FA Community Shield
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The Football Association Community Shield (formerly the Charity Shield) is an English association football trophy contested in an annual match between the champions of the FA Premier League and the winners of the FA Cup. It is equivalent to the Super Cups found in many countries. If a team wins The Double (both the Premiership and the FA Cup), then the Double winner plays the Premier League runner-up. The match is contested at the beginning of the following season, and has traditionally been played at Wembley Stadium, although for the past few seasons it has been played at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, while Wembley is being rebuilt.
Whilst still an honour in the English game, the Charity Shield does not hold the same coveted status as the FA Cup or the League Cup (since the FA Cup must be obtained first).
The Shield plays a major role for the FA in its efforts to raise funds for various charities throughout England. The sources for the funds include the net profits from admission tickets and sales of match day programmes. Parts of the fund are distributed to clubs who participated in the First Round Proper of the FA Cup, who are then in turn asked to nominate a charity or community-based organization which will receive the clubs' share of the fund. The remainder of the funds will then be donated to The FA Charity Partners [1].
The Shield was first played for in 1908-1909, replacing the Sheriff of London Charity Shield that had been introduced in 1898-99 (though the Sheriff of London Charity Shield did reappear later on two separate occasions alongside the Charity Shield). It continued the professionals versus amateurs basis of the earlier cup (the gentlemen and players tradition).
Women's football in England has its own version of the Community Shield, played between the champions of the Women's Premiership and the winners of the FA Women's Cup since 2001.
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[edit] History
The first match was between Manchester United (professionals) and Queens Park Rangers (amateurs) was the only game to go to a replay with the professional team winning. Both games were played at Stamford Bridge. The competition was not highly regarded, the games were informal, end-of-season clashes with both teams often assembled just for the game.
As time progressed, the professionals versus amateurs basis was dropped, and the competition format gradually evolved to normally be between the winners of the Football League and the FA Cup. There were often exceptions to this however, such as the 1950 Shield, which involved the England World Cup team against an FA team that had toured Canada that summer.
The date of the game was moved to the start of the season in 1959, and in 1974 then FA secretary, Ted Croker, created the current format with the match always being played between the League and FA Cup winners (or first and second in the league if a team wins the double) at Wembley Stadium and the monies raised at the gate going to charity.
The first game at Wembley was notable for the sendings off of Kevin Keegan and Billy Bremner for fighting, shown that night on BBC television. Both were fined £500 with Keegan was banned for three games and Bremner eight.
The game is decided on the day with penalty shoot-out if the scores are level, though between 1949 and 1993 the Shield was usually shared if the game was drawn; West Ham United and Aston Villa are the only two clubs to have the distinction of sharing Community Shield titles with other clubs without winning one outright.
With the formation of a new top league, the FA Premier League, the Shield became a match between the Premier League and FA Cup winners from the 1993 competition onwards.
The competition was renamed the Community Shield in 2002. A small scandal surrounding questionable distribution of money raised for charities by the match led to a renaming of the match as part of a reform of the competition. Arsenal was the first winners of the Community Shield with a 1-0 victory over Liverpool.
The most successful teams in the competition are Manchester United (11 outright wins, 4 shared), Liverpool (10 outright wins, 5 shared) and Arsenal (11 outright wins, 1 shared).
The highest scoring game was Manchester United's 8-4 win against Swindon Town in 1911.
Tottenham goalkeeper Pat Jennings scored against Manchester United in the 1967 Charity Shield.
In 1971, Leicester City won the trophy, despite then and to this day having never won either the League or the FA Cup. Owing to double-winning Arsenal's commitments in European football competitions, Leicester were invited as Division Two champions to play FA Cup runners-up Liverpool.
The Community Shield is currently held by Liverpool, who beat Chelsea 2-1 through goals by John Arne Riise and Peter Crouch. The 2006 Community Shield game was the first not to be contested by Arsenal or Manchester United since 1995 when Everton beat Blackburn 1-0.
