1972 FA Charity Shield

April 2022 1972 FA Charity Shield Aston Villa 0 Manchester City 1 5 August 1972 Villa Park Birmingham Norman Burtenshaw 34,859 1971 1973 The 1972 FA Charity Shield was contested between Manchester City and Aston Villa. Normally, the Charity Shield would have been contested by the First Division champions and FA Cup holders, who were Derby County and Leeds United respectively, but both declined the chance to play in the Charity Shield. Instead, Manchester City, who had finished in fourth place in the First Division; and Aston Villa, who finished as Third Division champions accepted the invitation to play. The match was played at Villa Park and Manchester City won 1–0, https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engsupcuphist.html England – List of FA Charity/Community Shield Matches RSSSF 15 February 2012 following a penalty from striker Francis Lee. Match details 5 August 1972 15:00 Aston Villa 0–1 Report Manchester City Lee pen. Villa Park, Birmingham 34,859 Norman Burtenshaw 3399ff 970045 3399ff FFFFFF FFFFFF Aston Villa _redbluestripes2 _redtop_2whitestripes FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 0000FF Manchester City GK 1 ENG Jim CumbesRB 2 ENG Mick WrightLB 3 SCO Charlie AitkenCM 4 SCO Bruce RiochCB 5 NIR Chris NichollCB 6 SCO Ian Ross (c)RW 7 ENG Ray GraydonCM 8 SCO Pat McMahonCF 9 ENG Andy Lochhead CF10ENG Geoff VowdenLW 11ENG Willie AndersonSubstitute:CB 12ENG Alun Evans Manager:WAL Vic Crowe GK 1 ENG Joe CorriganRB 2 ENG Tony Book (c)LB 3 SCO Willie Donachie CB 4 ENG Mike DoyleCB 5 ENG Tommy BoothCM 6 ENG Colin BellCM 7 ENG Mike SummerbeeCM 8 ENG Francis LeeCF 9 WAL Wyn Davies LW 10 ENG Rodney MarshRW 11 ENG Tony TowersSubstitute:CB12 ENG Derek Jeffries CF ENG Ian Mellor Manager:ENG Malcolm Allison References Comm 1972 Charity Shield 1972 Charity Shield 1972 Charity Shield 1972 Charity Shield Category:Sports competitions in Birmingham, West Midlands Category:Football in the West Midlands (county)