairman John McKenna. On Liverpool's return from Manchester captain Mackinlay was "picked up and carried in triumph out of the station."
Prior to the FA Charity Shield game at Old Trafford, Liverpool reserves played Huddersfield Town reserves at Anfield earlier in the afternoon. A programme was published for the reserve game, which included inserts for the Old Trafford match, including line-ups.
