FA Community Shield

The Community Shield evolved from the Sheriff of London Charity Shield, which was introduced in 1898{{cite web|title=The FA Community Shield history|url=http://www.thefa.com/fa-community-shield/more/history|work=The FA Cup & Competitions|publisher=The FA|access-date=30 March 2014|archive-date=9 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609184712/http://www.thefa.com/fa-community-shield/more/history|url-status=live}} as a professionals vs amateurs cup (the gentlemen and players tradition).{{cite web |url=http://www.isfa.org.uk/about/27-about/history/202-4-the-corinthian-era |title=4. THE CORINTHIAN ERA :: ISFA |publisher=isfa.org.uk |access-date=21 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140422231608/http://www.isfa.org.uk/about/27-about/history/202-4-the-corinthian-era |archive-date=22 April 2014 |url-status=dead }} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.the-english-football-archive.com/domestic_competitions/charity_shield.htm |title=The Football Association Charity Shield |publisher=the-english-football-archive.com |access-date=22 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071223153636/http://www.the-english-football-archive.com/domestic_competitions/charity_shield.htm |archive-date=23 December 2007}} (Wayback machine) The new format was to have the Football League First Division champions play the Southern League champions, and the first match was in 1908 between Manchester United (the First Division champions) and Queens 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 at Stamford Bridge.

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 holders Cardiff City and the Amateurs by the 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 the 1950 Shield, which involved the England World Cup team against an FA team that had toured Canada that summer, and the 1961 Shield, when Tottenham Hotspur became the first team of the 20th century to win the Double, and so played a Football Association XI.{{cite web|title=Community Shield Preview – A brief history |url=http://www.adifferentleague.co.uk/default.aspx?Tab=1&page=6&article=161 |publisher=A different league |access-date=23 November 2010 |first=Jonathan |last=Swindlehurst |date=9 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903075518/http://www.adifferentleague.co.uk/default.aspx?Tab=1&page=6&article=161 |archive-date=3 September 2011 }}

The game was moved to the start of the season from 1959 onwards. 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, Arsenal became 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 City were invited as Division Two champions to play FA Cup runners-up Liverpool instead and went on to win the trophy, despite at the time having never won either the League or the FA Cup.{{cite news|title=Community Shield is generally contested by good teams who often win more things – but does it mean anything?|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/11021253/Community-Shield-is-generally-contested-by-good-teams-who-often-win-more-things-but-does-it-mean-anything.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/11021253/Community-Shield-is-generally-contested-by-good-teams-who-often-win-more-things-but-does-it-mean-anything.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|date=8 August 2014|access-date=15 August 2019|first=Jonathan|last=Liew|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London}}{{cbignore}}

In 1972, league champions Derby County and FA Cup winners Leeds United both declined to take part in the Charity Shield, so Manchester City, who had finished in fourth in the First Division, and Third Division champions Aston Villa were 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 the 1973 Charity Shield but lost 1–0 to Second Division champions Burnley."For The Record". The Times. 20 August 1973. p. 9.

In 1974, the then FA secretary, Ted Croker, created the current format with the match being played at Wembley Stadium, and being contested by the reigning League and FA Cup holders.

Between 1949 and 1991, the Shield was shared on 11 occasions, after the matches ended in a draw.{{cite news |title=10 memorable Community Shield matches |url=https://talksport.com/football/52460/10-memorable-community-shield-matches-13081154926/ |access-date=15 August 2019 |agency=Talksport |archive-date=15 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815171140/https://talksport.com/football/52460/10-memorable-community-shield-matches-13081154926/ |url-status=live }} 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.

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 the 1993 competition onwards.

In 2002, the Charity Commission found that the Football Association had failed to meet its legal obligations under charity law, by failing to specify what money from ticket sales went to charity, and delaying payments to the charities nominated.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2002/mar/04/newsstory.sport |title=Charity Shield warning for FA |newspaper=The Guardian |date=4 March 2002 |first=Dylan |last=Dronfield |access-date=11 December 2016 |archive-date=16 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916055921/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2002/mar/04/newsstory.sport |url-status=live }} As a result, the competition was renamed the Community Shield.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1809817.stm |title=FA to rename Charity Shield |publisher=BBC Sport |date=8 February 2002 |access-date=4 February 2001 |archive-date=6 August 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020806184740/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1809817.stm |url-status=live }} Arsenal were the first winners of the renamed Community Shield with a 1–0 victory over Liverpool.{{cite news |title=Community Shield match details |url=http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/TheFACommunityShield/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2002/07/19698.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20040615195846/http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/TheFACommunityShield/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2002/07/19698.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 June 2004 |publisher=The Football Association |date=29 July 2002 |access-date=4 August 2015 }}

In 2016, the FA's official silversmith Thomas Lyte restored and rebuilt the Football Association's original 1908 Charity Shield to mark 50 years since England beat West Germany in the 1966 FIFA World Cup.{{cite web|url=http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/fa-charity-shield-to-be-auctioned-off-to-raise-money-for-the-bobby-moore-fund-a3350661.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924173525/http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/fa-charity-shield-to-be-auctioned-off-to-raise-money-for-the-bobby-moore-fund-a3350661.html|url-status=live|archive-date=24 September 2016|title=Evening Standard: FA Charity Shield to be auctioned off to raise money for the Bobby Moore Fund|date=21 September 2016 }} The trophy was sold at auction, raising £40,000 for the Bobby Moore Fund for Cancer Research UK. The Bobby Moore Fund became the FA's charity partner in July 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.thefa.com/news/thefa/2016/jul/bobby-moore-fund-becomes-charity-partner-290716:|title=The FA's new official charity partner is Bobby Moore Fund}} The auction was held at The Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington, where the England team celebrated the 1966 victory.

