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The FA Community Shield, which the winner receives. The Football Association Community Shield (formerly the Charity Shield, up to and including the 2001 edition) is an annual association football match organised by the Football Association and presently contested between the Premier League champions and FA Cup winners.
The Community Shield evolved from the Sheriff of London Charity Shield, which was introduced in 1898 [8] as a professionals vs amateurs cup (the gentlemen and players tradition). [9] The Football Association Charity Shield, as it was known at the time, was designed to replace the Sheriff of London Charity Shield after the leading amateur clubs ...
Roland W. Craig leased the island from the railroad in the early 1930s, and by 1935 the island had been named Craig, Florida. Former president Herbert Hoover sailed his yacht out of Craig at times in the 1930s. The island's greatest claim to fame, however, is being the landfall site of the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane.
[3] [a] The 1987 FA Charity Shield was the 65th edition of the event. [5] [b] Coventry City had qualified to participate in the Charity Shield after they defeated Tottenham Hotspur in the 1987 FA Cup Final, winning 3–2. [7] Everton were eligible to play in the Charity Shield after they had ended the 1986–87 season as league champions. [8]
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The 1969 FA Charity Shield was the 47th FA Charity Shield, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's Football League and FA Cup competitions. The match was contested by the league champions , Leeds United , and Manchester City , the cup winners .