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FA Community Shield
Organising bodyThe Football Association
Founded1908;116 years ago(1908)
RegionEngland
Number of teams2
Related competitions
Current championsArsenal(17th title)
Most successful club(s)Manchester United(21 titles)
Television broadcastersITV Sport
BBC(highlights only)
List of International broadcasters
Websitethefa /communityshield
2024 FA Community Shield

TheFootball Association Community Shield(formerly theCharity Shield) isEnglish football's annual match contested atWembley Stadiumbetween the champions of the previousPremier Leagueseason and the holders of theFA Cup.If the Premier League champions also won the FA Cup, then the league runners-up provide the opposition. The fixture is recognised as a competitivesuper cupbyThe Football Association[1][2][3]andUEFA.[4][5][6]

Organised by the FA, proceeds from the game are distributed to community initiatives and charities around the country. Revenue from the gate receipts and match programme sales is distributed to the 124 clubs who competed in the FA Cup from the first round onwards, for onward distribution to charities and projects of their choice, while the remainder is distributed to the FA's national charity partners.[7]The fixture was first played in the1908–09season, replacing theSheriff of London Charity Shield.

The current holders are2022–23 Premier Leaguerunners-upArsenal,who beat 2022–23 Premier League and2022–23 FA CupdoublewinnersManchester City4–1 on penalties after a 1–1 draw in the2023 fixture.[8]

History[edit]

The Community Shield evolved from theSheriff of London Charity Shieldthat had been introduced in1898[9]as aprofessionalsvsamateurscup (the gentlemen and players tradition).[10]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 fell out with the FA.[11]The new format was to have theFootball League First Divisionchampions play theSouthern Leaguechampions, and the first match was in1908betweenManchester United(the First Division champions) andQueens Park Rangers(the Southern League champions). The match was drawn 1–1, so the game was replayed when Manchester United won 4–0. This is the only Charity Shield game to go to a replay. Both games were played atStamford Bridge.[9]

The competition format varied over the years: in 1913 the Shield was contested between Amateurs and Professionals XIs, while in 1921 the Shield was contested between the Football League and FA Cup winners for the first time. The format continued to vary in the 1920s, usually along the lines of Amateurs vs Professionals, including one year (1927) where the Professionals were represented by the FA Cup holdersCardiff Cityand the Amateurs bythe Corinthians,echoing the format of the trophy's predecessor, the Sheriff of London Charity Shield.

In 1930, the match returned to being contested by the winners of the Football League and the FA Cup, and with a few exceptions, that format has remained to the present day. Notable exceptions include the1950 Shield,which involved theEnglandWorld Cupteam against an FA team that had touredCanadathat summer,[9]and the1961 Shield,when Tottenham Hotspur became the first team of the 20th century to winthe Double,and so played a Football Association XI.[12]

The game was moved to the start of the season from 1959 onwards.[12]The question of which two teams should contest the Shield should one team win both the FA Cup and League continued to linger. In 1971,Arsenalbecame the second team to win the Double since the Shield's foundation, but owing to their previously arranged pre-season friendly matches, they could not take part.Leicester Citywere invited as Division Two champions to play FA Cup runners-upLiverpoolinstead and went on to win the trophy, despite at the time having never won either the League or the FA Cup.[13]

In 1972, league championsDerby Countyand FA Cup winnersLeeds Unitedboth declined to take part in the Charity Shield, soManchester City,who had finished in fourth in the First Division, and Third Division championsAston Villawere invited to take part; Manchester City won 1–0. After league champions Liverpool and FA Cup winners Sunderland declined to play, despite finishing the season 11th in the league City also contested the1973Charity Shield but lost 1–0 to Second Division champions Burnley.[14]

In 1974, the thenFAsecretary,Ted Croker,created the current format with the match being played atWembley Stadium,and being contested by the reigning League and FA Cup holders.[9]

Between 1949 and 1991, the Shield wasshared on 11 occasions,after the matches ended in a draw.[15]Four drawn games in the 1980s and early 1990s resulted in each team holding the trophy for six months, but in 1993 penalties were re-introduced to decide drawn games.[9]

With the formation of a new top league, the FA Premier League, the Shield became a showcase match between the Premier League and FA Cup winners from the1993competition onwards.

In 2002, theCharity Commissionfound that the Football Association had failed to meet its legal obligations undercharity law,by failing to specify what money from ticket sales went to charity, and delaying payments to the charities nominated.[16]As a result, the competition was renamed the Community Shield.[17]Arsenal were the first winners of the renamed Community Shield with a 1–0 victory over Liverpool.[18]

In 2016, the FA's official silversmithThomas Lyterestored and rebuilt the Football Association's original 1908 Charity Shield to mark 50 years sinceEnglandbeat West Germany in the1966 FIFA World Cup.[19]The trophy was sold at auction, raising £40,000 for the Bobby Moore Fund forCancer Research UK.The Bobby Moore Fund became the FA's charity partner in July 2016.[20]The auction was held at TheRoyal Garden HotelinKensington,where the England team celebrated the 1966 victory.