[edit] Winners
[edit] By year
| Year | Winner | Goals | Score | Goals | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Liverpool | Riise 9' Crouch 80' |
2 - 1 | Shevchenko 43' | Chelsea |
| 2005 | Chelsea | Drogba 8', 57' | 2 - 1 | Fàbregas 65' | Arsenal |
| 2004 | Arsenal | Gilberto 49' Reyes 59' Silvestre (o.g) 79' |
3 - 1 | Smith 55' | Manchester United |
| 2003 | Manchester United | Silvestre 15' | 1 - 1 Manchester United won 4-3 on penalties |
Henry 20' | Arsenal |
| 2002 | Arsenal | Gilberto 69' | 1 - 0 | Liverpool | |
| 2001 | Liverpool | McAllister (pen) 2' Owen 16' |
2 - 1 | Van Nistelrooy 51' | Manchester United |
| 2000 | Chelsea | Hasselbaink 22' Melchiot 73' |
2 - 0 | Manchester United | |
| 1999 | Arsenal | Kanu (pen) 67' Parlour 77' |
2 - 1 | Beckham 36' | Manchester United |
| 1998 | Arsenal | Overmars 33' Wreh 56' Anelka 71' |
3 - 0 | Manchester United | |
| 1997 | Manchester United | Johnsen 57' | 1 - 1 Manchester United won 4-2 on penalties |
M. Hughes 52' | Chelsea |
| 1996 | Manchester United | Cantona 25' Butt 30' Beckham 86' Keane 88' |
4 - 0 | Newcastle United | |
| 1995 | Everton | Samways | 1 - 0 | Blackburn Rovers | |
| 1994 | Manchester United | Cantona (pen) Ince |
2 - 0 | Blackburn Rovers | |
| 1993 | Manchester United | Hughes | 1 - 1 Manchester United won 5-4 on penalties |
Wright | Arsenal |
| 1992 | Leeds United | Cantona (3) Dorigo |
4 - 3 | Rush Saunders Strachan (o.g) |
Liverpool |
| 1991 | Arsenal | 0 - 0 Title shared |
Tottenham Hotspur | ||
| 1990 | Liverpool | Barnes (pen) | 1 - 1 Title shared |
Blackmore | Manchester United |
| 1989 | Liverpool | Beardsley | 1 - 0 | Arsenal | |
| 1988 | Liverpool | Aldridge 2 | 2 - 1 | Fashanu | Wimbledon |
| 1987 | Everton | Clarke | 1 - 0 | Coventry City | |
| 1986 | Everton | Heath 80' | 1 - 1 Title shared |
Rush 88' | Liverpool |
| 1985 | Everton | Steven Heath |
2 - 0 | Manchester United | |
| 1984 | Everton | Grobbelaar (o.g) | 1 - 0 | Liverpool | |
| 1983 | Manchester United | Robson 2 | 2 - 0 | Liverpool | |
| 1982 | Liverpool | Rush | 1 - 0 | Tottenham Hotspur | |
| 1981 | Aston Villa | Withe (2) | 2 - 2 Title shared |
Falco (2) | Tottenham Hotspur |
| 1980 | Liverpool | McDermott | 1 - 0 | West Ham United | |
| 1979 | Liverpool | McDermott (2) Dalglish |
3 - 1 | Sunderland | Arsenal |
| 1978 | Nottingham Forest | O'Neill (2) Withe Lloyd Robertson |
5 - 0 | Ipswich Town | |
| 1977 | Manchester United | 0 - 0 Title shared |
Liverpool | ||
| 1976 | Liverpool | Toshack | 1 - 0 | Southampton | |
| 1975 | Derby County | Hector McFarland |
2 - 0 | West Ham United | |
| 1974 | Liverpool | Boersma | 1 - 1 Liverpool won 6-5 on penalties |
Cherry | Leeds United |
| 1973 | Burnley | Waldron | 1 - 0 | Manchester City | |
| 1972 | Manchester City | Lee (pen) | 1 - 0 | Aston Villa | |
| 1971 | Leicester City | Whitworth | 1 - 0 | Liverpool | |
| 1970 | Everton | Whittle Kendall |
2 - 1 | Hutchinson | Chelsea |
| 1969 | Leeds United | Gray Charlton |
2 - 1 | Bell | Manchester City |
