The 1963 FA Charity Shield was the 41st 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...

, an annual football match held between the winners of the previous season's Football League

The Football League

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 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. The match was contested by Everton

Everton F.C.

Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...

 who had won the 1962–63 Football League, and Manchester United

Manchester United F.C.

Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...

, who had won the 1962–63 FA Cup, at Goodison Park

Goodison Park

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, Liverpool

Liverpool

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, on 17 August 1963. Everton won the match 4–0, with goals from Jimmy Gabriel

Jimmy Gabriel

James Gabriel is a Scottish former football midfielder who earned two caps with the Scotland national football team. Chiefly associated with English club Everton, Gabriel played extensively in Scotland and England before ending his career with the Seattle Sounders of the North American Soccer...

, Dennis Stevens

Dennis Stevens

Dennis Stevens is an English former footballer, born in Dudley, who played in the Football League for Bolton Wanderers, Everton, Oldham Athletic and Tranmere Rovers....

, Derek Temple

Derek Temple

Derek William Temple is an English former footballer who played in the Football League as a forward for Everton and Preston North End in the Football League. He was capped once for England....

 and a penalty from Roy Vernon

Roy Vernon

Thomas Royston "Roy" Vernon was a Welsh international footballer who played for Blackburn Rovers, Everton and Stoke City.-Career:...

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Match details

See also

• 1962–63 Football League
• 1962–63 FA Cup