Rules[edit]

The rules of the Community Shield are generally the same as those of the Premier League, with a team of 11 starting players and 7 substitutes. However, unlike in most other competitions where only five substitutions are permitted, teams in the Community Shield are permitted up to six substitutions. If the scores are level after 90 minutes, the teams play a penalty shootout.[21]If a team wins both thePremier Leagueand theFA Cup,the runner-up from the Premier League will play.[22]

Status[edit]

Serving as England'ssuper cupbetween the previous season'sPremier Leaguechampions andFA Cupwinners, the Community Shield is regarded as the "curtain-raiser" and is the first competitive game of each top-flight English football season.[23][24][25]However, it has been treated with varying degrees of seriousness by participating teams, with some using it similarly tofriendliesin their pre-season schedule – as an opportunity to give match practice to fringe members of their squads or those returning from injury. BBC Sport punditMark LawrensonandThe Guardianwriter Tom Bryant both described the match as a "glorified friendly".[26][27]Prior to the2008 FA Community Shield,Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson summarised his opinion of the competition: "The Community Shield is a prestigious match but I have used players in it who were not quite fit... it's always a game we never quite use as a do or die thing; we use it as a barometer for fitness".[28][29]

Others, however, continue to recognise the status of the match as the first official game and trophy of the domestic season.[30][31][32]Ahead of the2016 FA Community Shieldagainst Manchester United, Leicester City managerClaudio Ranieriasked, "Why do you say this question, a friendly? When is the Community Shield a friendly? Of course we will be at the maximum and Manchester United will be at their maximum. The two teams want to win. I am very excited."[24]The following year,ChelseamanagerAntonio Conteaffirmed the significance of the cup, stating "It is not a friendly game. It is an official game and there is a trophy so for us it must be important" ahead of his side's clash withArsenal,the team that had denied his club thedoublethe previous season.[33]Likewise in 2018,Manchester CitymanagerPep Guardiolareferred to his side's clash with Chelsea in the competition as "the first final" of the season.[34]Prior to the2023 match,Arsenal managerMikel Artetaaffirmed the status of the Community Shield when speaking to the official matchday programme, stating "We're proud to be playing in the FA Community Shield here at Wembley Stadium. This is a match which recognises two clubs who had a good year, with a traditional place in our football calendar at the start of the new season. The FA Community Shield is a trophy. When there is a trophy on the table, you want to win".[35]

Records[edit]

  • The most successful teams in the competition areManchester United(17 outright wins, 4 shared),Arsenal(16 outright wins, 1 shared),Liverpool(11 outright wins, 5 shared) andEverton(8 outright wins, 1 shared).
  • Chelsea(2010, 2012, 2015, 2017 and 2018) andNewcastle United(1932, 1951, 1952, 1955 and 1996) share the joint-longest run of appearances without winning or sharing the trophy.
  • The highest scoring game was Manchester United's 8–4 win againstSwindon Townin1911.[9]
  • Evertonhold the record for most consecutive wins (4) from 1984 to 1987; however, the 1986 'win' was shared withLiverpool.Manchester Unitedhold the record for most consecutive losses (4) from 1998 to 2001. During this periodManchester Unitedalso held the record for most consecutive games played (6) from 1996 to 2001 in which they won 2.
  • Tottenham HotspurgoalkeeperPat Jenningsscored against Manchester United from his own penalty area in the1967 Charity Shield,which was shared at 3–3.[9]
  • Brighton & Hove Albionare the only club[D]to win just the Shield (in1910), 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. The victory remains Brighton's only national honour to date and they were crowned the 'Champions of all England'.[36]

Venues[edit]

Multiple guest and neutral hosts
Ground Hosts Years
Stamford Bridge,London 10 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1923, 1927, 1930, 1950,[9]1955, 1970
Highbury,London 7 1924, 1934, 1935, 1938, 1948, 1949, 1953
White Hart Lane,London 6 1912, 1920, 1921, 1925, 1951, 1961
Old Trafford,Manchester 6 1922, 1928, 1952, 1957, 1965, 1967
Maine Road,Manchester 5 1926, 1937, 1956, 1968, 1973
Villa Park,Birmingham 3 1931, 1972, 2012
Goodison Park,Liverpool 3 1933, 1963, 1966
The Den,London 2 1913, 1929
Molineux,Wolverhampton 2 1954, 1959
Filbert Street/King Power Stadium,Leicester[vn 1] 2 1971 (FS), 2022 (KP)

For purposes of clarity, venues mentioned initalicsin this section no longer exist.

Permanent venues[edit]

Since 1974, the Community Shield has been at a permanent home rather than guest venues.[37]

Neutral and guest host venues[edit]

The fixture was originally played at various neutral grounds or at the home ground of one of the competing teams. In total, there have been eighteen host grounds other than the aforementioned permanent three. The first ground to host the fixture wasStamford Bridgein 1908 and the last ground that guest hosted the fixture was theKing Power Stadiumin 2022,[vn 2]which was due to Wembley hosting the final ofUEFA Women's Euro 2022on the following day.[38]

Seven grounds have hosted the fixture once:St James' Parkin 1932,Roker Parkin 1936,Burnden Parkin 1958,Turf Moorin 1960,Portman Roadin 1962,Anfieldin 1964 andElland Roadin 1969.Leicester Cityhave hosted the fixture twice, atFilbert Streetin 1971 and theKing Power Stadiumin 2022. A further nine grounds have hosted the fixture on multiple occasions (see table).

