FA Women's Community Shield
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The FA Womens Shield is the Womens Football equivalent of the FA Community Shield in the Mens Football. It is the first competitive match of the Football season, although, it is seen by most fans as a showpiece event. The match itself is competed between the Champiosn of the FA Womens Premier League and the winners of the FA Womens Cup.
The Football Association (The FA) held the first charity match in 2000 when Charlton Athletic Womens played Arsenal Ladies at Craven Cottage (Fulham Football Club). All proceeds were donated to Breakthrough Breast Cancer charity.
The inaugural Womens Shield took place the following season and has been sponsored by Nationwide since its anauguration.
