The 1975 FA Charity Shield was the 53rd FA Charity Shield

FA Community Shield

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, an annual football match played 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

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 competitions. The match was played on 9 August 1975 at Wembley Stadium and contested by Derby County

Derby County F.C.

Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English...

, who had won the 1974–75 First Division, and West Ham United

West Ham United F.C.

West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...

, who had won the 1974–75 FA Cup. Derby County won the match by 2–0.

Match details

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style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	DERBY COUNTY:
GK	1	Colin Boulton Colin Boulton Colin Donald Boulton was a football player who played as a Goalkeeper.-Football career:Solid, dependable, ever present are among the things that were said about him...
DF	2	Rod Thomas Rod Thomas Rod Thomas is a Welsh former professional footballer who represented Wales at International level.During his career Thomas played for Gloucester City, Swindon Town, Derby County, Cardiff City, Gloucester for a second spell and Newport County.Swindon Town manager Bert Head brought Thomas to the...
DF	3	David Nish David Nish David John Nish was an English former footballer who broke the then British transfer record in 1972 by paying £225,000 for his signature.-Club:...
DF	4	Bruce Rioch Bruce Rioch Bruce David Rioch is an English-born football manager and former player. He was manager of Aalborg BK in the Danish Superliga, until his sacking on 23 October 2008....
MF	5	Roy McFarland Roy McFarland Roy Leslie McFarland is an English football manager who was also a player, notably at Derby County where he played 434 league games helping him to earn 28 caps for England.-Playing career:...
DF	6	Colin Todd Colin Todd Colin Todd is an English football manager and former player. As a player, he made more than 600 appearances in the Football League, playing for Sunderland, Derby County, Everton, Birmingham City, Nottingham Forest, Oxford United and Luton Town, and also played in the North American Soccer League...
FW	7	Henry Newton Henry Newton (footballer) Henry Newton is an English former football midfielder, who made almost 500 league appearances for Football League teams during the 1960s and 1970s....
MF	8	Archie Gemmill Archie Gemmill Archibald "Archie" Gemmill is a Scottish former footballer, most famous for a goal he scored against the Netherlands in the 1978 FIFA World Cup...
FW	9	Francis Lee Francis Lee Francis Henry Lee is a former professional footballer, who played in the 1960s and 1970s, including 27 appearances for the England national team. Lee played for Bolton Wanderers, Manchester City, and Derby County...
MF	10	Kevin Hector Kevin Hector Kevin James Hector is an English former footballer who scored 268 goals from 662 appearances in the Football League playing for Bradford Park Avenue and Derby County. His 486 League appearances for Derby County is a club record...
MF	11	Charlie George Charlie George Charles Frederick "Charlie" George is an English former footballer. He played as a forward in the Football League and he was also capped by England.-Arsenal:...
Substitutes:
	12	Batch Batch Batch may refer to:Food and drink*Batch , an alcoholic fruit beverage*Batch loaf, a type of bread popular in Ireland*A dialect term for a bread roll used in Nuneaton and Coventry, England*Small batch, bourbon whiskey blended from selected barrels...
	13	Steve Powell Steve Powell Stephen "Steve" Powell is a former English footballer. He primarily played in midfield and spent his entire league career at Derby County where he played 420 times, placing him in the top ten for total appearances for the club....
	14	Jeff Bourne Jeff Bourne Jeff Bourne was an English football striker who spent most of his early career in the lower English divisions before moving to the United States where he played six seasons in the North American Soccer League, two in the second division American Soccer League...
Manager:
Dave Mackay

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center> WEST HAM UNITED: | GK 1   Mervyn Day

Mervyn Day

Mervyn Day is a former professional footballer who played in the Football League as a goalkeeper for West Ham United, Leyton Orient, Aston Villa, Leeds United, Luton Town, Sheffield United and Carlisle United. He later managed Carlisle United...

DF 2   John McDowell

John McDowell (footballer)

John McDowell is an English former footballer.McDowell was a first-team regular for West Ham United for ten years, missing only the 1976–77 season due to injury. He played as a defender, replacing Billy Bonds as right-back after the latter had switched to midfield...

DF 3   Frank Lampard MF 4   Pat Holland

Pat Holland

Pat Holland is an English former footballer who played for West Ham United.Holland, a midfielder, made 296 appearances for the east London club between 1969 and 1981, including the FA Cup Final in 1975 and the European Cup Winners Cup Final in 1976, where he scored one of West Ham's goals as they...

DF 5   Tommy Taylor

Tommy Taylor (footballer born 1951)

Thomas Frederick Taylor is an English football manager and former footballer. As a footballer, he played as a defender. He is the former manager of Belper Town.-Career:...

DF 6   Kevin Lock

Kevin Lock

Kevin Lock is an English former professional footballer who played as a central defender.Lock played for West Ham United, making his debut against Sheffield United on 29 February 1972...

MF 7   Alan Taylor MF 8   Graham Paddon

Graham Paddon

Graham Charles Paddon was an English footballer who played as a midfielder.-Career:Paddon made five League appearances for Coventry City, scoring one goal, before signing for Norwich City in October 1969 for £25,000...

FW 9   Billy Jennings

Billy Jennings

Billy Jennings is an English former footballer who played as a striker.A former England Youth international, Jennings signed for West Ham United from Watford for £110,000 in 1974, shortly after becoming Watford Player of the Season...

  FW 10   Trevor Brooking

Trevor Brooking

Sir Trevor David Brooking CBE is a football player turned manager, on-air analyst, and administrator.Brooking attended Ripple Infants School and left Ilford County High School with 11 O-levels and 2 A-levels....

MF 11   Bobby Gould

Bobby Gould

Robert Anthony "Bobby" Gould is an English former footballer and manager.-Playing career:Born in Coventry, Gould started his career at Coventry City, making his debut for the club whilst still an apprentice at the age of 16. He did not sign professional until June 1964...

  Substitutes: MF 12   Keith Coleman

Keith Coleman (footballer)

Keith Coleman is a retired English footballer who played as a fullback. He collected an UEFA Cup Winners' Cup runners-up medal in 1976 while playing for West Ham United....

  MF 13   Keith Robson

Keith Robson

Keith Robson is an English former professional footballer.Robson, who was usually used as a winger or utility player, played for Newcastle United youth teams before signing with the first team in 1971. He played only fourteen games over three seasons before signing for West Ham United for £60,000...

  GK 14   Bobby Ferguson

Bobby Ferguson (footballer born 1945)

Robert "Bobby" Ferguson is a Scottish former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.-Playing career:Born in Ardrossan, Ferguson came through Kilmarnock's youth system in the early 1960s, taking over in the first-team following an injury to Campbell Forsyth in 1964–65...

Manager:   John Lyall

John Lyall

John Angus Lyall was an English footballer and manager of Scottish descent. His mother, Catherine, was from the Isle of Lewis, his father, James, was from Kirriemuir. He was born in Ilford, Essex.- Youth team career :...

MATCH RULES 90 minutes, no extra time Maximum of three substitutions

See also

• 1974–75 Football League
• 1974–75 FA Cup

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