Notes[edit]

  1. ^Leicester City have hosted the match twice, at different stadia.
  2. ^The home of the current holders, at the time

Winners[edit]

By year[edit]

Further information:List of FA Community Shield matches

By number of wins (clubs)[edit]

The trophy
Team[39] Wins
(outright wins/shared titles) 		Years (* title was shared)
Manchester United 21 (17/4) 1908, 1911, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1965*, 1967*, 1977*, 1983, 1990*, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016
Arsenal 17 (16/1) 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1938, 1948, 1953, 1991*, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2020, 2023
Liverpool 16 (11/5) 1964*, 1965*, 1966, 1974, 1976, 1977*, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1986*, 1988, 1989, 1990*, 2001, 2006, 2022
Everton 9 (8/1) 1928, 1932, 1963, 1970, 1984, 1985, 1986*, 1987, 1995
Tottenham Hotspur 7 (4/3) 1921, 1951, 1961, 1962, 1967*, 1981*, 1991*
Manchester City 6 1937, 1968, 1972, 2012, 2018, 2019
Chelsea 4 1955, 2000, 2005, 2009
Wolverhampton Wanderers 4 (1/3) 1949*, 1954*, 1959, 1960*
Leeds United 2 1969, 1992
Leicester City 2 1971, 2021
West Bromwich Albion 2 (1/1) 1920, 1954*
Burnley 2 (1/1) 1960*, 1973
Newcastle United 1 1909
Brighton & Hove Albion 1 1910
Blackburn Rovers 1 1912
Huddersfield Town 1 1922
Cardiff City 1 1927
Sheffield Wednesday 1 1935
Sunderland 1 1936
Bolton Wanderers 1 1958
Derby County 1 1975
Nottingham Forest 1 1978
Portsmouth 1 (0/1) 1949*
West Ham United 1 (0/1) 1964*
Aston Villa 1 (0/1) 1981*

By number of wins (other)[edit]

[39]

Team Wins Years
English Professionals XI 4 1913, 1923, 1924, 1929
English Amateurs XI 2 1925, 1926
England1950 FIFA World Cup XI 1 1950

Winners and runners-up by competition[edit]

Competition Wins Shared Runners-up
First Division/Premier League[C] 53, including 6 asdouble winners:1908, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1920, 1928, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959,1961,1963, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993,1994,1996,1997,1998,2002,2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2018,2019 11, including 1 asdouble winner:1949, 1954, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1977, 1981,1986,1990, 1991 26, including 3 asdouble winners:1910, 1921, 1922, 1930, 1935, 1958, 1962, 1974, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1995,1999,2000, 2001, 2006, 2009,2010,2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022,2023
FA Cup[C] 29, including 6 asdouble winners:1921, 1922, 1927, 1930, 1935, 1958,1961,1962, 1974, 1983, 1984, 1989,1994,1995,1996,1998,2000, 2001,2002,2006, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017,2019,2020, 2021, 2022 11, including 1 asdouble winner:1949, 1954, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1977, 1981,1986,1990, 1991 45, including 3 asdouble winners:1928, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1963, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1997,1999,2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008,2010,2011, 2012, 2013, 2018,2023
First Division/Premier League runners-up 3: 1999, 2010, 2023 1: 1986 5: 1994, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2019
First Division/Premier League other positions in brackets 1: 1972 (4th)[A] — —
FA Cup runners-up — 1: 1986 1: 1971[A]
Defending champions of the Charity Shield — 1: 1986 1: 1973[A]
Champions of lower-tier leagues (tier in brackets) 2: 1971 (2),[A][D]1973 (2)[A] — 2: 1920 (2), 1972 (3)[A]
Southern League 1: 1910 — 4: 1908, 1909, 1911, 1912
Professionals 4: 1913, 1923, 1924, 1929 — 2: 1925, 1926
Amateurs 2: 1925, 1926 — 4: 1913, 1923, 1924, 1929
Others 1: 1950 — 3: 1927,[B]1950, 1961
Notes
  1. ^
    Leicester City, Liverpool, Manchester City, Aston Villa and Burnley were invited to take part in the Shield these years because either the First Division or FA Cup winners declined or were unable to participate. Other participants have been the runner-ups of the FA Cup or the defending champions of the Shield throughout the years, however they are listed in this table based on how they qualified for the Shield.
  2. ^
    The FA invited Corinthians FC to take part as an amateur representative against FA Cup winners Cardiff City.
  3. ^
    In matches between the First Division/Premier League champions and FA Cup winners, the First Division/Premier League champion won the Shield 42 times and the FA Cup winner 20 times, while it was shared 10 times.
  4. ^
    Leicester City jointly held this record following their 1971 win, but eventually qualified through the traditional route following their league win in 2016.

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