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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.thefa.com/~/media/978792AF8BBE4927AA4583437A7DF882.ashx |title=Archived copy |access-date=25 April 2012 |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20120425004203/http://www.thefa.com/~/media/978792AF8BBE4927AA4583437A7DF882.ashx |archive-date=25 April 2012 |url-status=live }} If a team wins both the Premier League and the FA Cup, the runners-up from the Premier League will be the opposition.{{Cite web|title=FA Community shield rules|url=https://www.thefa.com/~/media/978792AF8BBE4927AA4583437A7DF882.ashx|website=The FA|access-date=29 August 2020|archive-date=3 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203114245/https://www.thefa.com/~/media/978792AF8BBE4927AA4583437A7DF882.ashx|url-status=live}}

Serving as England's super cup between the previous season's Premier League champions and FA Cup winners, the Community Shield is regarded as the "curtain-raiser" and is the first competitive game of each top-flight English football season.{{cite web|url=http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11715/10676765/leeds-united-englands-13th-biggest-club-according-to-sky-sports-study|title=Leeds United England's 12th biggest club, according to Sky Sports study|access-date=26 February 2018|archive-date=28 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228210113/http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11715/10676765/leeds-united-englands-13th-biggest-club-according-to-sky-sports-study|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.espnfc.com/english-fa-community-shield/story/2923662/community-shield-will-not-be-a-friendly-game-leicesters-claudio-ranieri |title=Community Shield will not be a friendly game – Leicester's Claudio Ranieri |work=ESPN FC |date=3 August 2015 |access-date=7 August 2016 |archive-date=30 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730081222/http://www.espnfc.com/english-fa-community-shield/story/2923662/community-shield-will-not-be-a-friendly-game-leicesters-claudio-ranieri |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.manutd.com/en/Community-Shield/United-in-the-Community/2016/Aug/Match-preview-Leicester-City-v-Manchester-United-Community-Shield-7-August-2016.aspx |title=Match Preview: 2016 FA Community Shield |publisher=Manchester United |date=4 August 2016 |access-date=7 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180518064641/http://www.manutd.com/en/Community-Shield/United-in-the-Community/2016/Aug/Match-preview-Leicester-City-v-Manchester-United-Community-Shield-7-August-2016.aspx |archive-date=18 May 2018 |url-status=dead }} However, it has been treated with varying degrees of seriousness by participating teams, with some using it similarly to friendlies in their pre-season schedule – as an opportunity to give match practice to fringe members of their squads or those returning from injury. BBC Sport pundit Mark Lawrenson and The Guardian writer Tom Bryant both described the match as a "glorified friendly".{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/6932349.stm |title=Lawro's Community Shield verdict |access-date=19 October 2009 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=5 August 2007 |first=Mark |last=Lawrenson |archive-date=2 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802140757/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/6932349.stm |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/aug/09/chelsea-manchester-united |title=Chelsea v Manchester United – Community Shield as it happened |access-date=19 October 2009 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=9 August 2009 |location=London |first=Tom |last=Bryant |archive-date=9 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109024655/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/aug/09/chelsea-manchester-united |url-status=live }} Prior to the 2008 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".{{cite web|url=http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jPX7BZK3glaCaTldgAxzq9AoaDfw |title=Relaxed Manchester United to take on Portsmouth at Wembley |access-date=10 August 2008 |date=9 August 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080813113120/http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jPX7BZK3glaCaTldgAxzq9AoaDfw |archive-date=13 August 2008 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en/news/8/main/2008/08/08/810091/neville-and-carrick-to-feature-in-community-shield|title=Neville And Carrick To Feature in Community Shield|website=goal.com|access-date=26 February 2018|archive-date=26 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180226211616/http://www.goal.com/en/news/8/main/2008/08/08/810091/neville-and-carrick-to-feature-in-community-shield|url-status=live}}

