1938 FA Charity Shield

March 2025 1938 FA Charity Shield FA Charity Shield Arsenal 2 Preston North End 1 26 September 1938To-day's football fixtures The Times London 6 26 September 1938 Highbury London G.W. Jones (Notts) 7,233 1937 1948 The 1938 FA Charity Shield was the 25th Charity Shield, an annual English football match played between the winners of the previous season's Football League and FA Cup competitions. The match, held at Highbury on 26 September 1938, was contested by Arsenal, champions of the 1937–38 Football League and Preston North End, who beat Huddersfield Town in the final of the 1937–38 FA Cup. Arsenal won the match 2–1, both of their goals scored by Ted Drake. The competition would not be held again until 1948, due to the Second World War. Background The FA Charity Shield was founded in 1908 as a successor to the Sheriff of London Charity Shield.Abandonment of the Sheriff Shield 11 The Observer London 19 April 1908 It was a contest between the respective champions of the Football League and Southern League, and then by 1913 teams of amateur and professional players.The F.A. Charity Shield 10 The Times London 7 October 1913 In 1921, it was played by the Football League champions and FA Cup winners for the first time.Peter Ferguson The FA Community Shield history http://www.mcfc.co.uk/news/team-news/archive/2011/august/community-shield-2011/the-shield-from-the-beginning mcfc.co.uk Manchester City FC 4 August 2011 21 April 2014 4 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304192421/http://www.mcfc.co.uk/news/team-news/archive/2011/august/community-shield-2011/the-shield-from-the-beginning dead Match Details 26 September 19381938/39 F.A. Charity Shield https://web.archive.org/web/20220202163503/https://www.footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/CommunityShield/1938-39CharityShield.htm 2 February 2022 , FootballSite.co.uk 17:30 BSTEnd of summer time The Times London 12 1 October 1938 Summer Time will end at 3 o'clock to-morrow morning and Greenwich Time will be restored. Arsenal 2–1 Preston North End * Drake ? ? Drake ? ? Beattie ? Arsenal Stadium, London 7,233June 2020 G.W. Jones (Notts) Source:Stanley Halsey Arsenal were too good for Preston: game ended in the dark Daily Express London 21 27 September 1938 _white_collar _hoops_white FFFFFF FF0000 FFFFFF FFFFFF 000066 Arsenal _hoops_white FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000077 000077 Preston North End 1 ENG George Swindin 2 ENG George Male 3 ENG Leslie Compton 4 ENG Jack Crayston 5 ENG Bernard Joy 6 ENG Wilf Copping 7 ENG Alf Kirchen 8 WAL Leslie Jones 9 ENG Ted Drake 10 WAL Bryn Jones 11 WAL Horace CumnerManager: ENG George Allison 1 ENG George Holdcroft 2 ENG Frank Gallimore 3 SCO Andy Beattie 4 SCO Bill Shankly 5 ENG Bob Batey 6 SCO Jimmy Milne 7 SCO Terry McGibbons 8 SCO George Mutch 9 SCO Jimmy Dougal 10 SCO Bobby Beattie 11 SCO Bud MaxwellManager: Selection Committee References Category:FA Community Shield matches Charity Shield Charity Shield 1948 Charity Shield 1948 FA Charity Shield Category:Sport in the London Borough of Islington Category:Football matches in London Category:September 1938 sports events in the United Kingdom