This is the annual championship between the Premier League champions and the FA Cup champions sponsored by the English Football Association. If the team wins the double crown (arranged for the Super League)
And the FA Cup champion), the team will be changed to the runner-up in the Super League. Traditionally, this competition is held in a humble stadium before the start of the season every year.
During the reconstruction of Wembley, it was staged at Millennium Stadium.
The first game of the Charity Shield was held in 1908-09, replacing the London Sheriff Charity Shield, which started earlier than 1898-99 (although this game will be held twice later).
And appear at the same time as the charity shield). In the early games, the London Sheriff's Charity Shield was maintained by professional teams against amateur teams (traditionally, gentlemen and Bono were against each other).
Resistance), the first game was played by Manchester United (professional league champion) against queens park Rangers (amateur Southern League champion), and the first game 1- 1 was tied, and Manchester United won the replay.
4-0, both games were played at Stamford Bridge Stadium. Since then, Charity Shield has not used rematch to decide the result.
Competition is not taken seriously. At the end of the season, the game is often mixed into one army, and eventually the professional team is cancelled against the amateur team, but there is no fixed form to choose the opponent team.
For example, 1950-5 1, the England national team played against the FA, which is about to visit Canada, and the venue changed frequently. 1959 Set the game time to start.
Pre-season. 1974, Qu Jia, then general secretary of the Football Association, decided that the competition would be held at the National Stadium (humble stadium), and the champion of the First Division would play the champion of the FA Cup.
Tickets for the opening match of the new season are all for charitable purposes, and the donors are designated by both parties. During 1974 -2000, * * * received more than 5 million pounds. compare
At present, the form of the game is a deciding game, and a penalty will decide the outcome. However, during the period of 1975-1993, the champion was tied and the shield was reserved for each team for six months.
With the establishment of 1992-93 Premier League, it is logical for the Charity Shield to play against the Super League champion of the FA Cup. In 2002, the Charity Shield was renamed as the Community Shield.