1955 FA Charity Shield - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 1955 FA Charity Shield was the 33rd FA Charity Shield

FA Community Shield

The Football Association Community Shield is English football's annual match contested between the champions of the previous Premier League season and the holders of the FA Cup at Wembley Stadium. If the Premier League champions also won the FA Cup then the league runners-up provide the opposition...

, the annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's Football League and FA Cup

FA Cup

The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...

competitions. It was contested between Chelsea

Chelsea F.C.

Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...

, the reigning First Division

Football League First Division

The First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship....

champions, and Newcastle United

Newcastle United F.C.

Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...

, holders of the FA Cup. Chelsea won 3-0, thanks to second-half goals from Roy Bentley

Roy Bentley

Roy Thomas Frank Bentley is a retired English football player who played most notably for Chelsea and the England national side. He later became a manager...

and Frank Blunstone

Frank Blunstone

Frank Blunstone is an English former international footballer who played for Crewe Alexandra and Chelsea as an outside left....

, and an own goal

Own goal

An own net occurs in goal-scoring games when a player scores a goal that is registered against his or her own team. It is usually accidental, and may be a result of an attempt at defensive play that failed or was spoiled by opponents....

from Alf McMichael

Alf McMichael

Alfred "Alf" McMichael was a footballer who played as a left-back.Belfast-born "Alf" McMichael began his career at Linfield, before signing for Newcastle United in 1949. He remained at Newcastle until 1962, appearing 431 times and scoring once for the club...

Match details


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	CHELSEA:
GK	1	Bill Robertson Bill Robertson (Scottish footballer) William Gibb "Bill" Robertson was a Scottish professional footballer, who played in the Football League for Chelsea and Leyton Orient. He played as a goalkeeper, and played in 26 matches in the 1954–55 season when Chelsea won the First Division championship.-External links:* on Chelsea F.C....
RB	2	Peter Sillett Peter Sillett Peter Richard Tudor Sillett was an England footballer. He played for Chelsea and Southampton as a right-back, and made three appearances for England....
LB	3	Stan Willemse Stan Willemse Stanley B "Stan" Willemse was an English footballer who played as a left-back in the Football League for Brighton and Hove Albion, Chelsea and Leyton Orient....
CB	4	Ken Armstrong
HB	5	Stan Wicks Stan Wicks Stan Maurice Wicks was an English professional footballer who played for Reading and Chelsea. Wicks won the League Championship in 1955 with Chelsea, making 21 league appearances that season...
HB	6	Derek Saunders Derek Saunders Derek Saunders is a retired English footballer who played most notably for Chelsea during the 1950s.Born in Ware, Saunders played primarily as a wing-half and started his career with amateur side Walthamstow Avenue, who he captained in their 1952 FA Amateur Cup Final win...
OF	7	Eric Parsons Eric Parsons Eric "Rabbit" Parsons was a footballer who played for West Ham United, Chelsea and Brentford.A winger and crowd favourite whose blistering pace earned him the nickname "the Rabbit", Parsons started his career with West Ham United, spotted by the club during a game against West Ham Boys at Upton...
IF	8	Peter Brabrook Peter Brabrook Peter Brabrook is an English former footballer who made nearly 500 appearances in the Football League playing for Chelsea, West Ham United and Orient, and was capped three times for the England national team. He played as a winger....
CF	9	Roy Bentley Roy Bentley Roy Thomas Frank Bentley is a retired English football player who played most notably for Chelsea and the England national side. He later became a manager...
IF	10	Les Stubbs Les Stubbs Leslie 'Les' Stubbs was an English footballer.Playing mainly as an inside forward, Stubbs started out with his local side, Great Wakering Rovers before signing for Southend United. He made his debut for Southend in 1948 and scored 45 goals in 88 games over the next four seasons...
OF	11	Frank Blunstone Frank Blunstone Frank Blunstone is an English former international footballer who played for Crewe Alexandra and Chelsea as an outside left....
Manager:
Ted Drake Ted Drake Edward Joseph "Ted" Drake was an English football player and manager. As a player, he first played for Southampton but made his name playing for Arsenal in the 1930s, winning two league titles and an FA Cup, as well as five caps for England. He was also a cricketer, but only ever played sparingly...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center> NEWCASTLE UNITED: | GK 1

John Thompson RB 2

George Lackenby LB 3

Alf McMichael

CB 4

Jimmy Scoular

James "Jimmy" Scoular was a Scottish football player and manager. Known as a tough, combative player with precise passing skills, Scoular made over 600 appearances in The Football League with Portsmouth, Newcastle United and Bradford Park Avenue, as a player-manager, and attained nine caps for...

HB 5

Frank Brennan

Frank Brennan (footballer)

Frank Brennan was a Scottish football player.Brennan was a tough centre half who moved to Newcastle United from Airdrieonians for £7,500 in 1946...

HB 6

Tommy Casey

Thomas "Tommy" Casey was a Northern Ireland international footballer and football manager.Born in Comber, during his career he played for Belfast YMCA, East Belfast, Bangor, Leeds United, Bournemouth & Boscombe, Newcastle United, Portsmouth, Bristol City, Inter-Roma and Gloucester City...

OF 7

Len White

Leonard Roy "Len" White was a former English professional footballer who played as a centre-forward, most noted for playing at Newcastle United.-Biography:...

IF 8

Reg Davies

Ellis Reginald Davies was a Welsh professional footballer who played for Southend United, Newcastle United, Swansea Town and Carlisle United, and won six caps for Wales....

CF 9

Jackie Milburn

John Edward Thompson 'Jackie' Milburn, , also known to fans as Wor Jackie and 'the first World Wor' in reference to his global fame, was a football player for Newcastle United and England...

IF 10

George Hannah OF 11

Bill Punton

William Hamilton Punton is a former footballer and football manager.Born in Glenkinche, East Lothian, Punton was a left-sided winger who played for Portadown, Newcastle United, Southend United, Norwich City, Sheffield United, Scunthorpe and Yarmouth Town...

Manager:

Doug Livingstone

Dugald Livingstone was a Scottish football player and manager.He played fullback for Parkhead, Ashfield, Celtic, Dumbarton Harp , Everton, Plymouth Argyle, Aberdeen and Tranmere Rovers during an illustrious playing career before hanging up his boots and going into management.During his managerial...

MATCH RULES

90 minutes
Title shared if scores level
No substitutions

Match details

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