1949 FA Charity Shield - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 1949 FA Charity Shield was the 27th FA Charity Shield

FA Community Shield

The Football Association Community Shield is English football's annual match contested between the champions of the previous Premier League season and the holders of the FA Cup at Wembley Stadium. If the Premier League champions also won the FA Cup then the league runners-up provide the opposition...

, a pre-season exhibition football match between the winners of the previous season's First Division

Football League First Division

The First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship....

and FA Cup

FA Cup

The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...

titles. The match took place at Highbury

Arsenal Stadium

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, London

London

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, between the league champions Portsmouth

Portsmouth F.C.

Portsmouth Football Club is an English football club based in the city of Portsmouth. The club is nicknamed Pompey. Portsmouth's home matches have been played at Fratton Park since the club's formation in 1898. The team currently play in the Football League Championship after being relegated from...

and FA Cup

FA Cup

winners Wolverhampton Wanderers

Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.

Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...

. The score finished at 1–1, marking the first draw in the Charity Shield and meaning the Shield was shared.

Match details


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	PORTSMOUTH:
	1	Ernest Butler
	2	Billy Hindmarsh
	3	Harry Ferrier
	4	Jimmy Scoular Jimmy Scoular James "Jimmy" Scoular was a Scottish football player and manager. Known as a tough, combative player with precise passing skills, Scoular made over 600 appearances in The Football League with Portsmouth, Newcastle United and Bradford Park Avenue, as a player-manager, and attained nine caps for...
	5	Bill Thompson Bill Thompson (footballer) Bill Thompson is a former Scottish footballer who played in the Football League as a wing half for Portsmouth and Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic....
	6	Jimmy Dickinson Jimmy Dickinson James William 'Jimmy' Dickinson was an English football player.Dickinson holds the record for number of league appearances for Portsmouth...
	7	Peter Harris Peter Harris (footballer) Peter Philip Harris was an association football player.Harris is notable for his career with Portsmouth F.C., his only professional club. Born in Southsea and signed from Gosport Borough F.C., he played a crucial role in Pompey's championship-winning teams as an out and out right-winger with an...
	8	Duggie Reid Duggie Reid John Douglas Jamieson "Duggie" Reid was a Scottish footballer. An inside forward, he played for Stockport County and Portsmouth....
	9	Ike Clarke Ike Clarke Isaac 'Ike' Clarke was an English footballer and football manager, he is most notable for scoring the goal which one Portsmouth their first League title.-Career:...
	10	Bert Barlow Bert Barlow Herbert "Bert" Barlow was a professional footballer, who was a member of the Portsmouth team that beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-1 in the 1939 FA Cup Final, in which he scored.-Honours:Portsmouth...
	11	Jack Froggatt Jack Froggatt Jolly' Jack Froggatt was an English football player.-Career:Coming from a footballing family, Froggatt started his football career in 1945, whilst in the RAF...
Manager:
Bob Jackson Bob Jackson (footballer) Bob Jackson was the manager of the English football club Portsmouth F.C. from 1947-1952. Jackson led Pompey to the only two top league titles in their history in the 1948/49 and 1949/50 seasons. He departed in the summer of 1952 to take over at ambitious second division club Hull City, but could...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center> WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS: | 1

Dennis Parsons 2

Lawrence Kelly 3

Terry Springthorpe

Terry Springthorpe was an English-American football defender. He began his career in England before moving to the American Soccer League in 1950. He also earned two caps with the U.S. national team.-Club:Springthorpe signed with on August 1, 1947 and played with the team until he transferred...

Eddie Russell 5

Bill Shorthouse

William "Bill" Shorthouse was an English professional football player and coach, who spent his playing career with Wolverhampton Wanderers.-Career:...

Billy Crook

Billy Crook (English footballer)

William Charles "Billy" Crook was an English footballer who spent the majority of his playing career at Wolverhampton Wanderers, with whom he won the 1949 FA Cup.-Career:...

Johnny Hancocks

Johnny Hancocks was an English footballer, most associated with Wolverhampton Wanderers.-Career:A diminutive figure, standing just 5' 4" with size 3 boots, Hancocks played in the Wrekin Schools team before making his debut for hometown club Oakengates Town in the Birmingham League, aged just 15...

Sammy Smyth

Samuel "Sammy" Smyth was a footballer who played for Liverpool from 1953 to 1954. Smyth was Liverpool's top scorer during the 1953–54 season, scoring 13 goals in all competitions. He helped Wolves win the FA Cup in 1949, scoring a goal in the final itself...

Jesse Pye

Jesse Pye was an English footballer. He played in the Football League for , and and scored twice in the 1949 FA Cup Final for the former....

Jimmy Dunn

Jimmy Dunn (Scottish footballer born 1923)

James "Jimmy" Dunn is a Scottish former footballer, who spent the majority of his league career with Wolverhampton Wanderers. He is the son of the Scottish international footballer James Dunn.-Career:...

Jimmy Mullen Manager:

Stan Cullis

Stanley Cullis was a professional footballer and manager, most notably for Wolverhampton Wanderers. During his term as manager between 1948 and 1964 Wolves became one of the strongest teams in the British game, winning the league title on three occasions, and playing a series of high-profile...

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