| 1968 | Manchester City | Owen (2) Lee (2) Lovett (o.g) Young |
6 - 1 | Krzywicki | West Bromwich Albion |
| 1967 | Manchester United | Charlton (2) Law |
3 - 3 Title shared |
Robertson Jennings Saul |
Tottenham Hotspur |
| 1966 | Liverpool | Hunt | 1 - 0 | Everton | |
| 1965 | Manchester United | Best Herd |
2 - 2 Title shared |
Stevenson Yeats |
Liverpool |
| 1964 | Liverpool | Wallace G. Byrne |
2 - 2 Title shared |
J. Byrne Hurst |
West Ham United |
| 1963 | Everton | Gabriel Stevens Vernon (pen) Temple |
4 - 0 | Manchester United | |
| 1962 | Tottenham Hotspur | Smith Graves (2) White Medwin |
5 - 1 | Stephenson | Ipswich Town |
| 1961 | Tottenham Hotspur | Allen (2) Smith |
3 - 2 | Haynes Byrne |
FA XI |
| 1960 | Burnley | Miller Connelly |
2 - 2 Title shared |
Deeley Murray |
Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| 1959 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Murray Broadbent Lill |
3 - 1 | Wilson | Nottingham Forest |
| 1958 | Bolton Wanderers | Hill Bannister Lofthouse (2) |
4 - 1 | Durandt | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| 1957 | Manchester United | Taylor (3) Berry (pen) |
4 - 0 | Aston Villa | |
| 1956 | Manchester United | Viollet | 1 - 0 | Manchester City | |
| 1955 | Chelsea | McMichael (o.g) Bentley Blunstone |
3 - 0 | Newcastle United | |
| 1954 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Swinbourne (2) Deeley Hancocks |
4 - 4 Title shared |
Allen (3) Ryan |
West Bromwich Albion |
| 1953 | Arsenal | Lishman (2) Lawton |
3 - 1 | Mortensen | Blackpool |
| 1952 | Manchester United | Rowley (2) Byrne Downie |
4 - 2 | Keeble (2) | Newcastle United |
| 1951 | Tottenham Hotspur | Murphy Bennett |
2 - 1 | Milburn | Newcastle United |
| 1950 | England World Cup Team | Mannion Mortensen Baily Mullen |
4 - 2 | Johnstone Lofthouse |
England Canadian Touring Team |
| 1949 | Portsmouth | Reid | 1 - 1 Title shared |
Hancocks (pen) | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| 1948 | Arsenal | Lewis (2) Jones Rooke |
4 - 3 | Rowley Burke Mitten |
Manchester United |
| 1940 - 1947 Shield was not contested due to suspension of football during World War II | |||||
| 1939 | Portsmouth | 4 - 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||
| 1938 | Arsenal | Drake (2) | 2 - 1 | R. Beattie | Preston North End |
| 1937 | Manchester City | Herd Doherty |
2 - 0 | Sunderland | |
| 1936 | Sunderland | Burbanks Carter |
2 - 1 | Kirchen | Arsenal |
| 1935 | Sheffield Wednesday | Dewar | 1 - 0 | Arsenal | |
| 1934 | Arsenal | Birkett Marshall Drake Bastin |
4 - 0 | Manchester City | |
| 1933 | Arsenal | Birkett (2) Bowden |
3 - 0 | Everton | |
| 1932 | Everton | Dean (4) Johnson |
5 - 3 | McMenemy (2) Boyd |
Newcastle United |
| 1931 | Arsenal | Bastin | 1 - 0 | West Bromwich Albion | |
| 1930 | Arsenal | Hulme Jack |
2 - 1 | Burgess (pen) | Sheffield Wednesday |
| 1929 | Professionals XI |
Seed Chandler Pease |
3 - 0 | Amateurs XI |
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| 1928 | Everton | Dean (2) | 2 - 1 | Thornewell | Blackburn Rovers |
