1971 FA Charity Shield

August 2019 1971 FA Charity Shield Leicester City 1 Liverpool 0 7 August 1971 Filbert Street Leicester Pat Partridge 25,104 Sunny 1970 1972 The 1971 FA Charity Shield was a football match between Leicester City and Liverpool at Filbert Street on Saturday 7 August 1971.http://www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/2418 Leicester 1–0 Liverpool LFCHistory.net 29 February 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120818003910/http://www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/2418 18 August 2012 live Arsenal won the double in 1970–71 but were unable to take part in the Charity Shield because they had contracted to go on a pre-season tour that clashed with the fixture.http://www.blog.woolwicharsenal.co.uk/archives/10561 Arsenal in the Charity Shield – an update | the History of Arsenal 14 June 2014 The 1971 FA Cup Final runners-up Liverpool and Second Division winners Leicester City were invited to take part instead.http://homepage.ntlworld.com/carousel/ITV/cupfinals.html 1971 FA Charity Shield on ITV ntlworld.com 1 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20111219084718/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/carousel/ITV/cupfinals.html 19 December 2011 dead Leicester won the game with a goal from Steve Whitworth, when he tapped the ball in at the near post after initially crossing the ball into the box. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2016/aug/04/leicester-city-charity-shield-1971-forgotten-story The forgotten story of ... Leicester City winning the 1971 Charity Shield 4 August 2016 Guardian 1 August 2019 Match details 7 August 1971 Leicester City 1–0 Report Liverpool Whitworth 15 Filbert Street, Leicester 25,104 _whiteborder _ whitecollarsimple _whiteborder _bluesides _whitetop 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF FFFFFF 0000FF Leicester City _whiteborder _whitecollarsimple _whiteborder DD0000 DD0000 DD0000 DD0000 DD0000 Liverpool GK 1ENG Peter ShiltonRB 2ENG Steve WhitworthLB 3ENG David Nish CM 4ENG Bobby Kellard CB 5SCO John Sjoberg CB 6ENG Graham Cross (c)RW 7ENG John Farrington CF 8SCO Ali Brown CF 9ENG Rodney Fern CM 10ENG Jon Sammels LW 11ENG Len Glover Substitutes:CB 12SCO Malcolm ManleyManager: ENG Jimmy Bloomfield GK 1ENG Ray ClemenceRB 2ENG Chris Lawler LB 3ENG Alec LindsayCB 4ENG Tommy Smith (c)CB 5ENG Larry LloydCB 6ENG Emlyn HughesRM 7ENG Ian Callaghan CF 8ENGAlun EvansLM 9IRL Steve HeighwayCF 10SCO Bobby Graham CF11 SCOBrian HallSubstitutes:CF 12WAL John ToshakMF 13ENG Peter ThompsonManager:SCO Bill Shankly See also 1970–71 Football League 1970–71 FA Cup References 1971 Charity Shield 1971 Comm Charity Shield 1971 Category:Sport in Leicester Category:Football in Leicestershire Category:1970s in Leicestershire Category:August 1971 sports events in Europe Category:August 1971 sports events in the United Kingdom