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[17] [21] [22] Winning the Shield has proven to be an unreliable indicator of success in the forthcoming season. [1] [21] Since the establishment of the Premier League in 1992, only eight clubs that won the Shield proceeded to become league champions in the same season, the last being Manchester City in 2018–19. [21]
Brighton & Hove Albion are the only club to win just the Shield (in 1910), never the FA Cup or the League. In the five years that the Charity Shield was contested by the winners of the Football League and Southern League between 1908 and 1912, this was the only occasion on which the Southern League champions prevailed.
Manchester City defeated Erik ten Hag's side to win their seventh FA Cup and as a result, Arsenal qualified for the 2023 FA Community Shield as Premier League runners-up. This was a rematch of the 1934 FA Charity Shield and 2014 FA Community Shield, which Arsenal won 4–0 [9] and 3–0, [10] respectively. Arsenal were the home team of the match.
The NSL's Charity Shield was followed by the English FA Charity Shield (now Community Shield) competition, as the annual match between league champions and cup winners. At the 1981 season, Sydney City and Marconi Fairfield were the first participants to the Charity Shield, played at Redfern Oval on 30 January 1981. [3]
The match was played between Arsenal, who beat Sheffield Wednesday to win the 1993 FA Cup Final, and Manchester United, champions of the inaugural Premier League competition. Watched by a crowd of 66,519, Manchester United won the Shield 5–4 on penalties, after the match had finished at 1–1 after 90 minutes. This was the second edition to ...
Blackpool FC on This Day: History, Facts and Figures from Every Day of the Year. Pitch Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1905411502.), the 1953 Charity Shield was the first to be played under floodlights. I doubt it's notable enough for inclusion in the article, but just putting it out there. - Dudesleeper talk 00:20, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
[5] [a] Wembley Stadium acted as the host of the Shield from 1974. [7] Cardiff's Millennium Stadium was hosting the Shield for the first time; it took over as the venue for the event while the new Wembley Stadium underwent a six-year renovation between 2001 and 2006. [7] Liverpool qualified for the Charity Shield by winning the 2000–01 FA Cup.
The day before the game had seen the surprise sale of one of Manchester United's longest serving players – Lee Sharpe. The game saw Newcastle United give a debut to £15 million world record signing Alan Shearer , who would remain at the club until his retirement as a player 10 years later and break the club's goalscoring record in the ...