1936 FA Charity Shield

1936 FA Charity Shield
Event FA Charity Shield
Sunderland Arsenal
2 1
Date 28 October 1936
Venue Roker Park, Sunderland
Attendance 15,000 [1]

The 1936 FA Charity Shield was the 23rd FA Charity Shield, a football match between the winners of the previous season's First Division and FA Cup competitions. The match was contested by FA Cup winners Arsenal and league champions Sunderland, and was played at Roker Park, the home ground of Sunderland. Sunderland won 2-1.[2]

Arsenal were making their sixth out of seven and fourth consecutive appearance in the Charity Shield, reflecting their dominance of the English game in the 1930s.[3] Arsenal had lost 1-0 to Sheffield Wednesday in 1935,[4] but had won in their previous four appearances. Sunderland were contesting their first Charity Shield, although they had won the competition's precursor, the Sheriff of London Charity Shield, in 1903.[5]

As in the previous year [4] the match was criticized as a "drab and disappointing"[1] game which "never rose to great heights".[2] The Daily Mail complained that as a mid-week game with little prestige in victory, the Charity Shield offered little incentive to competitive football.[1] With the score 0-0 at half time, Sunderland managed to gain momentum with attacks from their half-backs, and took the lead on 53 minutes through a Burbanks goal.[1][2] Arsenal responded more positively and equalized on the 77th minute.[2] The winning goal came controversially when Carter's long distance shot bounced down off the crossbar before being cleared by Arsenal, but was determined to have crossed the line by the linesman.[1][2]

The second half of the match was broadcast with live commentary by Ivan Sharpe on the BBC's Northern radio station.[6]

Match details

Sunderland 2-1 Arsenal
Burbanks  53', Carter  89' Kirchen
Attendance: 15,000 [1]
Sunderland
Arsenal
1England Johnny Mapson
2England George Collin
3Scotland Alex Hall
4Scotland Charlie Thomson
5Scotland Bert Johnston
6Scotland Sandy McNab
7England Len Duns
8England Raich Carter
9England Bobby Gurney
10Scotland Patrick Gallacher
11England Eddie Burbanks
Manager: Scotland Johnny Cochrane
1England George Swindin
2England Leslie Compton
3England Eddie Hapgood
4England Ray Bowden
5England Bernard Joy
6England Wilf Copping
7England Jack Crayston
8Scotland Jackie Milne
9England Alf Kirchen
10England Robert Davidson
11England Dennis Compton
Manager: England George Allison

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Carruthers, Frank (29 October 1936). "Carter's Effort in Last Minute". Daily Mail. p. 19.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Association Football". The Times. 29 October 1936. p. 6.
  3. ↑ Carruthers, Frank (28 October 1936). "Champions and Cup-Holders Clash To-Day". Daily Mail.
  4. 1 2 "The Charity Shield March". The Times. 24 October 1935. p. 6.
  5. ↑ Blue House Field Limited; Leng, Brian. "Sherrif of London Shield". Rokerpark.com. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  6. ↑ "Broadcasting". The Times. 28 October 1936.
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