Others, however, continue to recognise the status of the match as the first official game and trophy of the domestic season.{{cite web |last=Banks |first=Tony |url=http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/595646/Chelsea-John-Terry-Community-Shield-Arsenal-Petr-Cech |title=Chelsea's John Terry rues Community Shield defeat to Arsenal |website=Daily Express |date=3 August 2015 |access-date=7 August 2016 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305081252/http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/595646/Chelsea-John-Terry-Community-Shield-Arsenal-Petr-Cech |url-status=live }}{{cite web|last=Tweedale |first=Alistair |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/11773513/Community-Shield-2015-Why-winning-would-give-Chelsea-or-Arsenal-an-early-edge-in-Premier-League-title-race.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/11773513/Community-Shield-2015-Why-winning-would-give-Chelsea-or-Arsenal-an-early-edge-in-Premier-League-title-race.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Community Shield 2015: Why winning would give Chelsea or Arsenal an early edge in Premier League title race |work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London |date=31 July 2015 |access-date=7 August 2016}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web |url=http://www.cityam.com/1407685653/arsenal-3-0-manchester-city-does-winning-community-shield-mean-successful-season |title=After Arsenal's win, how often do Community/Charity Shield winners win the Premier League? |work=City A.M. |date=11 August 2014 |access-date=7 August 2016 |archive-date=8 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208082619/http://www.cityam.com/1407685653/arsenal-3-0-manchester-city-does-winning-community-shield-mean-successful-season |url-status=live }} Ahead of the 2016 FA Community Shield against Manchester United, Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri asked, "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." The following year, Chelsea manager Antonio Conte affirmed 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 with Arsenal.{{cite web|url=http://www.espnfc.com/chelsea/story/3169492/antonio-conte-chelsea-players-very-tired-following-preseason-tour-of-asia|title=Antonio Conte: Chelsea players 'very tired' following preseason tour of Asia|date=31 July 2017 |access-date=2 August 2017|archive-date=28 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428181307/https://www.espn.com/soccer/chelsea/story/3169492/antonio-conte-chelsea-players-very-tired-following-preseason-tour-of-asia|url-status=live}} Likewise in 2018, Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola referred to his side's clash with Chelsea in the competition as "the first final" of the season.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/07/27/pep-guardiola-says-man-citys-world-cup-players-cut-short-holidays/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/07/27/pep-guardiola-says-man-citys-world-cup-players-cut-short-holidays/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Pep Guardiola says Man City's World Cup players cut short holidays to prepare for new season|first=Steve|last=Brenner|date=28 July 2018|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London}}{{cbignore}}

• The most successful teams in the competition are Manchester United (17 outright wins, 4 shared), Arsenal (16 outright wins, 1 shared), Liverpool (11 outright wins, 5 shared) and Everton (8 outright wins, 1 shared).
• Chelsea (2010, 2012, 2015, 2017 and 2018) and Newcastle 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 against Swindon Town in 1911.
• Everton hold the record for most consecutive wins (4) from 1984 to 1987; however, the 1986 'win' was shared with Liverpool. Manchester United hold the record for most consecutive losses (4) from 1998 to 2001. During this period Manchester United also held the record for most consecutive games played (6) from 1996 to 2001 in which they won 2.
• 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.
• Brighton & Hove Albion are the only club{{Cref2|D|4}} 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. The victory remains Brighton's only national honour to date and they were crowned the 'Champions of all England'.{{cite web|url= http://wearebrighton.com/albiondatabase/when-brighton-won-the-charity-shield-to-become-champions-of-england|title= When Brighton won the Charity Shield to become champions of England|date= 15 January 2020|access-date= 19 May 2021|archive-date= 19 May 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210519080758/http://wearebrighton.com/albiondatabase/when-brighton-won-the-charity-shield-to-become-champions-of-england|url-status= live}}

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

Since 1974, the Community Shield has been at a permanent home rather than guest venues.{{cite news|title=History of the Charity Shield|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1480702.stm|publisher=BBC|access-date=22 November 2010|date=9 August 2001|archive-date=3 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603022308/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/1480702.stm|url-status=live}}

• Old Wembley Stadium: 1974–2000
• Millennium Stadium: 2001–2006
• New Wembley Stadium: 2007–2011, 2013–2021, 2023–present

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 was Stamford Bridge in 1908 and the last ground that guest hosted the fixture was the King Power Stadium in 2022,The home of the current holders, at the time which was due to Wembley hosting the final of UEFA Women's Euro 2022 on the following day.{{Cite news|title=Community Shield 2022: Everything You Need To Know|url=https://www.givemesport.com/88030697-community-shield-2022-date-time-teams-how-to-watch-tickets-venue|access-date=21 July 2022|archive-date=21 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721165816/https://www.givemesport.com/88030697-community-shield-2022-date-time-teams-how-to-watch-tickets-venue|url-status=live}}

Seven grounds have hosted the fixture once: St James' Park in 1932, Roker Park in 1936, Burnden Park in 1958, Turf Moor in 1960, Portman Road in 1962, Anfield in 1964 and Elland Road in 1969. Leicester City have hosted the fixture twice, at Filbert Street in 1971 and the King Power Stadium in 2022. A further nine grounds have hosted the fixture on multiple occasions (see table).

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{{Cnote2|A|value=1|n=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.}}

{{Cnote2|B|value=2|n=1|The FA invited Corinthians FC to take part as an amateur representative against FA Cup winners Cardiff City.}}

{{Cnote2|C|value=3|n=1|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.}}

{{Cnote2|D|value=4|n=1|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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