1961 FA Charity Shield

April 2022 1961 FA Charity Shield FA Charity Shield Tottenham Hotspur 3 F.A. XI 2 12 August 1961 White Hart Lane London Dick Windle 36,593 1960 1962 The 1961 FA Charity Shield was the 39th FA Charity Shield. The match was contested on 12 August 1961 between double winners Tottenham Hotspur and a Football Association (F.A.) representative eleven. Tottenham won the match 3–2. In the 1960–61 season, Tottenham had become the first club since Aston Villa in 1897 to complete the Double, that is, to win the FA Cup and Division One in the same season. The Charity Shield, which was first contested in 1908, is conventionally held between the previous season's league champions and the FA Cup winners.The Shield – A brief history. TheFA.com. Accessed 08–08–10 Thus Tottenham's double victory in 1960–1961 presented a new problem for the FA in organising the 1961 Charity Shield. By way of resolution, Tottenham competed against a representative side who played under the banner of the FA.1961/62 Charity Shield Footballsite.co.uk Accessed 08–08–10 This team was, in practice, the contemporary England national team, without the Tottenham players who might usually have played.The Times. 14-08-1961. Tottenham Football Back in the Old Routine Tottenham started the match poorly when Johnny Haynes scored the opening goal after ten minutes. Tottenham equalised five minutes before half time through Bobby Smith, and Les Allen scored two second half goals for Spurs to put them 3–1 ahead. Johnny Byrne scored the second goal for the F.A., resulting in a 3–2 victory for Tottenham. The 1961 Charity Shield was the last time, to date, that the match featured a team that was not a club side. The 1971 Double winning Arsenal team was unable to compete, so FA Cup runners-up Liverpool played against Division Two champions Leicester City. In the 1986 Charity Shield, following Liverpool's Double-winning 1985–1986 season, league runners-up Everton were chosen as opponents. This practice has been followed in all subsequent years where a team has won the Double. Match details 12 August 1961 Tottenham Hotspur 3–2 F.A. XI *Smith 40 Allen 68 76 *Haynes 10 Byrne 80 White Hart Lane, London 36,493 _whitetop FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000080 000080 Tottenham Hotspur _vneck _white_midband 0000C0 0000C0 0000C0 FFFFFF FF0000 F.A. XI 1 SCO Bill Brown2 ENG Peter Baker 3 ENG Ron Henry4 NIR Danny Blanchflower (c)5 ENG Maurice Norman6 SCO Dave Mackay7 WAL Cliff Jones 8 SCO John White9 ENG Bobby Smith 10ENG Les Allen11ENG Terry DysonManager:ENG Bill Nicholson 1 ENG Ron Springett (Sheffield Wednesday)2 ENG Jimmy Armfield (Blackpool)3 ENG Michael McNeil (Middlesbrough)4 ENG Bobby Robson (West Bromwich Albion)5ENG Peter Swan (Sheffield Wednesday)6 ENG Ron Flowers (Wolverhampton Wanderers)7 ENG Bryan Douglas (Blackburn Rovers)8 ENG Jimmy Robson (Burnley) 9 ENG Johnny Byrne (Crystal Palace)10 ENG Johnny Haynes (c) (Fulham)11ENG Bobby Charlton (Manchester United)Manager:ENG Walter Winterbottom References Category:FA Community Shield matches Charity Shield 1961 Comm Category:Unofficial England national football team matches Charity Shield Charity Shield Category:Sport in the London Borough of Haringey Category:Football matches in London