FA Community Shield

The FA Community Shield

The FA Community Shield (formerly known as the Charity Shield ) is a trophy of the English Football Association . It goes annually to the winner of the game between the English Premier League champion and the FA Cup winner .

history

Today's Community Shield emerged from the Sheriff of London Charity Shield , which was held from 1898 to 1907 between the professional master and the amateur master. After the break of the more successful amateur teams with the FA, this competition was discontinued. In 1908 the champions of the Football League First Division Newcastle United played in the first Charity Shield against the Queens Park Rangers , who had become champions of the Southern League . The format of the competition has changed over the years. It was not until 1921 that the cup was first played between champions and cup winners.

In the 1920s professional selection teams competed against amateur selection teams against each other (1923–1926, 1929). It was not until 1930 that the games between cup winners and champions became the rule. There were only a few exceptions to this rule:

In 1950, the FA World Championship selection played against a team from the FA that had completed a promotional tour in Canada.
In 1961, Tottenham Hotspur won the double . Tottenham competed against an FA selection team.
In 1971, Arsenal decided not to appear after winning the double. Sun played Leicester City , champion of the Second Division, against Liverpool , inferior Cup finalist.
1972 both the champions Derby County and the cup winners Leeds United waived the game. It was then played between Manchester City , fourth in the First Division , and Aston Villa , champions of the Third Division .

In 1974, Edgar Alfred Ted Croker, Secretary of the Football Association, changed the format of the cup. It was decided that the cup winner would play against the winner of the First Division at Wembley Stadium .

In 2002 the Charity Shield was renamed Community Shield.

mode

The game is played between champions and cup winners. If a team wins the double (league championship and cup), the double winner plays against the second in the league for the Community Shield. Traditionally, the game is played at Wembley Stadium a week before the start of the regular season.

The title was divided eleven times due to a tie (1949, 1954, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1977, 1981, 1986, 1990, 1991). In 1974 and since 1994, overtime is not played in the event of a tie, but the winner is determined by penalty shoot-out.

Records

Record winner is Manchester United (17 own wins, 4 shared)
The highest victory (7: 2) came in 1913 a professional against an amateur selection
The highest-scoring game (8: 4) was held in 1911 between Manchester United and Swindon Town place
Most successful player is Ryan Giggs with nine titles wins (1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013 with Manchester United)
Ryan Giggs is also the competition record player with 15 games.
The Everton still holds the record of four consecutive victories (1984-1987). Manchester United has the longest run of games with a total of six from 1996-2001, including two wins and four losses.
The keeper of Tottenham Hotspur , Pat Jennings , scored a goal against Manchester United from his own penalty area 1967th The game ended 3: 3 and the title was split.
Leicester City and Brighton & Hove Albion are the only two clubs that did not win the title as champions or cup winners.
Only West Ham United and Aston Villa could only win the title in part (Aston Villa won it in 1901, but the title was then Sheriff of London Charity Shield ).

Venue

Fixed venues

The Community Shield has been held at a permanent venue since 1974:

1974-2000: Old Wembley
2001-2006: Millennium Stadium , Cardiff
since 2007: New Wembley

Changing venues

Changing hosts
space	number	Years
Stamford Bridge	10	1908-11, 1923, 1927, 1930, 1950, 1955, 1970
Highbury	7th	1924, 1934, 1935, 1938, 1948, 1949, 1953
White Hart Lane	6th	1912, 1920, 1921, 1925, 1951, 1961
Old Trafford	6th	1922, 1928, 1952, 1957, 1965, 1967
Maine Road	5	1926, 1937, 1956, 1968, 1973
Villa Park	3	1931, 1972, 2012
Goodison Park	3	1933, 1963, 1966
The Den	2	1913, 1929
Molineux	2	1954, 1959

Originally, the match was played on a neutral pitch or on the pitch of one of the two opponents. In addition to the three specified stadiums, which have been played since 1974, there were previously 17 stadiums in which the Charity Shield was played. The first stadium was Stamford Bridge in London in 1908 and the last in 1973 on Manchester's Maine Road .

The location of the Community Shield for 2012 has long been unclear. Both Wembley Stadium and Millennium Stadium were occupied for the Olympic football competitions. The Sports Direct Arena ( Newcastle ), Stadium of Light ( Sunderland ), Villa Park ( Birmingham ), Old Trafford ( Manchester ) and City of Manchester Stadium (Manchester) were discussed as alternative locations . In January 2012 it was decided that the Community Shield would take place in Villa Park in Birmingham.

Only one game was played in eight stadiums. These are: St. James' Park (Newcastle) 1932, Roker Park (Sunderland) 1936, Burnden Park ( Bolton ) 1958, Turf Moor ( Burnley ) 1960, Portman Road ( Ipswich ) 1962, Anfield (Liverpool) 1964, Elland Road ( Leeds ) 1969 and Filbert Street ( Leicester ) 1971. Ten stadiums have hosted the competition on multiple occasions.

Of all the stadiums used for this competition, five are no longer in service: Roker Park , Burnden Park , Filbert Street , Highbury and Maine Road in Manchester.

Ranking list of winners

team	Title (shared)	Years (* title shared)
Manchester United	21 (4)	1908, 1911, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1965 , 1967 , 1977 , 1983, 1990 , 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016
Arsenal FC	15 (1)	1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1938, 1948, 1953, 1991 *, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2014, 2015, 2017
Liverpool FC	15 (5)	1964 , 1965 , 1966, 1974, 1976, 1977 , 1979, 1980, 1982, 1986 , 1988, 1989, 1990 *, 2001, 2006
Everton FC	9 (1)	1928, 1932, 1963, 1970, 1984, 1985, 1986 *, 1987, 1995
Tottenham Hotspur	7 (3)	1921, 1951, 1961, 1962, 1967 , 1981 , 1991 *
Manchester City	6th	1937, 1968, 1972, 2012, 2018, 2019
Chelsea FC	4th	1955, 2000, 2005, 2009
Wolverhampton Wanderers	4 (3)	1949 , 1954 , 1959, 1960 *
Leeds United	2	1969, 1992
Burnley	2 (1)	1960 *, 1973
West Bromwich Albion	2 (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 AFC	1	1936
Aston Villa	1 (1)	1981 *
Portsmouth	1 (1)	1949 *
West Ham United	1 (1)	1964 *

Web links

Commons : FA Community Shield - Collection of images, videos and audio files

thefa.com: FA Community Shield on the website of the Football Association (English)