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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]
Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Pat Jennings scored against Manchester United from his own penalty area in the 1967 Charity Shield, which was shared at 3–3. [8] 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 ...
Most points in a season for a top-flight team (3 points for a win – 42 matches): 92 (27 wins 11 draws), Manchester United (FA Premiership, 1993–94) [42] Most points in a season for a top-flight team (3 points for a win – 38 matches): 100 points (32 wins 4 draws), Manchester City ( Premier League , 2017–18 ) [ 43 ]
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]
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.
Since its inception in 1982, the Charity Shield has been played on 41 occasions. Of these, the Dragons (St George and St George Illawarra) have won 17 times, while the Rabbitohs, South Sydney have triumphed outright on 19 occasions. South Sydney holds the shield having won the most recent match in February 2024.
The FA Charity Shield was founded in 1908 as a contest between the top professional and amateur teams of each season. It was played between the Football League champions and FA Cup winners for the first time in 1921; the formation of a new top-tier division, the Premier League, in 1992 meant it displaced the Football League spot. [3]
The 1980 FA Charity Shield was the 58th FA Charity Shield, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's Football League and FA Cup competitions. The match took place on 9 August 1980 at Wembley Stadium and was played between 1979–80 Football League champions Liverpool and FA Cup winners West Ham United .