Previous Winners Of Major Domestic Football Cup Competitions
The FA Community Shield
 A Brief History Of The FA Community Shield The FA Charity Shield or FA Community Shield as it is now known is the traditional curtain-raiser to the English domestic football campaign. The winners of the Premier League and the FA Cup play each other for the season's first piece of silverware. But the competition's original format differs greatly from the current one. When the first Community Shield match was played in 1908 between Manchester United, the then reigning Football League Champions, and Queens Park Rangers, then Southern League Champions, it was professionals versus amateurs. This format was continued for many years and often featured teams that were assembled on a one-off basis. Back then the games were largely informal, often played at the end of the season at neutral venues, or at the home ground of one of the teams involved. It was then moved to coincide with the start of the new season in 1959, and has kept its place in the English football calendar ever since. In 1974, Ted Croker, the FA Secretary, proposed that the Community Shield should be played at Wembley, and assume the role of official curtain-raiser to the season. The first Wembley-held Shield match was watched by a 67,000-strong crowd who saw Liverpool beat Leeds 6-5 on penalty kicks after the game ended 1-1. During the 1980s and early 1990s, if the game finished in a draw then both teams would share the Shield for six months each. The penalty shoot-out was then re-introduced in 1993. In 2002 The FA Charity shield was renamed The FA Community Shield. |
Previous Winners Of The FA Community Shield Year 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950 1949 1948 Venue Wembley Std Wembley Std Millenium Std Millenium Std Millenium Std Millenium Std Millenium Std Millenium Std Wembley Std Wembley Std Wembley Std Wembley Std Wembley Std Wembley Std Wembley Std Wembley Std Wembley Std Wembley Std Wembley Std Wembley Std Wembley Std Wembley Std Wembley Std Wembley Std Wembley Std Wembley Std Wembley Std Wembley Std Wembley Std Wembley Std Wembley Std Wembley Std Wembley Std Wembley Std Wembley Std Winners Manchester Utd 0-0 Portsmouth (3-1 Pens) Manchester Utd 1-1 Chelsea (3-0 Pens) Liverpool 2-1 Chelsea Chelsea 2-1 Arsenal Arsenal 3-1 Manchester Utd Manchester Utd 1-1 Arsenal (4-3 Pens) Arsenal 1-0 Liverpool Liverpool 2-1 Manchester U Chelsea 2-0 Manchester U Arsenal 2-1 Manchester U Arsenal 3-0 Manchester U Manchester Utd 1-1 Chelsea (4-2 Pens) Manchester Utd 4-0 Newcastle U Everton 1-0 Blackburn R Manchester Utd 2-0 Blackburn R Manchester Utd 1-1 Arsenal (5-4 Pens) Leeds United 4-3 Liverpool Arsenal 0-0 Tottenham H Liverpool 1-1 Manchester U Liverpool 1-0 Arsenal Liverpool 2-1 Wimbledon Everton 1-0 Coventry C Everton 1-1 Liverpool Everton 2-0 Manchester U Everton 1-0 Liverpool Manchester Utd 2-0 Liverpool Liverpool 1-0 Tottenham H Aston Villa 2-2 Tottenham H Liverpool 1-0 West Ham U Liverpool 3-1 Arsenal Nottingham Forest 5-0 Ipswich T Liverpool 0-0 Manchester U Liverpool 1-0 Southampton Derby County 2-0 West Ham U Liverpool 1-1 Leeds U (6-5 Pens) Burnley 1-0 Manchester C Manchester City 1-0 Aston Villa Leicester City 1-0 Liverpool Everton 2-1 Chelsea Leeds United 2-1 Manchester C Manchester City 6-1 West Brom Manchester Utd 3-3 Tottenham H Liverpool 1-0 Everton Manchester United 2-2 Liverpool Liverpool 2-2 West Ham U Everton 4-0 Manchester U Tottenham Hotspur 5-1 Ipswich T Tottenham Hotspur 3-2 FA XI Burnley 2-2 Wolves Wolves 3-1 Nottm Forest Bolton Wanderers 4-1 Wolves Manchester Utd 4-0 Aston Villa Manchester Utd 1-0 Manchester City Chelsea 3-0 Newcastle U Wolves 4-4 West Brom Arsenal 3-1 Blackpool Manchester Utd 4-2 Newcastle U Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Newcastle U World Cup Team 4-2 Canadian XI Portsmouth 1-1 Wolves Arsenal 4-3 Manchester U 1939/1946 Football suspended due to World War Two 1938 1937 1936 1935 1934 1933 1932 1931 1930 1929 1928 1927 1926 1925 1924 1923 1922 1921 1920 Arsenal 2-1 Preston NE Manchester City 2-0 Sunderland Sunderland 2-1 Arsenal Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Arsenal Arsenal 4-0 Manchester C Arsenal 3-0 Everton Everton 5-3 Newcastle U Arsenal Amateurs 1-0 West Brom Arsenal 2-1 Sheffield Wed Professionals 3-0 Amateurs Everton 2-1 Blackburn R Cardiff City 2-1 Corinthians Amateurs 6-3 Professionals Amateurs 6-1 Professionals Professionals 3-1 Amateurs Professionals 2-0 Amateurs Huddersfield Town 1-0 Liverpool Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Burnley West Bromwich Albion 2-0 Tottenham H 1915/1920 Football suspended due to World War One 1913 1912 1911 1910 1909 1908 Professionals 7-2 Amateurs Blackburn Rovers 2-1 QPR Manchester United 8-4 Swindon T Brighton & Hove Albion 1-0 Aston Villa Newcastle United 2-0 Northampton Manchester United 4-0 QPR |