1936 FA Charity Shield

1936 FA Charity Shield
Event	FA Charity Shield
Date	28 October 1936
Venue	Roker Park, Sunderland
Attendance	15,000
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The 1936 FA Charity Shield was the 23rd FA Charity Shield, a football match between the winners of the previous season's First Division and FA Cup competitions. The match was contested by FA Cup winners Arsenal and league champions Sunderland, and was played at Roker Park, the home ground of Sunderland. Sunderland won 2–1.^[2]

Arsenal were making their sixth out of seven and fourth consecutive appearance in the Charity Shield, reflecting their dominance of the English game in the 1930s.^[3] Arsenal had lost 1–0 to Sheffield Wednesday in 1935,^[4] but had won in their previous four appearances. Sunderland were contesting their first Charity Shield, although they had won the competition's precursor, the Sheriff of London Charity Shield, in 1903.^[5]

As in the previous year ^[4] the match was criticized as a "drab and disappointing"^[1] game which "never rose to great heights".^[2] The Daily Mail complained that as a mid-week game with little prestige in victory, the Charity Shield offered little incentive to competitive football.^[1] With the score 0–0 at half time, Sunderland managed to gain momentum with attacks from their half-backs, and took the lead on 53 minutes through a Burbanks goal.^[1]^[2] Arsenal responded more positively and equalized on the 77th minute.^[2] The winning goal came controversially when Carter's long-distance shot bounced down off the crossbar before being cleared by Arsenal, but was determined to have crossed the line by the linesman.^[1]^[2]

The second half of the match was broadcast with live commentary by Ivan Sharpe on the BBC's Northern radio station.^[6]

Match details

28 October 1936

Sunderland	2–1	Arsenal
Burbanks 53' Carter 89'		Kirchen 77'

Roker Park, Sunderland

Attendance: 15,000^[1]

Sunderland

Arsenal


GK		Johnny Mapson
DF		George Collin
DF		Alex Hall
MF		Charlie Thomson
MF		Bert Johnston
MF		Sandy McNab
FW		Len Duns
FW		Raich Carter (c)
FW		Bobby Gurney
FW		Patrick Gallacher
FW		Eddie Burbanks
Manager:
Johnny Cochrane


GK		George Swindin
DF		Leslie Compton
DF		Eddie Hapgood (c)
MF		Ray Bowden
MF		Bernard Joy
MF		Wilf Copping
FW		Jack Crayston
FW		Jackie Milne
FW		Alf Kirchen
FW		Bobby Davidson
FW		Denis Compton
Manager:
George Allison

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Carruthers, Frank (29 October 1936). "Carter's Effort in Last Minute". Daily Mail. p. 19.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Association Football". The Times. 29 October 1936. p. 6.
^ Carruthers, Frank (28 October 1936). "Champions and Cup-Holders Clash To-Day". Daily Mail.
^ ^a ^b "The Charity Shield March". The Times. 24 October 1935. p. 6.
^ Blue House Field Limited; Leng, Brian. "Sheriff of London Shield". Rokerpark.com. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
^ "Broadcasting". The Times. 28 October 1936.