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The 1961 FA Charity Shield was the 39th 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 match was contested on 12 August 1961 between double winners

The Double

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Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....

and an F.A. representative eleven. Tottenham won the match 3-2.

In the 1960-61 season, Tottenham had become the first club since Aston Villa

Aston Villa F.C.

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in 1897 to complete the Double, that is, to win the FA Cup

FA Cup

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and Division One in the same season. Football: Multiple Trophy Winners krysstal.com. Accessed 08-08-10 The Charity Shield, which was first contested in 1908, is conventionally held between the previous season's league champions and the FA Cup

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winners. Thus Tottenham's double victory in 1960-1961 presented a new problem for the FA in organising the 1961 Charity Shield. By way of resolution, Tottenham competed against a a representative side who played under the banner of the FA. This team was, in practice, the contemporary England national team

England national football team

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, without the Tottenham players who might usually have played. The Times

The Times

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. 14-08-1961. Tottenham Football Back in the Old Routine

Tottenham started the match poorly when Johnny Haynes

Johnny Haynes

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scored the opening goal after ten minutes. Tottenham equalised five minutes before half time through Bobby Smith, and Les Allen

Les Allen

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scored two second half goals for Spurs to put them 3-1 ahead. Johnny Byrne

Johnny Byrne (footballer)

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scored the second goal for the F.A., resulting in a 3-2 victory for Tottenham.

The 1961 Charity Shield was the last time, to date, that the match has featured a team that was not a club side. The 1971 Double winning Arsenal

Arsenal F.C.

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team were unable to compete, so FA Cup runners-up

1971 FA Cup Final

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Liverpool

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played against Division Two champions Leicester City

Leicester City F.C.

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. In the 1986 Charity Shield

1986 FA Charity Shield

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, following Liverpool's Double-winning 1985-1986 season, league runners-up Everton

Everton F.C.

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were chosen as opponents. This practice has been followed in all subsequent years where a team has won the Double.

Match details


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR:
1	Bill Brown
2	Peter Baker Peter Baker (footballer born 1931) Peter Baker is an English former football player. Educated at Southgate County School in North London, he played right-back for Tottenham Hotspur F.C. and was part of the double-winning side of 1960-61 and won the FA Cup with Spurs in 1962...
3	Ron Henry Ron Henry Ron Henry is a retired footballer who played for Tottenham Hotspur, and won one cap for England. His grandson, Ronnie, is also a professional footballer.-Club career:...
4	Danny Blanchflower Danny Blanchflower Robert Dennis "Danny" Blanchflower was a former Northern Ireland international footballer and football manager, and journalist who captained Tottenham Hotspur F.C. during its double-winning season of 1961. He was ranked as the greatest player in Spurs history by The Times in 2009...
5	Maurice Norman Maurice Norman Maurice Norman is an English former footballer who played nearly 400 times in the Football League as a centre half for Norwich City and Tottenham Hotspur. At international level, Norman won 23 caps for the England national team....
6	Dave Mackay
7	Cliff Jones
8	John White
9	Bobby Smith
10	Les Allen Les Allen Leslie William Allen is a former English footballer and manager.As a player, 16 year-old Les Allen made his senior football debut in February 1953 for Briggs Sports in an unforgettable FA Amateur cup quarter final tie at Victoria Road, Dagenham against the holders Pegasus, the great amateur team...
11	Terry Dyson Terry Dyson Terry Dyson is a retired footballer.- Career:The winger joined Tottenham Hotspur from non-league Scarborough in 1955, and played for Spurs until 1965. He was a regular member of The Double winning side of 1960-61, and scored in the 1961 FA Cup Final against Leicester...
Manager:
Bill Nicholson Bill Nicholson (footballer) William Edward "Bill" Nicholson OBE was an English football player, coach, manager and scout who devoted his life to Tottenham Hotspur in North London.-Early life:...

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Ron Springett

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Jimmy Armfield

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Michael McNeil 4

Bobby Robson

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Peter Swan 6

Ron Flowers

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Bryan Douglas

Bryan Douglas is a former English footballer.During his career, he played for Blackburn Rovers from 1954 to 1969, totalling 438 league appearances and 100 goals. He also earned 36 caps and scored 11 goals for England. He appeared in two World Cups, in 1958 and 1962, appearing in all of England's...

Jimmy Robson

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Johnny Byrne

Johnny Byrne (footballer)

Johnny Haynes

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Bobby Charlton

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Manager:

Walter Winterbottom

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