| 1927 | Cardiff City | Ferguson Davies |
2 - 1 | Ashton | Corinthians |
| 1926 | Amateurs XI | Minter (2) Macey (2)Kail Keeping (o.g) |
6 - 3 | Rawlings (2) Tunstall |
Professionals XI |
| 1925 | Amateurs XI | Ashton (4) Macey (2) |
6 - 1 | Hannaford | Professionals XI |
| 1924 | Professionals XI | Walker (2) Buchan |
3 - 1 | Kail | Amateurs XI |
| 1923 | Professionals XI | Bradford Chambers |
2 - 0 | Amateurs XI | |
| 1922 | Huddersfield Town | Wilson | 1 - 0 | Liverpool | |
| 1921 | Tottenham Hotspur | Bliss Cantrell |
2 - 0 | Burnley | |
| 1920 | West Bromwich Albion | Smith (2) | 2 - 0 | Tottenham Hotspur | |
| 1914 - 1919 Shield was not contested due to suspension of football during World War I | |||||
| 1913 | Professionals XI | Hampton (4) Holley (2) Fleming |
7 - 2 | Barlos Farnfield |
Amateurs XI |
| 1912 | Blackburn Rovers | Aitkenhead (2) | 2 - 1 | Revill | Queens Park Rangers |
| 1911 | Manchester United | Halse (6) Turnbull Wall |
8 - 4 | Fleming Wheatcroft Tout Jefferson |
Swindon Town |
| 1910 | Brighton and Hove Albion | Webb | 1 - 0 | Aston Villa | |
| 1909 | Newcastle United | Allan Rutherford |
2 - 0 | Northampton Town | |
| 1908 Replay | Manchester United | Turnbull (3) Wall |
4 - 0 | Queens Park Rangers F.C. | |
| 1908 | Manchester United | Meredith | 1 - 1 | Cannon | Queens Park Rangers |
[edit] By number of wins (clubs only)
| Team | Wins (shared titles) | Years (* title was shared) |
|---|---|---|
| Manchester United | 11(4) | 1908, 1911, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1965*, 1967*, 1977*, 1983, 1990*, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2003 |
| Liverpool | 10(5) | 1964*, 1965*, 1966, 1974, 1976, 1977*, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1986*, 1988, 1989, 1990*, 2001, 2006 |
| Arsenal | 11(1) | 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1938, 1948, 1953, 1991*, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004 |
| Everton | 8(1) | 1928, 1932, 1963, 1970, 1984, 1985, 1986*, 1987, 1995 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 4(3) | 1921, 1951, 1961, 1962, 1967*, 1981*, 1991* |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1(3) | 1949*, 1954*, 1959, 1960* |
| Chelsea | 3 | 1955, 2000, 2005 |
| Manchester City | 3 | 1937, 1968, 1972 |
| Leeds United | 2 | 1969, 1992 |
| Burnley | 1(1) | 1960*, 1973 |
| Portsmouth | 1(1) | 1939, 1949* |
| West Bromwich Albion | 1(1) | 1920, 1954* |
| Blackburn Rovers | 1 | 1912 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 1 | 1958 |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 1 | 1910 |
| Cardiff City | 1 | 1927 |
| Derby County | 1 | 1975 |
| Huddersfield Town | 1 | 1922 |
| Leicester City | 1 | 1971 |
| Newcastle United | 1 | 1909 |
| Nottingham Forest | 1 | 1978 |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 1 | 1935 |
| Sunderland | 1 | 1936 |
| Aston Villa | 0(1) | 1981* |
| West Ham United | 0(1) | 1964* |
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