The 1959 FA Charity Shield was the 37th 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...

, a football match between the winners of the previous season's 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....

 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...

 titles. This year's match was contested by league champions Wolverhampton Wanderers

Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.

Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...

 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...

 winners Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest F.C.

Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...

.

The match was held at the start of the season for the first time, and was staged at Wolves' stadium, Molineux

Molineux stadium

Molineux Stadium is a Premier League football stadium situated in Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton, England. It has been the home ground of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club since 1889, and has a long and illustrious history as the first 'new build' stadium in Football League history, one of the...

. The hosts won the game 3-1, giving them their only outright Shield win (in addition to three shared wins).

Match details

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style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS:
	1	Malcolm Finlayson Malcolm Finlayson Malcolm Finlayson is a former Scottish football goalkeeper who won the league championship and FA Cup with Wolverhampton Wanderers.-Career:...
	2	Eddie Stuart Eddie Stuart Edward "Eddie" Albert Stuart is a South African former professional footballer. He spent the majority of his league career with Wolverhampton Wanderers, where he won three league championships.-Career:...
	3	Gwyn Jones Gwyn Jones (footballer born 1935) Gwynfor "Gwyn" Jones is a Welsh former footballer, who played in the Football League for Wolverhampton Wanderers and Bristol Rovers.-Career:...
	4	Eddie Clamp Eddie Clamp Harold Edwin Clamp was an English footballer.-Career:Clamp joined Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1950, turning professional in April 1952, before breaking into the first team to make his debut on 6 March 1954, away at Manchester United. He made one further appearance that season as he club won their...
	5	George Showell George Showell George William Showell is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Bristol City and Wrexham...
	6	Ron Flowers Ron Flowers Ronald "Ron" Flowers is an English former professional footballer, most known for his time at Wolverhampton Wanderers. He was a member of England's victorious 1966 World Cup squad. He is the elder brother of John Flowers.-Career:...
	7	Mickey Lill Mickey Lill Mickey Lill was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Everton, Plymouth Argyle and Portsmouth.-Career:...
	8	Bobby Mason Bobby Mason Robert Henry "Bobby" Mason is an English former professional footballer, who played in the Football League for Wolverhampton Wanderers, where he spent the majority of his league career, and for Leyton Orient.-Career:...
	9	Jimmy Murray Jimmy Murray (English footballer) Colin James Robert 'Jimmy' Murray was an English footballer, who spent the majority of his league career with Wolverhampton Wanderers.-Career:...
	10	Peter Broadbent Peter Broadbent (footballer) Peter Frank Broadbent is a former England international footballer. He won major domestic honours with Wolverhampton Wanderers, and appeared in the 1958 World Cup.-Biography:...
	11	Norman Deeley Norman Deeley Norman Victor Deeley was an English professional footballer, who spent the majority of his league career with Wolverhampton Wanderers. He scored two goals in the 1960 FA Cup Final, in a performance that won him the Man of the Match award.-Career:The winger won three league titles with the club, in...
Manager:
Stan Cullis Stan Cullis Stanley Cullis was a professional footballer and manager, most notably for Wolverhampton Wanderers. During his term as manager between 1948 and 1964 Wolves became one of the strongest teams in the British game, winning the league title on three occasions, and playing a series of high-profile...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center> NOTTINGHAM FOREST: | 1   Chic Thomson

Charlie Thomson

Charlie "Chic" Thomson was a Scottish football goalkeeper who played for Clyde, Chelsea and Nottingham Forest. He was born in Perth, Scotland....

2   Billy Whare 3   Joe McDonald

Joe McDonald (footballer)

Joe McDonald was a Scottish footballer who played for Sunderland and the Scotland national football team. He was born in Blantyre, Scotland.-Club career:...

4   Jeff Whitefoot 5   Bob McKinlay

Bob McKinlay

Robert "Bob" McKinlay was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a centre half. McKinlay spent his entire career with Nottingham Forest, making 614 appearances in the Football League – a club record, including a run of 265 consecutive league games between April 1959 and October...

6   Jim Iley

Jim Iley

Jim Iley is an English former football player and manager. He made nearly 550 appearances in the Football League playing as a left half for Sheffield United, Tottenham Hotspur, Nottingham Forest, Newcastle United and Peterborough United...

7   Billy Gray

Billy Gray

William Patrick "Billy" Gray was an English professional association footballer and manager who played initially as a winger....

8   Bernie Kelly

Bernie Kelly (footballer)

Bernie Kelly was a Scottish footballer.-References:...

9   Tommy Wilson

Tommy Wilson (footballer born 1930)

Tommy Wilson was an English professional footballer who played for Nottingham Forest and Walsall....

  10   Johnny Quigley

Johnny Quigley

John "Johnny" Quigley , was a Scottish football midfielder. He began his career as a provisional signing with Glasgow Celtic, who farmed him out to Scottish Junior Football club St Anthony's...

11   Stewart Imlach

Stewart Imlach

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Substitutes: 12   Peter Knight  Manager:   Billy Walker

Billy Walker

William Henry "Billy" Walker was a prominent English footballer of the 1920s and 1930s. He is considered by many to be the greatest footballer to ever play for Aston Villa Football Club-Biography:...

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