1923 FA Charity Shield

April 2022 1923 FA Charity Shield FA Charity Shield Professionals Amateurs 2 0 8 October 1923 Stamford Bridge Chelsea, London 11,000B.Bennison Amateurs v Professionals: Some Impressions Daily Telegraph London 9 October 1923 8 1922 1924 The 1923 FA Charity Shield was the tenth staging of the FA Charity Shield, an annual association football match arranged to raise funds for charitable causes supported by the Football Association (the FA), the governing body of football in England. Following a series of matches between club teams, the format of the competition changed in 1923 to a game between select teams of amateur and professional players.F. A. Charity Shield Match Daily Mail London 9 October 1923 11 The competition used this format for the next four seasons. The match also saw the competition move from a dates in May, as had previously been used, to October. £730 was raised for charities. The match was played on 8 October 1923 at Stamford Bridge, London, and ended as a 2–0 win for the Professionals. While the first half saw both teams competing, the superior fitness of the Professionals paid off in the second half. Both goals came after half-time, scored by Bradford and Chambers.1923/24 Charity Shield http://www.footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/CommunityShield/1923-24CharityShield.htm The Football Site 5 February 2016 18 November 2004 https://web.archive.org/web/20041118111449/http://www.footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/CommunityShield/1923-24CharityShield.htm dead Match details 8 October 1923 15:00 Professionals 2–0 Amateurs Bradford Chambers Stamford Bridge, London 11,000 1 England Ted Taylor, Huddersfield Town 2 England Warney Cresswell, Sunderland 3 England Sam Wadsworth, Huddersfield Town 4 England Sid Bishop, West Ham United 5 England George Wilson, The Wednesday 6 England Tommy Meehan, Chelsea 7 England Frank Osborne, Fulham 8 England David Jack, Bolton Wanderers 9 England Joe Bradford, Birmingham City 10 England Harry Chambers, Liverpool 11 England Fred Tunstall, Sheffield United 1 England Bert Coleman, Dulwich Hamlet 2 England Sgt F. Twice, The Army 3 England Alfred Bower, Corinthians 4 England Basil Patchitt, Corinthians 5 England George Armitage, Wimbledon 6 England Fred Ewer, Casuals 7 England Lt Kenneth Hegan, The Army 8 England Stan Earle, Clapton 9 England Drummer Frank Macey, The Army 10England Graham Doggart, Bishop Auckland 11England Leonard Barry, Notts County References Category:FA Community Shield matches Charity Shield Charity Shield Charity Shield Charity Shield Category:Football matches in London Category:Amateur versus professional association football matches